6/12 Trillionaires, Botched Wars and Midterms w/ Heather 'Digby' Parton (M)

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Elon Musk's IPO, the war in Iran, and the upcoming midterm elections with guest Heather 'Digby' Parton.

FUN HALF: https://youtube.com/live/xl9i9IUqS1c?... It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report On today's program: Elon Musk is set to become the world's first billionaire as Space X launches its initial public offer today. A More Perfect Union explains how this sketchy IPO could destroy many people's 401(K) accounts. Heather 'Digby' Parton , columnist at Salon and publisher of the Hullabaloo blog, joins to recap the week's news. Topics include the war in Iran, midterm elections and more. In the Fun Half: CNN airs a compilation showing the 39 times that Donald Trump claimed that we a deal with Iran is imminent. Trillionaires Trump is now claiming that Strait of Hormuz has been open the whole time, but we just didn't know it because it was a secret. Shhhhh don't tell the Ayatollah. Department of Energy secretary Chris Wright admits under oath that he lied when he tweeted that the U.S. had successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz back in March. That kind of conflicts with Trump's claim that the strait has been open. Elissa Slotkin issues a press release stating that she believes that Michael Martin , a Trump pick for a U.S. district court, would be different…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Seder

Guest: Heather 'Digby' Parton

Topics covered

• trillionaires
• midterm elections
• Iran war
• political commentary
• U.S. politics
• media analysis

Keywords

• Elon Musk
• Space X
• midterm elections
• Iran
• Donald Trump
• Chris Wright
• politics
• U.S. district court
• January 6

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Space X, Salon, Hullabaloo

Places: Iran, U.S., Strait of Hormuz

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