The Majority Report with Sam Seder

8/10/15

Guardian Writer at Large Steven W Thrasher explains how and why Black Lives Matter has gone global. The historical roots of Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter in Palestine and what comes next from the movement.

Also for freebies: a clip from the Better Half of a caller talking about the Black Lives Matter protests at a Bernie Sanders event and a message to white progressives.

On The Fun Half: President Obama's excellent defense of the Iran deal, more absurd arguments against it. Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter. Also your calls and IMs.

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Cliff Schecter and Sam Seder breakdown the Republican debates right after they happened. Find out who won and lost and why. 

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Sam, M&M and Noah the intern and Noah the interns family watch the second Republican debate together. Listen to the full debate with commentary.

 

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8/6/15

Vox's David Roberts explains the modern history of the EPA's new coal power plant rules. Why the new EPA rules will cut Greenhouse Gases but still allow for flexibility. The Red States push back and why it will fail. Are the new rules to weak?  How will the Obama Administration defend the EPA from legal challenges to the new regulations? And David Roberts looks forward to the Republican debates.

And the MR team gives you the best debate preview you can ask for and your calls and IMs.

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8/5/15

We listen to a Republican focus group argue about Donald Trump and its amazing. Once again we prove why Trump is the perfect Republican. Sam checks in on Rush and we get an amazing Random Rush on Jeb Bush. Jeb Bush says we spend to much money on women's health and promises to defund Planned Parenthood.

On The Fun Half: Chris Christie brags about his sex in life New Hampshire. Is Capitalism the problem? Elizabeth Warren schools Republicans on Planned Parenthood and Senator James Lankford says abortion is a mens issue because its a "family issue". The Obama Administration upgrades Malaysia's human rights record as part of the push for TPP. World New Net Daily exposes the President Obama "demon". Are GMOs safe? Also your calls and IMs.

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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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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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7/31/15

Sam and Political strategist Cliff Schecter examine whether the mainstream media is finally waking up to the fact that the Republican Party is made up of far right extremists, the nature of the conservative media system why Republican Party has lost control and why the mainstream media needs to step up in calling out lies. Also are Right Wing media outlets just like Nigeria email scams? The Right's new assault on Planned Parenthood and Erick Erickson demands that the Republicans shutdown he government again. Also why Donald Trump is crushing the Republican Primary field.

Former Air America host and the Director of the new film project  Playing Gay explains to Sam how television helped open the door to marriage equality and the broader fight for LGBT rights. The former stigma of playing Gay roles and the importance of Will & Grace. The disgusting ways Gay people used to be portrayed in film and television and when do you remember your first image of a Gay person on television?

Donald Trump still dominating the Republican field because he is the perfect Republican. Rick Perry challenges Donald Trump to a Pull-Up contest. Chris Matthews goes after Bernie Sanders. Also your calls and IMs.

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7/30/15

Milton Allimadi, the publisher of Black Star News joins Michael to discuss Obama’s recent trip to Ghana and Ethiopia. How is Obama energizing African youth and fostering leadership and activism and what that can do for Africa. Why is Africa failing to utilize it’s vast arrays of natural resources and how can it detach itself from it’s colonial history? What is next for the continent?

On The Fun Half: Michael talks about the Middle East, Bernie draws 100,000 supporters across the country for internet rally, Noah the Intern is incapable of speaking into a microphone, Bernie draws 100,000 supporters across the country, prosecutor Joe Deters charges Cincinnati cop Ray Tensing with the murder of Samuel Dubose, Ferguson cops write a black comedy sketch. And of course, we (try) to take your calls, and read your IM’s.

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7/29/15

Educator and blogger Mercedes Schneider and Sam explore what No Child Left Behind has done to education, why punitive approaches to education fail, the myth of George W Bush's success in Texas and the destructive myth of the "lazy" teacher and the absurd argument that money does not matter in Public Education and why new reforms may lessen the stakes of high stakes testing.

On The Fun Half: Why vouchers don't work. The assault on Planned Parenthood continues and Mitch McConnell is a huge hypocrite. Malaysia gets a fake human rights upgrade to help make TPP happen. Smart ways to get Republicans to say even more stupid things. No one likes Chris Christie and he promises to ignore state laws on Marijuana when he is President (and we are amused). Donald Trump promises to tap Sarah Palin for a role in his Cabinet and its a smart move. Bernie Sanders leads the Republicans. Hillary Clinton's pathetic answer on Keystone.

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