The Majority Report with Sam Seder

It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report
 
On today's program:
 
Donald Trump is considering sending troops on the ground to seize Kharg Island in an attempt to force the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
 
JD Vance asks Americans to take solace in the fact that our "allies" are suffering far more from the energy crisis we caused by our war in Iran.
 
Staff writer at The New Republic, Perry Bacon, Jr. joins Sam to wrap up the week's news. Check out Perry's podcast - Right Now with Perry Bacon, Jr. 
 
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joins the program to discuss his new proposed tax plan and the war in Iran.
 
In The Fun Half:
 
Senator Mark Warner questions Tulsi Gabbard on why Donald Trump sent her to observe the Fulton County election office raid when the president was not meant to know about the raid ahead of time.
 
Senator Mark Kelly asks Gabbard and CIA director Ratcliffe on their thoughts on Trump offering "unfiltered national security" briefings to his big donors.
 
Donald Trump holds a press conference with the Prime Minister of Japan where he jokes about pearl harbor.
 
Markwayne Mullin is an idiot and thanks to John Fetterman he is moving forward into the Senate to get confirmed as the new secretary of DHS.
 
Patrick Bet-David has really upset their audience over their cheerleading for the war in Iran.
 
The new head
 
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It's an Emmajority Report Thursday on The Majority Report.
 
On today's program:
 
An Israeli strike on Iranian facilities in the South Pars gas field marked a significant escalation in the war, prompting Iran to attack major energy facilities of its Gulf neighbors. Trump took to Truth Social to claim the U.S. had no knowledge of Israel's plans to attack South Pars but if warns if Iran continues to retaliate then he'll blow up the entirety of the oil field.
 
A reporter asks Pete Hegseth why we are helping Israel prosecute this war if they are going to pursue their own objectives and Hegseth had no answer. Pete then ended the press conference with a prayer - but it's Iran that is theocratic terrorist state.
 
Helen Yaffe, Professor of Latin American Political Economy, University of Glasgow joins Emma to discuss her book We Are Cuba! How a revolutionary people survived in post-Soviet world.
 
Erin Reed, journalist tracking anti-LGTB+ legislation around the world at Erin in the Morning on Substack joins MR to discuss her Anti-Trans National Legal Risk Assessment Map: Feb 2026
 
In the Fun Half:
 
Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder join.
 
Senator Jon Ossoff presses the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on whether or not it was the assessment of the intelligence community that there was an imminent threat from Iran.
 
Jonathan Greenblatt continues to be one the leading causes of antisemitism in America.
 
The Wall Street Journal publishes an op-ed about Democrats getting too cozy to Hasan Piker in a piece that reads like a high school newspaper.
 
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Welcome to The Majority Report
 
On today's program:
 
The Illinois primaries deliver mixed results for progressives in a series of campaigns flooded with cash from AIPAC, crypto and AI.
 
Toni Del-Sorbo, Malik Bowers and Luca Negrino from the Gotham Williamsburg Dispensary join Sam to discuss the dispensary's unlawful terminations during their successful union organizing drive to join the Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW.
 
Maximillian Buchholz, assistant Professor in the Department of City & Regional Planning at UC-Berkeley on to discuss a new working paper published by the London School of Economics entitled "Inequality, Not Regulation, Drives America's Housing Affordability Crisis."
 
In the Fun Half:
 
A sexual assault survivor comes out in support of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner in light of Janet Mills unleashing an attack ad on Platner.
 
Alex Jones appears on Tim Pool's whilst very intoxicated.
 
NBC interviews some folks at a rural Pennsylvania gas station about their thoughts on the war in Iran including a triple Trump voter who feels like an idiot for supporting the president.
 
Senator Rand Paul clashes with Markwayne Mullin at the Senate DHS Secretary Confirmation Hearing.
 
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It's a proper News Day Tuesday today on the Majority Report
 
On today's program:
 
Today is primary day in Illinois and AIPAC is pouring millions in as the scramble to beat the anti-genocide candidates.
 
Trump claims no expert could have known that Iran would retaliate by targeting neighboring countries' infrastructure. But Nate Swanson, a 20-year State Department veteran focused on Iran, had already outlined this exact scenario. Swanson was later pushed out after Laura Loomer urged Trump to remove officials she viewed as disloyal.
 
Trump Claims to have predicted that Iran would weaponize the strait of Hormuz, just like he "predicted" that Osama Bin Laden would knock down the World Trade Center towers.
 
We take a look back at when Michael Moore was booed at the Oscars for speaking out again Bush and his illegal war in Iraq.
 
Trump says that it will be his honor to "take" Cuba saying whether he "frees it or just takes it...I can do whatever I want".
 
Trump is asked about Israel's planned ground invasion in Lebanon to which he responds with a rambling story about how he is confused about how people live in places that get bombed so much.
 
In the Fun Half:
 
Tim Pool attempts a hit piece on Mamdani but falls flat. He claims Mamdani is telling the working class they're no longer welcome in New York, a fundamental misreading of Zohran's platform, which has centered on affordability from the very beginning.
 
Trump unleashes a HIPPA violation on a Florida congressman by revealing gruesome details about his health issues during a press conference at the Kennedy Center.
 
RFK, Jr releases an AI generated video of him wrestling a twinkie. Very cool.
 
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Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland welcome David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect and co-host of the Organized Money podcast, to discuss his piece on Brian Schatz, Chuck Schumer's heir apparent in the Senate, who attacked a bipartisan housing bill solely to support private equity.
David's report: https://prospect.org/2026/03/13/brian-schatz-comfort-with-big-money/
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