Author: Ring of Fire Radio

Trump Making It Harder For States To Prepare For Natural Disasters

The Republicans always love to tell us that they want to cut environmental protections in order to save American jobs. Now, not only do regulations not kill jobs, but this talking point is merely a smoke screen that Republican politicians use to give corporations the green light to destroy the planet. Donald Trump is doing his part to make sure corporations can decimate our environment. Zoë Carpenter from The Nation Magazine joins Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins to discuss how the President is weakening environmental protections. Trump’s Climate Order May Make it Harder to Prepare for Natural Disasters by...

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Hate For Republicans Doesn’t Mean Support For Democrats

Leaving control of this government in Republican hands for four years is going to be a real problem. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins & Sam Seder talks about the Democrats need to start to develop a response that is about the Republicans, and not about Donald Trump exclusively. Transcript of the above video: Sam: So, Farron, we were just talking about how reporting over the past couple of weeks has given us a sense of what’s coming out of the White House and this administration, and the picture is sort of like one of those funhouse mirror versions of...

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The Secret Family Behind The Rise Of Brietbart News

This presidential election cycle saw billionaire’s such as Paul Singer and The Koch Brothers, pull the purse strings from backing any of two dozens characters that stood on the Republican Stage during the Primaries… But one secretive family decided that this was their time to spend millions on influencing hard-right policy and media in America. Investigative journalist and New York Times Best-Selling Author, Vicky Ward, joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to discuss her piece in The Huffington Post’s Highline Magazine, “The Blow-It-All-Up Billionaires.” Transcript of the above video: Sam: So, we’ve heard a lot less, Vicky, of the...

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Dark Times Within The Trump White House

The White House has installed aids to act as Donald Trump’s eyes and ears to make sure they are “loyal” to him. Staffers are now even afraid to bring their cellphones to work. Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder and Farron Cousins talk about the issues going on inside of Trump’s White House. Transcript of the above video: Sam: So, Farron, of course there’s more to this week than just the Gorsuch hearings, and the Comey hearings, and the Republicans’ attempt to take away healthcare from millions and millions of Americans. There’s still actually an attempt at the Administration, at...

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Living In The Age Of Trump

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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