The Majority Report with Sam Seder

It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma break down some of the biggest headlines of another crazy week, and will maybe take some calls! First, they run through updates on Harris’ gains in the polls, Netanyahu’s complaints about Harris’ “shift in rhetoric” on Gaza, more domestic dissent over support for Israel, Trump’s scramble, the Supreme Court, Gavin Newsome’s war on the homeless, dropping homicide rates, starvation in Sudan, the cop that killed Sonya Massey, Elon Musk, and Biden’s new nomination to the US Postal Service Board, before diving deeper into Harris’ response to Netanyahu’s Congressional address, and the Bide...

It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Zachary Foster, historian of Palestine and proprietor of the website Palestine Nexus, to discuss Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's address to a joint session of Congress yesterday. First, Emma runs through updates on Biden’s passing of the torch, the mass crackdown on pro-Palestine protesters in DC yesterday, Netanyahu’s joint congressional address, falling inflation rates, labor action, Trump’s assassin, Trump’s bigotry, the destruction in the wake of southeast Asia’s Super Typhoon, and early polling on Harris, before giving a quick cheat sheet for Harris’ VP picks, and the insane “family-f...

It’s Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Jennifer Berkshire, freelance journalist and co-host of the Have You Heard podcast, to discuss her recent book The Education Wars: A Citizen's Guide And Defense Manual, co-authored with Jack Schneider.  First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the dissent to Netanyahu’s congressional address, the Harris campaign, the GOP’s bigotry problem, climate change, Joe Biden, union dissent to US support for Israel, Elon Musk’s supposed multi-hundred dollar pledge to Trump, Bob Menendez, major FTC action, and the Chevron Doctrine, before examining the subtle and stark differences between Biden’s an...

It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Elizabeth Pancotti, director of special initiatives at Roosevelt Forward and contributor the Fireside Stacks newsletter on SubStack, to discuss the Kamala Harris's potential economic policy as a presidential candidate. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the Secret Service post-assassination attempt, Harris’ nomination, Netanyahu’s upcoming congressional address, Israel’s offensive on Gaza, Palestinian unity, US policy towards Sudan, labor action, environmental news, and video footage of another brutal police murder, before unpacking the GOP’s attempt to spin Harris’ nomination as a “DEI Hire” and her as a welfare queen...

Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Dave Weigel, author of the "Americana" newsletter at Semafor, to discuss the groundbreaking news from yesterday that President Biden will be dropping out of the presidential race, and endorsing Vice President Harris. First Sam and Emma run through updates on Biden’s candidacy, Trump’s nomination, Harris’ rapid fundraising efforts and endorsements, the Trump assassination attempt, Netanyahu’s upcoming address to Congress, Israel’s offensive on Yemen, and the NLRB, before diving into the supposed plan for an “open convention” come the DNC, watching Kamala Harris’ first speech since this weekend’s news, and unpacking...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, to round up yet another crazy week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the FLOP that was Night 3 of the RNC, Biden’s candidacy, the ICJ’s stunning advisory opinion on Israel, spreading Polio in Gaza, presidential polling, Delta unions, the DNC, Biden’s student debt plans, Israel’s offensives, the major Windows outage, and the UK’s crackdown on peaceful protest, before highlighting the speech that easily won the most emotional reaction from Donald Trump throughout the entire RNC, Hulk...

It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Margaret Power, professor of history at the Illinois Institute of Technology, to discuss her recent book Solidarity across the Americas: The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and Anti-imperialism. Then, she's joined by journalist Erin Reed, author of the Erin In The Morning newsletter on SubStack, to discuss how speakers at the RNC have been employing transphobic rhetoric. First, Sam runs through updates on Day 2 of the RNC, Biden’s candidacy, Biden’s recent policy developments, the would-be Trump assassin, Bob Menendez’s legal woes, Trump’s campaign, Elon and X, Israel’s assault on Gaz...

It’s Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Sarah Jones, senior writer for New York Magazine's Intelligencer, to discuss former President Trump selecting Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate. First, Sam runs through updates on Day 2 of the RNC, Biden’s candidacy, Biden’s recent policy developments, the would-be Trump assassin, Bob Menendez’s legal woes, Trump’s campaign, Elon and X, Israel’s assault on Gaza, and Russia’s assault on Kyiv, before diving a little deeper into the confounding behavior of the Democratic party as Biden’s candidacy hangs in the balance and Trump’s campaign makes ma...

It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on Day 1 of the RNC, Trump’s VP pick, Elon’s $45m/month pledge to Trump, the background of Trump’s would-be assassin, Trump’s legal woes, Biden’s sinking polling, the US economy, immigration and the border, and RFK and Cornel West’s ballot access, also parsing through Trump’s pick of JD Vance as his VP, why it’s a financial (rather than electoral) choice, and what to make of Vance’s unsurprising 180º on Trump since 2016. Next, they shift focus bac...

Happy Monday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines from an eventful weekend. First, they run through updates on the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Trump’s stolen documents case, Israel’s continuing slaughter of Gaza in the face of supposed ceasefire negotiations, Trump’s polling, the RNC, Biden’s candidacy, Giuliani’s legal (and now financial) woes, Houston’s devastating (and ongoing) power outage, and the DOJ vs. RealPage, before beginning their deep dive into the stunning security failures that led the Trump assassination attempt, parsing through multiple videos and first-hand accounts that demonstrate awareness of the shooter by bo...