Author: Farron Cousins

Trump Calls Puerto Ricans Lazy Ingrates While He Skips Work To Golf

Trump Calls Puerto Ricans Lazy Ingrates While He Skips Work To Golf

Posted by | Oct 2, 2017 | , , |

Donald Trump had a busy weekend, or at least he did on Twitter. Between rounds of golf in New Jersey, the President attacked the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico as a “poor leader”. He then proceeded to call Puerto Ricans ungrateful people with no work ethic who want everything done for them. This is disgusting behavior that should not be tolerated – people are dying and the best the president can do is insult them and dedicate a golf trophy to them. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcript: Donald Trump had quite the busy weekend on...

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Prayers Aren’t Enough After Deadly Mass Shooting, We Have To Act On Gun Control

Prayers Aren’t Enough After Deadly Mass Shooting, We Have To Act On Gun Control

Posted by | Oct 2, 2017 | , , , |

More than 50 people died and hundreds more were injured at a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night when a mass shooter opened fire into the crowds. Witnesses say the shots lasted for about ten to fifteen minutes and the shooter was using an automatic weapon designed to kill a lot of things very quickly. Both Republicans and Democrats began Tweeting out their “thoughts and prayers” after the tragedy, but that’s not good enough. As Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains, the time to act – or at the very least open up a serious dialogue...

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Trump’s Hypocrisy Problem: Private Planes, Private Emails, And Public Humiliation

Trump’s Hypocrisy Problem: Private Planes, Private Emails, And Public Humiliation

Posted by | Oct 1, 2017 | , |

Between the revelations that his appointees are zipping around the country on private planes at the expense of US taxpayers and the fact that at least 6 members of his staff – including his own family members – are using private email accounts to conduct official business, Donald Trump and the Republicans are suffering from a massive hypocrisy problem. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.   Transcript: When Donald Trump was campaigning to be President of the United States, the phrase drain the swamp became one of the centerpieces of that campaign. It’s something that Republicans, Trump supporters on...

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Trump Jr. Cancelled Secret Service Protection So He Could Go Kill A Moose

Trump Jr. Cancelled Secret Service Protection So He Could Go Kill A Moose

Posted by | Oct 1, 2017 | , |

Rumors swirled when it was announced that Donald Trump, Jr. would be relinquishing his Secret Service protection a few weeks ago, but now we finally have a clearer answer as to why Junior wanted the Secret Service gone – he wanted to go kill a moose. According to reports, during the brief period when Junior had no Secret Service protection, he traveled to Canada to go on a hunting expedition to kill a very large moose. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins tries to illuminate what’s wrong with these people.   Transcript: Awhile back when it was announced that Donald...

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Tucker Carlson Says Wealthy Black People Don’t Understand Oppression

Tucker Carlson Says Wealthy Black People Don’t Understand Oppression

Posted by | Oct 1, 2017 | , , |

During one of his more ridiculous segments this past week, Fox News host Tucker Carlson spoke with Scott Bolden, a black lawyer who happens to be well off financially. In the heated exchange between the two, Carlson repeatedly tried to claim that Bolden’s wealth is an indicator that (1) black people are not oppressed and (2) that he’s never experienced real oppression because he has money. Carlson grossly misstates the actual problem and shows that he has no clue how oppression works, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.   Transcript: The people at Fox News, specifically Tucker Carlson,...

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