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Ring of Fire is a podcast hosted by Farron Cousins that began as a radio show in 2004 by Mike Papantonio. The show focuses on exposing corporate fat cats, polluters and media spinmeisters. Members get bonus content commercial free! [Become a Member today!](/ringoffire/join)
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This week on Ring of Fire! Republican Senator JD Vance likely didn’t do himself any favors in the vice-presidential debate against Governor Tim Walz on Tuesday evening. Vance repeatedly refused to answer questions and lied throughout most of the debate. At one point, he was so angry about being fact checked that he attacked the moderators before th…
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Kari Lake sat down for an interview on Arizona's PBS channel a few days ago, and it didn't go well for her. She attacked the host for daring to fact check her and suggested that he should go get a job working for Kamala Harris. But Lake had no coherent response when asked about the economic recovery that the country is experiencing, and instead tri…
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Donald Trump and his Republican allies have been attacking the federal response to Hurricane Helene, but the people who served in Trump's administration are reminding him of how horrible he was when disasters struck on his watch. According to these former staffers, Trump actually tried to deny disaster assistance to blue states like California, and…
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During a question and answer session with reporters this week, Donald Trump was asked about service members that were victims of an attack that happened when he was president, and Trump claimed that they "got some headaches." The truth is that these service members suffered severe traumatic brain injuries under his watch, and he's trying to downpla…
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Judge Tanya Chutkan released a recent court filing from special prosecutor Jack Smith on Wednesday afternoon containing all sorts of new evidence that the public had not previously known about. The release of this information, according to legal experts, is exceptionally bad for Donald Trump's case, and the convicted felon former president went abs…
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Rudy Giuliani is the best available example of how badly Donald Trump can destroy people's lives, but Rudy himself is still refusing to admit it. But he doesn't have to now because his daughter has done it for him. Writing in Vanity Fair, Caroline Giuliani announced that she was endorsing Kamala Harris for president after seeing firsthand the devas…
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Donald Trump has taken his personal attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris to a disturbing new level as his poll numbers crater. During a rally on Saturday, Trump declared that President Biden "became" mentally impaired, but that Harris was actually born "mentally disabled." Not that she will, but this is the kind of statement that is absolut…
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Donald Trump is completely losing his mind as he continues to lose the presidential race to Vice President Harris. And the insane claims that he is making these days is proof that his mind is completely gone. During a speech on Thursday, Trump claimed that immigrants have a special phone app that connects them directly to Kamala Harris so that she …
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This week on Ring of Fire! Republicans in the House are growing increasingly concerned that Donald Trump’s demands of them are going to lead to “galactically stupid” consequences for them in November’s election. Trump is still demanding that they shut down the government, and if they don’t, they fear that he’s going to go on the rampage against the…
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During a rally in Georgia this week, Donald Trump went completely off the rails and showcased his mental problems. He repeatedly messed up words and forgot the names of cities while completely botching his talking points about his own record. But it was when he started wandering off the stage and hugged air that everyone started to think that maybe…
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Donald Trump made a stop at a Pennsylvania grocery store this week where he was seen on camera handing people cash to pay for their groceries. He even told one lady "we're doing that for you from The White House," which is a fairly clear indication that he is attempting to buy their votes. Vote buying is illegal, for both the buyer and the payee, m…
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Donald Trump appeared to completely lose his mind during a midnight posting binge on Truth Social where he proclaimed that Kamala Harris "just lost" the election. As "proof" of his claim, he reposted an old clip of Harris on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show where she talked about being committed to the Green New Deal and pushing for more clean energ…
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During a recent episode of his podcast, Donald Trump, Jr. suggested that the most recent man that attempted to harm his father, Donald Trump, could end up having a situation in prison like Jeffrey Epstein. But by making this claim, Junior reminded everyone that it was HIS father and his father's Department of Justice that oversaw the prisons when E…
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This week on Ring of Fire! There is absolutely no winning with Donald Trump. Following the incident at his golf course on Sunday, Trump told a rally crowd this week that both President Biden and Vice President Harris called him and were very nice, and then he said he wished that they hadn’t been so nice to him – apparently it makes him feel bad to …
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During a surprise appearance on the Gutfeld! show on Fox News this week, Donald Trump continued his pity party over his pathetic debate performance, but this time he added a new twist. Trump claimed that when the moderators fact checked him the audience at the debate went crazy. The only problem is that there was no audience. Trump made it up, like…
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This week on Ring of Fire! Donald Trump had a major meltdown early Sunday morning about mail-in voting. He immediately got on Truth Social to complain about the US Mail service admitting that they are running way behind on getting mail-in ballots delivered, which Trump immediately claimed was election interference. The irony is that HE created this…
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Judge Aileen Cannon could be in big trouble after it was revealed that she failed to disclose the fact that she attended a right wing legal junket in May of 2023. The event, paid for by a conservative law school, featured other conservative judges and right wing organizations, and Cannon was required by rules to disclose the trip within 30 days - w…
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Donald Trump decided to go full racist in a disturbing social media attack against Kamala Harris this week, accusing her of somehow destroying "black heritage" with her presidential run. Trump is so desperate to win this year that he is now trying to play the race card AGAINST Harris, which is something that his campaign and all of his allies begge…
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Donald Trump continues to create unnecessary controversy for his campaign, most recently by snuggling up to right wing provocateur Laura Loomer. Republicans are fed up with the sideshows, and they are starting to express their frustration with Trump's nonsensical style. The Trump campaign is now scrambling to distance themselves from Loomer, but it…
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During his rally in Tucson, Arizona last week, Donald Trump went off on a tangent about how much it totally doesn't bother him to be called "weird" by Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Even though that line of attack has died off in recent weeks, it is still clearly getting under Trump's skin to the point where he can't think about anything else. To make…
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Conservatives are having a collective freakout over the fact that Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris following Tuesday evening's debate, and they are doing their best to pretend like it isn't a big deal (while all suffering a major meltdown about it.) Everyone from Elon Musk to Dave Rubin has weighed in, essentially begging Swift to change her min…
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A bitter and angry Donald Trump called into Fox & Friends on Wednesday morning to whine about his debate with Kamala Harris the night before, where he got absolutely obliterated by her. But he also made an admission that most of us saw coming - He doesn't know if he wants to do any more debates. He's running scared, and he can't afford to run and h…
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According to a new report from Rolling Stone, Donald Trump was so annoyed by late night comedians and sketch shows that were making fun of him while president that he attempted to get the Department of Justice to prosecute them to shut them up. While his DOJ at the time didn't follow through with his request, a second Trump administration would be …
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Donald Trump made a shocking pledge over the weekend to prosecute and imprison anyone involved in the 2020 election that he still claims was stolen from him. This means, according to Trump, that lawyers, politicians, and even members of the media who deny the election was stolen could face criminal prosecution for angering him. He's telling us righ…
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It doesn't take a lot of common sense or courage to say that a tragedy is bad and shouldn't happen, but apparently J.D. Vance isn't smart enough to figure that out. After saying that America just has to deal with tragedies at schools as a "fact of life," the public turned their anger towards him and the Trump campaign is now scrambling to clean up …
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The country could be headed for another government shutdown at the end of this month if a must-pass budget bill stalls in the House. And Donald Trump is leading the calls for the government to be shut down a month before the election. His qualm involves a piece of legislation that Republicans are pushing that would make it harder to register to vot…
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This week on Ring of Fire! At a time when Donald Trump can’t afford any slip ups, his campaign made a massive unforced error this week during a photo op at Arlington National Cemetery. The former president appeared to take some pictures and lay a wreath, but now reports suggest that this whole incident may have been illegal. Making things even wors…
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A judge in Michigan torched RFK, Jr.'s attempt to remove his name from the state's ballots this year after Kennedy desperately tried to remove himself in order to help Donald Trump. The judge said that the state isn't going to change how they do business based on the "whim" of a candidate like Kennedy. This was a shot at Kennedy's fight to get on t…
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Melania Trump has been almost completely absent from her husband's reelection campaign, and a former Trump official believes he knows the reason. According to Anthony Scaramucci, the big reason why Melania isn't hitting the campaign trail is because she hates her husband and wants Kamala Harris to win in November. Scaramucci may or may not still ha…
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Steve Bannon's lawyers have asked a judge to IMMEDIATELY let Bannon leave prison, in spite of the fact that he has only served two months of his four month sentence. They claim that he shouldn't have to sit in prison as he appeals his conviction, but that argument has already been ruled on by a judge. There's a much better explanation as to why Ban…
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According to a recent report, staffers and insiders close to Donald Trump are starting to panic that his heart really isn't in this presidential race. They say that he is still spending most of his days on the golf course while his campaign continues to slowly die. Trump is old, and it is obvious that he doesn't have the stamina or even the mental …
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Donald Trump went on one of the worst tears ever this week on social media, raging about everything that is going wrong with his life. But at one point, he took a bizarre detour and demanded that Judge Juan Merchan lift the gag order that he's still under so that he can name the members of the jury. Trump is free to attack the jury, but he is NOT a…
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This week on Ring of Fire! Donald Trump went even further off the deep end this past weekend, ranting on Truth Social like a complete lunatic. At one point, he even asked how Kamala Harris even has a “right” to run for President, suggesting that she is somehow an illegitimate person. These attacks are going to continue to get more unhinged and more…
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Special Prosecutor Jack Smith brought a superseding indictment against Donald Trump this week in an effort to avoid running into the issue of presidential immunity as he seeks to prosecute Trump for interfering with the results of the 2020 election. Legal experts are praising the decision, but Trump got on Truth Social and absolutely lost his mind,…
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Donald Trump traveled to Detroit, Michigan this week to deliver a speech about something - it is hard to say what the speech was supposed to be about because he went off on so many weird and incoherent tangents. But the convicted felon barely seemed alive during the low energy speech, and he repeatedly slurred and stuttered his way through the enti…
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Donald Trump posted and then promptly deleted an error-filled post on Truth Social this past weekend after receiving intense ridicule. In addition to multiple misspellings of things that weren't even words to begin with, the post simply ended in the middle of a sentence and went out to the world. This was another example of Trump's failing cognitiv…
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Donald Trump tried to deflect some of the media's attention away from the DNC and back onto him with a speech at the border last week, but instead he reminded the country of just how bad his cognitive functioning has become. During what was supposed to be a speech about his border policies, Trump instead went on a low energy "rant" about the state …
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell tried to go "incognito" at the DNC this week by shaving his mustache and dressing like Roger Stone, but he didn't fool anyone. On top of his pathetic disguise, he was also spouting the same lies that he's always told, and at one point he was even put in his place by a 12-year old reporter/activist called Knowa. Lindell pro…
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