4/28 Attacking Kimmel; Corporate Money Machine in democratic Primaries w/ Luke Goldstein (M)

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The episode discusses Jimmy Kimmel's jokes about Donald Trump, corporate influence in Democratic primaries, and features an interview with investigative journalist Luke Goldstein.

FUN HALF: https://youtube.com/live/YdEcn1t8m7Y?... It's News Day Tuesday on The Majority Report On today's program: Jimmy Kimmel tells a joke that hurts Donald Trump's feelings so badly that he once again has called for Kimmel's job. Melania Trump sends out her boy toy "senior adviser" to also call for Kimmel's job on various right-wing cable outlets. Kimmel responds with more jokes about the whole saga. Luke Goldstein , investigative journalist at The Lever, joins the show to discuss his piece: " The New Democratic Machine — And the Billionaires Behind It ". In the Fun Half: Karoline Leavitt wants the Dems to tone down their rhetoric in the wake of the White House correspondent dinner shooting. Zeteo releases a compilation of Donald Trump spewing hateful rhetoric towards Democrats. More from Melania's boy toy as he shares what was going on inside the First Lady's mind during the attempted shooting at the WHCD. A Fox News host is caught on a hot mic commenting on how lax the security was at the WHCD. As Lindsey Graham proposes legislation to spend $400 million taxpayer dollars on Trump's ballroom, we look back to February when Trump promised the ballroom would…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Seder

Guest: Luke Goldstein

Topics covered

• Jimmy Kimmel
• Donald Trump
• Corporate money in politics
• Democratic primaries
• Investigative journalism
• Media and politics
• Political rhetoric

Keywords

• Jimmy Kimmel
• Donald Trump
• Luke Goldstein
• Democratic primaries
• corporate money
• political rhetoric
• investigative journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Lever

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