Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins
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This week on Ring of Fire!
At his fundraiser this past weekend, Donald Trump promised the crowd of wealthy supporters that he would fight to keep their taxes low if he gets back into office. This was part of his sales pitch to ensure that they give him money for his campaign. The wealthy class doesn't care about his coup attempt or his criminal charges or the threat he poses to the country - all they care about is saving a few million dollars a year on their taxes.
The company that is backing Donald Trump's fraud trial bond has come under fire from prosecutors, and Judge Arthur Engoron has even scheduled a hearing with the company to determine if they can even afford to post it. And now new reports have found some serious discrepancies with the actual contract that the company produced for the bond that could result in it being completely thrown out.
Lindsey Graham wasn't happy with Donald Trump's recent comments about letting states decide what rights women are allowed to have (Lindsey wants the federal government to take those rights away,) and this prompted Trump to go nuclear against his former friend. But it didn't end there. Later in the day, Trump decided to finish off Graham for good, and Trump said that he takes the blame for Graham existing in the Senate because his endorsement is what saved his career. It is safe to say that, for now, this relationship appears to be over.
A federal judge has taken the unusual step of sending a letter to the "friends and allies" of a convicted Capitol Rioter, warning them to stop saying that the man did "nothing wrong" and to stop condoning and downplaying political violence. While the letter was supposedly meant for the convict's inner circle, it read more like a warning to the Republican Party itself that continues to downplay what happened on January 6th.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
Episode 566: Day One Agenda: How Biden Can Use Executive Actions
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
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