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 Hump Day on The Majority Report On today's program: Chris Rabb wins the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional district. Since there is no Republican running in the general, Rabb is all but guaranteed to be the new Representative of the bluest district in the ...
It's News Day Tuesday on The Majority Report. On today's program: Donald Trump has secured an illegal $1.7B slush fund from the Treasury that can be used however the president chooses and comes with ZERO oversight. At a Senate Budget Hearing for the DOJ, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) ...
5/18/26 - Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland welcome Corey Haala, assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and author of "When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan" https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p089176 Watch the ...