We finally felt lucky enough to discuss the grandaddy of right-wing law-and-order movies, DIRTY HARRY (1971). One thing is for certain: this is one cop who takes no guff from no one. PLUS: fiery hot takes on the U.S. midterms, the labour strike that is rocking Canada, and the future of entertainment.

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#379 - The Silent Majority

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Lebanese journalist Rania Khalek breaks down who is behind the pager explosion in Lebanon. Human Rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber explains why Israel does NOT have the right to defend itself.

Rania Khalek is a Middle East-based journalist for Breakthrough News, where she hosts the show Dispatches. She also co-hosts the weekly Freedom Side livestream with Eugene Puryear.

Craig Mokhiber is an American former United Nations (UN) human rights official and a specialist in international human rights law, policy, and methodology. On October 28, 2023, Mokhiber stepped down as the director of the New York office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). In his final letter to High Commissioner Volker Türk, he harshly criticized the organization's response to the war in Gaza, calling Israel's military intervention a "textbook genocide" and accusing the UN of failing to act.  

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Lebanon Pager EXPLOSION With Lebanese Journalist Rania Khalek + Craig Mokhiber On Self Defense

First we saw him bring whimsy to the medical sector in Patch Adams... then we saw him make the army wacky in Good Morning Vietnam... now, we reach the conclusion of our "Robin Williams Trilogy" by going back to his mightiest-ever battle against the forces of fuddy-duddiness: DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989). PLUS: A spectre is haunting Europe... the spectre of centre-left capitulation to the far-right.

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#560 - Carpe Diem

It's Casual Friday! Emma speaks with&nbsp;&nbsp;national affairs correspondent for&nbsp;, to round up the week in news.&nbsp;First, Sam and Emma run through updates on uber-controversial revelations around GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, Israel’s aggression to Lebanon, RFK’s newest allegations, Mike Johnson’s capitulation to Dems over government funding, and labor action in the US, before parsing through Donald Trump’s use of the Zionist-Jewish conflation to blame the Jews for his theoretical upcoming loss. Jeet Heer then joins, as he, Sam, and Emma bask in the glory of the last few weeks (and particularly the last 24 hours) of leaks-upon-leaks of Republican malfeasance and controversy, from the Russian money behind right-wing commentators like Tim Pool and Dave Rubin, to the deep revelations of hypocrisy, bigotry, and infidelity in Mark Robinson’s “Nude Africa” account (which, incidentally, tied in Chris Rufo), and RFK’s ongoing scandal involving NYMag reporter Olivia Nuzzi. Expanding on this, Heer unpacks the growing pictures of a Trump campaign embroiled in chaos, as their main spokesfolks for the disillusioned man – JD Vance and RFK Jr. – continue to flounder in their media rounds while the candidate himself cannot help but get “Loomered.” Wrapping up, Jeet, Sam, and Emma look to the electoral state of the race, unpacking the central role Pennsylvania, North Carolina (thank you, Mark Robinson!), and Georgia are likely to play come November and assessing the rhetoric Harris and Trump are using to court those voters. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma dive deep into the crevasses of Mark Robinson’s developing controversy, gain clarity on some of his and Trump’s past interactions, and ponder the question of the leaker. They also tackle Harris’ do “no” harm (excluding, you know, the genocide of Palestinians) to US-Israel relations and Nebraska’s electoral fight, before parsing through the contradictions and lies that ground the US immigration system debate with Republican caller Will from Virginia. Andrea from Chicago responds to Kowalski’s comments on industrial growth and housing, and Nathan from LA gives his perspective on the US economy… and also the show, plus your calls and IMs! Follow Jeet on Twitter here:&nbsp;https://x.com/HeerJeet Check out Jeet's work at The Nation here:&nbsp;https://www.thenation.com/authors/jeet-heer/ TICKETS FOR MAJORITY REPORT ELECTION NIGHT LIVE SHOW HERE!:&nbsp;https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-majority-report-with-sam-seder-election-night-coverage-live-show-tickets-1010883639177 Call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to tell Sen. Schumer NOT to bring Sen. bill 4127 to the floor! Go to&nbsp;https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ and, in the space to contact the Vice President, voice support for FTC Chair Lina Khan and for Palestine! Become a member at&nbsp;JoinTheMajorityReport.com:&nbsp;https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here!:&nbsp;https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here!:&nbsp;https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here!:&nbsp;https://rumble.com/user/majorityrep ort Check out our alt YouTube channel here!:&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Join Sam on the Nation Magazine Cruise! 7 days in December 2024!!:&nbsp; Check out StrikeAid here!;&nbsp;https://strikeaid.com/ Gift a Majority Report subscription here:&nbsp;https://fans.fm/majority/gift  Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here:&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here:&nbsp;https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord!&nbsp;http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store:&nbsp;https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!:&nbsp;http://majority.fm/app Check out today’s sponsors: Nutrafol:&nbsp;Take the first step towards achieving your hair growth goals. For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering...

2331 - The Robinson-ing & Loomer-ing of the Republican Party w/ Jeet Heer

Journalists Christopher Robbins & Katie Way from the independent outlet Hellgate return to the show to help update us on NYC Mayor Eric Adams' chaotic administration. We look at the scandal and indictments surrounding a number of top Adams officials, including multiple sets of siblings, all embroiled in bribes, extortions, and various other forms of graft. We also discuss NYPD scandal in light of the recent subway shooting which left multiple people injured and one bystander braindead.

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Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with , professor of economics at Tacoma Community College, to discuss his recent book . Follow Rob on Twitter here:&nbsp;https://x.com/ironicprofessor Check out Rob's book here:&nbsp;https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2215-mastering-the-universe Become a member at&nbsp;JoinTheMajorityReport.com:&nbsp;https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here!:&nbsp;https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here!:&nbsp;https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here!:&nbsp;https://rumble.com/user/majorityrep ort Check out our alt YouTube channel here!:&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Join Sam on the Nation Magazine Cruise! 7 days in December 2024!!:&nbsp; Check out StrikeAid here!;&nbsp;https://strikeaid.com/ Gift a Majority Report subscription here:&nbsp;https://fans.fm/majority/gift  Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here:&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here:&nbsp;https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord!&nbsp;http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store:&nbsp;https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!:&nbsp;http://majority.fm/app Check out today’s sponsors: Cozy Earth:&nbsp;Your peace of mind matters. Make a wise choice this election season—embrace the comfort of Cozy Earth and feel the difference. Go to https://cozyearth.com/MAJORITYREPORT and use code MAJORITYREPORT for an exclusive discount of up to 40% off. If you get a post-purchase survey, say you heard about Cozy Earth from this podcast! Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter:    @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech @BradKAlsop   Check out Matt’s show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon!&nbsp; Check out Matt Binder’s&nbsp;YouTube&nbsp;channel:&nbsp; Subscribe to Brandon’s show The Discourse on Patreon!&nbsp;https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here!&nbsp;https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder -&nbsp;

2332 - The Obscene Wealth Of The Ruling Class & Why You Should Hate Them Even More w/ Rob Larson

BLOWBACK’s Brendan & Noah return to the show. We start off today’s show discussing Israel’s massive escalation into Lebanon, and Brendan & Noah point out the many parallels between America’s current position and the various atrocities and mis-adventures they’ve chronicled on Blowback over the seasons. Plus much more on Blowback’s current season focused on Cambodia, and the many crimes, colorful characters, and surprising sources of magnanimity they’ve uncovered through their show.  

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870 - Holiday in Cambodia feat. Brendan James & Noah Kulwin (9/23/24)

It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with ,&nbsp;director of research for the&nbsp;&nbsp;at&nbsp;, to discuss the biggest state legislature races coming up in November.&nbsp;First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s mass slaughter in Lebanon, US troop presence in the Middle East, Harris’ lead in Michigan and Wisconsin, Nebraska’s sole electoral vote, GOP controversy, Missouri’s death penalty, VISA’s potential anti-trust violation, Exxon’s lies, UNWRA funding, and climate change, before watching Trump muse on his divine feminism, and diving a little deeper into Israel’s reign of terror on Lebanon. Aaron Kleinman then joins, jumping right into exactly *what* makes this upcoming election such a close fight well beyond the Presidency, looking at electoral shifts left in Midwest Blue Wall states and what Washington’s upcoming top-two primary might be able to tell us about these states come November, and tackling whether the Sunbelt’s curious rightward shift in 2022 will see a reversal, particularly with the role of abortion on the ballot. After expanding on the States Project’s project, how they assess the needs of different candidates and races, and unpacking the major funding gaps in funding for Democratic candidates on the federal and state levels, Kleinman highlights Wisconsin’s myriad tight races in the wake of redistricting and wraps up by touching on the potential Mark Robinson effect in North Carolina. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma dive deep into the complete failure of basic journalistic responsibilities that has been the ongoing controversy around Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s criticism of the Michigan AG’s prosecution of pro-Palestinian protesters, walking through each step of the distortion of Tlaib’s genuine critiques by AG Nessel and CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, and the network’s ultimate doubling-down on the story. After parsing through Missouri’s pending execution of Marcellus Williams, the MR Team watches Eric Weinstein unpack the Marxism behind some of Kamala Harris’ most famous musings, dissect some polling and election previews with John from San Antonio, and discuss the inhumanity of the anti-Haitian hate coming out of the GOP with William in Indiana. Jacob from Indiana helps the show tackle the continuing conflation of anti-semitism and anti-Zionism, and Megyn Kelly watches Dave Rubin stroke his ego as they explore why his getting tied up in dark Russian money was actually a DOJ conspiracy to punish conservative media, plus, your calls and IMs! Follow Aaron on Twitter here:&nbsp;https://x.com/bobbybigwheel Check out the States Project at Future Now here:&nbsp;https://statesproject.org/ Become a member at&nbsp;JoinTheMajorityReport.com:&nbsp;https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here!:&nbsp;https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here!:&nbsp;https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here!:&nbsp;https://rumble.com/user/majorityrep ort Check out our alt YouTube channel here!:&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Join Sam on the Nation Magazine Cruise! 7 days in December 2024!!:&nbsp; Check out StrikeAid here!;&nbsp;https://strikeaid.com/ Gift a Majority Report subscription here:&nbsp;https://fans.fm/majority/gift  Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here:&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here:&nbsp;https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord!&nbsp;http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store:&nbsp;https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!:&nbsp;http://majority.fm/app Check out today’s sponsors: Prolon:&nbsp;Right now, Prolon is offering The Majority Report with Sam Seder listeners 15% off their 5-day nutrition program. Go to https://ProlonLife.com/MAJORITY. That’s https://ProlonLife.com/MAJORITY for this special offer.  Blueland Cleaning Products:&nbsp;Blueland has a special offer...

2333 - Trump: Women Protector(?) & the Key State Elections This Fall w/ Aaron Kleinman

Hollywood produces dreams on an industrial scale, but it also feeds our own dreams back to us. And no movie has ever understood Hollywood better than David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001). In the first of a two-part discussion, we dissect David Lynch's masterpiece. PLUS: The hallmarks of bad conservative, left-wing, and liberal writing, as seen through the lens of one Mr. Jordan Peterson.

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PREVIEW - #561 - Mulholland Drive, Part 1

The films of Christopher Harris are haunting and cerebral in equal measure—blending the sensorial power of analog avant-garde cinema with a thoroughly researched and deeply felt engagement with African-American history. Starting in 2001 with the 16mm feature still/here, which was also his MFA thesis at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Harris has created a rich and versatile body of work that draws on the legacy of the slave trade, the present-day realities of racism and capitalism, and the construction and destruction of urban space.

Last week in New York City, Harris celebrated a major career milestone—his latest shorts, Speaking in Tongues: Take One and b/w, screened as part of the 2024 Whitney Biennial, and a weeklong retrospective of his work kicked off at Anthology Film Archives. In the midst of these screenings and speaking engagements, Harris joined Film Comment editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute to talk about the origins of his filmmaking in his youthful ambition to be musician, his interest in stillness and silence as structuring concepts, and why his work is always as fun as it is challenging and erudite.

The Films of Christopher Harris

“Citizens to Aid Police in New Program,” reported the Los Angeles Times in 1975. “Community Policing: Law Enforcement Returns to Its Roots,” declared the Chicago Tribune in 1994. “Obama Calls for Changes in Policing After Task Force Report,” announced The New York Times in 2015.

Periodically, US officials propose some type of police “reform,” usually after a period of widespread protest against ongoing racist police violence. Police, we’re told, will improve their own performance and relationships with the public with a few tweaks: better training on use-of-force and equipment, upgraded technology like body cameras and shooting simulators, and deeper integration into the “community.”

But, every time a new “reform” is introduced, it almost always serves as justification for bigger police-department budgets and fawning media coverage over police, painting the image of a scrappy force for public safety that just doesn’t have the right training and resources. Meanwhile, levels of police harassment and police violence remain the same, and, in many cases, even increase. Indeed, 2023 was the worst year for fatal police shootings in decades despite – or perhaps because of – all the post-Ferguson “reforms."

On this episode, the Season 8 Premiere of Citations Needed, we’ll discuss the media-enabled phenomenon of how pro-police narratives, programs and budget bloating busy work are spun as “reform,” how they are used to stem public anger and placate squishy politicians and nonprofits, and look at the decades-old practice of turning public opposition to, and victimization from, US policing into an opportunity to expand and enrich the security state. 

Our guest is civil rights attorney Alec Karakatsanis.

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Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) is a civil rights attorney and the founder of Civil Rights Corps. He is the author of Alec’s Copaganda Newsletter, the book Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System (The New Press, 2019), the Yale Journal of Law & Liberation study “The Body Camera: The Language of our Dreams,” and the forthcoming book, Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News, which will be published early next year by The New Press.

Episode 208: How US Media Repackages Pro-Police Policies as "Reform"

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#379 - The Silent Majority

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