Author: Tony Prettyman

Hate Groups Promise Revolt If Trump Abandons White Supremacy

Hate Groups Promise Revolt If Trump Abandons White Supremacy

Posted by | Dec 27, 2016 | , , |

White Supremacists are worried that Trump may have just been pretending to be a hatemonger, so they’ve issued a stern warning to the President-elect: Keep the white supremacist rhetoric flowing or face a neo-Nazi backlash. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: The so-called alt-right is already pretty unhappy with Donald Trump. Now when we say alt-right, what we really mean is the hateful fringe of the United States population. Those folks, the folks who helped to launch Donald Trump’s political career and helped to put him in office, are very mad right...

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Republicans & Democrats Agree: We Need More Renewable Energy

Republicans & Democrats Agree: We Need More Renewable Energy

Posted by | Dec 26, 2016 | , , , |

The only people who seem to be opposed to creating more renewable energy in the United States are Republican politicians and fossil fuel executives. The rest of the country – both Republicans and Democrats alike – believe that we need more renewable energy generation in the United States. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: According to a new poll by George Mason University and Yale, the majority of American citizens, Republican, Democrat and everything in between believe that the United States should invest deeper into renewable energy production on our own soil....

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Democratic Senators Push For Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Before Trump Gets Sworn In

Democratic Senators Push For Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Before Trump Gets Sworn In

Posted by | Dec 26, 2016 | , , , , |

With a renewed sense of urgency, Democrats in the Senate are pushing for mass student loan debt forgiveness before Donald Trump takes office. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: With less than a month before Donald Trump officially gets sworn in as the next president of the United States, democrats in the senate are working tirelessly to pass through a package that would provide student loan debt relief for students who were ripped off by for-profit college scams, much like Trump University. The reason they’re trying to do this right now is...

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Corporate Media Already Trying To Launch 2020 Presidential Horserace

Corporate Media Already Trying To Launch 2020 Presidential Horserace

Posted by | Dec 26, 2016 | , , |

The New York Times recently speculated about who could be the Democrats’ nominee for 2020. How about we focus on the real issues right now and leave the 2020 Presidential race for 2020? The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: Recently there was an article in the New York Times, I read the headline and just immediately felt this swell of anger. That headline was ‘Biden, Sanders, Warren, too soon for 2020?’ Listen, I know the media wants another horse race already because you want the eyeballs, you want the subscriptions, you want...

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Economists Warn Of Dangers Of Surging Income Inequality

Economists Warn Of Dangers Of Surging Income Inequality

Posted by | Dec 25, 2016 | , , |

Economists in the United States have been paying close attention to the income gap in this country, and they’re warning us that it is spiraling out of control. And the problem only appears to be getting worse before Trump takes office. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: Economists from UC Berkeley as well as French economist Thomas Piketty have come forward and said that there is an alarming trend in the United States that only seems to be getting worse, and that trend is the income inequality between the top 1% and...

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