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 807: Trump Uses National Guard for Political Stunt; Epstein's Girlfriend Moved to Minimum-Security Facility
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    This week on Ring of Fire!

    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!

  • Episode 805: Trump Can't Escape Epstein's Ghost; Megyn Kelly Turning on Trump? Habba Won't Leave
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    Donald Trump found out over the weekend that he can’t escape the Epstein scandal, even when he leaves the country. Trump snapped at a reporter for asking about the scandal, and the next day he kicked a reporter out of the room for asking about Ghislaine Maxwell. Trump is desperately trying to distract the public with fake scandals about Obama, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and Beyonce, but nothing seems to be working and it’s driving him insane.

    Megyn Kelly has been a staunch ally and supporter of Donald Trump for quite some time, but even she can’t hold back her contempt at the man and his administration over his handling of the Epstein scandal. Kelly admitted this week that clearly the administration is listening to “idiots” on the inside, and that is why their response has been so catastrophic. She’s so close to getting it right, but she isn’t there yet.

    Alina Habba was removed as the interim US Attorney for New Jersey last week by the panel of federal judges for the jurisdiction. Her time was limited as she hit the 120-day mark, and the judges appointed a different Republican (the number 2 under Habba) to take over. But Attorney General Pam Bondi FIRED that prosecutor, and then Alina Habba announced that she was the “Acting” US Attorney and that she’ll be there for the next 210 days. The whole thing is a legal nightmare.

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

  • Episode 804: Trump Melting Under Epstein Spotlight; But Hilary's Emails; Trump Goes Full Racist for Sports?
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    A clearly deranged and desperate Donald Trump shared a video to his Truth Social account that features an AI-altered video of former President Barack Obama being violently arrested in the Oval Office before eventually being shown in an orange jumpsuit behind bars. This is coming from a man that has 34 felony convictions against him and who desperately needs a distraction from the Epstein scandal that is growing worse for him by the day.

    The Department of Justice under Pam Bondi, along with encouragement from Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, has decided that the most important thing in America right now is none other than Hillary Clinton’s email scandal from nearly a decade ago. That investigation, which concluded in the Fall of 2016 and found no criminal wrongdoing, has been one the minds of Republicans for the last few days as they’ve scrambled to come up with a distraction from the Epstein scandal that is enveloping Trump’s entire world.

    Donald Trump decided to throw a bone to his base after telling them last week that he didn’t want them anymore, and he’s now demanding that sports teams go back to using their old, racist names, even if those names are now considered slurs. One of those teams is the Washington Commanders, and Trump says that if they don’t go back to calling themselves the “Redskins” then he’s going to block their deal for a new stadium. The man is drunk on power and losing his mind, which is an incredibly dangerous combination.

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

  • Episode 803: Epstein Hypocrisy; FEMA Failure
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    According to a former Trump associate that is still in contact with members of his administration, Donald Trump is FURIOUS about the MAGA backlash to the Epstein fallout and he’s screaming nonstop behind the scenes. This came after Trump’s weekend plea for his base to simply move on from the scandal and pretend that he’s not engaging in a massive coverup.

    Kristi Noem is blowing up over reports that she delayed the federal response to the Texas floods, and claims that reports that FEMA didn’t answer phone calls were completely false and “fake news.” However, official documents show that those claims are 100% correct and that FEMA did not answer a vast majority of the calls coming from Texas as the floods rampaged. Noem is now a documented liar who cannot be trusted to protect the American public.

    Republican Senator Josh Hawley told NBC News that he’s going to make sure that the cuts to Medicaid in the “big beautiful bill” never take effect. This comes two weeks AFTER Hawley voted for the Medicaid cuts by voting in favor of the legislation. His promise is basically to undo the damage that he intentionally inflicted upon the country, even when his single vote could have prevented all of this from happening. He can’t be let off the hook that easily.

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