Thomas Frank, Kansas and the Conservative Wish-List & Ted Alexandro Occupy CITI
June 27, 2012
Historian and author of What’s the Matter with Kansas and Pity the Billionaire, Thomas Frank on what’s happening in Kansas, the most right wing state of the union where the conservative movement is in full swing. His column “Letter from Brownbackistan” comes out in the July edition of Harpers. Also, Ted Alexandro (@tedalexandro) reports from actions taking place today at Occupy the CITI. Click thru for links to The Baffler, Occupy updates and more. Thomas Frank is the Founding Editor of The Baffler (@thebafflermag). Check it out.
Learn more about the Occupy actions today in Long Island City.
“Tragic Prelude” by John Steuart Curry (Kansas State Capitol in Topeka)
Past Episodes
It's a Mattjority Report Thursday on The Majority Report
On today's program:
Matt Binder guest hosts for Emma Vigeland who is partying in the streets of Manhattan at the Knicks parade.
Before day drinking with Karl Anthony-Towns, Emma pretaped two interviews.
First, she is joined by ...
It's Hump Day on The Majority Report
On today's program:
JD Vance talks to Megyn Kelly why the whole Memorandum of Understanding has not been released, citing certain cultural sensitivities in the region without explaining what that means.
The war hawks are not happy with the leaked ...
It's news day Tuesday on The Majority Report
On today's program:
Donald Trump has harsh words for the over-the-top violence Israel is waging in Lebanon (and Palestine, though Trump is not concerned about that). History tells us that Trump's words are exactly that, just words, and it's ...