The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Tamara Draut, the Vice President of Policy & Research at Demos and author of Sleeping Giant: How the New Working Class Will Transform America, to discuss the makeup of America's new working class and why America has always been a working class country. The divergence between the educated and non educated population. The college graduate debt crisis. Why the working class is worse off than in the 1970s. Why we need to start talking about the working class again. The emerging movements of working class. solidarity. Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the "old" and "new" working class. Representing the working class in media. The Fight For $15, the future of labor organizing and why does Microsoft care about protecting McDonald's from paying higher wages? What the New Working Class needs and what's next for the Democratic Party and will the case against Donald Trump hurt pushing the Democrats to the left?

On The Fun Half: John Kasich is so sad that he can't endorse Donald Trump. Right Wing Mandela slays John Kasich. The Koch Brothers try to sound like Bernie Sanders. Alex Jones attacks the LGBTQ community for the Orlando attack. Looking for rationality in Trump supporters. A pastor is glad that the Orlando slaughter happened. Glenn Beck goes to the next level of insane and your calls and IMs.

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The lack of objective in US "jihadi" terror shootings. The instrumentalism of religion by ISIS leaders, and why it's a mistake to assume they are truly pious. How Donald Trump is playing a role that helps ISIL. Why Bill O'Reilly is wrong about how defeating ISIS works and saying they're the "same thing" as the Nazis. The operational reality in how ISIS is being rolled back: nobody likes them. The backlash against fundamentalist islam, even wearing beards, in primarily Islamic countries like Egypt. The incredible social change occurring in the middle east.

On the Fun Half - Obama gives an excellent speech on terror and the right's "radical Islam" obsession, Bill O'Reilly calls for gun laws, do we believe in Satan?, and your calls and IMs!

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Matthias Matthijs, an Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University, explains the history of the European Union and the relationship between the UK and the EU. Why the Left in Britain skeptical of the EU historically. The common currency and getting "Britain's money back". Thatcher and the rise of Euro Skeptic politics in Britain. Why Britain's current relationship with the EU is the best of both worlds for Britain. How close was Britain to joining the Euro? What will happen to Britain if the Brexit wins. The success of Europe and how would the Brexit hurt the European project.

On The Fun Half: more Math debate. Can you really hate the sin and not the sinner? Right Wing Mandela talks math. A Infowars reporter stalks David Petraeus. Why its absurd to compare the Petraeus and Clinton.  Why its absurd to compare the Petraeus and Clinton. Rabbi Michael Lerner makes a powerful call for justice at Muhammad Ali's funeral. Fox News wants people at mass shootings to "fight back' against ISIS. Donald Trump promises far right judges. The DC Circuit upholds Net Neutrality. Deepak Chopra calls Donald Trump "retarded" and your calls and IMs.

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An anti Gay terrorist attack in Orlando. The emergency need for gun control and what we can do to to get gun safety. Can a liberal Supreme Court chip away at the Heller decision? Bizarre British pundits try to deflect from the homophobic nature of the attack and Owen Jones walks off set. Donald Trump, exploits Orlando and implies Obama is a terrorist. Alex Jones has ideas about Orlando and reforming State Democratic Party platforms.

On The Fun Half: Brexit advocate in the UK use the Orlando attacks to argue for exiting the EU. Is Bernie or Bust white privilege. "Bill Clinton" is Bernie or Bust now. Transitioning with the help of Obamacare. The plague of violence against women. Sam Seder is called a "dumb jew" by a fake "former terrorist". Chis Christie picks up McDonalds for him??!! And your calls and IMs.

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David Dayen, author of Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud, joins us in studio and explains how foreclosure fraud is still a national crisis. Will Elizabeth Warren be Hillary Clinton's running mate? How Warren wields power. Why we would Hillary pick Warren? How progressives started winning the battle over Social Security. Donald Trump and how the politics of Social Security have transformed. If Trump loses will the Republican fever break? No. Do Democrats need to give up some of the center so Republicans have room to leave the extreme right? And the Democratic Platform Committee hearings and the trial of the modern Democratic Party.

Comedian Judy Gold explains why she hates Republicans and who they are hating on now. Why would anyone vote for Trump? Paul Ryan sucks. The absurdity of the Trumps. Comparing the Clintons and the Trumps. Ted Cruz is still the worst, Chris Christie crushes on Women Tennis players and David Duke thinks the Jews are trying to take Donald Trump down.

Ben Jealous explains why Bernie Sanders represents the future of America. Bernie Sanders explains why what is radical today is common sense tomorrow and your calls and IMs.

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Rebecca Gordon, author of American Nuremberg: The U.S. Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post-9/11 War Crimes, explains the origins of the Nuremberg tribunals. The political and practical implications of Nuremberg. The United States and the ICC. The ICC and political stability. What are war crimes? Are American Drone strikes war crimes? The Bush Administration's use of torture in hyping intelligence for the invasion of Iraq. Does accountability mean criminal prosecution? Can peoples tribunals be effective and how we have mainstreamed torture.

On The Fun Half: The establishment and Donald Trump. A caller really does not like the Clintons. Bernie Sanders to help sure Donald Trump does not become President of the United States and to fight for DC Statehood. Ed Rendell, has an incoherent reason why Elizabeth Warren shouldn't be Vice President. President Obama endorses Hillary and your calls and IMs.

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How a Stanford swimmers rape of an unconscious woman demonstrates how rape culture works. Hillary Clinton locks up the Democratic nomination and Bernie Sanders should stay in. The historic nature of Clinton's nomination. Hillary's victory. A die-hard Bernie supporter is gonna vote for Hillary in the general and Donald Trump gets low energy.

On The Fun Half: More positive results from Bernie's run. Can Trump ever attract normal people? Jeffrey Lord is an insane and racist Trump supporter. Paul Ryan condemns Trump's racism, but of course still supports Trump. Glenn Beck making sense??!! Donald Trump gets boring. Trump still talking about owning Black people. Trump keeps imploding and your calls and IMs.

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Rana Foroohar the author of  Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business explains why Mitt Romney is wrong about who the real makers and takers are. The imbalance between the financial sector and "real businesses." Why finance sectors half the size of ours in the us are bad signs for economies. Inequality and the credit driven economy. Concentric circles of Wall Street's toxic influence on the entire economy. What are Share Buybacks and why they are a threat. Robert Mcnamara's influence on the balance sheet economy. The high tax myth and how to reform Capital Markets.

On The Fun Half: Ken Starr who terrorized Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky ignored a rape crisis at Baylor College when he served as President. Can business reform itself? Katrina Pierson says women Judges might be unfair to Donald Trump. Bill O'Reilly debunked by Megyn Kelly. Right Wing Mandela shares his thoughts and your call and IMs.

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Today, Michael will be talking to Publisher and Owner of The Black Star News Milton Allimadi (@Allimadi) on South Africa and turmoil in the ANC and Uganda's contested presidential elections.

Muhammed Ali's legacy beyond boxing. Malcolm X's influence on Muhammed Ali's consciousness. The upcoming elections in South Africa. The unraveling of the ANC government under Jacob Zuma. Jacob Zuma's history of misbehavior. The struggle to maintain the current coalition under political and economic tensions. The crisis in Uganda. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. American influence in Uganda since the 90s. The controversy over the Ugandan presidential elections. What can be done to get Uganda out of Museveni's control

On the fun half: More on Muhammed Ali. Are liberals purging leftists? The protests in France and the failure of centrist politics. Trump is having a tough time pivoting as the GOP promises he will. Bernie has a message for those calling on him to drop out, and your calls an IMs.

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Political strategist and MR regular explains some progressive wins in the state of Ohio. The transformed politics of Social Security. The evolution of the modern Democratic Party on Social Security. Where Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are on Social Security. Social Security and the Republican con game. The Trump Paul Ryan meeting. Donald Trump starts reversing himself on his war against the Republican establishment. Is Donald Trump calculated or insane and will Bernie win California?

Comedian Dave Hill is working on speaking better by hosting his own radio show. Dave Hill's brush with fame in Japan. The time Dave Hill worked for Donald Trump. Dave Hill's relationship with Trump. Why Trump is just a performer and parenting tips for older dads and Dave's experience in performing in Prisons in New York and Mexico and check out Dave's new book, Dave Hill Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

On The Fun Half: Hillary Clinton smacks Donald Trump. An epic Libertarian debate and your calls and IMs.

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More Libertarian insanity and President Obama calls for an expansion of Social Security.

Andrew Hacker a Professor of Political Science, Queens College and author of The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions, explains why Math is over taught in high school and community college. Is Math the austerity of the school curriculum. How Math became a religion. How we learn Math. The intellectual stagnation in Math teaching. Why we need fewer STEM students. Why we need imagination. The data era and how to move towards reform.

On The Fun Half: A Libertarian gives us his thoughts on Social Security, but somehow his phone didn't work. How retirement works. Libertarians are insane. Debating Math instruction. Bernie Sanders owns Right Wing hack Radio Show hosts. Crazy anti Transgender extremist is a Governor. Should we have universal basic income? Prison reform, cause for hope? And your calls and IMs.

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Libertarian Billionaire Peter Thiel funds lawsuits against Gawker and threatens the free press and a Bloomberg libertarian columnist writes a dumb column about it. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson gets booed at the Libertarian Convention for talking with a bit of rationality on carbon emissions. Phone bank for Bernie in California. Austin Peters is a crazy pure Libertarian. Libertarians are confused about the role of government in their debate and suggest that Jetpacks will save us. Gary Johnson causes more controversy by saying he would have voted for the Civl Rights Act and it gets crazier from there and your calls and IMs. 

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Micah White the author of  The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution, explains his role in co-creating the Occupy movement. How the Occupy movement evolved and devolved. The problems that Occupy had. Generating authority in movements. Innovating new tactics and dealing with counter tactics. Getting more sophisticated about how social change happens. How do you get sovereignty and why radicals need to run for office. How does revolution happen? Why radical parties in Europe matter. The best ways to engage in politics and hacking elections?

On The Fun Half: Debating circumcision. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren calls out a bigoted witness. A Libertarian strips. Jerry Brown endorses Hillary Clinton. Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a public service and your calls and IMs.

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Legendary blogger and columnist Digby explains why Republicans are threatening a public health crisis by blocking funds to the CDC. The Moral monstrosity of the GOP. Republicans new practice of holding up funds to prevent and address emergencies. Racism and ignoring the Zika crisis. Why is the Obama Administration still deporting people? Donald Trump's hair and did he rape his ex wife? How the media is completely failing in covering Trump. The battle inside the Trump campaign. Why Donald Trump is a global threat and will the Bernie and Trump debate happen?

Andy Kindler not impressed with Sam's Trump. Andy goes after Glenn Greenwald. Reliving the Chris Matthews hot mic about Trump's wife. A Fox segment on Donald Trump becomes an ad for Trump's new hotel. Andy is mad at media and funny on Twitter and why he likes Hillary this time.

Louie Gohmert says no "Gays" on a space colony and your calls and IMs.

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Ashley Dawson, a professor of English at CUNY, New York City and author of the new book Extinction: A Radical History, explains the sixth extinction. The history of extinctions and why and how we rely on bio diversity. The moral crisis of species extinction. capitalism and the crisis. Bison, colonial systems and Native Americans. What makes capitalism different.19th century whaling and why Capitalism can't confront the extinction crisis. The problem with Elizabeth Kolbert's critique. Bio capitalism and the next inequality crisis. The problem with "Rewilding" and why the environmental crisis is all about the contradictions and crisis of capitalism.

On  The Fun Half: Donald Trump punks out on debating Bernie Sanders. Bill O'Reilly demands Hillary Clinton debate to defends capitalism. Donald Trump calls Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas and Kimberly Guilfoyle thinks its a compliment. Ken Starr loses his job as President of Baylor for ignoring a Campus rape crisis and your calls and IMs. 

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The NRA gets Charlie Daniels threatens Iran with 'swamp folks' and 'gator' wrestlers diss video. Why Hillary Clinton's campaign will need to reach out to Bernie Sanders supporters. Elizabeth Warren hits Donald Trump hard on his Wall Street incoherence. Bill Bradley calls Donald Trump a "below average real estate developer". Noam Chomsky tell you to be rational in how you vote. Why its an ongoing fight beyond the election.

On The Fun Half: Donald Trump calls out New Mexico's Governor. Trump says no Syrian refugees in New Mexico. Who is existentially threatened by Trump. Sanders supporter Nina Turner debunks Chris Cuomo's ill informed questions on CNN.Violence at an anti Trump rally. A youth perspective on SJW culture online. James O'Keefe own goals himself and still is a moron and your calls and IMs.

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Peter S. Feldman researcher-reporter with the Open Markets Program at New America, explains the importance of understanding St Louis as an important American city. Using advertising to understand a city. Understanding regional inequality. Corruption and the American tradition. Why we are living in another gilded age. The Federal Reserve Act and balancing power across America. The economic and regulatory strategy that destroyed the Midwest and the story of Busch Beer and the collapse of Saint Louis advertising.

On The Fun Half: Education won't get you out of poverty. Bernie's picks for the Democratic Platform committee. The coming conflict about Israel/Palestine in the DNC Platform. The problem with online atheism. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders start their rapprochement? Remembering Obama and Clinton's primary. Glenn Beck has a new warning for America. Bill Cosby is going to trial. Alex Jones reflects on his relationship with the globalists. Trump and O'Reilly talk foreign policy and your calls and IMs.

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How libertarians like Ron and Rand Paul and Gary Johnson benefit from the projection of civil liberties values by naive supporters. How did libertarians rebrand themselves as not horrible beginning in the 70s. The financing of Gary Johnson's career by private prisons and his history as a hardcore "law and order" governor. Whether it's accurate to call Trump a fascists. Trump and Bernie's similarity in that they suggest political solutions rather than neoliberal market reforms.

On the fun half - defending public sector unions, Glenn Beck's meeting with Facebook, Alex Jones on Beck's meeting with Facebook and his pot belly, Noam Chomsky on voting (and voting for Hillary over Trump), plus your calls and IMs!

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Cliff Schecter explains the incredible importance and accomplishment of the Obama Administration's new overtime rules. The stupid arguments Republicans will use to fight back against Obama's new rules. The transformation of peoples lives because of new overtime. Bernie Sanders should stay in the race and the future of progressive governance. And also why Donald Trump faces steep odds.

Isabel Gillies has a spiritual connection to Judaism. How Jewish Isabel? Isabel talks about her next book What is being "cozy". Isabel tells us all to watch Mad Men and Sam's tell us about the time he meant Jon Hamm.

On The Fun Half: We hear from Right Wing Mandela. Donald Trump mocks Chris Christie and its cruel and hilarious. Benghazi Chair admits that the main right wing talking point on Benghazi is a lie. The future of the Democratic and Republican. Alex Jones gets offended parties and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 3:15pm EDT

Roger Stone tells Alex Jones that if he is killed blame the Clintons.

David Dayen author of Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud explains why he told the bottom up story of the foreclosure crisis. The three individuals that Dayen followed to understand banking corruption in the housing market. Scams, fraud and mortgage loans. How illegality was built into the market. Mers and why everyone is susceptible mortgage fraud. The fraudulent document industry. The development of CDOs. How the mortgage security industry became such a mess. Why compensation models incentivized awful behavior in the mortgage market and the inspiring stories of three ordinary people who expose Wall Street's fraud.

On The Fun Half: will Donald Trump lead to Civil War? Stuart Varney says Egypt Air crash helps Donald Trump. We hear from Right Wing Mandela's press spokesman "John Miller". Bigotry against the LGBT community in North Carolina. Why CNN is freaking out of Bernie Sanders and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:31pm EDT

Journalist, legendary Trump biographer and author of the new Kindle book Trump: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Deals, the Downfall, the Reinvention, explains why and how Donald Trump didn't run in 2012. Trump's Mob connections. Why Trump's race baiting is all that matters in a Republican primary. Why Donald Trump would be nowhere without his dad's money. The corruption of Fred Trump. Trump family history of crony capitalism. How Donald Trump triad to pay off Wayne Barrett. Roy Cohn and the Trump history of racism. Trump's "remote connection" to the truth and how to expose Trump.

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The assault on labor unions that was averted at the Supreme Court. The Zubik case and access to women's healthcare. The disingenuous argument for religious liberty in the Zubik case and how dangerous that case was and why how the importance of the Supreme Court.

On The Fun Half: What happened at the Nevada Democratic convention. Maoist Bernie shares plans for the convention. Obamacare keeps insuring more people. Hillary Clinton moves to the left on healthcare. Bernie Sanders destroys austerity in a speech in Puerto Rico. The Intercept begins releases the rest of Snowden's documents. The CIA torture report was destroyed. Bill Kristol freaks out on CNN.  and your calls IMs.

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Benjamin Dixon (@TheBpDShow) joins Michael to talk about where the progressive movement is and is headed, and the problem of coming to terms with Hillary if she's the nominee. What happened at the Democratic Convention in Nevada? The rule changes that appear to benefit Hillary Clinton. Finding a third way between "Bernie or bust" and enthusiastic Hillary boosterism.

On the fun half: Reince Priebus doesn't know why people keep asking him about Trump's misogyny, Ben Carson doesn't judge Trump because Christianity, Billy Corgan calls Sanders an "Orwellian nightmare," more from Trump's PR guy "John Miller," a meteorologist is told to put on a sweater, and your calls and IMs!

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Freebie Friday, folks!

Cliff Schecter joins us to discuss George Zimmerman's attempts to auction off the gun he shot Trayvon Martin with; the gun is bid on by someone named "Racist McShootface." The state of the GOP and Dem VP watch. Why is the Hillary campaign so lame in its attempts to attack Trump? How will the GOP attempt to pull itself together.

Then Film Guy Matthew joins us. "John Miller" does a fantastic job doing PR for Trump in the 90s, per leaked audio, Film Guy Matthew is selling bagged MR studio air and recommends Out of the Blue (1980), Bernie Sanders visits the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, running the Tea Party playbook on the democrats, on voting for Jill Stein and the Greens, and your calls and IMs!

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Category:general -- posted at: 3:19pm EDT

Intercept co-founder, journalist and author of the new book The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program, Jeremy Schaill explains the leaks delivered to the Intercept that reveal the Obama Administration's global assassination program. How the Obama Administration's metric for measuring deaths in drone strikes excludes measuring civilian deaths. The documents that reveal how the "kill chain" works and why the military wants more drones. The types of drone strikes. Military language and measuring "success". The false allegation that Abdulrahman Anwar al-Awlaki was involved in terrorism. The history of modern American assassination policy and why Liberals have started supporting  Dick Cheney policies under the Obama era.

On the Fun Half: Debbie Wasserman Schultz won't debate her opponent.  Arizona man wants to be a super hero by opening up fire on shoplifters. Bernie Sanders calls out Andrew Mitchell for carrying water for Hillary. Donald Trump did not oppose invading Iraq. Donald Trump hits Hillary on foreign policy.

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Jimmy Dore, the host of the Jimmy Dore Show and a TYT contributor, explains what Bernie Sanders has done for the progressive movement in America. How Bernie Sanders campaigns. The endless problems with hillary Clinton. Can we afford to vote for another neoliberal? How Democrats shifted to the Right. Would Obamacare would have passed under a Republican President. Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton who is gonna be worse? Who is gonna sign TPP and how does liberalism win in America?

On The Fun Half: What's the result of voting for Jill Stein? How long should Bernie stay in the race? Dana Loesch calls a Trump supporter "flat-chested" as the Conservative civil war heats up. Paul Ryan wants to know more about Donald Trump and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 3:03pm EDT

Marya Hannun (@Mrhannun) and Sophie Spaan (@SophieSpaan) join Michael to talk about their article in Foreign Policy, "When Europe Loved Islam," covering Islam's place in European culture and its history as a spirituality trend for aristocratic.

How does one approach Islam through academically and historically. The cultural and political journey of Islam through empire. Islam's resonance with European intellectuals. Islam and modernity's "new man." Muslims serving in World War I. Colonial outreach to muslim subjects and colonial anxiety. How do we learn to ask the right questions? The importance of contextualizing and historicizing.

On the fun half - Hillary couldn't blow it, could she? Bernie on the need for a democratic Fox News, Loretta Lynch rebukes NC governor over anti-trans bill. Plus your calls an IMs!

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:57pm EDT

Adam Sheingate an associate professor and chair of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University and author of Building a Business of Politics: The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy explains the origins and history of political consulting in the United States. The role of California and corporations in American political consulting. Corporate clients and the branding of national insurance. How effective is political consulting? What part of political consulting is the most reliable source of revenue and how the cost of politics is inflated.

On The Fun Half: Tucker Carelson is offended that Obama would say be proud of your blackness. President Obama explains the power of strategic organizing. NOI Obama drops in. Is John McCain in trouble? North Carolina goes to the mat to discriminate against Transgender people and keep down wages. Pat Robertson still crazy. Donald Trump is not gonna be a candidate of peace and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:35pm EDT

Cliff Schecter enjoys the GOP collapse. Why Donald Trump is not going to win the Presidency. The time Keith Ellison was mocked by mainstream media hacks for saying Trump might be the Republican nominee in 2015. Is Ben Sasse going to run as a third party conservative? The problem with Paul Ryan not endorsing Trump. Why Democrats should outsource their attacks on Trump to Republicans. Hillary Clinton's smart new ad. Donald Trump is not so bright. How to destroy Trump. A Clinton PAC puts out another smart anti Trump ad. Is John Mccain going lose and are Republicans going to lose the Senate?

On The Fun Half: Philosophy and politics. Alex Jones calls out Glenn Beck. Donald Trump is the worst and his fans are the worst and your calls and IMs.

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Direct download: 05-06-16-Cliff_Schecter-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:17pm EDT

Robert H Frank a Professor of Economics at Cornel University and author of the new book Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy, explains the danger to the public of the successful not recognizing the role of luck. The time Mitt Romney wished he was Latino. The roles of the luck and the feeling of "deserving". Gratitude is good for you. How these insights can enhance public policy and fight inequality. Why we need universal social programs. Inequality and what makes people really happy? The availability heuristic and how to shift public policy.

On The Fun Half: listening to Decomposure's great song Potterville. Bill Kristol gets sneaky with his "Never Trump" commitment. Glenn Beck has a Trump meltdown. Jim Webb for Trump's VP? Is Donald Trump going to hurt John Mccain and other down ticket Republicans? John Mccain thinks so. Democratic strategists sign on to kill Single Payer healthcare in Colorado. Chris Matthew's is very attracted to Donald Trump's wife. Barack Obama fails in Flint and your calls and IMs.

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1331 - Trump is Going to Be the GOP Nominee, TIPP Dead? & Bernie’s Indiana Upset

New leaks threaten passage of the TIPP and TPP. Why Corporate trade agreements are dangerous for health, the environment and democracy. Ted Cruz drops out. Random Rush. Conservative pundits create a new fantasy world about "true conservatism". Why there is no real "conservative movement". Mocking Ross Douthat. Many Republican voters are "scared" of Donald Trump. Donald Trump of course is not honest about being against the  invasion of Iraq. Remember Trump is dangerous.

On The Fun Half: Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore suggests that sometimes you should point your guns at Police. Why we need to stop treating Republicans with respect. A great anti Cruz conspiracy theory and your calls and IMs.

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Counter Terrorism strategist and author of  Defeating ISIS: Who They Are, How They Fight, What They Believe, Malcolm Nance explains the Pillars of Islam, how Islamic history has restrained extremism. Debunking anti Islam myths. For all of its faults, "Islam is not the problem". Why are young people joining ISIS? Iraq and the formation of ISIS. The Surge and the Awakening? Baathists helped create the potency of ISIS. The moment of ISIS's greatest power. The ISIS campaign of micro genocide and the global response to ISIS.  What happens next in counter insurgency. Debating drones and Libya and combating anti Muslim and Arab bigotry.

On The Fun Half: Ted Cruz is owned by Donald Trump supporters. Does Heidi Cruz deny that Ted is the Zodiac Killer and your calls and IMs.

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What does Chevy's safety ratings in Latin America tell you aboutthe myth of libertarianism? What Pakistan's candy poisoning tragedyalso tells you about Libertarianism. Donald Trump continues todominate, but is very unlikely to win the general. Trump pays aBreitbart editor for "consulting". Hollywood Republican groupdissolves. Friend of show Ryan Grim gets into fight with Fox Newsdick Jesse Waters. Bernie Sanders is staying in and he should Andwhy comparing Sanders and Trump is stupid.

On The Fun Half: Ted Cruz calls it a basketball "ring" andPresident Obama mocked him. Barack Obama is funny at the WHCD andLarry Wilmore makes the room uncomfortable. Michael Bloombergdelusional. We remember Father Daniel Berrigan and your calls andIMs.

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Meg Jacobs joined us to discuss her book, "Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s." Meg is a research scholar in the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

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Joseph Singer, Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, joins us to discuss his new book, "No Freedom without Regulation: The Hidden Lesson of the Subprime Crisis."

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Manisha Sinha (@ProfMSinha), professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, joins us to discuss her new book, "The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition."

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Thomas Frank joins us to discuss his new book "Listen, Liberal! Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?" How and why the Democrats moved to the neoliberal right over the past 30 years. The draconian crime bill. The Dems courtship of Wall Street. The current importance of inequality. The Clinton's role in the shift. 

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Hello Majority Report listeners! In lieu of Michael Monday this week, we're including a recent highlight episode of Majority.FM's new show, 2 Dope Boys & a Podcast. Hosted by Michael Brooks and Phil McKenzie, and produced by Matt Lech.

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New interviews for the rest of the week.

Episode 7 - De Niro’s Dubious Autism Doc, Negative Work Cultures, and Punishing Diversity Promoters

Crew Member this week: Biz Ghormley. Biz is a writer, investigator, and seasoned social change strategist. Never one for the status quo, Biz asks hard questions, curates space for community and creativity, and strives for loving truth in her work. She believes stories are essential for healing, truth and freedom. @OneWitness

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“Tribeca Film Festival Pulls Controversial Anti-Vaccination Documentary,” Brent Lang, Variety. (http://variety.com/2016/film/markets-festivals/tribeca-film-anti-vaccination-1201739937/)

What’s Up?

“Why A Negative Work Culture Is Better Than No Culture At All,” Vivian Giang, Fast Company (http://www.fastcompany.com/3058282/lessons-learned/why-a-negative-work-culture-is-better-than-no-culture-at-all)

What’s Good?

“Women and Minorities Are Penalized for Promoting Diversity,” Stefanie K. Johnson and David R. Hekman, Harvard Business Review (https://hbr.org/2016/03/women-and-minorities-are-penalized-for-promoting-diversity)

“Diverse workforces are more innovative,” Gina Grillo, The Guardian. (http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2014/mar/27/diversity-innovation-startups-fortune-500-companies)

“How Diversity Can Drive Innovation,” Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Melinda Marshall, and Laura Sherbin, Harvard Business Review (https://hbr.org/2013/12/how-diversity-can-drive-innovation)

Diggin’ in the Crates

Phil

Saga, an epic space opera/fantasy comic book series written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_(comic_book))

“Agitprop!” at the Brooklyn Museum (https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/agitprop)

Michael

The Lives of Others (2006) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/)

Biz

“Zami: A New Spelling of My Name” by Audre Lorde (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zami:_A_New_Spelling_of_My_Name)

“Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans” by Dan Baum (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/books/review/Mallon-t.html)

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089880/)

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:30am EDT

Judge Oliver Diaz the former Presiding Justice on the Supreme Court of Mississippi the importance of state judicial elections and the real story behind the Hot Coffee case. Why and how Karl Rove and the Chamber of Commerce flooded state judicial races with corporate money. How Justice Diaz was targeted politically and criminally and how to protect state Judicial systems from corporate power.

Attorney Richard Newsome of Newsome & Melton explains the Takata airbag case and why so many airbags aren't safe. How airbags supposed to work. Honda's secret recall. Why the US government does not have a way to protect the public from dangerous airbags and why did did this happen?

Arthur Bryant of Public Justice explains the most disturbing document he read in discovery. Why Remington Arms has known for decades that a defect in some of its guns fire for no reason.

Attorney Lyn Toops of Cohen & Malad explains how Indiana's adoption system that disenfranchised disabled children. The austerity budgets that targeted disenfranchised children and how Governor Mike Pence's political ambitions and classist adoption policies helped settle the case.

On The Fun Half: Is Donald Trump going to win Pennsylvania? Vaccines, public health and the medical industry. Giving up on Bernie? And your calls and IM

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:25pm EDT

Attorney John Fitch explains that "Tort Reform" is all about corporate advantage. Why corporations push for the injustice of Tort Reform. Under Tort law in abused children have limited recourse while predators and the organizations that protect them are favored under the law and what needs to be done to protect the public from corporations.

Attorney David L. Scher tells us the story of Dr. Joseph Ting and a systemic case of Medicare fraud. Why Medicare is riddled with fraud. A bribery scandal that will shock you and why corporations are the main problem.

Thom Hartmann and Sam talk Craps strategy. Bernie Sander's accomplishments and why the revolution is happening, how Bernie got thrown off his game, why he should stay in until the convention and enforcing the Sherman Act to protect us from media monopolies.

On The Fun Half: Your calls and IMs.

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:25pm EDT

On today's show Anthony Pereira, the Director of King's Brazil Institute at King's College joins us to discuss the crisis in Brazil.

The development of Brazil’s “Workers’ Party” from the 70’s to Lula’s administration. The role of systemic corruption in Brazilian politics. Why this case looks like selective invocation of the law by anti-Worker’s Party forces. The role of the Brazilian oligarchy in deposing Lula. How Lula personalized the Workers’ Party in an unproductive way. (10:30)

And on the Fun Half - Trump on remembering 7-11, Kasich is disgruntled again in a New York deli, Giuliani wants to establish that he’s NOT part of the Trump campaign, Laura Ingraham has technical difficulties, and you calls and IMs! (43:15)

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:32pm EDT

Ari Rabin-Havt, the host of the Agenda on SiriusXM and author of Lies, Incorporated: The World of Post-Truth Politicsexplains the how and why of why we got to post truth politics. Documentary filmmaker Josh Fox explains the urgency of the climate crisis is a spiritual and moral and not just political.

On The Fun Half: Donald Trump comes up with a new line. Hillary Clinton's record and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:55pm EDT

Cliff Schecter plays out the politics of Bernie Sanders visit to the Vatican. Sanders moves Clinton on the minimum wage. Why activists need support from Democratic leaders. Bernie Sanders has a breakthrough in rhetoric on Israel/Palestine. Having on honest discussion on the Middle East. Bernie tries to make Hillary take a pledge on Social Security? And why Hillary Clinton isn't catching up with the upward left wing movement of the party. (13:30)

Andy Kindler hates more pundits and he thinks he could pass for non Jewish. Andy's exciting new gig and Dennis Miller is the worst and we all make fun of him. (59:15)

On The Fun Half: an update for Right Wing Mandela. Why universal programs are better than targeted ones. (1:39:30)

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Category:general -- posted at: 3:04pm EDT

Johann Hari the author of  Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs explains why the world owes Colombia and Mexico an apology. Why stigma and punishing addicts creates violence and instability. How drug prohibition has created stunning violence in the drug business. Will the next UN drug summit actually listen to anti drug war voices? Three of the most interesting global activists opposing the War on Drugs. Why the UN slogan "A Drug Free World - We can do it! sounds Soviet. The global class war and the Drug War. The economics of why the drug is so violent and what we will come from the next UNGAS narcotics summit.

On The Fun Half:  Donald Trump calls for Joe Paterno to come back even though he is dead and protected a child predator. John Kasich Gentilesplains to Hasids. How likely is a contested GOP convention. Bernie Sanders has an incredible rally in Washington Square Park in New York City. Clinton advisor promises UFO transparency.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:53pm EDT

David Dayen explains how a new Goldman Sachs subprime mortgages fraud settlement with the Federal Government is a fraud. Why Goldman is not going to end up paying any actual money. Why Goldman's punishment is like forcing a bank robber to open a lemonade stand. Who Goldman Sachs ripped off. Why the Federal government benefits but not consumers. Why Goldman Sachs has no reason to stop engaging in unethical behavior. The Living Will provision of Dodd Frank and why banks are to big. Why the to big to fail provision of Dodd Frank is not being acted on. The way to force banks to downsize and would JP Morgan be more profitable to break itself up?

On The Fun Half: What is happening in Brazil? How big a difference between Bernie and Hillary? No porn for North Carolina because of its new anti LGBT bill? David Cameron destroyed in Parliament by Labor MP Dennis Skinner. And your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:34pm EDT

The Nation's Ari Berman explains why voting problems in the Arizona Primary is a result of the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act.  How the first Presidential election after the assault on the Voting Rights Act will play out. Why states like Texas will keep fighting ballot access. A Wisconsin Republican admits that photo ID laws are all about helping Republicans. Why voter ID laws oppress people. Voter ID laws are the new poll tax. Are Democrats getting better on defending voting rights? Is Motor Voter a federal law? The Evenwel v Abbott case and preserving one person, one vote and the election and the Supreme Court. (11:15)

On The Fun Half: We get a call form our favorite conservative. A libertarian call. Seder Hotline bling. Bill De Blasio and Hillary Clinton get awkward. Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly: who is the bigger racist? Democratic insurgents run on expanding Social Security. Ben Carson claims CNN reporter was charged with a crime. Glenn Beck going next level crazy??

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:23pm EDT

On today’s program, Rania Khalek (@raniakhalek) joins us to discuss the difficulty of distinguishing between Netanyahu and Trump as well as what the left-wing critique of PC entails.

The function of identity politics in national politics today, especially in the democratic primary. Hillary Clinton and establishment democrats use of privilege discourse, and college, and how young dems are still going to Bernie. The liability left by Dems abandonment of the working class. How the discourse of white privilege erased white poverty.

And on the fun half - Identity politics and sexual orientation. Sam Harris. Cenk vs American Airlines.  Alex Jones on the natural strength of redheads vs africans. Glenn Beck on being threatened by George Soros. Ted Cruz is protested in the Bronx.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:30pm EDT

Cliff Schecter explains the sexual abuse revelations of Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and how Republicans looked the other way. Systemic child abuse and power. The move toward Paid Family leave. Why both the Sanders and Clinton campaigns are screwing up. Bill Clinton's major screw up and reopening race politics and the Clintons.(10:00)

Michael Ian Black has a new children's book on Donald Trump. What inspired the Trump book. Wet Hot American Summer and more of Sam's friends who became stars. Michael's reasons for fighting for Gun Control. How Michael got big Twitter. Michael does not listen to the Majority Report and who is Michael's favorite Right Wing talker and when the Trump book is getting released. (47:00)

On The Fun Half: What you can do to seriously address inequality. Hillary Clinton uses a noise machine from the press hearing what she is saying at a fundraiser and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:31pm EDT

Felix Salmon, senior editor at Fusion (@felixsalmon), joins us to discuss the Panama Papers leak and the journalism behind it. Why these services are used. The Icelandic prime minister's dance with resignation as a result of the resulting public pressure. The growing global frustration with wealthy elite shenanigans. Why the Panama Papers has led to more exposure of Europeans than Americans. How are the elite referred into this money-sheltering schemes. "Family offices." How the ICIJ coordinated with the journalists. The immediate tightening of "know-your-customer" rules by banks.

On the Fun Half - Bernie vs. Hillary in Qualifications-gate, there are more interesting things to talk about than Bernie-or-Bust, and your calls and IMs! 

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:26pm EDT

Ted Cruz wins Wisconsin and the debacle that is coming up at the Republican convention. Republicans hate their choices. Trump plans a series of policy speeches and we all laugh. Trump buys fake Facebook followers. Bernie Sanders wins Wisconsin big and Democrats are getting more and more liberal. The minimum wage is raised to $15 in California and New York. Chuck Grassley talks complete nonsense about the Supreme Court. A Republican gets real about Republican voter suppression laws are all about. Was the Bernie Sanders Daily News interview really that bad? How do you breakup the banks.

On The Fun Half: Florida's dirtbag Governor is destroyed when he visits a coffee shop. James Carville wheels out an absurd new attack on Bernie Sanders and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:35pm EDT

Jacob Hacker the Stanley B.Resor Professor of Political Science, Director of the Institute for Social and Policy Studies and author of American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper explains why America lost our historical understanding of the mixed economy. How regulation helps grow economies and produce better outcomes. Why we are safer and wealthier because of government investment and regulation. Climate change is the biggest externality that we face and we need government to address it. The descent of the Romney's and the rise of delusional Right Wing politics. Why we need to clean up politics to restore government. Government makes the pie bigger. The problem with the Nudge agenda and why we need to trust government. (12:30)

On The Fun Half: Dinesh D'Souza calls Michael a "limp wristed voice fellow and Sam reviews D'Souza's insane new movie trailer. Trump caller Dug returns! Bernie or Bust? Bernie Sanders called out Panama tax shelters back in 2011 and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:44pm EDT

On today’s show Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) joins us to discuss the massive new Unaoil corporate corruption scandal out of Monaco exposed by the Huffington Post (read about it here). The escalating corruption of bribery. Why cultural explanations of corruption are insufficient. The line between lobbying and bribery. How ISIS uses corruption in recruiting. (6:45)

Then, journalist Omer Aziz  (@omeraziz12) on Sam Harris and the failure of our new public intellectuals. His odd experience of going on Sam Harris’ podcast, where Harris had him on to read his piece to him while Harris critiques it live. Harris courting of controversy and apparent discomfort with his status as a controversial figure. The thoughtful responses from Harris fans Omer receive through email vs. the responses from twitter. (33:00)

On the fun half - The Panama Papers, Hillary says young voters haven’t done their research, Rosario Dawson says she’ll watch her tone for Hillary, the twilight of Sarah Palin and your calls and IMs!

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:47pm EDT

Hillary Clinton admits she's too ill too lead our country, liberal Trump-hater Tina Dupuy tries to make Trump the Unifier into a bad thing, Thom Hartmann wants to only punish men for abortions, and why Muslims are going have the right to rape if we don't wise up.

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We celebrate 12 years of the Majority Report!

Cliff Schecter discusses the evolution of rights of the LGBT community from 2004. Why the rights of the LGBT community is still under assault. Business leverage and LGBT rights in Georgia and North Carolina. Will North Carolina go blue? California raises its minimum wage. Donald Trump and the ongoing destruction of the Republican Party. The Republican convention is going to be a disaster and can the Democrats take back Congress?

On The Fun Half: Janeane Garofalo does her great Katherine Harris impression and gives us Harris's "insight" into Chris Christie and why "white lives" matter. Who Katherine Harris backs for President. Katherine's new juicing program and her what Marcus Bachman is going to do Janeane Garofalo's apartment.

On The Fun Half: Bernie Sanders cannot fully understood just how insane the Republicans are.

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New York Magazine and author of All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation explains the radical transformation of what single means in today's world. The history of marriage as an institution. What marriage means across racial and class lines. Susan B Anthony and the historical resistance to marriage. Marrying later in life and less gendered relationships. Backlash against "PC culture". Unmarried women and the transforming electorate. Why White men have always received government benefits. Why we need paid sick leave now and why marriage is becoming a new institution. (14:30)

On The Fun Half: How to help Bernie now. More Police abuse. Trump and the revolution the debate continues. Fighting a Clinton Presidency from the left. Donald Trump backs out of his commitment to back the Republican nominee. Trump backs campaign manager who assaulted a Breitbart person. Alex Jones talks to Trump associate Roger Stone and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:41pm EDT

Public Sector Unions survive as the Friedrich case goes down. Susan Sarandon tells Chris Hayes that if Trump is elected the revolution might happen and Hillary's campaign demands Bernie change his tone in order to debate.

On The Fun Half: the country moves to the left under Democrats. Is President Obama a vampire? A new gun that looks like a smartphone. How change happens and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:33pm EDT

On today’s show journalist Rafia Zakaria (@rafiazakaria) joins us to discuss her latest piece Decolonising Education and the terror attacks on Lahore. (8:00)

Terror attacks in Lahore on Easter Sunday. How attacks targeted Christians, and how despite this most victims were Christians. Tension between the Pakistani government and the hardline Islamists groups regarding the national recognition of minority religious holidays. The evolving relationship between Pervez Musharraf and radical terror. The “they must’ve had this coming” attitude toward terrorism in Pakistan. Valuing all victims in the war on terror regardless of race and religion. Rafia’s Decolonising Education. Reclaiming decolonization away from terrorist ideologies. The toll taken by the politicization of “human rights,” which only seem to matter in countries we want to intervene in. Holes in the human rights framework.

And on the Fun Half - A bird lands on Bernie’s lectern. John Kerry smacks down GOP stupidity. Everyone spent the weekend talking about Ted Cruz’s alleged girlfriends. On “Bernie or Bust.” Plus your calls and IMs. 

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Category:general -- posted at: 3:10pm EDT

David Dayen author of the forthcoming book Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud explains why the Bernie Sanders campaign shows the left is alive and well in younger Americans. The popularity of socialism in young voters. More and more voters love single payer healthcare. Will Donald Trump get the Republican nomination? Can Democrats take back Congress? How the Democratic leadership fails. The "Trump Network" pyramid scheme and the government's response. And remembering Garry Schandling.

Isabel Gillies calls in from a train to Washington D.C. to recommend "Freaks and Geeks."

On the Fun Half - Cruz is taken to task by an NBC reporter for refusing to say he won't vote Trump, Alex Jones breaks news on Beyonce-singing gangs terrorizing white people, an anti-muslim racist cab driver in Salt Lake City, Bernie as third-party candidate and your calls and IMs!

MR has launched a brand new Podcast! Check out 2 Dope Boys & a Podcast, hosted by Michael Brooks and Philip L Mckenzie! Subscribe to 2 Dope Boys on iTunes.  Our friends over at Best of the Left just released their #1000! Take a look back with BOTL here!

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:57pm EDT

Journalist Guy Lawson explains the story behind the most unlikely trip to the North Pole. The crew of armatures who pulled off an incredible North Pole expedition. Historical realities and fictions and North Pole expeditions. Radovan Karadzic convicted for war crimes by the ICC. Ethnic violence in the Balkans. Global violence and anti Muslim bigotry. No experience foreign policy hawks. Islamophobia and recapturing Canadian identity. Changing America and White ethnic fear. (12:30)

On The Fun Half: Nixon Administration official admits the drug war was all about oppressing Black people and the anti war movement. Bernie Sanders calls out the corporate media. Random Rush. New anti LGBT bill passes in North Carolina and your calls and IMs.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:35pm EDT

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton get closer to their party nominations. Why Bernie Sanders should stay in the race. A man in Texas makes a Biblical discovery and The Mosul dam bursting threatens over a million of lives in Iraq.

On The Fun Half: What happens next in the Democratic Primary? Glenn Beck says Obama came out as a Marxist in Cuba. Donald Trump delivers again and your calls and IMs.

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Ian Millhiser a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Editor of ThinkProgress Justice explains what is appealing about President Obama's pick of Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court. Deference to regulatory agencies. The politics of the Garland pick. Why Obama's strategy of appearing rational does not work with Republicans. The Republicans strategy behind blocking Garland. How to undo the damage of the Roberts Court. What it will take to move the Court to the left and religion and birth control at the Supreme Court. (13:30)

On The Fun Half: Bernie Sanders talks with sanity and decency on Israel/Palestine. Why is Bernie Sanders getting bold on Israel/Palestine? A libertarian thinks he got Sam. Al Franken shames the Republicans for holding up Merrick Garland and your calls and IMs. 

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On today's show, Mark Leon Goldberg (@MarkLGoldberg) is on to discuss possible genocide in Burundi and terrorism in West Africa.

The situation in Burundi as it relates to the Rwandan genocide in terms of international attention. The civil war in Burundi. Pierre Nkurunziza’s power grabbing, attempts to disregard term limits. Mass graves as a result of the political violence. The possibility this leads to a massive atrocity. The ethnic dimensions of the conflict perhaps overemphasized by media. The stability of Burundi’s neighbors. Burundi’s refusal to allow African Union peacekeepers. What motivates leaders to cling to power? (13:00)

The growth of al-Qaeda linked terrorism in Western Africa. Attacks on hotels linked to western governments. Attacks in Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire, and the apparent targeting of Francophone countries. The possibility a woman from East Europe becomes the next leader of the United Nations.

On the Fun Half - The shape of recriminations if Hillary loses the general? Trump and George Wallace. What’s going on in Brazil? How will artificial intelligence kill humanity.

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Cliff Schecter explains the state of play in the Democratic Race. Can Bernie pull off a major upset. The problem with Clinton media surrogates. The first woman president and the first Jewish president. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Can Republicans stop Trump? The Republicans created Trump and will pay for it. Remember Christine O'Donnell? Well she still has stuff to say and the Republican scam machine. (12:15)

Film Guy Matthew Weiss enrolls Sam in his new eBay scheme. Matthew talks politics with his students. What its like teaching Jewish seniors. Matthew tells us to watch Under the Skin. (53:00)

On The Fun Half: Fox & Friends say the Irish "got over it" and your calls and IMs.

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Robert Epstein (@DrREpstein), a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology in California, explains how search rankings effect consumer choice. Does  the same dynamic impact voting patterns? Search rankings and candidate success? Why people are not aware of bias in search engines? Search results and transforming public opinion on everything from AI to sexuality. The danger of Google's information power. The connections between Google and government and what Hillary Clinton's campaign is doing with search results. (13:45)

On The Fun Half: White Supremacists phone bank for Trump. Has Trump helped Hillary Clinton. Trump advises himself on FP and Ted Cruz is advised by massive Islamophobes. Rick Snyder called out for the Flint crisis in Congress. and your calls and IMs.

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The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim breaks down the bad news for Bernie Sanders in yesterdays elections. In Chicago progressives turned out to send Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez packing. Why did many of those same voters cast a ballot for Hillary Clinton. Why all progressives need to be intersectional. Are you risking less with Clinton? Does Sanders still have a path to victory? Should Sanders stay in the race? Donald Trump dominates last nights Republican primary. Can the Republicans actually take the nomination away from Trump? How the Republicans can go third party. Will the Republicans accept Obama's centrist Supreme Court pick? (11:30)

On The Fun Half: Why did Obama select Merrick Garland? Sam debates two Libertarians. Wall Street legend schools CNBC hacks on the real state of the economy and why Bernie Sanders would be best for it. Glenn Beck losing it even more? And your calls and IMs.

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On today’s show Vox’s Amanda Taub (@amandataub) join us to discuss her new article The Rise of American Authoritarianism.

How do you measure authoritarian attitudes? The four parenting questions that reveal the authoritarian mindset. The Republican Party's anxiety about social change and what voters that appeals to. How crisis can activate the authoritarian value society. Vox's polling and fear of threats from foreign sources. Race and measuring response to authority. How many Democrats are authoritarian and what do we do about authoritarian politics?

On The Fun Half: the Bernie or Bust debate. Ben Carson admits he didn't want to endorse Donald Trump but he needed to look out for himself. Chris Christie skips a cops funeral to campaign for Trump. Breitbart throws its own reporter under the bus.  Glenn Beck and Grover Norquist battle continues. We cannot afford Donald Trump and your calls and IMs.

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On today’s show, Hooman Majd (@hmajd) joins us to discuss his recent election results in Iran. (6:15)

The internal dynamics of Iran’s politics. The difference between now and the Green Revolution. The revolutionary and sub-revolutionary elements of the Green Movement. The dynamic between The Supreme Leader Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani, and Mohammad Khatami. The state of political freedom across the Middle East. The momentum and goals of the Iranian moderates and pragmatists. Iranian awareness of the perilous revolutions in their neighborhood. The moderate focus on foreign policy and trade and when they’ll get around to social programs. What a “religious democracy” in Iran may look like.

And on the Fun Half: Sam Harris releases the full Omer Aziz “debate.” Taking Trump seriously. Marco Rubio called out for stealing one of The Good Liars' girlfriends. And your calls and IMs. 

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Cliff Schecter explains the distinct dangers and threats of Donald Trump. Donald Trump says the Republican Party elites should "embrace" what's happening. Donald Trump's raw anti Muslim bigotry and Marco Rubio's response. Why Muslims should fear Trump and the history of Jewish repression. Reince Priebus wanted a "G rated" debate and he sort of got one and what the Republican elites fear. (13:21)

Andy Kindler reflects on his Boston material. Kindler corners the market on comparing people to Hitler. Sam and Andy are not impressed by Louie's latest political intervention. Ben Carson endorses Donald Trump and of course its weird. Andy talks with Ben Carson and Andy prefers Hillary. (47:30)

On The Fun Half: Trump rally gets violent in Missouri. Donald Trump evades condemning violence and racism coming from his supporters. Sam debates a libertarian and your calls and IMs.

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MR reviews last nights Democratic Primary debate. Bernie Sanders a powerful answer on birtherism and racism. Do the Koch Brothers support Bernie? Bernie Sanders is dangerous for Wall Street. Bernie and Hillary debate the auto bailout. Bernie gives a strong answer on tuition free colleges. Sanders tries to get Clinton to agree to end Fracking and differences on youth unemployment and Wall Street.

On The Fun Half: Hillary Clinton's frustrating line of attack. Sam Harris is a hack. A Trump supporter sucker punches a black protester and your calls and IMs.

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Bernie Sanders wins big in Michigan. How the polls got the race so wrong. Bernie's massive success with the Muslim vote and what comes next.

Tim Canova, a progressive challenging DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Shultz in the Democratic Primary in Florida's 23rd District explains what inspired him to take on Schultz. Schultz's advocacy on behalf of corporate clients. What motivated Tim to challenge Schultz and the strengthening Progressive movement. (20:30)

Bernie Sander's big win in Michigan happened and what about the electability argument now?

On The Fun Half: Oklahoma slashes healthcare funding for the poor. Bobby Jindal has destroyed Louisiana with trickle down economics. What's the problem with a Constitutional Convention? Donald Trump's best supporter Ernie Boch Jr drops more gems on Fox New Business. The new age of Protests and your calls and IMs.

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Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi explains the power of Donald Trump on the stump. Trump's fusion of bigotry and populism. Joe Scarborough admits that trickle down does not trickle down. Can Trump be stopped? The difference between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders success and limits. The Clinton's advantages with the African American community. The modern Democrats awful record on race. Does Bernie have any leverage? Can Trump force Hillary in a populist direction? Trump's Sexism and running against Clinton.

On The Fun Half: Understanding Trump's appeal. The latest pathetic from Sam Harris. Clinton scandals and the general election. Mitt Romney robocalls for not Donald Trump. Michael Bloomberg is not running for President. Predictions for tonight's primary results and your calls and IMs.

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On today’s show, we’re joined first by Steven A. Cook (@stevenacook) to talk the Syrian ceasefire. Cook is Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East & Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. (11:15)

An update from Erdogan's Turkey and the Turkish turn to authoritarianism and the crackdown on press freedom. What is becoming of Turkish middle-class identity How Erdogan plays on the patrimonial currents in Turkey. The centralization of power under Erdogan. The EU summit on the migrant crisis and the current European conversation regarding Turkey. An overview of Turkish foreign policy. How Erdogan is like Trump. The Kurds and the ceasefire in Syria. Taking on ISIS and Assad simultaneously.

Then, Matt “Old Matt” Binder (@mattbinder) will phone in to give us a report of his time at CPAC. How normal everyday conservatives are actually quite nice! The accessibility of conservative public figures at CPAC. The conservative desire to participate in Hollywood. The conservative book publishing industry. How everyone hates Mitt Romney. (45:00)

And on the Fun Half - Dinesh D'Souza is making crazy statements publicly again because he has a movie. Does rap culture make Chicago violent? Alex Jones on Marco's obsession with Trump's package.

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Full coverage of the 11th GOP debate on Thursday, March 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan.

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Cliff Schecter explains just how demented the Republicans are. The Seder/Schecter theory of Republican politics. How each Republican can be made to pay for not allowing a SCOTUS nomination and nominating Trump. The temperament to be President. Mitt Romney positions himself for a run. Why Jim Webb might back Donald Trump. Will the Kochs back Gary Johnson. (14:15)

Judy Gold hates Donald Trump. Mitt Romney is the school principle trying to get control of the school. Judy Gold also really really hates Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz did something really disgusting at the GOP debate. Will Republicans ever get over the anti Gay bigotry?Meditation may not be working for Judy and Chris Christie is the worst. (52:00)

On The Fun Half: Donald Trump lets everyone know he has a big penis. Chris Christie was not kidnapped. Donald Trump owns Bill O'Reilly. Donald Trump turns  it up on the clown fascism. Why not reckoning with torture and drones set the stage for Trump. Labor leadership and corporate boards.

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Paul Mason the author of POSTCAPITALISM: A GUIDE TO OUR FUTURE explains why our information driven economy is exhausting Capitalism. The problem with intellectual property. Why Uber and Air B&B prevent prevent social innovation. What the future of the sharing economy going to look like? What the left can learn from the network economy. Why we shouldn't fear automatization and how you can help transition our economy. (13:45)

On The Fun Half: Who benefits from Uber. Why Bernie Sanders has struggled to get African American voters. Mitt Romney used to love Donald Trump before he hated him and now he really hates him. Racist scum Trump supporters attack a young black women at a rally. The Michigan House Democratic Leader calls on Rick Snyder to resign because of his role in the Flint Water crisis and your calls and IMs. 

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The Washington Post's Dave Weigel explains the fallout of the Republican's Super Tuesday results. Why Marco Rubio can't connect. Why John Kasich is staying in. How the Republicans got themselves into this mess. Is Donald Trump really an outsider insurgent and why Bernie Sanders isn't broadening his base. (12:00)

What are voters really looking for in 2016 and Donald Trump starts his pivot to the center and the rust belt.

On The Fun Half: the mind of a Trump voter.  The "regressive left" debate. How was Chris Rock as the host of the Oscars? And your calls and IMs.

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Robert F Kennedy Jr. explains how the invasion of Iraq led to the creation of ISIS. The CIA and the history of modern Syria. The American backed Coup in Iran and Middle Eastern perceptions of US foreign policy. The Shia Sunni divide and the corporate dominance of American policy. America's role in the Shia and Sunni divide and what's really behind intervention in Syria. (19:00)

Tina Dupuy lets us know about her exciting new podcast which explores the world of cults. Tina remembers her cult upbringing and why do people get drawn to the cult worldview. (50:00)

On The Fun Half: Is Bernie stronger against Trump. Massachusetts Democrats defecting to Trump. Bernie Sanders runs an amazing ad. Leading Republicans attack Mitt Romney for calling out Trump's coddling the KKK. Arizona Democrat runs ad against John McCain linking him to Donald Trump. An LBJ ad that we can all learn from today. The game of footsie Trump is playing with David Duke. Peter Beinart says liberals should vote for Marco Rubio in open Republican primaries and your calls and IMs.

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On today's show Bronwen Dickey (@BronwenDickey) a Contributing Editor for the Oxford American and author of the forthcoming book: Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon. (10:45)

Bronwen's experience on a conspiracy theorist cruise. Conspiracy theories and science communication: why do people come to believe what they believe. How the cruise ship added to the conspiracist paranoia. The suspicion Bronwen was a plant by the pharmaceutical industry. How to differentiate between true conspiracies from frivolous conspiracy theories. Social and political distrust of scientific arguments. The difficulty of reasoning people out of positions they didn't arrive at with reason.

Bronwen's book, Pit Bull: An American Icon. The baggage and demonization of pit bulls and how the racial composition of the owners of demonized dog breed creates these myths. The origins of the word "race" from the language of breeding. The linkage of pit bulls with "thugs" as a proxy cultural struggle.

On the Fun Half: What Bernie needs to do better, how dangerous do Trump's reasonable statements on issues like healthcare and the Iraq war make him, more on pit bulls, Vicente Fox uses the f-word on Fox Business. Also your calls and IMs.

 

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Cliff Schecter explains the hilarious and disturbing debacle of the latest Republican debate. The stunted emotional development of the Republican candidates. The Republicans do not debate policy. Why Trump's wall fantasy tells us everything we need to know about the GOP and mainstream media. The one more Marco Rubio attack on Donald Trump might work. How you can beat Trump and what Bernie and Hillary need to do to beat Trump. (8:45)

Christopher Rosen continues his rise and is now in charge of Entertainment Weekly Online. What does Rosen think of the Best Picture nominations. Why the Revenant will win according to Rosen. Where does Rosen get his info? Sam dismisses Steven Spielberg. Who Rosen thinks will win. Rosen does not documentaries and what is Rosen doing for EW. (49:45)

Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump. The IRS investigates Trump because he is a big Christian. Chris Matthews try to grill Bernie Sanders and your IMs.

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Jacobin Magazine founder and coeditor of The Future We Want: Radical Ideas for the New Century, Bhaskar Sunkara, explains the dynamic of President Obama's leadership. Contradictions of the Democratic Party. The difference between the Democratic Party and European Social Democratic parties. Why Bernie Sanders comes from the socialist tradition. How Sanders is educating the public. Why Sanders is the political realist. We are in a class war and the rich are waging it. Why socialists want to expand democracy. Eliminating the wrong kind of risk in American society. Why liberals lose and why radicals need to get politically real. What we can learn from Britain's NHS. Why technocratic policy proposals are wrongheaded and why Sanders is getting his arguments right. Federalizing the anti austerity cause and the long term prospects for social democracy. (11:30)

On The Fun Half: How to cap CEO pay. How to make real progressive change happen. Black Lives Matter activist confronts Hillary Clinton on using the term "super predators" in the 1990s and your calls and IMs.

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Professor and author of Crowds and Party Jodi Dean explains how individualism undermines modern organizing. Why the problem is bigger than neoliberalism. The left and discipline. How we can have collective politics and why we need it. The distinction between liberalism and the left from the perspective of political theory. Is the individual a fiction? How Capitalism relies on the myth of the individual. What are crowds and why they matter. How the left can and should push the crowd. Do we need a Communist Party? Why the real Left does exist and the Bernie Sanders opportunity. (9:15)

On The Fun Half: Donald Trump loves the "poorly educated". Why the Republicans can't stop Trump. Why the MSM still does not get it. A Nevada Caucus crowd blows off Glenn Beck for Donald Trump. Alex Jones thinks Trump is in danger and your calls and IMs.

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On today’s show journalist Bill Fletcher Jr. (@BillFletcherJr) joins us to discuss his most recent piece in the Jacobin Bernie and the Movement. How does Bernie’s campaign fit into building a larger movement for the future. Comparisons with the Jesse Jackson “Rainbow Coalition” campaign. Bernie as “movement-exciter” rather than “Bernie-creator.” Jackson’s relationship with the Democratic establishment. The fact that elections focussed on individuals do not necessarily lead to ongoing movements. The difference in the political environment the Jackson and Sanders campaign. How to bridge between Sanders’ rhetoric and policies: energizing the base. Hillary Clinton’s fluency in discussing racial politics. The importance of electoral, mass movements, and legal considerations in winning power for progressive people. (5:30)

On the Fun Half: Gerrymandering, the Movement for Bernie, Ben Carson is obstinate on Bill O'Reilly, why Baby Boomers don’t get Bernie, and your calls and IMs. 

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Huffington Post's Senior Political Editor Sam Stein joins us to discuss his new podcast, Candidate Confessional, and the 2016 race. Jeb drops out. Why the hesitation by the GOP establishment to fall behind Marco Rubio? What’s up with Marco’s medical and birth history? What to make of the Nevada results for Bernie and Hillary. (10:00)

Sam discusses the primaries: what to make of the turnout and demographic trends.

On the Fun Half: The super delegates issue as a red herring. Who is more attractive to independents between Hillary and the GOP candidates? A call for the legalization of drugs. The virtue of the Bernie Sanders campaign when it comes to highlighting issues. What to make of Krugman’s assertion Bernie’s is engaging in “voodoo economics.” The “no free lunch” arguments coming from establishment Dems.

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Robert Smigel on Triumph and insult comedy in 2016. Mocking the left vs mocking the right. On comedy's relationship with social progress. The bias-free language guide. On working with Hulu. The beauty of covering the presidential primaries. On the abilities technology gives to creative people. Robert's perspective on the Donald Trump phenomenon. (6:00)

Lily Geismer, author of Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party on her Jacobin piece "Atari Democrats." The McGovern campaign and the shift from labor to white-collar professionals. The "Massachusetts Miracle." The "creative class," and wine and beer tracks. The apparent impossibility of change within the Democratic establishment. (42:30)

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Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee is on to discuss the PCCC's success in getting a pledge from Hillary Clinton to not cut social security. Adam's appearance on Fox & Friends. The media/campaign strategy behind the timing of the pledge challenge. The theory of change employed by the PCCC. Hillary's attempts to muddy the waters on issues like the social security cap. Presidential Appointments Matter: The new push to have the candidates give specific examples of people they would consider for key posts standing up to Wall Street power. (9:00)

Informationer - Nixon and the Pentagon Papers (28:00)

On Saturday, June 12th, 1971, President Nixon enjoyed one of his happiest days in the White House, celebrating the wedding of his daughter Tricia in the Rose Garden. A little after noon the following day, he received a call from his deputy National Security advisor Al Haig informing him of the Pentagon Papers leak, a major blow to the already unpopular Vietnam War.

Three calls included:

1. Deputy NSA Advisor Al Haig and Nixon, 6/13/71. (WHT 005-050)

2. Domestic Advisor John Ehrlichman the following day (WHT 005-068). Ehrlichman tells Nixon to send a warning to the NYT, advises him to call Attorney General John Mitchell who is anxious to do so.

3. Minutes later, Nixon calls Mitchell. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger joins the call as well. (WHT 005-070)

Music: "Holes" by Mercury Rev

FOR MEMBERS: 7/6/2005 - Sam is joined by Slate Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick to discuss Sandra Day O'Connor's resignation, the politicization of the Supreme Court, Roe v Wade, judicial activism, Robert Bork, and John Roberts. 

 

 

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Lester Spence, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University and author of Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black PoliticsWhat is Neoliberalism? Jay-Z's "I'm not a business man, I am a business, man." The history of the term "hustle." How do the effects of neoliberalism change across racial lines? The "prosperity gospel." (8:40)

Hustle as theft of labor. Creflo Dollar. What is the ongoing conversation about this within black intellectual circles. The neglect of considerations of political economy. The growing activity within black intellectual discourse. The cultural turn against political economy. Class bifurcation within identity politics. (21:00)

Critiques of Cornel West's "Race Matters," and Barack Obama's "My Brother's Keeper." Michael Nutter's troublesome reaction to Problems as mayor of Philadelphia. The importance of speaking truth to power. A critique of David Harvey's views on Neoliberalism neglecting race. Racialized populations as the locus for the neoliberal turn. Racial resentment in policy. (29:10)

And for members: June 16, 2005, Sam has then-Congressman Bernie Sanders on to discuss his amendment blocking Patriot Act surveillance.

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On today's show Benjamin Dixon, host of the Benjamin Dixon Show, joins us to discuss the GOP's brawl of a debate in South Carolina (11:30), approaching Bernie Sanders as a black voter (23:30), and the developing conversation on class in America (32:00).

On the Fun Half - Scalia's death, "constitutionalism," Donald Trump says we were lied into Iraq, and your calls and IMs! 

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Ian Millhiser joins Sam for a special episode to discuss the legal and political ramifications of the death of Antonin Scalia.

For Members: Foreshadowing the current GOP dumpster fire, Glenn Greenwald joined Sam and Janeane a decade ago on February 12, 2006 to discuss the ideological rift forming in the GOP.

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Cliff Schecter reflects on how disheartening the 2008 Democratic Primary. Sam and Cliff gloat about the failure of Chris Christie. Chris Christie a failure of media vetting. Why Christie is the worst. Why John Kasich is a radical right and anti women candidate. Why the Republicans Party is all about resentment. Marco Rubio implodes and Sam and Michael called it. Who won the Hillary Bernie debate? How Clinton can sharpen her message.

Marc Maron joins us possibly from his bathroom. Maron describes the new phones set up in his house in anticipation of Obama's visit. Was 2015 the best year of Marc Maron's life? Maron reflects on the experience of getting somewhere. Will Sam and Marc ever work together again? Tension with Joe Rogan? Maron's resentments and how Marc relates to Bernie Sanders.

Hillary Clinton's confused foreign policy stance and your IMs.

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Jennifer Mittelstadt an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University and author of The Rise of the Military Welfare State explains the social welfare state of the United States Military. The end of the draft and the free market makeover of the military. How the draft became politically impossible at the end of the Vietnam era. The challenges of a all volunteer military service. (10:10)

General Westmoreland and Milton Freidman debate the draft. The growth of Military benefits and the difference between the all volunteer army and the GI era. The class and gender dimensions of the military welfare state. The United States and the social welfare state. How social welfare is a military comparative advantage and how the Military hid the nature of its welfare state. (22:00)

On The Fun Half: Jeb Bush told to stop talking at Rotary Rotary luncheon. Voter disenfranchisement and the Democratic primary. Bernie Sanders and the African American vote. Ted Cruz launches a shrewd attack on Donald Trump. Alex Jones liberal women love Jihadis. One last occupier in Oregon threatens to kill himself and your calls and IMs.

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Direct download: 02-11-16-Jennifer_Mittelstadt-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:51pm EDT

Ken Ken & Ken take over. The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim joins us with his libturd bullshit. The K team schools Chris Matthews. Donald Trump Jr. is awesome and Random Hartmann.

How many people will Clinton kill if she is elected President and your calls and IMs.

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Direct download: 02-10-16-Ken_Ken_and_Ken-Ryan_Grim-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:23pm EDT

Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi and Sam discuss Donald Trump calling Ted Cruz a "pussy". Why Donald Trump is a good campaigner. John Kasich doing well in New Hampshire is bad for the Republican establishment and why that is goo for Trump. What's the problem with Marco Rubio besides being a robot. How Trump has remade the Republican Primary. Trump's anti PC angle. How is Trump's ground game. The real issue with Hillary's Wall Street speeches. Is the public starting to wake up to how corporate power is ruining America? And the weak Republican bench. (10:45)

The MR staff predictions for the New Hampshire results.

On The Fun Half: A libertarian caller wants fascism. The depths of Libertarian insanity. Does Donald Trump have policies ideas? The Marcobot strikes again. Ted Cruz epically prank. Fox News freaks out on Beyonce's Halftime show and your calls and IMs.

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Direct download: 02-09-16-Matt_Taibbi-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:50pm EDT

On today's show the South African freedom fighter and former Minister of Intelligence Ronnie Kasrils joins us to talk about the new film project London Recruits and the current state of South Africa.

-Using activism to break the silence of the police state. How the activists were able to maintain their cover as tourists. Denny Schecter’s expression of humanity by helping black cleaners mop up. (6:00)

-Smuggling pamphlets and leaflets into South Africa and using stunts to get people’s attention with messages of liberation. “London Recruits,” as a project of internationalism and the importance of the film. (22:20)

-Kasrils’ critique of the ANC. The achievement of toppling Apartheid. Kasrils’ belief they could have asked for more concessions especially on the economic front. The need for to challenge the current ANC from the left. Kasrils’ perspective on the Israel-Palestine conflict as reminiscent of apartheid. (35:00)

And on the fun half: GOP debate recap, Christie makes Marco Robio malfunction, Trump makes Cruz look totally weak, Bill Clinton attacks Sanders, and your calls and IMs!

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Direct download: 02-08-16-Ronnie_Kasrils-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:13pm EDT

It's casual friday and Cliff Schecter explains why Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders pound on each other in last night's debate. How big of a deal are Hillary Clinton's Goldman Sachs speeches? Was Bernie Sanders a flop on foreign policy?. Why the Sanders campaign is focused on the wrong part of the Goldman Sachs speech controversy? Clinton's corporate connections are a problem. The time Elizabeth Warren explained Hillary Clinton's reversal on the bankruptcy bill. Where Hillary Clinton is failing in her attack on Bernie's  gun record. How much does foreign policy matter in the Democratic Primary? And Hillary's disturbing reference to Henry Kissinger. (13:00)

Film Matthew Weiss talks like Trump now as well. The uncomfortable closeups in the Democratic debate. The Film Guy's new project. Matthew's beef with Just Coffee. Jeb Bush was probably abused by Barbara Bush and Matthew says we should watch The Firm and read Alice Miller's Drama of the Gifted Child. (57:30)

On The Fun Half: The Democrats show some unity. Should Bernie Sanders being talking about the military industrial complex? Jeb Bush tries to sound hard.

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Direct download: 02-05-16-Cliff_Schecter-Film_Guy_Matthew_Weiss-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:20pm EDT

Susan Eaton Director of the Sillerman Center at the Heller School at Brandeis University and author of Integration Nation Immigrants, Refugees, and America at Its Best explains the distinction between integration and assimilation. How American culture is enriched by immigration. Why integration is better for everyone. Exclusion policies don't work and why we need to know what inclusion really means. What Fort Wayne has got right in its treatment of immigrants and refugees. Repairing the mess of anti immigration measures. Busing in Boston and how to transform values. The inspiring story of Mississippi's Civil Rights movement fighting for immigrant rights and class consciousness and overcoming racial division. (13:00)

On The Fun Half: the CEO of Goldman Sachs says Bernie Sanders has the potential to be "dangerous".  Hillary Clinton explains why she spoke at Goldman Sachs and misses the bigger point. Jeb Bush is so sad. This Donald Trump supporter is the best thing ever. President Obama visits the Islamic Society of Baltimore. Marco Rubio is disgusting in his comments on Islam and your calls IMs.

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Direct download: 02-04-16-Susan_Eaton-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:52pm EDT

The New Yorker's Jane Mayer author of Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Rightexplains and the new role of oligarchs in American politics.

-The difference between now and the robber baron era. More people work for the Koch Brothers than the Republican National Committee. The Koch's cultural project. The Powell Memo and the deep history of the American Right. (9:40)

-How the actual "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" works. The war on academics and objective science.  How we subsidize the Kochs and their toxic industries. Why the Kochs backed the bank bailouts. (18:00)

-The influence of this money in the 2016 election season on the GOP side. How Donald Trump is the only Republican who they can't control. (32:00)

-Koch money and global warming denial and when the Kochs targeted Jane Mayer for a smear job. (36:00)

On The Fun Half: Knives come out for Marco Rubio. Chris Christie unleashes on the sweaty young Senator. Fox News morons want Hillary to be indicted really badly. Right Wing Mandela torches Ted Cruz. Rand Paul drops out. Marco Rubio is a mess and your calls and IMs.

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Direct download: 02-03-16-Jane_Mayer-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:46pm EDT

Ted Cruz wins the Iowa Caucus and Ben Carson accuses him of dirty tricks. Bernie Sanders ties Hillary Clinton in Iowa. The Clinton campaign is not going well. Why the Bernie Sanders insurgency should wake up the Democratic establishment. Bernie Sanders incredible fundraising and why the Democratic establishment needs to smarten up.

On The Fun Half: Marco Rubio is still a weak candidate. What Trump did to Rubio in the summer and what he needs to do again. Ted Cruz fires a shot at Rubio. An amazing comedy duo called the Good Liars perfectly troll Bush and Trump and your calls and IMs.

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Direct download: 02-02-16-Sam_Seder-Iowa_Caucus-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:44pm EDT

On today's show Tony Karon the Editorial Director of Al Jazeera America online joins us to talk about why America's age of turbulence has just begun. Read his his latest here. The history of right wing militia politics. The resonance of militia ideology in mainstream conservative politics. Ideology doesn’t need to be coherent. (8:50)

The Difference between European and American populist movements. Nations as “Imagined Communities.” The difficulty experienced by the GOP in controlling its candidates compared to recent elections. (17:10)

The disintegration of national identity. Karon’s perspective on our current political climate and how it relates to popular movements in South Africa. White fear in the age of non-white political power. (26:50)

Iran and the nuclear bomb. The Non-Proliferation Treaty and how the lack of movement toward disarmament encourages proliferation. How Iran used the threat of developing nuclear weapons in order to be taken seriously internationally. (32:40)

On The Fun Half: Bernie Bros, Trump Bros, a libertarian caller and your calls and IMs! 

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Direct download: 02-01-16-Tony_Karon-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:56pm EDT

Cliff Schecter and Sam explains why Trump is right to be angry at Fox. Why Fox is not a media organization and how they played the same game in media that Trump has in politics. Jeb Bush cannot shake Donald Trump and is bizarre again. Jeb Bush is so sad. Ted Cruz has a terrible debate. Marco Rubio says insane things but no one notices because he is so boring. Jeb wants to take down Rubio. Rand Paul has a good night and how cynical Fox's debating questioning was. The Democrats debate controversy. Why Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a terrible DNC Chair and who what would a Bernie Sanders Donald Trump election look like. (9:00)

Isabel Gillies has new dogs. How do you best train dogs, we find out. Does Isabel still support Trump? Republicans and fear mongering. Did the Republican debate make any difference? Isabel loves Alan Rickman and she tells us to watch Truly Madly Deeply. (58:00)

On The Fun Half: Donald Trump mocks Jeb Bush. The Saudi Prince who knows how to own Trump. The birth of "Islamic Trump". Bernie and Hillary who is the more practical choice and your calls IMs.

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Direct download: 01-29-16-Cliff_Schecter-Isabel_Gillies-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:42pm EDT

Guardian columnist and author of the new book Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe (buy it on Jet.com or Amazon) Antony Loewenstein explains what “disaster capitalism” means (7:00). Privatization and the European and American strategy to make life harder for refugees. How Western policy feeds the refugee crisis in the Middle East. The corporations who benefit from disaster capitalism. Colonial histories and abuse of refugees. Australia’s brutal approach to asylum seekers. The Clinton Foundation and Haitian sweatshops. Why the United States does not want Haiti to be truly independent. The connection between NGOs and disaster capitalism. US policy in Afghanistan and the complete lack of understanding of Afghan culture and politics and the ongoing power of crony capitalism under the Obama Administration.

On The Fun Half: Is Michael taking “Primal Blueprint” payola? The Washington Post’s pathetic attack on Bernie Sanders. How big a threat is Bernie Sanders to the system. The Democrats debate controversy. Sam explains what Hillary Clinton is doing in her call for another debate. Donald Trump stands firm on Bill O’Reilly’s show and your calls and IMs.

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Direct download: 01-28-16-Antony_Loewenstein-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:38pm EDT