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.

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  • Episode 810: Trump Seen Alive; Judge Rules Pirro's Case "Garbage"
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    This week on Ring of Fire!

    Donald Trump attempted to put the rumors of his failing health to rest by posting on social media that he “NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE” and then sharing photos of himself playing golf with disgraced former NFL coach Jon Gruden. The only problem is that the photos were from a golf outing that happened a week before, which the internet quickly picked up and caused even more people to think that Trump is definitely hiding what’s really happening with his health. As usual, Trump made the situation worse by opening his mouth.

    It’s starting to look like Jeanine Pirro might be the most incompetent US Attorney that the District of Columbia has ever had. She has already lost yet another case before her office even had the chance to start the trial after a judge ruled late last week that the entire case was “total garbage.” The judge trashed Pirro and her office for inflating the charges against the defendant while providing absolutely no evidence to justify anything they’d claimed in their charging documents. This is just the latest in a GROWING string of failures for Pirro.

    The American media spent an entire 24-hour news cycle speculating about what Donald Trump’s grand announcement on Tuesday was going to be after he first made the announcement on Monday. Important stories were buried as cable and print media continued to speculate, begging insiders to give them a little bit of knowledge about what to expect. In the end, it was a dumb announcement that didn’t mean anything at all, and the media proved once again how easy it is for Trump to play them.

    All that, and much more, on this week’s Ring of Fire Podcast!

  • Episode 809: Dictator in Chief? Trump Raids Political Enemies; Dementia?
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    During an absolutely incoherent and rambling talk with reporters on Monday, Donald Trump finally said what many of us have been expecting for a long time. Trump said that there are “people” telling him that they would actually like to have a dictator in charge of the country, which is a complete fabrication. Trump isn’t being told that people want him to be a dictator – he is projecting his own desires onto the public and then using that as an excuse to do it.

    Following the FBI raid of John Bolton’s home last Friday, Donald Trump decided to continue his corrupt pursuit of his political enemies by threatening to investigate former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Much like Bolton, Christie absolutely deserves to face criminal investigations, but not ones that are motivated by spite and anger, which is exactly what Trump is doing. Trump was angry about an interview that Christie gave on ABC News on Sunday morning, and that’s what sparked this potentially new investigation.

    Donald Trump sparked new concerns about possible dementia this week when he was seen in a video being completely unable to walk in a straight line. The video came from his golf outing over the weekend, and it was very similar to the one of him walking the red carpet to meet Vladimir Putin, where Trump veered from one side of the carpet to the other in a zig-zag pattern. These can be symptoms of spatial disorientation, which is common in dementia patients.

    All that, and much more, on this week’s Ring of Fire Podcast!

  • Episode 808: Does Putin Own Trump? Trump Tariffs
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    Donald Trump dipped out of his meeting with leaders from the European Union this week in order to take a phone call from Vladimir Putin, and Trump admitted on Tuesday that he did it because he didn’t want to “disrespect” Putin. This is all the proof you need that Trump is deathly afraid of Putin to the point where he will literally drop everything he’s doing to take his phone call. That’s a level of power that Putin probably never thought he’d have over the United States, but here we are.

    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is in full panic mode after rumors started swirling last week that he was seeking to take over after Donald Trump leaves office. That’s a weird thing to panic about considering the fact that Trump is currently legally barred from running for office again, but Kennedy nevertheless got on social media to misattribute the attacks that came directly from one of Donald Trump’s best friends.

    Marjorie Taylor Greene reposted a video of a woman from Illinois who was in tears talking about the financial hardships that she, and millions of other Americans, are currently facing. Greene said that this type of suffering was “unacceptable,” but declined to mention the fact that it is her Party and her votes that have caused this. The financial hardships Americans are facing can all be tied directly back to Republican policies that Greene and the people she has endorsed (like Trump) have been pushing.

    All that, and so much more, on this week’s Ring of Fire Podcast!

  • Episode 807: Trump Uses National Guard for Political Stunt; Epstein's Girlfriend Moved to Minimum-Security Facility
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    Donald Trump, the convicted felon President of the United States, has been telling lie after lie about crime rates in this country for well over a year, but his decision to deploy the National Guard and take over the Washington, D.C. police force this week is not rooted anywhere close to reality. Crime rates in DC have fallen faster than the national averages, similar to the other cities that Trump mentioned could be “next.” The man is lying in order to become a dictator.

    Donald Trump is planning to use the United States military against civilians exercising their Constitutional rights, according to newly obtained documents from the federal government. The Washington Post obtained the plans for the “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force,” which is just a long, fancy title for using the military to suppress dissent and secure Donald Trump’s position as the dictator of a country that used to be the United States.

    Following in the footsteps of Jeffrey Epstein himself, Ghislaine Maxwell has now been APPROVED to leave prison each day as part of a work release program. This comes after the Trump administration bent the rules to move the predator from a maximum-security federal prison in Florida to a condo at a minimum-security facility in Texas. It is now only a matter of time before Trump gives her a pardon.

    All that, and much more, on this week’s Ring of Fire Podcast!

  • Episode 806: Texas Dems Doing What's Right! Bondi Under Fire
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    The Democratic state lawmakers who fled Texas to prevent the legislature from having a quorum to approve new, gerrymandered districts are now facing civil arrest warrants from the Republican leadership of the state. These are not criminal warrants, and they are only seeking to force the Democrats back into the chamber so that the vote can be held. These Democrats are showing us a masterclass in courage and standing up for what’s right, and Democrats all over the country should be celebrating their actions.

    Attorney General Pam Bondi has sent the sham “Obama treason” investigation to prosecutors to present to a grand jury, a remarkably fast move considering the so-called “new evidence” only emerged a week and a half ago. Nevertheless, Bondi knows that she is neck-deep in the Epstein scandal along with her boss, and if she doesn’t give Trump everything that he wants it will result in a very quick termination for her, so this is what she’s doing.

    In a shocking and completely backwards move, shareholders of Tesla voted to give Elon Musk MORE money so that he does NOT leave the company. This is the exact opposite of what they should be doing, as nearly all of the company’s problems stem from Musk being universally hated across the planet. But instead of voting him out and saving the company, they decided to give him even more money to keep destroying the company.

    All that, and much more, on this week’s Ring of Fire Podcast!