Hey guys, hope you had a stellar week. It's been another full week of news at Smarter News,

and there's been a lot of different stories. And this week I wanted to try something really

different and talk about the top three things I learned this week from the news, loosely tied to

current events. So whenever you're listening to this, there's some value because that's what I want to create for you through smarter news. And if you've been listening to our podcast, thank you so much. I haven't forgotten about the mimosa moments that I also like to share, mimosa moments being those moments when you have to just shake your head and drink a mimosa because there's nothing else you can do but laugh. However, I think this week let's start with the top three things I learned

and we're going to start with the harder news, the tougher news and move to some of the lighter news.

And mimosa moments are tied into that, by the way. So do not fear. But I think all of these

stories are going to tell us a little something about what's going on in America today. And that's why I learned something from covering all of them. So here's number one. The first weekend of August was one of the most deadly in Chicago in a long time. And the numbers here are really important guys the Chicago Tribune one of my

favorite newspapers to read one of those great local newspapers does a really good

job keeping track of the data so we have the right information so here's what

you should know between Friday afternoon and early Monday morning, 12 people died.

And in total, including those deaths, more than 70 people were shot in Chicago, more than 70, 70.

The youngest person was 11 years old.

The oldest person was 62.

The Chicago Tribune writes this, and I'm reading it directly from the newspaper, six of the shootings this weekend injured four or more people in a

single attack. Let me read that again. Six of the shootings this weekend injured four or more people

in a single attack.

That's important because the government defines a mass shooting as four or more people getting shot.

Something that the deputy for legal policy at the Manhattan Institute pointed out in a column this week

that by statistics, there were actually six mass

shootings in Chicago in one weekend but did you hear them described that way in the news

I didn't the numbers are terrible some of the worst in years but words really matter

and the way the news covers

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