Atilis Gym co-owner Ian Smith recounts how New Jersey’s governor weaponized state organizations like the health department and police to close his defiantly opened gym. Abandoned mining town owner Brent Underwood has seen some “spooky happenings” as the town’s sole resident during the coronavirus. Game streaming platform Twitch gave censorship power to a “transgender deer.” Author Matt Ridley discusses his new book, “How Innovation Works,” and why he’s surprised vaccines still take so long to make. A Senate committee has subpoenaed Burisma-linked firm Blue Star Strategies in its Hunter Biden probe. Author James Rollins returns to finish discussing “The Last Odyssey” and lay out what he’s discovered while researching the coronavirus.

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