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The episode discusses various political debates and issues, including Texas politics and the implications of AI in combat.

FUN HALF: https://youtube.com/live/dK69-OSBVGc It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report On today's Program: Graham Platner and Susan Collins are sparring over her 25-year track record of voting in support of endless wars, including two in which Platner served tours. David Griscom , author, host of The Jacobin Show , co-host of Left Reckoning and publisher of The Rattler on Substack, joins the program for a discussion about Texas politics. Abdul El-Sayed shines at a debate with Mallory McMorrow and Haley Stevens . In the Fun Half JD Vance tries to appeal to Pope Leo on the morality of using AI in combat in a graduation speech at the Air Force Academy. A Bezos-funded podcast called Make it Make Sense shills for AI and calls Mamdani "a Third-Worldist". Katie Miller has to go on Fox News to defend her husband Stephen after someone on Twitter said something mean about him. All that and more. To connect and organize with your local ICE rapid response team visit ICERRT.com The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this number to connect with either the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. Follow us on TikTok here…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Seder

Guest: David Griscom

Topics covered

• Texas politics
• AI in combat
• political debates
• war voting records
• media criticism

Keywords

• politics
• Texas
• AI
• debate
• war
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jacobin Show, Left Reckoning, The Rattler, Fox News, Make it Make Sense, ICERRT

Places: Texas

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