3304 - Mifepristone and "Chevron Doctrine" at SCOTUS; Oregon Nurses Labor Action
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Release Date: 03/27/2024
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Casual Friday! Emma speaks with political commentator to round up the week in news. Then she speaks with comedian ! First, Emma runs through updates on the brutal assault on Emory students and faculty protesting genocide and cop-city by the Atlanta police, mass arrests of anti-war protesters on college campuses across the US, Israel’s imminent invasion of Rafah, US troops’ presence in Chad, Trump’s legal woes, Net Neutrality, the climate crisis, and new anti-trans legislation out of Tennessee, before parsing through some rather telling comments from the ongoing Supreme Court...
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It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with , sociologist at the University of California, San Francisco, to discuss her recent book . Then, she speaks with , law professor at Harvard University, to discuss his recent piece in Dissent Magazine entitled , co-authored with . First, Emma runs through updates on Trump’s immunity and hush money cases, the US’ new foreign aid package, Israel’s impending invasion of Rafah, continuing crackdowns on anti-war student protests in the US, Arizona politics, Harvey Weinstein, the TikTok ban, the resignation of Ariel Henry, and...
info_outline 3324 - “Liberal” Companies Union Bust; Saving Rent Stabilization w/ Jeremy Gantz, Leah GoodridgeThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Hump Day! Emma speaks with , contributing editor at , to discuss the recent unionization efforts at Trader Joe's. Then, she speaks with , Commissioner on the New York City Planning Commission and former member of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board, to discuss efforts to support rent stabilization in the city. First, Emma runs through updates on the incumbent victories in yesterday’s PA primaries, Trump’s legal woes, the Senate’s Ukraine-Taiwan-Israel aid package, new mass grave reports coming out of Gaza, Biden’s new labor regulations, Elon Musk’s desperate Tesla...
info_outline 3323 - Trump’s Ongoing Trial & Other Legal Quagmires, Explained w/ Randall D. EliasonThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's News Day Tuesday! But first, Emma speaks with , white collar crime professor at George Washington University Law School and author of the newsletter, to discuss the recent developments in all of Trump's criminal cases. First, Emma runs through updates on today’s Pennsylvania primaries, Trump’s ongoing hush money case, primary polling, growing backlash to Zionist repression on college campuses, Israel’s bombardment on Rafah, Senate legislation, solar subsidies, FTC policy, Starbucks v. NLRB, Tennessee’s charter voucher bill, and the UK’s new migrant deportation program,...
info_outline 3322 - Environmentalism From Below; Tennessee VW Workers Make History w/ Ashley Dawson, Mike ElkThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
Happy Monday! Emma speaks with , English professor and founder of the at the City University of New York (CUNY), to discuss his recent book Then she’s joined by of the to discuss the recent by workers at the Volkswagen Chattanooga plant in Tennessee to unionize with the United Auto Workers (UAW). Check out Ashley's book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2101-environmentalism-from-below Check out the Payday Report here: https://paydayreport.com/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Check out Seder's Seeds...
info_outline 3321 - Avoiding Israel's Regional War; GOP House Slow Motion Meltdown & More w/ Jeet HeerThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with , national affairs correspondent for , to round up the week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s retaliation against Iran, the US veto of UN Membership for Palestine, Trump’s legal woes, the State Department’s internal reports of Israel’s human rights violations, Mike Johnson’s foreign aid failures, Columbia University’s crackdown on student protesters, FISA, and RFK’s candidacy, before watching Kevin O’Leary continue his campaign as Trump’s PR Rep for New York-based legal battles. Jeet Heer then...
info_outline 3320 - DARE & The School-Police Nexus; NHS Cass Review Explained w/ Max Felker-Kantor, Erin ReedThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with associate professor of history at Ball State University, to discuss his recent book Then, she speaks with journalist , author of the newsletter on SubStack, to discuss the recent gender identity review by the National Health Services (NHS) in the United Kingdom. First, Emma runs through updates on Israel’s ongoing assault on Rafah, ongoing institutional support for Israel’s genocide among the US government and major corporations, US sanctions against Iran, the White House’s climate stance, Boeing hearings, Disneyland...
info_outline 3319 - Chicago Trader Joe's Vote For Union Election; NLRB Action Against Crowder w/ Daniel Poppen, Matt BruenigThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It’s Hump Day! Sam speaks with Daniel Poppen, member of the union organizing committee at the Trader Joe’s location in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago, to discuss the staff’s decision to file for a union election. Then, he speaks with , founder of the , author of the newsletter, and co-host of podcast, to discuss his recent NLRB filing against Steven Crowder. First, Sam reacts to State Dept. spokesperson Matthew Miller refusing to answer the Associated Press's Matt Lee's question about why they've been unable to verify whether Israel struck an Iranian diplomatic target in...
info_outline 3318 - Gauging Iran's Response To Israel; FISA Passes House, Spying Intact w/ Matt DussThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's News Day Tuesday! But first, Sam and Emma speak with , executive vice president at the , to discuss the events of the past weekend involving Iran & Israel. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump’s legal woes, Israel’s ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the New York Times’ anti-Palestinian bias, the House GOP’s conflicted agenda, DOJ anti-trust, and SCOTUS’ recent attack on protest, before exploring reports on how Trump’s hush money case is devastatingly interfering in his personal life. Matt Duss then joins, first parsing through the context for...
info_outline 3317 - The Hidden History Of Black Civil Rights w/ Dylan PenningrothThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with , professor of Law and History at the University of California, Berkeley, to discuss his recent book First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Iran’s military-specific retaliation to Israel’s bombing of their consulate, Trump’s ongoing hush money trial, FISA renewal, Mike Johnson’s Ukraine package, dropping violent crime and burglary rates, Haiti’s “ruling council,” Tesla’s mass firing, and Biden’s polling, before diving a little deeper into the rationality behind Iran’s approach to Israeli violence. Professor Dylan Penningroth...
info_outlineIt’s Hump Day! Sam speaks with Lisa Heinzerling, law professor at Georgetown University, to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s upcoming rulings on Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo & Relentless v. Department of Commerce, as well as the court hearing arguments yesterday regarding mifepristone and medication abortion. Then, Sam speaks with Heather Herbert, a hospice registered nurse at PeaceHealth Medical Center in Springfield, Oregon and member of the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA), to discuss the recent strike action at the hospital and the new labor complaints they’ve filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). First, Sam runs through updates on the US public’s disapproval of Israel’s genocide, the US State Department, Texas’ fascist border power grab, labor action across the US, legal woes for Trump and Co., and Ronna McDaniel’s brief NBC tenure, before diving into details of the collision that collapsed Francis Scott Key in Baltimore, and the profiteering that drives disasters like this one. Professor Lisa Heinzerling then joins, diving right into the context of the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine’s suit against the FDA, including their objections to the FDA’s relaxation of requirements for Mifepristone, the most common abortion medication in the US, and the overwhelming scientific evidence for the efficacy and safety of the drug. Expanding on this, Professor Heinzerling looks at this case within the broader context of the Supreme Court’s attack on the administrative state, fitting neatly into a pattern of cases with very vague and obscure claims of injury resulting in massive shakeups to the legal and political structure in the US, something also reflected in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, before walking through the greater idea of the Chevron Doctrine and administrative deference. After assessing where this current iteration of the Roberts Court stands among the most extreme activist courts, Lisa and Sam wrap up the interview with a brief conversation on the reaction of legal institutions and law schools to the myriad ongoing Supreme Court scandals. Nurse Heather Herbert and Sam then dive into the context of ONA’s ongoing labor action, with contract negotiations stalling for over a year as PeaceHealth attempted to force lower pay on some 125 hospice and home care workers, despite the same qualifications as hospital nurses with additionally extensive and expensive training required. After expanding on the serious hit this process took on these Nurses, Herbert dives into the hospice Nurses' difficult decision to strike, tackling the clear unfair labor practices exercised by PeaceHealth in response, and wrapping up with a conversation on the strike’s support from and impact on patients and community members.
And in the Fun half: Sam admires the growing protests against US complicity in the genocide of Gaza, including actions against Reps Jeffries and McGovern and President Biden, and watches the right-wing attempt to spin the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster into a diversity issue instead of a capitalism one. Casey in DC uncovers some odd coincidences in Rep. Bill Johnson’s (R-OH) post-congress career path, Bobby from Georgia explores the perception of inflation under Biden alongside rising housing costs, and Fox News hosts react to the Ronna McDaniel saga. Dylan from Ft. Collins on the slow journey out of right-wing conspiracy, Pep from Texas on Blinken’s Zionism, and Stephen Crowder’s workplace and domestic abuses come to the fore, plus, your calls and IMs!
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