3680 - The Left Progressing & the Hollow Center w/ Jeet Heer
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Majority Report with Sam Seder. Where every day is Casual Friday. That means Monday is Casual Monday. Tuesday, Casual Tuesday. Wednesday, Casual Hump Day. Thursday, Casual Thurs. That's what we call it. And Friday, Casual Shabbat. The Majority Report with Sam Seder.
It is Friday, July 3rd, 2026. My name is Sam Seder. This is the five-time award-winning majority report. We are broadcasting live to tape steps on the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal in the heartland of America. On the program today... As we celebrate the federal celebration of July 4th on the 3rd, because everybody deserves a three-day weekend, ladies and gentlemen, Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, host of the weekly nation podcast, The Time of Monsters. Also on the program today, that's it. Why? Why? Because this is July 3rd, but we're celebrating July 4th. Everybody's off. And I've pre-taped this on Thursday. That is the 12 hours before you're seeing it now, probably.
I mean, not exactly 12.
I still have 10 fingers at the timing of this recording. Exactly. What's that? I said I still have 10 fingers at the timing of this recording.
Oh, that's right. Yeah, Brian's going to go off on fireworks, and so... He probably you will have to have like some type of prosthetics by the time he comes back to work on Monday. I'll go with a hook. Yeah. But yes, we're off. But Jeet and I recorded this last night. And here it is for you coming up in a moment. You know, enjoy the weekend. i've never been a huge july 4th guy i gotta be honest with you like the fireworks you know what the fireworks are about they're they're yeah they're like literally glorifying war and it's uh the dui uh the number one dui day is that right pretty sure that's at least in my family it was But there was stiff competition, to be fair.
Right? There's also Flag Day. There's also Tuesday.
A lot of the days that end with day. Right. Big competition. But that's up in Maine. Like, what else do you get to do there?
I know. Are you going to run over a moose? The moose will be better off than your car.
Exactly. There's not, you know. But I hope you have a good Fourth of July. I don't know. I mean, we saw the stuff from like America 250. The whole country seems to be... Talk about the Trump malaise. Coincidentally, Jimmy Carter was also... Guess there was an election that year, 76.
Yeah, that was probably, Ford was still president?
It was probably still Ford. So the malaise didn't kick in until later. But there is a Trump malaise. And, you know, also, there's some problems with our country, but you can still celebrate a birthday, you know. So have fun, have a barbecue, stay safe. We will be back live on Monday. I don't know who Emma's got in there. I will be back live probably in and out in a week from today. I'm on special assignment. And you'll hear more about that probably in about a year. I'll tell you about it. In the meantime, before we get to Jeep, we talk about this week that was. This stuff is pretty amazing. Have you tried any of this?
Why are they pre-taping the July 4th episode and opening with Fourth of July commentary?
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