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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! The Supreme Court issued their long-awaited ruling on Presidential immunity on Monday, and it didn't do anything to clear things up. The Court actually just regurgitated what the Constitution says - specifically that the President has absolute immunity for official acts, but not from other acts. But this is still a major …
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Donald Trump has enjoyed a string of good news over the past week, but there are still some unpleasant things happening to him. For example, his two golf courses in New Jersey have now lost their liquor licenses due to the fact that he is a convicted felon, and the state is investigating whether or not that prevents him from serving alcohol at his …
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A shocking new report from Vanity Fair this week claimed that Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. had inappropriate contact with a babysitter that the family had hired at his home, and the babysitter claims that the behavior happened on multiple occasions. On top of that, the article also claimed that Kennedy once boasted abou…
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Following the Supreme Court's immunity ruling on Monday, Alina Habba ran to Fox News to declare victory for her client, Donald Trump. But then she made an admission that throws her entire boast into question: She admitted that she hadn't actually read the ruling while she was bragging about it. If she had read it, she would know that it doesn't say…
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Lauren Boebert has settled a lawsuit for an undisclosed sum with the political action committee that claimed she had previously worked as an escort. But Boebert isn't getting paid - she was the one that was sued by the group after she threatened to sue them and defamed them, according to the judge. American Muckrakers stands by the main allegations…
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During the debate last week, Donald Trump admitted that Vladimir Putin had told him about his plans to take Ukraine, which was at least two years before he actually launched the invasion. If what Trump is saying is true, then that means he knew the attack was going to happen and did nothing to inform US intelligence agencies that it was going to ha…
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Democrats in Congress, the media, and all over the country are still reeling from the horrific debate performance given by President Biden Thursday evening. Headlines on Friday were filled with questions about his future and whether the Party could even replace him on the ballot at this point. Donald Trump lied his way through the debate, but Biden…
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A group of drag performers went to Congress this week to lobby lawmakers to include protections for the LGBTQ community in federal civil rights legislation. This didn't sit well with Marjorie Taylor Greene, and she got on social media to cry about the "scary" drag performers who she continues to accuse of manipulating children, although that doesn'…
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This week on Ring of Fire! Lauren Boebert prevailed in her Republican primary for Colorado's 4th Congressional district, and this means that she will likely cruise to a relatively easy victory in November in the deeply red area of the state. The real disappointment, however, is the fact that the Republicans in that district had the opportunity to p…
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Donald Trump woke up on the wrong side of the bed on Wednesday morning, and he immediately got on Truth Social to let the world know how angry he is at life. In his post, Trump falsely claimed that President Biden is the "walking lying machine," and said that the lack of fact checkers at the debate would benefit him. This is all projection, as Trum…
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Donald Trump is so nervous about his debate with President Biden on Thursday that he is now demanding that the President take a drug test before the debate. Trump says that he'll gladly take one, too, but no drug tests are going to happen. Instead, Trump is setting up an excuse for a potentially poor performance at the debate so that he won't have …
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Donald Trump is still trying to scare Americans into thinking that immigrants are going to harm them, but in two speeches over the weekend, Trump came up with a new plan to handle immigration. He said that proposed the idea of a "Migrant Fight League" to rival the Ultimate Fighting League, and the winner of each league would fight each other at the…
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Lauren Boebert's much-anticipated primary is tomorrow, and we could know by the end of the day if her career in Congress is finally over. But before we get to that point, her rivals on both sides of the political aisle are trying to get a few more shots in. One of her Democratic rivals posted a video of himself sitting in the same exact seat at the…
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This week on Ring of Fire! Kellyanne Conway has returned to her previous role as the chief lie-teller for Donald Trump. Over the weekend, Conway appeared on Fox News to falsely claim that Trump spoke to about 8,000 people at a predominantly black church in Detroit, even though photos showed roughly 200, mostly-white people attending his speech. In …
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has now lost all of the lawyers that were representing him in his "Prove Mike Wrong" challenge, where a court ordered him to pay $5 million to a man who accepted his challenge and proved that his data from the 2020 election doesn't show any malfeasance. Lindell is struggling to maintain legal representation as he faces ser…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, along with a few other extremists in Congress, is working on a bonkers plan to prevent Steve Bannon from going to prison next month. Greene is co-sponsoring legislation that would rescind Bannon's subpoena from Congress, which would then cause his conviction to be invalidated because he can't defy a subpoena that doesn't exi…
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Matt Gaetz says that the House Ethics Committee has opened up even more investigations into him, and he is not happy. Gaetz took to social media to rail against the fact that he's still under investigation, and claimed that he will soon be "exonerated" from this attack that he still maintains is being orchestrated by Kevin McCarthy. Gaetz might be …
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Donald Trump managed to steal the headlines during another holiday with his deranged Truth Social post on Father's Day. Trump called out the "degenerate Left" that is, according to him, turning America into a "Third world country," which is similar to his Memorial Day and Easter posts. This man is filled with nothing but hate and rage, and his post…
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is still in the running to be president, and with Donald Trump's criminal conviction, he could end up stealing away even more Republican votes. The question is whether or not Kennedy could win a single state - and if he does, would that prevent either President Biden or Donald Trump from getting to 270 electoral votes? Also, …
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This week on Ring of Fire! Judge Aileen Cannon has officially been on the documents case for a year, and legal experts are saying that they are shocked she still has a job. These experts have been so repulsed by the behavior of Judge Cannon that they now believe she's no longer fit to serve on the bench at all. And the rulings she issued last week …
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Like it or not, Donald Trump is going away any time soon. In fact, as long as he has a pulse and a voice we're going to continue hearing from him and about him. But that doesn't necessarily mean that we have to pay attention, and the media needs to do a better job of tuning out that lunatic once he's no longer running for office. Also, Donald Trump…
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It is possible that the bulk of the MAGA movement disappears after convicted felon Donald Trump is no longer in the picture, but parts of it are likely here to stay. The reason for this is because the movement is fueled by hatred and anger, and those feelings have been around since the dawn of time, and plenty of other Republican politicians are ca…
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In a normal world, Republican politicians would be disgusted by the fact that they are going to have a convicted felon at the top of their ticket. But in Republican world, they are embracing Donald Trump even harder after his 34 felony convictions. They believe that this loyalty will be rewarded in the future. Also, the Constitution has minimal req…
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According to Republican pollster Frank Luntz, he's hearing some bad news for Donald Trump while talking to Independent voters. These voters are telling Luntz that under no circumstances will they vote for someone that is a convicted felon. Many of these sentiments have been echoed in recent polling data, but hearing the quote from the voters themse…
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Donald Trump's lead criminal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, gave an interview this week where he may have said more than he should have. The lawyer described the disgusting fast food hillbilly buffet that Trump had every day during his trial, which consisted of McDonald's, pizzas, and Hostess snack cakes. Blanche claims he actually lost weight by …
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This week on Ring of Fire! During his recent interview with Fox & Friends, Donald Trump claimed that he's "ok with" the idea of him going to prison. However, he included one very important caveat that many believe could be a signal to his violent base. Trump said that while he's fine with going to jail, "the public" likely wouldn't be, and that cou…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene put her mental issues on display for the entire world this week as she went off crazier than usual about everything you could imagine. The Georgia lawmaker said that she wants an "exorcism" of the Republican Party to get "the demons out," and then she encouraged Republicans to abuse their power in order to protect Trump. That…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is pushing an amendment to an appropriations bill in the House that would "defund" the entire state of New York. Not to be outdone, Jim Jordan is trying to one-up Greene by attaching an amendment that would defund the FBI, the DOJ, Jack Smith, Fani Willis, and Alvin Bragg. These Republicans have done nothing but run interfere…
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Multiple polls have been conducted since the guilty verdict came back against Donald Trump on Thursday, and every one of these new polls offers some really bad news for Trump. Not only do the polls show that most people believe the trial was fair and the verdict was correct, but they also show that a significant number of people (Republicans and In…
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This week on Ring of Fire! It wouldn't be a holiday in the United States without Donald Trump posting something horribly offensive and inappropriate on social media, and Memorial Day this year was no exception. Trump posted a message wishing a Happy Memorial Day to all, including the "human scum" that have been successful in holding him accountable…
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This week on Ring of Fire! The defense team rested their case in Donald Trump's hush money trial a little before noon on Tuesday, and the former President never took the stand. Trump had promised multiple times that he would be testifying in his own defense, and the consensus was that this would be a horrible idea for his trial team. Apparently he …
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The Trump Media and Technology Group released their first quarter numbers for this year, and they are nothing short of jaw-dropping. The company posted a revenue of just $770,000 while posting losses of more than $327 MILLION in the first three months of this year. The stock for the company - which had recently seen a surprise spike - is about to b…
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During his speech at an NRA event this past weekend, Donald Trump froze and stopped talking for a solid 35 seconds. The news was buzzing about his freezing all weekend long, and it apparently got to Trump by Monday morning, because that's when he got on Truth Social to post a lengthy defense (and denial) of freezing up, blaming it on a wobbly podiu…
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Donald Trump just can't seem to help himself when he gets in front of a camera. The former president is so desperate for attention that he ended up actually admitting to one of the main aspects of the criminal charges against him - that he had a non-disclosure agreement between him, Michael Cohen, and Stormy Daniels. If a smoking gun didn't already…
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Jim Jordan got his butt handed to him by Democratic Representative Stacey Plasket during a hearing this week. Plasket called out Jordan, and many other Republican lawmakers, for making a mockery of the hearing process and for blindly following Donald Trump's orders to pretend that the government is being weaponized against them - orders that Republ…
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This week on Ring of Fire! It was announced last week that Barron Trump would be an RNC delegate at the RNC convention this coming summer, but Melania Trump has now put that idea to rest. Her office announced that he is declining to be a delegate for the state of Florida, but this came AFTER her husband, Donald, made a video boasting about Barron b…
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