Author: Farron Cousins

Company That Let Hackers Steal Your Personal Info Gets Massive Contract From IRS

Company That Let Hackers Steal Your Personal Info Gets Massive Contract From IRS

Posted by | Oct 6, 2017 | , , , , , |

Equifax, the company with such poor cyber security protocols that they allowed one of the largest data breaches in American history to happen right under their noses, has been awarded a no-bid government contract worth more than $7 million to handle security for the IRS. This means that the next time the company gets hacked, hackers could gain access to the Social Security numbers, addresses, and financial documents on every single American citizen. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains why this might be the stupidest decision yet by the Trump administration. Transcript: The credit monitoring firm, Equifax, who most...

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Whiny Donald Trump Asks Why Senate Isn’t Investigating “Fake News Networks”

Whiny Donald Trump Asks Why Senate Isn’t Investigating “Fake News Networks”

Posted by | Oct 5, 2017 | , , |

On Thursday morning, Donald Trump took to Twitter to air his grievances about the so-called “fake news” in the United States. In his rant, he asked why the Senate Intelligence committee wasn’t investigating these news outlets that report unflattering facts about the President. Donald doesn’t realize that you can’t just investigate a news outlet for printing the truth – that’s protected by the US Constitution. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains why Trump’s assault on the media is just a distraction from the real investigations taking place. Transcript: Donald Trump clearly woke up on Thursday morning on the wrong...

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Republican Lawmaker Says Prevent Atrocities By Arming Everyone Like “Old West”

Republican Lawmaker Says Prevent Atrocities By Arming Everyone Like “Old West”

Posted by | Oct 5, 2017 | , , |

Republican Representative Joe Barton believes that the solution to America’s gun problem is more guns. In fact, Barton told Vox during a recent interview that if more people had guns, people would be too afraid to use them just like in the “old west.” Not only is Barton’s characterization of the Old West completely wrong, but statistics prove that more guns equals more death. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains. Transcript: US Representative Joe Barton, a Republican from the state of Texas, has figured out how to solve the gun problem here in the United States of people just...

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Trump Cabinet Members Create “Suicide Pact” In Case Any Of Them Get Fired

Trump Cabinet Members Create “Suicide Pact” In Case Any Of Them Get Fired

Posted by | Oct 5, 2017 | , |

When you serve in the Trump administration, you’re well aware that any day could be your last due to Donald Trump’s volatile nature. Because of that, several high-ranking Trump cabinet officials have formed a “suicide pact” and they will all quit together if any one of them gets fired. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains why this is certainly not normal behavior for members of a Presidential cabinet. Transcript: By now, I’m sure everybody’s heard about the drama that’s been unfolding about Secretary of State Rex Tillerson over the last few days where it was reported over the summer...

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Republicans Aim To Gut Medicaid And Medicare After “Repeal And Replace” Failure

Republicans Aim To Gut Medicaid And Medicare After “Repeal And Replace” Failure

Posted by | Oct 5, 2017 | , , , |

After repeated failures to repeal The Affordable Care Act, Republicans in Washington, D.C. have decided that they’re just going to blow up the entire system. A new budget proposal from Republican lawmakers would cut close to $1 trillion from the budgets of Medicaid and Medicare over the next few years, leaving millions without health insurance. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcript: Republicans in Washington D.C. have been trying to get rid of the Affordable Care Act pretty much since the day it was signed into law, and now that they’ve got majorities and have repeatedly failed to...

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