1483 - Shelly Rigger: Will Taiwan Trigger Trump's First Global Crisis?
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Release Date: 12/12/2016
3600- Casual Friday! Trump’s War of Arrogance & Corruption w/ Mehdi Hasan
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report On today's program: NBC's Richard Engel speaks with top adviser to Netanyahu, Ophir Falk about what specifically was the reasoning for going into Iran at this time to which he has no answer. Stephen Miller needs you to go inside your head and imagine if Iran had a nuclear weapon and then you'll understand why we went into Iran at this point. Founder and editor-in-chief of Zeteo, Mehdi Hasan joins the program to wrap up the week's news. In the Fun Half: Senators John Cornyn and Dick Durbin have a tense exchange...
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3599 - Trump Claims Higher Gas Prices Are Good; Iran Refuses to Relent w/ Murtaza Hussain
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's an Emmajority Report Thursday on The Majority Report On today's program: Palantir CEO Alex Karp is going out to promote Trump's war in Iran which I'm sure has nothing to do with his technology being heavily integrated into the operations. Karp also tries to appeal to MAGA men by claiming that the AI revolution will disempower highly educated women and empower working class men. Murtaza Hussain, journalist at Drop Site News join Emma for a conversation about the most recent updates in the war in Iran. In the Fun Half: Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder join...
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3598 - Iran War at Oops Stage; Fighting ICE; The Loss of CFPB w/ Hagerstown Rapid Response, Joel Jacobs
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Hump Day on the Majority Report On today's program: The Trump administration clearly had no idea what it was getting into with Iran. Trump is passing the buck onto his cabinet as Hegseth admits he never anticipated Iran would fight back, and Witkoff confesses he has no idea how the war ends. Patrick Dattilio, Claire Connor, and Ethan Wechtaluk of the network join Sam to discuss their organizing against an ICE detention center in Washington County, Maryland. Joel Jacobs, data reporter at joins the show to discuss his piece In the Fun Half: ...
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3597 - Iran Will Decide When This Ends; Justice Democrat in Illinois w/ Juan Cole, Kat Abughazaleh
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's News Day Tuesday on The Majority Report On today's program: Donald Trump continues to deflect and mislead when asked about the American Tomahawk missile that struck a girls’ elementary school in Iran. After a reporter pressed him on why he is the only person in his administration claiming the missile may have come from Iran, the president responded with apparent indifference, saying he “doesn’t know enough” about the incident. Candidate running for Congress in Illinois' 9th District, Kat Abughazaleh joins the program a week out from her primary. Check out her...
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3596 - Raining Death on Iranians to Free Them; Escape from Capitalism w/ Clara Mattei
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Fun Day Monday on The Majority Report On today's program: The U.S. struck oil facilities around Tehran, Iran, an attack that has triggered an environmental disaster. With massive fuel depots burning, rain mixed with soot and petroleum residue is now falling over the city, leaving a toxic, oily film across streets, buildings, and vehicles. After Donald Trump called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified that the term simply means whatever Trump says it means. Trump takes to Truth Social to claim to essentially claim...
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3595 - Now or Never for Netanyahu and Trump w/ Jeet Heer & Ben Palmer
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report On today's program: Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller ty to sell this war as different from past wars because it is not hamstrung by a "woke pentagon". Essentially saying "sorry, not sorry" about bombing a girl's elementary school. Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent at , joins the program to recap the week's news. For more Jeet, check out his . Comedian Ben Palmer joins the show with a power point presentation about the time he tricked a former republican U.S. Representative into making him his right-hand man. In...
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3594 - The Iran Escalation Trap; UK Green Party’s Historic Win w/ Robert Pape, Grace Blakeley
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's an Emmajority Report Thursday on The Majority Report On today's program: Senators Chuck Schumer and Chris Coon are signaling that they will vote for $50 billion in supplemental funding for Trump's illegal war in Iran. Jack Reed (D-RI) says he would not vote for the War Powers resolution UNLESS it is being implemented in defense of Israel. The president of Israel, Isaac Herzog, says that this war is different from past wars in the Middle East because this one is focused. Despite no one being able to agree on why this war is happening. Professor Robert...
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3593 - Trump's Iran War Flip Flops; Section 230 30 Years Later w/ Brian Reed, Mike Masnick
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Hump Day on The Majority Report On today's program: The Trump administration still cannot explain the reasoning for this war in Iran or if it's a war at all. This confusion comes after Marco Rubio and House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that the timing of U.S. strikes was driven by Israel’s planned attack on Iran, arguing that a preemptive strike was necessary to protect American forces, installations, and assets in the region. Trump has since contradicted Rubio and Johnson after his ego was hurt by the suggestion that he is controlled by Israel which forced Rubio to...
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3592 - Trump Regime at War with Iran and Itself w/ Annelle Sheline, Seamus Malekafzali
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's News Day Tuesday on The Majority Report On today's program: CNN airs a compilation of several members of the Trump administration and GOP politicians contradicting themselves on whether or not we are at "war" with Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that the U.S. struck Iran because they knew Israel was going to take action in Iran and that would precipitate actions against American forces in the area. Annelle Sheline, a Middle East research fellow at the joins the program to discuss the war’s foreign policy dimensions. Seamus Malekafzali,...
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3591 - Trump bored of Peace; Leftists Surge 2026 Midterms w/ Alexis Goldstein, Anabel Mendoza, Junaid Ahmed
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Fun Day Monday on The Majority Report On today's program: Trump announces strikes on Iran and says that Americans will die as it often happens in war. An Omani foreign minister, Badr Albusaidi, is shedding light on negotiations involving Kushner, Witkoff, and Iran. According to the Albusaidi, Iran was willing to go as far as not stockpiling any nuclear material that could be used to build a bomb—a significant concession in the talks. However, the foreign minister indicated that the U.S. side either did not fully understand or was unwilling to engage with this offer, raising questions...
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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