Plus: He Teaches Young People Realities of Socialism After Growing Up in Soviet Russia
August 5 2021
Good morning from Washington, where President Biden’s call for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign over allegations of sexual harassment draws attention to the prospect of the governor’s impeachment and removal. Our Fred Lucas has what you need to know about how that works. On the podcast, a teacher who grew up under Soviet communism spreads the word against socialism. Plus: “Problematic Women” welcomes a former abortion clinic worker; a look inside a Chinese prison camp; Biden’s border miscalculation; and He-Man gives way to a woman warrior. Forty years ago today, President Ronald Reagan begins firing 11,359 air traffic controllers on strike in violation of his order for them to return to work.
“Government basically brainwashes you from a very early age, and government thinks you are disposable,” Foundation for Economic Education’s Zilvinas Silenas says of living under communism.
“YouTube’s approach to policing debate around COVID-19 policies appears arbitrarily focused against conservative voices,” writes Sky News Australia’s Jack Houghton.
“It happens every single, solitary year: There is a significant increase in the number of people coming to the border in the winter months,” President Biden said earlier this year.
We have been told that America faces doom and death on a daily basis and that we're seeing a crisis akin to the last wave of the coronavirus in January.
