January 30, 2017

Charles Koch Compares Trumps Muslim Ban To Nazi Germany

Charles Koch believes that Trump’s executive order banning Muslims from entering the US is reminiscent of Nazi Germany. This is true, but Koch needs to own up to the role he played in paving the way for President Trump. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

January 24, 2017

Repealing Obamacare Could Kill 43,000 People Per Year

Republicans seem hellbent on repealing The Affordable Care Act, and a new study shows that doing so without a comparable replacement will kill more than 43,000 people every year due to a lack of insurance coverage. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

January 24, 2017

Trump Withdraws From TPP, Then Freezes The EPAs Budget

Donald Trump on Monday officially pulled the United States out of the disastrous TPP deal, a move that deserves some praise. But what most people didn’t realize was that, while Trump threw us a bone, his administration also put a freeze on all EPA grants and contracts, effectively stopping all water quality testing, hazardous waste disposal, and other vital programs for the time being. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

January 23, 2017

Hackers Back Up US Climate Data So Trump Cant Delete It

While Donald Trump was being sworn in, hackers managed to get their hands on US climate data and backed it up onto servers housed in Europe. They did this because they feared that Trump would get rid of all this data, and judging from how his transition team deleted all mentions of “climate change” from the White House website, they were absolutely correct. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

January 23, 2017

Nearly 1 Out Of Every 100 Americans Marched On Saturday For Equality

On Saturday, concerned citizens across the country took to the streets to demonstrate against the sexism that had been a hallmark of the Donald Trump campaign. Led by women, these protests marked the single largest day of protest in United States history, and they should serve as a warning to Trump that his anti-female attitude will not be tolerated. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

January 23, 2017

Lawsuit Says Trump Already In Violation Of Constitution, Days After Inauguration

Legal scholars are preparing a lawsuit against Donald Trump over foreign payments that he’s received from his businesses, a direct violation of the US Constitution. Additionally, Trump still hasn’t divested from his businesses, creating an enormous, and illegal, conflict of interest for the man who hasn’t even been president for a full week yet. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

January 23, 2017

Orwell Was Right Kellyanne Conway and Alternative Facts

During an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd this weekend, Trump spokesperson Kellyanne Conway said that White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer offered up “alternative facts” about the size of Trump’s inauguration crowds. This is going to be the new normal during the Trump administration, and it highlights a dangerous parallel between America today and George Orwell’s classic Nineteen Eighty Four. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

January 23, 2017

Oklahoma Senator Puts Forth Most Discriminatory Bill In Recent History

Due to some poor wording, an Oklahoma Republican state senator has put forth a bill that was meant to attack the LGBT community, but instead will allow citizens in Oklahoma to discriminate against anyone they dislike. Maybe some people want to discriminate against Republicans? Well, in Oklahoma it might soon become legal. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

January 18, 2017

One Year Ago Today, Sarah Palin Made A Complete Horses Ass of Herself On Stage

It has been one year since Sarah Palin gave a rambling, incoherent speech where she officially endorsed Donald Trump for President, and that speech itself was a perfect preview of what we could expect from both Trump and his supporters. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

January 11, 2017

Fox Settles Sexual Harassment Suit Against Scumbag Bill OReilly

Fox News has quietly settled a lawsuit with a woman who claimed that Fox host Bill O’Reilly sexually harassed her during her employment at the network. The woman also claims that she was fired abruptly from the network after refusing O’Reilly’s advances. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.