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This week on The Best of Ring of Fire: former GOP staffer Mike Lofgren will be here tell us why he left the Republican cult.

Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy will be joining us to discuss the racial hurdles that Barack Obama had to overcome in order to be elected president of the United States.

Author and public relations specialist Cliff Schecter will be joining us to discuss how the Republican Party has evolved into a bottom-feeding, cukoo cult of political extremists.

And blogger and author Brad Friedman will be joining us to discuss the latest round of voting machine flaws – flaws that could possibly sway next year’s presidential elections if they aren’t fixed.

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Farron Cousins is the executive editor of The Trial Lawyer magazine and a contributing writer at DeSmogBlog.com. He is the co-host / guest host for Ring of Fire Radio. His writings have appeared on Alternet, Truthout, and The Huffington Post. Farron received his bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of West Florida in 2005 and became a member of American MENSA in 2009. Follow him on Twitter @farronbalanced