The Majority Report with Sam Seder
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Episodes
It's a casual Friday on a Thursday and the disastrous Senate bill passed somehow despite Chuck Schumer's renaming.
Our favorite, Heather 'Digby' Parton joins us today for a recap of the week's news.
In the Fun Half Matt Binder and Brandon Sutton join for further discussion of the bill.
We watch Jimmy Dore tackle climate change by discussing an article in the Washington Post that he didn't read, instead getting his info from Joe Rog...
It's hump day and everything is fine because Chuck Schumer got the bill's name changed! That'll show 'em. Way to go Cuck (sic).
Today we are joined by Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. With 1.8 million members, the AFT is one the largest public employee unions in the country. Randi talks about the need to fight this bill and administration now and how dangerous of a tactic it is to sit on our hands...
Fun Half link: https://youtube.com/live/vxQtp_sUyNo
The SENR Bill passed this morning, and we are still wading through the muck
David Dayen joins us to help in the aforementioned muck wading.
In the fun half we watch some more of Zohran's masterful answers to insane lines of ...
It's Monday and the GOPs in Congress have been pulling all-nighters in an attempt to pass the SENR Bill and complete the largest upwards transfer of wealth in the nation's history
As the legislative branch works their magic math to kill as many poor people as possible the Judicial branch has been doing much of the same.
Elie Mystal joins us to break down last week's slew of tragic rulings. Here's a link to his incredible work at Th...
Happy Wednesday from the soon to be Sharia Anarcho Communist Caliphate of New York City.
ZOHRAN MAMDANI HAS WON THE NYC PRIMARY! BYE CUOMO!
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It’s Monday, and everything is fine... On today's show
It's the NYC Primary Election Eve and an Emerson College Poll shows Zohran Mamdani wi...
It’s casual Friday. Today in studio for the first hour is writer and editor of the American Prospect, David Dayen.
Sam and David dive deep into the SENR Bill, the Genius Act and the Big Beautiful Bill.
Of course we check in with the looming potential American invasion of Iran.
And we close out the first half with the NYC Mayoral primaries. If you live in NYC remember to vote and don’t rank Cuomo.
In the fun half we dig deeper into ...
It’s Emancipation Thursday.
On today’s show we watch archival news footage covering the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and discuss the deterioration of that landmark legislation.
Meanwhile, the Iran war drums beat louder. Trump does a 180 on his supposed “anti-war” position as the same old Military Industrial Complex arguments used for Iraq are recycled.
We chat with Michael Carroll from the Wilderness Foundation about the...
Another busy day in the derailed circus train that is Trump's administration.
On today's show, Tucker Carlson humiliates Ted Cruz into admitting that the US is involved in Israel’s war in Iran. Broken clock, etc.
We talk to Jasper Nathanial about his piece for The Baffler titled “The Annexation of the West Bank is Complete”. Check his other work at infinitejaz@substack,com
We are also joined by New York City Comptroller Brad Lander...
It’s Tuesday News Day. Today’s show opens with rising tensions between Israel and Iran and a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Trump’s awkward G7 exit.
Sen. Mike Lee comes under fire for a callous tweet following a Democratic lawmaker’s assassination in Minnesota.
An interview with California AG Rob Bonta, who details multip...
Veeeeery busy day for us at the Majority Report today, with a new front of Israel's military rampage opening up with Iran, Donald Trump holding what turned out to be a rinky dinky military parade, political assassinations in Minnesota, No Kings protests across the country, and AOC and Zohran holding a joint rally in NYC. We get to all of that today, plus a great interview with Stephen Wertheim from the American Statecraft Program a...
It's Casual Friday, and it is so casual that we have pre-taped today's show Thursday evening in order to attend Emma's wedding. Sam starts off by discussing the implications of Senator Alex Padilla being man-handled and handcuffed by federal agents while trying to ask DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. He gets further into that and Donald Trump's propensity to politicizing the military with The Nation's Jeet Heer. Check out Jeet's writing ...
It's a Matt-jority top of the show today, with Sam joining a little later with an interview with Slate's Mark Joseph Stern about the goings on at the Supreme Court. The Trump administration is taking it's assault on democracy to the court, and there are several important cases we all need to be keeping an eye on. Check out Mark's reporting here: https://slate.com/author/mark-joseph-stern
After that in the Fun Half, it's Matt, Brand...
It's an Emmajority Wednesday (I know, we're as confused as you are) and we have two great guests for you today. First, we cover Donald Trump's ominous threats to protesters who are upset about ICE raids in Los Angeles and around the country.
After that, Emma talks to journalist and author Omar El Akkad about his new book "One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" which reckons with the failure and refusal of the West to ...
It's Newsday Tuesday™ with the MR crew and we'll be digging into the Trump administration's deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles amid protests over ICE raids there. Pete Hegseth tries to justify why federal troops are in LA during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing by pushing falsehoods about both the situation on the ground, the state and local response and federal policies involving the deployment of troops. Meanw...
It's Monday! At the top of the show we discuss the Trump administration's deployment of the national guard to LA amid protests over ICE raids there.
After that, Sam and Emma welcome Eddie Fishman to discuss his book author Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare.
Get your copy of his book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726149/chokepoints-by-edward-fishman/
In the Fun Half, the Israeli military ha...
It's Casual Friday my friends, and boy do we have a lot to celebrate. Elon Musk and Donald Trump are having an ugly public break up and we are here for it. Bit what does all this mean for Trump's Big Beautiful Bill? Heather "Digby" Parton is here to help us break it all down.
Check out Digby's column at Salon: https://www.salon.com/writer/heather_digby_parton
As well as her blog Digby's Hullabaloo: https://digbysblog.net/
In the Fu...
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