Author: Farron Cousins

Trump Is Still Lying About His Phone Call To Widow Of Slain Soldier

Trump Is Still Lying About His Phone Call To Widow Of Slain Soldier

Posted by | Oct 23, 2017 | , , |

Donald Trump found himself in hot water recently when it was revealed that he wasn’t telling the truth about a phone conversation that he had with a widow whose husband was killed in the Niger attack. And still today he’s lying about the conversation on Twitter. This is not normal – we cannot let the President’s behavior become something that we just accept, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains. Transcript: For about the last week, Donald Trump has been in a fight with a Gold Star widow over the actual conversation that he may or may not have...

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Trump Attempts To Buy Staffers’ Loyalty By Offering To Pay Their Legal Bills

Trump Attempts To Buy Staffers’ Loyalty By Offering To Pay Their Legal Bills

Posted by | Oct 23, 2017 | , , , |

As the investigation into the Trump administration continues to push forward, Donald Trump has decided that he needs to make sure that he can count on the loyalty of his aides, so he’s offered to pay their legal bills for them. This raises huge ethical questions, and also gives a very strong stench of guilt from Trump himself, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains. Transcript: According to sources within the white house, Donald Trump has personally offered to pay for the legal fees of staffers within the white house who may need to hire lawyers as part of...

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Treasury Secretary Says It Is Very Hard To Not Cut Taxes For The Wealthy

Treasury Secretary Says It Is Very Hard To Not Cut Taxes For The Wealthy

Posted by | Oct 23, 2017 | , , , , , |

Steve Mnuchin, the Secretary of the Treasury, told Politico earlier this week that it was just too darn hard to not cut taxes for the wealthy in the United States. Mnuchin says that the math just shows you have to cut their taxes. That doesn’t quite make sense, but that’s exactly what Republicans in the US wants us to believe, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains. Transcription: If you were wondering why every single policy the Republicans have happens to be cutting taxes for the top 1%, Steve Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary of the United States, gave us...

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Cub Scouts Boot 11-Year-Old For Asking Republican Lawmaker A Hard Question

Cub Scouts Boot 11-Year-Old For Asking Republican Lawmaker A Hard Question

Posted by | Oct 22, 2017 | , , , |

11-year-old Ames Mayfield was kicked out of a Colorado Cub Scout chapter recently for having the audacity to ask a sitting Colorado State Senator (Republican Vicki Marble) about a racist statement that she had made in 2013. The Senator lashed out angrily at the boy following his question, and the chapter then removed him from the den. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains why children like Ames should be given the highest praise possible for using critical thinking and basic human decency to challenge the racist beliefs of politicians. Transcription: An 11 year old boy named Amos Mayfield was...

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Tomi Lahren Admits She Doesn’t Know Why NFL Players Are Protesting, But She Hates Them Anyway

Tomi Lahren Admits She Doesn’t Know Why NFL Players Are Protesting, But She Hates Them Anyway

Posted by | Oct 22, 2017 | , , , , , |

Fox News host Tomi Lahren has joined Donald Trump on his crusade to attack NFL players who protest during the National Anthem. But this week, Ms. Lahren admitted that she wasn’t quite sure why these players are kneeling, and that she bets they don’t know either. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.   Transcription: So, Tomi Lahren, Fox News’ new little hate peddler, decided this week to come out and talk about the NFL players who are still protesting during the National Anthem. And, Ms. Lahren decided to say, “Look, I don’t know why you’re protesting, and I guarantee...

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