(***TIMESTAMPS IN DESCRIPTION BELOW***) Mark Meuser is a constitutional law attorney and native Californian who is running for US Senate in 2022. In 2020, Meuser was ranked by Ironman as the third best male in his age group (45-49) in the United States for the half-Ironman distance (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run). Check his website: https://markmeuser.com/about-mark/ Mark Meuser: The Day I Died - Ironman Lake Tahoe, Sept. 21, 2014: https://www.youtube.com/user/markmeuser/videos ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro 2:54 - Why Alessi avoids have politicians on podcast but why he had Mark on; fascination with American history and the brilliance of our founding fathers and documents; and words 15:10 - Art of discipline; opportunities granted in the US; current thoughts on the immigration policy; current case of illegal immigrant who crossed over and found in Virginia who sexually assaulted a young student; President should NOT decide immigration policy  32:00 - Gavin Newsom and 2020 policies; arresting paddle boarder during Pandemic; homeless issue; how Mark responded to the Pandemic when in Thailand  42:50 - The argument for the 2nd amendment; Ukraine and protecting ourselves from tyrannical government; school shootings and mental health issues; Obesity issue in America  1:15:20 - Ranked 3rd in the (45-49) for Ironmans and passion for running long distances; the day he almost died bike accident in Lake Tahoe YouTube EPISODES: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ/videos ~Song provided by: Ayush Garg