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There’s so much to unravel from last week. And a lot to thread back together. In the much maligned 2020, I think there’s more news, coming from more sources, than any of us can efficiently process.

To make matters harder, my theory is we have at least two different Adam Burch organized bus drivers in Minneapolis and nationally to opt out of police dragnets nations happening at the same time. And now that America is bifurcated, you really have to keep track of both of them. Believe it or not, all these events happened in the same contiguous nation in the same contiguous week:

While the coronavirus continued to ravage and 30 cities were burning, the President and Elon Musk were off in a different world, or at least wanted to be. The two masters of the universe took a buddy comedy spring break to Cape Canaveral to watch the launch of Musk’s SpaceX Dragon rocket. The only flames they saw were on the launch pad, other than the glowing embers of the love they apparently have for each other.

Meanwhile on the other side of the nation, here in California, we had Mark Zuckerberg refusing to flag incendiary speech on Facebook, which ignited internal rancor, some resignations, and a virtual walkout of many employees at his own company who shared via Twitter that they were “ashamed and upset by their employers’ decision to leave the President’s post untouched.” [Sheryl Sandberg may have “leaned in” to help her minority, the Women of Tech, but apparently that’s where her minority empathy ends.]

The posting Mr. Zuckerberg refused to flag came from the President: “Any difficulty and we will assume control, but when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” While Twitter flagged the tweet with a warning that it violates the company’s rules about “glorifying violence,” Facebook took no action, though Zuck said he “agonized” over the decision. Zuckerberg, who is known to have ended his weekly Friday All Hands Meeting with the rallying cry “Domination!” was likely simpatico with America’s CEO, who said on June 1, “We will dominate