Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins

This week on Ring of Fire! It has been a week filled with Republican corruption - From the indictments against George Santos to the jury verdict against Donald Trump and all the way up to the Supreme Court. So this week, we'll be running through all of the insane corruption that appears to have taken hold in every single part of today's Republican Party. And in this week's member's show: - Trump g...

This week on a Special Ring of Fire! The Flint, Michigan water crisis has been going on for 9 years, and residents are still reporting problems with the water system. People in the city are dying, new diseases are showing up in young residents, and not a single person has been held accountable for any part of the crisis. Journalist Jordan Chariton of Status Coup news recently returned from a trip...

This week on Ring of Fire! Tucker Carlson is OUT at Fox News, and new reports tell us that it is a combination of factors that led to his ousting - especially his disgusting text messages. Florida governor Ron DeSantis is being sued by Disney and his billionaire donors are abandoning him left and right. Could this be the end of DeSantis' future political ambitions? President Biden announced his of...

This week on Ring of Fire! Jeff Waldorf, host of Around The Nation, will join Farron to talk about a variety of issues, including the conservative freakouts over anything that they consider to be "woke," which we've seen in recent weeks with their panic over Bud Light. We'll explain why conservative media has managed to become so successful and how that impacts the way we have to cover t...

This week on Ring of Fire: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has some glaring conflicts of interest that are raising the alarm bells - and raising the voices calling for him to be impeached and removed from office. The United States is suffering from a terrifying epidemic of gun violence, with 146 mass shooting events in just the first 100 days of this year. We'll explain why this country cont...

This week on Ring of Fire! Donald Trump has officially been indicted on 34 counts related to falsifying business documents as part of a "conspiracy" to impact the outcome of the 2016 election. We'll talk about the counts that he is facing and what it means for the future of the presidential race. Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his run for the Republican nomination for...

This week on Ring of Fire: The nation is once again mourning after a tragic shooting in Nashville, but Republicans are still insisting that we don't have a gun problem in the United States. Reporter Louis DeAngelis from Status Coup News will be here to give us an update on the situation on the ground in East Palestine, Ohio - and the residents are still suffering. Republican Governor Kay Ivey of A...

This week on Ring of Fire: Could this be the worst (legal) week of Donald Trump's life? Nearly every major investigation or lawsuit that Trump is involved in has taken a turn for the worse in the last seven days for the former president, and things are only going to go downhill from here for him. This week, we'll be running through SIX different Trump investigations and lawsuits that all had major...

Today on Ring of Fire! Donald Trump could be facing an indictment in New York as prosecutors are zeroing in on the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. Will this finally be the one time that Trump gets held accountable? George Santos has been implicated in a massive credit card fraud scheme, but he's so confident nothing will happen to him that he already filed his paperwork announcing that he's...

This week on Ring of Fire! We're doing another Q&A with questions from our YouTube Community members. Should Democrats abandon red states? Can Trump claim executive privilege to prevent Mike Pence's cooperation with the DOJ? How can progressives reach moderate voters? Which right wing figure would Farron most like to fight? All these questions - and many more - will be answered on this episode...

Today on Ring of Fire! Residents of East Palestine, Ohio are still reeling with the impacts of the recent train derailment and subsequent chemical spill in their town, and relief is virtually nowhere to be found. Politicians are busy trying to blame each other's Party for what happened, but these residents aren't interested in the blame game. Reporter Louis DeAngelis from Status Coup News will tel...

Today on Ring of Fire! Republicans have made huge gains at the state level by promoting culture war issues, but can they recreate that success on the national level in 2024? Signs are pointing to NO. The Supreme Court could end up gutting Section 230 that provides immunity to internet platforms, and that could actually spell doom for independent media outlets. Marjorie Taylor Greene is attacking h...

Today on Ring of Fire! Fox News is in a world of legal trouble after Dominion Voting Systems exposed their willingness to lie for ratings in a court filing last week. We'll explain why that could be the final nail in the coffin for this particular lawsuit. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to "divorce" Red States and Blue States, and she even has a plan to make that happen! But her plan sound...

Today on Ring of Fire! It's Q&A time again, and Farron will be answering questions from our YouTube Community members. Will the DOJ end up indicting Donald Trump? Why was no one charged in the Matt Gaetz scandal? Should liberals abandon Red States for more friendly terrain? How can we finally end Trump's disastrous trade war? All of these questions, and many more, will be answered on this epis...

Today on Ring of Fire! Conspiracy theories are flying after more balloons were shot down over the United States - with many conservatives believing that we're suffering from an alien invasion. We'll explain why this makes absolutely no sense, even by Republican standards. Matt Gaetz is in trouble after bringing in an accused murderer to say the Pledge of Allegiance to open a House Judiciary hearin...

On this episode of Ring of Fire! President Biden's State of the Union address angered Republicans in Congress, and their extreme behavior didn't go unnoticed by the American public. We'll talk about both the responses that happened during the speech, as well as the disastrous rebuttal issued by Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Cyber criminals have a new target: Republican campaigns. Multiple Republicans ha...

On today's Ring of Fire! The Chinese spy balloon was shot down over the weekend, but that was really just the beginning of the drama. Now we've learned that similar balloons flew over the country many times during Trump's presidency, but he swears he didn't know - we'll explain what's happening. Matt Gaetz is leading the conservative assault on working class Americans by calling for cuts to SNAP b...

This week on Ring of Fire! Its Q&A week on the Ring of Fire Podcast, and Farron Cousins will be answering the biggest questions from our YouTube Community members. Can Trump be banned from office over January 6th? Can we finally abolish the electoral college? Will the country's political divisions ever be healed? Will Farron run for President one day? All those questions, and many more, will b...

This week on Ring of Fire! Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert got into a shouting match in a Congressional bathroom on the first day of Congress this year, and things have only gotten uglier since the bathroom brawl. George Santos is under fire yet again for allegedly scamming a disabled veteran out of thousands of dollars - a scheme the led to the vet's dog dying from a tumor after Santos...

This week on Ring of Fire! Salon.com's Heather Digby Parton will be here to talk about Ron DeSantis' quest to become the next President - a quest that has far more hurdles than he may realize. Digby will also talk about the new Biden Document "Scandal" and why this couldn't have happened at a worse time for the President. All that, and more, on this week's Ring of Fire!

This week on Ring of Fire! REPUBLICAN CHAOS! The fight over Speaker of the House has shown the whole world how incompetent the Republican Party is, and that is just the tip of the iceberg for the problems that they face. RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel is facing a mountain of problems in her attempt to remain in charge of the Republican Party. Kari Lake is still fighting to remain relevant in Republican...

On This Week's Show! Two legends return to the Ring of Fire! First, author and YouTube host Cliff Schecter will join us for a discussion on how Ron DeSantis is quickly out-Trumping Donald Trump, and why that is a seriously threat for America. And Heather "Digby" Parton will be back with us again to talk about Donald Trump's waning influence over the Republican Party, and how his endorsem...

This week on Ring of Fire! Its our final Q&A of the year, with dozens of questions being answered that our YouTube Community members wanted to hear. Will Trump get indicted in the next month?

This week on Ring of Fire! Jeff Waldorf , host of Around The Nation on YouTube, will join Farron Cousins to run through the biggest stories of the past week. Donald Trump watched as his Trump Organization was found guilty on all counts of fraud in trial this week, but that doesn't mean that the company is going to have to face any "real" penalties. Herschel Walker became the latest MAGA...

This week on Ring of Fire! Heather Digby Parton from Salon.com will be back with us to talk about Donald Trump's disturbing dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, as well as the Republican Party's plan to conduct an autopsy on their own Party to determine why voters don't like them. Mike Lindell thinks he has what it takes to run the Republican Party and is challenging Ronna McDaniel to be the G...