Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins
News & Politics
This week on Ring of Fire!
Donald Trump's lawyers have so far done a horrible job of convincing the jury that he didn't do anything wrong. In their opening statements this week, the lawyers claimed that Trump is "innocent," and then proceeded to claim that even if he did it, it still isn't a crime. His lawyers appear to be less focused on proving his innocence than they are on convincing the jury that the crimes aren't actually illegal. That's never a winning strategy in court.
Presidential polling is still all over the place, with some polls showing President Biden easily beating Trump, while others are still showing a tight race with Trump one or two points ahead. But these numbers change dramatically when all other candidates are included, and more and more these polls are showing that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is peeling more support away from Trump than he is from Biden. In fact, when Kennedy is included, Trump now loses, even in polls where he was ahead in a two-way matchup.
One of the major concerns and most common questions about putting Donald Trump in jail if he is convicted is how to handle his Secret Service protection. Trump is guaranteed that protection for the rest of his life, and it would be difficult to force protection agents to sit in jail all day with him. Luckily, Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson has a way to fix that problem, and he's now put forth legislation that would strip Secret Service protection from anyone with a felony conviction.
Steve Bannon is pushing Donald Trump to skip out on his daily court appearances just to "see where the chips fall." The judge has already made it clear to Trump that he WILL put him in jail if he doesn't show up for court, and Bannon is well aware of this. Bannon seems to believe that Trump being thrown in jail for a period of time will somehow help the former President in his campaign, but really it would have the opposite effect.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
Episode 565: No Winner Yet!
Episode 564: Republicans Get Their SCOTUS Seat
Episode 563: Playing Politics with Stimulus; How Republicans Cheat
Episode 562: PPP Loans Used to Enrich Shareholders
Episode 561: Work from Home for the Biggest Corporations? Not so Fast!e
Episode 560: Are Banks Complicit in Laundering Money for Terrorists and Criminals?
Episode 559: Bailout Billions for Corporations and Little for Small Businesses; Trump's Not So Secret Plan to Steal the Election
Episode 558: The Right-Wing Obsession with Pedophilia Conspiracies
Episode 557: What Happens After the Election
Episode 556: Hidden History of Monopolies; Sam and Digby Make Their Way Through another Big News Week
Episode 555: RNC Roundup; Trump in Trouble Before Covid-19; Settling for Biden
Episode 554: DNC Convention Begins; Manafort's Ties to Russian Agent Detailed in New Report
Episode 553: Trump on Terminating Social Security; Evictions Set to Rise; Biden Selects Harris for V.P.
Episode 552: How Big Tech Monopolies are Bad for America; Great Time to be a White Collar Criminal
Episode 551: Moving Biden to the Left
Episode 550: The Moment the Republican Party Became Bitter and Ruthless; The Force Behind The Right's Efforts to Stop Change; Rest in Power Michael Brooks
Episode 549: Coronavirus Response Will Go Down in History as an Epic Fail
Episode 548: Shining a Light on Attorney General Bill Barr; Progressive Candidate Who's Taking on Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Episode 547: NYPD Police Car Hits Kid on Halloween and What Happened After; SCOTUS Breakdown from this Week; Top Stories from a Busy Week in News
Episode 546: Bill Barr's Corruption of the Department of Justice; Progressive Candidates Win Big this Week.
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