The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Sam hosts Digby (@digby56) of Hullabaloo and Salon and David Feldman of The David Feldman Show to discuss this week's biggest stories, including Trump's latest attempts to undermine the fall elections.

On today's show: Brian Kilmeade says "use logic" to figure out that people will forge and steal one another's ballots in households.

Digby (@digby56) of Hullabaloo and Salon joins Sam to discuss the week's biggest stories, including the GOP's horrendous policies on Covid testing, the bipartisan failure to provide adequate unemployment benefits, and Trump and friends' latest attempts to suppress the vote and invalidate the fall election results. Trump says he doesn't want to wait for election results, ballots will get lost.

David Feldman (@David_Feldman_) stops by to give the Bernie bros of MR a lesson in kindness.

On the fun half: Fauci explains to Congress why US response has been so disastrous, states reopened too quickly. PDX protester on how the feds have been escalating the violence. Eulogizing John Lewis, Obama says it's time to pass "John Lewis" voting rights, calls filibuster a Jim Crow relic. Tucker is shocked Obama discussed "partisan talking points" (voting rights) at John Lewis's funeral. Bill Clinton eulogizes John Lewis by saying he's glad he wasn't as radical as Stokley Charmichael (Kwame Ture). Seb Gorka "pranks" journalist Will Sommer, says he should stick his head in a bucket of eels. Plus, your calls and IMs!

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On today's show: The Majority Report begins its look back at the career of Michael Brooks starting with Brooks' June 2015 interview with Mark Ames about Seymour Hersh, corporate muckraking, and the dangers private corporations pose to a free press.

TP USA co-founder dies of Covid the day after organization posts anti-mask meme. Previously: Charlie Kirk rails against mandatory mask-wearing.

On the fun half: Cuomo threatens to hike MTA fares again to make up for budgetary shortfalls. Bill De Blasio says unmarked car arrest is not like Portland. Kevin McCarthy has a Freudian slip, calls Louie Gohmert "Congressman Covid." Gohmert tells Hannity he's "all in" on treating his Covid with hydroxychloriquine. Trump says he will not let Dems destroy your beautiful suburbs. Stuart Varney says Trump's right to question election integrity and push for Election Day delay. FL GOP Rep. Greg Steube proposes a Google search conspiracy about Gateway Pundit and SEO shadowbanning. Dave Rubin says "cancel culture is here" re: friend whose sponsor dropped them...then says companies can drop those they don't want to be associated with. Plus your IMs!

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Sam and the MR crew break down this week's biggest stories including Barr's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee and Trump's latest efforts to spread Covid-19.

On today's show: Trump upset, questions why he and his administration are not as popular as Fauci: "nobody likes me." Trump promotes anti-mask, pro-hydroxichloroquine doctor at Covid press briefing: "I thought her voice was important." Sam breaks down the GOP's so-called "HEALS Act." Primala Jayapal asks why Barr is concerned with unarmed peaceful protests and not armed white supremacist ones in Michigan. Ted Lieu explains to Barr why unmarked van arrests were unconstitutional. Cedric Richmond asks Barr about claims of ballot tampering. Mary Gay Scanlon takes down Bill Barr's "common sense" counterfeit ballot concerns, says experts say those concerns are false.

On the fun half: Louie Gohmert, who refused to wear a mask, tests positive for Covid just in time to avoid getting on a plane with Trump. David Cicilline asks Barr if it's okay to tear gas peaceful protestors, Barr says it's okay under some circumstances. Bill Barr quibbles with Cicilline over the Navy vet beaten by federal officers; Barr says inspector general is investigating. Rank and file NEA member calls in to talk union opposition to including M4A in Democratic platform, spotlight progressive candidate for NEA president (norberg4neaprez.com). Gohmert claims wearing a mask gave him Covid. MAY 8: Gohmert flaunts not wearing a mask. On reopening schools, South Dakota Governor says research on masks is mixed. Local Sinclair TV stations getting ready to air conspiracy theory about Fauci and Covid. Peter Navarro keeps calling Covid "China virus" on CNN, gets booted from interview. Dave Rubin says the left is like Thanos. Ben Shapiro complains about women in Star Wars, says the dark side is only interesting part. Plus, your calls and IMs!

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Sam hosts journalist and Type Media fellow Sarah Posner to discuss her new book Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump. Posner and Sam dive deep into the network and culture of Evangelical Christians that extends way beyond the pulpit in 2020, including its robust media ecosystem, conferences, newsletters, and art. From an outsider's perspective, it seems that Donald Trump is our least religious president ever. However, Posner describes the story of Trump's relationship to televangelists, notably Paula White, whose prosperity gospel preaching style resonated with Trump. But how did the majority of evangelical churches and leaders come to endorse and embrace the Trump campaign? Posner says the evangelical grassroots loved Trump and mobilized behind his campaign, after which the church leadership fell in line. Sam and Posner breakdown why the evangelical base loved Trump so much so early on. The base saw Trump as a wrecking ball that could demolish the liberal state they believed to be a threat to their religious liberty. Sam and Posner conclude their conversation considering the religious right's role in the judiciary and the religious leaders in Trump's cabinet, including Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, and Bill Barr. 

And in the Fun Half: how the progressive left will challenge the center, Trump's behind in polls but he has the beautiful boaters, a heartbreaking story from Dallas family that denied covid's existence, Dave Rubin continues to sink, plus your calls and IMs!

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The Majority Report returns this week as Sam hosts journalist and author Colin Woodard (@woodardcolin) to discuss his new book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhoodon how 19th-century intellectuals forged the myth of national unity.

On today's show: Steve Mnuchin says WH won't use taxpayer money to let people stay home. Mnuchin says it wouldn't be fair to pay people to stay home while others have to work.

Journalist and author Colin Woodard (@woodardcolin) joins Sam to discuss his new book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhoodon how 19th-century intellectuals forged the myth of national unity. What "the United States" means to its citizens has never been a given, inspiring various actors to try to impose their version of a unifying national myth onto this vast and diverse nation-state. Woodard tracks these competing visions, including that favored by 19th century historian George Bancroft, which posited the US as a project blessed by God to spread "freedom" across the continent, as well as the explicitly ethno-nationalist vision favored by people like Woodrow Wilson in the KKK era.

On the fun half: Ted Cruz says Democrats only want to extend unemployment benefits to beat Trump in November. Jake Tapper asks why Trump hasn't used Defense Production Act to improve testing turnaround, Giroir says "it's not magic.” Jesse Watters has nice things to say about Qanon during interview about tech censorship with Eric Trump. Ben Shapiro says empathy is bad for politics. Plus, your calls and IMs.

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Sam and the greater Majority Report community commemorate Michael Brooks, host of the Michael Brooks Show and co-host of the Majority Report, who passed away Monday after a sudden medical condition. Sam hosts Michael's sister the actor Lisha Brooks, Woke Bros' Wosney Lambre, Jacobin editor Bhaskar Sunkara, Ana Kasparian of TYT, former producer Matt Binder, comedian Andy Kindler, Emma Vigeland of TYT, David Griscom of TMBS, Nomiki Konst, former producer Kelly Carey, Jamie Peck, organizer Joshua Kahn Russell, Trevor Beaulieu of Champagne Sharks, plus your calls and condolences.

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Sam hosts David Dayen (@ddayen), Executive Editor at the American Prospect, to discuss his new book Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power, which details how a small collection of corporations have come to dominate every aspect of our lives.

On today's show: Asked about "cancel culture," NDAA and confederate named bases, Trump explains he won't budge on base names.

David Dayen (@ddayen), Executive Editor at the American Prospect, joins Sam to discuss his new book Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power. From the airlines we fly on, to the internet companies we use, to the banks that control our money, much of American life is now dominated by a handful of large corporations. Dayen examines how things progressed to this point, and makes an argument for the resurrection of antitrust legislation as an effective way of dealing with corporate monopolies.

On the fun half: Trump says Biden/Sanders want to defund the police, Wallace in studio after interview says Biden wants to increase police funding. New Fox News poll: Trump says he's not losing, polls are fake, says he's winning in swing states, says Biden can't put 2 sentences together. Ben Shapiro says Trump's Covid policy has been good, media to blame for its focus on his rhetoric. Surgeon General on Fox & Friends imploring Americans to wear a mask, won't call for a federal mandate. MS Governor struggles to defend lack of statewide mask mandate: ‘it’s complicated.’ Harpers letter drafter says signers voted against Glenn Greenwald signing the Harpers letter. Plus, your calls and IMs.

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Sam recaps the week's biggest stories with Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) of The Benjamin Dixon Show; and then Matthew Film Guy (@langdonboom) joins the program to discuss summer movie recommendations for this summer without blockbusters.

On today's show: Trump calls Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler "a little weak." Trump touts the strength of shower heads and other appliances under his administration.

Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon), host of The Benjamin Dixon Show, joins Sam to discuss the week's top stories. GA Governor Brian Kemp sues Atlanta mayor over city's mask mandate. Shadowy feds deployed to Portland, DHS uses violent graffiti as excuse. Bari Weiss' whiny hypocrisy and the trouble with "cancel culture" discourse.

Matthew Film Guy (@langdonboom) stops by to update us on his latest projects and recommend some movies: Tropical Malady (2004), a Thai romantic psycho-drama art film; Argentine period drama Zama (2017); neo-Western heist movie Hell Or High Water (2016) and classic graffiti/hip-hop film Wild Style (1983).

On the fun half: Sam engages in free exchange of ideas with the IDW's Eric Weinstein. A teacher shares his dilemma about schools reopening. Jake Tapper says Cuomo's victory lap is completely unwarranted, lays out criticism against the governor. Seb Gorka tells caller that Mike Flynn did not take pledge to Qanon, says Q is a cult. Rudy Giuliani says BLM is a Marxist Soros plan to give black Americans a lifetime salary and confiscated property. Pelosi wishes the country still had previous Republican presidents she liked. Plus, your calls and IMs!

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Michael Brooks hosts journalist Milton Allimadi (@allimadi) to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted African nations and how pandemics have impacted the continent in the past.

On today's show: Stephen Moore says he told Trump he'll lose re-election if he extends unemployment benefits.

Michael Brooks hosts journalist Milton Allimadi (@allimadi) to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted African nations and how pandemics have impacted the continent in the past. Thoughts on the rebellion for black lives. Ways that reconstruction still needs to be completed and the US government needed to crush the Black Panther party. "Structural adjustment" and how the World Bank and IMF keep African nations dependent sources of raw materials. The role of migration and the effect of Covid on remittances African migrants are sending home to their families. The legacy of Patrice Lumumba.

On the fun half: Trump teases next week's martial law press conference, says it's already working in Seattle and Portland. At UPS rally, Trump says he "won't veto one thing, America's future." Trump campaign premiers new Biden attack ad saying Biden is radical and wants to defund police. Brian Maier on lawfare and the US role in Lava Jato. ICJ backs Qatar in air blockade row with neighbors. Wednesday: Federal military cops arresting protestors in Portland. Another video of federal agents in Portland on Wednesday hopping in an unmarked rental van, not answering questions. Protests against Anez government in Bolivia.

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Sam hosts MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) to discuss his new book Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, which details the reporter's first hand account of the migrant family separation crisis at the US southern border.

On today's show: Asked if he thinks he's the underdog, Trump says he's not, he's got boaters and bikers all over America.

MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) joins Sam to discuss his new book Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, which details the reporter's first hand account of the migrant family separation crisis at the US southern border. How family separation worked during the Obama administration and how it intensified under Trump. The El Paso pilot program. The idea of using family separation as a "deterrent" (punishment) for undocumented immigrants pioneered by Stephen Miller and his ilk. The constitutional safeguards that officials like Kirstjen Nielsen were made aware of, but ultimately pushed past.

On the fun half: Mike Pence says White House doesn't want CDC guidelines to prevent schools from reopening. Asked about LA schools, Trump says get new officials & it's a balancing act, it's also politics. Asked about testing delays, Trump says testing is working too much. Rush Limbaugh suggests Americans adapt to Covid like the Donner party adapted to cannibalism. Real America Fox News talks about NYT, Franken, Hollywood and Bari Weiss. Fox & Friends teases new Fox Nation moms episode about SOCIALISM! Plus, your calls and IMs.

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Sam hosts Princeton historian Julian Zelizer to discuss his new book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party. 

Zelizer and Sam begin their conversation with Newt's unconventional upbringing, including his marriage to his high school math teacher. Plus, his early entry into elected office and his pragmatic politics morphed into a career centered on partisan power. Zelizer explains how Gingrich set out to reshape and take back the House through anti-establishment rhetoric against the Democrats in the House for the first time in 42 years. Sam and Zelizer consider the effectiveness of running against "corruption" in Washington and the example of Speaker of the House Jim Wright. The two compare and contrast the GOP's unity and the Democratic party's disconnect and how it impacts each party's ability to legislate. And finally, Zelizer and Sam conclude their conversation investigating whether or not the parties have moved on from the Gingrich era of political power. 

And in the Fun Half: Trump demands schools reopen, Stephen J Gould recommended reading, Brian Kilmeade doesn't understand how Fox has abetted the COVID crisis, Tucker Carlson says masks don't prevent the virus's spread in July 2020, Tucker Carlson's white supremacist head writer, runoffs in Texas, why Elizabeth Warren won't deliver the youth vote for Biden, Trump saved the US oil industry, plus your calls and IMs!

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Sam and the crew return from their week-long hiatus to catch you up on the latest stories including surging COVID cases, SCOTUS rulings on Trump's taxes, Roger Stone's commutation, and the new COVID economy.

On today's show: Florida records nation's one-day peak for new Covid cases. Disney's dystopian reopening video. Betsy DeVos says she can't give advice on school practices, the private sector has provided good examples on returning. SATURDAY: Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman has a serious cough at state GOP convention, no mask...and here's the Vic Berger version. APRIL: VP Pence tells Geraldo Rivera that Covid will be done by Memorial Day. Covid task force test Czar Adm. Brett Giroir says they expect death rate to rise.

On the fun half: Hannity gives Trump a mulligan, asks Trump what he'll do during second term, Trump repeats 2016 platform. A brief discussion of "cancel culture." Dave Rubin says he's voting for Trump to protect capitalism. Eric Weinstein says Sam is smart about politics on a granular level. Michael Flynn takes the QAnon oath on 4th of July. Plus, your calls and IMs!

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Stephanie Kelton (@StephanieKelton) joins Sam to discuss her new book, "The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy." To those who favor a robust welfare state bolstered by generous federal spending, "how are you going to pay for it?" is an all-too-familiar rejoinder. But what if that question were irrelevant? In her latest work on modern monetary theory, or MMT, Kelton lays out the case for a new understanding of money and taxes that could free up the federal government to disregard the deficit in service of the public good.

For members,  the 11/13/12 inteview with Michael Hastings on The Real David Petraeus Scandals.

 

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Frank Smyth joins Sam to discuss his new book, "The NRA: The Unauthorized History." The NRA is one of the three most powerful lobbying groups in Washington, DC, consistently opposing restrictions on gun ownership and enjoying a mutually beneficial relationship with Trump and the GOP. But it has not always been this way. In this book, Smyth traces the history of the organization, from its surprising roots in post-Civil War New York City, to the "Cincinnati Revolt” of 1977 that changed its political direction, to the rabidly reactionary force it is today.

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Greg Mitchell joins Sam to discuss his new book, The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood―and America―Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. In 1945, multiple Hollywood studios set out to make films about the advent of the atomic bomb — including one written by Ayn Rand. In this book, Mitchell tells the story of how President Truman and the military successfully pressured Hollywood to drain these films of all critique, revealing how the government molded culture into propaganda in postwar America.

And for members: Sam talks with late journalist Michael Hastings on Stanley McCrystal.

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Michael Pettis (@michaelxpettis), professor of finance at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Sam to discuss his new book, Trade Wars Are Class Wars:
How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace. While "trade wars" are often thought of as countries competing against one another to protect their workers' interests, they are largely conducted on behalf of elites. In this book, Pettis examines how globalization impacts inequality and spurs international conflict, as well as what we can do about it.

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Elaine Tyler May joins Sam to discuss her book, "Fortress America: How We Embraced Fear and Abandoned Democracy."

Elaine Tyler May on how our obsession with security has made citizens fear each other and distrust the government, making America less safe and less democratic.

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Sam hosts Alex Pareene (@pareene), staff writer at The New Republic and host of The Politics of Everything podcast to discuss the week's top stories. AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie (@jscros) also joins to discuss his new project The Discourse

On today's show: Trump says Covid is "getting under control," says virus has "got a life... we're putting out that life." Trump brags about unemployment numbers, down to 11%.

Sam hosts Alex Pareene (@pareene), staff writer at The New Republic and host of The Politics of Everything podcast, to discuss the week's top stories. Progressive wins (Jamaal Bowman!) and losses (Charles Booker). Who will Biden pick as his running mate? The coming eviction apocalypse.

AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie (@jscros) joins Sam to discuss his new project The DiscourseAlso: DNC pours money into Amy McGrath's quixotic campaign. Why "The Lincoln Project" is garbage. Right wing talker Joe Pags parodies "at the hop" as "at the CHOP." Got 'em!

On the fun half: ‘She’s got the gun on me’: White woman charged with assault after pulling pistol on black mother, daughter. Asked if WH regrets pushing reopening so quickly, Mnuchin says "absolutely not," claims it's the states' responsibility. Cole James Cash announces Ghetto News Network on Means TV. How should socialists relate to electoralism? Tucker Carlson offers a belabored mixed metaphor comparing spread of BLM protests to corona virus. WEDNESDAY: Ben Carson says painting BLM in the streets is like having a confederate flag painted in a public space. Dean Cain says Superman could never say "truth justice and the American way" today.

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Category:general -- posted at: 5:38pm EDT

Michael Brooks hosts writer Achin Vanaik to discuss his recent piece in Jacobin magazine, "The Escalating Crisis on the India-China Border," and why each country's foreign policy deserves blame for the escalation.

On today's show: Biden looking for Cuban and Venezuelan American votes with red baiting anti-Trump ad.

Writer Achin Vanaik joins us to discuss his recent piece in Jacobin magazine, "The Escalating Crisis on the India-China Border," and why each country's foreign policy deserves blame for the escalation. The historic origins of the India-China border dispute going back to colonial times and followed by the Cold War. How the US-China conflict has affected India's relationship with the US. US efforts to keep both India and Pakistan as strategic allies in the region, particularly in the post-9/11 era as the US has sought hegemony in the Middle East. The differences between the Chinese and US governments in how they approach foreign policy. The weak criticisms offered by India's opposition parties on Modi's aggression towards China.

On the fun half: Sao Paolo food carriers and drivers strike and ride in protest of poor wages and working conditions. Vic Berger supercut of Alan Dershowitz soundbites about his relationship with Epstein. Trump says he's gonna make a great positive statement on minimum wage. US state dept admits its role in the lava jato case. Bank of England denies Maduro access to Venezuelan gold. Trump reiterates that he believes Covid-19 will disappear...and we'll have a vaccine. Press asks McEnany if Trump believes virus will disappear, she says yes, he's confident, & he's cutting bureaucratic red tape to make it happen. Brian Kilmeade blames the rise of Covid on "mixed messages" from scientists about masks. Dave Rubin says he will not abandon California for Texas, he will fight to make California red. Trump WH scales back mandates that insurers cover Covid tests. Ft. Lauderdale cop's body cam footage reveals him yelling "did you see me F those MFers up?" after firing on protestors. Black TPUSA spokesman blames celebrity and popular culture for making black Americans fear police.

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Sam hosts historian Federico Finchelstein (@FinchelsteinF) to discuss his new book, A Brief History of Fascist Lies, why fascists regard obvious and often hateful lies as truth, and why so many of their followers have believed the falsehoods.

On today's show: Laura Ingraham says Biden will raise statues of Colin Kaepernick and Stacey Abrams.

Sam hosts historian Federico Finchelstein (@FinchelsteinF) to discuss his new book, A Brief History of Fascist Lies, why fascists regard obvious and often hateful lies as truth, and why so many of their followers have believed the falsehoods. The differences between fascists' lies and lies told by normal politicians. What is "populism" and do left- and right-wing populism have anything in common? Is Bernie Sanders actually a left-wing populist? The substitution of a charismatic leader for "the people," and who "the people" are to figures like Trump and Bolsonaro. The connections between fascism and capitalism.

On the fun half: Chris James pranks conservative radio show as "Steve," an angry cop from Idaho. TUESDAY: Fauci opening statement, fears sharp rise in Covid infections. Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick says he won't listen to Fauci and his science, doesn't need him anymore. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he's not slowing state's reopening, says it's not the reopening that's causing the surge, it's all the activities people have done. Tucker says GOP is the only institution "open to the rest of us" who want to live peacefully. Tucker says our current elected officials abandoned the middle class, your children's generation is worse off than you. Brian Kilmeade says withdrawing from Afghanistan would not be an "apt reward" for 19 years of war. Mitch McConnell warns Democrats about changing legislative fillibuster rule. Brian Kilmeade says NYers "gonna get a taste" with a (not really all that) reduced police force. Who will be Biden’s VP pick?

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Direct download: 7_1_A_Brief_History_of_Fascist_Lies_w__Federico_Finchelstein_-_pub.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

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