3641 - Labor, Anti-Trust and the History of Corporate Franchises w/ Brian Callaci
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Sam Seder
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🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to The Majority Report
On today's program:
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett claims on CNBC that consumer confidence being at record lows is a result of the consumer becoming stressed out by Donald Trump fixing "all of the world's problems".
As the economy continues to head straight towards a recession, Bloomberg shares a chart that shows the world's oil inventories are falling at record pace.
Chief economist at Open Markets, Brian Callaci joins the program for a conversation about his new book "Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy".
In the Fun Half:
Donald Trump gives a $6.9M no-bid contract to his personal pool guy to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains why she is not willing to align herself with someone like Marjorie Taylor-Greene.
We take a look back at MTG's record on Palestine and what could've possibly led to her changing her position on Israel.
Tom Steyer talking with Hasan Piker about how he went from being a billionaire hedge fund manager to a progressive candidate for Governor of Georgia
Joe Rogan really wants to believe that the government has proof of aliens.
Bill Maher and John Fetterman laugh about trump calling a woman a piggie.
PDB and Terrence Howard have an interesting conversation about Game of Thrones.
All that and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, folks. |
| 0:03.6 | How's it going? |
| 0:08.0 | Oh, all right. |
| 0:12.1 | You know, I got up at 5.30 this morning, and it was not my plan, but I did because my cat decided it's time for you to |
| 0:25.0 | wake up, Sam. And this is like the double-edged sword of finding a cat food that your cat |
| 0:32.5 | absolutely loves, is that they'll wake you up at 5.30 in the morning to go do it, to go get fed. |
| 0:39.9 | I think part of the reason, actually, he seems to have adjusted to, what do you call it, |
| 0:45.6 | spring forward, the daylight savings time. |
| 0:48.4 | For like a week in there, I think he was confused as to like what time he was supposed to eat. |
| 0:53.8 | But I'm very happy that I found a cat food for my cat that my cat loves and is incredibly healthy. |
| 1:03.4 | And what am I talking about? |
| 1:04.5 | I'm talking about Smalls. |
| 1:08.7 | Smalls is fresh, gently cooked food. |
| 1:12.9 | It is made without preservatives. |
| 1:16.6 | Provides it like a balanced diet for your cat. |
| 1:19.9 | Less shedding, fewer hair balls, and more silky shine. |
| 1:25.1 | The nutrients and smalls are digestible, so less junk comes out the other end. |
| 1:29.6 | If you know what I'm saying, decidedly less stinky poops. I've said it. Smalls cat food leads |
| 1:39.8 | to high protein and improved hydration. The big thing for me was Smalls is the food is great. |
| 1:47.9 | And they also have some great snacks. |
| 1:50.5 | But my cat goes ballistic for this broth. |
| 1:54.5 | And it doesn't matter. |
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