2416 - Trump Day 1: Attacks, Lies, & Salutes
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Release Date: 01/21/2025
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Casual Friday! Emma speaks with of the to round up the week in news. Then, she's joined by of the Higher Learning ! First, Emma runs through updates on Trump’s dropping popularity (thanks to Elon), budding GOP criticism of the Trump/Musk regime, Trump’s dismantling of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, Trump’s funding freeze and mass firing, Elon’s CPAC appearance, RFK’s anti-vax maneuvers, Texas’ (definitely unrelated) measles outbreak, Israel’s best attempts to kill their Gaza ceasefire deal, and the confirmation of Kash Patel, also watching a flush-red MAGA...
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It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with , pundit for Portuguese-language news portal Brasil 247, TeleSur correspondent, & author of the "De-Linking Brazil" on SubStack, to discuss the recent charges brought against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Then, she speaks with , geographer & professor at Syracuse University, to discuss his recent writings on Trump's immigration & deportation strategies. Follow Brian on Twitter here: Check out "De-Linking Brazil" here: Follow Austin on Twitter here: Check out Austin's newsletter on SubStack...
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It's Hump Day! Emma speaks with , managing director of policy at the , to discuss Elon Musk and DOGE's efforts to curb government spending, and how it's faring in terms of public opinion. Then, she speaks with Tyler Vasseur, shop steward with the Branch 9, to discuss the NALC's recent decision to reject a tentative contract deal with the United States Postal Service. First, Emma runs through updates on Trump’s plummeting approval rating, Hannity’s sit down with the Trump/Musk regime, Trump’s government funding freeze, Trump’s support for Russia, Trump’s agency...
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It's News Day Tuesday! Emma speaks with , crypto & tech researcher & critic, author at the websites & , to discuss her recent writing on the Trump administration and its relationship to the crypto industry. First, Emma dives into Elon Musk and Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt lying about social security and the supposed tens of millions of dead people receiving benefits, debunking those outlandish claims. Then Emma speaks with Molly and they discuss the Trump administration and its associates' connections to the crypto industry, in particular their animosity towards...
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Happy Monday! Emma speaks with , writer and organizer, to discuss her recent book , co-authored with Leonardo Vilchis. Then, she speaks with , writer based in Toronto, author of , to discuss the state of play in Canadian politics as the elections inch closer. First, Emma runs through updates on Trump’s massive gutting of the FAA, another plane crash in the US, Musk’s access to IRS data, DOGE’s privacy violations, Trump’s attacks on the NPS, HUD, and IRS, Trump’s NLRB, Utah’s ban on collective bargaining for public sector employees, Hamas’ release of hostages,...
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Happy Friday! And Valentine's Day! Sam and Emma speak with national affairs correspondent for to round up the week in news. Then, they speak with , executive director at , to discuss recent reporting that Congressional Democrats are frustrated by efforts to urge them to fight back more forcefully against the Trump administration. First, they run through updates on Hegseth’s struggle with diplomacy, the House GOP’s austerity push, the ICC, Elon’s attacks on the DOE, pushback to Trump and Musk, the State Department’s multi-hundred-million dollar Tesla purchase, and...
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It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with , co-owner of , columnist at & , co-host of the Cancel Me Daddy , to discuss the Trump administration's actions against the trans community. Then she speaks with writer & filmmaker and freelance reporter to discuss their recent book First, Emma runs through updates on the Senate’s confirmation of RFK and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s attacks on the DOE, Israel’s escalating violence in the West Bank, the Trump Administration’s pivot against Ukraine, rocketing egg prices, Trump’s deferred resignation, NIH’s financial...
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It's Hump Day! Sam speaks with MT Snyder, Field Examiner at the NLRB and co-president of National Labor Relations Board Union Local 20 in San Francisco, to discuss what it's been like as a federal worker given the Trump administration's constant interferences into their workplaces. Then, he speaks with , law professor at the University of Michigan, author of the Inside/Outside to discuss the Trump administration's executive orders and their defeats in the courts so far. First, Sam runs through updates on Trump’s inflation boom, the destruction of the CFPB, Trump’s...
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It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with , journalist based in California, proprietor of the The Nerd Reich, co-writer of the FrameLab , to discuss his recent piece in The Nerd Reich entitled First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump/Elon’s abject refusal to follow court orders, the release of the White House Ethics Czar, the repeal of a ban on bribing foreign officials, the DOJ dropping its case against Eric Adams in an open case of blackmail, Trump’s gutting of the CFPB, Oregon Nurses’ ongoing labor battle, IRS and ICE, Mike Johnson’s Budget, and Hegseth’s revival of...
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Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with , associate professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, to discuss her recent book First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump’s decision to ignore the federal courts, Vought’s killing of the CFPB (and the CFPB union’s response), DOGE’s access to the Treasury’s payment systems, the USAID shutdown, Trump’s attempted worker buyout, major tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum, Steve Wynn’s SCOTUS case, NIH funding, and Texas’ measles outbreak, before expanding on the devastating impact of Trump’s attack on the...
info_outlineIt'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 performance of American fascism on display at the inauguration, and watching some distinct parallels between Elon Musk’s heil and those of the Nazi regime. After expanding on Trump’s inaugural speech and his economic and political agendas of personal and oligarchical enrichment, before walking a little deeper through some of the more harrowing executive orders issued by Trump during his first day in office, including removing the recognition of trans people from any federal program, drastically deregulating the fossil fuel industry, a full commitment to the death penalty, the establishment of the Department of Government Efficiency, and an attempt to engage in mass deportations, criminalize of the undocumented status, and end birthright citizenship.
And in the Fun Half: Sam unpacks Fox’s coverage of Trump’s January 6th pardons, parses through Trump’s real-estate-first perspective on Gaza, and tackles Tim Pool’s take on the TikTok turmoil. The DNC denounces fundraising from “bad” billionaires, Blake from Ohio explores the future of the fight for labor and democracy, and Rose from DC brings up the role of progressive media and organizing moving forward, plus, your calls and IMs!
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