3638 - Death of the Voting Rights Act; The Coming Oil Shock w/ Rory Johnston, Ari Berman
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Sam Seder
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
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On today's program:
As Donald Trump's war in Iran sinks deeper into a quagmire, Jesse Watters struggles to frame it in a way that reassures his audience before their 7 o'clock bedtime.
Marco Rubio says the goal of the war on Iran is to get back to the way things were before the war in Iran.
Rory Johnston, oil market researcher and founder of Commodity Context, joins the program for a conversation about oil shock and the ramifications of the war in Iran.
Ari Berman, national voting correspondent at Mother Jones, joins the show to discuss the Supreme Court dismantling the Voting Rights Act.
Sam calls Kathy Hochul's office live on air to demand she agree to Zohran Mamdani's proposal to raise taxes 2% on the ultra-rich. You should also call Hochul at 518-474-8390.
In the Fun Half:
Matt Taibbi has lost his defamation suit.
K-file posts unearthed footage of Graham Platner in 2002 showing him getting kicked out of a George W. Bush rally in 2002 for screaming "don't attack Iraq".
The Pod Save America guys suggest that DNC chair Ken Martin had hired a personal friend to do the 2024 autopsy and that he did such a horrible job that it couldn't be released - thus the cover up.
Joe Rogan and billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya discusses taxes, and it goes exactly how you would expect.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to a free version of The Majority Report. |
| 0:04.1 | Support this show at join the Majority Report.com and get an extra hour of content daily. |
| 0:12.0 | The Majority Report with Sam Cedar. |
| 0:17.1 | It is Wednesday, May 6, 2006. My name is Sam Cedar. This is the five-time award-winning majority report. |
| 0:27.7 | We are broadcasting live steps from the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal in the heartland of America. Downtown Brooklyn, USA. |
| 0:39.3 | On the program today, |
| 0:41.1 | Rory Johnston, oil market researcher, |
| 0:43.2 | founder of the commodity context. |
| 0:46.8 | Then, Ari Berman, |
| 0:49.5 | author, |
| 0:50.8 | National Voting Rights Correspondent |
| 0:52.8 | at Mother Jones. |
| 0:57.1 | Meanwhile, Trump freezes Project Freedom hours after it starts. |
| 1:05.7 | White House supposedly believes the war-ending agreement is near as it asks China for help. |
| 1:14.6 | Of course, this happens every time a treasury yields break 4.4%. |
| 1:21.6 | Gotta, got to help the bond market. |
| 1:28.8 | Gas prices, however, are 50% higher than pre-war levels or 600% more in RFK Junior Math. |
| 1:40.1 | Republicans insert $1 billion for Trump's ballroom into their mass deportation reconciliation bill. |
| 1:50.8 | Trump extracts revenge on Indiana lawmakers who wouldn't gerrymander. |
| 1:58.2 | Almost a half a dozen of them lost their primaries showing that to be a republican is to be a |
| 2:04.9 | trumpista report fdaa has blocked publication of multiple studies showing the safety of the |
| 2:13.8 | covid-19 and shingles vaccines doj challenging the constitutionality of the COVID-19 and shingles vaccines. |
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