PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “White Evangelicals Love Donald Trump, But Why?” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

A new poll by Pew Research shows that white evangelicals overwhelmingly approve of the job that Donald Trump has done as president.  But if this people are as religious as they claim to be, why on earth would they support such an evil character?

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Trump Can’t Handle Life Outside his Bubble – Reality can be Scary” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

Donald Trump has lived his entire life inside of a millionaire’s (billionaire’s?) bubble, never having to endure anything that he didn’t like. But now that he’s outside of that bubble and in the real world, suddenly the world seems scary and mean. He cries about “fake news” and negative polls, but that’s just reality, Donald, and you’d better get used to it.

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Neil deGrasse Tyson: America’s Lack of Scientific Knowledge is Dangerous” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

Neil deGrasse Tyson, one of the most famous and outspoken scientists in the United States, told a sold out crowd in North Carolina that the lack of emphasis on the sciences, as well as the political assault on science, is creating a dangerous epidemic in the U.S. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Psychology Study: Lack of Empathy from Republicans is Ruining America” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

The Republican Party would do well by spending a few hours on a psychiatrist’s couch, as a new psychology study shows that the Party, and America as a whole, has lost empathy towards others, and that’s what’s driving the rise of fascist leaders like Donald Trump.

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Trump is the Result of Years of GOP Anti-Intellectualism” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

The Republicans have spent most of this century railing against so-called liberal elitism and intellectualism, demonizing intelligence. Donald Trump’s election is the end result of the Republican Party’s assault on intelligence.

PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Paul Ryan Doesn’t Give a Damn About Struggling Americans” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

Paul Ryan tweeted out that he would help struggling Americans by removing “regulatory red tape.”  How can anyone honestly believe that regulatory red tape is hurting them…well, unless you’re a member of the top 1% that owns a Fortune 500 company, that is.

PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Democrats Must Constantly Attack; You Don’t Play Nice With a Bully” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

The Democratic Party has been relatively silent about some pretty major issues facing Donald Trump – the fraud lawsuits, his conflicts of interest, the rape allegations – these are issues that every single Democrat should talk about at every given opportunity. We cannot normalize Donald Trump and his brand of hate and sexism.

ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM: “Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Stands With Standing Rock” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

Ring of Fire host and Waterkeeper President Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has joined the front lines of the Standing Rock protests, helping to fight the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: ” The Blame Game Begins, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz Goes First” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

The Democrats put up a terribly flawed candidate instead of a true Progressive, and they were destroyed in the general election. There’s plenty of blame to go around, but Debbie Wasserman Schultz deserves most of it. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “No, Rachel Maddow, Third Party Voters Didn’t Cost Hillary the White House” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow said that third party voters not only “don’t care who becomes president,” but that they cost Hillary Clinton the White House. But the numbers simply don’t add up, and Maddow is angry at the wrong group of people.