FUN HALF: https://youtube.com/live/WZbjQnLe8sE?feature=share It's Friday! Sam and Emma welcome Heather 'Digby' Parton, contributing writer to Salon.com and publisher of the Hullabaloo blog, to wrap up the week's news; and later, Matthew Film Guy returns! 10/17/25 More from Digby at Salon: https://digbysblog.net/ + https://www.salon.com/writer/heather_digby_parton More about Matthew's class: https://community.commonpoint.org/s/registration?searchKeyword=cultural Watch/Listen to The Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12pm EST on YouTube OR via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.fm Today's Sponsors: • JUST COFFEE: Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code MAJORITY for 10% off your purchase! • SUNSET LAKE: Use coupon code Leftisbest (all one word) for 20% off of your entire order at https://SunsetLakeCBD.com 0:00:00 - Headlines 0:06:08 - Bernie Sanders & AOC Town Hall on Government Shutdown 0:11:36 - ACA & Healthcare Costs in Rural Republican Areas 0:14:37 - Democratic Party's Base & Progressive Messaging 0:20:55 - Heather Digby Parton: Government Shutdown & Russ Vought 0:30:00 - Trump Voters & Republican Party Disconnect 0:32:46 - Karoline Leavitt & "No Kings" Rally Concerns 0:39:19 - Republican Messaging on Protests & Antifa 0:45:48 - IRS Commissioner Gary Shapley & Targeting Progressive Groups 0:52:06 - Glenn Beck, Antifa, & ACORN and the Democratic Party's Complicity 1:04:51 - Matthew Film Guy Returns 1:09:11 - Discussion on Paul Thomas Anderson Films 1:17:06 - Andor & Sci-Fi Storytelling 1:21:11 - Matthew Film Guy's Recommendation: "The Act of Killing" IM the show and listen live with the free Majority Report App: http://majority.fm/app Subscribe to MR's daily AM Quickie newsletter: https://am-quickie.ghost.io Become a Majority Report member: https://fans.fm/majority/join Find all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ More from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.youtube.com/@Th3Discourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning Our alt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive