Farron Cousins has been working in progressive media since 2004 as a producer, researcher, fact-checker, writer, and commentator. His work has appeared in numerous liberal and progressive publications, including Truthout, The Progressive Magazine, Huffington Post, Raw Story, and many others. He brings his wit and wisdom about the news of the day and offers his unique take on what's happening in the world of politics.
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During an Oval Office meeting this week, Donald Trump went off on a wild tangent about magnets, a topic that he's ranted incoherently about multiple times. But this time seemed different - the President seemed hyper fixated on a magnetic lift system on an aircraft carrier, and in spite of a lack of evidence, he claimed that the lift system doesn't work because magnets just never work properly. Just a year ago, Trump falsely claimed that magnets won't work if they get wet, so this may be a continuation of his false claim. Farron Cousins explains what happened.
Link - https://newrepublic.com/post/191499/trump-complains-magnets-unintelligible-rant
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Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen, like every other Senator present that day, voted to confirm Marco Rubio as Donald Trump's Secretary of State. But just a few short weeks after the vote, Van Hollen now says that he regrets it due to Rubio's support of Trump's plan to ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip of Palestinians and build luxury resorts there. But what did Van Hollen expect from the dimwitted former Senator? Farron Cousins explains what's happening.
Link - https://www.rawstory.com/dem-senator-regrets-voting-for-trump-nominee-who-s-supporting-insane-plans-for-gaza/
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has officially been sworn in as the new leader of the Department of Health And Human Services, and his arrival coincides with a massive measles outbreak in the state of Texas among communities with larger portions of unvaccinated children. This is a preview of what we can expect with a renowned vaccine skeptic at the helm of the largest health agency in the country. Farron Cousins explains what's happening.
Link - https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/13/measles-outbreak-gaines-texas/
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Republicans in Congress have been openly praising Donald Trump's cuts to major departments in the federal government, but they are singing a different tune in private. According to new reports, multiple Republican members of Congress have been begging Donald Trump in private to spare their states from the cuts for things like education, healthcare, and other vital payments that they need. Cuts for thee but not for me appears to be their mantra, as Farron Cousins explains.
Link - https://www.rawstory.com/gop-trump-cuts/
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Congress revealed this week that Elon Musk's government contracts are so hefty that he's actually pulling in $8 million every single day from the government. And that number could go up very soon, as the State Department is preparing to purchase 400 "armored" Teslas. The Department tried to scrub the use of the word "Tesla" after the news was revealed, but it was already too late. Elon Musk is the biggest government sponge in this country, as Farron Cousins explains.
Link - https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administration-order-400-million-worth-of-armored-teslas
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Marjorie Taylor Greene revived her feud with Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett this week by saying that what's happening with the DOGE office is "a little above Jasmine Crockett's intelligence level." Greene then immediately flubbed her next line and called her Mrs. Congress, instead of Crockett. So much for Greene's intelligence level. These people are grasping at straws to defend DOGE's work, and they are the ones that look stupid, not Jasmine Crockett, as Farron Cousins explains.
Link - https://www.rawstory.com/jasmine-crockett-and-marjorie-taylor-greene/
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Donald Trump promised to bring prices for consumers down as soon as he took office, but it turns out that the exact opposite is happening. Inflation is once again going up, and consumer prices are hitting new highs for basic products like eggs. Even though this is happening while Trump is president, he still made sure to blame Biden for the bad numbers that came out this week. That's not how things work, as Farron Cousins explains.
Link - https://newrepublic.com/post/191454/donald-trump-blame-joe-biden-inflation
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Trump voters have no idea how badly they are going to get screwed over for the next four years, even though Donald Trump is telling them on a near-daily basis. This week, Trump announced that he wants to completely get rid of FEMA and instead let states handle their own natural disasters, and he didn't even make it sound like the federal government would be offering financial assistance. This move, if he follows through, would actually screw over red states far more than blue states, as Farron Cousins explains.
Link - https://www.mediaite.com/politics/terminated-trump-calls-to-end-fema-and-let-states-manage-disasters-for-big-savings/
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Alina Habba made such a ridiculously stupid statement about the Constitution this week that it prompted critics to encourage her to "go back to law school." While standing on The White House lawn, Habba confidently told Fox News that the "separation of powers" means that "the president has the ultimate authority." That's not even close to being accurate, and the fact that she doesn't know that as a lawyer is horrifying. Farron Cousins explains what happened.
Link - https://www.rawstory.com/alina-habba-2671135923/
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A Republican lawmaker this week proposed a bill to rename Greenland to "Red, White, and Blueland." Forget for a second that we have no authority to rename other countries, the legislation sparked fury in Denmark, the country that controls Greenland, and their leaders are now lashing out at both Donald Trump and the American Republican Party for conducting themselves like children and alienating such a crucial ally. Farron Cousins explains what happened.
Link - https://www.rawstory.com/trump-greenland-2671137578/
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