Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere

Today’s Hot Topics:

1) Rising in polls and facing increased scrutiny, Sen. Elizabeth Warren came under attack from two of her Democratic presidential nomination rivals at Tuesday night’s primary debate over her refusal to discuss whether taxes would go up for Americans to implement her proposal for a government-run Medicare-for-all plan.

2) Three members of the so-called “Squad” of far-left freshman members of Congress are lining up behind Sen. Bernie Sanders for president. Fox News has learned that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will appear with Sanders on Saturday in Queens, N.Y., at a “Bernie’s Back” rally designed to generate excitement for the senator’s campaign following his recent heart procedure. Reps. Ihan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, will also endorse the candidate.

3) According to a new declassified ruling from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), FBI personnel systematically abused National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance data in both 2017 and 2018. The 138-page ruling, which dates back to October 2018, was only unsealed 12 months later in October 2019. It offers a rare look at how the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been abusing the constitutional privacy rights of U.S. citizens with alarming regularity. The court ruling is also a stinging rebuke to the FBI’s overreach of its ability to search surveillance intelligence databases.

4) Former Vice President Joe Biden insisted during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate on Tuesday night that neither he nor his son Hunter did anything “wrong” when it comes to the younger Biden’s past work in Ukraine. Biden was asked why his son was able to hold a lucrative role serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas firm, Burisma Holdings, while he was running U.S.-Ukraine policy as former President Barack Obama’s vice president. “My son did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong,” Biden said. “I carried out the policy of the United States government, which was to root out corruption in Ukraine and that’s what we should be focusing on.”

Today’s Guests:

1) Dr. Paul Broun, Fmr US Rep. of Georgia – Talked with Jeff about the attemot to impeach the President, whether the Democrats will follow through with impeachment, the run-off for Louisiana Governor, and the current state of the Republican party.

2) Frosty Wooldridge, Author, Adventurer – Talked with Jeff about cycling around the country, immigration, updates on border control, the issues with homeless in California, losing our citizenship worth, no talk of immigration at Democratic debate, and the statistics behind it. For more info check out: https://www.numbersusa.com/

3) David Bentley Hart, Author – Talked with Jeff about his book That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation, universal salvation, eternal hell never clearly mentioned in scripture, defines universalists, concept of the devil, and more.

4) Thomas Kostigen, National Media Spokesperson for Emergency Essentials – Talked with Jeff about emergency prepared during hurrican season, what to have in your survival kit, what emergency essentials puts in their kits, importance of having foods with protein, and more.

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