January 14, 2016

Are The Koch Brothers’ Old Asses On Their Way Out?

Charles Koch is sad that he and his brother don’t have as much influence over the 2016 election as they had hoped. In an interview with The Financial Times, Koch lamented the fact that he and his brother David had presented all of the Republican candidates with a list of things that they wanted to get out of the next president, and the candidates didn’t seem to care too much about those demands.

So because the candidates were not immediately willing to sign off on the Koch checklist, the Koch brothers think they don’t have enough power in the political process.

January 14, 2016

The GOP’s Immigration Hoax

When it comes to politicians, it’s usually best to second-guess almost everything they say. This holds true especially for Republicans in an election year.

Take the issue of immigration. Republican presidential candidates have made this year’s election all about the handling of undocumented immigrants, and they’ve been very successful in drumming up their angry, bigoted base to be fearful of anyone that comes across America’s borders.

January 13, 2016

Occupy Democrats: Fighting For Progressive Values & Hammering Republicans

One of the biggest problems that Progressives seem to have is that they are overly willing to try to play nice with Republican creeps. But there’s a big difference between taking the high road, and just rolling over, and that’s what most Progressives don’t seem to understand. But there’s a group out there that isn’t afraid to throw a few punches when necessary, and that group is Occupy Democrats. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this with the co-founder of that group, Omar Rivero…

January 13, 2016

Hillary Made More Talking To Big Banks In Two Years Than You’ll Make In Your Lifetime

According to filings, Hillary Clinton pulled in almost $3 million dollars between 2013 and 2015 for 12 speeches given to Wall Street banks. The majority of that money came in 2013, right after she stepped down as Secretary of State.

January 13, 2016

DuPont Knowingly Poisoned An Entire Town, Still No Jail Time For Executives

DuPont might just be one of the worst corporations operating in America today. For close to 50 years, the company was poisoning the town of Parkersburg, West Virginia with a chemical known as a C8 – a chemical that the company knew would linger in the bodies of the residents of that town for a quarter century, causing cancers and other illnesses along the way.

Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

January 13, 2016

Right Wing Hate Fuels Surge In Gun Sales

Even with President Obama’s executive action on gun control last week, gun manufacturers aren’t scared one bit. And that’s because their stocks are going through the roof.

Last year, as a result of the constant mass shootings taking place in America, gun sales began to skyrocket. In the wake of last week’s executive order making it slightly more difficult to buy a firearm without a background check, Wall Street speculators have been pumping money into the stocks of gun makers, anticipating a massive spike in sales as a result of President Obama’s executive actions.

January 12, 2016

Energizing Young Voters: They Will Sway This Election If They Simply Show Up

Young voters are going to make up the largest voting demographic in this year’s elections, but getting this group to vote is no easy task. And when it comes to college aged students, the task becomes even more difficult. But there are several groups out there that are making a very big difference and they’ve been hugely successful in getting young voters energized and engaged.

Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this with Paul Loeb, author of the book The Impossible Will Take A Little While.

January 12, 2016

Republicans Are Still The Party of No New Ideas

Republicans in Washington kicked off the New Year by announcing that they wouldn’t be working to make the country better, but instead they’ll just be working to stop President Obama from being able to do anything during his final year in office. This is actually how the Republicans have operated since the first day Obama came into office.

Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses what we can expect from the Republicans in 2016 with attorney Michael Burg.

January 12, 2016

Religious Nut: It’s Not Climate Change, It’s The Spirit of ISIS!

Televangelist Jim Bakker doesn’t believe in climate change, but he does believe that the evil spirit of ISIS is hovering over America, and that’s why God is sending extreme weather events to America. Get ready for a tidal wave of stupidity.

Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

January 12, 2016

Welfare Hypocrisy: Red States Are The Real Freeloaders

For years the Republican Party has been telling us that the welfare system in America is helping to make people lazy and making them too dependent on the federal government. If this is true, then a new report has some horrible news to deliver to Republicans....