We play some great Rant Line calls and mix in some live calls on topics of Covid and urban violence in a riveting hour of talk radio.

Michael Liebowitz is back for his first interview in a few weeks. We've been without our top prison guest because he's been on lockdown due to the virus, limiting his time for phone calls, so it's fun to hear his voice again. He fills us in on how Covid was handled in prison.

We talk to Stan McCauley, a Hartford businessman, community activist and former candidate for mayor, for observations on urban policing and violence against citizens.

Joe Markley has an idea. Why don't the good protesters stop showing up until the violent ones can all be arrested. We discuss.

Two stories star in this hour - first, Ned announcing $2.5 million of your hard earned money is to be given for housing assistance to illegal aliens, and second, the mayor of Minneapolis says union rules make it so hard to fire bad cops that it can't be done.

Tom Scott provides political context to the events in Minneapolis and their spillover into Connecticut. Tom spent 10 years in the CT state senate and is an adviser to several GOP candidates in the state.

Just as it's hard to fire bad teachers, Todd makes the argument that "the election rigging scheme known as public sector unions also makes it hard to fire bad cops." As a result, the murder of George Floyd is an event tied closely to the partnership between Democrats and organized labor. Find the Reuters article from 2017 called "Protecting the Blue Across the U.S., police contracts shield officers from scrutiny and discipline" by Reade Levinson for background.

Is there a way to make government and police departments more honest? Carlos Rebolla, one of our regular guests from prison, figures he knows a few things about violence and institutional corruption, so we discuss his perspective.

Bob Stefanowski discusses his recent op-ed in the Hartford Courant as he calls in for his weekly visit.

What's wrong with our politics? Todd says it's about rigged systems, power that's been kidnapped by special interests. We listen to the governor's disingenuous attempt to claim that he's a veteran social justice warrior. We talk to Al Cortes, a GOP candidate for state rep in West Hartford, about his exposure to police violence when he was young, and his career as a prison guard. Then we take calls.