Author: Ring of Fire Radio

GOP Establishment Challenged In Close Special Elections

GOP Establishment Challenged In Close Special Elections

Posted by | Apr 23, 2017 | , , |

One of the big developments of this week was the special election in Georgia’s 6th District to replace Tom Price’s seat. The real question was, would the leading Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff, get over 50% and avoid a runoff? Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder is joined by Heather ‘Digby’ Parton to discuss this topic. Transcript of the above video: Sam: Digby, another crazy week in the Trump era, but not all the news has been, well, I guess driven directly by Donald Trump. We will obviously talk about the wake of … and hopefully we are still not engaged...

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Donald Trump Has No Conscience, He Only Sees Profits

Donald Trump Has No Conscience, He Only Sees Profits

Posted by | Apr 16, 2017 | , , , |

Immediately following Donald Trump’s missile strike in Syria, the media, political analysts, pundits, they began telling us that Trump was so moved by those images that he saw on TV of the chemical attack in Syria that he just decided that he had to act. Well, this is a lie. Donald Trump has not suddenly developed a conscience. Chauncey DeVega, host of the Chauncey DeVega Show and Politics Staff Writer for salon.com, joins Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins to explain why we shouldn’t believe that Trump cares about anyone but himself. Donald Trump’s flagrant hypocrisy: Suddenly the mean-spirited clown-king...

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Living In The Era Of Donald Trump

Living In The Era Of Donald Trump

Posted by | Apr 16, 2017 | , , |

New York Times Best-Seller, Thomas Frank, joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to talk about how the left has handled the loss of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election and going forward with making changes to the Democratic Party. Thomas Frank is currently out on a book tour right now for the release of his latest book, “Listen Liberal.” Transcript of the above video: Sam: So Thomas, we haven’t spoken since the election. Give me your sense of what it’s like to be living in an era when Donald Trump is our President. Thomas: Well, you know, on the...

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Media Ignores Trump’s Conflicts Of Interest To Promote War In Syria

Media Ignores Trump’s Conflicts Of Interest To Promote War In Syria

Posted by | Apr 15, 2017 | , , , |

Last week, Donald Trump decided to lob 59 Tomahawk missiles at an airfield in Syria, and almost immediately, the corporate-controlled media began talking about how presidential Donald Trump looks now. You can almost see them salivating at the thought of a new war to promote. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins is joined by Matt Gertz, a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, to discuss the corporate media’s eagerness to promote a new war in Syria. Trump Just Attacked Syria. Here Are The Pundits Who Said He Was A Dove. by Matt Gertz Transcript of the above video: Farron:...

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Legislation To Reduce Prescription Costs Under Attack By Big Pharma

Legislation To Reduce Prescription Costs Under Attack By Big Pharma

Posted by | Apr 15, 2017 | , , |

Democrats in Washington, at least some of them, have been attempting to pass legislation that would help lower the cost of prescription drugs for American citizens, which is actually something that Donald Trump himself had promised us when he was running for president. But big pharma won’t let their profits dip without putting up a fight. Lee Fang from The Intercept joins Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins to talk about what the industry is doing to prevent any legislation that could reduce the cost of prescription drugs for American consumers. Big Pharma Funds “Independent” Advocacy Groups Attacking Drug-Price Reduction...

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