Author: Ring of Fire Radio

In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States delivered a vicious blow to labor unions in that partial public employees are not required to pay union fees. The SCOTUS ruling, among others that play to the Right, will make expanding union benefits to the public more difficult. The decision stems from the Harris v. Quinn case that argued partial public employees should be exempt from paying public union fees. Traditionally, state-supported home care workers in Illinois, where the case originated, are considered to be employees of the state. The union, SEIU Healthcare Illinois-Indiana, has a contract...

Thom Hartmann talks about how Duck Dynasty has taken $4.5 million from the government, but publicly speak out against welfare for the...

Republican Arizona school Superintendent John Huppenthal admitted to anonymously posting offensive and inflammatory comments to political blogs since 2010. He is now being pushed to resign from his position in light of admitting to writing the posts, like calling welfare recipients “lazy pigs.” Other than showing outright insensitivity to the plight of poor people, he also railed against abortion advocates with the brazen comment that Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger, “fed 16 million African Americans into abortion mills.” If he’s trying to show some kind of compassion to black people, he’s doing so poorly with that shoddy attempt at...

The GOP would have everyone believe, with its anti-women’s rights agenda, that it is the party of “pro life”. The truth couldn’t be more the opposite. Friend of Ring of Fire, Thom Hartmann, talked about how despite the lies the GOP would tell, in reality, they are nothing more than the Party of Death, and it’s time to protect American lives by putting an end to it....

Three fourths of the “big four” manufacturers of transvaginal mesh implants are continuing to spend money and resources litigating cases instead of compensating victims for damages caused by their faulty products. American Medical Systems (now owned by Endo Pharmaceuticals) has recently announced its desire to settle and has engaged in discussions with law firms across America in an attempt to settle rather than try cases.  Meanwhile, the remaining 3 members of the “big four manufacturers” (Ethicon, Boston Scientific, and C.R. Bard) continue to fight resolution and stonewall the process in a recalcitrant manner. Judge Goodwin, the federal judge presiding...