2413 - Trump’s Gaza Deal; Red State Tries To Ban Renewables w/ Dr. Annelle Sheline, Jael Holzman
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Sam Seder
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🗓️ 16 January 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Annelle Sheline, research fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, to discuss the reporting around a recently brokered ceasefire deal in Israel & Gaza. Then, she speaks with Jael Holzman, senior reporter at HeatMap News, to discuss her recent piece entitled "The Growing Push to Ban Renewable Energy in Oklahoma." First, Emma runs through updates on Netanyahu’s torpedoing of the alleged ceasefire, including an escalation killing dozens more in Gaza, ProPublica’s report on Biden’s suppression of dissent over Gaza, Trump’s CEO cabal, the US’ TikTok Ban, Trump’s AG nom, the FTC’s report on UnitedHealthcare’s overcharging of cancer patients by nearly 1000%, and compensation for women’s college basketball players, before expanding briefly on the odd power plays between Trump and Biden over the developing TikTok Ban. Dr. Annelle Sheline then joins, diving right into this week’s development of a predictably brief ceasefire in Gaza, including Netanyahu’s immediate refusal to abide by its requirement and the following escalation resulting in some 70 dead, unpacking why Bibi has once again sabotaged a deal, why Trump still wants peace for his inauguration, and why Netanyahu’s sights for the second Trump Administration are set on the West Bank. Next, Dr. Sheline and Emma shift to unpacking the future of the normalization attempt between Israel and Saudi Arabia – a process that the Biden Administration happily picked up off of Trump 1.0 – and the genuine danger of Trump extending the guarantee of uncritical military support that we provide Israel to Saudi Arabia as well, before wrapping up with a conversation on the particular role the Biden Administration’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza had on undermining support for Kamala Harris’ candidacy. Jael Holzman then looks to Oklahoma as she walks Emma through the developing push to ban renewable energy projects locally, exploring how the expansion of the industry alongside a growing reactionary movement helped bolster this drive, despite its obvious potential negative impacts. Expanding on this, Holzman and Emma briefly explore the evolution of this “Green MAGA” movement as exemplified by RFK Jr., and the increasing problem of a green energy incentive structure based on tax credits, before wrapping up by tackling the extractive and material incentives for Trump’s fantasy land grab of Greenland.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to a free version of The Majority Report. |
| 0:04.4 | Support this show at join the Majority Report.com and get an extra hour of content daily. |
| 0:12.2 | The Majority Report with Sam Cedar. |
| 0:17.3 | It is Thursday. |
| 0:20.5 | January 16th, 2025. |
| 0:23.5 | My name is Emma Vigland, in for Sam Cedar, and this is the five-time award-winning majority report. |
| 0:28.9 | We are broadcasting live steps from the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal in the heartland of America, downtown Brooklyn, USA. |
| 0:39.1 | On the program today, Dr. Anel Sheeline, former State Department official and Quincy Institute fellow, |
| 0:45.2 | will join us to talk about the contours of this Gaza deal. |
| 0:50.5 | And later in the show, Gail Holzman joins us to talk about the push to ban renewable energy in Oklahoma. |
| 1:01.2 | Also on the program today, Netanyahu once again appears to torpedo a ceasefire agreement at the 11th hour, blaming Hamas. |
| 1:11.3 | We will see how Trump takes this. |
| 1:14.4 | In the hours after the deal was announced, Israel escalated its bombing, killing dozens |
| 1:19.6 | more Palestinians in Gaza. |
| 1:23.3 | ProPublica had a bombshell report on the Biden administration's suppression of dissent internally on Gaza |
| 1:30.5 | and how the shadowy National Security Council took the reins. |
| 1:37.2 | Trump officials back away from his promise to end the Ukraine war on day one. |
| 1:43.7 | I think I could still do it. |
| 1:48.1 | Biden tries to pull an Eisenhower, warns of a tech industrial complex, and a growing |
| 1:53.5 | oligarchy as he leaves office in his final address. |
| 1:57.3 | So nothing fundamentally changed. |
| 1:59.5 | Right, but my legacy, Jack, it's out there in the archives. |
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