Republicans across the country are trying to rewrite the rules to make it easier for teachers to deny the science of climate change and to pass on their backwards views to students.  The measures being considered by 4 states would also allow teachers to teach creationism, flat-earthism, and even white supremacism! Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcript of …

E-cigarettes are devices designed to deliver nicotine to the user without ever having to light up a conventional cigarette. These devices were first patented in 2003, and they’ve been available for sale in the US since 2007. Manufacturers of these products advertise them as safe, safer than traditional forms of smoking, as a way to actually quit smoking is their …

The intelligence community is at war with Donald Trump, a War that Trump himself started by attacking these agencies as incompetent both during and after his campaign.  But should we be cheering the intelligence community’s resistance to Trump, or should we be concerned about their growing power and ability to destroy their political enemies? Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses …

Today, the Senate voted 52-46 to confirm Scott Pruitt as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. As Oklahoma’s Attorney General, Pruitt made a career of suing the EPA, going as far as to call for its dissolution. In addition to being harshly opposed by environmental groups, Pruitt has found a new enemy: those who hunt and fish. The outdoor …

Kellyanne Conway has promised that she’s going to “reduce” her TV appearances, but what she didn’t mention was the fact that media outlets are telling her that she’s not welcome back on their networks because she seems to have a big problem with facts. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcript of the above video: Kellyanne Conway has told …

Donald Trump is a busy man who clearly can’t be bothered to read things like National Security reports, and that’s why sources have come forward to say that the Trump administration advised the national security staff to keep their briefings and papers down to a single page, and to fill them with lots of graphs and charts and maps (so …

Politico ran an article this weekend claiming that Hillary Clinton would definitely run for president again in 2020, and her supporters seem to be all in favor of that notion. While the article was speculation, it helped to re-launch the conversation about the failings of the Democratic Party and the need to rebuild from the ground up.  If that doesn’t …