2478 - MAGA’s End-Times Fascism; RFK Jr’s War On Public Health w/ Naomi Klein, MarkAlain Déry

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🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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It's a busy Thursday here at MR HQ, and Emma dives right into the significance Judge James Boasberg's finding cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for not adhering to his previous order on deportations. Meanwhile, Senator Chris Van Hollen is in El Salvador where he's been prevented from visiting his Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Then, Emma is joined by writer, activist and professor Naomi Klein about her new essay The rise of end times fascism. Naomi points out the new form that right wing authoritarianism has taken in finding ways to exit society and Earth itself.

Naomi co-wrote the essay with Astra Taylor, which you can read here in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk

After that, infectious disease doctor MarkAlain Déry joins Emma in the studio to discuss the challenges facing public health under the Trump regime, especially from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. who continues to spread misinformation about any number of things, including about autism and vaccines. MarkAlain expresses his concern that essential programs that receive federal funding could now be in jeopardy, especially those that cater to marginalized communities, especially undocumented people.

In the Fun Half, Matt Binder and Brandon Sutton are here to break down the video of Republican senator Chuck Grassley getting yelled at by his constituents at a town hall over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The group talks about how entrenched some of the support for Trump is among his base, even when his policies cost them their jobs. They also discuss how the attention on the Abrego Garcia is a moment when Democrats need to keep their foot on the gas and show voters that they are willing and able to fight for justice.

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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.
0:12.1	The Majority Report with Sam Cedar.
0:17.6	It is Thursday.
0:20.7	April 17th, 2025.
0:23.3	My name is Emma Vigland in for Sam Cedar, and this is the five-time award-winning majority report.
0:28.7	We are broadcasting live steps from the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal in the heartland of America, downtown Brooklyn, USA. On the program today,
0:40.1	the great Naomi Klein will be with us to talk about Trump's end times fascism. And later on in the
0:47.3	show, Dr. Mark Allendary joins us again to talk about RFK Jr's war on public health.
1:00.5	Also on the program, Judge Bozberg threatens to hold the government in criminal contempt over its defiance of his order to halt the deportation of migrants without due process.
1:09.8	After traveling to El Salvador,
1:13.0	Chris Van Hollen, senator, denied the ability to see Gilmar Obrigo Garcia.
1:20.6	This comes as there are concerns about the safety of the people in there, with disturbing satellite images that we're seeing
1:31.8	of the Seacot facility and then not seeing.
1:36.6	Video shows ICE officers smashing the car windows of a man in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
1:43.6	Trump throws a tantrum after Fed Chair Jerome Powell says tariffs could exacerbate inflation
1:49.0	and calls for his termination before his term ends next year.
1:56.1	The powerful capitalist lobbying group, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, decides against suing the Trump administration over the tariffs.
2:06.3	Trump reportedly rebuffed Netanyahu's request to get the U.S. to help Israel bomb Iran's nuclear sites.
2:15.1	For now?
2:15.7	Yeah, thank God.
2:17.9	Elon Musk's SpaceX is rumored to be getting a contract for a missile dome defense system over the United States.
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