Author: Gary Bentley

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos might do well to attend a few history classes before she sends out her next press release.  As Trump was meeting with leaders from the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, DeVos’s team issued a press release where she claimed that these institutions are a perfect example of how great “school choice” can be.  She neglected to mention that many of these institutions were the only “choice” for African Americans during the era of Jim Crow segregation, and they were founded because wealthy white people like DeVos didn’t want to sit in the same class as...

George W. Bush is getting a lot of credit for saying that he doesn’t like Trump’s racism or his immigration policies, but let’s not forget that Bush is the man who mainstreamed the hatred of Muslims based on fear and stereotypes.  He deserves no praise – he deserves to be in prison for his war crimes. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.   Transcript of the above video: George W. Bush has been back in the headlines this week because he came out and said that one, he thinks an immigration policy for the United States needs to...

Things just keep getting weirder inside the Trump administration, and during a recent interview, Trump went as far as to say that he believes former president Obama is behind the leaks in his administration, as well as the protestors who are showing up at Republican town hall meetings.  Meanwhile, he’s stealing credit for everything that has happened as a result of Obama’s policies.  It’s going to be a long four years. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.   Transcript of the above video: During an interview with Fox and Friends this week, Donald Trump announced that he knows...

229 Republicans in the US House of Representatives voted down a Democratic-sponsored bill that would have forced Donald Trump to release his tax returns to the public.  This vote shows that Congressional Republicans are not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, and should give those angry voters at their town hall meetings something else to question GOP members about. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.   Transcript of the above video: Yesterday the US House of Representatives voted on a measure put forth by Democratic representative, Bill Pascrell from New Jersey, which was an attempt to enforce...

Republicans across the country are trying to rewrite the rules to make it easier for teachers to deny the science of climate change and to pass on their backwards views to students.  The measures being considered by 4 states would also allow teachers to teach creationism, flat-earthism, and even white supremacism! Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.   Transcript of the above video: Right now Republicans in four different states are trying to pass legislation that will either prevent science teachers and teachers in general from explaining students the science behind climate change, or in other instances, they’re...