We say happy birthday to Frederick Douglas, talk about the new proposal to make voting mandatory in California, and discuss the Trump administrations proposal to have the US government own telecom companies to "compete" with China.
Frederick Douglass:
https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/self-made-frederick-douglass-tim-sandefur
California Voting:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-05/california-lawmaker-proposes-mandatory-voting
William Barr wants to own part of Nokia:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-espionage/to-counter-huawei-u-s-could-take-controlling-stake-in-ericsson-nokia-attorney-general-idUSKBN2001DL
