1483 - Shelly Rigger: Will Taiwan Trigger Trump's First Global Crisis?
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Release Date: 12/12/2016
2416 - Trump Day 1: Attacks, Lies, & Salutes
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's News Day Tuesday! Sam breaks down the biggest headlines out of the long weekend and discuss all the big moments from Trump's inauguration. First, he runs through updates on Trump’s expansive list of Day 1 executive orders hitting on seemingly everything from environmental and public health deregulation to major anti-immigrant and anti-trans federal actions, the passage of the Lincoln Riley Act, the confirmation of Marco Rubio, Biden’s final actions, and Israel’s continuing murder sprees in Gaza despite a supposed ceasefire, before parsing a little deeper through the exemplary...
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2415 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Happy Martin Luther King Day! MR's compilation of MLK-related audio returns! Excerpts include: -A previously unheard speech from MLK on reparations, white economic anxiety and guaranteed income -Dr. King’s first TV “interview” from the show “The Open Mind – The New Negro” in 1957, hosted by Professor Richard D. Hefner. -"Beyond Vietnam", the speech delivered on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City. -MLK’s last speech, “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution“, delivered at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., on 31 March 1968. -Walter Cronkite reporting...
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2414 - Welcome To The Era Of Oligarchs w/ Heather Digby Parton
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Happy Friday! Sam and Emma speak with , contributing writer at and proprietor of the blog , to round up the week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the Supreme Court’s affirmation of the TikTok ban, Biden and Trump’s following denunciations of said ban, Israel’s ceasefire sabotage, Trump’s cabinet nominees, medicare drug price negotiations, and Mike Johnson’s enforcement of the Trump regime, before watching Bernie push Trump treasury pick Bessent on why he doesn’t think working people deserve fair wages. Digby then joins, as she, Sam, and Emma...
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2413 - Trump’s Gaza Deal; Red State Tries To Ban Renewables w/ Dr. Annelle Sheline, Jael Holzman
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with , research fellow in the Middle East program at the , to discuss the reporting around a recently brokered ceasefire deal in Israel & Gaza. Then, she speaks with , senior reporter at HeatMap News, to discuss her recent piece entitled First, Emma runs through updates on Netanyahu’s torpedoing of the alleged ceasefire, including an escalation killing dozens more in Gaza, ProPublica’s report on Biden’s suppression of dissent over Gaza, Trump’s CEO cabal, the US’ TikTok Ban, Trump’s AG nom, the FTC’s report on...
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2412 - Socialist Challenges Eric Adams; Oregon Nurses Strike w/ Zohran Mamdani
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Hump Day! Sam speaks with , State Assemblyman for New York's 36th District & candidate for Mayor, to discuss his candidacy. Then, he speaks with 2 members of the Oregon Nurses Association: Rebekah Van Dyke, union steward & strike captain, & Christie Sowards, member of the bargaining team involved in negotiations with Providence Health Systems in Oregon. Providence nurses at 8 Oregon hospitals are currently on . First, Sam runs through updates on Trump’s cabinet hearings, the imminent Gaza ceasefire deal, the CFPB’s case against Capital One, the SEC’s case against...
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2411 - Immigration, Gaza & Progressive Strategy In The House w/ Rep. Pramila Jayapal
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with (D-WA-07) to discuss what to expect from the upcoming Trump administration's immigration agenda, and how the Republican-controlled Congress might govern. First, Sam and Emma check in on Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary, with Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine putting the screws to him on the allegations against Hegseth regarding numerous instances of infidelity and sexual misconduct (to say nothing of the financial mismanagement!) Then, they speak with Rep. Jayapal, first discussing her role on the Judiciary Committee as ranking...
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2410 - Right Wing Disaster Nationalism Is The New Fascism w/ Richard Seymour
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with , writer & commentator based in London, to discuss his recent book . First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the still-burning LA Fires, the GOP’s tie of California aid to Trump’s debt ceiling raise, the second Trump Administration, the Laken Riley Act, the TikTok ban, Jack Smith’s resignation, and Biden’s immigration move, before touching on the Democratic Party’s continuing inability to act like an opposition party with just seven days to Trump’s inauguration, and watching GOP Senator John Barrasso put the right’s inhumanity on...
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2409 - Trump, Democrats, & Democracy w/ Osita Nwanevu
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Happy Friday! Sam and Emma speak with , contributing editor at the New Republic, columnist at The Guardian, and author of the upcoming book First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump’s felon status, California’s wildfire crisis, the growing global climate crisis, Meta’s new speech regulations, Gaza’s still-growing death toll and the likely extent of its undercount, the House’s bill to sanction the ICC, the Senate’s bill to deport unconvicted migrants, the death of Anita Bryant, the death of the Chevron Doctrine, and TikTok’s case at the Supreme Court, before diving a...
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2408 - ‘Greening’ Public Power; NYC Congestion Pricing Begins w/ Sandeep Vaheesan, Hayden Clarkin
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with , legal director at the , to discuss his recent book . Then, she speaks with Hayden Clarkin, also known as the Transit Guy on , to discuss the recent implementation of congestion pricing in New York City. First, Emma runs through updates on California’s devastating wildfires, the laying to rest of Jimmy Carter, the progression of the Lincoln Riley Act through the Senate, Trump’s plan to round up undocumented immigrants in DC post-inauguration, Alito’s behind-the-scenes dealings with Trump, Trump’s record-setting corporate...
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2407 - Net Neutrality's Demise; Paramilitaries Since January 6th w/ Lee Hepner; Josh Kaplan
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with , senior legal counsel for the , to discuss the recent overturning of net neutrality. Then they speak with , reporter at , to discuss his recent piece entitled First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the DoJ’s release of details related to Trump’s Jan 6th- and Stolen Documents-related cases, mass evacuations amid wildfires in LA, Dem’s retaining of the Virginia legislature, the North Carolina Supreme Court’s anti-democratic move, the House’s massive anti-immigration bill, DoJ action over the RealPage rent-fixing scheme and the prior...
info_outlineThe politics behind Trump's phone call to Taiwan. What is a logical defense of speaking with Taiwan like this, Trump's lack of conduct notwithstanding. Background in US/Taiwan relations, back to the Chinese civil war between the communists and Republic of China. The narrative surrounding Trump's lack of preparedness. Taiwan's merits as a democracy with progressive leanings. The US's unfortunate history of using Taiwan to provoke China.
On the fun half - Trump doth protest claims Russia intended to help him. John Bolton thinks it was an Obama false flag. Bernie is good at media, uses Russia question to challenge Trump on medicare and social security. Tony Blair reheats centrism.
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