Episode
Weekend Recap: February 14-18
We’re just wrapping up an incredible week here on The Majority Report. If you missed any of the shows there were great interviews with groundbreaking journalists and hilarious comedians, on the ground news about the assault on labor in WI and updates on the unrest in the Middle East. We also launched the Members Only section of the website (if you’re not a member, you can’t see it). But you don’t need to feel left out because the MR Weekend Recap is just past the break!
Journalist and author Glenn Greenwald walks Sam through the history of “ChamberLeaks” and explains how he got entangled in the Chamber of Commerce plan to discredit journalists and progressive groups that supported WikiLeaks.
Former labor secretary and author Robert Reich maps out his new tax proposal to lower taxes on those that make less than $250,000 (98% of the country), but raise them for the richest 2%.
Wisconsin blogger Jesse Russell discusses the state’s massive protests against Governor Scott Walker’s anti-union bill.
Comedian and Sam’s former Break Room Live co-host Marc Maron called in to talk about the success of his podcast WTF and catch up with Sam. Listen to their conversation blur the line between sincerity and condescension.
Heather Hurlburt, Executive Director of the National Security Network returns to The Majority Report to talk about the future of Egypt and how the events there were a hybrid of popular revolution and military coup.
National affairs correspondent from The Nation William Greider discusses his story on how Wall Street has walked away from the financial meltdown without even an accusation of fraud in the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission report.
Senior Washington Correspondent for The Huffington Post Dan Froomkin discussed the dueling budgets that were just released from the White House and Republicans; budgets that could only be labeled “bad” and “worse.”
Doug picks movies – Comedian Doug Benson from the podcast Doug Loves Movies gave his picks for Sam’s weekend movie watching.
Limbaugh logic – Journalist Mike Stark calls into Rush’s show again and tries to get him to understand how unions built up the middle class.
Swung on and missed – Curveball has come out in an interview with the Guardian UK and said that he lied in order to get rid of Saddam Hussein.
Fighting Feingold – Russ Feingold has started a new PAC called Progressives United to fight the Citizen’s United ruling.
Books from Sam’s guests this week:
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