1483 - Shelly Rigger: Will Taiwan Trigger Trump's First Global Crisis?
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Release Date: 12/12/2016
3561 - Trump's DC Occupation; Democrats Recalibrate Partisan Politics w/ David Weigel
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report: On today's show: DC residents are fed up with the federal occupation and the resistance in the streets is growing nightly. David Weigel from Semafor joins us to discuss the last week's the DC occupation, Netroots conference, right wing media, and the failures of the Democratic party. In the Fun Half: The white house posts a propaganda video showing 20+ federal troops arresting a man in his apartment showing a dramatic waste of resources and personnel just for a fascist TikTok clip. Zohran Mamdani continues to put Andrew Cuomo not that it is very...
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3560 - Zohran’s Food Desert Solution; Private Prison Profits Soar w/ Omar Ocampo, Whitney Wimbish
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Emmajority Report Thursday On today's show: Israel's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference in the occupied West Bank to announce their E1 settlement project that in his own words will bury the idea of a Palestinian state. After receiving obvious backlash for his comments on Gaza, Pete Buttigieg puts minimal effort into walking back his words through an interview with Politico's Adam Wren. Researcher from the Program on Inequality, Omar Ocampo joins us to discuss Zohran Mamdani's plan to create a city run grocery store in each borough and the myth of millionaires...
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3559 - Celebrating Michael Brooks on His Birthday w/ Milton Allimadi, Harvey J Kaye, Lisha Brooks & David Griscom
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Hump Day on the Majority Report Today is Michael Brooks birthday and we are celebrating him by bringing on two of his favorite guests. But first the Trump administration is nominating EJ Antoni for the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics despite a deluge of conservative economists labeling him incompetent. Not to mention that he has made several media appearances while using a Nazi battleship as his Zoom background. An incompetent Nazi in the Trump administration? Author and co-founder of Black Star News, Milton Allimadi joins us to discuss Frances retreat from West...
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3558 - Ice, Gaza, DC Takeover & Building Power w/ Rep Maxwell Frost
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Tuesday News Day as the Majority Report On today's show: The hosts of Fox & Friends do not care that the statistics show violent crime hitting a 30-year low in Washington DC because one of them spoke to a barista and she said it is too dangerous in DC. Rep. Maxwell Frost from Florida's 10 district joins us in studio to discuss ICE, Gaza, campaigning, building power and more. In the Fun Half: Trump rambles about Transgender people in the middle of his National Guard Deployment speech. Lara Trump forces a packed Westchester Country Club to sit through her rendition of Tom Petty's "I...
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3557 - Dispatch from Gaza's Nasser Hospital w/ Dr. Tarek Loubani
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's a Monday Fun Day on the Majority Report where the fun is rare, but you can't deny it is Monday. We open with a good news - bad news situation. The good news is violent crime in Washington DC has a hit a 30-year low. Bad news is Trump is declaring DC under federal control and deploying the National Guard. We are joined by Palestinian-Canadian emergency room physician, Dr. Tarek Loubani who is currently volunteering at Nasser hospital in Gaza. It's a harrowing interview but we must bear witness to the terror our tax dollars are funding. Check out Emma's from last year. In the Fun...
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3556 - Justifying Democracy and Making it Materially Important w/ Osita Nwanevu & Marc Maron
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Casual Freebie Friday on the Majority Report, in fact so casual that Matt and Emma aren't even here today. On today's show: In reaction growing economic anxiety and the looming stagnation Trump taps on his friend from the Heritage Foundation, Scott Moore to print off some big, beautiful charts showing numbers "no one has ever seen". Turns out there is nothing to worry about. The old numbers wrong and these new numbers are right. Phew. Osita Nwanevu joins the show for a great conversation about Democracy and his case for a new American founding. You can preorder Osita's book now and it...
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3555 - Kidnapped By Israel; Medicaid Coverage Cliff Looming w/ Chris Smalls, Katheryn Houghton
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Today on Emmajority Report Thursday: MSNBC reporter Eugene Robinson walks Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent into admitting that the tariffs are paid by the American importer and passed onto the American consumer. It is a tax. We are joined by former Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls to discuss his recent experiences being detained and abused by Israeli officers for his role in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Reporter for KFF Health News, Katheryn Houghton joins us to discuss the newly legislated federal Medicaid work requirements. Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder join us for the fun half....
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3554 - The Lost History of Nagasaki; Democratic Spam Scandal w/ Greg Mitchell & Adam Bonica
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It’s Wednesday and Sam is hosting solo today On today’s show: On CNBC Donald Trump told people to watch Harry “Emden” on CNN to see how great his approval ratings are. So, we checked out Harry Enten and it turns out Trump was lying, his approval ratings are barely above second term Nixon’s. On the 80th anniversary of the US dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima, we are joined by filmmaker Greg Mitchell to discuss his new film: y. The documentary explores a football game that US service-members played on ground zero of Nagasaki. Associate Professor of Political Science at Stanford...
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3553 - Republicans Rush to Redistrict as Their Base Turns on Them; Gaza Has Been Completely Destroyed
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Tuesday Newsday at Majority Report. On today's show: Sen. Elizabeth Warren cooks Squawk box over they're lazy rejections of Zohran Mamdani's policy proposals. Meanwhile Corey Booker chooses to "stay out of NY politics". Rep Mike Flood (R-NE) holds a town hall meeting and over 750 packed into the theater to relentlessly boo, heckle and jeer him for over an hour. Gov JB Pritzker, flanked by some of the quorum breaking Texas State Democrats goes after Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton. ITV releases horrifying aerial footage of Gaza showing total annihilation. Former contractor for the Gaza...
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3552 - BLS Reports Slowing Economy, So Trump Fires the Chief; Resisting Authoritarianism w/ Daniel Hunter & Erica Chenoweth
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It’s Monday Fun Day on the Majority Report! On today’s show: Donald Trump claims the Bureau of Labor Statistics manipulated job reports to help Kamala Harris win the election—conveniently forgetting that last year he said those same reports were terrible for her. We’re joined by Daniel Hunter and Erica Chenoweth to discuss the shrinking window for authoritarian pushback and what effective resistance looks like. To learn more, check out and In the Fun Half: Texas Democratic State Representatives flee the state to break quorum and block a GOP redistricting push as...
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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