Author: Gary Bentley

The Republican Takeover Of America Is Almost Complete – The Court System Is Next

Donald Trump is set to announce his picks for lower level courts, and according to hardcore conservative groups like The Heritage Foundation and The Federalist Society, his picks are all great.  Any time a conservative think tank praises a judicial nominee, you can bet that you’re about to lose some of your rights. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.   Transcript of the above video: As it stands right now the Republican party controls the House of Representatives and the Senate, so they’ve got the legislative branch. They control the White House so they’ve got the executive branch, and...

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Papantonio: Los Angeles Is Overwhelmed With Lead Poisoning

Mike Papantonio is joined by Farron Cousins, Executive Editor of The Trial Lawyer Magazine, to discuss a concerning Reuters report about lead exposure in Los Angeles. Transcript of the above video: Papantonio: Flint, Michigan has become the poster child for the lead crisis here in the U.S., but a recent report from Reuters suggests that perhaps Los Angeles should be the new face of the lead emergency. Among the more concerning findings of the investigation are that more than 15,000 children were found with elevated lead levels between 2011 and 2015. 323 neighborhoods had a lead rate higher than...

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Federal Employees Are Being Forced To Watch Fox News, Leaked Memo Says

According to a leaked memo from the Trump administration, employees in the White House and throughout government agencies are being told to switch their televisions from CNN to Fox News.  Apparently Trump wants his employees to be as misinformed as he is. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.   Transcript of the above video: According to a leaked email memo, federal employees, in the United States, are being instructed to keep televisions in their office tuned to Fox News. Now, in the past, most of these televisions have been tuned to CNN, which is a fairly decent nonpartisan...

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Paul Ryan Won’t Stop Lying About How Awful His Healthcare Bill Really Is

During an appearance on ABC’s This Week, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan insisted that people with pre-existing conditions won’t be denied the right to buy health insurance.  But that’s never been the issue – the issue is affordability, which Ryan has taken away from these people by removing their subsidies. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.   Transcript of the above video: After passage of the American Healthcare Act this past week, Paul Ryan appeared on ABC’s This Week to talk with George Stephanopoulos about how great this piece of legislation that he’s been pumping for seven...

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Fox News Guest Blames Passengers For Not Stopping The 9/11 Attacks From Happening

Right wing commentator Mark Steyn appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program last week to take a swipe at the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by saying that the passengers on those airplanes failed to take on the hijackers, and therefore they were somehow complicit in the attacks.  Ironic, considering that Fox News has milked the 9/11 attacks for ratings and used them as an excuse to drum up hatred towards Muslims. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcript of the above video: Cousins: Fox News has always been phenomenal when it comes to blaming the victims...

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