3551 - Trump’s Economy Collapsing; Dems' Clumsy Israel Pivot w/ Krystal Ball
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Release Date: 08/01/2025
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report On today's show: Revisions to the June and July job numbers show they were actually 21,000 less jobs added than initially reported. However, the ever optimist Howard Lutnick tells us to wait until a year from now when the job numbers will be amazing. Contributing writer to salon.com and proprietor of the Hullaballoo blog, Heather 'Digby' Parton joins us to wrap up the week's news. Could the US be working towards a regime change in Venezuela? Donald Trump is exacerbating the alienation of the US internationally. Trump posts an endless rant on the...
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It's Emmajority Report Thursday on Majority Report On today's show: RFK, Jr is grilled at a Senate Finance Committee hearing over the chaos he has created at the CDC. Crypto and Tech Industry researcher and publisher of the Citation Needed newsletter, Molly White joins the show to talk the Trump family crypto cash in. Host of the Colonial Outcasts Podcast, Greg Stoker joins us live from the Global Sumud Flotilla somewhere in the Mediterranean. In the Fun Half Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder join the show. The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this number...
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It's a solo Sam Hump Day on the Majority Report On today's show: Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA) host a press conference at Capitol Hill with several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex traffic ring. Speaker Mike Johnson throws his own simultaneous press conference in a sad attempt to distract people from the Epstein survivors. JB Pritzker claims that Trump has been staging the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago. Writer at the Bulwark, Jonathan Cohn joins the show to discuss the chaos around HHS/CDC and RFK, Jr's destruction of public health. In the Fun Half Dave...
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Sam has returned from vacation for a classic News Day Tuesday On today's show: Graham Platner and Bernie Sanders held a rally in a sold-out arena in Portland, Maine. In his speech, Platner says we should be spending our tax money to build schools and hospitals in American rather than destroying them in Gaza. Here's a link to donate to . GOP Alabama Representative Barry Moore is heckled so incessantly at a town hall that he has to escape through a backdoor right in front of the audience In an interview with Lara Trump on Fox News, Scott Bessent dismisses the idea that the tariffs are hurting...
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Happy Labor Day! The MR Crew is off today but in the meantime please enjoy our annual audio compilation of labor-themed excerpts from luminaries such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mario Savio, John L. Lewis, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders reading the words of Eugene Debs.
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It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report On the show today: In response to terrible polling and rising anger, Donald Trump sends JD Vance around to sell the rebranding from Big Beautiful Bill to a tax cut for the middle class. In response to another unpopular policy Trump sends Speaker Mike Johnson to try and sell his national guard deployment into American cities, despite Mike Johnson's district in Shreveport, LA has a higher crime rate then DC and Chicago. Host of the Blowback Podcast, Brendan James joins us to wrap up the week's news. Comedian Amanda Seales joins us to discuss her recent...
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It's an Emmajority Thursday on the Majority Report. On today's Show: After another school shooting the right-wing media plays defense for the gun lobby. Kristi Noem wants us to know that the shooter was a transgender woma Co-Host of the , Julia Gledhill joins us to make the case for . Voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones, Ari Berman joins Sam in a pre-taped interview to discuss the GOP's war on voting rights. In the Fun Half: We are joined by Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder. Adam Friedland interviews AIPAC robot Ritchie Torres. Senator from Susan Collins can't be out in public...
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It's hump day on the Majority Report On today's show: Israeli Knesset member Ofer Cassif posts on his social media a plea for Israelis to use every democratic avenue to end this holocaust of Palestinians. The New Yorker's Isaac Chotiner interviews the former ambassador to Israel under the Biden administration about their policy in Gaza. Palestinian women stand their ground when confronted by Israeli teenaged colonizers. Historian, author and publisher of the Doomsday Scenario newsletter Garrett Graff joins the show to discuss his newest piece, . President of the Canadian Union of Public...
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It's a classic News Day Tuesday on Majority Report On Today's show: Trump is attempting to fire Federal Reserve Govenor Lisa Cook via tweet, accusing her of mortgage fraud yet no charges have been filed. This is just the continuation of his crusade to influence interest rate cuts. As the Pentagon reports that preparation for a National Guard invasion of Chicago started months ago, Illinois governor JB Pritzker fires back and points out that 13 of the 20 cities with the highest homicide rates and 8 out of 10 states with the highest crime rates are red states. Missouri GOP Representative Mark...
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It's Fun Day Monday on the Majority Report: On today's show: After 160 days in detention, Kilmar Abrego Garcia was briefly released and reunited with his family only to be detained again on Monday. Despite no due process and lack of evidence, boarder czar Tom Homan declares on Fox News that Kilmar will "absolutely be deported". Author, Joseph Lee joins us to discuss his book " In the Fun Half: Former pipeline lobbyist and current EPA director Lee Zeldin guests on Fox News to announce the abandonment of an 80% finished wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island because the president "isn't a fan...
info_outlineIt's Friday! Emma welcomes Krystal Ball, political commentator, author, and co-host of Breaking Points on for a wrap up of the week's news and her grilling of Senator Slotkin on Breaking Points. Also, Trump's economy has finally realized it walked off the cliff a few months ago.
And in the Fun Half: Liberal Zionists want more pampering, Mehdi Hasan doesn't give it to them. Bassem Youssef tells the Nelk Boys to stop infantalizing themselves. And more
More from Krystal at @breakingpoints : https://www.youtube.com/breakingpoints
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