We stream our live show everyday at 12 PM ET. We need your help to keep providing free videos! Support the Majority Report's video content by going to http://www.Patreon.com/MajorityReport In this Majority Report clip, Scott Walker has a plan for that. Watch the Majority Report live M–F at 12 p.m. EST at youtube.com/samseder or listen via daily podcast at http://Majority.FM Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com LIKE us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube: http://youtube.com/SamSeder ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5U9N0HMxUQ

Ayn Rand. She will never, ever go away. She lives eternally through the dementedly hostile policy positions she has memorialized in her books. A listener calls in because Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" was mentioned on the program on Monday, and similar to the consequences of saying "Beetlejuice" or "Bloody Mary" out loud, if you speak the name of one of Rand's books on air for any reason, you have to discuss it again, preferably in an argument. This time, the argument is about Objectivism, which is the caller's political affiliation. It was created by Ayn Rand. We stream our live show every day at 12 PM ET. We need your help to keep providing free videos! Support the Majority Report's video content by going to http://www.Patreon.com/MajorityReport Watch the Majority Report live M–F at 12 p.m. EST at youtube.com/samseder or listen via daily podcast at http://Majority.FM Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com We Have Merch!!! http://shop.majorityreportradio.com LIKE us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube: http://youtube.com/SamSeder Caller: Objectivism is an entire philosophy. That's one thing — it's not just a political philosophy. Emma Vigeland: Also it's a religion, too. Caller: No it's not my religion. Sam Seder: Yeah, tell me what it is, not just what it isn't. Caller: Okay, so there's five branches of philosophy and I could go through and just actually Ayn Rand was actually asked can you say what Objectivism is while standing on one foot and she did that once. There's an article called "Introducing Objectivism" which you can find on the internet and she does this so I can give you the brief standing-on-one-foot version. So in metaphysics, the view of what is the fundamental nature of reality is... she thinks there's just one world; there's no supernatural world; there's no god; it's just this world, which we perceive with our senses, in which we understand with our reason. And then second branch epistemology, in other words the study of the nature of knowledge. She's pro-reason; so she's anti-faith, which makes her anti-religion. She only believes in what you can prove by logic and reason and evidence of your senses. And then third branch: ethics. How should we live? She thinks... she believes in a morality of rational self-interest. So you should do what's best for yourself right while respecting the rights of others. Neither sacrificing yourself to others, nor others for yourself. The final branch... SS: Now that would you say that third branch the one about um pursuing your own self-interests... that one's when we start getting into politics a little bit ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_PuJXRkQU

Emma hosts Jarrod Shanahan, assistant professor of criminal justice at Governors State University, and Zhandarka Kurti, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Loyola University, Chicago, to discuss their recent book States of Incarceration: Rebellion, Reform, and America’s Punishment System. Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12 p.m. EST on YouTube OR listen via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.FM https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm #SamSeder #EmmaVigeland #MajorityReport #politics #news #progressive #leftist #democrats #liberal SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://www.jointhemajorityreport.com/ Download TMR's FREE app: http://www.majorityapp.com TMR MERCH: http://www.shop.majorityreportradio.com CHECK OUT MORE from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning OTHER LINKS: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/majorityreport.fm/ Check out more from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton THE DISCOURSE https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning Co-authors of states of incarceration Rebellion reform and America's punishment system Jared Shanahan who is a professor of Criminal Justice at Governor State University and Jandarka Corti who is also a professor at Loyola University Chicago professor of criminology and criminal justice. Thank you, guys, so much for coming on. I really appreciate it. So yeah I never know when co-authors come on who to direct this first to. But I guess we'll start with you here. you open your book speaking about what you call the George Floyd Rebellion. Which I love that phrasing there. Because the demonstrations were acts of rebellion and acts of abolition as you discuss. Why was that reframing so important for you to emphasize? Thank you, that's such a good question. And I think you know something that Jared and I really wanted to be intentional about was the fact that we are of course A lot of people are going to be reading this book three years later. They're reflecting on the Rebellion three years after it happened. And there's a lot of liberal Amnesia just about what actually did happen during that summer of 2020. So we wanted to frame it as a rebellion because that's what it was right? It was the most spectacular form of self-activity of the millions of people you know who took part in the Rebellion in terms of direct action in terms of the diversity of tactics. And it constituted one of the largest examples of collective action in recent history. And one which was very militant and rejected not only police violence but the very society that police violence maintains right? right. Well, that militancy is also something that you both emphasize there. And that was a significant portion of demonstrators and people just involved in this action. But there also were a lot of well-meaning liberals involved right? You know coming out. So, Jared, I'll turn to you. Do you think that that was kind of overemphasized? Or do you think that helped or hurt the movement that broadened its scope? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SXBxGq6DKM

In an interview with Fox News' Shannon Bream, Abbott was asked about recent polling that showed overwhelming support for gun reform measures in the wake of the shooting in Allen, Texas, that killed two people and injured several others. "We need to do more to address the root causes of violence," Abbott said. "We need to do more to address mental health issues." However, some critics have pointed out that Abbott's focus on mental health issues is a way to distract from the issue of gun control. They argue that Republicans only care about mental health when it is used as a way to avoid talking about gun control. For example, in 2019, after the shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, Abbott said that the shooting was "not about guns" but was "about a broken heart." He also said that the shooter was "mentally ill" and that he "needed help." Critics point out that Abbott has not done anything to address the issue of mental health in Texas. They argue that he is using the issue of mental health as a way to avoid talking about gun control. Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12 p.m. EST on YouTube OR listen via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.FM https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm #SamSeder #EmmaVigeland #MajorityReport #politics #news #progressive #leftist #democrats #liberal SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://www.jointhemajorityreport.com/ Download TMR's FREE app: http://www.majorityapp.com TMR MERCH: http://www.shop.majorityreportradio.com CHECK OUT MORE from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning OTHER LINKS: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/majorityreport.fm/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQPwRWK4vWE