Author: Tony Prettyman

Trump Says He’s A “Smart Guy,” So He Doesn’t Need Intelligence Briefings

Trump Says He’s A “Smart Guy,” So He Doesn’t Need Intelligence Briefings

Posted by | Dec 12, 2016 | , , |

Donald Trump says that the reason he’s missing his intelligence briefings is because he’s a “really smart person,” and he doesn’t have be told the same thing day after day. Perhaps if he attended one of these meetings, he’d understand that intelligence changes on a constant basis. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: Even though the intelligence community has repeatedly called on Donald Trump to please attend your daily presidential intelligence briefings, Donald Trump told Fox News this weekend that look, the reason he doesn’t do this every day, the reason he...

Read More
CIA Says Russia Influenced Election, Won’t Release The Evidence

CIA Says Russia Influenced Election, Won’t Release The Evidence

Posted by | Dec 12, 2016 | , , , |

The CIA told a private gathering of US Senators last week that they are “confident” that the DNC hack was perpetrated by Russians who may or may not have ties to the Russian government. While a full investigation is definitely needed, we need to be careful about labeling a foreign country as an enemy before all of the evidence has been gathered. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: Over the weekend, The Washington Post reported that last week officials from the CIA met with a group of United States Senators, where they...

Read More
Trump Still Refusing Intelligence Briefings

Trump Still Refusing Intelligence Briefings

Posted by | Dec 11, 2016 | , , |

Even after top intelligence officials voiced their concerns about Trump skipping intelligence briefings, the President-elect is STILL not taking these briefings, leaving him dangerously out of touch with what’s happening in the world. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: About a week ago, members of the Intelligence Community and Intelligence of Foreign Policy experts in the United States expressed tremendous concern over the fact that Donald Trump was skipping his daily intelligence briefings. They were worried about the fact that the man has absolutely no clue about what’s going on around the...

Read More
Poll: Majority Believe Trump Has Failed The Transition Test

Poll: Majority Believe Trump Has Failed The Transition Test

Posted by | Dec 11, 2016 | , , |

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans, including Trump voters, believe that he has failed during his transition by packing his cabinet with hacks. I guess the GOP should have been a little more careful with who they voted for. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: In what should come as a shock to absolutely no one, a new poll from US Today shows that only 41% of Americans actually approve of the job that Donald Trump is doing during his transition, that includes the people he’s choosing for their...

Read More
Will Trump Administration Bring The Death Of Organized Labor?

Will Trump Administration Bring The Death Of Organized Labor?

Posted by | Dec 10, 2016 | , , , , |

Donald Trump hates unions. Republicans hate unions. Corporations hate unions. But the reality is that American workers need union protections, and the next four years are going to be very difficult for organized labor as it struggles to survive in such a hostile country. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: Organized labor has been suffering since the 1980s when Ronald Reagan came out and decided that he was going to fight against labor unions as a central part of his administration. During that time, union membership fell dramatically in the United States....

Read More