About this episode

The episode discusses Big Oil's profits, the Texas Senate race, and features interviews with policy experts on international relations and domestic issues.

FUN HALF: https://youtube.com/live/coewPMFqzLY?... It's Hump Day on The Majority Report On today's program: Ken Paxton , a three-time felon, wins his runoff with incumbent John Cornyn for the Republican nomination for Senate in Texas. The Democratic nominee James Talarico is already contrasting his legislative record against Paxton's criminal record. Alex Jaquez , Chief of Policy & Advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative , joins the show to discuss an analysis from Groundwork entitled: " Big Oil Racks Up Windfall Profits While Consumers Pay Higher Prices" . Matt Duss , executive vice-president at the Center for International Policy and co-host of the UnDiplomatic podcast joins the program for a conversation about his piece in Foreign Policy magazine entitled: " How the Abraham Accords Fueled a New era of Conflict" . In the Fun Half: Abdul El-Sayed clashes with Will Cain on Fox News over his support for abolishing ICE and the war on Iran's impact on the economy. Melissa Derosa , former chief of staff for Andrew Cuomo , says that there a lot of 'moderate' Democrats that won't shed any tears if Graham Platner loses to Susan Collins - the Republican. Josh Shapiro…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Seder

Guests: Alex Jaquez, Matt Duss

Topics covered

• Big Oil
• Iran Peace Talks
• Texas Senate Race
• ICE Detention
• Abraham Accords
• Political Commentary

Keywords

• Big Oil
• Iran
• Texas Senate
• ICE
• Abraham Accords
• politics
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Groundwork Collaborative, Center for International Policy

Books & works: Foreign Policy

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