Author: Ring of Fire Radio

Republicans Attack Intelligence To Stifle Action On Climate Change

Republican politicians are creating a more persistent and a closer threat, a more “real” threat, to people’s livelihoods and to their way of life that, responding to climate change represents, versus climate change. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins & Sam Seder discuss this topic. Transcript of the above video: Sam: So Farron, when we broke, we were talking about your story in Truthout on how it is that despite the fact that there’s some polling that suggests that Republicans, by a slim margin, actually accept the reality of climate change, but how it is that they continually vote for...

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Trump’s Past Crimes May Be His Biggest Problem

Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder is joined by Heather ‘Digby’ Parton to talk about the FBI investigation into the collusion between the Trump Campaign and the Russian Government in the Presidential election and how Trump’s past casino dealings may be a glimpse into possible links of money laundering. Transcript of the above video: Digby: So, Heather, this week you had a piece on Salon, as opposed to your blog Hullaballoo, which is a daily read for me, as you know. You had a piece on Salon about Donald Trump’s casino empire and the potential and possible links to money...

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Republicans Exploit Fears In Voters To Stifle Action On Climate Change

Have you noticed that Republicans love to use terms like “government overreach” and “job-killing regulations?” Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder and Farron Cousins talk about how conservative politicians are using these types of terms to cause fear in their voters in hopes to stifle action on Climate Change. Read Farron’s full story here: Republicans Exploit Voter Fears to Stifle Action on Climate Change Transcript of the above video: Sam: Farron, this week, President Trump was in Europe, at one point visiting with the pope and then at the G7 summit. Of course, we know that one of the things...

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Secret Money Funding Conservative College Groups In Order To Fight Campus Liberalism

Conservative college students feel like they are losing the battle when it comes to ideology in higher education. Investigative journalist, Michael Vasquez, joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to talk about a counter movement to get right- wing college students elected into student government positions led by the group Turning Point USA. Read Michael Vasquez’s full story here: Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence Transcript of the above video: Sam: Mike, the biggest I guess story that we have generally heard in the news is about I guess presumably liberal college students, or maybe a little bit more...

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An Obamacare Provision Is Saving Money And Lives

The State of Missouri has used a provision in the Obamacare bill to help thousands of people get care that they need by setting up “health homes,” which allow patients to get clinical and behavioral care along with supportive social services. This provision is working in the “Show Me State,” but now it may be under attack. Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder is joined by award winning writer and editor, Sheree Crute, to explain her piece in The Washington Monthly entitled, “How an Obscure Obamacare Provision Is Quietly Saving Lives, and Money, in Missouri.” Transcript of the above video:...

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