Hi, it's Carol Markowitz. I'm so excited to launch my very own podcast. We'll talk to the

biggest names and politics, news, entertainment, and get to the truth of the issues that affect

your family and have some fun along the way. It's the Carol Markowitz show, part of the Clay

Travis and Bucksexten podcast network. New episodes drop every Monday and Thursday

on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Up next, the truth with Lisa Booth are the Game Witch 360 Network.

Do you feel like our freedoms are slipping away here in the United States and authoritarianism

is creeping in? I do. Do you feel like the ideals and independent spirit that make this country

great are dying a slow and painful death? I do. This is the truth with Lisa Booth.

Welcome back to the truth with Lisa Booth. I'm very excited about the second episode of my brand new

podcast. I'm going to interview the one and only Senator Rand Paul, who has been one of the

lone voices of reason throughout the coronavirus. We're going to get into the authoritarian

overreach that we have all witnessed over the past year, and together we will mourn the loss

of our civil liberties. But first, it's time for the truth. For the past year, government leaders

have used the coronavirus pandemic to expand their powers and exercise unprecedented control

over lives. In so many cities and states, politicians, and government bureaucrats have tried

to dictate to us when we can go to church, eat at a restaurant, or even see our friends

in our family. And unsurprisingly, instead of pushing the facts, the media has fear-mongered

and pushed a narrative. Or leaders have failed us. The media has failed us. And unfortunately,

many leftist leaders have used the coronavirus to expand their powers and implement draconian

measures that have led to the destruction of so many businesses, so many suicides, depression,

and kids falling behind in school. We've seen authoritarians like New York Governor Andrew

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