Author: Ring of Fire Radio

NSA Evidence Finds The Russians Attempted To Impact The Election

NSA Evidence Finds The Russians Attempted To Impact The Election

Posted by | Jun 10, 2017 | , , , |

From The Intercept, a top secret NSA report detailed Russian attempts at hacking voter files. They attempted to hack files in about 120 counties across the country. Heather ‘Digby’ Parton joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to discuss this topic. Transcript of the above video: Sam: So Digby, putting aside for the moment the much anticipated James Comey testimony this week, earlier in the week before we heard from what I think you could only say was, in some ways, stonewalling by the Director of National Intelligence and the NSA Chief, where they basically said like, ‘I would rather...

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Private Security Firm TigerSwan Targeted Standing Rock Protesters

Private Security Firm TigerSwan Targeted Standing Rock Protesters

Posted by | Jun 9, 2017 | , , , |

Recently The Intercept uncovered leaked documents detailing how a shadowy international mercenary and security firm known as TigerSwan, targeted protesters opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline on behalf of its client Energy Transfer Partners. Investigative journalist Will Parrish joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to discuss these measures. Read the full story from The Intercept here: STANDING ROCK DOCUMENTS EXPOSE INNER WORKINGS OF “SURVEILLANCE-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX” Transcript of the above video: Sam: So Will, in the last segment you were basically giving us the broad strokes of the Dakota Access Pipeline fight. We should say, at this point, the Trump...

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President Trump’s Odd Diplomatic Approach

President Trump’s Odd Diplomatic Approach

Posted by | Jun 8, 2017 | , , , |

Trump’s trip to Europe was full of strange incidents and even some bizarre behavior. John Nichols from The Nation Magazine joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to discuss Donald Trump’s first foreign trip that ended with a meeting of the G7. Transcript of the above video: Sam: So John, last weekend into, I guess into the end of last week, we saw the Donald Trump’s first foreign trip, and it ended with a meeting of the G7. Through which we saw a lot of very strange, I guess, physical manifestations of some problems that Donald Trump was having with...

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Big Pharma Sees Huge Money As Drug Pushers

Big Pharma Sees Huge Money As Drug Pushers

Posted by | Jun 7, 2017 | , , , , |

Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio & Sam Seder talk about the fight against Big Pharma when it comes to opioids and the tremendous cost associated with these painkillers. Transcript of the above video: Sam: So Pap, we’ve been talking about the opioid addiction epidemic that we have been undergoing in this country now for many years at this point, and it’s only been in the past couple of years I think where there has been an awareness of what was the dynamic that created this widespread addiction, not just for prescription painkillers, but for heroin, which ended up being...

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The Reign Of Fox News Has Come To An End

The Reign Of Fox News Has Come To An End

Posted by | Jun 6, 2017 | , , |

It’s rather remarkable to see Fox News hurting so badly in the ratings department, not to mention of course, there’s a lot of dissension and insanity going on over there. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins & Sam Seder discuss how Fox News is no longer in the driver’s seat when it comes to mainstream media. Transcript of the above video: Sam: We just have a couple of minutes, but I have to touch on this with you because, you know, this is the business we’re in, mass media, and you know, we got our start at Air America years...

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