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An article in the Atlantic Monthly based upon anonymous sources claims that President Trump called Americans who lost their lives in the service of their country losers and suckers. Is this a believable story or do you suspect it is a political hit piece?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Democrats are calling the Republican Convention's use of national monuments and the White House repugnant. Is that because it was effective in stirring up patriotic feelings among potential voters? Are they just mad they did not think to do it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Both Democrat politicians and the Main Stream Media are claiming that the President giving his nomination acceptance speech from the south lawn of the White House is unprecedented and perhaps illegal. They seem to not realize that the Ethics Office says it is perfectly legal and President Trump is not the first president to use the White House as a political back drop...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If a national Covid vaccination is mandated, how will it be enforced? Will you have to show proof of vaccination to have a job? Will you need a vaccination certificate to go to a restaurant, a ballpark, get on a bus? Will you have to get vaccinated in order to get a passport or a driver's license?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Massachusetts has become the first state in the union to mandate a flu vaccine for all students under 30 years old. Is this the first step toward a nationally mandated Covid vaccination for everyone? What will be mandated next?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If elected, former Vice-President Joe Biden has all the earmarks of a one term or less president meaning his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris would have to fill the void. GovTrack says last year she was the most liberal senator sitting, including Vermont's arch progressive Bernie Sanders. Is this who you want in the White House?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Progressives are criticizing former Vice-President Joe Biden's choice of California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate saying she is too moderate. Is the claim that Harris is a centrist a lie designed to trick moderate democrats and independents into voting for a far left wing ticket?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump is being hammered by the media for doing a bad job with the federal government's response to the Corona virus. Is this an accurate depiction or is this media bias trying to swing voters for the general election in November?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new Gallup Poll says 86% of Americans hold the media responsible for the political divide in the U.S.. Are you in the majority? Do you think your favorite news source is bias?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More on the Appeals Court decision ordering another sentencing hearing for the Boston Marathon Bomber. Was this case more about a liberal bench trying to quash a death sentence then it was about an overwrought jury looking for retribution?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The federal Appeals Court says the Boston Marathon Bomber did not get a fair penalty hearing because the jury who gave him the death penalty may have been unduly influenced by media in the city 2 years after the attack that murdered 4 people and maimed hundreds. Is it worth putting the survivors through another nightmarish trial in order to give the domestic terrorist the death penalty again?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Travel bans are not helping already pandemic decimated airlines. But neither is the fear of the dreaded middle seat and fully booked flights. Airlines can't break even if they keep a third of their cabin seats empty and they say a mask and washing your hands should be enough on planes where social distancing is just not possible. Are you ready to fly again?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has placed a new travel ban on anyone coming into or back to the Bay State. He says the move is to keep our already very low covid infection rate down. Are the good virus numbers in the Commonwealth due to lockdowns and travel bans or are they due to increasing herd immunity?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If our national anthem is to be changed, just what are we supposed to change it to? Suggestions made include "God Bless America," "This Land is Your Land," "Lift Every Voice and Sing," "America the Beautiful," and the favorite of the Los Angeles Times, "Lean on Me." While a number of these songs are easier to sing than "The Star-Spangled Banner," none are hitting the right note...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A move is afoot to retire "The Star-Spangled Banner" as our national anthem because of a line in the poem in which the lyrics of the song are based. Francis Scott Key's poem "The Defence of Fort McHenry" contains the phrase "No refuge could save the hireling and slave, from the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave." Even though that stanza is not included in the anthem, a group of virtue signaling protesters say the song must go. Is dumping "The Star-Spangled Banner" one woke movement too far?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.