Author: Michael Brooks

Trump: CIA Conclusion That Russia Intervened In Election Is ‘Ridiculous…It’s a Lie’ – The Majority Report

Majority Report Contributor Michael Brooks is hosting the show for Sam Seder today. In this clip, Donald Trump appears on Fox News with Chris Wallace. While the content of the interview is disturbing—Trump is refusing to take intel briefings more than once a week (maybe once a week) because he’s “a smart guy,” he thinks the CIA conclusion that Russia interfered with the presidential election to swing it in his favor (although no one is yet saying that Russian interference determined the election) is “ridiculous…every week it’s something different”—the most appalling thing is that Donald Trump simply cannot be...

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Black Panther Party Activist Fred Hampton’s 1960s Speech On Race & Class – The Majority Report

Majority Report Contributor Michael Brooks is hosting the show today. In this clip, we watch activist Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party and deputy chairman of the national BPP give a speech to a roomfull of people on the devastating effects of racial divisions and infighting within the working class. Hampton was assassinated while sleeping during a raid by the Chicago PD in...

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Reince Priebus: On Board With the ‘Millions of Illegal Votes’ Line & Just Flat-Out Lying On TV – The Majority Report

Majority Report Contributor Michael Brooks is hosting the show today. In this clip, Reince Priebus appears on CBS’s “Face the Nation” with John Dickerson so that he can toe the Trump team line, which pretty much consists of praising the amazing job Donald Trump is doing while pretending that whatever insane claim he’s made or action he’s taken is completely within reason. This is the White House chief of staff. He’s going on national television and proliferating conspiracy theories and lying with a straight...

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Trump’s Call With Taiwan: Buffoonery or Intentional Provocation? – The Majority Report

Majority Report Contributor Michael Brooks is hosting the show today. In this clip, Brooks discusses Trump’s phone call with Taiwan, which has upset decades of U.S. diplomatic policy and angered China. Trump then tweeted about it when China tried to blame the call on Taiwain (which would have allowed Trump to save face), and said, no, it was his decision and wasn’t China’s business,...

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