3305 - MAGA’s Viktor Orbán Love Affair; Toxic Air Pollution Rising w/ Casey Michel, Joel Thornton
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Release Date: 03/28/2024
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...
info_outline 3325 - Power Dynamics Of Adoption; Defying The Supreme Court w/ Gretchen Sisson, Ryan DoerflerThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
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 another EmMajority Report Thursday! Emma speaks with Casey Michel, Director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation, to discuss his recent piece in the New Republic entitled “How Viktor Orbán Conquered the Heritage Foundation.” Then, she’s joined by Joel Thornton, professor in the department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, to discuss the recently released global air quality report. First, Emma runs through updates on international and US opposition to Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza, the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the death toll of immigration, SBF’s prison sentence, Matt Schlapp’s case, the Moscow terror attack (and subsequent violence), Disney v. DeSantis, and NBC v. Ronna McDaniel, before parsing through the legacy of a broken healthcare system that Joe Lieberman leaves. Casey Michel then joins, diving right into Orbán’s role as Hungary’s authoritarian Prime Minister, serving his 14th year, and far-right icon in the war against “wokeness” and democracy. Expanding on this, Michel parses through Orbán’s recent low-key visit to the US to meet with the Heritage Foundation, walking through the nationalist parallels between Trump and Orbán (particularly with their evangelical bases), the influence that modern autocrats like Putin and original fascists like Mussolini have provided to Orbán regime, and how the US far-right think tanks are attempting to pick up on his blueprint. After briefly touching on the expansive role of foreign autocracies and authoritarian regimes in financing right-wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation, Emma and Casey wrap up the interview with an assessment of the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” and their attempt to turn Donald Trump into a more efficient fascist. Professor Joel Thornton then walks Emma through the context for IQAir’s recent report on the severe standing of air quality globally in 2023, including the for-profit incentives of the company, and the wide breadth of standards for the research, before stepping back to explore what we can glean from the report, and the genuine state of air pollution. Expanding on this, Professor Thornton explores the major role climate change has played in offsetting the progress various countries have made in containing the proliferation of particulates, with 2023’s myriad forest fires playing a major role in the year’s problem of air quality, and assesses the major effects these particulates can have on human health, impacting everything from the respiratory tract to cognitive function.
And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Matt Binder as they tackle SBF’s 25-year prison sentence for conspiracy and fraud, watch the German Press continue their century-long tradition of genocide apologia, and talk with Malik from PA about an ongoing project at the expense of the Susquehanna river. The MR Crew also watches RFK’s running mate get hyped over disillusionment, and Jason from Ontario dives into extensive labor progress made at the student newspaper the Brock Press, plus, your calls and IMs!
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