2429 - Federal Workers Stand Up To Elon & Trump; MAGA’s DEI Doxxing Campaign w/ Benjamin Dixon
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Release Date: 02/07/2025
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 Casual Friday! Emma speaks with Ben Dixon, host of the Benjamin Dixon Show, to discuss the week in news. First, Emma runs through updates on the confirmation of Project 2025 leader Russ Vought to the OMB, Trump’s official destruction of USAID and the devastating impact it could have on US Agriculture, Trump’s targeting of HHS, Pam Bondi’s repeal of anti-foreign influence efforts, birthright citizenship, ICE’s detainment of a DACA middle school teacher, the NCAA’s transphobic policy, Mike Johnson’s tax cuts for the rich, and Trump’s ICC sanctions, before diving a little deeper into the Trump/Musk Administration’s attempts to obscure the insane levels of their executive overreach. Ben Dixon then joins, jumping right into the need for the US public to rally behind their federal workers in the face of genuine intimidation and threats from the Trump/Musk Administration, exploring the obvious and extensive danger posed by allowing more space for Trump loyalists and obstructionists in the government alongside the necessary role they play in bolstering genuine attempts to resist this regime. After expanding on the major solidarity being shown between federal workers at this moment – including relevant unions – Dixon and Emma parse through Trump’s declaration of a US-backed plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza, and Democrats’ ongoing inability (or genuine lack of desire) to stand up for marginalized communities at home or abroad, wrapping up the show by reiterating his call to rally behind our federal workers.
And in the Fun Half: Emma touches on the struggle from Democratic leadership and media actually to address the ongoing administrative coup, before looking to some exceptions to that trend, including Kyle Clark’s coverage of recent blunders in Colorado and Texas Rep. James Talarico’s tirade against the lies of “school choice.” The MR Team also watches Ben Shapiro’s gleeful defence of Trump’s ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza, and gets an update from the Crowder & Co. deposition, before diving deep into the long history of fascist regimes relying on rhetorics of efficiency and bureaucratic cutbacks to obscure their destruction of public welfare, plus, your IMs!
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