In this episode, longtime friend and colleague Toby Lyons joins me for a mindful exploration of life during covid, public policy, and the institution of liberty. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, how would the framers of the US Constitution respond to a pandemic? This and more in today's episode. 

President Biden is urging American citizens to exit Afghanistan as the Taliban continues to seize provincial capitals. Meanwhile, mask mandates are facing backlash in the US and in France, as over 200,000 people are protesting President Macron's vaccine mandate. 

Two recall efforts are happening at the same time, one in California and one in New York. Meanwhile, Cuomo continues to deny allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct, despite hundreds of personal testimonies. Additionally, popular podcast host Joe Rogan is sounding off about vaccine passports, claiming that we are moving closer to dictatorship. 

Eleven women have accused New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment in the workplace and a 165-page report corroborates their stories. Meanwhile, new talks of lockdowns and mask mandates are circulating, and Biden's approval rating is slipping. 

The House Foreign Affairs Committee reveals new details about the origins of the coronavirus, China and Australia prepare for another round of lockdowns, and NPR reviews its ethics policies. 

As the Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads across the world, Authoritarian governments and Democratic despots exploit this crisis in order to accumulate wealth and power. Meanwhile, the Australian Lawyers Association criticizes the enforcement of a lockdown that will require people to stay home indefinitely. 

President Biden is in a "tough place on immigration," according to NPR; progressives continue to undermine progress, and the attack on logic, reason, science and math continues. Additionally, new polling data demonstrates that most Americans are pessimistic about Biden's America. 

President Biden is making plans to appoint an ambassador to combat anti-semitism, parents are standing up to the hateful, violent CRT dogma taught in their schools, and the people of Cuba are seeking relief from an authoritarian regime. 

Over the weekend, the Marxist Dictatorship in Cuba blacked out the internet, censoring all communication on the island. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is determined to coerce social media platforms into policing all speech online. Maybe Joe Biden is America's Fidel Castro. 

Thousands of protestors in Cuba continue to wave the American flag, which is the universal symbol of freedom and liberty. In addition, mainstream pseudo-news organizations frame election security as an attack on voters.