{"id":18016,"date":"2023-02-22T22:33:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T03:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=18016"},"modified":"2023-02-22T22:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T03:50:47","slug":"thumping-tsa-covid-mandate-madness-biden-on-brian-wilson-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/22\/thumping-tsa-covid-mandate-madness-biden-on-brian-wilson-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumping TSA, Covid Mandate Madness, Biden on Brian Wilson Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former New York City radio star <strong>Brian Wilson<\/strong> and I have thumping the feds on our weekly radar.\u00a0 My recent trip to Hartford spurred some fresh smackdowns of TSA. Covid mandate madness and bootlicking reporters took a wallop as well. \u00a0 We talked about the growing resistance in Congress to endless spending for Ukraine.\u00a0 I recapped the bizarre new definition of &#8220;independent media&#8221; &#8211; on the federal dole.\u00a0 But President Biden received nothing but honorifics.\u00a0 Well, mostly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of journalists have risen to the top in Washington by kowtowing to the government. Presidents or top officials get fawning coverage because the journalist is hoping for a one-on-one interview that will be the high point of their career. Mind you, that&#8217;s not the scorecard I use.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;U.S. media coverage of the Ukraine War symbolizes how the bullshit radars have not only been turned off &#8211; they have been smashed into a thousand pieces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;It&#8217;s amazing how liberal Democrats in Congress have all fallen in line to support unlimited U.S. intervention in the Ukraine war.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>My final comment on the Wednesday podcast: &#8220;It\u2019s a good tune-up for a Hump Day evening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the 30 minute podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-week-so-far-brian-wilson-and-james-bovard\/id1638506178?i=1000601186332\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-week-so-far-brian-wilson-and-james-bovard\/id1638506178?i=1000601186332<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jpb-and-brian-wilson-327122870_712995040331187_3951475971020398862_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17961\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jpb-and-brian-wilson-327122870_712995040331187_3951475971020398862_n-800x416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jpb-and-brian-wilson-327122870_712995040331187_3951475971020398862_n-800x416.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jpb-and-brian-wilson-327122870_712995040331187_3951475971020398862_n-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jpb-and-brian-wilson-327122870_712995040331187_3951475971020398862_n-768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jpb-and-brian-wilson-327122870_712995040331187_3951475971020398862_n.jpg 823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New York City radio star Brian Wilson and I have thumping the feds on our weekly radar.\u00a0 My recent trip to Hartford spurred some fresh smackdowns of TSA. 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