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2468 - Trump's Terrible Tariffs; Israel Seizes Gaza Land; Tesla Sales Plummet w/ Omar Baddar, Paris Marx

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Release Date: 04/03/2025

2485 - Trump's Tariff Blowback & Battles In The Courts w/ Elie Mystal show art 2485 - Trump's Tariff Blowback & Battles In The Courts w/ Elie Mystal

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

It was a busy news weekend so it's a pretty jam-packed show today. First Emma and Sam take in the latest Trump administration spin on the blowback from their self-imposed tariff disaster. After that, they're joined by The Nation's legal analyst and justice correspondent Elie Mystal who breaks down some of the overarching legal issues that have emerged in Trump's first 100 days. Elie also has a new book out, “Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America" which is available here:  Also check out Elie's writing in The Nation: In a Normal World, Harvard’s Lawsuit Against...

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2484 - Immigration Judge Arrested, Tariff Tizzy w/ Krystal Ball show art 2484 - Immigration Judge Arrested, Tariff Tizzy w/ Krystal Ball

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

We've made it to Friday folks. Krystal Ball will be here to break down the wild week that was. First, Sam and Emma discuss Donald Trump's memecoin dinner and the amount of money he's made since taking office just over a month ago. Then Krystal, Sam and Emma discuss the arrest of an immigration judge by the FBI in Wisconsin for allegedly protected an undocumented immigrant from federal authorities. The three discuss how this development plays into the direction the administration is heading on immigration and in general. The three try to decipher what Trump and his inner circle are thinking at...

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2483 - Trump’s Memecoin Scam; Michigan Senate Race Heats Up w/ Jacob Silverman, Abdul El-Sayed show art 2483 - Trump’s Memecoin Scam; Michigan Senate Race Heats Up w/ Jacob Silverman, Abdul El-Sayed

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

It's a jam-packed show for today's Emmajority Report, starting with some alarming news about the Trump administration cutting funding for vital research on women's health. After that, Emma talks to Jacob Silverman about Donald Trump's crypto shenanigan sand how the Trump camp is financially benefitting from manipulating the markets. Check out Jacob's latest piece for the Financial Times "Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy"  After that, Emma speaks with Abdel El Sayed, who has just launched his campaign for a Senate seat in Michigan and has the backing...

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2482 - Trump's Attack on the IRS & Tesla gets DOGE'd w/ Merici Vinton show art 2482 - Trump's Attack on the IRS & Tesla gets DOGE'd w/ Merici Vinton

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Elon Musk's star is in retrograde following Tesla's abysmal earnings report. This as Trump continues to take a sledge hammer to the IRS and other federal agencies. We have Merici Vinton on the show today, who is a former staffer at the U.S. Digital Service Department, which became absorbed by DOGE when Donald Trump took office. She's also a former adviser at the IRS. Check out her recent piece in the Federation of American Science: In the Fun Half, Sam revels in podcaster Jennifer Welsh shouting at Rahm Emmanuel for throwing trans people under the bus when talking about what issues Democrats...

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2481 - The Cases That Could Break Up Google & Facebook + Trump's Pentagon Implosion show art 2481 - The Cases That Could Break Up Google & Facebook + Trump's Pentagon Implosion

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Newsday Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the latest news leaking out of the Pentagon, as well as Fox News host Will Cain's non-apology after acknowledging he was wrong about doubting that Donald Trump had ever said that he wanted to deport U.S. citizens. Republican congressman Austin Scott gives some hints as to how Republicans are planning to make cuts to Medicaid. Then Emma and Sam also speak to Brendan Benedict, an antitrust and commercial litigation lawyer who is covering antitrust cases for the blog Big Tech on Trial. He gives us an overview of the Google antitrust cases, as well as the...

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2480 - Evil & Stupid: Trump Regime's Weekend Round-Up show art 2480 - Evil & Stupid: Trump Regime's Weekend Round-Up

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Sam is back from vacation and he and Emma have a lot of news to get through today. Pope Francis has passed away shortly after meeting with Vice President JD Vance, there's a fresh story of leaked DoD Secretary Pete Hegseth's communications about U.S. operations in Yemen, and there's lots of news on the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com:  Follow us on TikTok here!:  Check us out on Twitch here!:  Find our Rumble stream here!:  Check out our alt YouTube channel here!:  Gift a Majority Report subscription...

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2479 - Winning on Immigration and Fighting Oligarchy w/ Rep. Greg Casar, Cody Johnston show art 2479 - Winning on Immigration and Fighting Oligarchy w/ Rep. Greg Casar, Cody Johnston

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

It's casual Good Friday, and oh what a week it's been. Emma breaks down Senator Chris Van Hollen's meeting with his constituent Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador, as well as the way the White House and Bukele are trying to spin it. After that, Emma speaks with the new chairman of the House Progressive Caucus Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), who shares his vision for how the Democratic Party can push back on Trump's draconian immigration crackdown, as well as providing a more positive vision for a forward-looking immigration program of their own. Emma also asks Casar about...

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2478 - MAGA’s End-Times Fascism; RFK Jr’s War On Public Health w/ Naomi Klein, MarkAlain Déry show art 2478 - MAGA’s End-Times Fascism; RFK Jr’s War On Public Health w/ Naomi Klein, MarkAlain Déry

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

It's a busy Thursday here at MR HQ, and Emma dives right into the significance Judge James Boasberg's finding cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for not adhering to his previous order on deportations. Meanwhile, Senator Chris Van Hollen is in El Salvador where he's been prevented from visiting his Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Then, Emma is joined by writer, activist and professor Naomi Klein about her new essay The rise of end times fascism. Naomi points out the new form that right wing authoritarianism has taken in finding ways to exit society and Earth itself....

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2477 - Trump vs Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Alamo Workers Win Big w/ Anna Bower, NYC Alamo United show art 2477 - Trump vs Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Alamo Workers Win Big w/ Anna Bower, NYC Alamo United

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Halfway through Emma-jority week and we're still just getting started. We check in on a Chuck Grassley town hall where he's confronted by angry constituents in a small town in Iowa. Then Emma is joined by Lawfare senior editor Anna Bower to break down the legal back and forth between the Trump administration and Kilmar Abrego Garcia's legal team. Check out her coverage on Lawfare:  And follow her on Twitter: @AnnaBower We also hear some good news from Anthony Squitire from NYC Alamo United's bargaining comittee, about how they negotiated and end to  after...

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2476 - Constitutional Crisis Intensifies; How Weapons Sales Drive US Policy w/ Annelle Sheline show art 2476 - Constitutional Crisis Intensifies; How Weapons Sales Drive US Policy w/ Annelle Sheline

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It's a Newsday Tuesday with Emma on the mic. She recaps the chilling spectacle that was the Bukele-Trump Oval Office meeting / press availability, including the Kafkaesque exchange over the wrongfully deported Maryland father Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. As Emma explains, despite the Supreme Court's ruling that the administration must make an effort to bring Abrego Garcia home, the Trump administration and and El Salvador's crypto-strong man both claim to be unable to abide by the ruling out of deference to one another. Emma then talks to Annelle Sheline, a research fellow in the Quincy...

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It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! The guests will be political analyst Omar Baddar on Israel's renewed attacks in Gaza, and Paris Marx, host of the podcast "Tech Won't Save Us," about how Elon Musk is running Tesla into the ground.

First, Emma runs through updates on Trump’s tariff turmoil and responses in both the Senate and House, Mike Waltz’s security issues, Laura Loomer’s return to the White House, Israel’s seizure of land in Gaza, a joint US-Israel attack on Syria, Netanyahu’s visit to Hungary, and Eric Adams’ announcement that he’s running as an independent, before diving deeper into Trump’s tariff announcement, including the bunk equation they used to calculate this policy, and the obvious, extensive impact it will have on everyday Americans. Omar Baddar then joins, jumping right into Israel’s major escalations to their ongoing ethnic cleansing of Gaza, with Netanyahu’s recent announcement that Israel would be going ahead with a full-scale land seizure in North Gaza, adding a “second Philadelphi Corridor” south of Gaza City amid their revamped military barrage, all under the dishonest pretense of saving the hostages. Baddar and Emma then look to Israel’s expansion of hostilities even outside of the genocide of Palestinians, with repeated bombardments against Lebanon – including occasional strikes on Beirut – ongoing despite an alleged ceasefire, unpacking the country’s (and Netanyahu’s) extensive history of pushing an agenda of regional chaos to bolster their position as Middle East watchdogs for the West, with Israel serving major roles in spurring the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and in gutting the Iran Nuclear deal under Trump 1.0. Omar wraps up by touching on the growing backlash to Israel’s belligerency on the international stage, and whether there is hope to be found in both regional and global actors turning away from the US-Israel imperial coalition.

Paris Marx then gets right into the wonderful revelations in Tesla’s quarterly earnings report, walking through the devastating drop in sales amid mass recalls, a diversifying EV market, and overwhelming global backlash to the fascist politics of Elon Musk. Marx then tackles the particular failures of Tesla’s *ONLY* new major model release in recent years with the Cybertruck, and how it represents the greater issue of allowing a deranged billionaire to make outrageous promises completely detached from the material reality of both his company and modern technology, before shifting to the explosive impact Chinese products are currently having on the EV market, with BYD proving clear affordability and profitability even in European markets, developments that are all in line with America’s dwindling role as a global economic leader. Paris and Emma wrap up by examining the growing existential threat facing Elon Musk and his companies as backlash to his corrupt business practices and corrupt politics hits back at Tesla and Starlink profits in Europe and Canada, all while he continues to tie his billionaire lifestyle to the worth of those stocks.

And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Matt Binder and Brandon Sutton as they watch Trump Cabinet members come out of the woodwork to plead with the public not to panic or get upset over their complete decimation of the global economy and mass inflation it will cause. They also talk with Cassie from Indiana about state-based pushback to the Trump Administration, and listen to Senator Jim Banks’ wild victim blaming as our public health apparatus faces massive job cuts, plus, your calls and IMs!


 

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