Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins
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This week on Ring of Fire!
During a rally last week, Donald Trump attacked the media for reporting on all of his mental gaffes, and then he told the cult-like audience that he's actually doing all of those things (making constant mistakes) on purpose. This man is incapable of telling the truth, and his followers are incapable of believing the truth, so this really is a match made in heaven for Trump. But for those of us in reality, this claim is just another lie that Trump tells to make himself feel better.
Conservative commentator Charlie Sykes quipped last week that Donald Trump may end up picking one of his sons to be his running mate due to his penchant for nepotism. While the comment was meant to be humorous, it also presents a very real possibility for Trump. If he wants to create a political dynasty with staying power, he'll have to get his idiot sons into the game - and he knows that they can't succeed on their own.
Donald Trump has been successful in getting Judge Aileen Cannon to delay his documents trial, and he's hoping that she will continue to delay it indefinitely so that he doesn't have to face the music before the election. But this could come back to bite him, as it could clear the calendar in a way that allows Judge Tanya Chutkan to move his January 6th trial up, causing that conclusion to be reached before the election. Cannon's continued interference is now on track to hurt the man she's trying to protect.
The judge overseeing Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy proceeding has ordered the former New York City mayor to reveal every one of his donors that is paying his legal fees. Giuliani will also have to reveal how the money is being disbursed and what it is being used for in an itemized list. This is not good news for Rudy, as it could shame his donors to the point where they no longer wish to fund his legal problems, leaving him with no lawyers for the cases that he still faces.
Republicans in the House successfully impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last week, but that was the easy part. They now have to hold a trial in the Senate in order to convict and remove him from office, and that's not going to happen. In fact, there's a good chance that the articles of impeachment are dismissed straight away without a trial being held. Ted Cruz is begging Mitch McConnell to prevent that from happening, but dismissing the charges will save Republicans a LOT of embarrassment during an election year.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire!
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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