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Donald Trump is falling apart with less than a week to go before the election. His Madison Square Garden hate rally is obviously getting most of the attention, but both before and after that his campaign was already descending into madness. He has called America a “garbage can,” fantasized about Marjorie Taylor Greene blowing up in a car accident, and even got called out by Joe Rogan for his lies. This is a campaign that is fumbling at the goal line.
A financial analyst for Fox News said on the air this week that the idea of people investing in Donald Trump’s media company was “laughable.” Even the stock price has rebounded after bottoming out in the teens just a few weeks ago, the analyst believes that the company is still headed towards disaster because there is no real way for it to sustain itself. The revenue stream for the company is virtually non-existent, and their expenses are through the roof.
During his rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Donald Trump teased that he and Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson had a “Secret” that they can’t share, but they would reveal it after the election. This led many to believe that Trump was suggesting that Johnson was going to vote to NOT certify the election results if Trump loses. Johnson is now in damage control mode, and he insists that this “secret” is just a “get out the vote effort.” That seems highly unbelievable.
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Cities across the country are struggling to pay their own bills after ponying up tens, and sometimes hundreds, of thousands of dollars to cover the added costs that Donald Trump’s rallies bring to their cities. And since Trump’s campaign is still refusing to pay the bills that they owe, these cities are often left with few options other than to just cut their losses and hope they can survive.
The administration of Ron DeSantis was slammed during a recent hearing with a federal judge over their attempts to silence a political opposition group that was running ads on local TV stations across Florida. The judge told the defendants from the DeSantis administration, “It’s the First Amendment, stupid,” as he blasted their attempts to silence political opposition. This came as an official for the administration resigned last week and through DeSantis’s underlings under the bus as directing him to threaten the TV stations.
A leaked “spoof” video that was sent out to workers with Elon Musk’s America PAC tells door knockers how they can get around the system and “fake” their jobs. In the video, that allegedly made its way to hundreds of PAC workers, they are shown how to use a GPS spoofing app to fool the door-knocking app they use, and then they were told how to fake the responses on the survey (but to make sure that they varied the responses so that they each seem unique.) Elon has a lot of answers to give about what’s happening at his group.
During a recent interview, Donald Trump falsely claimed that “nobody” has ever been treated worse in this country than the hundreds of people that have been convicted for storming the Capitol on January 6th. He then amended that to say that MAYBE Japanese Americans that were forced into internment camps during WWII were treated as bad. This comment drew immediate backlash from people who understand the history of the United States.
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According to a new report from The New York Times, the Trump campaign colluded with Elon Musk to suppress the release of information that had been hacked from the Trump campaign. This is what led to the Twitter ban of investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein (who has since been reinstated on the platform.) But this is EXACTLY what Republicans accused the Biden campaign of doing four years ago, and now they are the ones who actually worked with social media companies to remove unflattering content.
During a recent interview with The New York Times, Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance was asked five times in a row to admit that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, and every time he deferred and changed the subject, or he engaged in attacks to deflect the question. This type of denial is incredibly dangerous to the safety of our elections, and it is further evidence of why Trump picked Vance to begin with.
Ted Cruz went on Sean Hannity’s program on Fox News on Monday evening to beg viewers for more money. This pitch for cash was timed perfectly with the release of internal polling from a Republican Super PAC that shows that Cruz is flailing in his Senate race against Democrat Colin Allred, and the two remain in a statistical dead heat with three weeks to go before the election. Cruz is getting desperate, and his pitch for cash is proof of that.
And Majorie Taylor Greene has spent more than a week trying to convince America that the government is creating hurricanes and sending them to attack Republican areas of the country. That’s why her recent post on social media made everyone laugh at her. Greene posted a picture of a man in a giant tinfoil hat that had the caption “everyone in America right now,” to which Greene added “Yep.” She didn’t realize the irony of her post and got immediately roasted by the internet.
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The release of special prosecutor Jack Smith’s new evidence against Donald Trump made one thing absolutely clear: Rudy Giuliani’s incompetence may have been what saved the country. Giuliani, while working on Trump’s behalf to get Congress to NOT certify the election results, accidentally texted his plan for Congress to the wrong number, which then prevented Congress from getting the plan. Had this not happened, January 6th could have turned out very differently.
Not long ago, Donald Trump promised to release his full medical records to prove that being the oldest presidential nominee in history wasn’t that big of a deal. And now that we’re a month away from the election, the media is calling him out for failing to do so. Voters have enormous concerns about Trump’s fitness – both physical and mental – and releasing those records could go a long way to easing fears – or confirming them.
Tim Walz, without even doing anything, has managed to drive Republican House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer insane. Comer is abusing his power to launch an investigation into Walz’s connections to China, and right before the recent Vice Presidential Debate Comer sent a subpoena to the Department of Homeland Security for information about Walz. This investigation will end the same way that all of Comer’s other investigations ended, which means he’ll look like a complete fool again.
Donald Trump’s dumpster fire of a campaign is now burning through cash faster than money can come in. For the past two months, the campaign has spent more than it brought in, dropping Trump’s total amount of cash on hand to a little over $230 million (which is still a lot, but not nearly as much as the Harris campaign has.) The biggest problem, however, is that Republicans have no idea where Trump is spending the money.
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Republican Senator JD Vance likely didn’t do himself any favors in the vice-presidential debate against Governor Tim Walz on Tuesday evening. Vance repeatedly refused to answer questions and lied throughout most of the debate. At one point, he was so angry about being fact checked that he attacked the moderators before they ended up cutting his microphone. But it was his refusal to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election that really raised eyebrows
Donald Trump is getting absolutely trashed for spreading lies about the Biden Administration’s response to Hurricane Helene. And it isn’t just the Left that’s going after him – Republicans are having to come out and debunk his lies, too. Trump has claimed that the Biden administration is doing nothing and not even taking calls from Republican-controlled states, but the truth is that Biden has been on the phone constantly and offering whatever aid is needed for ALL states impacted.
Sometimes it isn’t exactly clear if Kellyanne Conway wants Donald Trump to win the election or not. During an interview on Fox News this week, Conway said that she tried to taunt Trump into doing another debate with Kamala Harris, even though he completely botched it the first time. But if Trump can’t even convince his friends that he’s not a coward, then he has no hope of convincing the public.
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Republicans in the House are growing increasingly concerned that Donald Trump’s demands of them are going to lead to “galactically stupid” consequences for them in November’s election. Trump is still demanding that they shut down the government, and if they don’t, they fear that he’s going to go on the rampage against them – which could be just as costly in November!
Republican Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer sunk to a new level during a recent interview on Fox News when he decided to go into an attack on Tim Walz’s family, including his children. Comer attacked the children as part of the justification for his investigation into Walz, whom Comer believes is being “groomed” by China. These kinds of attacks used to be completely off limits, but this one wasn’t even a blip on the media’s radar.
Donald Trump only has a few days left before he can sell his shares of Truth Social (officially the Trump Media & Technology Group stock), but the whole thing could end up being completely worthless by Friday. The stock closed a little over $13 per share last week, then dropped even further during trading on Monday to close to $12. This is a sinking ship, and Trump won’t be the one left without a life preserver.
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There is absolutely no winning with Donald Trump. Following the incident at his golf course on Sunday, Trump told a rally crowd this week that both President Biden and Vice President Harris called him and were very nice, and then he said he wished that they hadn’t been so nice to him – apparently it makes him feel bad to be a jerk to them after that. But he continued on with his jerkish behavior nevertheless.
Republican Senator John Kennedy made headlines this week when he went into a massively racist line of questioning with a Muslim woman who was testifying before a Senate Committee on racism on college campuses. Kennedy appeared to prove her point about rampant racism by repeatedly implying that she supported terrorist organizations, but he shocked the entire room and drew audible gasps from the audience when he concluded his time by telling the woman to “hide your head in a bag.”
Republicans in the House failed to get a budget bill passed on Wednesday evening because they wouldn’t remove the SAVE Act that Donald Trump has been pushing for. Now Trump has gone ballistic and is demanding that Republicans shut down the federal government at the end of the month. Mitch McConnell had previously said that doing so would be “politically stupid,” but Trump is telling Republicans that now is the time to be stupid.
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Donald Trump had a major meltdown early Sunday morning about mail-in voting. He immediately got on Truth Social to complain about the US Mail service admitting that they are running way behind on getting mail-in ballots delivered, which Trump immediately claimed was election interference. The irony is that HE created this mess four years ago on purpose, and he seems to have forgotten about that.
Rudy Giuliani got blasted by a federal judge in New Hampshire on Monday when the judge dismissed Giuliani’s defamation lawsuit against President Biden. Giuliani was suing the president for claiming that Giuliani was pushing out talking points from Russia last year, and he sued in New Hampshire because he thought it would be a friendlier jurisdiction. The judge saw right through it, and said in the ruling that Giuliani “utterly failed” to prove that the case should take place in that state.
The “affidavit” from an alleged ABC staffer has been released, and it is filled with problems related to its credibility. But while the media and politicians attempt to determine what’s real and what isn’t, they are all missing the biggest point: The conspiracy theory itself makes no sense. ABC stood to gain absolutely nothing, but potentially lose millions, by helping Kamala Harris.
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At a time when Donald Trump can’t afford any slip ups, his campaign made a massive unforced error this week during a photo op at Arlington National Cemetery. The former president appeared to take some pictures and lay a wreath, but now reports suggest that this whole incident may have been illegal. Making things even worse is the fact that his staff got into a fight at the event, and they then doubled down on the attacks after everything ended.
Once again, past comments by Senator J.D. Vance have come back to cause chaos for the Trump campaign. This time, it was comments that he made on a podcast in 2021, where he claimed that people that don’t have children are “disturbing” to him. Comments like these are absolutely killing the Trump campaign with voters, and it doesn’t look like there is any end in sight to Vance’s horrible comments from the past.
Conservative radio host Erick Erickson has had enough of the “Trump Cult,” and he blasted them during a recent segment on his program for attacking anyone that doesn’t “hump” Trump’s leg. At one point, he grew so irate that he exclaimed “screw you people” after he talked about how he had probably given more money to Trump than any of them. This is a crack in the support for Trump, even if Erickson still says he’ll vote for him.
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Donald Trump went even further off the deep end this past weekend, ranting on Truth Social like a complete lunatic. At one point, he even asked how Kamala Harris even has a “right” to run for President, suggesting that she is somehow an illegitimate person. These attacks are going to continue to get more unhinged and more panicked as his campaign keeps failing.
Staunch Trump ally, and former Fox and Newsmax host, Eric Bolling had an epic meltdown that he felt the need to post to social media. His meltdown was supposed to serve as a warning to Donald Trump, but it came across more as a very public nervous breakdown. During a profane video rant, Bolling exclaimed to Trump that “we’re losing!” and then proceeded to complain about the fact that Fox News got crushed in the ratings by MSNBC last week during the Democratic convention. There are plenty of meltdowns to go around among Republicans these days.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has reemerged from whatever cave she’s been hiding in for the last few weeks to spread more lies and hatred towards Democrats. This time, her anger and lies were directed right at Vice President Kamala Harris, whom Greene claimed supports the idea of abortion right up until the moment of birth. That has never been a thing in this country, and it has never even been an idea that Democrats have pushed or supported.
Donald Trump just can’t stop himself from lying all of the time, even about things that don’t matter. This week, a reporter asked him a simple question about what he’s doing to prep for his upcoming debate against Kamala Harris, and he replied that he’s not really doing anything to prep for the debate. But his campaign had already previously confirmed that they had pulled in Tulsi Gabbard to help with his prep, so we know that he’s just lying to make himself look tough and not like the scared little boy that he is.
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House Republicans released their long-delayed impeachment inquiry report on Monday (to coincide with the start of the Democratic Convention) and they clearly admit that the President did not commit any crimes. HOWEVER, they are still recommending impeachment because they claim that the family traded on their name to get business deals (which they even admit isn’t technically a crime.)
During a recent interview, Donald Trump’s nephew Fred Trump III suggested that his uncle could be suffering from dementia – just like his father and grandfather suffered from. The family medical history is not working in Trump’s favor, and the mental lapses and cognitive issues with Trump are well documented and actually getting worse.
Just when you think that J.D. Vance can’t get any dumber, he goes and proves you wrong. During an appearance on Fox News this past weekend, Vance compared Kamala Harris to Jeff Epstein, and the internet had a field day with it. Vance seems to forget that his running mate, Donald Trump, was not only listed on Epstein’s flight log and once was the target of a lawsuit from one of Epstein’s victims – but Trump is also currently flying around on Epstein’s old plane!
Marjorie Taylor Greene appears to have dropped off the face of the map. Aside from a few posts on social media attacking Democrats – which easily could have been from her staffers – Greene has disappeared from conservative media. No interviews, no speeches, no random appearances where she’s acting like a lunatic on camera. NOTHING. Are Republicans trying to hide her as the election appears to be slipping further away from them?
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Americans from all across the political spectrum were shocked and appalled by Donald Trump’s reality-defying posts on Truth Social throughout the day on Sunday, and even some of Trump’s own supporters admitted that he is losing his mind. The posts were nothing short of insanity, and could easily be evidence of a severe mental illness. Nevertheless, not a single major media outlet was talking about it on Monday morning – the either moved on or completely ignored it.
A new survey appears to have confirmed that Donald Trump could not have picked a worse running mate than J.D. Vance. A majority voters say that Vance is not only “weird,” but also “anti-woman,” and that’s just the tip of the iceberg that the Trump campaign is running into. Voters dislike virtually everything about Vance, and he’s definitely dragging the ticket down.
Donald Trump is about to get his lawyers in a heap of trouble after it was announced that he is suing the Department of Justice for $100 million over the execution of the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago. The judge overseeing the documents case – Judge Aileen Cannon – has already ruled that the warrant was executed correctly and legally, which means there’s already no case. His lawyers who file the suit will undoubtedly be sanctioned as a result.
Current and former Republican officials are now begging Donald Trump to fix his campaign before he sinks the entire Republican Party. That’s not a small ask, especially considering the fact that Trump becomes increasingly unhinged as he continues to sink in the polls. Trump is his own worst enemy, and there’s virtually no way to get him to stop being who he is.
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Unlike Donald Trump, Kamala Harris took some time and weighed her options before picking her running mate, and her announcement on Tuesday morning was met with overwhelming approval (unlike Trump’s pick of J.D. Vance.) Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will now be on the ballot with Harris in November, and she couldn’t have picked a better running mate to shore up any weaknesses that her campaign may have.
Donald Trump has spent years telling us that President Biden is too old to do the job, and now he’s probably wishing that he never made that claim. Another new poll has found that a majority of voters believe that Trump is too old to be president, and too mentally unfit to hold the job. These are the same attacks that Trump leveled against Biden, and now they are coming back to bite him.
Nothing is going right for Donald Trump, and he’s losing his mind as a result of it. For the past week, every new poll that has come out has delivered more and more bad news, with the bad news seemingly getting worse with each new poll. It is time to face the reality of the fact that the only reason Trump was even competitive in the first place was because people were tired of President Biden, and now that he’s out, voters are energized and happy, and that’s horrible for Trump.
Because J.D. Vance is doing such a horrible job of cleaning up his “childless cat lady comments,” the campaign has decided to put him on the shelf and instead send out his wife, Usha, to smooth things over. Usha Vance did an interview that aired on Fox & Friends on Monday morning where she wrote off her husband’s misogynistic attack on women, but her assurances are being undermined by JD’s insistence on repeating the statements over and over again.
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An adviser for Kamala Harris coined a new attack against Republicans in a recent campaign email, and it is one that is now driving Republicans insane. The attack is simple: Republicans are weird, sick freaks. But the simplicity of it is what is driving conservatives up the wall, to the point where Vivek Ramaswamy got blasted on social media for whining about the "juvenile" name-calling from the Left.
Things keep getting worse for Republicans as they continue to rip each other apart. Recently, Republican Senator Rick Scott tore into Mitch McConnell for being a "dictator" in the Senate within his own Republican caucus. Scott wants McConnell's job so bad that he can taste it, but the last time he tried to do it he went down in flames and ended up losing his position as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
While there are plenty of Republicans in the Senate and House who love Donald Trump’s pick of J.D. Vance, there is a growing chorus of others who are hoping Trump makes a switch before it is too late. Trump has about a week left before he can’t make any changes to the ticket (due to state rules about declared and nominated candidates), but it isn’t likely that he’ll make a switch – it would be an admission of failure, and Trump will never do that.
Donald Trump pulled an all-nighter on Truth Social this week, staying up and posting about how much he hates the conservative cable news network. The convicted felon posted a series of memes about how bad Fox has allegedly gotten, and how Republicans will have to win this year’s election without them. This shows not only Trump’s further descent into madness, but it also proves that Republicans view Fox as a political arm of their campaigns.
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Biden is out, and it looks like Kamala Harris is the new nominee, and the Democratic Party is absolutely crushing it in fundraising, polls, and in driving Donald Trump insane with this move. Things are finally starting to look up for the Democrats.
Reports suggest that Trump is already regretting his pick of J.D. Vance as his running mate as the junior Ohio senator continues to flop hard on the campaign trail.
Marjorie Taylor Greene went berserk during a House hearing this week when she thought about the prospect of Donald Trump going to prison for his 34 felony convictions.
And Trump is now threatening to sue the Justice Department for executing their search warrant at Mar-a-Lago - but that lawsuit is destined to become one of Trump's biggest humiliations ever (if it even happens.)
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Donald Trump is celebrating the fact that Judge Aileen Cannon completely bastardized the justice system this week, and part of his celebration included an absolutely unhinged post on Truth Social. The former President praised the judge and then called for all cases against him to be dismissed in a show of "unity" for the nation, and then he launched a completely fact-free attack on the Democrats (right after calling for unity.)
Buried deep in a story from Axios this week is a statement from a "senior House Democrat" who told the outlet that Democrats have already "resigned themselves" to a second term of Donald Trump in The White House. This is a shocking statement, and it deserved far more coverage than Axios gave it. This means that Democrats are either giving up the fight before it even begins, or that they believe there is no way to beat Teflon Don.
Donald Trump's campaign is not wasting any time using the imagery of Saturday's shooting in their campaign fundraising pitches, which is what everyone knew would happen. On Monday, the campaign sent out an email that featured the photo of a bloody Trump raising his fist after being shot at on Saturday, with the email saying "FEAR NOT!" followed by a stream of statements depicting Trump as some sort of hero.
Donald Trump has repeatedly trashed electric vehicles and has promised to return America to gasoline cars if he returns to office. In spite of those promises, Elon Musk has decided to pledge $45 million per month to a Trump-supporting Super PAC, even though Musk owns the largest all-electric car companies in the country. He'll likely end up regretting this decision in the long run.
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In a powerful letter delivered to Congressional Democrats on Monday, President Biden made it crystal clear that he is not dropping out of the presidential race and that it was time to drop the talk of replacing him and move forward on a united front. This comes as an increasing, though still small, number of elected Democrats are calling for him to drop out of the race - along with donors and 70% of liberal voters. But Biden is adamant that he can do the job.
Most of the media attention for the past week and a half has been on President Biden following his debate performance. The few times the media talked about Donald Trump it centered on how dangerous he could become due to the Supreme Court's immunity ruling and Project 2025. Trump, according to Democrats, has been hiding out for the last week, hoping to keep the media spotlight on Biden, but Democrats are now calling him out of hiding to shift the media's focus.
During a recent interview with Steve Bannon (before he was incarcerated), Donald Trump ally Kash Patel issued a direct threat to those of us on the Left. Patel stated clearly that "we're going to come after you," referring to anyone that has gone after Trump in the media in a way that Patel and Trump's other allies don't approve of. This is not just unconstitutional, it is insanely dangerous for the future of this country.
Kellyanne Conway is going to continue to get paid to push propaganda for Donald Trump, and her payday is getting even bigger. Fox announced this week that Conway would soon begin hosting her own show on Fox Nation, the network's streaming platform, just in time to push pro-Trump nonsense ahead of the election. Trump spent the weekend railing against the network on Truth Social, so maybe this was their attempt to appease him.
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The Supreme Court issued their long-awaited ruling on Presidential immunity on Monday, and it didn't do anything to clear things up. The Court actually just regurgitated what the Constitution says - specifically that the President has absolute immunity for official acts, but not from other acts. But this is still a major victory for Trump, as it sends the issue of whether the acts are official or not back to the lower courts, which could create months or even years of delays.
Bloomberg is reporting that Democratic operatives are floating a plan to nominate President Biden earlier than the DNC convention in August in order to squash the talk of replacing him on the ballot. While chatter about replacing him has died down considerably in just a few short days, there are still plenty of voices calling for a new nominee - and making that happen while we still have time.
Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to hold a press conference outside the prison where Steve Bannon surrendered on Monday, and it couldn't have gone worse for the Georgia lawmaker. Anti-Trump protesters showed up and drowned Greene out with chants of "Trump lost!" along with an increasingly-annoying cowbell that sent Greene over the edge. Greene had to abruptly end her little crusade after no one could hear what she was saying.
And Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced this week that she would be filing articles of impeachment against the corrupt Justices of the US Supreme Court who have gutted our rights and protections with rulings handed down this past week. To be fair, this effort will not go anywhere since Republicans control the House and there aren't enough votes in the Senate to convict anyone, but at least she is doing SOMETHING about the problem.
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Lauren Boebert prevailed in her Republican primary for Colorado's 4th Congressional district, and this means that she will likely cruise to a relatively easy victory in November in the deeply red area of the state. The real disappointment, however, is the fact that the Republicans in that district had the opportunity to pick anyone else to represent them, but they went with the disgusting, perverted person who has proven that she can't deliver for her constituents - and actually votes against allowing good things to happen for her voters. They own her now, and they deserve all the misfortune that comes along with that.
A very irate and confused Judge Aileen Cannon snapped at federal prosecutors multiple times in hearings this week, and it was all because she didn't seem to understand how things are supposed to work under the law. At one point, she snapped at a prosecutor for defending the funding of the special prosecutor's office - something that Cannon has no control or say over. At another point, she told a prosecutor she didn't like his tone while he was arguing that federal witnesses should have their identities shielded.
The court-appointed financial monitor overseeing Alex Jones' media empire has now recommended that the entire thing be liquidated and sold off in order to pay off what he owes to the families of the Sandy Hook victims that he attacked. This could mean the (at least temporary) end of Jones' show, as he will likely be left with absolutely nothing.
As part of their Project 2025, the right wing Heritage Foundation is paying another conservative group to gather intelligence on existing federal workers to find out which people are loyal to Donald Trump. Those that are not considered "loyal," according to a report from the Associated Press, could end up being either "reassigned" to other areas or simply fired if Trump wins this year's election. This is horrifying, dystopian stuff happening right in front of us, and voters need to be alarmed about what's going on.
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Kellyanne Conway has returned to her previous role as the chief lie-teller for Donald Trump. Over the weekend, Conway appeared on Fox News to falsely claim that Trump spoke to about 8,000 people at a predominantly black church in Detroit, even though photos showed roughly 200, mostly-white people attending his speech. In spite of the photographic evidence to the contrary, Conway continued to push the lie to make Trump feel good, just like she used to do.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is so desperate for Donald Trump to be granted immunity by the Supreme Court that she'll believe anything - including that a video from two years ago was somehow taken just hours ago. Greene fell for a deceptive video on social media that was originally posted by a Turning Points contributor that has a history of plagiarism accusations, with Greene claiming that the video was proof that SCOTUS was about to give Trump immunity.
On Saturday, the soon-to-be incarcerated Steve Bannon rattled off the top names on Donald Trump's enemies lies that will be targeted first if Trump wins the election this year. Those names include special prosecutor Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, and Lisa Monaco. These Justice Department officials and prosecutor are the ones that have caused the most headaches for Trump, but they aren't the only people his allies have talked about targeting.
And it may already be game over for Donald Trump in this year's election as a new poll has found that 21% of Independent voters say that his criminal convictions make it less likely that they will vote for him. They also say that these convictions WILL impact their voting decisions later this year. The only problem is that the public quickly forgets things, and this sentiment could easily die off before we get to November, especially since Trump's other legal cases are likely not happening this year.
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Judge Aileen Cannon has officially been on the documents case for a year, and legal experts are saying that they are shocked she still has a job. These experts have been so repulsed by the behavior of Judge Cannon that they now believe she's no longer fit to serve on the bench at all. And the rulings she issued last week are no exception.
Last week, Donald Trump's shortlist of potential running mates was made public, as the potential picks were sent vetting information by Trump's campaign. And the list is nothing short of horrifying. All of the people are considered hard right extremists, with some masquerading as "normal." But don't be fooled - these people are ready to strip away your rights at the first opportunity.
The neighbor that allegedly had some problems with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's wife spoke out publicly about their altercations last week, and suggested that the Alito family is "outright lying" about what happened. One of the big issues was the upside down flag that was flown outside of Alito's home following the 2020 election. Alito claimed the flag was put that way after a spat with the neighbor, but the neighbor says the flag was like that for weeks before things blew up.
Rather than giving themselves a raise, Congress passed a law a few years ago that allows for an insane amount of reimbursements for members of Congress, on everything from travel to housing. And a new analysis of the receipts has revealed that Matt Gaetz is one of the top recipients of these new government handouts, that actually don't require any receipts at all. And Republican Nancy Mace wasn't far behind him.
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During his recent interview with Fox & Friends, Donald Trump claimed that he's "ok with" the idea of him going to prison. However, he included one very important caveat that many believe could be a signal to his violent base. Trump said that while he's fine with going to jail, "the public" likely wouldn't be, and that could lead to some bad things happening. This covert call to action is exactly how the Capitol Riots came into being, with Trump's rhetoric gradually getting more and more violent until the violence actually began.
Republicans in Colorado's 4th Congressional district decided to have back-to-back primary debates on Friday and Saturday, but Lauren Boebert didn't show up for the Saturday debate. One possible reason is because she got utterly humiliated and lashed out at the moderator of Friday night's debate when the moderator brought up Boebert's Beetlejuice shenanigans, which then caused the other candidates to dogpile on her. But her absence didn't stop the attacks on Saturday.
Marjorie Taylor Greene went off crazier than usual on Tuesday morning in a post on social media. Greene demanded that the Republican caucus in the House spend the rest of their days working on ways to punish every single person that is involved in Donald Trump's legal problems, saying that Democrats have pushed us into a "full blown dictatorship." Clearly she doesn't own a dictionary, but that's beside the point. Greene is demanding that Republicans abuse their power, and that is something that routinely gets overlooked by the press.
Republicans in the Senate, and even some outside of it, are begging the rest of their Party members to shut the hell up about Donald Trump's felony convictions. They understand that this is NOT a winning issue for the Party, and they would rather focus on the economy or literally anything else heading into the election. Apparently, there are still a few people in the GOP that have a brain, and they know that the polls are looking really bad for a nominee with a felony conviction, and whining about it incessantly only reminds the public about what he did.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
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It wouldn't be a holiday in the United States without Donald Trump posting something horribly offensive and inappropriate on social media, and Memorial Day this year was no exception. Trump posted a message wishing a Happy Memorial Day to all, including the "human scum" that have been successful in holding him accountable in court.
Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders caught flak over the weekend for ignoring her constituents while tornadoes ravaged the state and killed at least 8 people. Instead of being their for her state during an emergency, Sanders had flown to North Carolina to catch a NASCAR event. This is what Republican "leadership" looks like - just like when Ted Cruz abandoned Texas during snowstorms to go to Cancun.
Donald Trump's campaign claimed that about 25,000 people showed up to his rally in The Bronx last week, but that claim was swiftly debunked by aerial photographs that showed a crowd much smaller than that. Trump has been lying consistently about the size of his rally crowds because he believes that is the only barometer to gauge how popular he is. And if he's right about that, then he's definitely in trouble.
Donald Trump threw a fit on Tuesday morning over Republican Representative, and House Freedom Caucus Chair, Bob Good. Trump got on Truth Social and attacked Good as being bad, and then went on to endorse his primary opponent. Good's race has split Republicans in the House, with some endorsing his opponent while others are standing by him. But the big question is why is this hard right lawmaker even facing a challenge? The answer is even dumber than you'd expect.
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The defense team rested their case in Donald Trump's hush money trial a little before noon on Tuesday, and the former President never took the stand. Trump had promised multiple times that he would be testifying in his own defense, and the consensus was that this would be a horrible idea for his trial team. Apparently he took the advice of his lawyers - and the prevailing legal scholars - but that doesn't change the fact that he still chickened out of doing what he said he would do.
Republican Representative Andy Ogles is so angry about the gag order against Donald Trump that he is pushing legislation that would make ALL gag orders ILLEGAL in this country. Ogles is part of a Congress that has achieved the least amount of accomplishments in the history of this country, and THIS is the kind of legislation that he is focusing on, rather than actually trying to do something to help the country.
Mitch McConnell is sick and tired of all the reports about the corruption of the conservative justices on the Supreme Court, and this week he came out and said that everyone just needs to leave the court alone. This comes after last week's report of the upside down American flag hanging outside Justice Alito's house following the 2020 election. But there's a reason McConnell wants everyone to shut up about the court - HE picked these people that are now under so much scrutiny.
Following the release of court filings this week, Donald Trump falsely claimed that the FBI, under President Biden's direction, was given orders that they could assassinate Trump when they executed the search warrant for government documents at Mar-a-Lago. This is not true at all and is a complete misinterpretation of the order, but Trump used it as a distraction so that people would ignore the fact that the unsealed documents also said that MORE classified documents were found at his golf resort months after the FBI conducted their search.
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It was announced last week that Barron Trump would be an RNC delegate at the RNC convention this coming summer, but Melania Trump has now put that idea to rest. Her office announced that he is declining to be a delegate for the state of Florida, but this came AFTER her husband, Donald, made a video boasting about Barron being a delegate where the former president appeared to not even know how old his son is.
Another one of Donald Trump's friends is moving closer to becoming a jailbird after an Appeals Court upheld the criminal conviction of Steve Bannon for defying a Congressional subpoena. Bannon had been allowed by a Trump-appointed judge to remain out of prison as he appeals the conviction, but he may now be out of options. Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro is currently serving his sentence for the same crime, but he had a judge that was NOT appointed by Donald Trump.
Republican Senator Katie Britt, who was last seen making a fool of herself from her own kitchen during her State of the Union Response, has put forth legislation that could end up creating a national database with the personal information of every pregnant woman in America. Britt claims that the legislation would only create resources for pregnant women to understand their options (options that don't include any information about terminating a pregnancy,) but the legislation actually says that women can enter their information for the government to track and store. This is exceptionally dangerous, given the laws that are popping up all over the country.
During a recent podcast, two professional psychologists warned that Donald Trump's mental deterioration appears to be accelerating. They pointed to the fact that his mental gaffes are becoming both worse and more frequent, which could be a sign that his brain is rotting out faster than we realize. The stress of his criminal trial could be the catalyst that is causing this rapid decline.
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Donald Trump was once again found to be in violation of the gag order against him, forcing Judge Juan Merchan to hold him in contempt...again. The judge told Trump that he really doesn't want to have to put him in jail, but he said that he will be left with no choice if the violations continue. However, the judge said the same thing last week, so it is starting to look more and more like Trump is above the law.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is still dealing with blowback from her new book, and it isn't just because of her dog murdering story. Since that scandal broke, numerous other lies have been identified in her book, calling into question her entire life story. She lied about meeting Kim Jong Un, she lied about denying a visit to the President of France, and she even lied about an alleged "threat" that she received from Nikki Haley.
According to reports, Donald Trump went on a profane 90-minute temper tantrum during a donor retreat on Saturday, attacking President Biden and comparing his administration to that of Nazi Germany. The former president is at his wit's end, and he's no longer able to hide his anger and contempt towards those who don't bow down before him. This could become a real problem for him on the campaign trail.
Republicans recently had the choice between siding with the President and the American public or siding with cancer. Can you guess which side they chose? Like so many other issues involving healthcare, Republicans in Congress recently sided with the disease instead of providing funding for a cure. The funding was part of the years long "Moonshot" program to provide massive amounts of federal funding to help produce a cure for cancer - an initiative started by President Biden when he was still Vice President. But Republicans couldn't give him a win in an election year, even if that means condemning millions of people to a horrible death.
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Donald Trump, and most of his allies, have insisted that his legal problems are going to make him MORE popular with voters this year. But according to a new analysis, that's not even close to happening. In addition to all the polls showing that a conviction will hurt him, even without a conviction he's seeing voters turn against him as the current trial continues. This is a bad trend for Trump who has seen his poll numbers continually shrink since the start of the year.
Kari Lake spent much of the year 2023 hanging around Mar-a-Lago with Donald Trump to the point where reports last summer claimed that she had basically "moved in" to the resort. But a new report says that the relationship between Lake and Trump began to sour late last year after Trump started getting sick of her and her election lies. Trump believes that Lake is blowing her chance to win the Arizona senate seat, and essentially booted her out of Mar-a-Lago.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was widely seen to be at the top of Donald Trump's short list of potential VP picks up until Friday. On Friday, The Guardian published an excerpt of Noem's new book where she actually boasted about killing her family's dog that she says she "hated." The story immediately went viral, and people on the Left and Right both condemned Noem for her account of what happened - which Noem said in the book proves that she can make the tough decisions.
And the only threat to Matt Gaetz's seat in Congress comes from within his own Party, as his district is firmly Republican. And that's why Gaetz went absolutely ballistic when a primary challenger emerged against him at the last minute. Right before the filing deadline, a Republican filed to challenge him in his primary, and Gaetz thinks this is a conspiracy set up against him by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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Donald Trump's lawyers have so far done a horrible job of convincing the jury that he didn't do anything wrong. In their opening statements this week, the lawyers claimed that Trump is "innocent," and then proceeded to claim that even if he did it, it still isn't a crime. His lawyers appear to be less focused on proving his innocence than they are on convincing the jury that the crimes aren't actually illegal. That's never a winning strategy in court.
Presidential polling is still all over the place, with some polls showing President Biden easily beating Trump, while others are still showing a tight race with Trump one or two points ahead. But these numbers change dramatically when all other candidates are included, and more and more these polls are showing that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is peeling more support away from Trump than he is from Biden. In fact, when Kennedy is included, Trump now loses, even in polls where he was ahead in a two-way matchup.
One of the major concerns and most common questions about putting Donald Trump in jail if he is convicted is how to handle his Secret Service protection. Trump is guaranteed that protection for the rest of his life, and it would be difficult to force protection agents to sit in jail all day with him. Luckily, Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson has a way to fix that problem, and he's now put forth legislation that would strip Secret Service protection from anyone with a felony conviction.
Steve Bannon is pushing Donald Trump to skip out on his daily court appearances just to "see where the chips fall." The judge has already made it clear to Trump that he WILL put him in jail if he doesn't show up for court, and Bannon is well aware of this. Bannon seems to believe that Trump being thrown in jail for a period of time will somehow help the former President in his campaign, but really it would have the opposite effect.
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Now that Donald Trump's first criminal trial has officially begun, questions are swirling all over the media about what could happen if he gets a felony conviction. The odds of Trump losing this trial are great, but there is still a possibility the charges could be reduced in a way that avoids felony convictions. But if that doesn't happen, it opens up a whole new world of legal problems for the United States.
Even before jury selection began on Monday, Donald Trump had already racked up a string of losses at the hands of Judge Juan Merchan. First, the judge denied Trump's motion requesting that the judge recuse himself from the case. That was soon followed by the judge refusing to grant Trump's latest attempt to delay the trial. Trump told the judge that it was unfair for him to be in trial while he's trying to campaign, and the judge reminded him that he still has plenty of time to campaign on their off days.
A state auditor has finally released the long-awaited report on Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders' purchase of a $19,000 lectern, and things are looking bad for the first term governor. The auditor has referred the matter over to prosecutors to conduct a criminal investigation, as the auditor believes that there are too many discrepancies with the purchase. Specifically, it is believed that the money wasn't actually for the podium, but was instead used as a cover to spend the money elsewhere, which is a form of embezzlement.
And Republican Congressman Byron Donalds of Florida is at his wit's end, and he knows that the fate of the Republican Party hinges on the outcome of Donald Trump's hush money trial. So during an appearance on Newsmax this week, the Florida congressman begged the people of New York - which means the potential jurors in the trial - to find Trump not guilty so the Party can move on. This could actually be seen as a form of jury tampering.
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At his fundraiser this past weekend, Donald Trump promised the crowd of wealthy supporters that he would fight to keep their taxes low if he gets back into office. This was part of his sales pitch to ensure that they give him money for his campaign. The wealthy class doesn't care about his coup attempt or his criminal charges or the threat he poses to the country - all they care about is saving a few million dollars a year on their taxes.
The company that is backing Donald Trump's fraud trial bond has come under fire from prosecutors, and Judge Arthur Engoron has even scheduled a hearing with the company to determine if they can even afford to post it. And now new reports have found some serious discrepancies with the actual contract that the company produced for the bond that could result in it being completely thrown out.
Lindsey Graham wasn't happy with Donald Trump's recent comments about letting states decide what rights women are allowed to have (Lindsey wants the federal government to take those rights away,) and this prompted Trump to go nuclear against his former friend. But it didn't end there. Later in the day, Trump decided to finish off Graham for good, and Trump said that he takes the blame for Graham existing in the Senate because his endorsement is what saved his career. It is safe to say that, for now, this relationship appears to be over.
A federal judge has taken the unusual step of sending a letter to the "friends and allies" of a convicted Capitol Rioter, warning them to stop saying that the man did "nothing wrong" and to stop condoning and downplaying political violence. While the letter was supposedly meant for the convict's inner circle, it read more like a warning to the Republican Party itself that continues to downplay what happened on January 6th.
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According to recent financial filings, Donald Trump's Truth Social - which was just merged with Digital World Acquisition when they acquired the Trump Media and Technology Group - lost WAY more money last year than previously thought. Previous estimates assumed the company lost about $30 million, but the real amount was actually a loss of more than $50 million last year. So how can a completely worthless company that is hemorrhaging money be worth $8 billion in the stock market?
The group of creditors that are trying to get their money from the now-bankrupt Rudy Giuliani have been asking a judge to look into Giuliani's multi-million dollar condo in Florida and possibly sell it to settle his debts. But Giuliani is now trying to convince the judge overseeing the bankruptcy to leave the condo alone because, as Giuliani told him, he needs it to continue his podcasting. That's not a valid reason to avoid paying your debts.
Eleven Republican-controlled states have filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration over the latest attempts to cancel student loan debt for certain borrowers. The states claim that President Biden doesn't have the authority to do this, but what they are really trying to prevent is a political win for the Biden administration. Cancelling the debt hurts no one, so the states have had to come up with an absurd legal argument to claim that they have been damaged.
Donald Trump's first criminal trial is starting in just under two weeks, and he is running out of options to delay it. But, there could be a chance for him to buy some more time, but only if he goes scorched earth on his own legal team. A former prosecutor has pointed out that his only chance of getting a significant delay would be to fire his entire team of lawyers, which would give him the ability to argue that his new team needs time to prepare and learn the case.
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As expected, Donald Trump manages to escape justice, yet again. The appeals court decided at the last minute on Monday to not only reduce his bond from $464 million to $175 million, but they also gave him an extra 10 days to pay it. There was no reason at all for the extension or the reduction, but this is the kind of thing that always happens with Donald Trump.
While speaking to reporters on Monday, Donald Trump suggested that being a convicted felon might actually help him in this year's election. He was referring to the New York hush money case that is heading to trial on April 15th, where he will face an already-angry judge and a jury that likely won't be fond of him. But he's delusional if he thinks a conviction will help him, as every single poll that's asked the question shows that a conviction would cause him to lose.
President Biden has spent the past few weeks (and days) going hard against Donald Trump, and it is being reflected in the latest rounds of polling. Biden has now surged in 5 swing states while Trump has fallen in nearly all of them over the past month. If the election were held today and followed the polls, Biden would easily cruise to an electoral victory. But he has to maintain this aggressive campaign to be successful.
Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna went on Fox News this week to talk about the mass exodus of Republican lawmakers from the House, and she accused her Party of a plot to "cripple" themselves. She was referring to the fact that Republicans will now only have a one vote majority, and her anger was directed at those who have resigned this year. But she needs to actually be angry at the extremists in her Party that are pushing everyone out.
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Donald Trump's lawyers were finally forced to admit in a court filing on Monday that he does not have the cash available to pay the $464 million bond for the fraud judgement against him in order to appeal the verdict. The lawyers are asking for the judge to simply postpone the posting of the bond until after the appeal, but that's not how things work. Due to the fact that he was rejected by at least 30 underwriters, it is apparent that Trump is a risk for paying at all.
During a recent speech, Donald Trump referred to the imprisoned Capitol Rioters "hostages," echoing a claim that he's made before and one that has been made by lawmakers like Marjorie Taylor Greene for years. Trump also admitted that he'll pardon these people, and these two statements were the breaking point for Trump's former Vice President Mike Pence. In an interview on Fox News, Pence not only trashed Trump for calling these people "hostages," but said that he will not be endorsing Trump.
During a podcast interview this week, Trump lawyer Alina Habba said that she is confident that she will get the $464 million fraud verdict against Donald Trump dismissed upon appeal. Ironically, this interview was conducted BEFORE Trump's lawyers had to tell the court that he's not able to pay the bond, which means that the appeal might not even be able to happen. There's a good chance that Trump could see his properties be taken away from him, all while the arrogant Habba swears everything will be ok.
And Judge Aileen Cannon delivered an absolutely insane ruling on Monday evening as part of her jury instructions to both federal prosecutors and Trump's legal team. The ruling says that members of the jury have to be given access to the highly sensitive classified documents that were uncovered at Mar-a-Lago - and if Jack Smith doesn't allow that, then they jury will be instructed to assume that they were all personal documents that rightfully belonged to Donald Trump.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
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George Santos isn't worried about the prospect of spending the next few decades in prison, and he's already making plans for the next few years. Santos announced just a few days ago that he is once again running for Congress, this time trying to unseat Republican Represenative Nick LaLota for New York's First Congressional district seat. Santos has more important things to worry about, but he would rather get media attention than fret over his upcoming criminal trial.
Kellyanne Conway is taking a break from her role of teaching Republicans how to talk about women's issues to take on a new task: Preventing the government from banning TikTok. And her conservative peers are furious about her new crusade. Fox News host Mark Levin lashed out at Conway over the weekend, saying that it wasn't just "appalling" that she's being paid to protect TikTok, but also that it was "shocking." For once, Conway might be on the correct side of an issue, and that's making conservatives very angry.
During an interview on CNBC this week, Donald Trump decided to torpedo his presidential campaign by saying that there are lots of things you can do in terms of cutting "entitlement" programs, which means Social Security and Medicare. If this is what Trump is going to campaign on, he is going to lose the largest voting demographic for Republicans, which happens to be people on Social Security and Medicare.
Donald Trump's cronies that are now in charge of the Republican National Committee have begun purging employees, with dozens let go so far this week. These people are being let go because the new leadership wants to make sure that they have people who are loyal only to Trump, and that's not going to end well for the Party.
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The United States Supreme Court handed down their predictable ruling on Monday that allows Donald Trump to stay on the ballot this year. This is what was widely expected, but it certainly flies in the face of the language of the Constitution. However, their unanimous ruling did leave the door open for potential challenges in the future.
The latest polling out of the state of Texas has some horrific news for Ted Cruz. The poll shows that Cruz is in a dead heat with his Democratic opponent Colin Allred, with both men recording 41% of the vote right now. While these numbers are bad for Cruz, they do leave a LOT of room for undecided voters to give one candidate an edge to win in a landslide, and there's a good chance many of these voters break for Cruz by election day.
According to reports, Lauren Boebert had to skip a recent campaign event - instead sending her campaign manager to speak - as she was busy dealing with more family drama. The reports say that Boebert's ex husband had been threatening to throw all of her belongings into a pond, so Boebert had to skip the event to make sure this didn't happen. Is this really what the people in Colorado want to have to deal with with their elected officials?
And Donald Trump's lawyers begged Judge Lewis Kaplan for a third time to postpone the due date of the $83 million judgement against Trump for another 30 days, but Kaplan doesn't appear to be ready to give Trump any kind of extension. The former President is freaking out, and his panicked motions to the judge are all the proof that we need of that fact. If the judge doesn't grant the delay, E. Jean Carroll's lawyers might move to start seizing his properties next week.
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Donald Trump is getting everything that he wanted from the Republican Party with Ronna McDaniel announcing her retirement on Monday. McDaniel had played coy about media reports saying she was retiring after the South Carolina primary for weeks, but ultimately did exactly what was predicted. Now Trump will have the ability to completely take over the Party, and that could be the beginning of the end of the GOP forever.
On Monday, Donald Trump's lawyers filed a notice of appeal for the ruling against him in the New York fraud trial. However, in order to actually appeal the ruling, the defendant - Trump - has to put a sizable portion of the judgement against him into an escrow account for the court, and reports do not mention that this has been one. If Trump doesn't put up the money, the appeal cannot actually begin.
Donald Trump may have beaten Nikki Haley in the South Carolina primary this past weekend, but that doesn't mean that things are going well for his campaign. In fact, things are going worse than ever behind the scenes. Not only is his campaign being drained of cash because of his legal fees, but he's also suffering from a severe lack of enthusiasm as the crowds showing up to his rallies continue to get smaller.
And hard-line Republican extremists in the House are pushing the US towards a government shutdown this Friday if their terrorist-like demands aren't met. With a deadline of Friday, March 1st, quickly approaching, negotiations for a budget deal have once again stalled because the extremist GOP members in the House want to gut Biden's climate initiatives, cut the salaries of cabinet officials, and enact a slew of anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion measures.
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During a rally last week, Donald Trump attacked the media for reporting on all of his mental gaffes, and then he told the cult-like audience that he's actually doing all of those things (making constant mistakes) on purpose. This man is incapable of telling the truth, and his followers are incapable of believing the truth, so this really is a match made in heaven for Trump. But for those of us in reality, this claim is just another lie that Trump tells to make himself feel better.
Conservative commentator Charlie Sykes quipped last week that Donald Trump may end up picking one of his sons to be his running mate due to his penchant for nepotism. While the comment was meant to be humorous, it also presents a very real possibility for Trump. If he wants to create a political dynasty with staying power, he'll have to get his idiot sons into the game - and he knows that they can't succeed on their own.
Donald Trump has been successful in getting Judge Aileen Cannon to delay his documents trial, and he's hoping that she will continue to delay it indefinitely so that he doesn't have to face the music before the election. But this could come back to bite him, as it could clear the calendar in a way that allows Judge Tanya Chutkan to move his January 6th trial up, causing that conclusion to be reached before the election. Cannon's continued interference is now on track to hurt the man she's trying to protect.
The judge overseeing Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy proceeding has ordered the former New York City mayor to reveal every one of his donors that is paying his legal fees. Giuliani will also have to reveal how the money is being disbursed and what it is being used for in an itemized list. This is not good news for Rudy, as it could shame his donors to the point where they no longer wish to fund his legal problems, leaving him with no lawyers for the cases that he still faces.
Republicans in the House successfully impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last week, but that was the easy part. They now have to hold a trial in the Senate in order to convict and remove him from office, and that's not going to happen. In fact, there's a good chance that the articles of impeachment are dismissed straight away without a trial being held. Ted Cruz is begging Mitch McConnell to prevent that from happening, but dismissing the charges will save Republicans a LOT of embarrassment during an election year.
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The RNC is about to get a leadership makeover, and somehow it looks like it'll be even worse than the leadership they have today. Donald Trump has put forth a list of people that he wants to run the Party, and he'll almost certainly get his way. One of the people is his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, who Trump has endorsed as being the co-chair of the Party. When this happens, it'll solidify Trump's hold over the entire Party and that could be the beginning of the end.
Most Americans with either a brain or a conscience were shocked at Donald Trump's comments over the weekend when he suggested that he would encourage Russia to attack our allies in NATO if they were "delinquent" in paying their dues. One CNN host, Christiane Amanpour, went as far as to say that the comments were "literally insane." But Trump's allies in Washington, D.C. thought nothing of it, and some actually suggested it was a great idea.
Republicans in the House of Representatives seem to have a humiliation kink, as they continue to get embarrassed by the witnesses that they are calling in the Hunter Biden and President Biden impeachment investigations. This week, they called the CEO of a lobbying group to talk about President Biden's connection to Burisma, but their fishing expedition was quickly ended when the witness told them that the former Vice President never got any kickbacks nor did he do Burisma any favors while in office. So far, every single witness has said the same thing, leaving Republicans with absolutely nothing.
Donald Trump has officially asked the Supreme Court to bail him out once again. Last week he was begging the court to NOT allow him to be kicked off ballots, and this week his legal team sent a filing to SCOTUS asking them to both stay the lower court's decision in order to postpone the trial, as well as to take up the overall immunity issue. The court has several options for what they could do here, and most of them are not good for the country.
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The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a unanimous decision on Tuesday that Donald Trump does NOT have immunity from prosecution, and therefore the election subversion case against him can, and will, go to trial. But that doesn't mean that the immunity fight is over. Trump still has the option to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court, which has already been put into motion. But the Appeals Court's ruling might be written in a way that already bypasses the Supreme Court.
During an interview with Fox News this week, Kellyanne Conway was asked about Donald Trump's potential vice presidential picks, and she may have let it slip who Trump is leaning towards. After rattling off a few names, Conway then focused in on Republican Senator Tim Scott, praising him for dropping out and actively campaigning for Trump before adding that he "checks all of the boxes." That's not really the case, but if Trump thinks so then he's likely made his pick already.
Jack Smith spent 15 pages of a new court filing debunking the lies that Donald Trump has been telling about the charges against him in the documents case. Trump has claimed repeatedly - including in court filings - that he was allowed to take the documents and that he had been given special security clearances to do so. Smith argued that this actually never happened, and claimed that Trump's statements to the contrary were provably false.
Jim Jordan's House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed Fulton County DA Fani Willis (again). This time, Jordan is seeking information about how Fulton County used a federal grant from the Department of Justice, as well as answers about an alleged whistleblower who claims that they were demoted after pointing out the misuse of federal funds by a district employee. Additionally, Willis came out over the weekend and admitted to having a romantic relationship with her fellow prosecutor.
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Lauren Boebert has a little over one month before the primary in Colorado for her new district, and things are off to a horrible start for her. A new straw poll taken after the first primary debate last week puts her squarely in fifth place, meaning she's actually doing worse in her new district than she was in her old district. The window of opportunity is closing on Boebert, but it should have closed years ago.
Republicans are up in arms - almost quite literally - over illegal immigration, but they are still refusing to work out a border deal with Democrats in Congress. The biggest reason why a deal isn't happening is because Donald Trump is telling Republicans to shoot down any deal because it will help President Biden politically. If they solve the problem then they'll have nothing to campaign on, and that's a bigger threat than anything.
The conservative outlet One America News may have given Trump lawyer Sidney Powell a spreadsheet that contained the login data for Smartmatic's voting systems. According to the defamation lawsuit that Smartmatic filed against One America, the network somehow obtained a spreadsheet containing the login data for certain employees, and they proceeded to hand it over to Sidney Powell (and possibly even to Mike Lindell, according to the suit.)
And Republicans in the House had yet another witness testify that President Joe Biden was NOT involved in any way in any of his son's business deals, a statement that blows yet another hole in their efforts to impeach him. The Republican Party has consistently come up short with their impeachment effort to the point that even Republicans in the Senate are telling their House counterparts that this whole thing is a waste of time because they have no evidence of anything.
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The hunt for Donald Trump's running mate is on, and a former aide to the ex-president believes that Trump has already made up his mind. On a recent episode of The View, Alyssa Farah Griffin said that she believes he'll pick Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders as his running mate, even as speculation swirls around Elise Stefanik. Huckabee Sanders has proven herself to be a loyal Trump stooge, but she doesn't bring much else to the table.
Ron DeSantis announced on Sunday that he was dropping out of the presidential race, and both the Left and the Right are thrilled about this announcement. Both sides came together in a rare moment of harmony to mock DeSantis for running one of the worst campaigns that we've seen in modern American politics. His fall from grace was truly a sight to behold.
Even if Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis engaged in an improper relationship with a fellow prosecutor, most legal experts agree that it will have no actual impact on the criminal charges against Donald Trump or any of his co-defendants. That doesn't mean that the allegations and investigation aren't going to have an impact on the case - the experts also agree that this is likely going to cause delays and possibly even a change in venue and prosecutors, depending on the results of the investigation.
At a recent campaign event in New Hampshire, Donald Trump confused the crowd by going on an awkward rant about forts. It wasn't just that he was off-topic, it was the fact that he literally kept repeating the same few sentences over and over again. This could be a symptom of something seriously wrong with the former president, especially in the context of all of his other recent mental flubs. The media needs to pay more attention to Trump's obvious cognitive decline.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
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Ron DeSantis is no longer the darling of conservative media outlets, and he can't stand it. While speaking with reporters at an event last Friday, DeSantis whined about the fact that Fox News appears to be protecting Trump, and they are running cover for all of the horrible things that he does. Of course, DeSantis isn't actually wrong about his assessment of Fox and the rest of conservative media, but it is only bothering him because he wants that level of adoration again.
Judge Aileen Cannon is still doing everything possible to protect Donald Trump, and late last week she ruled that Jack Smith can NOT get his hands on Trump's communications because it is way too early to make him declare what his legal defense is going to be. The trial is just months away according to the official timeline, but Cannon's ruling is a good indication that she is going to further delay the trial, possibly until after the 2024 election.
It is one thing to put on a brave face after suffering a humiliating defeat, but it is another thing entirely to pretend that the defeat didn't happen. But that is exactly what Nikki Haley did after her pathetic third place finish in Iowa. Haley declared that the GOP primary was now officially a "two person race," but she doesn't seem to realize that she doesn't appear to be one of those two people.
We finally found the massive voter fraud that Donald Trump has been whining about for over 3 years, but it isn't the kind of fraud that Trump wanted to see. A county in Virginia has revealed that they accidentally shorted President Biden thousands of votes and gave Donald Trump thousands of votes that he didn't actually receive. As we've said for years, voter fraud DOES exist but it typically benefits Republicans.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
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The chances of Donald Trump being charged for the fake elector scheme in the state of Michigan are increasing, as investigators in the state have now directly tied Trump's campaign to the fake elector plot. In addition to the new links, Michigan prosecutors also have multiple Trump allies cooperating with their investigation, including three of Trump's former legal advisers: Kenneth Chesebro, Boris Epshteyn, and John Eastman.
New Epstein documents were unsealed this week, and they contain some pretty shocking allegations about Donald Trump's activities with the victims of Epstein. According to one of the victims, another one of the victims had told her that she was involved in a sexual relationship with Trump, going as far as to describe some of the lewd compliments that he would give her during their encounters. These new revelations came after Alan Dershowitz asked for the documents to be unsealed so he could discredit the victim.
A new audio tape has emerged that appears to show Donald Trump ally and political operative Roger Stone talking with a friend of his (who happened to be a police officer) about plans to assassinate Democratic lawmakers Jerrold Nadler and Eric Swalwell. He wasn't talking hypotheticals or fantasies, either: He specifically said that the time to act was NOW. Stone denies that the voice on the tape is his, claiming that it was generated by artificial intelligence.
Lauren Boebert held her first event with the constituents of her new district this week, and she decided to open things up by addressing the elephant in the room: Her grotesque behavior at the Beetlejuice Musical a few months ago. But rather than trying to put it behind her, she thought it would be a good idea to make light of the situation and told a joke about it. This might work for someone in the entertainment industry, but for someone running for Congress is felt more like Boebert never learned a lesson from her behavior.
During Tuesday's hearing on whether or not Donald Trump has "absolute immunity" from prosecution, his lawyer John Sauer was asked by a judge if immunity would prevent a President (like Trump) from being prosecuted for ordering the assassination of one of his political rivals. The lawyer, without even hesitating, said "YES" to that question. Sauer claimed that the only way a president could be criminally prosecuted is if they had been successfully convicted during an impeachment, but the judge didn't seem to buy that argument.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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To kick off the New Year, we're doing a Q&A with our YouTube Community members.
What political horrors lie in store for us in the New Year?
How will Trump's idiot sons get by once daddy is no longer with us?
Why is Tommy Tuberville still in the Senate when he doesn't even live in Alabama?
How will the Secret Service adjust to protecting Trump in prison?
All those questions, and many more, will be answered on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Donald Trump seems to have woken up panicked about being prosecuted on Wednesday morning, so he got on Truth Social and posted a string of conspiracy theories before demanding that he receive legal immunity from prosecution. The Supreme Court is eventually going to take up the issue, but not before the appellate court gives their decision in the coming weeks.
Vivek Ramaswamy's presidential campaign has cancelled their TV ad buys and they don't have any ads planned for the coming weeks as the Republican primary voting begins. The campaign swears that this was always the plan so that they can remain "nimble," but the truth is that the campaign is going down in flames and the money just isn't rolling in anymore. Voters have already settled on their candidates, and Ramaswamy's charm wore off quicker than he expected.
The Republican Party is ending the year 2023 in one of the worst financial situations that they have seen in modern times. The Party has about $7 million cash on hand (after debts are subtracted,) giving them about one-third of what the Democratic Party has on hand. This is all because Ronna McDaniel is such a horrible leader and has overseen some of the worst Republican fundraising and election results over the past 7 years.
The latest polling out of New Hampshire shows that Nikki Haley is now within striking distance of Donald Trump, as she only trails him by 4 points. Could Haley pull an upset and actually win a few states? That possibility seems to be becoming more and more likely as Haley starts gobbling up support from the also-ran Republican candidates that are fading into oblivion.
According to insiders close to Ron DeSantis and his campaign, the Florida governor is pretty much out of the presidential race at this point, and the campaign has entered what they are calling a "hospice mode" before he drops out. Everything went wrong for DeSantis from the moment he entered the race, and most of it has to do with the fact that he is just a grossly unlikable human being. Failures like that can't be overcome, and it will make it hard for him to serve his last two years as governor.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
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The Biden Campaign is going on the offensive on the economy, but they are doing it in a way that directly calls out Donald Trump. After a stronger-than-expected November jobs report, the Biden campaign touted the numbers and said that they are "cleaning up" the economic mess that they inherited from Trump. This is a strong, and accurate, message that the campaign needs to be hitting on as frequently as possible.
During a recent appearance on Fox, Trump lawyer Alina Habba whined to host Larry Kudlow that she is "not free" because she is being "shackled" by the court's gag order. Both Habba and Kudlow complained about how this is a violation of her First Amendment rights, something that Habba, as a lawyer, knows is not true. Not to mention the fact that the order only says she can't attack court staffers, which has nothing to do with her ability to defend her client.
Donald Trump traveled to Nevada a few days ago to hold a rally, and things took an immediate turn when he started whining about how the fake Trump electors in the state were being treated. Six fake electors in Nevada have been charged with felony counts for submitting fake documents to the government, and Trump told a crowd that this was somehow "unfair" treatment. He then went on to blame Biden for everything, even though it was Trump's scheme.
Mark Meadows, the indicted former Chief of Staff to Donald Trump, lost in court again this week as he attempted to get his Georgia trial moved to the federal courts. This failure leaves Meadows with only one viable path to staying out of prison: Strike a plea deal and flip on Trump. But that won't be easy for him to do, as prosecutors have already suggested that a plea deal is not an option for him.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders' first year as the governor of Arkansas has been a disaster by every possible measure. The inexperienced governor has been embroiled in several spending controversies, and the only thing she's done is pass bills targeting "woke" words and books. And now it has been revealed that she kicked over 78,000 kids off of Medicaid this year, even though thousands were still eligible for the health insurance program. Her father even knew better when he was governor, but the times have clearly changed.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Donald Trump apparently woke up more unhinged than usual on Saturday morning, and he immediately got on Truth Social to let the world know that he is not doing well at all. But it was a post that he didn't write that made everyone scratch their heads. Trump re-posted a message from a conservative lawyer that suggested that President Obama should be indicted for murder (because a court recently ruled against Trump saying that presidents don't have immunity for life.) We can probably expect this to be the new rallying cry for conservatives.
Donald Trump's niece, Mary Trump, has accused Marjorie Taylor Greene of trying to bribe Donald Trump into making her his VP choice next year. Specifically, Mary says that a recent social media post by Greene was an attempt to show Donald that she will do whatever he wants her to do if she is chosen for the vice presidential slot on the ticket, and she did so by promising to protect, and likely pardon, the convicted Capitol Rioters.
Donald Trump's mental screwups are becoming so common and noticeable that even some of his former allies can't ignore them. During a recent segment, former Fox News host Megyn Kelly admitted that Trump isn't as "sharp" as he used to be, pointing out his constant blunders and inability to keep a train of thought on track. The Biden administration is also trying to capitalize on Trump's mental hiccups, painting him as the one who is out of touch and not stable enough to serve in office.
Republicans in the House are moving their impeachment inquiry into President Biden forward this week, with a vote expected that would make the inquiry "official," allowing members to get their hands on more "evidence." The only problem is that they've been investigating Biden for 12 months and have been told repeatedly that there is no link between Biden and any criminal activity. To make things worse, Republicans are now telling the press that they expect this move to backfire on them, but they are still going forward anyway.
And Rudy Giuliani's defamation lawsuit trial got off to a horrific start for him, as the judge demanded to know why he kept smearing the two election workers even after he had been found liable in a summary judgement for defamation. His lawyer did his best to excuse these actions, but the argument fell flat. The lawyer tried to claim that Giuliani's advanced age is to blame for his comments, and the judge didn't buy that for a second.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Donald Trump is back to pretending that he cares about the Capitol Rioters, and he shared a post from another user on his Truth Social platform that called for the arrests of police officers that violently engaged with his supporters during the riot. The post contained a video clip of officers using batons to strike the people storming the Capitol and made mention of Ashli Babbit being killed by a police officer. There's a very specific reason why Trump is going down this path right at this moment, and we'll explain why that is.
During a House hearing late last week, Marjorie Taylor Greene got called out by Democratic Representative Maxine Waters for taking out a PPP Loan and having it forgiven by the federal government. Waters was using that as an example of the hypocrisy of Republicans who talk nonstop about cutting programs for the poor while taking money for themselves. Greene was livid, and she took to Twitter to blast Waters using the dumbest possible arguments you could have dreamed up.
Donald Trump suffered two devastating legal blows on Friday evening, when Judge Tanya Chutkan dismissed BOTH of his motions to dismiss the charges against him for trying to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump's lawyers had offered weak arguments claiming that the case violated Trump's Constitutional rights, and Chutkan wasted no time letting his legal team know that arguments like this aren't going to make it far.
House Oversight Committee chair James Comer accidentally admitted that evidence doesn't matter in the impeachment inquiry of President Biden during a recent appearance on Fox News. Comer said that moderate Republicans in the House are now warming up to the idea of impeachment because they all, apparently, met voters at places like Walmart over the Thanksgiving break, and all of those voters apparently said that impeaching Biden is the most important thing in the world.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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According to a court filing last week, Judge Arthur Engoron and his court clerk have received hundreds of threats, and most of them have been deemed "credible" by the threat assessment officials at the court. This information was revealed in a filing that was attempting to state the importance of the gag order against Donald Trump that an appeals court temporarily lifted earlier this month. Trump knows exactly what he is doing, and legal experts say that there's no doubt this is being done on purpose.
Republican Congressman James Comer, the Chair of the House Oversight Committee, told Fox News last week that he plans to hold a vote on President Biden's impeachment in early spring, and that he wants to hold the vote sooner rather than later. This means that Republicans are wanting to have Biden impeached by April, which would prevent Democrats from launching a new primary candidate to take over. This is all very calculated for the Republicans, the problem is that they have no evidence to back anything up, even though Comer swears they have "multiple smoking guns."
Republican Congressman George Santos seems to be having some mixed emotions right now, especially since his horrific actions were exposed in a recent Ethics Committee report. Santos said that he expects to be expelled when the new vote is held, possibly this week, but he also says he'll wear it like a "badge of honor." But in the same sentence, he also proudly said that he's not going to leave and that it is "over when I say its over."
The Republican Party has a lot at stake in 2024, and if their fundraising is any indication, they are going to have a very sad year. A new report says that not only have the big Republican donors been stingy with their money this year, but also that the small-money donors aren't able to give like they had in the past. Add in the fact that you have a historically unpopular fascist at the top of your ticket, and the Republicans could be in for the worst year ever.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Donald Trump wasted no time after an appeals court judge temporarily lifted the gag order on him from Judge Arthur Engoron. Trump immediately got to work by attacking the very same clerk that got him in trouble in the first place, and this is likely exactly what the court was looking for. Trump was put in front of a trap, and he walked right into it without even thinking about the consequences.
The Republican Chair of the House Ethics Committee on Friday introduced a new resolution to expel Republican Congressman George Santos from Congress, following the release of the damning Committee report the previous day. The report shows that Santos used campaign funds for everything from travel to adult websites, and it paints the picture of a wholly corrupted individual that will probably spend the next couple decades behind bars. But before that, he needs to be expelled from Congress.
Last week, the Supreme Court handed Ron DeSantis a significant defeat when they ruled that his drag performance ban could NOT be enforced while the issue is being litigated in the courts. This is NOT a reversal or overturning of the actual law - it only says that the law cannot be enforced while it is being challenged in the court system. However, it is still a blow to the Florida governor who desperately needed a win to save his campaign.
In an absolutely bonkers post on Truth Social, the mentally deteriorating Donald Trump accused Judge Arthur Engoron of being the one guilty of fraud, because Trump says that the whole fraud trial is a farce. The former President is becoming more unhinged and more unglued from reality as the possibility of losing his entire company really starts to set in, and he's doing everything he can to lash out and try to make himself feel better.
Just one month ago, shortly before becoming House Speaker, Republican Congressman Mike Johnson was on a televised prayer call with MAGA pastor Jim Garlow where Johnson prayed that God gives America one more chance - instead of giving us the retribution we "deserve." Congressman Johnson believes that America does, in fact, deserve to be punished by God, and in typical right wing evangelical fashion, he says that it is because of the LGBTQ Community. People like this are dangerous, and now they are in charge of the House.
All of that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Donald Trump is once again embroiled in a firearm-related scandal. The former president recently auctioning off a customized firearm with "Trump" branding all over it, and the auction at Mar-a-Lago claimed that the weapon belonged to Trump. If this is true, then Trump violated federal law by engaging in a transaction involving a firearm while under federal indictment.
In a ruling late Friday afternoon, Judge Aileen Cannon said that she is not going to delay Donald Trump's classified documents trial...YET. Instead, she set a deadline for March for herself to make the decision on whether or not delay the trial until after the election, effectively taking up the entire timeline so that other trials can't schedule things to happen during that time. This was a decision that completely defies all logic, and it serves no purpose other than to cause chaos.
During a meltdown on Truth Social, Donald Trump openly admitted that his employees at Mar-a-Lago would regularly see boxes of classified documents during their time working for him. This isn't exactly a smart admission from the former president, but he isn't known for saying things that are smart. The interesting part of this is that Trump has never tried to deny any of the charges against him (other than at the fraud trial), but he's instead claimed that he was allowed to do all the things that he did.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley isn't going to let the fact that Donald Trump has basically secured the Republican nomination stop her, and her campaign announced that they would be spending a whopping $10 million to ensure that Haley comes in second place in Iowa and New Hampshire. The money is essentially going to be used to end Ron DeSantis' presidential ambitions for good, and it could also show Trump that Haley might be a viable running mate.
All of that, and much more, coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Donald Trump finally took the stand in his fraud trial on Monday, and it couldn't have gone worse for the former President. Trump ended up admitting that some of the values on his financial statements were, in fact, inflated, which could end up dooming the entire company. We'll bring you the details.
Trump's lawyer Alina Habba continued to make a complete fool of herself in court this week, proving that Trump isn't bringing in the sharpest legal minds to save him from what's coming.
Lauren Boebert is losing allies and donors at a staggering rate following her antics at the Beetlejuice show, and she's now in serious danger of losing her seat because of it.
And the Chief Financial Officer of Florida has pitched an idea to use state funds to bail Trump out of his legal problems in the state.
All of that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Former Vice President Mike Pence announced over the weekend that he was ending his presidential campaign (actually, "suspending" it) after it became crystal clear that he has no path to the nomination. This frees up a small percentage of Republican votes that will now go to other candidates, and it could be enough of a bounce to give another candidate some much-needed momentum as the Iowa caucuses rapidly approach.
Judge Tanya Chutkan set another trap for Donald Trump this week, leaving the decision up to him as to whether or not his trial is televised. Trump now has to issue a statement to the judge telling her why or why not the trial should be viewed by the public - and there's no good answer for the former President.
Donald Trump went ballistic on Judge Arthur Engoron following his Friday ruling that Ivanka Trump had to testify in the ongoing New York fraud trial. Trump attacked the judge on social media, claiming that he is a "nut job" for forcing his daughter to testify, and that's not the kind of thing you should say about the man that holds yours and your company's fate in his hands alone. And that's not the only meltdown that Trump suffered this week.
All of that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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This week's episode was recorded at the Mass Torts Made Perfect conference in Las Vegas, so we've got a lot of important legal stories coming your way.
Attorney Chris Paulos will join us for a timely discussion about how Wall Street banks have been laundering money for terrorists.
Attorney Chelsie Greene will tell us about the link between certain types of cancers and the use of hair relaxing chemicals.
We'll find out about the dangers of the drug Ozempic that is being pushed as a weight loss miracle - attorney Cameron Stephenson will tell us all about the problems that are emerging.
And attorney Madeline Pendley will join us for a discussion about PFAS chemicals and she'll give us the latest update on that litigation. These chemicals are present in the bodies of 98% of the human population.
All that is coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
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We're doing another Q&A featuring questions from our YouTube Community members!
What are the odds that Donald Trump actually goes to prison?
How can Republicans claim that President Biden is both mentally incompetent AND a criminal mastermind?
Are there any Republican presidential candidates that are less horrible than the others?
Could Alina Habba become the Attorney General if Trump wins in 2024?
All of those questions, and many more, will be answered on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Chaos in the House! Matt Gaetz successfully managed to get Kevin McCarthy kicked out as Speaker of the House, and now Republicans appear to be in complete disarray.
To make things worse for the GOP, Donald Trump's fraud trial in New York began this week, and it hasn't gone his way at all.
All of these issues, and many more, will be discussed with our guest Cliff Schecter, host of the Blue Amp Channel on YouTube, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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The judge overseeing the fraud trial in New York ruled this week that Donald Trump, his two adult sons, and the Trump Organization were guilty of fraud after years of lying to banks and insurance companies about how much money they actually had. We'll bring you the details.
A new poll has some troubling data for President Biden, as it shows that he is LOSING to Donald Trump by 10 points. Can this poll be trusted, or is this an egregious error by the media?
Hunter Biden is suing Rudy Giuliani for illegally accessing and distributing the data from the infamous laptop, and this lawsuit could help us figure out how all of these Republicans got their hands on the information - something the media has completely ignored.
And we're just days away from a government shutdown, and it seems like Republicans are actually wanting this to happen.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Republicans are having an absolute meltdown over the new, more relaxed dress code in the Senate, and Democratic Senator John Fetterman is having the time of his life trolling these prudes on social media.
Lauren Boebert is still dealing with the fallout after she was caught "reaching across the aisle" at a recent theater performance. Could this act be the final nail in her political coffin?
Republicans are pushing for cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and SNAP benefits as they push the federal government towards a shutdown.
The first impeachment inquiry hearing is set to take place next week, just as new evidence emerges showing that Republicans have absolutely no reason to be going down this path.
And Donald Trump's legal problems in the documents case might have become too much for him to overcome thanks to new witness testimony.
This week on Ring of Fire!
Impeachment fever has infected the Republicans in the House of Representatives, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy officially announced the opening of an impeachment inquiry into President Biden this week. But who is really pulling the strings here? We'll answer that question for you.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is once again suggesting that states should secede from the Union, and she could find herself facing a 14th Amendment challenge for her rhetoric.
Donald Trump's economic plans for a second term will decimate the working class while he gives himself and the rest of the wealthy elite another major tax break - we'll bring the details.
And Trump's legal problems don't seem to be getting any better as he and his lawyers keep angering the judges and prosecutors.
All that - and much, much more - coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
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We're doing a Q&A this week with questions from our YouTube Community members, so we'll be addressing a wide range of issues:
What's happening with Mitch McConnell's health?
Why is the media ignoring Biden's accomplishments?
Could RFK, Jr. wreck Republicans in 2024?
What happens if Trump doesn't go to prison?
All of these questions, and many more, coming up on today's Ring of Fire!
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Donald Trump is facing a March 4th trial date for the federal charges against him for trying to overturn the election, and his Republican allies in Congress are trying everything they can to prevent the DOJ from being able to prosecute him.
The New York state lawsuit against Donald Trump and his sons took an interesting turn this week after the transcripts of Trump's deposition were made public - we'll explain the significance of what he said.
Republicans are suffering from a serious case of impeachment fever, but no matter the outcome of the impending inquiry, Republicans will be the ones who lose.
And President Biden scored a major victory for workers this week by proposing a rule that would give substantial raises to roughly 4 million Americans.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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We're doing a PRE-Debate rundown, letting you know what you can expect to hear - and expect NOT to hear - at the first Republican primary debate, as well as what is at stake for some of the top candidates.
Also, Donald Trump's decision to skip the debate might have less to do with his feelings of superiority and more to do with his lawyers' fears that he'll further incriminate himself.
That's all coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Cliff Schecter, host of The Blue Amp channel on YouTube, will be here to run through some of the biggest stories of the week, including the latest Trump indictment in Georgia; Jenna Ellis getting cut off from Trump's legal funding; Ron DeSantis' campaign going down in flames; and Judge Tanya Chutkan letting Trump walk right into a trap of his own design.
And on this week's Members Only show:
Is Tommy Tuberville serving in the Senate illegally?
George Santos' former staffer gets indicted for impersonating Kevin McCarthy's Chief of Staff in fundraising calls.
And the chair of the Florida Republican Party is glad that "perverted" parents of LGBTQ youth are trying to leave the state.
All that is coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
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We're doing a Q&A this week - taking questions posted by our YouTube Community members.
Why won't any of the judges throw Trump in jail for his threats?
Who would be a stronger VP choice for Biden for 2024?
Can Trump be disqualified from running for office?
Will Trump's Congressional co-conspirators ever face justice?
All those questions - and many more - will be answered on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Donald Trump has been indicted...again. We'll explain what these new indictments mean for the former President and how unlucky he is to have to face Judge Tanya Chutkan...again.
Elon Musk is suing a group that monitors online hate because he claims they've cost him ad dollars, but what he's really trying to do is shut down free speech - which he claims to be a champion for.
The Republicans' Hunter Biden hearing this week produced ZERO new evidence against President Biden, but that didn't stop them from claiming that impeachment is likely right around the corner.
New polls show that Biden and Trump are TIED in the 2024 race and we'll explain what's real and what's not with the new poll.
All of that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign is going down in flames - and the state of Florida is going to Hell as he campaigns around the country. His failures back home are starting to become obvious to voters all over the country, and that's playing a huge role in the lack of support he's getting from voters.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says that his company has been the victim of "cancel culture" that has cost him $100 million, so he's having to auction off his company's equipment just to stay afloat.
And we've got more Q&A's from our YouTube Community members!
- Why aren't voting companies suing Donald Trump"
- Who will be the future leaders of the Democratic Party?
- Would a Republican president start a ground war in China?
- And many more!
All that's coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Author, analyst, and host of The Blue Amp Channel on YouTube, Cliff Schecter will be here to talk about the biggest stories of the week, including...
- The revelations from John Kelly that Trump committed some serious criminal activities while in office.
- The Hunter Biden investigation blowing up in the faces of Republicans.
- The latest in Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' growing corruption scandal.
- And how Democrats can win BIG in 2024.
All that is coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
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The tapes are out! The infamous recording of Donald Trump showing off classified documents was leaked to the press this week, and it could prove to be the most vital piece of evidence against the former President in his forthcoming criminal trial. Or maybe not...
Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks that her TV is spying on her after a tech glitch earlier in the week, but the bizarre claims she made AFTER suggesting a spy were even weirder.
Ivanka is out of trouble with investigators in New York, but Melania Trump might be a new target for investigators - we'll explain what's happening with both of Trump's favorite women.
And Ron DeSantis' campaign is sinking like a submarine filled with billionaires - we'll tell you why his substance-free campaign isn't resonating with anyone.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert got into a fight on the House floor this week, with Greene profanely accusing Boebert of "stealing" her idea to impeach President Biden.
Donald Trump's lead in the polls is slipping as the indictments take their toll.
Florida's economy is bracing for a crash as Governor Ron DeSantis' anti-immigrant legislation goes into effect.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is now embroiled in his own billionaire scandal - and his may be worse than that of Justice Clarence Thomas.
And we've got even more questions from our YouTube Community to answer.
All that, and more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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It has been a busy few weeks in the news, so we're doing a Q&A with our YouTube Community members to cover as much as possible in this week's episode.
Who are the future leaders of the Democratic Party?
What happens to Trump's cult when he's gone?
Will Trump ever see the inside of a prison cell?
What is going on with Lauren Boebert?
All these questions - and many more - will be answered on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Donald Trump has had one of his worst weeks ever, and things are going to continue to get worse for him as the Summer goes on. To make things worse for him, he now has even more Republican rivals entering the presidential race who aren't afraid to take some serious shots at him and his family. Joining us to talk about all of the insanity of the past week is author, consultant, and host of The Blue Amp channel on YouTube, Cliff Schecter.
And in this week's Member's Only show: The Republican Party has made racism and bigotry a central part of their platform. The evolution of the Party's hate is easy to follow, and Cliff Schecter will stick around for that conversation to tell us where the Party is headed.
That's all coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Republicans are using statehouses to enact the most dangerous parts of their agenda, and many of these Republicans actually ran for office without a Democratic opponent. Author David Pepper will be here this week to tell us why Democrats can no longer sit on the sidelines, even in deep red areas of the country - And his new book is a manual that gives you the motivation and tools to take on the Right.
And what you're missing on today's Member's Only show:
Donald Trump's legal team is falling apart as they become gripped with paranoia. This won't help him as damaging new evidence has emerged that could prove conspiracy against the government, violations of the Espionage Act, and so much more.
That's all coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
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We're doing another Q&A featuring questions from our YouTube Community members.
Will the Democrats prevail on the debt ceiling or cave to Republicans?
Is Trump going to spend time behind bars?
Will Ron DeSantis eradicate Florida's economy or will voters revolt before it happens?
Who will lead the Democratic Party into the future?
All of those questions - and one annoying Republican troll - coming up on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Rudy Giuliani is being sued by a former staffer for $10 million in a lawsuit that makes some seriously grotesque and horrific claims about the former New York City Mayor. But even worse than that, the lawsuit appears to implicate Giuliani (and Trump) in various criminal activities.
The Durham Report came out this week, and Republicans clearly didn't actually read it. While those on the Right are heralding the release, those who actually read it are pointing out that it doesn't even come close to alleging any criminal conduct by the FBI.
Attorney Wes Bowden will join us for a discussion about the dangers of PFAS chemicals that are now found in 98% of humans across the planet, and he'll tell us about the ongoing litigation to hold the manufacturers accountable.
We'll also be talking about Mike Lindell's money troubles, Kari Lake's new trial to overturn the 2022 Arizona election results, and the Florida teacher that is being investigated for showing a Disney movie to her fifth grade class.
All that, and more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
It has been a week filled with Republican corruption - From the indictments against George Santos to the jury verdict against Donald Trump and all the way up to the Supreme Court. So this week, we'll be running through all of the insane corruption that appears to have taken hold in every single part of today's Republican Party.
And in this week's member's show:
- Trump gets trashed by the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board
- Tucker Carlson is bringing his white power hour to Twitter
- Trump's legal problems in Georgia continue to get worse
- And Fox News is hit with ANOTHER lawsuit over their election lies.
That's all coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on a Special Ring of Fire!
The Flint, Michigan water crisis has been going on for 9 years, and residents are still reporting problems with the water system. People in the city are dying, new diseases are showing up in young residents, and not a single person has been held accountable for any part of the crisis.
Journalist Jordan Chariton of Status Coup news recently returned from a trip to Flint where he spoke with residents and officials about the ongoing problems and the lack of action, and Jordan joins this week's episodes to talk about everything that has happened since the crisis began 9 years ago.
That's coming up on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Tucker Carlson is OUT at Fox News, and new reports tell us that it is a combination of factors that led to his ousting - especially his disgusting text messages.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis is being sued by Disney and his billionaire donors are abandoning him left and right. Could this be the end of DeSantis' future political ambitions?
President Biden announced his official re-election bid this week, and no one is angrier about this than Marjorie Taylor Greene.
And Supreme Court corruption is even worse than we thought - we'll explain the latest developments that happened this week.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Jeff Waldorf, host of Around The Nation, will join Farron to talk about a variety of issues, including the conservative freakouts over anything that they consider to be "woke," which we've seen in recent weeks with their panic over Bud Light.
We'll explain why conservative media has managed to become so successful and how that impacts the way we have to cover the news from the Left.
And we'll take a look at the rampant corruption at the United States Supreme Court, as highlighted recently by Justice Clarence Thomas' multiple ethical violations.
All that is coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has some glaring conflicts of interest that are raising the alarm bells - and raising the voices calling for him to be impeached and removed from office.
The United States is suffering from a terrifying epidemic of gun violence, with 146 mass shooting events in just the first 100 days of this year. We'll explain why this country continues to do absolutely nothing about the problem
And we've got another Q&A featuring questions from members of our YouTube Community - Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get involved in future Q&As!
That's all coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Donald Trump has officially been indicted on 34 counts related to falsifying business documents as part of a "conspiracy" to impact the outcome of the 2016 election. We'll talk about the counts that he is facing and what it means for the future of the presidential race.
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his run for the Republican nomination for President on Sunday, but he may have misjudged how "wounded" Trump is by the indictment.
60 Minutes performed the worst interview imaginable with Marjorie Taylor Greene this past weekend and Leslie Stahl allowed Greene to slander the entire Democratic Party - we'll explain what happened and why the media is responsible for creating so many conservative monsters.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire:
The nation is once again mourning after a tragic shooting in Nashville, but Republicans are still insisting that we don't have a gun problem in the United States.
Reporter Louis DeAngelis from Status Coup News will be here to give us an update on the situation on the ground in East Palestine, Ohio - and the residents are still suffering.
Republican Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama is spending the state's education funds to build a water park instead of helping school children.
Mike Pence is being forced to testify in front of the federal grand jury after a judge tossed out his ridiculous legal arguments.
And Republicans in the House are clearly abusing their powers to intimidate Alvin Bragg in order to protect Donald Trump.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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Could this be the worst (legal) week of Donald Trump's life?
Nearly every major investigation or lawsuit that Trump is involved in has taken a turn for the worse in the last seven days for the former president, and things are only going to go downhill from here for him.
This week, we'll be running through SIX different Trump investigations and lawsuits that all had major updates this week, and we'll explain what each of these new developments mean for Trump's future.
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Donald Trump could be facing an indictment in New York as prosecutors are zeroing in on the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. Will this finally be the one time that Trump gets held accountable?
George Santos has been implicated in a massive credit card fraud scheme, but he's so confident nothing will happen to him that he already filed his paperwork announcing that he's seeking a second term in Congress.
Republican legislators and talking heads seem to be obsessed with what's in your pants - Could it be that THEY are the real threats to your children?
And we've got even more Q&A's for you!
All that, and much more, on this episode of Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
We're doing another Q&A with questions from our YouTube Community members.
Should Democrats abandon red states?
Can Trump claim executive privilege to prevent Mike Pence's cooperation with the DOJ?
How can progressives reach moderate voters?
Which right wing figure would Farron most like to fight?
All these questions - and many more - will be answered on this episode of Ring of Fire!
Today on Ring of Fire!
Residents of East Palestine, Ohio are still reeling with the impacts of the recent train derailment and subsequent chemical spill in their town, and relief is virtually nowhere to be found. Politicians are busy trying to blame each other's Party for what happened, but these residents aren't interested in the blame game. Reporter Louis DeAngelis from Status Coup News will tell us what is really on residents' minds right now.
Rupert Murdoch admitted in a deposition that he gave Jared Kushner access to President Biden's campaign ads BEFORE they were public - and this could have huge legal ramifications for the media mogul.
Ron DeSantis admitted he got married at Disney World, creating an interesting wrinkle in his crusade against the House of Mouse.
And Jim Jordan completely humiliated himself during a recent trip to the border - though he'll never admit it.
All that, and more, on this episode of Ring of Fire!
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Republicans have made huge gains at the state level by promoting culture war issues, but can they recreate that success on the national level in 2024? Signs are pointing to NO.
The Supreme Court could end up gutting Section 230 that provides immunity to internet platforms, and that could actually spell doom for independent media outlets.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is attacking her former best friend Matt Gaetz for not going along with her "national divorce" plan.
George Santos swears he can get his credibility back - but he may have bigger things to worry about.
And Donald Trump can't seem to get the candidates that he endorsed in 2022 to return the favor for his presidential campaign.
All that, and much more, on today's Ring of Fire Podcast!
Today on Ring of Fire!
Fox News is in a world of legal trouble after Dominion Voting Systems exposed their willingness to lie for ratings in a court filing last week. We'll explain why that could be the final nail in the coffin for this particular lawsuit.
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to "divorce" Red States and Blue States, and she even has a plan to make that happen! But her plan sounds awfully familiar to anyone who knows how the country actually works.
Rick Scott is backtracking on his plan to "sunset" Social Security and Medicare.
Donald Trump's lawyers want to BAN the infamous Access Hollywood tape - and his other accusers - from testifying at his upcoming sexual battery trial.
And former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says that he is baffled by the incredibly "dumb" decision by Trump's current lawyers to hit him with a subpoena.
All this is coming up on today's Ring of Fire Podcast!
Today on Ring of Fire!
It's Q&A time again, and Farron will be answering questions from our YouTube Community members.
Will the DOJ end up indicting Donald Trump?
Why was no one charged in the Matt Gaetz scandal?
Should liberals abandon Red States for more friendly terrain?
How can we finally end Trump's disastrous trade war?
All of these questions, and many more, will be answered on this episode of Ring of Fire!
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Conspiracy theories are flying after more balloons were shot down over the United States - with many conservatives believing that we're suffering from an alien invasion. We'll explain why this makes absolutely no sense, even by Republican standards.
Matt Gaetz is in trouble after bringing in an accused murderer to say the Pledge of Allegiance to open a House Judiciary hearing.
Republicans want to put your children back to work in the mines and in slaughterhouses, and many states already have legislation ready to go to make that happen.
President Biden keeps hammering Republicans on their desire to cut Social Security and Medicare, and it is driving the GOP insane.
And former Vice President Mike Pence may try to fight his subpoena from special prosecutor Jack Smith, but that's one battle he can't hope to win.
All that, and more, coming up on today's Ring of Fire Podcast!
On this episode of Ring of Fire!
President Biden's State of the Union address angered Republicans in Congress, and their extreme behavior didn't go unnoticed by the American public. We'll talk about both the responses that happened during the speech, as well as the disastrous rebuttal issued by Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Cyber criminals have a new target: Republican campaigns. Multiple Republicans have been the victims of cyber crimes with thieves stealing money from their campaign accounts, so we'll examine why these targets are so enticing to criminals (and why they only seem to be targeting Republicans right now.)
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says that the RNC is putting him in charge of a unit to go after "election crimes," but what they're really doing is opening themselves up for a massive defamation lawsuit.
And a former New York prosecutor says that the Manhattan DA's office was just about to file criminal charges against Donald Trump before Alvin Bragg took over - we'll bring you the details.
All that, and more, on this episode of Ring of Fire!
On today's Ring of Fire!
The Chinese spy balloon was shot down over the weekend, but that was really just the beginning of the drama. Now we've learned that similar balloons flew over the country many times during Trump's presidency, but he swears he didn't know - we'll explain what's happening.
Matt Gaetz is leading the conservative assault on working class Americans by calling for cuts to SNAP benefits, Social Security, and Medicare. Meanwhile, the hosts on Fox News are railing against workers taking sick days, while Marjorie Taylor Greene whines about her "miserable" $174,000 per year Congressional salary. The elites are out in full force to demonize the working class.
And Trump's legal problems are only getting worse, and his decision to hire a new lawyer in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuits could actually backfire on him in a hilarious way - we'll tell you what could happen.
All that coming up on this episode of Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Its Q&A week on the Ring of Fire Podcast, and Farron Cousins will be answering the biggest questions from our YouTube Community members.
Can Trump be banned from office over January 6th?
Can we finally abolish the electoral college?
Will the country's political divisions ever be healed?
Will Farron run for President one day?
All those questions, and many more, will be answered on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert got into a shouting match in a Congressional bathroom on the first day of Congress this year, and things have only gotten uglier since the bathroom brawl.
George Santos is under fire yet again for allegedly scamming a disabled veteran out of thousands of dollars - a scheme the led to the vet's dog dying from a tumor after Santos absconded with the money.
President Biden has an idea to reduce deadly police shootings, but it may not address the root causes of the violence from police officers.
And Donald Trump suffered a major breakdown this week as investigators in both Manhattan and Washington, D.C. appear to moving closer towards bringing him to justice.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Salon.com's Heather Digby Parton will be here to talk about Ron DeSantis' quest to become the next President - a quest that has far more hurdles than he may realize. Digby will also talk about the new Biden Document "Scandal" and why this couldn't have happened at a worse time for the President.
All that, and more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
REPUBLICAN CHAOS! The fight over Speaker of the House has shown the whole world how incompetent the Republican Party is, and that is just the tip of the iceberg for the problems that they face.
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel is facing a mountain of problems in her attempt to remain in charge of the Republican Party.
Kari Lake is still fighting to remain relevant in Republican World.
And Donald Trump, Jr. has a curious new job - we'll give you the details.
All of that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
On This Week's Show!
Two legends return to the Ring of Fire!
First, author and YouTube host Cliff Schecter will join us for a discussion on how Ron DeSantis is quickly out-Trumping Donald Trump, and why that is a seriously threat for America.
And Heather "Digby" Parton will be back with us again to talk about Donald Trump's waning influence over the Republican Party, and how his endorsements could end up hurting the Republicans in the midterms.
This week on Ring of Fire!
Its our final Q&A of the year, with dozens of questions being answered that our YouTube Community members wanted to hear.
Will Trump get indicted in the next month?
This week on Ring of Fire!
Jeff Waldorf, host of Around The Nation on YouTube, will join Farron Cousins to run through the biggest stories of the past week.
Donald Trump watched as his Trump Organization was found guilty on all counts of fraud in trial this week, but that doesn't mean that the company is going to have to face any "real" penalties.
Herschel Walker became the latest MAGA Republican to go down in flames in the Georgia special election, even as the Republican Party pulled out all the stops to save him.
Republicans are planning a nonstop blitz of investigations starting in January, but that could cost them down the road.
And "The Twitter Files" were released to very little acclaim last week, and we'll explain what's in the documents and what they do, and most importantly do NOT, tell us about Twitter.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Heather Digby Parton from Salon.com will be back with us to talk about Donald Trump's disturbing dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, as well as the Republican Party's plan to conduct an autopsy on their own Party to determine why voters don't like them.
Mike Lindell thinks he has what it takes to run the Republican Party and is challenging Ronna McDaniel to be the GOP Chair.
Herschel Walker can't seem to figure out what state he lives in, and that could cause some serious legal problems.
And the Democrats might be shaking up the primary and caucus schedule - a move that is WAY overdue.
All that, and more, on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Donald Trump is running for President, but he can't run away from all of the investigations he's facing. And things aren't looking good for him in the New York tax fraud trial.
COVID deaths may have played a larger role in the midterms than previously thought, according to a new study. We'll explain how the GOP's decision to let their base die may have cost them several seats.
And we've got another Q&A for you! Will Clarence Thomas be impeached? Is Trump going to jail? Who could Democrats run in 2024 if Biden steps down? All those questions, and many more, will be answered this week.
This week on Ring of Fire!
Midterm Mayhem continues! The final results of this year's midterm races might not be known for another week, but we know enough about the results to be able to say with certainty that the "Red Wave" didn't happen. Heather Digby Parton from Salon.com will be here to run through the good, the bad, and the ugly about this year's races and what it could mean for 2024.
This Week on Ring of Fire!
Heather Digby Parton from Salon.com will join us for a discussion about what to expect from next week's midterms - should Democrats be as worried as the polls are telling us, or will there be surprises for us on election night? She'll also talk to us about the attack on Paul Pelosi and the disgusting response from Republicans.
This Week on Ring of Fire!
The Right Wing world is freaking out over the revelations from the January 6th Committee's televised hearings, and it is going to take a lot of effort on their part to dig themselves out of this hole. With more hearings on the horizon - and a public that actually seems interested - these events could impact voters ahead of the midterms. Jesse Dollemore, host of the I Doubt It Podcast, will discuss the hearings with us this week.
As Farron spends time at Mass Torts Made Perfect in Las Vegas this week, he runs into a familiar voice.
This Week on Ring of Fire!
We're taking YOUR questions for our Q&A episode this week, talking about all of the things that YOU want to talk about.
This week on Ring of Fire!
Investigative reporter Jordan Chariton from Status Coup News will be here to talk about two very important issues: The Michigan officials that are being let off the hook for the Flint water scandal, and the recent fires at Amazon warehouses that are leaving workers terrified to go to work.
This week on Ring of Fire!
The Democratic Party might be falling into a trap by thinking that Trump's legal problems are going to lead them to victories in the midterms. Max Burns from Third Degree Strategies will be here to tell us how Democrats can avoid that trap.
A report from The Washington Post says that career prosecutors at the DOJ are recommending NO charges against Matt Gaetz - we'll explain what's happening with that.
Herschel Walker tries to awkwardly dismiss the fact that he threatened to murder his ex-wife by invoking the Bible.
And indicted Texas attorney general Ken Paxton's lies about his subpoena server are exposed by emails to his own office.
All that, and more, coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Donald Trump's bad week just kept getting worse, and we'll give you all the details about the New York lawsuit and what it could mean for the future of Trump's empire.
Ron DeSantis is now facing a class action lawsuit and a criminal investigation for his political stunt of shipping asylum-seekers to Martha's Vineyard. Journalist Judd Legum will be here to explain all the details of that case.
A former Trump aide admitted to the January 6th Committee that Matt Gaetz wanted a pardon for the sex crimes investigation he's facing.
And Marjorie Taylor Greene says she'll impeach Biden EVERY WEEK if Republicans win the midterms!
All that, and more, coming up on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Donald Trump's legal problems seem to be getting worse by the day, and now he's facing an investigation in the Senate over possible abuses of power by politicizing his Department of Justice to go after his enemies. Heather Digby Parton from Salon.com will be here to give us all the details.
This week on Ring of Fire!
The deal to buy Donald Trump's Truth Social (and his entire fledgling media group) is on ice, and that could mean that Truth Social's days are numbered. We'll explain why the social media network might not be around by the end of the year.
Republicans across the country are scanning through legal textbooks and existing laws to find ANYTHING they can use to challenge President Biden's student loan debt forgiveness. If they succeed, not only will millions suffer, but it would also be political disaster for the GOP.
And we'll be taking YOUR questions. We have another Q&A for this week, covering topics ranging from climate change and corruption, to Trump's latest legal headaches.
All that is coming up on Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Donald Trump's legal problems took another turn for the worse this week when the DOJ submitted a court filing that essentially spelled out all the crimes he could be charged with. We'll bring you the latest details.
Olivia Little from Media Matters For America will be here to tell us how white nationalists and other right wing extremists are circumventing Tik Tok's regulations in order to spread their hateful content.
This week on Ring of Fire!
Donald Trump's legal problems are somehow getting worse by the day, and his legal team has no idea how to fight the onslaught of investigations - and Trump isn't making it any easier for them. Salon.com's Heather Digby Parton will join us with the latest details.
This week on Ring of Fire!
Cliff Schecter, author and host of The Takedown on YouTube, will be here to talk about the very bad weeks that Donald Trump has had recently, and why things are likely to only get worse from here.
This Week on Ring of Fire!
We're taking YOUR questions for our Q&A episode this week, talking about all of the things that YOU want to talk about.
Will Trump end up in prison?
Are Kavanaugh's days on the Supreme Court numbered?
How do fight the conservative media machine?
All of these questions, and many more, will be answered this week!
This week on Ring of Fire!
We'll be taking a deep dive into the growing problem of human trafficking, and we'll be speaking with survivors Carissa Phelps and Alicia Tappan who have used their experiences to help others not only escape that life, but also to hold those responsible accountable.
Andrew Yang's "Forward Party" is up and running, but is it really the third party option that Americans have been clamoring for?
Donald Trump had some pretty decent victories in Tuesday's primaries, but there were plenty of big wins for Democrats to celebrate, as well.
And President Biden's approval rating is falling - but Democrats somehow appear to be in a better position than ever to win the midterms. We'll explain what's happening.
All that, and more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Jordan Uhl, host of Deep Dive on The Young Turks and co-host of The Insurgents Podcast, will be here to talk about how Wall Street bankers are taking over the housing market and pricing millions of Americans - an entire generation - out of home ownership.
Matt Gaetz's attack on a pro-choice activist backfired spectacularly this week and ended up raising close to $1 million for abortion services. We'll bring you the details.
The DOJ announced that they are officially investigating Donald Trump's role in the fake elector scheme, and the evidence they've got so far is already pretty damning for the former President.
And Democrats took a major step forward to restore some credibility to the Supreme Court this week - we'll tell you all about it.
All that, and more, on this week's podcast!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Donald Trump is STILL trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election, even though twenty months have passed. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos revealed this week that Trump called him just one week ago with his latest request - we'll bring you the details.
Jordan Chariton from Status Coup News will be here to tell us about his travels around the country where he's talking with working class Americans about their struggles to deal with rising inflation and housing costs.
Bobby Lewis from Media Matters For America will tell us how the One America News network is hyping up election deniers as the network struggles to stay in business.
And Mitch McConnell sent a clear message to Trump this week that he is NOT guaranteed the 2024 Republican nomination.
All that, and more, on this week's episode!
This week on Ring of Fire!
We're having a Q&A week and talking about all of the issues that our viewers and listeners want to talk about!
Will Clarence Thomas get impeached?
Can Ron DeSantis be stopped?
Is Donald Trump finished?
How can we be a better ally to our LGBTQ+ friends and family?
All of these questions, and many more, will be answered on this week's show!
This week on Ring of Fire!
The list of potential crimes committed by Donald Trump and his allies continues to rise, but announcing a presidential bid might scare prosecutors into NOT seeking charges against the former President. Heather Digby Parton from Salon.com will be here to tell us how an announcement from Trump could put the brakes on an investigation.
This week on Ring of Fire!
The Supreme Court continues to push the country into a full-blown theocracy, and a string of recent rulings has left the public concerned about our future. Rayyvana, host of Rayy-Actions on Twitch, will join us to talk about all of these disastrous decisions.
AND on the MEMBER SHOW (www.rofpodcast.com)The January 6th Committee heard explosive testimony from former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson this week, and we'll explain what this testimony could mean for possible criminal prosecutions.
And Ted Cruz has picked (another) fight with Sesame Street, this time railing against Elmo for getting a COVID vaccine. The Republican Senator seems to have a real problem with puppets, and we'll explain why.
All that, and more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
Farron came home from vacation with Covid, so we have a “best of” Ring of Fire Podcast for you this week.
Republicans have made it clear that overturning Roe v Wade is only the beginning, and they are actively coming to take away more of your rights at the state level. Salon.com's Heather "Digby" Parton will tell us what's happening.
And author and YouTube host Cliff Schecter will join us for a discussion on how Ron DeSantis is quickly out-Trumping Donald Trump, and why that is a seriously threat for America.
This Week on Ring of Fire!
The Right Wing world is freaking out over the revelations from the January 6th Committee's televised hearings, and it is going to take a lot of effort on their part to dig themselves out of this hole. With more hearings on the horizon - and a public that actually seems interested - these events could impact voters ahead of the midterms. Jesse Dollemore, host of the I Doubt It Podcast, will discuss the hearings with us this week.
This week on Ring of Fire!
The January 6th Committee is about to begin their prime time hearings, so we're bringing you a very special episode of Ring of Fire.
Heather "Digby" Parton from Salon.com will join Farron for a lengthy discussion about what we've learned from the Committee in the past 10 months, and what we can expect from these hearings. We'll also be discussing the Republican distraction efforts to make the public think that these hearings aren't that important.
This week on Ring of Fire!
The Durham probe hit a major snag this week after Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman was acquitted of all charges. Conservatives are outraged, of course, but the probe has been going on for over 3 years now without any results. Time to let it go.
Investigative reporter Jordan Chariton will be here to discuss the many failings of the Uvalde police force, and we'll discuss the likelihood that America passes comprehensive gun control measures.
And on the member show, we've got even more Republican leaks! Their plans for harassing voters, stalling legislative action, and so much more have been revealed by a series of different leaks this week, and we'll take a look at each one of them.
This week on Ring of Fire!
Donald Trump suffered several humiliating defeats in Georgia this week, so what does this mean for his grip over the Republican Party? The answer might not be the one that you were hoping for.
Author and YouTube host Cliff Schecter will help us break down the gun culture of America and how that has shaped the country in the worst ways possible.
And on the member show, investigative reporter Alex Kotch will tell us about the billionaire families that are funding the most extreme members of Congress like Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene (and many others.) Become member to get the full show over at www.rofpodcast.com
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Salon.com contributor Chauncey DeVega will be here to talk about the motivation of the Buffalo shooter, and he'll explain how "Replacement Theory" has long been a part of the Republican Party.
And on the Membership Show, Establishment Republicans succeeded in taking down Madison Cawthorn, and one of the groups behind the attacks on the young Congressman says that they've got a new target: Lauren Boebert.
Ted Cruz may have single-handedly destroyed one of the last protections that our elections had from unlimited corporate money, and we'll explain what that means for future elections.
Republicans are at each other's throats in Congress over how much they want to obstruct President Biden's agenda. Get the full show and all our archives over at www.rofpodcast.com!
This week on Ring of Fire!
Elon Musk says that, if his purchase of Twitter actually happens, he'll be welcoming Donald Trump back on the platform because his permaban was "stupid." This is probably the worst thing that could happen for conservatives, and Farron Cousins explains why.
Republicans have made it clear that overturning Roe v Wade is only the beginning, and they are actively coming to take away more of your rights at the state level. Salon.com's Heather "Digby" Parton will tell us what's happening.
And on the member show, the corporate media has helped Republicans push all sorts of lies about reproductive choice over the years, and they need to be held accountable for giving anti-choice Republicans a platform to spread their hate and lies. Media Matters' Sharon Kann will join us for that discussion. Get the full show at www.rofpodcast.com
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The leaked SCOTUS opinion draft has captured the news this week, and for good reason. The implications of this potential ruling will set the country back 50 years, and create an environment that is toxic for women. And that may only be the beginning. We'll bring you the details of the ruling, along with the reactions from both the Right and the Left.
We'll also be taking your questions! To get in on future Q&As, make sure you check out our YouTube channel (YouTube.com/TheRingofFire) and keep an eye on the Community page!
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It is LEAK WEEK! New leaks have revealed the members of Congress that were involved in the Trump administration's coup attempts, while other leaks have revealed what Kevin McCarthy REALLY thought about his Republican colleagues. Heather "Digby" Parton from Salon.com will be here to tell us all about these new developments.
And for our members only show, Republicans were prepared to strong-arm Twitter into submission if they didn't take Elon Musk's offer to buy the company, but this news was barely even reported. Matthew Gertz, senior fellow at Media Matters for America, will be here to talk about that story, along with the new Republican tactic of bullying companies into submission, and punishing those who don't comply. www.rofpodcast.com to get the full show plus our archived shows.
On This Week's Show!
Two legends return to the Ring of Fire!
First, author and YouTube host Cliff Schecter will join us for a discussion on how Ron DeSantis is quickly out-Trumping Donald Trump, and why that is a seriously threat for America.
And on the member's podcast, Heather "Digby" Parton will be back with us again to talk about Donald Trump's waning influence over the Republican Party, and how his endorsements could end up hurting the Republicans in the midterms.
Become a member of the full show over at www.rofpodcast.com
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We're taking viewer/listener questions again! If you want to get your questions in for next time, make sure you subscribe to our YouTube page at YouTube.com/TheRingofFire and keep an eye on that Community page!
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Our good friend David Pakman, host of The David Pakman Show, will be joining us for a discussion about the midterms, the growing threat of Republican lunacy, and why conservatives are so obsessed with Hunter Biden.
This week on Ring of Fire!
Investigative journalist Jordan Chariton will join us again to talk about his recent trip through Florida where he spoke with the people who are being directly, negatively, impacted by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis' assaults on our rights.
Alex Kotch, co-founder of OptOut App and investigative reporter for Exposed by CMD, will tell us about the dark web of money that goes into funding climate change denial. He'll also give us an update on his OptOut project that is bringing progressive media under one roof.
Bonus Show, www.rofpodcast.com to become a member
We'll discuss the latest from the January 6th Committee, as well as an update about Madison Cawthorn's wild accusations about Republican members of Congress!
This week on Ring of Fire!
It's March Midterm Madness! We'll be revisiting our conversations with Mike Figuerado and Jeff Waldorf, both of whom have a lot to say about what could happen in this year's midterm races, and what Democrats can do to stop the Republicans from sweeping the elections.
This week on Ring of Fire!
Gas prices are going out of control, and Democrats are scrambling to come up with both a message for voters and a plan to address the crisis. Republicans are already blaming the Biden administration for both the soaring cost of fuel AND the ongoing inflation crisis, and Democrats need to do something quickly to ease voters' concerns before the midterms.
And we're taking even more of your questions from our YouTube channel! We'll be talking about everything from Trump's potential indictments, college football, the embarrassing state of the Republican Party, and so much more!
This Week on Ring of Fire!
Vladimir Putin is continuing his assault on Ukraine, even as global sanctions cripple Russia's economy. The Russian people are sick of it all, and Putin now finds himself between a rock and a hard place - and that makes him far more dangerous. We'll discuss the latest on the conflict and how Putin's desperation could escalate the situation.
We'll also be talking with Panama Bartholomy from the Building Decarbonization Coalition about his group's efforts to help reduce carbon emissions, state by state, and why that strategy might be the only way to really tackle the crisis.
And we're taking your questions from our YouTube channel in this week's Q&A!
On this week's show:
President Biden gave his first State of the Union Address, but his words have been overshadowed by the outbursts of right wing lunatics Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene. We'll talk about what the speech means, and how it could be a turning point for the administration.
Jacobin contributor and author Luke Savage will discuss the devastating impacts that the expiration of the extended Child Tax Credits have had on children and working families.
And on the member show, Twitch streamer Tiffany Starr will talk about the ongoing legislative assault on LGBTQ youth at the hands of right wing state governments. www.rofpodcast.com to become a member and get the full show
On This Week's Show:
Russia has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and things are not looking good. Author Cliff Schecter will be here to explain what's happening, and he'll also give his insights into the good and bad developments in the many investigations into Donald Trump from the past week.
John Nichols from The Nation magazine will discuss rising inflation and the corporate greed that is driving prices even further, and he'll explain how Democrats can combat right wing talking points about the problem before the midterms.
And author and podcaster Chauncey DeVega will tell us how Donald Trump has ushered in a new era of "white victimhood" for Republicans that is driving a wedge deeper into the heart of America.
This week on Ring of Fire...
Hillary Clinton is going to JAIL! Or at least that's what conservative media wants you to think. The truth is that the Durham court filing from last week is a giant nothingburger, but that didn't stop outlets like Fox from telling their viewers that things have never been worse for Hillary. We'll explain why this is a giant distraction that actually means nothing.
And while Republicans are focusing on Hillary, Donald Trump and his kids had an absolutely horrible week that just continued to get worse with each passing day. We'll tell you why Trump and his kids might finally be in over their heads.
We'll also be talking about the assault on rights and democracy taking place at the state level by revisiting our recent interview with author David Pepper, which is more and more relevant every day.
Donald Trump could be in serious trouble for "stealing" boxes of documents from the White House. Republicans are keeping quiet about the scandal as it continues to get worse for Trump by the day. We'll bring you the details.
And we're taking YOUR QUESTIONS! We've got lots of viewers and listeners who want information, and we're taking a deep dive into the questions submitted to us via our YouTube channel.
Spotify has been all over the news recently due to the dust up over Joe Rogan, but the company should really be in the headlines for how they screw over musicians. By paying musicians fractions of a cent for their music, the corporate giant rakes in millions while musicians struggle to get by. Max Collins from the band Eve 6 will talk to us about this issue.
AndAnd Donald Trump has made it crystal clear that he wanted to steal the 2020 election from Joe Biden - we'll bring you all the latest developments there.
if you become a member this week you will hear Farron's interview about How Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was given every opportunity to condemn the actions of neo-Nazis across the state this past week, but he repeatedly failed to do it. DeSantis is making a national name for himself and setting up a potential 2024 Presidential bid, but people outside of the state need to understand how disturbing his behavior really is. Journalist Thomas Kennedy will have that story.
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, and Republicans are already freaking out over the prospect of a black woman being chosen to replace him. And Matt Gaetz has had a very bad week, and things will likely only get worse in the future.
Congressional candidate Shahid Buttar will join us to talk about his campaign against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and we'll also talk about why change in Congress is necessary to insure that people are taken care of.
What you're missing on the member show: Writer Sohale Mortazavi will tell us why cryptocurrency looks an awful lot like a ponzi scheme - and why it is only a matter of time before a lot of people lose everything. Become a member and support the show today over at www.rofpodcast.com
Donald Trump and his family are having a really bad week, as investigators in New York close in on their family's business dealings that could results in charges of bank fraud, tax fraud, and possibly even both. We'll explain the latest revelations.
Jayar Jackson from The Young Turks (and host of the new show The Watchlist) will tell us about the plan by former Trump officials to try to end his political career once and for all.
And on the "member show" investigative journalist Jordan Chariton will tell us why the new Michigan attorney general decided to scrap some serious charges against Michigan officials over the Flint water crisis.
This week on Ring of Fire:
Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema has killed any chance of filibuster reform, which means that the voting rights legislation that Democrats have worked so hard on this past year is essentially dead.
Mike Figueredo, host of The Humanist Report on YouTube, will give us his thoughts on this year's midterm elections and whether there's anything the Democratic Party can do to prevent a Republican landslide.
What you're missing on the Member Show: Attorney Chris Paulos will talk about the lawsuit that he and his firm have filed against Saudi Arabia for their role in a December 2019 terrorist attack in Pensacola, Florida. To hear this interview become a member over at www.rofpodcast.com
Welcome to 2022! On today's show, we'll talk about the one-year anniversary of the Capitol Riot and how the January 6th Committee is working to hold everyone involved accountable.
Author David Pepper will discuss the ways that Republicans have captured state governments and how they're using that power to give themselves (and their donors) everything that they've ever wanted. David is the author of the new book "Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake Up Call From Behind the Lines."
And we've got even more viewer/listener questions from YouTube!
Happy New Year to the ROF Podcast listeners, big changes to come in 2022 as we finish the new Ring of Fire Studios. This week, Farron answers your questions on the podcast as we get set for the New Year!
Happy Holidays! This week we take a short look back at Farron Cousin’s “best interviews” of 2021, on the show…
Donald Trump keeps hinting at a third run for the White House, and it already looks like he would be a lock for the nomination if he were to enter the race. Salon.com contributor Chauncey DeVega will be here to explain what could happen if Trump gets back into the White House, and why it would be incredibly dangerous for the country.
Also on the show, the guys from Meidas Touch will talk about their efforts to counter Republican talking points
The January 6th Committee has released an enormous trove of damning material in the past two weeks, and it all centers around one individual: Mark Meadows. The former Chief of Staff to Donald Trump holds all the answers, and he's not going to give them up without a fight. We'll get into the details in this week's show.
Also, we're taking your questions! We're holding our first Ring of Fire Q&A session with questions submitted to us through our YouTube Community page - you won't want to miss it!
President Joe Biden's first year as president is quickly coming to a close, and things certainly didn't go as the Democrats would have liked. Some of this is due to inaction by Biden, but some of it is due to factors far beyond his control, yet he's still getting blamed for them. Jeff Waldorf, the host of Around The Nation on YouTube, will give us the details.
And Farron will explain the problems that are already surfacing with Donald Trump's new social media company.
Member Show Content you are missing: Republicans across the country are pushing voter suppression legislation, but in states controlled by Democratic governors, that task is much harder. But Michigan Republicans believe that they have found a way around that, and their efforts could end up turning the swing state into a solidly Republican state in the very near future. Nancy Wang, the Executive Director of Voters Not Politicians, will be here to explain what's happening.
On this week's show:
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon.com will talk about the Omicron variant and how Republicans are trying to spin it as a failure of President Biden.
And new poll numbers show Donald Trump easily beating Joe Biden in 2024 - unless Democrats can turn things around.
Become a member at www.rofpodcast.com and get Farron's Bonus Interview: Nation magazine contributor Bryce Covert will give us the latest details about the Build Back Better Act and Joe Manchin's obstruction.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is doing a marathon video stream over the Thanksgiving break to "expose" the massive amount of voter fraud that he swears he found (even though he failed to produce any evidence during his August event.) He also says that a new lawsuit he's filed will give the Supreme Court the option to either tear down the last election or to conduct a new one. We'll explain why this is absolutely bonkers.
And Mike Papantonio will make his return to the show to discuss his new book, “Inhuman Trafficking,” where he crafts a fictionalized story based on real human trafficking cases that his law firm is handling.
Political polling is all over the place this week, and things have already changed a lot since last week. We'll explain what's going on - and what is actually real.
Tucker Carlson is out with a new documentary where he tries to rewrite the history of what actually happened on January 6th. Daily Kos contributor and author David Neiwert will help us break down this disturbing new production.
What you are missing on the Member Show this week: Donald Trump keeps hinting at a third run for the White House, and it already looks like he would be a lock for the nomination if he were to enter the race. Salon.com contributor Chauncey DeVega will be here to explain what could happen if Trump gets back into the White House, and why it would be incredibly dangerous for the country.
President Biden's poll numbers keep getting worse, but has his performance as President really been THAT bad? And Donald Trump suffered several significant legal defeats this week that could have a major impact on his political future. Also on the show, the guys from Meidas Touch will talk about their efforts to counter Republican talking points, and on the bonus half of the show, Vox policy reporter Jerusalem Demsas will tell us why Zillow is getting out of the homebuying business, and what that could mean for the housing market. Become a member over at www.rofpodcast.com to get all our bonus material and access to the archives.
Following the big news from last week about certain members of Congress allegedly helping to organize the January 6th Stop The Steal rally, little has happened. In fact, the public seems to have already forgotten that there might be treasonous Republicans holding office today. It is now up to Congress to get to the bottom of what happened, and John Nichols from The Nation joins Farron Cousins to talk about what that might look like. Nichols also provides some insight into this week's elections, and tells us what those results could mean for Democrats in next year's midterms.
Sam Seder welcomes the new host of Ring of Fire!
Thousands of workers have gone on strike in the month of October, including roughly 10,000 John Deere workers across the country. This mass movement by workers demanding better treatment has been dubbed "Striketober" by the media, and it is a clear sign that workers have had enough of being exploited by corporations. Jordan Chariton from Status Coup news has been traveling the country to meet with these workers, and he will join us to discuss the ongoing strikes and explains what the workers are hoping to gain.
On today’s show…
We will listen to Emma Vigeland’s interview with The Intercepts, Michelle Garcia, about the Biden Administration’s treatment of Hatian Migrants.
And of course, Digby and I will belooking back at a big week in news
Bonus Content you're missing this week: Sam and Ari Berman discuss gerrymandering and the Voting Rights Act and its effect on our countries politics.
David Dayen, from the America Prospect, will explain how big banks can get a hold of your stimulus check before you have a chance to use it.
And Nation national-affairs correspondent Jeet Heer will explain why "Undercounting Covid-19 Deaths Is a Deadly Mistake.” And why keeping the death toll artificially low allows Trump to push for a premature end to the lockdown.
This week on Ring of Fire, Zachariah Mampilly, Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs (Baruch College) as well as an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Political Science at the Graduate Center, CUNY, joins us to discuss the western left’s Blindspot when it comes to the continent of Africa including its lack of coverage of the massive protests that were occupying Nigeria some 10 years ago.
And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week.
Bonus content you are missing this week; Sam and Kaiser Health News Correspondent, Angela Hart, joins us to discuss what lies ahead for single-payer healthcare in California in the wake of the Gavin Newsome recall election. Become a member today! www.rofpodcast.com
This week on Ring of Fire, David Vine, professor of anthropology at American University and author of The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State, joins me to discuss the staggering number of US military bases and how they contribute to our war machine… and how the Biden administration’s “pivot to China” might be a troubling part of that same dynamic.
And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week.
Bonus content this week; Sam and David Dayen discuss reconcillation.
This week on Ring of Fire; Sarah Lazare, web editor and reporter for In These Times magazine, joins me to discuss her reporting on how Biden’s public position of supporting COVID vaccine patent waivers may be a bit different in private.
And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week.
Bonus content this week; Sam and Grace Segers breakdown the Child Income Credit.
This week on Ring of Fire, Josh Dzieza joins us to discuss his cover story piece in New York Magazine and The Verge, which is a deep dive into the world of delivery workers in New York City: assaulted and attacked, exploited by apps, and ignored by police.
Heather “Digby” Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week.
This week’s bonus content you're missing… Eric Alterman joins us to analyze the media’s seemingly uniform outrage to Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Upgrade to our member show to listen to our bonus content over at www.rofpodcast.com
This week on Ring of Fire; Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East history at Stanford University, joins us to discuss the Biden Administrations posture towards Egyptian President, al-Sisis, despite his countless human rights violations and what it means for the U.S.’s broader Middle East policy.
And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week.
Bonus content you are missing this week; Sam interviews Spencer Ackerman about his book, “Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump.” Become a Member at www.rofpodcast.com
This week on Ring of Fire; Elie Mystal, Correspondent for The Nation, joins us to discuss the Supreme Court’s disastrous and deliberate inaction on Texas’s effective abortion ban and bounty system and what it means for a woman’s right to choose going forward.
And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week.
Bonus content this week; Sam interviews Murtaza Hussain, from The Intercept, about the legacy of the 9/11 spying on Muslims in this country particularly the Fort Dix Five.
This week on Ring of Fire, Gaeñ hia uh, Executive Director of the American Indian Law Alliance, joins us to discuss the devastating revelations about the mass, unmarked graves of children at the abusive indigenous residential schools, and what repair for the indigineous looks like in North America.
And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week.
Bonus content you are missing this week; Emma interviews Simon Brown about his piece in Dissent Magazine, “The Rise of the Elite Anti-Intellectual.” Become a member at www.rofpodcast.com
This week on Ring of Fire; Max Moran, Research Director for the Personnel Team at The Revolving Door Project, joins us to discuss Biden‘s latest big oil friendly appointee and what it says about his actual commitment to comprehensive climate policy
And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week.
Bonus content you are missing this week; Sam interviews Major Danny Sjursen about the Afghanistan withdrawal and the failure of the entire project. become a member at www.rofpodcast.com
This week on Ring of Fire, Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law Professor and author of “Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money,” joins us to discuss the downfall of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo… and why it was long overdue.
David Sirota, Founder and Editor of The Daily Poster, will be joining us as Heather Parton is on vacation. David and I will be looking back on the week in politics.
Bonus content you are missing this week; Sam interviews Frederick Wherry, Sociology Professor at Princeton University, about the debate over how progressive student debt forgiveness policies are and the data behind the disparity among black and white college graduates. Become a member at www.rofpodcast.com
This week on Ring of Fire, Tim Murphy, Senior Reporter for Mother Jones Magazine, joins us to discuss the peculiar evolution of Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s politics: from Green Party activist to radical centrist obstructionist, her career is anything but traditional.
Ryan Grim, Washington Correspondent for The Intercept and new cohost of The Hill’s Rising, will be joining us, as Heather Parton is on vacation, to cover the news of the week.
Bonus content you you are missing this week; Sam interviews Elie Mystal, Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine, about a fascinating dilemma where you have inner-city defense lawyers writing an amicus brief on a case to get rid of gun control in New York State. Become a member today!
This week on Ring of Fire, Sarah Lazare, Reporter & Web Editor for In These Times magazine, joins Emma to discuss how pharmaceutical companies are threatening desperate nations with retaliation if those nations choose to support vaccine waivers, waivers that would make vaccines more globally equitable... but would cut into big pharma’s profits .
Heather “Digby” Parton will help us run down the biggest new stories of the week
Bonus content you are missing this week; Sam interviews David Wallace-Wells, from New York Magazine, about the safety of our children when it comes to Covid. Become a member at www.rofpodcast.com
This week on Ring of Fire; Doug Henwood, journalist, radio host and author of numerous books, joins us to discuss the rot in this iteration of the ruling class and how we got to this point.
Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week
Upgrade to the member show and get this bonus content this week; Sam’s second interview with University of Michigan Law Professor, Leah Litman, about two Supreme Court Rulings that will be devastating to our right to vote.
This week on Ring of Fire, Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law Professor and Author of the new book, “Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money,” joins us to discuss President Biden’s anti-monopoly executive orders and why they might actually be kind of a big deal.
Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week
Bonus content you are missing this week; Emma talks to Historian, Rick Perlstein, about the rampant streak of right-wing authoritarianism and how it’s been around the Republican Party longer than the insurrection, January 6th.
This week on Ring of Fire, Justin Elliot, from ProPublica, joins us to discuss the ultra-wealthy’s shady schemes to hide gobs of money in Roth IRA’s.
Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week
Bonus content you're missing this week; Leah Litman, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, will help us breakdown some of the most important cases currently in front of the Supreme Court .
This week on Ring of Fire, Jennifer Berkshire, co-author of the book, “A Wolf at the School House Door,” and host of the education podcast, “Have You Heard,” joins us to discuss the disasterous impact of anti-critical race theory legislation on educators and how it’s yet another conservative culture war being waged by right-wing money and media.
Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week
Bonus content you're missing this week; Lee Fang, from The Intercept, will join us to discuss leaked audio from a West Virginia Senator, Joe Manchin, addressing a group of billionaire supporters, including No Label’s Founder Joe Lieberman. www.rofpodcast.com to become a member!
This week on Ring of Fire Mark Stern, staff writer at Slate covering courts and the law, joins me to discuss a lawsuit leveled against the Biden administration by a former Trump appointee and how Biden‘s department of justice might be falling into a right wing trap.
Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week
Bonus content you're missing this week, Sophia Gurulé and Jenny Hernandez, they are immigration attorneys and defense attorneys, about the jail to deportation pipeline that exist in this country.
This week on Ring of Fire, Haggai Matar, Executive Director of 972 Magazine, joins me to discuss the ousting of Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel and how the new ruling coalition, dominated by the right wing, may not be better and maybe even worse.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to break down all the biggest headlines of the week.
Bonus content you're missing this week on the member show, NYC Reporter, Hunter Walker, will discuss the upcoming democratic primary for mayor of New York City. Become a member today over at rofpodcast.com.
This week on Ring of Fire, Dr. Rhys Machold, lecturer at the University of Glasgow, joins me to break down the myth of Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, it’s efficacy, its roots in the US military industrial complex, and how it inflates the danger of Hamas projectiles.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to break down all the biggest headlines of the week.
What your missing on the member show this week, Eric Cortellessa, he is an investigative reporter with Washington Monthly. We’ll discuss the burgeoning antitrust movement on the left and some hint of it on the right, which is scared some of the more main stream conservatives out there, and they have formed a group to push back on any chance of antitrust progress in this Biden administration.
This week on Ring of Fire is a "best of" with Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter at The Intercept, will join us to discuss the fall out from the failed Capitol Insurrection in terms of our National Security and Law Enforcement Agencies, as well as a potential expansion of indiscriminate terrorism laws to domestic terrorists and why that’s problematic.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to discuss the biggest news stories of the week.
This week on Ring of Fire, Jake Rosenfeld, professor of sociology at Washington University St. Louis, joins me to break down the myth that the Democratic Party powers have been clinging to, that the majority minority nation will bring them automatic electoral success.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to break down all the biggest headlines of the week.
Bonus content you're missing this week, Robert Mackey, senior reporter at The Intercept, about a crew of video journalist who basically provided the fuel to the right wing smearing of BLM over the past year. Become a member today over at rofpodcast.com.
This week on Ring of Fire…Andrew Jacobs, science reporter at the New York Times, joins us to discuss the psychedelic boom in academia and industry, who’s in favor, who is profiting and how it may revolutionize psychiatry.
And Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week.
WHAT YOU'RE MISSING ON THE MEMBER SHOW: Sam interviews best-selling author David Treuer, from the Atlantic, he has a very good idea to return our National Parks to their original owners. Not only will it be good for the parks, it’ll be good for the country and good for Native Americans.
This week on Ring of Fire John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent at The Nation, joins us to discuss the possibility of expanding the House of Representatives and the history behind why we suddenly decided to cap the number at 435.
and Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week.
Don’t forget to become a member of this program over at rofpodcast.com. This week you get bonus content with Jeff Hauser, of the Revolving Door Project. He’ll give us his grades on Joe Biden‘s corporate picks, some of it is actually better than you might think… I should say non-corporate picks. Check that out, Jeff Houser interview, in our member show this week
This week on Ring of Fire, Ben Freeman, Director of the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative joins us to discuss Saudi Arabia’s latest tactic when it comes to lobbying the US government, taking its lobbying operation from Washington DC to middle America.
and Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week.
Become a member of this podcast over ROF Podcast dot com, it is your support that keeps the show going. On today’s member show you’ll hear an interview Sam did with Ryann Liebenthal who wrote about the history of student debt in this country, not as old of a story as you might imagine in fact that’s a big part of the problem this debt is not only enormous but it’s fairly recent so if you’re a member of the Ring of Fire Radio podcast you can hear that bonus material just head over to ROF Podcast dot com
This week on Ring of Fire; Nick Martin, of The New Republic, joins us to discuss the epidemic of abandoned oil wells throughout the United States.
and Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week.
What are you missing? On today’s member show you’ll hear an interview Sam did with historian, Stephen Wertheim, Director of the Grand Strategy Program at The Quincy Institue about our exit strategy in Afghanistan. www.rofpodcast.com to become a member
This week on Ring of Fire Matthew Stieb, of New York Magazine, joins us to discuss New York’s recently passed cannabis legalization law, where it succeeds and where it falls short.
and Heather Digby Parton I’ll be run down the biggest stories of the week
This week on Ring of Fire, Alice Sperri from The Intercept, joins us to discuss her investigative reporting into the NYPD’s brutal policing tactics against Black Lives Matter Protesters last summer.
and Heather Digby Parton will help run down the biggest stories of the week.
This week on Ring of Fire, Monique Morrissey of the Economic Policy Institute, join us to discuss the history of the United States Postal Service and the threats it’s currently facing today.
and Heather Digby Parton will help run down the biggest stories of the week.
This week on Ring of Fire, Justin Schweitzer, Policy Analyst at the Poverty to Prosperity Program for The Center for American Progress joins us to discuss the reasons why we should eliminate the tipped minimum wage in favor of the regular raised minimum wage.
and Heather Digby Parton will help run down the biggest stories of the week.
Hey more than ever, a reason for you to become a member starting this week and you can do so over it rofpodcast.com, today the member show has a bonus interview, Sam will be talking to Harvard constitutional law professor Lawrence Lessig about HR 1, it is what he calls an incredibly important piece of legislation to save not just voting rights and anti-corruption policies but literally to save our democracy.
This week on Ring of Fire, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and Abigail Higgins, a journalist covering inequality health and gender join us to discuss their piece in The Nation, “How the Violence Against Women Act, Failed Women.”
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me rundown the biggest stories of the week.
This week on Ring of Fire, Ted Miller, Professor at Northeastern Universityand author of the forthcoming book, A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the Revolution of American Conservatism.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me rundown the biggest stories of the week.
This week on Ring of Fire, Ryan Cooper National Correspondent for The Week, joins us to discuss his piece, “How Democrats Learned to Stop Worrying and Hand Out Fat Stacks of Cash.”
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me rundown the biggest stories of the week.
Shorter show this week due to some technical difficulties, however Emma interviewed the great Dave Zirin, from The Edge of Sports Podcast, to discuss the mass exploitation of college athlete's by the NCAA.
This week on Ring of Fire, New Republic Staff Writer, Alex Shephard will join us to discuss his piece, “No One’s Buying the Republicans’ Deficit Fearmongering Anymore.”
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help rundown the biggest stories of the week.
This week on Ring of Fire, Alex Press, will join us to discuss her piece in The New Republic, “The Alabama Town That Could Defeat Jeff Bezos.”
And Farron Cousins, from The Ring of Fire YouTube Channel, will run down the biggest stories of the week.
This week on Ring of Fire, Alexis Grennel, political consultant and columnist for The Nation Magazine, will join us to discuss her view that Joe Biden should be our last president, and that the United States should move towards a parliamentary system.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me rundown the biggest stories of the week.
This week on Ring of Fire; Ksenia Chmutina, Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University, will join us to discuss the historical context behind Joe Biden’s, “Build Back Better” Slogan which includes roots in neoliberalism.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to discuss the biggest news stories of the week.
This week on Ring of Fire; Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter at The Intercept, will join us to discuss the fall out from the failed Capitol Insurrection in terms of our National Security and Law Enforcement Agencies, as well as a potential expansion of indiscriminate terrorism laws to domestic terrorists and why that’s problematic.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to discuss the biggest news stories of the week.
This week on Ring of Fire; Allan Sloan, business journalist and columnist for the Washington Post, joins Emma to discuss Trump’s effect on the debt and deficit, the hypocrisy of the Republican Party, and we’ll get into some differences on economic theory.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to discuss the end of the Trump Presidency and the beginning of the Biden Administration.
This week on Ring of Fire, Angelo Carusone, President of Media Matters, will join us to discuss President Trump’s permanent ban from Twitter and other social media companies.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to discuss the 2nd impeachment of Donald Trump.
This week on Ring of Fire, Waleed Shahid from Justice Democrats joins us to discuss his piece in The Nation, “A Blueprint for Social Movements During the Biden Presidency.”
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to recap what can only be described as a rollercoaster of a start to 2021.
This week on Ring of Fire, Emma Vigeland talks to Branko Marcetic, a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden, about the false choice between “fighting a pandemic” vs “saving the economy.”
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help Sam wrap up this year’s show as they discuss the Trump Presidency and the characters that enabled him for the past 4 years.
This week on Ring of Fire we will talk to Matthew Clair, Associate Professor of History at Stanford University, about the history of the public defender and their roll in the current justice system.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to discuss another bizarre week in the news.
This week on Ring of Fire, Emma Vigeland speaks to Jeff Stein, of the Washington Post, to discuss stimulus talks, the liability shield, and the potential of checks being sent out under President Biden, and all the plates that are spinning with the Georgia Senate Race.
And of course we will rundown the biggest stories of the week with Heather “Digby” Parton
This week on Ring of Fire; a new contributor to the Ring of Fire Podcast, we will welcome political analyst and progressive superstar, Emma Vigeland to the show.
And of course we will rundown the biggest stories of the week with Heather “Digby” Parton
This week on Ring of Fire; Ankush Khardori will join us to discuss how we can fix the Justice Department after four years of Donald Trump.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will rundown the biggest news stories of the week as we head towards the Thanksgiving break.
This week on Ring of Fire; David Dayen, from The American Prospect, will join us to discuss the “Day One Agenda;” over 30 important executive actions Joe Biden can take without an approval from Mitch McConnell.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run through another crazy week in news as we draw closer to election day.
This week on Ring of Fire; legal expert, Scott Lemieux, will join us to discuss the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and we’ll talk break down how The Supreme Court refused to revive a trial court ruling that has state democrats scrambling to make sure absentee ballots are returned in person.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run through another crazy week in news as we draw closer to election day.
This week on Ring of Fire; The New Republic’s, David Daley, will join us to lay out how Republican’s love to cheat their way in to power.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run through another crazy week in news as we draw closer to election day.
This week on Ring of Fire, Lizzy Price, from Accountable.US will join us to discuss a new report detailing how Publicly Traded Companies Used PPP Money to Enrich Their Shareholders.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me recap the week’s biggest news stories.
This week on Ring of Fire, Justin Elliot, from ProPublica, will join us to explain the secretive world of work-at-home customer service and how it’s exploded during the pandemic.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run breakdown the Vice Presidential Debate and we’ll discuss the insanity that followed after Trump contracted the coronavirus.
This week on Ring of Fire, Jason Leopold from BuzzFeed News will join us to unpack an expose he co-wrote detailing how dirty money flows through the world’s biggest banks and why the government can’t stop it.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the news of the week.
This week on Ring of Fire, Justin Elliot from ProPublica will join us to discuss a piece he co-wrote detailing how an aerospace company made record profits by laying off employees while taking a billion dollars from the U.S. Government.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the news of the week.
Today on Ring of Fire Radio,
Ali Breland will join us from Mother Jones Magazine to discuss his piece, “Why Are Right-Wing Conspiracies so Obsessed With Pedophilia?”
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join me to discuss Trump’s Election Tactics and more news from the past week.
This week on Ring of Fire, David Dayen will join me to discuss his latest piece in The American Prospect, “The Winter of Our Discontent,” that explores what could happen in the 78 days left of Donald Trump’s Presidency, after the November election.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the big news stories of the week.
Welcome to Ring of Fire, I’m Sam Seder, back from vacation and man do we have a lot of news to catch up on. Heather Parton, from Salon, will help me get caught up with all the major headlines and news you may have missed.
And Progressive Superstar, Thom Hartmann, will join us to discuss his new book, “The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream.”
Farron Cousins from Ring of Fire on YouTube is sitting in for Sam Seder this week.
Joshua Holland from The Nation will tell us how the pandemic has hurt Trump’s chances of reelection – but not by as much as you think.
Business Insider columnist Manny Fidel will tell us why “Settling For Biden” isn’t a bad idea considering the alternative.
And Alex Kotch will tell us about his new project – OptOut News – that is giving progressive outlets a single roof to congregate under.
On today’s show…
Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to discuss the Democratic National Convention and all the other headlines that made news this week.
And next week, I’ll be on vacation, but Farron Cousins from the Ring of Fire YouTube Channel will be filling in with some great interviews and analysis.
On today’s show…
Bryce Covert, from The Nation Magazine, will explain why America is heading for an unprecedented wave of evictions.
Alex Lawson, from Social Security Works, will join us to discuss President Trump’s position to end social security.
And Heather “Digby” Parton, is back and just in time to discuss Joe Biden’s pick for Vice President and all the other big news stories of the week.
On today’s show…
David Dayen, will join us to discuss how the pandemic is making monopolies worse and the dangers of big tech when it comes to innovation.
And Ankush Khardori will be here to discuss his recent piece in The New Republic, “There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a White-Collar Criminal.”
On today’s show…
We’ll catch up with The Nation’s, John Nichols, to discuss what’s going on with the Biden Campaignand some huge opportunities that are being missed.
And of course Heather “Digby” Parton will join me to analyze the biggest stories from this past week.
On today’s show…
We’ll talk to Princeton Political History Professor, Julian Zelizer, about his new book, “Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party.”
We’ll also speak to popular progressive activist, Ilyse Hogue, whose new book, “The Lie That Binds,” takes a deep dive into the forces behind the conservative political machine and their efforts to thwart social progress.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will help guide me through this week’s biggest stories.
On today’s show…
David Wallace-Wells, from New York Magazine, will explain whythe United States has it wrong when it comes to the way we test for Covid-19
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join me to analyze an interesting news week.
Farron Cousins from Ring of Fire on YouTube fills in for Sam this week with guests:
Jen Perelman, who has launched a popular primary challenge to Debbie Wasserman Schultz for the Democratic spot on the ticket for Florida’s 23rd Congressional District.
Author and retired attorney Ernest Canning will discuss Attorney General William Barr’s egregious abuses of power.
And Ankush Khardori will give us all the details on the man that Barr and Trump have chosen to replace ousted US Attorney Geoffrey Berman in New York.
Happy July 4th Weekend! On today's show...
Scott Lemieux, from the blog “Lawyers Guns and Money” will make it two weeks in a row as we discuss this week’s latest Supreme Court rulings.
Heather “Digby” Parton will help me break down the news of the week.
And Eric Umansky, from ProPublica, will tell his personal story from last Halloween, when child was hit by a police cruiser, and how the NYPD was shielded from accountability.
On today’s show…
Scott Lemieux, from the blog “Lawyers Guns and Money” will stop by to discuss some of the major cases being decided by the Supreme Court, including this week’s decision in favor of the Trump Administration’s stance on immigration. And we’ll discuss Attorney General Bill Barr’s corruption of the Department of Justice.
Heather “Digby” Parton will help me break down another huge week in news.
On today’s show…
Dave Zirin, from The Edge of Sports Podcast, will join us to discuss the role of athletes in society and why white Americans were polarized over the kneeling of Colin Kaepernick.
Heather “Digby” Parton will, once again, help us get through the news of the week…
And we will re-air our interview with Progressive, Andrew Romanoff, who is primarying John Hickenlooper for Senate in Colorado on June 30th.
On today’s show…
Progressive Candidate, Lauren Ashcraft, will join us to discuss her primary challenge against longtime incumbent, Carolyn Maloney, in New York’s 12th Congressional district.
Heather “Digby” Parton will, once again, help us get through the news of the week…
And we will re-air our interview with Mondaire Jones, who is running in an open seat in New York’s 17th District.
On today’s show…
The Nation’s Justice Correspondent, Elie Mystal, will join us to discuss his piece, “People Can Only Bear So Much Injustice Before Lashing Out”
Heather “Digby” Parton will help us unpack a sad news week..
And we wanted to re-air a special interview we had last September with a special progressive candidate, Jamaal Bowman, who’s challenging Eliot Engel, the long-time congressman from New York’s 16th District. Congressman Engel was caught on a “hot mic” this week after he said he had only sought attention at a local protest over the death of George Floyd, saying “If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn’t care.”
David Dayen will explain how the Fed bailed out the investor class without spending a cent.
We’ll talk to another progressive candidate out of Florida, Guido Weiss, who is primarying Lois Frankel on the ballot, August 18th.
And Heather "Digby" Parton, from Salon, will help us make sense of the most important news stories of the past week.
Thanks for listening this week, we had some house cleaning to do, so the show is a little shorter. We still were able to grab Heather "Digby" Parton and we think you'll enjoy this week's conversation.
On today’s show…
Alex Sammon, from The American Prospect, will explain why Mitch McConnell is pushing for blanket immunity for corporations, even in the most reckless cases.
Abrahm Lustgarten, from Pro Publica, will be here to discuss how climate change is contributingto massive hikes in infectious disease.
And Heather "Digby" Parton will help recap all the big stories from this past week.
On today’s show…
Robert Mackey, from The Intercept, will join us to discuss why Donald Trump’s victory lap in regard to the Coronavirus is all based on creative accounting coming out of the White House.
SCOTUS Expert, Scott Lemieux, will run down some important cases in front of the high court at a time when people’s attention may be somewhere else.
and Heather "Digby" Parton will help us get through another week in the news.
On today’s show…
Scot Nakagawa, from The Nation Magazine, will explain how Covid-19 has fueled the White Nationalist Movement resulting in anti-Asian violence and conspiracy theories.
Josh Kovensky, from Talking Points Memo, will discuss the chaos that has been unleashed by a federal government that is procuring personal protection equipment for hospitals based on private profit instead of public need.
Dave Zirin, from The Edge of Sports Podcast, will get us up to date with all the Covid-19 related stories involving the sports world.
And Heather "Digby" Parton from Salon helps tackle this week's biggest headlines.
On today’s show…
John Nichols, from The Nation Magazine, will explain why ceding too much authority to the Executive Branch has led to an Imperial Presidency.
Fadi Quran, from Avaaz, joins us to discuss how Facebook and other social media platforms have become the epicenter for misinformation, and how we can solve the issue.
My own doctor, David LeMay, will be here to discuss why overall health is such an important factor in the battle against Covid-19.
And Heather "Digby" Parton will help me figure out another crazy news week.
On today’s show…
David Dayen, from the America Prospect, will explain how big banks can get a hold of your stimulus check before you have a chance to use it.
Nation national-affairs correspondent Jeet Heer will explain why "Undercounting Covid-19 Deaths Is a Deadly Mistake.” And why keeping the death toll artificially low allows Trump to push for a premature end to the lockdown.
And Heather "Digby" Parton will help break down the news of the week.
On today’s show…
We’ll discuss how the Trump Administration has failed in it’s response to the Coranavirus and how the lack of oversight will enrich wealthy donors and possibly Tump himself. Jeff Hauser, from the Revolving Door Project, will be here to break it all down.
We will also talk to Progressive Candidate, Samelys Lopez, who is running for Congress in New York’s 15 District. Her story is incredible, and we will get her perspective of running for office in a time of Covid-19.
And Nation Contributor, Ross Barkan, will be here to explain why we just barely need to scratch the surface to see how New York Governor Cuomo, helped get us into this mess.
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We’ll talk to journalist, Judd Legum, about UPS, and why workers feel like the shipping giant is failing to take basic measures to protect it’s workers.
Former Federal Prosecutor, Ankush Khardori, will be here to explain how the Federal Government has enabled coronavirus scammers to flourish.
And of course, Heather "Digby" Parton will join us to help make sense of it all.
Welcome to this week's special episode of Ring of Fire, new format but still the same great content that has made Ring of Fire Radio so relevant for the past 16 years. Let us know how we are doing, or if you just want to reach out to the show, email us at info@ringoffireradio.com.
This week, Sam explains how the show will move forward and we will have news and analysis from Heather "Digby" Parton
While we adjusted this week to the realities of Covid19, we have put together our "best of" for candidates we have interviewed since the beginning of 2020. The podcast may be different in the next couple of weeks and months as we pull away from a normal "radio format" and move to a more traditional podcast featuring the one and only, Sam Seder. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions to rofmillican@gmail.com
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Scott Millican
Executive Producer, Ring of Fire with Sam Seder
On Today’s show we revisit candidate interviews from 2020, we will highlight
Kentucky Progressive Senate Candidate, Charles Booker, will join us to discuss his challenge to Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell.
Progressive Congressional Candidate, Nabilah Islam , will join us to discuss her race in Georgia’s 7thDistrict.
Progressive Congressional Candidate, Hector Oseguera, will join us to discuss his race in New Jersey’s 8th District.
Progressive Congressional Candidate, Andom Ghebreghiogis, will join us to discuss his race in New York’s 16th District against longtime incumbent and Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee, Eliot Engel.
Progressive Senate Candidate, Andrew Romanoff, will join us to discuss his race for Senate in Colorado, and why the seat is essential if we want to flip the senate.
on today’s show…
Ian Millhiser, from Vox, will join us to discuss two cases in front of The Supreme Court that could determine the fate of Obamacare.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to help me run down a huge news week.
And Sara Singh, from The Sunrise Movement, will join us to explain how we can battle climate change and provide millions of good jobs in the process.
Progressive Candidate, Alex Morse, will join us to discuss his primary race against incumbent Richard Neal, and why Morse named Neal, “Wall Street’s Favorite Democrat.”
Heather Digby Parton will be working overtime this week as we run down Super Tuesday and other news that may have slipped under the radar this week.
on today’s show…
David Dayen, from The American Prospect, will be here to discuss the real story behind the coronavirus and how middlemen are destroying the prescription drug market.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down a massive week in news.
Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Farron Cousins sitting in for Sam Seder this week.
Today on the show
The Democratic Debate on Wednesday night was without a doubt one of the most intense of the primary season, and I’ll give you my analysis on who the big winners and losers were.
Investigative Journalist Alex Kotch will be here to tell us about Bloomberg’s efforts to buy the Senate for Republicans.
on today’s show…
Progressive Superstar, Thom Hartmann, will join us to discuss his new book, “The Hidden History of the War on Voting.”
Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the big news stories from this week
on today’s show…
Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the big news stories from this week
And investigative journalist, Mike Ludwig, will be here to explain how unsafe levels of the chemical PFAS made it into almost every city’s drinking water in the U.S.
on today’s show…
Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the big news stories from this week
And John Nichols, from The Nation Magazine, will join us from Iowa to give us the scoop of what’s happening on the ground ahead of Monday’s caucas.
on today’s show…
Ari Berman, from Mother Jones Magazine, will join us to discuss why ex-convicts in Florida won’t be able to vote and we’ll discuss a plan by the Trump Administration to preserve white electoral power.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the major news from this week
on today’s show…
Healthcare Reporter, Caitlin Kelly, will be here to explain how we only need to look to our neighbor to the North, to see what Medicare for All might look like.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the biggest news of the week.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the biggest news of the week.
And we’ll listen to my interview with Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council about the recent drone strike in Iraq that killed Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi military commander, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Sam Seder. We will be back next week with an all new show to kick of 2020, but in the meantime, we wanted to re-air some of the best progressive candidate interviews from 2019. We hope you’ll take the time to learn more about each candidate and their issues….all new show next week!
Welcome to Ring of Fire, I’m Sam Seder, and we hope you had an amazing 2019 and we are looking forward to bringing you more great shows in 2020. On today’s show, you’ll hear a fresh interview with Robert Kuttner, from The American Prospect, where he lays out an urgent plan for climate change and how radical change is needed.
We’ll also look back at our series of interviews with Democratic candidates around the country who are challenging incumbents in an effort to bring progressive policies to the forefront.
on today’s show…
Bryce Covert, from The Nation Magazine, will join us to explain why Medicare expansion is transforming politics in red states like Kentucky.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the biggest news of the week.
on today’s show…
Ian Millhiser, from Vox, will explain how Donald Trump has done more to hurt the federal judiciary, than any other president in recent history.
The Nation Magazine’s, John Nichols, will stop by to discuss the multiple articles of impeachmentagainst President Trump.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the biggest news of the week.
And our progressive candidate spotlight this week will be with Jessica Scarane, who is primarying Senator Chris Coons in Delaware
on today’s show…
Dominic Renfrey, from the Center for Constitutional Rights, and activist, Anne White Hat, will join us to discuss a new report and lawsuit against the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to help me run down a huge news week.
Hope you are enjoying the holidays!
On today's "best of" Ring of Fire, we’ll be revisiting some of the very best interviews from the days of Mike Papantonio, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Sam Seder. We’ll hear from Howard Zinn, Chalmers Johnson, Daniel Ellsberg, and several other newsmakers and brilliant progressive minds.
Let’s get things started with a conversation we had with Thom Hartmann on his film The Last Hours of Humanity, where he warned us about the looming dangers of global climate change.
on today’s show…
Rob Billot, author of the new book “Exposure”, and the subject of the new movie “Dark Waters”, will join us to discuss his new book and the case that made him an American Hero.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to help me run down this week’s election results and the latest on the impeachment hearings.
on today’s show…
Eric Levitz, from New York Magazine’s Intelligencer, will join us to explain why leftism doesn’t sway nonvoters, but according to recent polls, Bernie Sanders does.
Heather Parton from Salon, will work a little overtime this week, helping me run down a major news week.
on today’s show…
David Dayen, from The American Prospect, will list the House Democrats that Big Pharma calls upon to protect their profits.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to help me run down this week’s election results and the latest on the impeachment hearings.
on today’s show…
Nomiki Konst and Mayor Heidi Harmon will join us to discuss their organization, Matriarch, which aims to help working women get elected to office.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to help me run down a bad week for Trump in the news.
Today on the show
Pam Vogel, from Media Matters, will join us to report on the manipulative ads Sinclair Broadcasting is forcing local anchors to read, now airing across the country.
Trita Parsi will join us to discuss two major upcoming nuclear moves involving the Iran Deal and North Korea.
Ari Berman, from Mother Jones, will explain why Donald Trump is planning to rig the census.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories
And Mike Konczal will join us to talk about his piece where he asks the question, “Why Are There No Good Conservative Critiques of Trump’s Unified Government?”
on today’s show…
Progressive Superstar and New York Times Best-Selling Author, Thom Hartmann, will join us to discuss his new book, “The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America.”
Heather Digby Parton will be here to help me run down a massive news week.
on today’s show…
Supreme Court Expert, Scott Lemieux, joins us to discuss why Justice John Robert’s could block a progressive agenda, and why the next President should follow through anyway.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to help me run down a packed news week.
on today’s show…
The Executive Editor of The American Prospect, David Dayen, will tell us why we are living in an era of zero accountability when it comes to Trump’s Impeachment.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to help me run down an important week in the news
on today’s show…
Paul Waldman, from The American Prospect, will join us to explain why would should treat Trump’s impeachment hearings like a five-alarm fire.
Heather Digby Parton will be here to help me run down an important week in the news
on today’s show…
Middle East Expert, Juan Cole, will join us to discuss the fallout from a recent drone attack on a Saudi Arabian oil field.
Heather Digby Partonwill be here to help me run down a busy week in the news.
on today’s show…
Brian Fallon, from Demand Justice, will join us to discuss how we can fight for progressive change in our judicial system.
Heather Digby Partonwill be here to help me run down all the biggest news stories from this week
on today’s show…
Alex Sammon, from The American Prospect, will be here to discuss how two kidney dialysis companies are spending big money to protect their profits.
Back from vacation, Heather Digby Partonwill be here to help me run down all the headlines from this week
Welcome to Ring of Fire, I’m Farron Cousins sitting in for Sam Seder this week.
We’ve got an amazing show coming up today.
Ben Dixonwill be joining me to discuss the vitriol on Twitter and how we need to save our energy for the REAL battles ahead of us.
Luke Savagefrom Jacobin will tell us how to help motivate non-voters.
Congressional candidate Lauren Ashcraftwill discuss her campaign to unseat Democratic incumbent Carolyn Maloney in New York’s 12thdistrict.
And Mike Figueredo, host of The Humanist Report, will tell us how YouTube is hurting progressive channels, and he’ll also give us his take on the Democratic field.
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Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Farron Cousins sitting in for Sam Seder this week.
Today on the show
Donald Trump couldn’t stop himself from Tweeting out anti-Semitic attacks on American citizens, while also promoting himself as the second coming of God. We’ll bring you the details
on today’s show…
Investigative Reporter, Ken Klippenstein, will join us to discuss documents he uncovered that detail a Trump Administration plan, named “Iron Fist,” that targets black extremists.
Ring of Fire Online Contributor, Farron Cousins, is here to help me run down all the headlines you may have missed this week.
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Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will be here to discuss why Democrats are ignoring the power of the Hospital Industry.
Heather “Digby” Partonfrom Salonjoin me to analyze all the news from this week.
on today’s show…
Esquire Magazine’s, Charlie Pierce,will explain why Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer, doesn’t understand the concept of leverage, nor is he in any sense a wartime consigliere, when it comes to the latest bipartisan budget deal.
And, Heather “Digby” Partonfrom Salonjoin me to analyze all the news from this week.
on today’s show…
Farron Cousins, from our Ring of Fire YouTube Channel, stops by to help me analyze Robert Mueller’s testimony in front of two congressional committees and whether or not we are any closer to impeaching President Trump.
And later in the show, we’ll air my interviews from Netroots Nation 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where I spoke to elected officials, advocacy group members, and thought leaders in the progressive movement.
on today’s show…
The Nation Magazine’s, John Nichols, will be here to dig deeper into Trump’s latest racist twitter tirade.
Heather “Digby” Partonfrom Salonjoin me to analyze all the news from this week.
on today’s show… SCOTUS Expert, Scott Lemieux, will be here to give us a rundown on all decisions made in this latest judicial session. And, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to analyze all the news from this week.
We hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July Weekend. We will be back next week, with an all new show!
The International President of the Association of Flight Attendants, Sara Nelson, will join us to discuss why her union was so instrumental in the government shutdown and we’ll talk some of the big battles she’s fighting, right now, that effect all of us when we fly.
Jeff Hauser, from the Revolving Door Project, will be here to discuss how the Dems are doing since taking over The House, and where has all the democratic mobilization gone?
Voting Rights Expert, Ari Berman on two big cases regarding gerrymandering, headed to The U.S. Supreme Court.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to discuss the biggest news stories from the week…
And The Atlantic’s, Yasmeen Serhan, will attempt to explain BREXIT.
on today’s show… Eric Levitz, will stop by to lay out why Bernie Sander’s plan to cancel student debt isn’t perfect, and why he’s ok with that. And, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to analyze all the big news stories from this week.
on today’s show…
Ryan Grim, will be here to tell us about his new book, “We’ve Got People.”
And, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to analyze all the big news stories from this week.
on today’s show…
Rachel Cohen, from The American Prospect, joins us to discuss why deregulations in the financial industry has led to the rise of financial literacy in our school system.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to analyze all the big news stories from this week.
on today’s show…
Professor of Economics, William Lazonick, will be here to explain how Boeing Executives made decisions that would put profits over safety.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to analyze all the big news stories from this week.
John Nichols, from The Nation, will be here to tell us why socialism is now more popular than Donald Trump. Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to analyze all the big news stories from this week.
on today’s show…
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, will join us to discuss his new legal thriller, Law and Addiction, and we’ll discuss some of the Attorneys General that are stepping up to solve the opioid crisis.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to analyze all the big news stories from this week.
Welcome to a very special edition of the Ring of Fire Podcast this week, I am your host Sam Seder. That’s right folks, we are breaking away from our normal radio format this week to bring you an uninterrupted show that we hope you’ll enjoy.
Joining us this week, Historian, Author, and Media Critic, Eric Alterman, will join me to discuss why history majors have declined in our university system, more than any other degree and why that is contributing to the decline historical thinking.
And Michael Spies from The Trace, will join us to discuss his blockbuster piece explaining why turmoil at The National Rifle Association is coming from within.
Middle East Expert, Trita Parsi, joins us to discuss why Trump’s Iran Policy is becoming dangerous.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to analyze all the big news stories from this week.
Josh Holland, from The Nation, will lay out his case on why Congress should start impeachment proceedings against the president.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to analyze all the big news stories from this week.
Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Farron Cousins sitting in for Sam Seder this week. Today on the show The Trump administration continues to defy the rule of law and Democrats really only have one option – begin impeachment proceedings now!
Igor Volsky from Guns Down America will be here to tell us how we can fight back against the NRA.
Journalist Mike Stark will tell us his personal story of how right wing operatives are trying to silence journalists.
on today’s show…
Columnist, Gideon Rachman, will join us to explain why the Trump Era could last 30 years.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to discuss a big week in the news…
On today’s show we’ll have interviews from Mass Torts Made Perfect, the largest plaintiff attorney seminar in the country.
Attorney Brian Witzer will tell us the amazing legal battle he is facing after helping a 15 year old boy who’s body began to blister and burn after taking, Motrim.
Jessica Pride will explain why the Me Too Movement has embolden women to speak out against sexual harassment in the work place and why she devotes her time to helping those affected.
Human Rights Attorney, Gavi Mairone, will join us to discuss why he sued a German Company for it’s involvement in making chemical weapons for Saddam Hussein.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories.
And we’ll hear from a former tobacco defense lawyer, Bethany Schneider, on why she made the switch to protect consumers from big corporations.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to discuss the biggest news stories from the week…
And Paul Waldman, from The American Prospect, joins us to explain why Joe Biden is a link to the past, and not in a good way.
The International President of the Association of Flight Attendants, Sara Nelson, will join us to discuss why her union was so instrumental in the government shutdown and we’ll talk some of the big battles she’s fighting, right now, that effect all of us when we fly.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to discuss the biggest news stories from the week…
The co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Adam Green, will give us the rundown on the field running for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, and what issues his organization is looking for from the candidates.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to discuss the biggest news stories from the week…
Chauncey DeVega, from Salon, will be here to explain why it’s a myth that uneducated white voters support Trump because of economic anxiety.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will help me rundown all the major political headlines from a very busy week in news.
Matt Gertz, from Media Matters for America, will join us to discuss revelations from a piece in the New Yorker, exposing Fox News and its tight relationship with President Trump.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon joins me to discuss the biggest news stories from the week…
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to break down maybe the busiest week of news yet…
And David Dayen, will tell us why New York is not the only city waging a fight against Amazon.
Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Farron Cousins sitting in for Sam Seder this week. Today on the show Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration is being challenged in court by 16 states, and House Democrats are doing everything in their power to block it. I’ll bring you the details.
Kyla Mandel from Think Progress will be here to tell us about the BILLIONS of dollars we’re having to pay each year as a result of climate change.
Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, on today’s show…
Amy Hanauer, from Policy Matters Ohio, will join us to explain why last November’s big win for Democrats will lead to big changes in state houses across the country.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to break down the biggest news of the week.
Economics Professor, William Lazonick, will join us to explain stock buybacks and why Senators Sanders and Schumer have teamed up to limit corporations from doing it.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to analyze the biggest news of the week
Ivan Briscoe, from the International Crisis Group, will be here to explain the current political tension in Venezuela and how we got there.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to break down the biggest news of the week.
Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will be here to tell us about the new economic concentration that has permeated our economy.
And, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will help me rundown all the news the made the headlines this week.
Jeff Hauser, from The Revolving Door Project, will join us to explain why we must prosecute Donald Trump to the full extent of the law.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will help me rundown all the news the made the headlines this week.
Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, this is the first episode of 2019 and we are happy to be back from the holidays! On today’s show
Sarah Kliff, from Vox, asked readers to submit their emergency room bills, we’ll ask her what she discovered.
Back to join me in 2019, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will help me analyze all the news the made the headlines this week.
We will be back next week with an all new show, until then here is a great show from earlier this year.
On today’s show we’ll explain why states that have right-to-carry gun laws, also have a higher rate of violent crime with The Nation’s, Mike Konczal.
Alice Speri, from The Intercept, will join us to discuss the rampant rate of sexual abuse among women held in immigration detention centers across the county.
Eric Blanc, from Jacobin Magazine, will get us up to date on recent teacher strikes happening in red states, including Arizona.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories.
And Evan Hughes will join us to discuss an incredible piece in the New York Times detailing a “kick-back” scheme involving millions of dollars between an opioid manufacturer and doctors.
Thank you for supporting us in 2018, we will be back in January with all new episodes. Please consider becoming a member of the full show in 2019!
Check out this episode you may have missed from September:
Dahlia Lithwick, from Slate, will join us to discuss Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Hearings this week.
Progressive Radio Host, Bob Kincaid, joins us to discuss the impeachment of 4 West Virginia Justices.
Angelo Carusone, from Media Matters, will stop by to fill us in on more congressional hearings involving Facebook and Twitter.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.
And Matt Bruenig, from The People’s Policy Project, will be to explain what a Social Wealth Fund for America might look like.
Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will join us to discuss Elizabeth Warren’s plan for the government to manufacture generic drugs.
As always, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to help me run down all the news the made the headlines this week.
Lachlan Markay, from The Daily Beast, will join us to explain how the “No Labels” Movement is funded by the biggest names on Wall Street and why that’s a problem.
As always, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to help me synthesize all the news happening this week.
Shorter Podcast this week due to technical difficulties, but we have two great interviews for this week's show.
Today on the show,
Russian and Ukrainian Expert, Sophie Pinkham will be here to talk about her new book, “BLACK SQUARE: ADVENTURES IN POST-SOVIET UKRAINE.”
And Attorney, Chris Paulos, will be here to discuss how U.S. Military Personnel and their families are seeking justice in a federal court this week against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
As always, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to recap all the news that matters most this week.
And Climate Expert, Michael Mann will be here to break down the recent National Climate Assessment Report.
Welcome to a special Thanksgiving edition of Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Sam Seder. That’s right folks, this is a special edition of Ring of Fire. This week we depart from our usual radio format to give you a full uninterrupted podcast with analysis from our very own Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon.
We want to start off by saying Thank You to our members, and because of you, we are able to put this show out on a week-to-week basis. We wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving
Journalist, Janet Reitman, will be here to discuss how law enforcement failed to see the threat of white nationalism and now it may be too late.
As always, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to recap all the news that matters most this week.
This is a very special post midterm edition and helping me rundown elections and some of the more important ballot initiatives around the country is our very own Heather “Digby” Parton.
And The Washington Monthly’s, Phillip Longman, will make his case for small-business collusion in a time where anti-monopoly laws have turned against mom and pop businesses.
Doctor Abdul El-Sayed, will join us to make his case for Medicare-for-All.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to the biggest news stories of the week.
Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, brings us another amazing story of a training academy set up to indoctrinate the minds of law clerks in order to push the courts to the right.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to the biggest news stories of the week.
Angelo Carusone, from Media Matters, will tell us about a group of men who describe themselves as Western Chauvinists, called the Proud Boys.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to the biggest news stories of the week.
Dahlia Lithwick, from Slate, will be here to explain why it’s up to the other eight justices to save us from Justice Kavanaugh.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to the biggest news stories of the week.
Today on Ring of Fire, we’ll be revisiting some of the very best interviews from more than a decade of being on the air. We’ll hear from Howard Zinn, Chalmers Johnson, Daniel Ellsberg, and several other newsmakers and brilliant progressive minds.
Ezra Klein, co-founder of Vox, will explain the rise of YouTube’s reactionary right.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to discuss this week’s events surrounding Brett Kavanaugh.
The Intercept’s Ryan Grim joins us to discuss a recent letter sent to two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee, claiming federal court employees are willing to speak out against SCOTUS Nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to discuss the big news stories of the week.
Today on the show
Adam Serwer, from The Atlantic, will explain why The Supreme Court is heading back to the 19th Century.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.
And Matt Bruenig, from The People’s Policy Project, will be to explain what a Social Wealth Fund for America might look like.
Ring of Fire YouTube Host, Farron Cousins, is filling in this Labor Day weekend for Sam Seder.
Today on the show
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to discuss arguably, President Trump’s worst week.
And David Dayen, will join us to uncover the story of Tom Carper, the U.S. Senator from Deleware, and his 40 year history of helping big banks.
Today on the show
Kelly Dietrich, from the National Democratic Training Committee, will join us to explain how we turn the activism we see on the ground into actual democratic victories.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the headlines from the week.
We are back from Netroots Nation 2018 held in the Crescent City of New Orleans Louisiana!
Today on the show, New York Attorney General Candidate, Zephyr Teachout on using the office as a tool to stop anti-trust and corruption.
Shaunna Thomas from Ultraviolet on creating a cost for sexism in the work place.
Sayu Bhojwani, from New American Leaders, on the importance of electing 1st and 2nd generation immigrants into government.
Stephen Miles, Director of Win Without War, will discuss the struggle of getting the anti-war message in to the mainstream media.
Mark Jablownowski will explain the extent you can be targeted online with political ads, using your voter files.
David Neiwart will talk about his new book Alt- America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump
We will also have interviews from Jehmu Greene from Vote Run Lead and Faith Winter who’s hoping to turn the Colorado State Senate, blue, in one of the most important races coming up in November.
And finally, the Connecticut Secretary of State, Denise Merrill will discuss voter suppression and why the Kobach Commission was a complete fraud.
Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Sam Seder.
This is a special edition of the podcast, while we travel to New Orleans for this year’s Netroots Nation. We will be bringing you special interviews from the conference on next weeks show. Today you’ll hear interviews from my recent trip to the American Federation of Teacher’s Conference held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I sat down with national and local union leaders to speak about the state of teacher unions due to recent rulings by the Supreme Court and why strong teacher unions are the key to better education in our country.
Suzanne Mettler, author of the new book, “The Government-Citizen Disconnect,” will join us to discuss the Trump Administrations plan to rebrand social programs as “welfare.”
Heather “Digby” Parton and I will discuss all the major headlines from this week.
David Dayen, will join us to discuss his new piece detailing employee abuses at one of the largest banks in the world.
Heather “Digby” Parton and I will discuss all the major headlines from this week.
Karl Frisch, from Allied Progress, will be here to explain how private equity firms have a new way of monetizing poor people.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the headlines from the week.
And Harvard Professor, Khalil Gibran Muhammed, will join us to discuss how the Alt-Right is using social science to make racism seem respectable.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to run down all the big news stories of the week
Dahlia Lithwick, from Slate, will join us to discuss this week’s SCOTUS rulings and Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announcement.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.
Zoë Carpenter, from The Nation, will join us to discuss the Trump Administration’s zero tolerance policy towards immigrants and she’ll describe her recent visit to a border patrol facility on the Texas border.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.
Scott Lemieux, from “Lawyers, Guns, and Money,” will be here to explain a couple of crucial rulings by the Supreme Court recently.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.
The Founder of American Progressive Voices, Mike Lux, will join us to discuss his new book, “How to Democrat in The Age of Trump.”
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.
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Today on the show
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to run through all the major headlines from this week
And Nation Contributor, John Washington, on the effect that ICE is having by separating families from children.
Jim Keady, will join us to discuss his run for congress in New Jersey’s 4th District, and why running on strong progressive values this the key to victory.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.
Zach Carter, from The Huffington Post, will take us down memory lane to discuss how the ACORN scandal seeded today’s nightmare politics and why both sides of the political isle share the blame.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.
Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will explain how political corruption is ruining everything and how we can fix it.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.
On today’s show we’ll explain why states that have right-to-carry gun laws, also have a higher rate of violent crime with The Nation’s, Mike Konczal.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories.
On today’s show we’ll speak to Alexander Colvin, from Cornell Law School, about the increasing number of employers who are forcing employees into mandatory arbitration agreements, and how it’s closing the courtroom doors for over 60 million workers.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories.
We survived our trip to Las Vegas Nevada!
On today’s show we’ll have interviews from Mass Torts Made Perfect, the largest plaintiff attorney seminar in the country.
Human Rights Attorney, Gavi Mairone, will join us to discuss why he sued a German Company for it’s involvement in making chemical weapons for Saddam Hussein.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories
And Mike Konczal will join us to talk about his piece where he asks the question, “Why Are There No Good Conservative Critiques of Trump’s Unified Government?”
Today on the show
National affairs correspondent for The Nation, Joan Walsh, will join us to explain the “7,373 Seat Strategy.”
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories
Sam is out sick this week, but we will be back next week with an all new show! Enjoy the full show on us!
Harvard Professor, Lawrence Lessig, will join us to discuss his lawsuit against the electoral college in an effort to make sure everyone’s vote is equal.
Nation Contributor, Dani McClain, on the protests in St. Louis this week and I’ll ask her if Black Lives Matter can win in the age of Trump?
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help break down the important news stories that you may have missed.
And investigative journalist, David Dayen will stop by explain what Betsy DeVos has been up to and we’ll also discuss the growing anti-monopoly sentiment growing in the Democratic Party.
Alana Massey, will explain why a proposed bill to stop sex trafficking is short sighted and counter productive for those in danger.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to catch us up on some of the big stories we may have missed over the holiday and what stories will be making headlines in 2018.
Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will explain how prosecutors and judges have brought back debtor’s prisons.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories
SCOTUS expert, Ian Millhiser, will join us to discuss the case Janus v. AFSCME and why it has the potential to eliminate public sector unions.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories
Zoe Carpenter from The Nation will discuss the laws that have been popping up to put an end to protests in the United States – laws that are a result of the massive Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
And Chauncey DeVega from Salon.com will be here to talk about the growing threat of white, right wing extremists in the US.
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David Daley, from Salon, will talk about recently uncovered documents that explain how Republicans have gerrymandered the country to their benefit.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories
Coming up on today’s show we’ll be talking about the latest developments regarding the Nunes memo, and why the narrative surrounding that memo took less than a week to completely fall apart.
Farron Cousins in for Sam Seder this week!
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to break down this week’s State of The Union Address
And we’ll talk football on this Superbowl Weekend with Dave Zirin from Edge of Sports and The Nation.
Ryan Grim, from The Intercept, will tell us why candidates that signed up to fight Donald Trump’s Presidency, must get passed The Democratic Party first.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to run down all the big news stories of the week
Harvard Professor, Khalil Gibran Muhammed, will join us to discuss how the Alt-Right is using social science to make racism seem respectable.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to run down all the big news stories of the week
Trita Parsi, author of Losing an Enemy- Obama Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy, will join us to discuss the real causes of the protests in Iran.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to run down all the big news stories of the week
Cliff Schecter, from the UnPresidented Podcast, will join us to discuss what we should look for in the mid-term elections later this year.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to catch us up on some of the big stories we may have missed over the holiday and what stories will be making headlines in 2018.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to rundown some of the biggest stories of 2017
And Dave Zirin, from Edge of Sports, will join us to recap what was an amazing year in sports and politics.
Ryan Cooper, will stop by to talk about his new report that details the disproportionate loss of black wealth under the Obama administration.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown the special election in Alabama
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Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to run down the most important news stories from the past week.
And author, Gary Rivlin, will stop by to talk about his new book, “Wall Street's White House: How Gary Cohn Wrecked The Global Economy And Parlayed It Into A White House Job.”
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to run down the most important news stories from the past week.
And Ryan Singel, from Contextly, will talk about the assault on net neutrality and what happens if the internet lands in the hands of big corporations.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you're enjoying the holiday. Here is a "best of" show from earlier this year!
Voting Rights Expert, Ari Berman, will join us to discuss Donald Trump’s false accusations that millions of people voted illegally and why it could lead to massive voter suppression.
Nathalie Baptiste will be here to talk about her latest piece in Mother Jones outlining how Republican plan to slash FEMA Funding.
The Iron Stache, Randy Bryce, joins us to discuss his race against Paul Ryan and what struggles working class American’s face in the midterm elections.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to run down the most important news stories from the past week.
Ryan Grim, from The Intercept, will be here to discuss what’s going on with a recent purge in the Saudi Royal Family, and how Washington Corruption may be the cause.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to run down the most important news stories from the past week.
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Tarbell founder, Wendell Potter, will be here to tell us why Donald Trump hates Michael Moore, and how he used to hate him too.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to run down the most important news stories from the past week.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to run down the most important news stories from the past week.
And the Managing Editor of TYT Investigates, Jonathan Larsen, will stop by to fill us in on the republican tax plan to enrich the one percent and the history of repatriation under George W. Bush and how it relates to Trump.
Investigative journalist, David Dayen, will join us to discuss his special investigation, detailing serious misbehavior by JP Morgan during the 2008 financial meltdown
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to run down the most important news stories from the past week.
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Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to run down the most important news stories from the past week.
And law professor, Kyle Logue, will be here to tell us why gun manufacturers are immune to all liability and what would happen if we turned that around.
Dave Zirin, from Edge of Sports, will explain why Donald Trump’s comments on NFL Players, might just be a cover up tactic for his latest failings.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help break down the important news stories that you may have missed.
Harvard Professor, Lawrence Lessig, will join us to discuss his lawsuit against the electoral college in an effort to make sure everyone’s vote is equal.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help break down the important news stories that you may have missed.
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Ari Berman, from Mother Jones, will join us to discuss President Trump’s latest meeting of his “Election Integrity” Committee and how they plan to make it harder for you to vote.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help break down the important news stories that you may have missed.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help boil down what was a very busy week in news.
And Climate Expert, Doctor Michael E. Mann, will be here to explain why there is a direct relationship between climate change and the catastrophic strength of storms like Harvey and Irma.
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Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will join us to outline a big threat that Donald Trump is ignoring and we’ll discuss why Senate Democrats boycotted hearings involving Steve Mnuchin and Tom Price.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help boil down what was a very busy week in news.
And America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio will stop by to talk about his upcoming book, Law and Vengeance, and give us an update on some of the big cases he’s been working on this year.
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David Roberts, from Vox, will join us to discuss how EPA head, Scott Pruitt, is secretly dismantling his agency from within.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help boil down what was a very busy week in news.
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Kert Davies, Executive Director of Climate Investigations Center, will join us to explain why the recently leaked climate report contradicts the Trump Admiration’s position on Global Warming.
And, Ring of Fire Online Contributor, Farron Cousins, will join us this week to help rundown the big news stories from this week.
Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will join us to unpack the latest Wells Fargo Bank scandal and why he thinks they should receive the corporate death penalty.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help boil down what was a very busy week in news.
Sharon Block, former Obama official from the National Labor Relations Board, will be here to explain how Donald Trump is turning back the clock on labor rights.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help boil down what was a very busy week in news.
Guy Molyneux will join us to explain the difference between Donald Trump’s populist message and the economic populist message of politicians like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help me recap the biggest stories of the week!
John Nichols from The Nation Magazine will join us to discuss the rise of a strong progressive electoral wave that’s sweeping the country.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help me recap the biggest stories of the week!
Investigative Reporter and New York Times Best Selling Author, Vicky Ward will be here to discuss her amazing new piece, “The Blow-It-All-Up Billionaires.”
Ari Berman, from The Nation, will give us his analysis on the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on Supreme Court Nominee, Neil Gorsuch.
We'll be back next week with a brand new show!
Heather Hurlburt will join us to explain the devastating effects of President Trump’s diplomatic strategy with our allies.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help me recap the biggest stories of the week!
Former acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Andy Slavitt, will join us to discuss why Trump Care is nothing more than a secret tax bonanza for the rich.
Finally, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help me recap some of the election results from earlier in the week!
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Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will join us to discuss how President Trump doesn’t make the grade when it comes to getting his homework done.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help me recap the biggest stories of the week!
Karl Frisch from Allied Progress will explain how a provision in the Financial Choice Act would “obliterate” any effort to reign in the predatory payday lending industry.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help me recap the biggest stories of the week!
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America’s Lawyer Mike Papantonio, will be in studio to talk about the opioid epidemic and how his firm is working with state Attorney Generals to help recoup the tremendous cost associated with these painkillers while Big Pharma enjoys record profits.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help me recap the biggest stories of the week! Subscribe to our podcast to get the full show. Just go to www.rofpodcast.com sign up!
Counter-terrorism expert and attorney, Gavriel Mairone (May- Rone) will discuss the terrorist attack in Manchester this week and how he’s fighting in the courtroom to cut the funding that promotes terrorism.
And Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon, will be here to help me recap Trump's Trip overseas.
Economist Dean Baker will join us to explain why a progressive running for office on the premise of reducing the deficit is a big mistake for regaining control of Congress and eventually the White House.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will be here to help me recap the week of madness involving the Trump Whitehouse.
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Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will explain how Donald Trump is making big media companies even bigger.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will be here to help me recap the big stories from this past week.
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Today on Ring of Fire, We’ll hear interviews from last week’s trip to Las Vegas, where I covered the Mass Torts Made Perfect Spring Convention at The Wynn Hotel.
Farron Cousins, from Ring of Fire Online, will be here later in the show to get us up to date on the stories he’s been covering for Ring of Fire Online.
And Michael Brooks from The Majority Report will be here to rundown some of the biggest news stories of the week.
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Mark Potok from the Southern Poverty Law Center will talk about the rising incidents of anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim violence in our country
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, will join us to discuss the legality of pulling the now famous United Airlines Passenger of a plane and the much bigger problem of airline deregulation.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will be here to help me recap the big stories from this past week.
Alex Lawson from Social Security Works will tell us about President Trump’s plan to gut Social Security.
The Nation’s Zoe Carpenter will explain why Trump is a bigger threat to the environment than we thought.
And attorney Troy Bouk will tell us about the dangers that have been associated with the shingles vaccine known as Zostavax.
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Josh Holland, from the Nation, on the strategy to filibuster Supreme Court Nominee, Neil Gorsuch
And Heather “Digby” Parton will be here to talk Jared Kushner's trip to Iraq.
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Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will join us to uncover the hidden monopolies that raise drug prices.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will be here to help me recap the big stories from this past week.
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We’ll catch up with The Great Thomas Frank, and get his thoughts on what it’s like living in the Age of Trump.
And Michael Brooks from The Majority Report will be here to rundown some of the biggest news stories of the week.
Ring of Fire Contributor, Josh Gay, will join Mike Papantonio to talk about the latest Wikileak document dump known as “Vault 7.”
And Sam Seder and Heather “Digby” Parton will be here to recap the big stories from this past week.
Investigative Journalist David Dayen, will fill us in on a couple of big stories he’s been writing about involving the real purpose behind deregulation.
Ring of Fire Online’s, Farron Cousins will join us to talk about some of the big Trump Stories of the week.
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“America’s Lawyer” Mike Papantonio will join me to give us his take on the recent attempt by the Trump Administration to crack down on leaks.
Heather “Digby” Parton will help analyze Trump’s address to Congress from earlier in the week.
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Farron Cousins from Ring of Fire Online fills in for Sam Seder, Pap, and RFK Jr.
Author CJ Werleman will explain how Trump’s climate change denial will lead to a spike in global terrorism.
And attorney Andy McGraw will tell us why the batteries on e-cigarettes are exploding and disfiguring consumers.
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Nathalie Baptiste will be here to talk about her latest piece in Mother Jones outlining how Republican plan to slash FEMA Funding.
Mike Papantonio will join us to discuss the problem with opioids in the country and we’ll ask him about his latest legal victory over Dupont.
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Securities Attorney, Peter Mougey, will join us to discuss President Trump’s attack on financial regulations and the devastating effect it could have on mom and pop investors.
And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to help make sense of another crazy week under President Donald Trump.
America's Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, breaks down Trump's Immigration Order.
Faiz Shakir, National Director of the ACLU, will join us to discuss Senator Jeff Sessions’s appointment as Attorney General, and how the ACLU plans to challenge Trump’s executive order barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for a period of 90 days.
Ian Millhiser from Think Progress will give us the “short list” of judges being considered for The Supreme Court, and the list doesn’t look good folks.
Heather “Digby” Parton, from Salon, will be here to help me rundown the biggest news stories you may have missed…
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Paul Waldman, from The American Prospect, will tell us why he thinks the media will need to change the way it covers President Trump by pressuring him to tell the truth, or face getting “steamrolled.”
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, will tell us why New Jersey Senator, Corey Booker, has ruined his chance of becoming the next Democratic Superstar.
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Paul Waldman, from The American Prospect, will tell us why he thinks the media will need to change the way it covers President Trump by pressuring him to tell the truth, or face getting “steamrolled.”
Zöe Carpenter, from The Nation Magazine, will join us to discuss the Senate confirmation hearing on Betsy DeVos, and why Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education didn’t come close to making the grade.
Writer and advocate for universal basic income, Scott Santens will explain how a “social security for all” plan would keep U.S. Citizens out of poverty.
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, will tell us why New Jersey Senator, Corey Booker, has ruined his chance of becoming the next Democratic Superstar.
And Michael Brooks from The Majority Report will be here to rundown some of the biggest news stories of the week.
Mike Papantonio, will stop by from his busy schedule to discuss some interesting developments involving one Ring of Fire member’s meeting with Donald Trump.
Heather “Digby” Parton, from Salon, will be here to help me rundown the biggest news stories you may have missed…
Foreign Policy expert, Matt Duss, will explain why President Obama abstained from a United Nation’s Resolution, which called on Israel to cease building settlements in territories it occupied in 1967.
Heather “Digby” Parton, from Salon, will be here to help me rundown the biggest news stories you may have missed…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, will be in studio to talk about some major environmental stories that have been buried by mainstream media.
And America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, will be here to talk about the pharmaceutical company called Sarepta and why a lead researcher from the FDA quit the agency after he filed a scathing report criticizing the companies quality of research.
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Today on Ring of Fire, we’ll be revisiting some of the very best interviews from more than a decade of being on the air. We’ll hear from Thom Hartmann, and Daniel Ellsberg. Become a member and get our classic interviews with Chalmers Johnson and Howard Zinn.
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Union Organizer, Jane McAlevey, will be here to discuss her timely new book, “No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age.”
Justin Miller from the American Prospect will be here to tell us about Andy Puzder, the anti-worker fast food CEO that might be our next Labor Secretary.
Heather “Digby” Parton, from Salon, will be here to recap the week in news.
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Adam Green, from The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, will talk about Congressman Keith Ellison’s bid to become the next chair of the Democratic National Committee and where progressives can fight under a Trump Presidency.
And Michael Brooks from The Majority Report will be here to rundown some of the biggest news stories of the week.
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Today on Ring of Fire,
Voting Rights Expert, Ari Berman, will join us to explain why Donald Trump’s statements about voter fraud are just a prelude to massive voter suppression looming on the horizon.
And Heather “Digby” Parton, from Salon, will be here to examine Trump’s Cabinet picks and help run through the news of the week.
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Mike Papantonio and I will discuss the appointment of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, to Attorney General and why the southern senator’s history should cause major alarms.
Author and Law Professor, David Cohen, will join us to tell us about the unprecedented obstruction of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.
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Sam Seder and Mike Papantonio talk about Trump's Transition Team and why they are off to such a bad start.
And Andrew Cockburn from Harper’s Magazine will join Pap to discuss the media’s reports on Russian Hacking, and whether those reports are valid, or are we looking at the beginning of a new “Red Scare”.
Today on the first half of Ring of Fire; Sam Seder, Mike Papantonio and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will analyze the Presidential Election as try to comprehend what a Trump Presidency means for our country.
And in the second half, Heather “Digby” Parton will join Sam Seder to discuss how many of us were feeling the day after the results came in and how we move forward from here.
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Democratic Strategist, Cliff Schecter, stops by to discuss the deaths of two Iowa Police officers, after they were ambushed by a lone gunman.
Law Professor, Michele Gilman, will describe what a Trump Appointed Supreme Court might look like and why it would be horrible for workers.
Heather “Digby” Parton, from Salon, will be here to help rundown the week’s top stories.
Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will join us to discuss the problems with the AT&T – Time Warner merger and he’ll explain huge corporate tax cuts that Hillary Clinton isn’t talking about.
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Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi stops by to give us his thoughts on the Republican Primary, and why Donald Trump’s endorsements should “scare your pants off”.
And Investigative Reporter, Sharon Lerner, will tell us about a chemical called “Gen X” and how chemical companies prevent the public from knowing the dangers of their products in regards to human health.
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Voting Rights Expert, Ari Berman, will join us to explain how Wisconsin is systematically failing to provide valid ID’s required to vote and how the State of Texas has voter registration laws that will remind you of the “Jim Crow” era.
Heather “Digby” Parton, from Salon, will be here to recap the week in news, which includes analysis from one of the craziest debates in U.S. History.
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John Amato from the website Crooks and Liars, will be here to talk about Julian Assange and Wikileaks plus the Willie Horton Style Ad attacking Governor Kaine released by the RNC.
Democratic Strategist, Cliff Schecter, will join us to recap the Vice Presidential Debate and help us run down the news of the week.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr, will be in studio to talk about some major environmental stories that have been buried by mainstream media.
And America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, will be here to talk about the pharmaceutical company called Sarepta and why a lead researcher from the FDA quit the agency after he filed a scathing report criticizing the companies quality of research.
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Professor William Black will be here to explain a scandal in which Wells Fargo employees opened roughly 2 million checking and credit accounts without customers' knowledge.
Heather “Digby” Parton, from Salon, will be here to recap the week in news.
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Co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Adam Green, will be here to discuss a congressional resolution calling for every American to have access to a public health insurance option.
Heather “Digby” Parton, from Salon, will help us rundown yet another crazy week in news.
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And don’t forget, Mike Papantonio’s new legal thriller, Law and Disorder, comes out Tuesday. Go to Ring of Fire Radio dot com and click the ad to order today!
Farron Cousins on Pam Bondi and Trump's Pay to Play problem,
And America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, will be in studio to tee off on the news involving the Native American Protest in Standing Rock, and will get his thoughts on the death of Phyllis Schlafly.
And don’t forget, you can go to Law and Disorder Book dot com, and order Mike Papantonio’s new legal thriller, “Law and Disorder” releasing September 20th. That’s Law and Disorder Book dot com.
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Organizer and Activist, Moumita Ahmed, from Millennials for Revolution, will discuss how Bernie Sanders message inspired her to get involved in politics and how we can get millenials out to vote in the upcoming Presidential Election.
And Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio, will stop by to talk about Harry Reid’s letter to the FBI concerning Russian Hackers and how a coal executive is calling for the coal industry to quit denying climate change.
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Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi stops by to give us his thoughts on the Republican Primary, and why Donald Trump’s endorsements should “scare your pants off”.
And Investigative Reporter, Sharon Lerner, will tell us about a chemical called “Gen X” and how chemical companies prevent the public from knowing the dangers of their products in regards to human health.
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Voting Rights Expert, Ari Berman, will be here to tell us how Donald Trump Is Encouraging Intimidation and Racial Profiling at the Polls.
Political Strategist, Cliff Schecter, stops by to discuss recent allegations that former Trump Campaign Chairman, Paul Manafort, was receiving millions in secret cash from illegal foreign lobbying efforts.
Mike Papantonio will be in studio to discuss the release of The Obama Administration’s “Playbook” outlining the guidelines for the killing and capturing of terrorist suspects.
And Joshua Holland, from The Nation, will explain why the average black household will need 228 years to accumulate as much wealth as their white counterparts hold today.
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Mike Papantonio is back! He’ll be in studio to talk about his recent victory in court against the chemical giant, Dupont. And an exclusive interview about his new fiction book, Law and Disorder. We’ll tell you how you can get pre order on today’s show.
And, Nomiki Konst, host of The Filter on Sirius XM, will be here to recap the Democratic National Convention, and to talk about her experience as a Sanders Delegate and where the party goes from here.
Sam Seder was in Philly this week covering the DNC. Interviews include
Alex Pareene, Editor of Gawker Magazine
Host of the Zero Hour, RJ Eskow
Washington Correspondent from The Nation, John Nichols
Investigative Journalist, David Dayen
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This week get a special interview with Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian from The Young Turks that you won't hear anywhere else.
Political Analyst, Cliff Schecter, talks about Mike Pence, and why Trump’s pick for Vice President might not be the best fit.
And Middle East Expert, Matt Duss, will explain what’s happening in Turkey after a coup attempt left hundreds of people dead and thousands locked up.
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Middle East Expert, Juan Cole, will talk about the revelations from a recent UK inquiry into events leading up to the invasion in Iraq.
Professor, Eddie Glaude Jr. will join us to discuss the deaths of Alton Sterling, and Philando Castile.
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Author Harold Pollack will be here to talk about his new book, “The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated”
Investigative Journalist, David Dayen will give us an update on the Volkswagen lawsuit and how Congress is trying to pass a bill that will prevent plaintiff’s from getting their day in court.
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Supreme Court Expert, Scott Lemieux, will be here to discuss the impacts from the latest rulings passed down by the highest court in the land.
ROF Contributor, Mollye Barrows, and Sam Seder discuss Elizabeth Warren's appearances on the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton.
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Ring of Fire Contributor, Mollye Barrows, joins Sam Seder to talk about Florida's really bad month.
And Craig Aaron will join us to tell how a court of appeals ruled in favor of net neutrality this month, and we’ll find out if the fight to save the Internet is finally over.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will be here to tell us how he’s been helping displaced homeowners from a major gas leak and bringing awareness to exploding “bomb trains” carrying oil though out our communities.
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New York Times Best Selling Author, Laurence Leamer, will be hear to talk about his new book, “The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down The Klan.”
And Heather "Digby" Parton talks with Sam about this week's Primary Results.
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Michael Brooks from Two Dope Boys and a Podcast, runs down the news with Sam Seder this week, plus...
Washington Post Blogger, Paul Waldman, will be here to tell us about Donald Trump’s latest attacks on the Press, and we’ll find out if this is a winning strategy for the thin-skinned Republican.
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Cliff Schecter will join us to talk about Donald Trump’s speech at the recent NRA convention, and we will examine how the once reasonable organization has morphed into a den of gun thirsty lunatics.
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Heather "Digby" Parton from Hullaballoo, talks to Sam Seder about Primary Results this week, and they will try to recall another Presidential Candidate that has less public service or military record than Donald Trump.
And, And David Dayen, will be here to “finally” discuss his new book, “Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud”
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Michael Brooks from The Majority Report and 2 Dope Boys and a Podcast joins us to talk about Bernie Sander's victory in West Virginia and he'll help Sam Seder run down the news of the week.
And Sarah Posner will tell us how Donald Trump’s Republican Nomination may have ended the religious right.
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Special Legal Edition of Ring of Fire: Sam Seder talks to America's Lawyer, Mike Papantonio about his upcoming trial against Dupont and the dangers of the chemical C8 that is used in the process of making Teflon.
We will also talk to "The Congressman with Guts", Alan Grayson, about his Senate Primary Race in Florida and what he thinks about the Presidential Race.
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Economist Richard Eskow, will join us to talk about Bernie Sander’s plan to provide healthcare to all American’s.
And attorney, Tim O’Brien, will tell us how the chemical C 8 was dumped into the Ohio River and how people thousands of miles away could still be affected.
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Sarah Badawi, from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, will be here to discuss debt free college, and how this initiative has become a major issue on the campaign trail for the Democrats.
Investigative Journalists, Alice Brennan and Catherine Dunn, will tell us what’s in the Panama Papers, and the impacts the release has had on leaders around the world.
Michelle Jowando, from the Center for American Progress, will be here to discuss the Envenwel vs Abbot case and how the “one person one vote” decision was a blow to conservatives.
Academy Award Nominated filmmaker, Josh Fox, will be here to tell us about his new documentary, How to Let Go of the World and Love All The Things Climate Can't Change. If you want the full 3 hour show commercial free, become a member. You’ll get the full access to Ring of Fire content and you’ll help support the show. Just go to www.rofpodcast.com sign up!
America's Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, and Sam Seder run down the biggest stories of the week, including President Obama's endorsement of Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
And, Ian Millhiser from Think Progress will tell us why public sector unions were saved by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Sam Seder and Farron Cousins break down Bernie Sander's successful week after "Western Tuesday"
And David Dayen will tell us about a mysterious lobbying firm in Washington D.C. called the Commercial Energy Working Group.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. interviews Glenn Greenwald from The Intercept on the failure of the media and how it has led to Donald Trump's rise. They will also talk about recent drone strikes in Somalia that led to the death of 150 people.
And Robert Mackey will be hear to tell us what went down at the Trump rally in Chicago and why The Donald is concerned that his rallies "aren’t violent enough.".
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will talk to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his bill to help provide the resources needed to help those who suffer from addiction.
And Filmmaker Jen Senko will be here to tell us about her new documentary, “The Brainwashing of My Dad”
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Senator Al Franken will be here to tell us why he’s pushing back at Senate Republicans for refusing to hold hearings on a replacement for Justice Scalia to the Supreme Court and we will get his reaction on Trump’s campaign for President.
Heather “Digby” Parton will be here to go over this weeks results from Super Tuesday and we’ll discuss some of the biggest news stories of the week.
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Sam Seder and Mike Papantonio run down this weeks biggest stories, and discuss a recent jury decision alleging links between talc-based powder and ovarian cancer.
And former right wing evangelical leader, Frank Schaeffer will be here to tell us why Donald Trump has managed to capture the support of evangelicals and how the establishment has been left scratching their heads.
Heather “Digby” Parton from Hullabaloo will join us to run down, what was a very busy news week.
Economist, Bill Black, will be here to tell us about his new initiative to restore the rule of law to Wall Street.
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Sam Seder and Farron Cousins run down the results from New Hampshire and
Politico’s Senior Whitehouse Reporter, Josh Gerstein, will be here to tell us how President Obama has failed to shut the “revolving door” between governmental agencies and lobbyist in Washington D.C.
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Salon writer, Heather “Digby” Parton will help us recap what happened in Iowa this week, and what might be in store for the candidates going forward.
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Democratic and Republican Debate Recap with Farron Cousins from ROF TV, and a not so risky Iowa Caucus prediction.
Attorney David Scher will be here to tell us how a for profit college in Florida was enrolling unqualified students in order to secure government funding.
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Economist Richard Eskow, will join us to talk about Bernie Sander’s plan to provide healthcare to all American’s.
And attorney, Tim O’Brien, will tell us how the chemical C 8 was dumped into the Ohio River and how people thousands of miles away could still be affected.
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Judith Shulevitz, will be here to expand on her New York Time’s piece, arguing the United States should adopt a Universal Basic Income.
And journalist, Scott Lemieux, will run down the oral arguments from Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association that were presented in front of the Supreme Court this week, and what it means for the future of public sector labor unions.
Author Harold Pollack will be here to talk about his new book, “The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated”
Investigative Journalist, David Dayen will give us an update on the Volkswagen lawsuit and how Congress is trying to pass a bill that will prevent plaintiff’s from getting their day in court.
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