COVID Compliance Tests and the Fight for Local Leadership

On February 13, 2023, Kim Monson tackles the ongoing questions surrounding COVID vaccine safety and unexplained deaths with medical writer Dr. Brian Joondeph, explores the Colorado Springs mayoral race with Benghazi hero Tig Teagan who defied a stand-down order to save American lives, and examines the cultural shift emerging from pandemic-era compliance demands with Brownstone Institute founder Jeffrey Tucker.

Unexplained Deaths and Public Health Credibility

Start listening at 33:23 – Hour 1

Dr. Brian Joondeph, a prolific medical writer whose work appears in Rasmussen Reports and American Thinker, joins Kim to discuss a troubling pattern of sudden deaths among young, healthy individuals. Joondeph points to Rasmussen survey data showing that half of American adults believe COVID vaccine side effects have caused a significant number of unexplained deaths, a finding that health authorities continue to ignore rather than investigate.

The conversation extends to Colorado’s deteriorating urban landscape, with Joondeph noting that Denver now ranks worse than New York and Chicago in violent and property crime statistics. He attributes the decline to sanctuary city policies, the homeless crisis, and leadership failures under Democrat control. The 16th Street Mall, once a vibrant destination, has become what he describes as a no-man’s land where landlords now pay businesses to set up shop rather than collect rent.

Joondeph emphasizes that public health authorities must address these anomalies directly or risk losing all credibility for future emergencies. If officials were wrong about vaccines or other recommendations, he argues, they should get out in front and admit it rather than doubling down on denial.

“We’re hearing these reports daily of young and otherwise healthy people dying, particularly athletes, high school athletes, heart attacks, strokes, blood clots, clearly something’s amiss and this should be addressed rather than just chalk it up to unexplained, doctors mystified, and pass it off as normal.”

Dr. Brian Joondeph, Medical Writer

The Three Tests of COVID Compliance

Start listening at 67:53 – Hour 2

Jeffrey Tucker, founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and senior economics columnist for Epoch Times, breaks down the pandemic response into what he calls three tests of compliance: lockdowns, masks, and vaccinations. Each measure, he argues, came with broken promises, where complying with one demand never led to the promised relief from others.

Tucker highlights the extraordinary nature of pandemic restrictions, noting that nothing implemented over the past three years was voted on by any elected body of the people’s representatives. A small Washington bureaucracy called CISA, which did not exist five years prior, divided the entire American workforce between essential and non-essential workers. He draws a stark comparison between vaccine-status segregation in New York City and Jim Crow laws, noting that at least 40 percent of the African-American community was barred from restaurants, bars, theaters, and libraries.

Despite the carnage, Tucker expresses optimism about a cultural renaissance emerging in response. New scientific organizations, grassroots political movements, homeschooling networks, churches, and media companies are forming across the country as people rethink their relationship with institutions that failed to protect them. He views the Brownstone Institute as part of this reformation, working to chart a new path forward for civilization.

“The whole city of New York was segregated by vaccine status, which was an astounding thing because it meant that minority communities were most resistant to get the vaccine. At least 40 percent of the African-American community in New York was not allowed to go to restaurants and bars and theaters and libraries. Where have we heard this before?”

Jeffrey Tucker, Founder, Brownstone Institute

A Benghazi Hero’s Run for Colorado Springs Mayor

Start listening at 18:42 – Hour 1

Tig Teagan, an American hero who defied a stand-down order during the 2012 Benghazi attack to rescue five Americans, explains why he has entered the Colorado Springs mayoral race. The election is set for April 4th, with twelve candidates competing in what Teagan describes as a race driven by citizens fed up with establishment politicians.

Teagan recounts the harrowing events of Benghazi, where eight different Al-Qaeda groups converged to attack the U.S. consulate, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and Sean Smith. His team at the CIA compound left without orders to save the remaining Americans before their own compound was attacked three times, with the final mortar assault killing Navy SEALs Glenn Doherty and Tyrone Woods.

Now applying that same courage to local politics, Teagan criticizes the outgoing Republican mayor for failing to stand up for constituents’ rights during COVID, allowing health departments to shut down businesses. He advocates returning power to the people and addressing the corruption he sees in local government, including troubling conflicts of interest in election administration.

“We defied a stand-down order to go rescue the remaining five Americans, and we got them, brought them back to our compound.”

Tig Teagan, Benghazi Contractor and Mayoral Candidate