2736 - Massive Cave on Media Monopoly; Possible Democratic Future of Foreign Policy w/ Alvaro Bedoya, Matt Duss
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The Majority Report with Sam Cedar.
It is Tuesday. September twenty second, two thousand twenty six. My name is Sam Cedar. This is the five time award winning majority report. We are broadcasting live steps from the industrially ravaged Gawanas Canal in the heartland of America. Downtown Brooklyn, USA. On the program today. Alvaro Badoya, senior advisor at the American Em Economic Liberties Project, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. On the Paramount Warner Brothers merger. And frankly, betrayal. by democratic a G's. Тен Мак Дус, езкутивайсь президент та Центр фенелполиси, костюмatic подкаст. On the state of foreign policy within the Democratic Party and also This little uh war that we have going on.
Excursion. New report FBI Anticorruption United. Was honing in. Ане Сузен Колінс брибри. Діл When Trump essentially fired all the anti corruption uh FBI agents. Meanwhile, Trump's approval rating hits the twenties. The roaring twenties. I just remembered when we did the space jam thing. Uh and it cost us a ton of money. More on that later. Republican support for Iran war begins to weaken. Voters uh Republican voters uh supported fifteen percent less than they did just a couple of months ago. Meanwhile, Iowa Senate candidate calls for an end to the Iran war after uh voting for it as a Republican Congresswoman. And Mike Rogers, also the latest Republican Senate candidate, to call for an end to the Iran war.
Bend the knee, bitches.
Trump to address the UN General Assembly. As the UN says, US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity. Appeals court reinstates the Missouri Republican gerrymandered Matt. Flights resume after the Department of Transportation uh equipment outage they accidentally uh cut the wrong wire. Literally. Iran announces a willingness to open the Strait of Hormuz if the US eases military pressure. Immigrants with deportation orders are now being scrubbed from the ICE detainee locator before they're deported. Video game workers at Microsoft own Blizzard win their first union contract. All this More on today's majority report. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. It is Newsday, Tuesday. Yeah. You seem very excited, uh, about saying that.
Well, I was happy to see our in studio guests come in and you know, it's a good day so far. It's fall weather officially.
And was playing to a crowd. She's all excited.
I am. I am. Well look, I'm uh I I brought out the sweater today. I feel like it might have been a little bit premature 'cause it's now super hot in here. But what are you gonna do?
Yep. Uh we're about uh fifteen degrees uh warmer in here than outside. So that's uh uh Matt Dust will be joining us later in the program in studio. Also uh uh hope everybody who celebrated yesterday had a uh easy fast. I did, and then uh uh Uh But the real problem was, uh after uh cold nidray services, Saul and I came home and I let him uh play box with me and he punched me in the jaw and I can't chew. So uh made the fast a little bit easier. Um I I'm sure it'll be fine. Uh that's how
he's a man now.
Yes, exactly. Uh we will um uh we got a lot to news to get to and I will uh fill everyone in on uh how he punched me in the face. Uh but uh later. Um we were we were play fighting, so um
So he didn't totally own you?
No. No. He's not
the man of the house now?
It's still up in the air. Okay.
Um pr pretty big milestone. I mean it's a pretty big
milestone. Yes. Congrats, all. Um Uh yesterday uh Donald Trump uh nor uh Zoran Mamdani were fasting. Uh they were working uh yesterday, neither one of them uh being Jews, uh so uh they did not celebrate uh Yom Kippur. Um Trump is in town ostensibly to uh speak at the UN. I think he spoke this morning. We we don't I don't know if we have clips of that yet. I'm sure it was uh
Well
I'm sure it was an impressive speech.
Top line is he wants to annihilate Iran and rebrand AI.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening overview of today’s news and guests on The Majority Report?
0:00–11:10
2
How did Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s press conference with Donald Trump address migrant protections and free‑speech concerns?
11:10–24:17
3
What insights does Alvaro Bedoya provide about the Paramount‑Warner Brothers merger and its antitrust implications?
24:17–38:45
4
Why do the state attorneys general’s actions matter in stopping large media consolidations?
38:45–53:50
5
How might European antitrust and regulatory frameworks influence U.S. media‑ownership battles?
53:50–1:05:45
6
What are Matt Duss’s main arguments about the current direction of U.S. foreign policy?
1:05:45–1:19:43
7
How could a post‑Trump, post‑Biden administration reshape America’s role in the world?
1:19:43–1:33:44
8
What actionable steps do the hosts suggest for listeners to influence future media and foreign‑policy reforms?
1:33:44–1:42:43
Speakers
6 identifiedMore from The Majority Report with Sam Seder
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