These are broken times

Protestors hold their hands up as they cry from from tear gas during a demonstration in a call for justice for George Floyd following his death, outside the 3rd Police Precinct on May 27, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images

It's been a long week, so we went live on YouTube Friday to talk about what's happening in Minneapolis, our hobbled economy and President Trump's leadership over a drink.

It’s been a long week, so we went live on YouTube Friday to talk about what’s happening in Minneapolis, our hobbled economy and President Donald Trump’s leadership over a drink. In lighter news, we’ll also discuss how to leave your dog at home after the pandemic and “Haircut Night in America.”

Here are links to some of the stories we talked about today:

“If We Had a Real Leader” by David Brooks in The New York Times
George Washington crossing the Delaware River
This photo from the Associated Press

When we are old and our torches are exhausted, what sort of flame will we pass to our children? One strong, burning bright and beautifuly? Or a cold, gasping flicker? And with what did we fuel it? People see what they wish to see, yet without light there is only darkness. @AP pic.twitter.com/gaGvRa1U1o
— john minchillo (@johnminchillo) May 29, 2020

“Every worker has covid at one US farm on eve of harvest” in the San Francisco Chronicle
“How to Prepare Your Dog to Be Left at Home Alone (Again)” in The New York Times
CBS’ “Haircut Night in America”

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