The Majority Report with Sam Seder

8/4/15

Journalist Ari Berman, author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America and Sam take a deep dive into the history and full policy implications of the Voting Rights Act. Nixon's Southern Strategy and the rebranding of discrimination. Where in the Constitution voting rights come from. The evolution of the counterrevolution against Civil Rights. The George W Bush Administration and the myth of voter fraud. The voter fraud myth and Iraq WMD lies. John Lewis's Civil Rights joining and the Supreme Court's absurd reasoning in gutting the Voting Rights Act. Why the United States would be Apartheid South Africa without the VRA. And are there silver linings in a recent ruling on Fair Housing?

On The Fun Half: Chuck Todd calls the 2016 Republican the "strongest in thirty years". We review the insane 2016 Republican field again. Should Obama get credit for the Iran deal. Debating a libertarians. Will Kshama Sawant keep her Seattle City Council seat?

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Direct download: 08-04-15-Ari_Berman-PUB.mp3
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8/3/15

Monkey Cage Blog editor E.J. Graff and Sam break down how Transgender people have been discriminated against in the military and why the politics are shafting now. Transgender people and the LGBT movement and the politics of "fitting in". What is "Gay INC." and how it effected the LGBT movement. Fear, sexual identity and gender identification. Gender and the why of military service. The money and energy behind the fight for Transgender rights in the military and why the LGBT movement is a bright spot in America.

On The Fun Half: A Israeli religious fanatic stabs six and kills one at a Gay rights march Jerusalem and settler terrorists in the West Bank kill a Palestinian baby and injury others in a firebomb attack. The Sam Harris fan is angry at us for being unfair to his man. Sam debates a Libertarian. Chris Christie says the Teachers Union deserves a "punch in the face". Ted Cruz makes Bacon with a machine gun and your calls and IMs.

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Direct download: 08-03-15-E.J._Graff-PUB.mp3
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