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GOPs Brain Trust Trey Gowdy Now Officially a Cartoon Character

GOPs Brain Trust Trey Gowdy Now Officially a Cartoon Character

Posted by | Oct 23, 2015 | , |

After the Benghazi hearing on Thursday, it’s safe to say that House Select Committee on Benghazi Chair Trey Gowdy (R-SC) is nothing more than a bickering child. In the beginning of the hearing, Gowdy expressed that the hearing was not to focus on Hillary Clinton, but to find the truth. However, “finding the truth” consisted of focusing on Clinton as the Republican-led committee continued its politicized hit job on the former Secretary of State. The hearing became nothing more than a bickering session mainly between Gowdy and Rep. Elijah Cumming (D-MD), the ranking Democratic member on the House Select...

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Corporate Media Pushes Pointless Scandals To Ignite Right Wing Crazies

Corporate Media Pushes Pointless Scandals To Ignite Right Wing Crazies

Posted by | Oct 22, 2015 | , |

The corporate media is having a blast covering issues like the Planned Parenthood hearings, Benghazi, and Hillary Clinton’s emails, but there’s a problem – these are made-up scandals that only the most hardcore right wingers actually believe are true. But that hasn’t stopped the corporate media from devoting countless hours to covering these issues, because it’s great for their ratings. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this with Eric Boehlert, a senior fellow at Media Matters for America. Stay connected with our video content by subscribing to the Ring of Fire YouTube channel at no cost. Listen to Ring...

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The Amazing Fraud of Fox News “Terror Analyst” Wayne Simmons: ROF Explains

The Amazing Fraud of Fox News “Terror Analyst” Wayne Simmons: ROF Explains

Posted by | Oct 21, 2015 | , |

Wayne Simmons, the tough-talking, all-American patriot who has been a “Terror Analyst” at Fox News since 2002, is a fraud, a shyster, and an all-around con man. He fooled Uncle Rupert, and he managed to fool Uncle Sam, worming his way into numerous government contracts, high security clearances, and a cushy job advising senior military officers around the world. Let’s hope those military officers didn’t take any of his advice, since his military experience apparently consists of playing with toy soldiers as a boy. Talk about padding a resume. According to Wayne Simmons’ website, he was recruited from the...

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Fox News Commentator Arrested by Feds for Lying About Being Former CIA

Fox News Commentator Arrested by Feds for Lying About Being Former CIA

Posted by | Oct 16, 2015 | , |

Wayne Simmons, a regular contributor for Fox News, was arrested by federal authorities after falsely claiming that he was in the Central Intelligence Agency as an “Outside Paramilitary Special Operations Officer.” Federal authorities arrested Simmons after a federal grand jury indictment alleging that Simmons committed major fraud, wire fraud, and making false statements to the government. Simmons claimed that he was in the CIA from 1973 to 2000 and “used that false claim in an attempt to obtain government security clearances and work as a defense contractor, including at one point successfully getting deployed overseas as an intelligence adviser...

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