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Welcome back. With 17 Million Americans out of work and no end in sight, how has our response to the Covid-19 pandemic managed to be worse than the virus itself? A broad overview of the government's response to the pandemic. 

"We have to do something!" shouts the left after a mass shooting. "We have to do something!" shouts the right after an immigrant kills a native citizen. What do these topics have in common? More than you might think. 

Larry Swearingen was executed in August of 2019. Every forensic assigned to the case claims that he was in jail when the victim was murdered. Texas killed him anyway.

Tom catches you up on some of the crazier things happening right now, including the indictment of billionaire hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking, and San Francisco's tendency to mess everything up.

Although they have more oil reserves than any other nation on Earth, Venezuelans are starving. In this episode, we look at the corruption, mismanagement, and embrace of socialism that brought us to this point. 

For the first time in the history of our country, the American Government is prosecuting someone for publishing true information. Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, and Wikileaks. 

George Orwell said "Truth is treason in an empire of lies." With the recent arrest and impending extradition of Julian Assange, there's no better time to review the history of whistleblowers as it relates to America. Dive deep. 

The authors of the Green New Deal (and huge swaths of America) want to eliminate nuclear power. In this episode, we discuss the benefits of nuclear power, as well as the most common concerns. 

Tom explains and analyzes the Green New Deal resolution. 

President Trump ran on a campaign full of promises to "Drain the Swamp." So why is his cabinet full of swamp monsters?

John Poindexter was one of the masterminds of the Iran-Contra Affair. Two decades later, he spearheads the Total Information Awareness office, one of the most audacious surveillance programs ever conceived. 

After 9/11 the country was terrified. But why? How likely are you to be killed by a terrorist? We look at the actual costs of terrorism, and how they stack up to the costs of the war on terror. 

We talk about the issues with the cash bail system in America, what's happening at every level of government as well as in the private sector, and we give out our weekly Best Bureaucrat award.

Do you know how many federal regulatory agencies exist? Don't feel bad, no one in government does either. Welcome to the world of memos with the strength of law. A look at the regulatory state in America. 

Civil asset forfeiture is little more than state-sponsored theft. We look at some of the facts and statistics behind this unconstitutional practice, as well as give out our weekly Best Bureaucrat award. 

Tom talks about free speech and freedom of the press. We go over executive branch attacks on the media from the two most recent administrations, and the state-sponsored censorship occurring on Social Media. We discuss what's happening at different levels of the government and we give out our first Best Bureaucrat Award. 

First episode! Tom talks about Brandon Raub, the First Step act, and bleach.