Author: Damian Hendricks

With financial reform finally within reach, the GOP (led by Senators Richard Shelby and Mitch McConnell) is once again declaring that no Republicans will be voting for this bill. They claim that after a year and a half of negotiations, there still isn’t enough bipartisanship. Mike Papantonio appears on Fox Business’s Happy Hour to talk about why the Democrats need to ignore the GOP and press on with financial...

If you’ve seen any of the protest signs being carried around at Tea Party rallies across the country it becomes painfully obvious that this isn’t the brightest group of people. From their Keep the Government out of my medicare signs to the ones claiming that Obama is a radical Muslim immigrant, the GOP and their followers have become one of the most brain dead groups in the country. And this isn’t speculation a new study actually shows that liberals tend to have higher IQ’s than conservatives, and Mike Papantonio recently spoke to Raw Story political correspondent Sahil Kapur, to...

Are the Tea Partiers really better educated and wealthier than the rest of society? If you mis-read the recent New York Times poll, you’d probably think that, but the truth is that the people who are backing the Tea Party movement are the ones with the education and money. Mike Papantonio appears on Fox Business’s Happy Hour to talk about why these wealthy backers have the good sense to stay away from the Tea Party protesters, who seem to be getting crazier by the...

If you think that the Tea Partiers are just a bunch of misinformed republicans who hate paying taxes, think again. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center who monitors the activities of extremist hate groups, the Tea Party is actually helping to strengthen the white supremacist movement in America, and has helped to re-energize some specific hate groups that were on the verge of extinction. Mike Papantonio talks about this with Mark Potok, editor of the SPLC’s monthly Intelligence Report. Subscribe to the Ring of Fire podcast for full...

Wal-Mart has announced that they will be lowering prices on over 10,000 items that they carry in their stores. But are they doing this to help struggling consumers, or is this a business plan aimed at increasing their tanking sales? Mike Papantonio appears on Fox News’ Bulls and Bears to tell us why the latter option is most likely the correct...