Wed, 12 August 2020
Sam hosts Fordham Law Professor and Bernie Sanders delegate Zephyr Teachout (@ZephyrTeachout) to discuss her new book, Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money. On today's show: Trump's statement on "Phony Kamala" and "Slow Joe." Fordham Law Professor and Bernie Sanders delegate Zephyr Teachout (@ZephyrTeachout) joins Sam to discuss her new book, Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money. How so much of American life came to be controlled by giant monopolies like Facebook, Google and Amazon. Reagan's 1980s wrecking crew. How anti-trust laws could be used to break up monopolies and fight the economic and racial inequality they create. Why both socialists and progressives should care about the anti-monopoly movement. Wall Street execs celebrate Harris pick. On the fun half: Mark Levin opens show making the point that technically Kamala Harris is not African American. On The View, Kamala says she won't defund the police, wants to "reimagine how we do public safety in America." Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz says college football players should see themselves like troops storming Normandy. Ilhan Omar wins bigly in MN! Q-anon nut Marjorie Taylor Greene wins GOP primary in GA; clip reel of her insane, racist remarks. Frank Luntz gives a tour of his million dollar replica oval office and Lincoln bedroom home in California. Plus, your calls and IMs! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Check out the Brand New Majority Report Merch Shop (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com) The AM Quickie is now on YouTube Subscribe to the AM Quickie at https://fans.fm/amquickie Make the AMQ part of your Alexa Flash Briefing too! You can now watch the livestream on Twitch Check out today's sponsor: Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.substack.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein’s newsletter at theend.substack.com Check out The Nomiki Show at patreon.com/thenomikishow Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover, or on iTunes. Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at twitch.tv/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @BF1nn
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