February 21, 2018

On the Show:

–Farron Cousins, host of Ring of Fire Radio, fills in for David

–Former US Representative Jack Kingston (R-GA) goes on CNN and suggests that liberal activists like billionaire George Soros funded and urged the survivors of the Parkland, Florida school shooting to protest and call for gun reform measures

–A week after the Marjory Stoneham High School mass shooting, the Florida State House decisively votes down a motion to consider banning assault rifles by a vote of 36 to 71

–In response to the Parkland, Florida school shooting, many right-wingers are calling for teachers to be armed inside the classroom

–Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issues an opinion critical of the court’s failure to take up a California gun waiting period case, suggesting his colleagues don’t value the 2nd Amendment highly enough

–Donald Trump tweets his support of the original gerrymandered Pennsylvania congressional map, urging Republicans to go bring up the case to the Supreme Court, apparently not realizing the court handed down its decision on the matter earlier this month

–A woman named Rachel Crooks alleges that Donald Trump forcibly kissed her at Trump Tower in 2006, prompting the president to lash out on Twitter to deny the allegation, saying it “never happened!”

–In the wake of over a dozen sexual misconduct allegations made against Donald Trump, some Democratic lawmakers are calling for congressional hearings to investigate the President’s alleged improprieties

–President Trump endorses Mitt Romney to become the next US Senator from Utah, even though only a couple years ago Trump said Romney “choked like a dog” and Romney called Trump “a phony” and “a fraud”

–A survey of Morgan Stanley analysts finds that only 13% of the companies’ savings from the Republican tax cuts will go to employees in the form of raises, bonuses, and benefits, whereas 43% will go to investors in the form of stock buybacks and dividends

–Data from Credit Suisse finds that four to ten percent of the world’s poorest tenth are Americans, despite the fact that the United States is the wealthiest nation on earth

–On the Bonus Show: Americans think Melania should dump Donald, Trump aides go on Fox to get the President’s attention, the courts are the environment’s last hope, and much more…

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