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Contact tracing — what is it? The government says it’s nothing to worry about, nothing to fear. That’s a lie. Contact tracing, with technology, is one big government spy program — and it’s coming to a community near you. There are privacy problems. There are constitutional issues. And as technology security expert Quentin Rhoads-Herrera warns: there are questions about the potential for hackers and thieves to steal the data for nefarious uses.

COVID-19 has ushered in a somewhat frightening time in America that has handed a golden key to socialists, communists, collectivists -- i.e. Saul Alinsky types -- to bring about great change to this country. So it's with great timeliness that comes this book, "Rules for Defeating Radicals: Countering the Alinsky Strategy in Politics and Culture." Author Christopher Adamo gives insights into effectively fighting off the Salinsky influence. 

America's present bleak economic circumstances are due almost to China's role with COVID-19 -- and Sen. Martha McSally, R-Arizona, has some great ideas on how to hold the communist nation accountable while winning some much-needed justice for U.S. citizens harmed by the coronavirus. You don't want to miss her words of wisdom, or her optimism.

America's churches are in a war -- against America's own government. And it's all due to COVID-19. Think that's hyperbole? Think again. And while thinking, take a listen to two church leaders -- Pastor Timothy White in Washington state and Pastor Veron House in New York -- talk about the crackdowns they've personally faced. And here's an eye-opening clue of the seriousness of the situation: Police were actually involved. Did you ever think this could happen in America, a country founded on religious liberty?

So here we are in America, amid COVID-19 government crackdowns -- and for one asylum seeker who fled Venezuela for the free society of the United States, it's almost like a post-traumatic stress disorder moment with all the trampling of civil rights. Jorge Galicia, who now tours America's schools telling of the horrors of socialism from a first-person perspective, tells how socialism can seep into a culture and warp the minds of its citizens -- and how we can stop it from happening, post-COVID-19.

COVID-19 may have the country in political, economic, even cultural binds. But we can't let the darkness overcome -- and sometimes, crises can bring out the best in people. Witness: Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, who has a sane, sound, even principled look at the current coronavirus situation -- and more than that, inspirational words of optimism on how Americans can recover and stay free.

Fame -- what would you do for it? It's an interesting question, particularly since America's economic and social systems drive the quest for fame from a young age. It's rare to get it, though; even rarer to give it up -- for family and God. But 1960s Hall of Fame rocker Richie Furay did. And he is here to tell his most interesting, most extraordinary tale of turning secular rocker -- to pastor and family man.

It's not just COVID-19 that is bringing about a government that's gone wild with the dictatorial style of leadership -- though the coronavirus is leading to some serious constitutional dings. But in Texas, the Supreme Court has a case of eye-opening proportions that's seeing a fit and proper biological dad having to fight for custody of his little girl -- because another guy who used to live with the girl feels like he's a dad. It's Real Dad vs Fake Dad, and Jeremy Newman with the Texas Home School Coalition has the shocking story.

During these bleak coronavirus times that see police fining church-goers and handcuffing fathers in parks and chasing down runners on public beaches, it might be easy to forget: America's an amazing country. An exceptional country, even. What makes the country so great? Tune in as William Vanderbloemen, CEO of the Christian staffing agency Vanderbloemen, gives some most inspirational thoughts. And after all, couldn't we all use some inspiration about now?

It's every parent's nightmare -- you do everything right, and your kids still go astray. Or: you try and try and try to do everything right -- but the world keeps throwing in roadblocks. So how to raise godly children in a secular world? Kimberly Willingham Hubbard, who serves as communications director for Rep. Louie Gohmert, has written a book that can help. And it's sure to inspire and comfort.