2509 - The Dystopian Future Being Pushed by Right-Wing Tech Oligarchs w/ Adam Becker

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the week people. Republican leaders are still trying to jam major cuts to Medicare, food stamps and other vital programs down our throats in the form of the Big Beautiful Bill, some GOP members have had to face tough questions from their constituents about how those cuts will effect them. But after being called out last week for making cuts that will ultimately kill many of her constituents, Republican Senator Joni Earnst says that we'll all die one day. Now she's released a cynical non-apology in response to the controversy.

After that, Science journalist and astrophysicist Adam Becker is here to discuss his new book More Everything Forever. Check it out here:

https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9781541619593

As well as Adam's piece in the Guardian on the same subject:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/03/tech-oligarchs-musk

In the Fun Half, Elon Musk sits down for an interview with CBS News but only wants to talk about rocket ships and seems upset that he's being asked about the Trump administration. Hakeem Jeffries gives the most limp nothing of an answer when asked what he's planning to do in response to federal agents entering the offices of Congressman Jerry Nadler and cuffing one of his aids, which came weeks after federal agents arrested Democratic Congresswoman LaMonica McIver. And people in San Diego spontaneously protest ICE agents as they raid local establishments.

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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.
0:17.5	It is Monday, June 2nd, 2025. My name is Sam Cedar. This is the five-time award-winning majority report.
0:27.6	We are broadcasting live steps from the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal in the heartland of America, downtown Brooklyn, USA.
0:37.7	On the program today, Adam Becker, science journalist, astrophysicist, and author, his latest book,
0:45.3	More Everything Forever.
0:49.9	Also on the program today, eight injured in an attack in Colorado on a march to remember hostages held in Gaza.
1:00.5	Meanwhile, Ukraine launches a massive, massive drone attack inside Russia, the verge of peace talks, ceasefire attacks.
1:10.7	Israel kills more than 30 Palestinians by gunned. of peace talks, ceasefire talks.
1:17.4	Israel kills more than 30 Palestinians by gunfire, trying to reach a food distribution site set up by the Americans and the Israelis.
1:23.0	Democrats to press the parliamentarian on the Senate Republican attempt to rewrite the baseline
1:29.6	with a big billionaire giveaway bill.
1:35.7	Feds arrest an aid to Jerry Nadler in his office for attending an immigration protest in the building.
1:47.3	Cash Patel continues a purge at FBI.
1:51.5	Trump administration shuts down more than 100 climate studies because...
1:57.2	Yeah.
1:58.8	We're all going to Mars anyway.
2:00.9	That's our next guest will tell us.
2:02.7	Exactly.
2:04.3	Iran, nuke talks appear to stall.
2:07.4	And those law firms that cave to Trump,
	...

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