We hear Rant Line calls on topics like the police immunity bill, electric rates, and whether Todd has the right to talk back to Rant Line calls.

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Elliot Spector is a former Hartford Police Officer and an attorney at Simsbury law firm Hassett & George. He appears in response to the bill being considered in Hartford that would remove liability protections for police, and challenges the need for any adjustments to the laws surrounding policing, arguing that police in Connecticut have a stellar record with regard to respecting the civil rights of citizens.

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Greg from West Hartford, a regular listener and caller, comes on as a guest to talk about his experiences as a former trainer of DOC and State Police officers. He explains how unions and bureaucratic realities hinder the process. talking Unions influence in training and budget impact on training.

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House Democrats in Hartford voted to take away police protections from liability lawsuits in Connecticut. The measure goes to the senate Tuesday, where it is likely to be passed by Democrats there as well. We discuss why Democrats are waging this attack on a critical base - public sector union workers - with an election just over 3 months away. GOP Representative Gale Mastrofrancesco joins us to explain how the vote went down.

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Michael Harrison joins Todd for an hour that includes comparing virus life in Florida (where Michael is) versus how Connecticut life is going now. In Palm Beach County, Michael explains, there are many closed up - boarded up - stores and shut-down restaurants. There's some entertainment industry talk too, then we're back to wondering about what is causing the southern states to be so Covid inflamed.

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We welcome Glenn Prushinski, VP of the UConn College Republicans, for his first visit to the show. He explains how the President and VP of the UConn student government quit their posts - just after taking office - for being white.

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Annette is the star of today's Rant Line, a teacher who argues that the way the public schools teach our children to hate America could be the undoing of the nation.

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We continue the discussion on qualified immunity and then talk with Hartford businessman, and sometime mayoral candidate, Stan McCauley, who argues that citizens should have the right to sue police for poor or dangerous job performance.

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Newspaper editor and radio talker Tom Shattuck joins us to talk issues such as the controversy over federal marshals being deployed to cities around the country, as well as qualified immunity for police.

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Why does the governor seem so unconcerned over the slowed Connecticut economy and the huge new un-payable Covid debt piling up on top of the old un-payable Union debt? We discuss with Bob Stefanowski.

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