Author: Tony Prettyman

House Republicans Halt Flint Investigation, Blame EPA Instead

House Republicans Halt Flint Investigation, Blame EPA Instead

Posted by | Dec 20, 2016 | , , , |

Republicans in the House of Representatives have decided to put an abrupt end to the investigation into the causes of the Flint, Michigan water crisis, and instead they’ve decided to blame the EPA instead. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: Last Friday, President Barack Obama signed a $170 million aid package for the city of Flint, Michigan to help clean up their water infrastructure and finally provide clean drinking water for the residents in Flint. Now, that’s the story that actually made the headlines. What didn’t make headlines till almost a week...

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Trump Officially The Least Popular Person To Ever Win The Presidency

Trump Officially The Least Popular Person To Ever Win The Presidency

Posted by | Dec 20, 2016 | , , , |

Donald Trump touted his “historic” win Monday night after the electoral college voted, and he’s partially correct about the significance of it – He’s going to be the first sitting president to lose the popular vote by almost 3 million votes. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: The electoral college has voted and it looks like Donald Trump will definitely at this point be the next president of the United States. I know there was a little hope out there that maybe enough Trump defectors would not vote for him, that there’s...

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Tough Guy Trump Says He’ll Wipe Terrorists Off The Face Of The Earth

Tough Guy Trump Says He’ll Wipe Terrorists Off The Face Of The Earth

Posted by | Dec 20, 2016 | , , , |

The man who consistently skips his daily intelligence briefings is telling us that he can and will wipe the “terrorists” off the face of the earth. Tough talk from a man who can’t take any criticism on Twitter. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: In response to the attacks in Germany that have killed upwards of 50 people, Donald Trump, ever the tough guy, promised American citizens that no matter what, during his presidency, he was going to wipe terrorists off the face of the Earth. Of course we will do this...

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Trump Is The Result Of Years Of GOP Anti-Intellectualism

Trump Is The Result Of Years Of GOP Anti-Intellectualism

Posted by | Dec 20, 2016 | , , |

The Republicans have spent most of this century railing against so-called liberal elitism and intellectualism, demonizing intelligence. Donald Trump’s election is the end result of the Republican Party’s assault on intelligence. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: Those of us that have been in the progressive media industry since the days of George W. Bush, we used to talk a lot back then about the fact that you really can’t get any dumber than George W. Bush. When you think about it, George W. Bush rode this wave of anti-intellectualism into Washington...

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Psychiatrists Call For Trump Mental Exam, Fear He Might Be Unstable

Psychiatrists Call For Trump Mental Exam, Fear He Might Be Unstable

Posted by | Dec 19, 2016 | , , |

A group of psychiatrists have sent an open letter to Barack Obama about Donald Trump’s mental health, pleading with him to seek help. They believe that his outbursts and behaviors indicate some sort of mental instability. And they’re probably correct. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: A group of psychiatrists … more specifically, professors of psychiatry … have sent an open letter to President Barack Obama begging him to please take a second look at Donald Trump, because these psychiatrists believe that Donald Trump is displaying too many symptoms of mental instability....

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