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- Offline with Jon FavreauCrooked Media · Left
- Pod Save AmericaCrooked Media · Left
- Pod Save the WorldCrooked Media · Left
- The Bulwark PodcastThe Bulwark · Left
- The Ezra Klein ShowNew York Times Opinion · Left
- The Majority Report with Sam SederMajority.FM · Left
- The MeidasTouch PodcastMeidasTouch Network · Left
- The Rachel Maddow ShowMS NOW · Left
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2739 - Our Fading Empire; Building Blue Tsunami w/ Jeet Heer
It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report On today's program: In his speech before the United Nations, Benjamin Netanyahu claims that NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made Jews in New York feel unsafe and calls out the mayor's friendship with streamer Hasan Piker . Jeet Heer , national affairs correspondent at The Nation…
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Always Test Your Hopium
The news is full of encouraging signs for Democrats. Is it all too good to be true? Dan and Jon react to Republican candidates running away from Trump on Iran, then break down the latest polls — including a surprising Times/Siena result from Maine — to take a sober look at the range of outcomes (all of them good!)…
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What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe?
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, has been one of the most argued-over candidates this election cycle. If he wins, he’d be the first-ever Muslim senator, and he’s faced a torrent of attacks about his faith. The race has also become a proving ground for a lot of questions about the…
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Sam Stein and Mary Peltola: Cozying Up to Commies and Corporate Elites
First, Sam Stein sits down with Tim to discuss the latest humiliation of our troops: Trump’s red carpet welcome for President Xi. Plus: the White House’s insane propaganda machine, a new Maine poll throws some cold water on the midterms hopium, Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s obsession with furries, and is RFK Jr. running for…
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2738 - LA's Next Mayor?; Stopping AI's 'Obsoleting Project' w/ Nithya Raman, Garrison Lovely
It's an Emmajority Report Thursday on The Majority Report On toady's program: Local news stations across the country are highlighting how the Republican's war have sent gas prices soaring and sabotaged businesses. We look at interviews with a farmer in Iowa, a school bus company in Tennessee and long-haul truckers in…
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Sarah Matthews and Jason Horowitz: Trump Propaganda and Italian Fascism
The cozy White House Correspondents' Dinner, where Trump joked around with reporters, was only in July. But now he's ripping away press credentials and setting up state-run media. Sarah scolds the WHCA for bending the knee to Trump to begin with. And recent Italian history even foreshadowed the Trump era. Jason, in…
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2737 - Occupy Wall Street 15 Years Later; Fighting for Medicare for All w/ Yotam Marom, Nancy Altman
It's Hump Day on The Majority Report On today's program: Donald Trump 's love affair with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani continues to kneecap the Republican candidates that are trying to center their campaign's around anti-DSA and anti-Mamdani. The centrist ghouls who see the Mamdani movement as a threat to their bank…
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Xi’s Just Not That Into You
Xi Jinping comes to Washington, the UN struggles for relevancy, and the Russian parliamentary elections turn out exactly as expected. Tommy and Ben break down Chinese President Xi Jinping's first state visit to Washington since 2015, including Trump’s personal airport greeting, and what leverage China has on…
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Stuart Stevens: Republicans Are Desperate
The party has been busy playing defense in Trump states, and now comes the news that Susan Collins is corrupt on top of being a loyal MAGA supplicant. More Democrats should walk with Ossoff's swagger and keep their message simple: attack Trump on his corruption and the war. (And in colder climes, the price of heating…
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2736 - Massive Cave on Media Monopoly; Possible Democratic Future of Foreign Policy w/ Alvaro Bedoya, Matt Duss
It's News Day Tuesday on The Majority Report On today's program: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosts a press conference with Donald Trump on the lawn of Gracie Mansion where they addressed migrants with protected status and the Trump's assault on free speech. Alvaro Bedoya, Senior Adviser at the American Economic Liberties…
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Maddow: Why the Constitution and the American spirit are against Trump's war on the free press
Rachel Maddow reviews the fundamental legal principles that are working against Donald Trump's attempt to ban news organizations from the White House, as well as the American cultural principles that would never accept Trump administration propaganda as a replacement for a free press. Jameel Jaffer, executive director…
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Trump Bans Crooked Media
Major television networks halt White House pool coverage after Trump announces that he's banning journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. Jon and Tommy react to Trump and JD Vance's justifications for the decision, before breaking down the details of the Ellisons' deal with the California attorney general that will…
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2735 - Paramount Settlement Sparks Outrage; The Forensics Of Israel's Genocide w/ Eyal Weizman
G'mar Chatimah Tovah It's Fun Day Monday on The Majority Report On today's program: California Attorney General Rob Bonta caves and reaches a settlement to allow the Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Brothers. Eyal Weizman, Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London and founder…
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Andrew Egger: Donald, You’re Rattled
As Trump’s war of choice continues to expand in the Middle East, it’s clear that the president is desperate not to show how weak he really is. The administration is out of time and out of both strategic and rhetorical options in Iran. Another sign that he is flailing: Trump is trying to ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico…
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Fighting with Fox News feat. Jessica Tarlov
Fox News host Jessica Tarlov, the lone liberal voice on "The Five," stops by the studio to talk to Tommy about her new book "I Disagree: Winning Arguments without Losing Friends." Tarlov offers Tommy a behind the scenes look into the making of Fox's most combative show and her relationships off-screen with her…
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Have You Tried Unplugging the AI?
Is AI sending us spiraling towards an apocalypse, or upwards towards utopia? How can such a new technology inspire such diametrically opposing viewpoints? To understand the dissonance, Jon sits down with Helen Toner, the Executive Director of Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology–and one of the…
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2734 - Republicans Are Losing Ground in Deep-Red States w/ David Dayen
It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report On today's program: The Republican brand has become so toxic that even ancient conservative Fox hosts Stuart Varney and Larry Kudlow are being forced to acknowledge the party's lies and incompetence heading into the midterms. David Dayen , executive editor of The American…
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Anne Applebaum: Globalized MAGA Kleptocracy
In Greenland, the Trump administration has got tech bros and hedge fund guys running an influence operation there. The aim may be to fulfill Trump's territorial ambitions—or to create a sovereign state run by CEOs. In Venezuela, the administration is imperialistically seizing its gold, oil and other assets with no…
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Will the Blue Wave Be Bigger Than 2018?
JD Vance begs voters to give the White House "another chance" as a series of new polls show a political environment even more favorable to Democrats than the one that propelled the blue wave in 2018. Jon, Dan, and Alex break down how much "hopium" we should be huffing, a new ad from a Florida Republican breaking with…
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Wright Thompson and Jesse Lehrich: Hopium and Hate
Republicans are reeling, the vibes are shifting, and the wave is building. Jesse serves up a particularly optimistic view of the Democrats' chances in the midterms, with even stretch districts now in play. And ahead of Saturday's Ole Miss-LSU game, Wright shares how Mississippians are responding to the gutting of the…
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2733 - Republicans Squirm Ahead Of Midterms; Tech Workers Rebelling w/ JS Tan, Clarissa Redwine
Welcome back to The Majority Report On today's program: Donald Trump holds a MAGA rally in Gastonia, North Carolina where he insults the state, lies about violent crime statistics and threatens to withhold federal funds unless the Republican wins his Senate race. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) addresses Speaker Mike…
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Catherine Rampell and Stephen Witt: Can We Avert Economic Disaster and the Robot Apocalypse?
The Fed raised interest rates to curb inflation, as expected, but mortgage rates are surging and flailing Scott Bessent remains the treasury secretary. Meanwhile, the alarm raised in the AI community is not an op despite the backlash from people like Nvidia's Jensen Huang, who seems to get everything he wants from…
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2732 - Zionist Macklemore Cancellation Backfires, What it Takes To Build a Democratic State w/ K Sabeel Rahman
Welcome back to The Majority Report On today's program: Billionaire stadium owners, led by Robert Kraft , threaten to cancel Ed Sheeran 's tour dates over his opening act, Macklemore 's, vocal support of Palestinians. Sheeran caves to Kraft & Co and as a result his backing band and other opening acts quitting the…
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Don Jr.’s Big Fat Russian Wedding
The Houthis seize control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Trump rolls a grenade into Northern Ireland's politics, and a Russian oligarch funds Don Jr.'s wedding. Tommy and Ben break down some of the most alarming expansions of the Iran war: Houthi rebels have captured roughly 80 miles of Yemen's Red Sea coastline…
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Jonathan Swan: We Only Know 5%
The co-author of the signature book inside Trump 2.0 says the media only knows 5% of what is happening inside the administration—particularly when it comes to national security, the money-making, and the self-dealing. Jonathan does have new reporting about how the administration keeps pretending that our military is…
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2731 - Houthis Gain In Yemen; Anthropic Spying On Activists w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi, Daniel Boguslaw
Welcome back to The Majority Report On today's program: The Trump administration is claiming that it is a matter of national security to not apply any "guardrails" to American artificial intelligence companies. Shireen Al-Adeimi , associate professor at Michigan State University, joins to discuss the escalating…
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Artificial Intelligence, Actual Idiots
Trump dismisses the AI CEOs at Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI who are calling for a "global slowdown" of AI development, saying the only government regulation the industry needs is a "high IQ" president. Jon, Tommy, and Lovett break down the "sick conspiracy" claim the administration and tech investors have leveled at AI…
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Maddow reacts to report of Russian oligarch paying for Trump Jr.'s lavish wedding weekend
Rachel Maddow shares details of new reporting from ProPublica that Donald Trump Jr.'s lavish weekend wedding celebration was largely paid for by a "very generous" Russian oligarch who even helped plan the festivities despite there being some questions about just how well he knows the couple or what he might expect in…
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2730 - What it Takes To Fight Our Fascist Era w/ Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor
Welcome back to The Majority Report On today's program: 60 Minutes reports on two felons convicted of voter fraud are now in the business of brokering presidential pardons. It's unclear why Bari Weiss ' CBS allowed this reporting to slip through the cracks. Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor join to discuss their new book, "…
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Bill Kristol: It Always Comes Back to Trump/Russia
A Putin bestie who's involved with the kidnapping of Ukrainian children bankrolled Don Jr.'s island wedding for some mysterious reason. Kushner is calling on Ukraine to give in to Putin's territorial demands. And Trump himself is blaming Zelensky for the high cost of diesel even though prices shot up after Trump…
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