On The Record (5-5-26).

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Politics, Government, News

4.8 • 758 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This week we took a hard look at Canada’s Mark Carney. Competent, well-spoken, yet quietly running a neoliberal playbook. Then we checked Trump’s approval numbers, where even Republicans are starting to feel the gas prices, though 84% are still on board, which is somehow both unsurprising and completely bonkers.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:00

Quick Takes: 00:01:17

Max Notes: 00:04:51

Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:18:20

Chart of the Week: 00:20:05

Headlines: 00:23:01

Pod Love: 00:24:49

Outro: 00:25:32

Resources

Yahoo! Finance: GameStop’s Ryan Cohen sidesteps questions on how company will pay for eBay deal: ‘The details are on our website’

CNBC: Amazon opens up its logistics network to other businesses in new growth push

The New York Times: Despite Trade Turmoil, Canada’s Economy Is Expected to Grow and Deficit to Fall

Government of Canada: Economic and fiscal overview

Global News: Canada in ‘early stages’ of talks on whether to privatize airports: minister

Global News: Health Matters: Liberal government faces criticism over pharmacare program

Spring: Carney government ditches social priorities in favour of conservative agenda

Leeja Miller: The Death Of The Voting Rights Act EXPLAINED

Civiqs: Donald Trump: Job Approval, Second Term

New York Times: If Democrats Have Appropriate Fear of Trump, They Will Elect Platner

Common Dreams: Trump Admin Shutters DHS Watchdog Amid Rampant and Growing Detainee Abuse

Dissent: How Mamdani Can Build Mass Engagement

Pod Love

Economic Update: Marx’s Relevance for Today

UNFTR Resources

Video: (On The Record 5-5-26 Canada's Working Class Under Attack: Carney's Economic Update Decoded)

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0:00.0	I was going to start with like a Cinco de Mayo kind of thing.
0:04.0	No, people love it when white guys do stuff like that.
0:07.5	Oh, they don't.
0:09.3	Oh.
0:10.2	Okay.
0:11.1	Hey, you're here.
0:14.1	Welcome to UNFTR.
0:16.0	It is the 5th of May, and I'm happy to be with you.
0:20.3	I have a little tough love for my Canadian
0:22.1	brothers and sisters, though. Emphasis on the love, because I remember where I came from. Don't
0:26.6	worry about it. Hey, did you know there are approximately 33 million Americans suffering from
0:31.7	some incurable brain disease? Yeah, Amazon is pretty much going to deliver everything but babies soon.
0:39.5	And maybe babies too. Who knows? Our members brought the house down in the final days of our
0:43.8	fundraiser. People keep shooting at or near this administration. Everything from
0:49.1	handcrafted items to use furniture and collectibles brought to you by GameStop? Sure, why not?
0:55.6	These are end times.
0:57.2	Headlines from New York Times, Common Dreams, and Dissent Magazine,
1:00.7	along with a killer left take from my favorite online attorney.
1:04.6	This is UNFTR's on the record for some fucking day in May
1:08.1	that's already blurring together with every other fucking day in the land of Trump. So let's go.
1:17.2	Hey, the MetGala was last night and who cares? Actually, the one thing I care about
1:21.6	related to the Met Gala is that Mom Dani was like, nah, hard pass. Big moves in corporate America.
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