The Majority Report with Sam Seder

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

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April 28, 2025 88 mins

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 La...

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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 develop...

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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 inter...

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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:...

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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...

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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.

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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 Tru...

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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 Th...

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: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/contributors/abower

An...

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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...

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It's Monday, the first day of an Emma-jority week, so buckle up!

First, Emma breaks down the latest tariff chaos, with Howard Lutnik and Peter Navarro singing different tunes in explaining why goods like computers, cell phones and the much coveted chips are being exempted from the tariffs. But Navarro doesn't want you tall them exemptions though just FYI.

After that, Salvadoran-American author,  activist and educator Roberto Lovato...

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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 Convicted" https://zeteo.com/p/trump-is-trying-to-deport-students

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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, ...

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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

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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 and co-host of the Amicus podcast. They cover criti...

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Funday Monday! Today, Emma is joined by Matt Bruenig to talk about the state of the economy and trade.

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Happy Friday! Sam welcome David Dayen from The American Prospect and Organized Money podcast about Trump's tariff-pocalypse.

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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 security officials, the Trump Administration’s public health...

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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 i...

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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 political control over the core payments software of the T...

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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, legal pushback to Trump over voting restrictions and his recla...

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