It really seems like every time Donald Trump spouts nonsense out of his mouth, there are zero consequences. The corporate media simply refuses to bury him with scrutiny. So, what gives here? Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins discuss this. Watch Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV every weeknight at 8:30pm...
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For a candidate who has had to fight the idea that she is Wall Street’s candidate after her large speaking fees from the banking industry, Hillary Clinton is certainly reaping the rewards of corporate favoritism. Wall Street has made it clear that out of the remaining candidates, Clinton is the safest bet for their corporate financial interests, and they are making their favor clear in cold, hard cash. In March alone, Wall Street gave $344,000 to Clinton which was more than they gave to all other candidates combined. Wall Street might normally back a Republican candidate, but concerned by the rise of...
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It’s probably not the sort of demographic most of us think of when we imagine mother’s day and the millions of moms all over this country, but the fact is that 2.7 million children in America have at least one parent in prison. As a result, there are a great deal of children who cannot see their mothers today to wish them a Happy Mother’s Day. They can’t make a messy macaroni art for their moms or bring a sloppily-made plate of breakfast. We know that incarceration rates in America are grossly excessive, with millions of lives ruined over...
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Big banks think they have a constitutional right to billions of dollars in free taxpayer money. Seriously – I’m not kidding. Free money – it’s a constitutional right! Well – at least according to the big banks it is. Richard Eskow, The Zero Hour (radio)/Bernie Sanders Campaign, joins Thom Hartmann to discuss...
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has good news and bad news. The bad news: based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the death rate from overdoses of prescription drugs as well as many illicit narcotics continues to rise at an alarming rate. The good news: the number of deaths from marijuana has remained steady. Annual figures due to prescription and illicit drugs have nearly tripled since 2001, from just under 10,000 to over 27,000. On the other hand, the number of fatalities directly attributed to marijuana overdose...
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