3691 - Bernie & AOC Rally For El-Sayed; The Roots Of Vaccine Hesitancy w/ Kira Ganga Kieffer
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What major news headlines open the show on July 20, 2026?
It is Monday, July 20th, 2026. My name is Emma Vigeland, in for Sam Seder, and this is the five-time award-winning majority report. We are broadcasting live steps from the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal in the heartland of America, downtown Brooklyn, USA. On the program today, Kira Kiefer, visiting assistant professor of religious studies at Wesleyan University and author of Unvaccinated Under God, Religion and Vaccine Hesitancy in Modern America. Also on the program, at least three U.S. service members were killed over the weekend in Trump's criminal war on Iran after the U.S. resumed bombing Iran and its civilian infrastructure. The Pentagon has also reportedly been hiding the extent of military injuries and equipment damage.
What? Huh.
They wouldn't do that.
Iran finally plays their Houthi card. Yemen's Houthis declare a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia, a closure of another key trade checkpoint outside of the Strait of Hormuz. Gas has once again topped $4 a gallon. In the UK, Andy Burnham officially succeeds Keir Starmer as British PM taking over an anemic Labour government. The FBI tells his agents via written notice that the feds are just, you know, not going to investigate violent ICE encounters going forward. We don't want to.
ICE will investigate themselves.
The administration is also quietly shutting down multiple corporate criminal investigations with zero charges. In Maine, Troy Jackson has been selected as the replacement Democratic Senate nominee, a win for the left in the state. With four days to go until recess, Republicans are pessimistic about their agenda of Planned Parenthood cuts, voter disenfranchisement, and Iran war funds via reconciliation. Manosphere chuds and predators Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday after British authorities filed new charges against them, rape and sex trafficking. That's so out of character.
Or it's their brand proposition. Great video of that.
Oh my god, why was he wearing a caftan?
Guys in the most ludicrous outfit coming to take your chains off as you have handcuffs on.
And no-show socks, which big hallmark of a guy like that. Trump's Qatari-donated jet is being sent out for repairs after his administration subpoenaed New York Times journalists for reporting on how sketchy it was.
They're going to max it out. It's not quite maxed out yet.
And lastly, Israeli strikes in Gaza City on Saturday killed at least nine, including three children. The genocide in Gaza continues. All this and more on today's Majority Report. Look, guys, I am sorry to report that Sam is not here. And, you know, it's gonna be a little while. He is continuing to do his Hollywood, you know, jaunt. He's filming something. We can't say exactly what it is. We promise you that he's alive and his body isn't in the trunk of Brian's car, okay? So, um...
I spoke to him for 20 minutes this weekend.
And what did you talk about? The war in Iran and the developments in Maine?
Yeah, we talked about the Senate race, a little Senate history.
Gotcha.
The war in Iran, yeah, Michigan, all kinds of stuff.
Then Matt talked to him for 20 minutes. Then I talked to him for 20 minutes. And then he was just a little bit too tired. But we'll take on shifts tomorrow.
This is true. He did tell me he went parasailing. And I don't know if I'm allowed to say that.
Yes.
Okay, John Kerry.
Yeah, I know. Right before a crucial election in Michigan? What are you doing, buddy? I would like to see a photo of him parasailing. I have heard this rumor and it seems so out of character. I want to see him in the little helmet with the vest.
Probably his glasses still on. Oh, my God. In a cardigan.
I can't wait to get more photographic evidence of what he's been up to. But he will be back, we promise, in AI form or animatronic form or, you know, in spirit.
Well, he would be back sooner if Kathy Hochul wouldn't have put a moratorium on data centers.
It's taking us a long time to generate AI sales. Exactly. The left has gone too far. So over the weekend, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, you may have heard of them.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What major news headlines open the show on July 20, 2026?
0:00–28:49
2
Why did Bernie Sanders and AOC travel to Michigan to rally for Abdul El‑Sayed?
28:49–34:10
3
How much outside dark money is being spent in the Michigan Senate primary and who is funding it?
34:10–1:01:26
4
What arguments did Bernie and AOC make about billionaires and political influence in Michigan?
1:01:26–1:05:12
Speakers
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