GOP Losing Shut Down And Fearing “No Kings” w/ Heather Digby Parton, Matthew Film Guy | MR Live

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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

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Government Shutdown US Politics Republican Party Democratic Party Healthcare Policy Political Protests Political Commentary

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Bernie Sanders

“Bernie Sanders and AOC Town Hall on Government Shutdown”

AO

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

“Bernie Sanders and AOC Town Hall on Government Shutdown”

MJ

Mike Johnson

“If Mike Johnson wants to say that this shutdown is going to last a long time”

DT

Donald Trump

“The White House has not indicated as much and today the budget director Russ Vought said that north of 10,000 federal workers could be laid off during this government shutdown. Does that make Democrats rethink their strategy at all? I don't think so. I think that what Russ Vought just just announced today in the laying off of federal workers we learned today, a judge has put a temporary restraining order because it is likely is doing. The problem is that this administration, the Trump administra”

JE

Jeffrey Epstein

“interested in the idea of getting these Epstein files released.”

AC

Andrew Cuomo

“Mondaire tops New York City mayoral debate as Curtis Sliwa undresses Andrew Cuomo.”

NP

Nancy Pelosi

“they'll use this example of Nancy Pelosi not seating somebody during the COVID era.”

MJ

Mondaire Jones

“Mondaire tops New York City mayoral debate as Curtis Sliwa undresses Andrew Cuomo.”