The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Mychal Denzel Smith a Knobler Fellow at the Nation Institute explains the reaction on the ground in Ferguson to the stunning decision to not press charges against Darren Wilson for the murder of Michael Brown, the juste system and the systemic disregard for black lives, how the Ferguson Police department targets the African American community and why the reform movement will continue.

Zoe Carpenter a Washington DC based reporter for The Nation explains how the government created "stop and frisk for Latinos", why the practice developed in New Orleans, how the pool of "deportable" immigrants was increased by Federal authorities, what undocumented immigrants are and how President Obama's reforms will influence the policy.

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Janeane Garofalo discussed the shocking decision of the Grand Jury night to indict Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown, the shocking push of the far right in American society, Grand Juries and Indictments, making the Police a military, the larger race crisis in America, debating Aaron Sorkin, the failures of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, Don Lemon makes a fool of himself again and "to old for this shit" montage.

On The Fun Half: dealing with a father who loves Fox news, Walking Dead  talk, the Garofalo diet, Obamabot relatives, should you argue during Thanksgiving, great Janeane movie lines, doing politics and entertainment and your calls and IMs.

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Director, New Models of Policy Change, New America Senior Fellow Heather Hurlburt explains what led to the resignation of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, why Hagel stumbled as a leader of the Pentagon, the internal politics of the Obama White House, why Hagel will stay on even with Administration officials briefing against him, Hagel and the war on ISIS, what the White House look for in a new Defense Secretary, who the next Secretary of Defense will be? Jane Harman, Michele Flournoy, Jim Webb? Did Chuck Hagel overhype the ISIS threat? And why Heather wants Senator Tim Kaine as our next Secretary of Defense.

President Obama commits combat troops to Afghanistan through 2015 and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani allows night raids or "night operations" again and Israel passes a bill defining Israel as a "Jewish State".

On The Fun Half:  Andrew Cuomo won't say what causes global warming, the House Committee Report on Benghazi clears the Obama Administration of wrong doing, Chuck Hagel didn't want a Gitmo detainee released because of a discredited Fox News report, Rudy Giuliani says cops wouldn't have to patrol black neighborhoods because black people kill each other so much and your calls and IMs.

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Political maestro Cliff Schecter explains the vital work of the Ohio Innocence Project, the proving of the innocence of Ricky Jackson who spent thirty nine years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. How Cleveland Police based their work on a made up story of a twelve year old, debunking death penalty myths, helping rebuild Ricky Jackson's life, President Obama's hisc announcement on immigration rights, President Obama's brutal record on deportations, creating a humane policy on immigration, Republicans on immigration reform, the problem with "moderate" Republicans and will the Torture Report get released by the Senate.

 Isabel Gillies explains her work on her next book, Isabel's writing on Halloween and the backlash she faced, managing kids on the Internet, phomo and young people, remebering director Mike Nichols, Isabel takes singing lessons, Isabel performs a song, childrens stories and little girls and Isabel suggested we all watch Rush

On The Fun Half: Uber targets journalists? Bernie Sanders schools CNN on immigration reform and your calls and IMs.

 

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Greisa Martinez a National Field Organizer with United We Dream explains her experience as a Dreamer and the story of how her family came to the United States and her father was deported. How long Greisa's father was in the United States before he was deported and why her family came to America. How families are torn apart by the current immigration system and what "mixed families" are. What its like living under the threat of your family being deported. What is President Obama expected to announce on immigration tonight and will the next President uphold progress on immigration reform. Why grassroots activism and the power of hearing the direct stories of the immigrant community is essential for change and progress.

Sam's frenemy Indy Mike joined us to explain why its so hard to be an "independent" in New York City, debates the merits of President Obama's expected Executive Action on immigration, why President Obama needs to be the "adult in the room", debating Reagan and amnesty and why Indy Mike objects to the process not the goal.

On The Fun Half: why we all have to agree is that the Republican Congress is crazy like at no other time, why the networks aren't carrying President Obama's announcement on Executive Action on immigration, the debate between process and policy with immigration reform, the legality of President Obama's Executive action on immigration, why the mainstream media keeps doing false equivalency, Bill Cosby demands AP not show a section of an interview where he asked a question about rape, Tommy Chong schools Fox's Outnumbered on healthcare, who should deliver broadband and your calls and IMs.

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Naomi Klein author of This Changes Everythingexplains the fundamental organizing reality of the climate crisis and why the "right is right" on what addressing climate will mean for capitalism. Why the left should talk about climate change all the time and why they don't talk about it more. Why the "extraction worldview" allow us to think of ourselves as separate from nature. Why the 1980s were the worst time for establishing a serious policy on climate change. How mainstream environmental groups were compromised by becoming part of the Washington DC game and should we focus on confronting the fossil fuel industry or seriously investing in renewable energy? And defining the movement that needs to be built in order to reverse the climate crisis. 

On The Fun Half CNN's Don Lemon asks Joan Tarshis who has accused Bill Cosby of raping  her why she didn't bit her during oral sex, Bill O'Reilly gets the 2014 War on Christmas going and its the Muslims fault this year, two new move recommendations, Big Star and Beware of Mr. Baker, the Senate rejects Keystone for now, Senate fails to overcome filibuster on NSA reform and your calls and IMs. 

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Slate legal writer Dahlia Lithwick explains the exceptional lack of diversity on the Roberts Court, why the decline of empathy on the Court is reflected in narrow career paths that the Justices share. How movement conservatives shaped the Court in their image and why the left is so timid in response. Shared corporate backgrounds of many Justices and why the sharpest divisions in the Court are on social issues. Is Justice Roberts actually worried about the reputation of the Court? What's happening with the Burwell Case? Justice Alito has a big problem with Dahlia's writing on the Court and do the Justices sometimes decide to please the media? How the Roberts Court keeps moving the ball further to the far right and is this Court bold or timid in its ideological push?

On The Fun Half: turns out Solyndra didn't waste any tax payer money it made money and that's not the point. The real problem with nuclear power. Does the violence of Football reflect our culture and the importance of the Bill Cosby story. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon takes cannot answer if the "Buck Stops" with him over possible reactions to the grand jury findings in the Michael Brown murder case and your calls and IMs.

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ISIS beheads aid worker Peter Kassig, the state of the war on ISIS, how ISIS is consolidating its leadership of global Jihad, why the GOP wants to kill a deal with Iran, the internal politics of Iran, Senator Al Franken makes a excellent case for Net Neutrality and why all innovation is not all positive.

On The Fun Half: the ShirtGate controversy, Megyn Kelly accidentally curses on live TV, possibly name for new Mike Huckabee TV show, Rush Limbaugh is confused by the Bill Cosby rape allegations and wonders why they matter if they supposedly happened years ago. Plus your calls and IMs!

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Syndicated Columnist Tina Dupuy explains how she told her story of realizing she wasn't an alcoholic after a lifetime of thinking she was on NPR's This American Life, Tina's families experience with addiction and child abuse, rejecting the ideology of AA, the troubled teen industry and child abuse, the cult Tina's family was a part of, letting go of the idea of being an alcoholic,  the book Tina is writing on her experience,  how Tina's story got on This American Life and Tina suggested we watch the Birdcage .

Cliff Schecter explains the reasoning behind President Obama's aggressive post midterms strategy, Obama's progressive moves on student loans, Keystone Pipeline, immigration and Net Neutrality, why the Administration is finally using smart messaging, how the Grand Bargain austerity undermined the Obama narrative, what President Obama is going to do on immigration, what Democrats are positioning themselves to run as Vice President, the Republican "suicide bomber" caucus, why Republicans will not and do not have to govern now and how Democrats can really win with populism.

On The Fun Half: Healthcare reform saves lives, how many people will die if the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare, how Healthcare reform can still be saved, Alex Jones says Net Neutrality just like Hitler!! and your calls and IMs.

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Ben Adler a write for Grist explains the details of the new U.S.-China climate change agreement, what the U.S. and China are committing to doing to reduce emissions, the Chinese pollution crisis, how does the agreement fit within the broader reality of the climate crisis? What the deal does not address, pushing India and Brazil into greater action on climate change, the many reasons Republicans hate the deal and what this deal indicates about President Obama's agenda for the rest of his time in office.

Also incoming Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Jim Inhofe is absolutely insane on global warming.

On The Fun Half: when will Global Warming become real for people, do Jonathan Gruber's comments about the "stupidity about the American voter" matter, why the ACA was incredibly well debated, Maine Senator Angus King smacks down Fox & Friends for not wanting people to have health insurance, could we have had Single Payer instead? Random Rush and your calls and IMs.

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Ian Millhiser of the Center For American Progress and author of the forthcoming bookInjustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflictedexplains the insane legal reasoning behind the Halbig V King case, why even a "textualist approach", how the insurance market works, is precedent irrelevant when it comes to Obamacare? Will Roberts go with the four far right wing Justices and the horrifying human costs of overturning Obamacare.

Remebering Bush V Gore, the collapse of American Justice and George W Bush says that "nothing is given to you in politics".

On The Fun Half: the myth that President Obama didn't reach out to Republicans, Glenn Beck has a mysterious illness, FCC head Tom Wheeler may reject President Obama's call to save Net Neutrality, new huge deal between China and America announce big new climate deal and your calls and IMs.

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Matt Taibbi explains the stunning whistle blowing on JP Morgan Chase's pushing of toxic securities, Alayne Fleischmann's shocking experience inside JP Morgan Chase's compliance department, JP Morgan Chase's relationship with predatory lenders, "liars loans" and mortgage backed securities, proving systemic fraud at JP Morgan Chase, how analysts were forced to change reports on loans, how Alyana Fleischmann was cut out of the process after raising concerns about bad loans, exposing the banks lies on housing market risks, the governments shocking lack of interest in whistle blowing and the FCC's weak response to Wall Street criminality, how Matt started reporting on Alayne Fleischmann's story and what to expect from Loretta Lynch as Attorney General.

On The Fun Half: Matt Drudge says Obama backing Net Neutrality is "embracing his inner tyrant", sharing a picture of President Obama in a traditional Chinese Tunic, President Obama's excellent push for Net Neutrality, Nick Gillespie's stupid and lazy Libertarian opposition to Net Neutrality, Rush Limbaugh sues the DCCC for using his words that he said against him and your calls and IMs.

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The murder of forty three students in Mexico leads to mass demonstrations and protests, the connections between drug cartels, corrupt politics and oligarchy in Mexico, President Obama comes out strong for Net Neutrality and will the FCC listen?

On The Fun Half: Rush Limbaugh promises more gridlock, the problem with “Boardroom Liberalism”, fighting the TPP, Breitbart’s best fail ever, KKK rebrand and your calls and IMs.

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Political strategist Cliff Schecter explains how the Daily Show nailed it on the Democrats many failures during the midterm elections,  the structural and strategic reasons Democrats lost big, why the Democrats ran on absolutely nothing, why you need a story and narrative, how Democrats can win and why they don't do it, the only way to overcome the Republican midterm advantage, why Mark Warner stumbled in Virginia, how the Obama Administration undermined Congressional Democrats and will President Obama fight the Republican Majority?

Pastor James David Manning says sodomites are putting semen in your Starbucks Coffee.

Majority Report Executive Producer Emeritus Josh Ornton explains how Scott Walker won reelection, making voting easier in midterm elections, will the corruption accusations against Scott Walker go anywhere? Why Lawrence Lessig's MayDay PAC failed, what the technology sector does not understand about politics and the Supreme Court will hear new objection to healthcare reform.

On The Fun Half: the why of the Florida disaster, Scott Walker ran away from his far right record in his last race, Josh gives us a movie suggestion and your calla and IMs.

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It's a MR tech day!

Enjoy brand new interviews with Sanjay Rawal, director of the movie Food Chains, on exposing the exploitation and abuse of farmworkers in the U.S. and how supermarkets and fast food chains are complicit.

Also, MEMBERS receive a brand new interview with AMERICABlog's Gaius Publius discuss is the democratic establishment “tea partying” their own progressive base?

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Republicans win big across the country, what happens next in the Senate, a runoff in Louisiana, losing Mark Udall means less accountability for the NSA, Joni Ernst wins big and is awkward, Scott Brown loses, Kay Hagan falls in North Carolina, Al Franken wins big, the real state of the economy and why Democrats crashed and burned, what the exit polls said, the horrible Governors Rick Scott  and Paul LePage both win reelection and progressive referendums win across the country.

On The Fun Half: Third Way corportist Democrats make make excuses for last nights failures, why Republicans will go after financial reform, Chris Matthews says Democrats need to move right, why would Republicans stop obstructing now, Ted Cruz promises to "End the Obama Era of Lawlessness" and your calls and IMs.

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11/4/14 

The Nation Institute's Esther Kaplen explains how local hospitals are being taken over by national hospital chains and how this is undermining public health and safety, how corporations are taking over the non profit sector in healthcare delivery in rural America, is there a civil and legal push back against the takeover, why so many can't get enough work and why so many are being worked to death, rising productivity and the death of the American worker and how corporations are blackmailing workers.

What to watch for in tonights election returns, North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis called for "dividing and conquering them" and why things are not looking great for the Democrats.

On The Fun Half: Ben Stein is creepy and insane on Fox News, the right wing medias insane attack on Lena Dunham, the real cause of the housing crisis, Tom Magliozzi the co-host of the legendary NPR show Car Talk passes away, why voting matters and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:45pm EDT

Political strategist Cliff Schecter explains why Democrats are in trouble in the midterms but reminds everyone that elections are unpredictable, why South Dakota and Arkansas look out of reach for Democrats, why Greg Orman can still win Kansas, sticks with his prediction of a Alison Lundergan Grimes upset over Mitch McConnell, the insane candidates that could join the Republicans in the United States Senate, why Democrats get punished for silly comments while Republicans get away with craziness and why Ohio Governor John Kasich is a jerk.

Becky Bond the Director of the Credo Super PAC explains the dangers that progressives face if Republicans win the Senate, what races is Credo focusing on? Why progressives need to vote and why Democrats and progressives need to focus on the ground game.

On The Fun Half: Poll models and midterm turnout, Chris Christie's latest blowup is all about his pathetic record on Sandy, Charlie Crist looking good in Florida, Joni Ernst says its only a reporters opinion "that one person in America has Ebola" and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 3:37pm EDT

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