Author: Tony Prettyman

Flint Residents Still Don’t Have Clean Drinking Water

The Flint, Michigan water crisis was brought to national attention a little over a year ago, and still today residents do not have safe water to consume. This crisis is the result of Republicans wanting to run the government like a business. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: It’s been a little over a year since the water crisis in Flint, Michigan actually came to national attention, but the crisis in the city has actually been going on for far longer than that, and still today, more than one year after we...

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“Smart Guy” Trump Says “Nobody Really Knows” If Climate Change Is Real

Self-proclaimed “smart guy” Donald Trump told Fox News this weekend that no one really knows if climate change is real or what’s causing it. Perhaps if this smart guy picked up a scientific journal he’d understand that it is real and that even his pals at Exxon understood the causes more than 40 years ago. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed real smart guy, told Fox News’ Chris Wallace over this past weekend that quote, ‘Nobody really knows if climate change is happening, or what’s causing it, or...

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Study Proves White Juries Let Killer Cops Off The Hook

If you’ve been wondering why police officers who murder people of color keep getting let off, take a look at the jury makeup. A new study shows that the majority of these juries are white, and when these all-white juries get the chance, they let killer cops off the hook. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: In the year 2015, 991 American citizens were murdered by police officers. This year, 2016, we’re on pace to essentially meet that same number. We’ve only got a few days left in this year, and we’re...

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Trump Spokesman Says Corruption Isn’t Illegal If Done In The Open

Trump spokesman Sean Spicer told CNN this week that corruption can’t be considered “illegal” if it is done out in the open, so we shouldn’t worry about Trump’s conflicts of interest. That might be one of the dumbest thing that a Trump representative has said this year. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: A spokesperson for Donald Trump by the name of Sean Spicer appeared on CNN this past Wednesday to tell people that, hey, it’s only corruption, or essentially, corruption is only illegal if it’s done in secret. When you do...

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