3625 - Sam LIVE At Las Vegas Mass Torts Conference '26 Day 2

About this episode

Sam discusses various political topics including Trump's announcements and health care issues with guest Alex Taylor.

It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report On today's program: Donald Trump announces that the Strait of Hormuz is now open, just like it was before he started the war. As a part of the deal, Trump says that the U.S. is prohibiting Israel from bombing Lebanon. An attempt to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is blocked in a late-night vote. RFK, Jr. continues to humiliate himself and tarnish his legacy as he offers no criticisms of the EPA relaxing regulations for mercury - something he has long been outspoken about before joining the administration. Alex Taylor , a lawyer at Levin Papantonio joins Sam to discuss algorithmic price fixing in the health care industry. In the Fun Half: Progressive Analilia Mejia wins the special election in NJ-11 for Mikkie Sherrill's vacant seat. Joe Rogan fluffs JD Vance and rails against a wealth tax. A real man of the people. Donald Trump holds a No Tax on Tips Event in Las Vegas where he breaks the fourth wall on the door dash grandma stunt. 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…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Seder

Guest: Alex Taylor

Topics covered

• politics
• health care
• elections
• surveillance
• environmental regulations

Keywords

• Donald Trump
• RFK Jr.
• health care
• algorithmic price fixing
• FISA
• Analilia Mejia
• Las Vegas

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EPA, Levin Papantonio, ICE, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Places: Las Vegas

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