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Sep 2021
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Ep 961 | The Attorney Suing Against Vacc...

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Today’s guest believes that he has the legal ingredients to use religious liberty to essentially neuter the vaccine mandate. Brian Festa, a civil rights attorney from Connecticut and founder of legal service company WeThePatriotsUSA.org, has so far successfully worked to secure a temporary injunction against the New York mandate and believes he has the right ... Show More
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