The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Apr 11 2025 25 ep. 87 mins 27.8k
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2474 - Trump Escalates Immigration Crackdown As SCOTUS Rules Against Him w/ Jeet Heer

Apr 11 2025 88 mins  
It's Casual Friday (relatively speaking), and Sam and Emma start the show with some glimmers of good news on the immigration front, following the Supreme Court's ruling that the Trump administration must make an attempt to bring home Kilmar Armando Ábrego García. The government already admitted they deported Garcia to a maximum security prison in El Salvador because of an admini

2473 - Trump Folds; ICE Disappearances; Decoding Copaganda w/ Prem Thakker, Alec Karakatsanis

Apr 10 2025 88 mins  
It’s Thursday! Emma welcomes Zeteo reporter Prem Thakker and “Copaganda” author Alec Karakatsanis. “Copaganda” is out next week (April 15th) and is available now for pre-order: https://thenewpress.com/books/copaganda Check out Prem's latest article for @zeteo "Trump Is Trying To Deport Students Who Show Up In A ‘Criminal Records Check.’ But Many Have Never Been Conv

2472 - Trump's Middle East Gambles w/ Matt Duss

Apr 09 2025 71 mins  
On today's show, Sam covers the chaos surrounding Donald Trump's tariffs and the administration's efforts to explain themselves. Our guest is Matt Duss, Executive Vice-President at the Center for International Policy and a former adviser to Bernie Sanders. Their conversation covers the global reaction to the tariffs, Israel's ongoing assault on Gaza, the U.S.'s bombardment of Yemen

2471 - Ominous SCOTUS Ruling Bails Out Trump Deportations w/ Mark Joseph Stern

Apr 08 2025 84 mins  
Slate Senior Writer Mark Joseph Stern joins to break down the latest news out of the Supreme Court and the upcoming SCOTUS docket. https://slate.com/author/mark-joseph-stern https://bsky.app/profile/mjsdc.bsky.social Sam and Emma on the latest developments in Trump's manufactured economic crisis before speaking to Mark Joseph Stern, Slate's senior writer covering the Supreme Court

2470 - Recession Watch; Trump’s NLRB Firing Blocked w/ Matt Bruenig

Apr 07 2025 60 mins  
Funday Monday! Today, Emma is joined by Matt Bruenig to talk about the state of the economy and trade. https://mattbruenig.com/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here!: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here!: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here!: https://rumb

2469 - Trump's Tariffs Melt The Stock Market w/ David Dayen

Apr 04 2025 105 mins  
Happy Friday! Sam welcome David Dayen from The American Prospect and Organized Money podcast about Trump's tariff-pocalypse. https://prospect.org/ https://www.organizedmoney.fm/ First, Sam runs through updates on Trump’s global trade war, Congress’ attempt to regain authority over tariffs, South Korea’s impeachment of now-former President Yoon, Trump’s firing of national s

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

Apr 03 2025 91 mins  
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�

2467 - Fighting Trump’s Power Grab w/ Robert Weissman, Rohan Grey

Apr 02 2025 90 mins  
It's Wednesday! Sam and Emma are joined by Robert Weissman, co-president of the non-profit advocacy organization Public Citizen, which has filed 8 lawsuits against the Trump administration and says they have more coming. Later, Rohan Grey, Assistant Professor of Law at Willamette University, discusses his latest research on the Trump administration’s attempt to seize direct polit

2466 - Trump's Big Law Vendetta w/ Rachel Cohen

Apr 01 2025 76 mins  
Sam and Emma are joined by Rachel Cohen, lawyer formerly of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, to discuss the country’s largest law firms bending the knee to Donald Trump. First, they run through updates on today’s elections in Wisconsin and Florida, Trump’s attack on the US public health regime, tomorrow’s tariff deadline, the Senate GOP’s budgetary sleight of hand, l

2465 - Elon And Republicans Are Panicked Over Special Elections w/ Dave Weigel

Mar 31 2025 58 mins  
It’s Monday! Sam and Emma are joined by Dave Weigel, politics writer at Semafor, author of the "Americana" newsletter to preview the first round of major elections after the Trump/Musk regime’s DOGE overhaul. First, they run through updates on Trump’s tariffs, a return of stagflation, the rejection of Mike Waltz, the conviction of Marine Le Pen, DOGE’s Social Security cras