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It's Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with David Dayen, executive editor at The American Prospect and co-host of the Organized Money podcast, to discuss the recent legal action taken by a group of unions and organizations against Elon Musk's efforts to gain access to sensitive information at the U.S. Treasury. Then, they speak with independent journalist Eoin Higgins, , to discuss his newly released book Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left.
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It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on Musk’s full takeover of the Treasury payment systems and closure of USAID, Trump’s targeting of the DOE amid, another judicial restraining order on Trump’s impoundment attempts, Democratic inaction over Trump’s funding freeze, Bessent’s CFPB freeze, Musk’s killing of the IRS’ E-Filing system, Trump’s cave to Mexico and Canada over tariffs, Trump’s invocation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, RFK’s lies, NALC’s labor battle, Costco Teamsters’ successful strike, and impending labor action with Kings Soopers supermarkets, before reflecting on Nathan Tankus’ prescient anxieties during yesterday’s interview amid the Trump Administration’s full takeover of the US Treasury’s payment systems and complete gutting of any security infrastructure. Next, Sam and Emma dive deep into the Trump team’s attempt to redefine the complete collapse of Trump’s tariff agenda as a negotiation win due to Canada and Mexico… reiterating their previous border commitments, also touching on what to make of this tariff project moving forward. They also explore Elon Musk’s aggressive shutdown of USAID without Congressional approval, dissecting Musk’s interest in an agency spending incredibly minimal sums of Taxpayer money and conservative media’s attempt to jump to DEI “fraud,” before looking to the Democrats’ best attempt to push back on this effort (Chris Murphy), and wrapping up the free half by addressing the dangerous absurdity of Elon’s recent tirade in favor of complete deregulation.
And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma explore the Trump Administration’s attempt to message their indiscriminate and violent deportation campaign to the public – while Steve Bannon makes fun of the “p*ssy humanists” that only want to deport criminals to the NYT. Hank in LA unpacks his experience as a part of the TYT union drive and the ongoing effort to properly represent the exploitation faced at the hands of the media org, Finoran Clown from LA reflects on US relations to Canada and Mexico, and Ally from VA expands the conversation on Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown. Ben from Chicago discusses the dangerous conditions faced by disabled wage workers, and Jesse in Manhattan explores his experience canvassing for NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani, plus, your calls and IMs!
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Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Nathan Tankus, proprietor of the Notes on the Crises newsletter, to discuss the reporting that Elon Musk and his associates have taken over crucial payment controls in the Treasury Department. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump’s shutdown of USAID, tariffs on México, Canada, and China, Trump’s funding freeze and firing of the head of the CFPB, Israel’s bombing of the West Bank, Louisiana’s arrest warrant against a New York doctor over reproductive care, major pro-immigration protests, and Ken Martin’s election to the chair of the DNC, before expanding on the enraging inaction of Democratic Party Leadership in the face of Trump’s destruction of the administrative state. Nathan Tankus then joins, diving right into the escalating Elon Musk-related crises that began at the core of the US government this past weekend, zeroing in on the biggest of the three, Elon’s aggressive takeover of the US Treasury, including a dissection of their data and payment systems. Expanding on this, Tankus tackles the incredibly complex and sensitive nature of the data and systems the Trump regime is after, with key, veteran Treasury officials resigning in the wake of Musk’s advances, unpacking the extensive risks of allowing Musk and Co. access to this information, from the obvious (giving the utmost sensitive data on US citizens to a private actor) and institutional (our entire country runs on the treasury making these payments) to how it could bolster the Trump’s administration’s disregard for agency cooperation. After briefly touching on the genuine illegality of many of these actions (and why that likely won’t matter), Nathan walks Sam and Emma through the role of mission-critical systems like the Treasury, and the intrinsic need to embrace the inefficiency of a system when constantly necessary to build up its robustness and reliability in case of crisis, before wrapping up by touching on Trump’s path to the Supreme Court over the Impoundment Control Act.
And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma watch cosplay icon Kristi Noam defend Trump’s warning of some “short-term pain” for the US public over his tariff agenda, unpack ICE’s ongoing campaign of tyranny, and listen to Canadian sports fans rain down jeers to the US National Anthem. Steve Bannon has some thoughts on the liberal world order and the value of Right-Wing Populism, Chappelle Roan highlights exploitation in the music industry, and the Daily Wire’s Andrew Klavan waxes poetic on the “laws of nature” that lead to women getting beaten by their husbands, plus, your calls and IMs!
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Happy Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Ryan Grim, reporter at and co-founder of Drop Site News, co-host of Counter Points, to round up the week in news. Sam and Emma run through updates on Elon Musk’s takeover of the US Treasury, Paramount’s multi-million dollar payoff to Trump, Trump’s attempt to blame a recent plane crash on desegregation, Trump’s impending tariffs, the confirmation hearings for RFK, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Russ Vought, and Doug Bergum, tax cuts for the wealthy, Trump’s gutting of the FBI’s Cyber investigation department, and the FCC’s targeting of PBS and NPR, before expanding on the Trump Administration’s failures in the lead-up to, and response to the recent aviation crash outside of Reagan Airport in DC. Ryan Grim then joins, briefly touching on some of the major reporting coming out of Drop Site News over the last few months – including a major report on Israel’s US of an AI-weapons system to target Hamas leadership when home with their family – before he, Sam, and Emma dive deep into the recent hostile takeover by Elon Musk at the US Treasury, with the Treasury’s place signing the checks that keep our government working central to Elon’s first-order goals of personal enrichment and gutting the government – with the former particularly influential for an individual who makes most of his money off of federal contracts. After expanding on the latter with the Trump Administration’s ongoing campaign to “traumatize” (per OMB head Russ Vought) federal workers, and the ultimate goal of the Administration to shift into an era of corporate governance, Ryan, Sam, and Emma look to the Trump Administration’s attacks on DEI and DEIA, with Ryan addressing some of his recent comments on the failure of DEI to actually address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion beyond shielding corporations from responsibility, before wrapping up the free half by touching on the threat of Trump’s impending tariffs.
And in the Fun Half: First, Sam and Emma unpack the Trump Administration’s predictably insane and destructive response to the recent plane crash out of DC and plead with Democratic leadership to follow Gov. Pritzker’s lead and act like an actual opposition party. They also dive deep into the embarrassing lack of knowledge about Medicare and Medicaid that RFK puts on display in his confirmation hearing for HHS director and the GOP’s continuing attacks on Social Security, before watching Stephen Crowder stumble through self-incrimination at his defamation deposition, plus, your calls and IMs!
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It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Erik Baker, professor of the history of science & labor at Harvard University, to discuss his recent book Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America. Then, she speaks with Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers (UFW), to discuss the Trump administrations's immigration executive orders and directives, and their impact on UFW workers. First, Emma runs through updates on a major plane crash out of DC in the wake of Trump’s FAA hiring freeze and gutting of the aviation safety committee, the passage of the Laken Riley Act, Trump’s new immigrant detention camp in Gitmo, Trump’s myriad anti-migrant EOs, the confirmation hearings of Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel, Meta’s $25m gift to Trump, Bob Menendez’s prison sentence, and Israel’s ongoing assault on Palestinians, before expanding on the context for the major crash outside of Reagan Airport in DC yesterday. Professor Erik Baker then joins, diving right into the history of America’s particular work ethic strain of entrepreneurialism, unpacking its rise in the early 20th Century’s major job shortage, with unemployment reaching nearly a quarter of the country by the peak of the Great Depression, shifting the dominant ethos from one of hard work to one of creating your own work, and birthing the entrepreneurial spirit that dominates the post-industrialized neoliberal gig-economy of today. Expanding on the evolution of American entrepreneurialism, Professor Baker explores how the rise of this ethos was met with industries eager to exploit it, from the rise of “self-help” and the gig economy to the rise of cryptocurrencies and sports gambling, all encouraging the exploration of alternative, often precarious lines of “work,” wrapping up the interview with a deep dive into how entrepreneurship sees this precarity, and the failures that often result from it, as a validation of the successes, allowing for the spirit to continuously reinvent itself through crisis, personal or economic. Teresa Romero then joins, as she and Emma dive right into the recent threats mailed to various United Farm Workers locations over Trump’s incoming wave of deportations, exploring how, over less than two weeks, immigrants – regardless of citizenship – have been overtaken by an environment of fear and insecurity over their (and their family’s and community’s) safety, with no institution – from school to church to work – safe from ICE’s indiscriminate raids. Expanding on this, Romero unpacks the central role undocumented people play in the US farming industry, and the overwhelming exploitation and abuse they face without institutional backing from unions (or, in theory, the government), with growers and employers – despite their obvious reliance on the labor of undocumented folks – eager to take advantage of the increasing insecurity as Trump’s reforms come into practice, before they wrap up the free half by unpacking the need to create a genuine path to citizenship for farm workers whose presence is so important to our country.
And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder as they unpack Pete Hegseth and Jesse Watters’ gleeful discussion of Trump’s new 30k capacity migrant detention camp at Guantanamo, and watch RFK’s myriad hypocrisies put on display at his confirmation hearing. Dmitri from Germany unpacks the dearth of non-Zionist perspectives on Gaza in Russian media, and Bob Menendez starts his Eric Adams-esque appeal to Trump, plus the MR Crew unpacks the ridiculousness of “MAHA,” and their experience with the inefficiency (and absurdity) of modern policing, plus, your calls and IMs!
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It's Hump Day! Sam speaks with Jackie Flynn Mogensen, reporter covering science and health at Mother Jones, to discuss her recent reporting on the Trump administration's actions towards the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Then, he speaks with Elie Mystal, justice correspondent at The Nation, to discuss his recent piece on the Trump administration's to dismantle DEIA efforts across the federal government. First, Sam runs through updates on the potential blockage of Trump’s federal funds freeze, Trump’s attempt to push out federal workers, Elon’s interns’ influence at the OPM, the gutting of the Equal Opportunity Commission, a trans care ban for anyone 19 and under, education funding, and Trump’s grotesque immigration regime, before expanding on the enthusiasm from conservative media over Trump taking a sledgehammer to the government’s ability to govern. Jackie Flynn Mogensen then joins, diving right into the devastating impact of Trump’s first wave of federal funding freezes on the US public health regime, unpacking the pause on the NIH’s $40B in funding to outside research – funding that spurs over a 2:1 return in economic activity – alongside the complete cut off of communications between health departments both internally and with the public. After expanding on the importance of broad-scale scientific research, Mogensen walks Sam through the drastic increase in insecurity and precarity among federal workers in these organizations, and why all of this dysfunction is ultimately the point of Trump’s attacks on US public health infrastructure. Elie Mystal and Sam then unpack the utter nihilism of the Trump Administration’s approach to the rule of law, particularly when bolstered by a Supreme Court intent on the destruction of the very same government. Next, Mystal walks through Trump’s ongoing attack on DEI and DEIA policies, exploring their role as the white response to needing to “prove” the enforcement of the Civil Rights and Americans with Disabilities Acts, and what a world where the federal government refuses to act as an equal opportunity employer, nor defend equal opportunity employment, would look like. After touching on the Supreme Court’s role in potentially bolstering Trump’s executive takeover of the federal government – and why even a rebuke of Trump could spell trouble for future Democratic presidents – Elie and Sam wrap up with Democratic Leadership’s failure to address any element of the material devastation Trump has already wrought on the country in less than two weeks.
And in the Fun Half: Sam expands on the devastating impact of the “chaos is the point” ethos of the Trump Administration and the absurdity of blaming those materially affected over their vote, also touching on the utter failure of Democratic leadership to address this destruction, and looking at how a genuinely engaged opposition leader would respond to Trump in the form of JB Pritzker. Next, the MR Crew unpacks Rep. Rich Cormick’s explanation on why taking away meals from kids is fine, actually, gets a window into the world of Harlan Crow from Redford in Dallas, and touches on the Trump Admin’s decision to reverse (and maybe reverse the reversal?) of the recent OMB memo. They also dive deep into the devastating impact of Trump’s first ten days on the agriculture industry, and watch RFK get grilled over his myriad dangerous hypocrisies, plus, your calls and IMs!
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It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on Trump’s illegal freezing of government funds, firing of an NLRB commissioner, mass ICE raids, Hegseth’s confirmation, Bird Flu, the gutting of consumer protections, Trump’s DOJ, labor action among Whole Foods and Delta, Trump’s ban order on trans people in the military, the return of Palestinians to North Gaza, and the implosion of AI-adjacent Tech Stocks amid the release of Chinese AI tech DeepSeek, also unpacking Lindsay Graham’s predictably slimy response to Trump’s improper firing of myriad Inspectors General. After diving a little deeper into the drama behind the emergence of DeepSeek, a drastically cheaper and more efficient LLM AI technology out of China, Sam and Emma shift to Trump’s sweeping order to completely freeze all Congressionally-ordered federal funding, parsing through the devastating and overarching impact this order will have on the American public and any federally-funded organizations and Trump’s active targeting of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 in an attempt to legitimize this maneuver, as they explore the rapid initiation of the Project 2025 assault on (and “traumatization of” to quote the OMB head) federal workers. They also expand on Trump’s recent firing of the third NLRB board member, effectively barring them from taking actions until a new one is confirmed, the emergence of various public health threats in the wake of Trump’s killing of any federal public health communications, and wrap up with a killer Kickstarter project without a world without billionaires.
And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma watch notorious immigration expert… uh… Dr. Phill engage in a ride-along raid with ICE, and dive deep into Trump’s overwhelming anti-immigration orders and the utter dearth of any productive opposition from Democrats with some help from Ronald Raygun. Kyle from Columbus unpacks the Big Tech freakout over China’s DeepSeek AI, Josh from Bushwick unpacks the absurdity of charging for public transit, and Jim from Portland highlights his ongoing Kickstarter campaign for an anti-billionaire graphic novel. The MR Team also unpacks developments around RFK Jr.’s impending confirmation hearing, plus, your calls and IMs!
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Happy Monday! Emma speaks with Ståle Holgersen, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Stockholm University, to discuss his recent book Against The Crisis: Economy and Ecology in a Burning World. Then, she's joined by Hanno Hauenstein, independent journalist based in Berlin, to discuss the upcoming German elections and Elon Musk's increasing influence on German politics. First, Emma runs through updates on the Senates’ confirmations of Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noam, Trump’s firing of watchdogs, escalating immigration raids and their impact on Indigenous communities, ICE quotas, Colombia’s rejection of a US deportation plane on humanitarian grounds (and Trump’s response), the return of Palestinians to northern Gaza amid Trump’s musings on fully ethnically cleansing the region, Trump’s anti-abortion measures, the plunge of the AI stock market, LA’s skyrocketing rent, and more, also unpacking Trump’s hopeful discussion of completing the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Ståle Holgersen then joins, briefly touching on the pervasion and perversion of the term “crisis” in contemporary political rhetoric before parsing through the elements that do bring these overwhelming emergencies to the level of “crisis” – namely, that it’s a transient event embedded in underlying sociopolitical structures, with ultimately negative consequences for humans and/or nature – and what makes distinguishing these “crisis” from broader catastrophes so valuable in understanding how they are created by and are used to reinforce the capitalist system we live under. Expanding on this, Holgersen explores how capitalism has been able to adapt to the myriad crises it has created over the last few centuries, often finding ways to push solutions that affirm our commitment to capitalist systems, and the utter dearth of a true left alternative in those moments, positing the need for current leftist movements to establish a blueprint (much like capital has) for responding to crisis and presenting clear solutions in opposition to the far-right and centrist options backed by capital. Hanno Hauenstein then joins as he unpacks the rapid evolution of AfD from a standard Euroskeptic party to a staunchly nationalist and nativist one, capitalizing on long-standing distrust of German political institutions and economic anxiety post-reunification. Hauenstein and Emma then explore the stunning lack of opposition amid the rise of a rampantly xenophobic and racist political party, with the political establishment in Germany largely accommodating their anti-migrant talking points, despite their constant flirting with Holocaust denial and full-on Nazism. Wrapping up, they unpack the particular role Elon Musk has played in backing AfD’s rise to prevalence in German politics, as well as the role of Germany’s unconditional support for Israel in further legitimizing AfD’s hopes of a far-right regime and undermining their strongest opposition.
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It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Krystal Ball, co-host of Krystal, Kyle, & Friends and Breaking Points, to round up the week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump’s assault on civil servants, his attempt to overturn birthright citizenship, the arrival of federal troops to the southern border, Trump’s dangerous empowerment of ICE, the likely confirmation of Pete Hegseth, more Trump pardons, Meta’s anti-abortion actions, Mike Johnson’s request of Casey Hutchinson, and Trump’s halting of police reform agreements, before expanding on the role of Trump’s “Schedule F” attack on civil servants, and watching Jeff Merkley come right at Russ Vought for his desire to trap sick people in poverty. Krystal Ball then joins, diving right into Trump’s clear and active effort to exercise his plan of maximalist lawlessness, with blanket pardons to violent January 6th rioters, blatantly unconstitutional acts like overturning birthright citizenship, and the launching of a shady cryptocurrency to hide backroom dealings. Expanding on this, Ball explores the particular role the Big Tech oligarchy plays in backing the Trump regime, with mass amounts of wealth stored in and funding the world of AI and cryptocurrency – two institutions whose primary uses are in bolstering and protecting exploitation – and why this political move by the industry is a necessity in an era where they are becoming more and more representative of the massive, unproductive hoards of wealth tied up among elite capitalists. After tackling the particular role the Democratic Party played in making this era of Big Money and Big Tech a bipartisan one, and how that, alongside the corporate capture of the media, has created an environment with utterly weakened opposition to fascism – with Dems having capitulated to the Trump worldview in the hopes of bringing about a kinder, gentler fascism – wrapping up with the need to stay clear about the anti-fascist and anti-oligarchy messaging, and the environmental, social, and economic impacts they create. Sam and Emma also touch on Trump’s recent actions to overturn the federal pledge to not discriminate in federal contracts, and the snitch-order sent out over federal DEI practices.
And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma unpack the immediate impact of Trump’s severe mass criminalization and threat of deportation of undocumented migrants, with farmers in the citrus and dairy industries seeing their workforce disappear overnight, before talking with Kieth from Chicago about Trump’s NIH shutdown and the collective nature of science, and exploring Trump’s crackdown on the administrative state with the perspective of USDA worker Leo from CA. Elon sycophants Ben Shapiro and PBD jump to his defense over the “did a literal Sieg Heil at the inauguration” allegations, and the MR Team reflects on videos from the Aldaghma family in the wake of a tentative ceasefire in Gaza, plus, your calls and IMs!
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It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Jason Koebler of 404 Media to discuss big tech's influence on the Trump administration and efforts to decentralize social media. Then, she speaks with Nayna Gupta, policy director at the American Immigration Council, to discuss the Trump administration's executive orders on immigration, as well as the shutting down of the CBP One app for prospective U.S. citizens. First, Emma runs through updates on Trump’s aggressive anti-immigrant push, Trump’s crippling of the administrative state, the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard, Senate GOP’s anti-abortion push, a major labor win for Vegas hotel workers, LA’s newest brush fire, and Israel’s intensifying slaughters in the West Bank, before doing a little reflecting on Russell Vought, Trump’s nominee for head of the Office of Management and Budget, and his attempt to shirk answering for his proclaimed desire to “traumatize” the federal bureaucrats working for him. Jason Koebler then joins, first tackling his assessment of the still-ambiguous TikTok ban, with this past week’s brief announcement of Trump’s app-saving measure yet to solidify, the future of the app balancing between the hope of a passive DOJ and the potential of a US-based billionaire buyer, also touching on the potential identity of said buyer (Oracle CEO Larry Ellison). After expanding on the other domestic billionaire beneficiaries of a TikTok ban (namely Meta), Koebler and Emma shift to the topic of AI – the overwhelming focus of the Tech industry at this point – and its major struggles to meet the consumer demands of utility and affordability, before looking to the value of a decentralized approach to the Tech industry and social media in providing users a cohesive and interoperable experience. Nayna Gupta then joins as she and Emma unpack the immediate impact of Trump’s devastating attacks on the US immigration system, including the despair among migrants already hindered by the Biden Administration’s legally- and morally-dubious attempts to undermine the asylum system as their final (legal) path into the country – via the CBP One app process – is shut down. Expanding on this, Gupta tackles the some 200k Trump has left stranded and desperate on our border, and the absurdity of claiming this does anything but further destabilize our country and the immigration system he supposedly wants to fix, a critique also applicable to the ongoing bipartisan passage of the Laken Riley Act, concluding the interview with the need for Democrats to present a genuine alternative to Trump’s border militancy – something Biden and Harris objectively failed to do – centered around effective, efficient, and humane solutions to this problem that provide an actual infrastructure for legal pathways to citizenship.
And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Matt Binder and Brandon Sutton as they talk with Ally from New Hampshire about the inhumanity that conservatives hate to hide, and watch Eric Adams try to save his image with help from… Tucker Carlson. They also watch Newsmax try to paint the Pope as Satan-pilled over his criticisms of Trump, and speak with Emma’s Honor Thesis from North Texas as they dive deep into the major role churches do and can play in community building and organizing in the American South. British Journalists and apparent Nazi sympathizer Angela Epstein defends Elon Musk’s excitability and cleverness that lead to his Sieg Heil at Trump’s inauguration, plus, your calls and IMs!
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It's Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Jacob Silverman, author of the upcoming book Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley and co-writer of the AM Quickie newsletter, to discuss his recent piece in the Baffler entitled "Mr. Grift Goes To Washington." Then, they speak with Usamah Andrabi, communications director & spokesperson for Justice Democrats, to discuss the group's outlook going into the 2nd Trump administration. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Police Unions’ reaction to Trump pardoning J6 rioters, Pete Hegseth’s extensive history of alleged abuse, Trump’s assaults on the administrative state, the US public health regime, and immigration, and a national Costco strike, before briefly parsing through Hamilton Nolan’s recent plea for America to move beyond the greater fool fallacy and Trump’s pissy response to being preached at by a Reverend. Jacob Silverman then joins, as he dives right into the absurdity of the growth of crypto “Meme Coins” – cryptocurrencies (generally started by celebrities) with little to no use (outside of pump and dumps) and tied to quite literally nothing but their own hype – looking more particularly into the recent launch of Trump’s own (second) cryptocurrency with the World Liberty Financial Token (WLF). Expanding on these WLF tokens, Silverman explores how this “tender” is, in fact, non transferrable, with all proceeds going directly to Trump and his billionaire big tech backers, and the possibility for this product to act as an infrastructure for backroom financial dealings during Trump’s presidency. Wrapping up, Jacob, Sam, and Emma explore the growing threat of greater US government involvement in crypto, with state and local governments pondering active investments in the scam-centric industry, and how a Trump presidency will likely expedite that. Usamah Andrabi then joins, first reflecting on the astounding failure of the national Democratic Party over the 2024 election cycle, and the pressing need to usher in a new era of the mainstream left in America, walking through how Justice Dems are working to work with and fund genuine progressive candidates to challenge the party’s moderate institutionalist status-quo, with focuses on both labor/economic issues and social progressivism. After briefly touching on the strategic guide for Justice Dems as they start working toward the midterms, Andrabi explores the importance of having a progressive counter (albeit a drastically lower-funded one) to primary heavyweights like AIPAC, particularly when it comes to pressuring Democrats actually to speak out on progressive issues.
And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma unpack the absurd gaslighting around Elon Musk’s obvious Nazi salute and the abject refusal of the media to outright label racist things racist. AOC reflects on the Democrats’ complete bungling of the TikTok ban and the MR Crew unpacks Trump's MAHA betrayal, Dave Rubin’s embarrassment on Piers Morgan, and Pete Hegseth’s ever-growing web of abuse. They also cover Elise Stefanik’s unapologetic support for Zionist fascism, and Russell Brand’s messianic praise for Donald Trump, plus, your IMs!Follow Jacob on Twitter here: https://x.com/silvermanjacob
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It's News Day Tuesday! Sam breaks down the biggest headlines out of the long weekend and discuss all the big moments from Trump's inauguration. First, he runs through updates on Trump’s expansive list of Day 1 executive orders hitting on seemingly everything from environmental and public health deregulation to major anti-immigrant and anti-trans federal actions, the passage of the Lincoln Riley Act, the confirmation of Marco Rubio, Biden’s final actions, and Israel’s continuing murder sprees in Gaza despite a supposed ceasefire, before parsing a little deeper through the exemplary performance of American fascism on display at the inauguration, and watching some distinct parallels between Elon Musk’s heil and those of the Nazi regime. After expanding on Trump’s inaugural speech and his economic and political agendas of personal and oligarchical enrichment, before walking a little deeper through some of the more harrowing executive orders issued by Trump during his first day in office, including removing the recognition of trans people from any federal program, drastically deregulating the fossil fuel industry, a full commitment to the death penalty, the establishment of the Department of Government Efficiency, and an attempt to engage in mass deportations, criminalize of the undocumented status, and end birthright citizenship.
And in the Fun Half: Sam unpacks Fox’s coverage of Trump’s January 6th pardons, parses through Trump’s real-estate-first perspective on Gaza, and tackles Tim Pool’s take on the TikTok turmoil. The DNC denounces fundraising from “bad” billionaires, Blake from Ohio explores the future of the fight for labor and democracy, and Rose from DC brings up the role of progressive media and organizing moving forward, plus, your calls and IMs!
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Happy Martin Luther King Day! MR's compilation of MLK-related audio returns!
Excerpts include:
-A previously unheard speech from MLK on reparations, white economic anxiety and guaranteed income
-Dr. King’s first TV “interview” from the show “The Open Mind – The New Negro” in 1957, hosted by Professor Richard D. Hefner.
-"Beyond Vietnam", the speech delivered on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City.
-MLK’s last speech, “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution“, delivered at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., on 31 March 1968.
-Walter Cronkite reporting King’s assassination in 1968.
-Nina Simone performing the song “Why?” live, 3 days following MLK’s assassination at the Westbury Music Fair on Long Island in April 1968.
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Happy Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the Supreme Court’s affirmation of the TikTok ban, Biden and Trump’s following denunciations of said ban, Israel’s ceasefire sabotage, Trump’s cabinet nominees, medicare drug price negotiations, and Mike Johnson’s enforcement of the Trump regime, before watching Bernie push Trump treasury pick Bessent on why he doesn’t think working people deserve fair wages. Digby then joins, as she, Sam, and Emma dive right into the devastating wildfires continuing to ravage LA, and the right’s immediate push to politicize the event for all of their culture war BS, targeting Newsome, Bass, and DEI, before shifting to the greater absurdity of blaming people for failing to deal with an issue (climate change) that you refuse even to acknowledge. Expanding on this latter element, Digby tackles how LA is already being set up for Big Tech disaster capitalists to swoop in, diving deep into the setup of Trump’s uber-oligarchy, what Big Tech wants from the relationship, and what makes them distinct from both contemporary and historical oligarch comparisons, wrapping up the show by waxing on the horrors of a Polymarket populist future.
And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma take some highlights from the hearings for Trump’s Administrative nominees, including Bessent’s abject fear of taxing the wealthy, Russell Vought’s attempt to shirk the “has repeatedly fantasized about terrorizing bureaucratic agents” accusations, and Hegseth’s utter embarrassment in the face of Elizabeth Warren. They also unpack right-wing reactionaries’ attempt to pin California’s forest fires on those damn meth-smoking homeless people in urban Los Angeles, plus, your calls and IMs!
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It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Annelle Sheline, research fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, to discuss the reporting around a recently brokered ceasefire deal in Israel & Gaza. Then, she speaks with Jael Holzman, senior reporter at HeatMap News, to discuss her recent piece entitled "The Growing Push to Ban Renewable Energy in Oklahoma." First, Emma runs through updates on Netanyahu’s torpedoing of the alleged ceasefire, including an escalation killing dozens more in Gaza, ProPublica’s report on Biden’s suppression of dissent over Gaza, Trump’s CEO cabal, the US’ TikTok Ban, Trump’s AG nom, the FTC’s report on UnitedHealthcare’s overcharging of cancer patients by nearly 1000%, and compensation for women’s college basketball players, before expanding briefly on the odd power plays between Trump and Biden over the developing TikTok Ban. Dr. Annelle Sheline then joins, diving right into this week’s development of a predictably brief ceasefire in Gaza, including Netanyahu’s immediate refusal to abide by its requirement and the following escalation resulting in some 70 dead, unpacking why Bibi has once again sabotaged a deal, why Trump still wants peace for his inauguration, and why Netanyahu’s sights for the second Trump Administration are set on the West Bank. Next, Dr. Sheline and Emma shift to unpacking the future of the normalization attempt between Israel and Saudi Arabia – a process that the Biden Administration happily picked up off of Trump 1.0 – and the genuine danger of Trump extending the guarantee of uncritical military support that we provide Israel to Saudi Arabia as well, before wrapping up with a conversation on the particular role the Biden Administration’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza had on undermining support for Kamala Harris’ candidacy. Jael Holzman then looks to Oklahoma as she walks Emma through the developing push to ban renewable energy projects locally, exploring how the expansion of the industry alongside a growing reactionary movement helped bolster this drive, despite its obvious potential negative impacts. Expanding on this, Holzman and Emma briefly explore the evolution of this “Green MAGA” movement as exemplified by RFK Jr., and the increasing problem of a green energy incentive structure based on tax credits, before wrapping up by tackling the extractive and material incentives for Trump’s fantasy land grab of Greenland.
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It's Hump Day! Sam speaks with Zohran Mamdani, State Assemblyman for New York's 36th District & candidate for Mayor, to discuss his candidacy. Then, he speaks with 2 members of the Oregon Nurses Association: Rebekah Van Dyke, union steward & strike captain, & Christie Sowards, member of the bargaining team involved in negotiations with Providence Health Systems in Oregon. Providence nurses at 8 Oregon hospitals are currently on strike. First, Sam runs through updates on Trump’s cabinet hearings, the imminent Gaza ceasefire deal, the CFPB’s case against Capital One, the SEC’s case against Elon Musk, the EPA Red Dye #3 ban, Trump’s plan to hide his tariff’s impact, the Lincoln Riley Act, the House’s passage of an anti-trans school sports bill, Justice Democrats’ primary plan, gas pricing, LA’s crisis, and Texas’ anti-porn law, before diving a little deeper into the defenses and attacks of Trump’s Defense Secretary nomination Pete Hegseth. Zohran Mamdani then joins, diving right into his history in progressive organizing spaces after joining the DSA in 2017, working on a city council campaign, as a housing counselor, and helping the NY Taxi Workers’ Alliance fight for reparations over the city’s Medallion bait-and-switch. Next, Mamdani walks through his campaign’s central policies, including launching a rent freeze on day 1 of his administration, pushing for a free bus program, and revolutionizing the city’s childcare policies, before he and Sam briefly shift to the overwhelming success of the city’s recently launched congestion pricing. Wrapping up, Zohran makes a final pitch to voters and unpacks what we can do to help his campaign. Rebekah Van Dyke and Christie Sowards then join as they walk Sam through the expansive network of nurses, doctors, and clinicians striking under the Oregon Nurses Association in the face of Providence Health & Services’ failure to manage a life-saving workforce, providing low wages and minimal benefits to a short-staffed workforce with the massive impact passed onto patients. After expanding on Providence’s role in fanning this flame by refusing to bargain, Van Dyke and Sowards unpack the unfortunate necessity of striking in the face of unfair labor practices, and what to look for as this action continues.
And in the Fun Half: Sam highlights Bill Burr’s #FreeLuigi shoutout on Kimmel, Bro Flamingo unpacks Local 226’s ongoing strike at the Virgin Hotel in Vegas. The MR Crew parses through the Biden Administration’s continuing grotesque support for Israel’s ethnic cleansing in Gaza even with an impending ceasefire, Jack from Georgia helps condense yesterday’s conversation on swing state voting, and a Minnesota transplant tackles the frustrating incompetence of his state’s Democrats. Joe Scarborough shows his overly-sensitive side, and Marc Andreessen and Bari Weiss wax on the trials and tribulations of being exceedingly wealthy, plus, your calls and IMs!
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It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) to discuss what to expect from the upcoming Trump administration's immigration agenda, and how the Republican-controlled Congress might govern. First, Sam and Emma check in on Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary, with Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine putting the screws to him on the allegations against Hegseth regarding numerous instances of infidelity and sexual misconduct (to say nothing of the financial mismanagement!) Then, they speak with Rep. Jayapal, first discussing her role on the Judiciary Committee as ranking member of the immigration subcommittee, her thoughts on the Laken Riley Act that is making its way through the Senate, and what to expect from the incoming Trump administration when it comes to mass deportation efforts. She then discusses what to expect from the Congressional Progressive Caucus now that she is no longer chair (she is chair emerita however!) under Rep. Greg Casar's stewardship, and where Democrats can go in terms of messaging to have more success then they did in November's elections.
And in the Fun Half, Sam, Emma, and the MR Crew discuss the late night unveiling of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump's supposed election interference in the 2020 election and on January 6th, 2021, the continued apathy coming from the likes of Speaker Johnson & Sen. Tommy Tuberville about conditioning wildfire aid to California, the prospects of a Trump-brokered ceasefire (and how upsetting that is to the Israeli right), and, finally, a Morning Joe guest shocking a panel by discussing the prospects of class war. Plus, your calls & IM's!
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Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Richard Seymour, writer & commentator based in London, to discuss his recent book Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the still-burning LA Fires, the GOP’s tie of California aid to Trump’s debt ceiling raise, the second Trump Administration, the Laken Riley Act, the TikTok ban, Jack Smith’s resignation, and Biden’s immigration move, before touching on the Democratic Party’s continuing inability to act like an opposition party with just seven days to Trump’s inauguration, and watching GOP Senator John Barrasso put the right’s inhumanity on full display over the ongoing devastation in California. Richard Seymore then joins, diving right into his idea of “Disaster Nationalism” as a type of proto-fascism that seeks to take the ever-increasing frequency of real-world disasters with often abstract causes (climate change, inequality, etc) and tie them to singular, concrete perpetrators, frequently represented by ethnic and political minorities, tackling examples out of Oregon in the wake of the 2020 wildfires and Gujarat following the 2002 train burning – with the latter providing a particularly gruesome lens into Disaster Nationalism’s emphasis on extreme ethnic violence as a key selling point, as it provides an outlet for pent-up anxiety rather than a solution to its real causes. After expanding on Disaster Nationalism’s complex relationship to democracy (as a tool) and dedication to capitalism, Seymore walks Sam and Emma through the centrally motivating role of economic anxiety in this equation, tackling its distinction to general economic deprivation in its emphasis on loss and social status, looking at how the hyper-individualism of neoliberalism exacerbates socio-economic inequality while blaming those on the losing end for their situation, cultivating a sadistic culture of pseudo-meritocracy that craves social distinction, something threatened by any attempt to deconstruct the dominant hierarchies. After touching on the particular display of Disaster Nationalism developing in Israel’s ongoing genocide of Gaza, Richard, Sam, and Emma then look at the role of the left in combatting these pressures, tackling the history of trade unions in leading the fight against fascism, and the importance of organizing when it comes to finding agency, empowerment, and community in the face of systems that want you to have anything but.
And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma watch Hasan Piker’s pressing interviews with LA’s incarcerated firefighters, Newsmax’s Rob Finnerty pins the fires on the donkey (Dems… and DEI), and Leninade unpacks the unfounded argument that any city could’ve contained the climate devastation facing LA right now. Ronald Raygun explores how the criminal justice and immigration systems work together (and against each other) to make this world worse for immigrants (particularly with the incoming Laken Riley Act), Alex from New York discusses climate change and California, and Joe Rogan continues his work as butler to the billionaires as he brings on Zuckerberg to platform his agenda (and his aggrievement), plus, your calls and IMs!
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Happy Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Osita Nwanevu, contributing editor at the New Republic, columnist at The Guardian, and author of the upcoming book The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump’s felon status, California’s wildfire crisis, the growing global climate crisis, Meta’s new speech regulations, Gaza’s still-growing death toll and the likely extent of its undercount, the House’s bill to sanction the ICC, the Senate’s bill to deport unconvicted migrants, the death of Anita Bryant, the death of the Chevron Doctrine, and TikTok’s case at the Supreme Court, before diving a little deeper into the unparalleled dangers of climate change as seen in the wildfires rampaging around LA. Osita Nwanevu then joins, jumping right into the late developments of Trump’s myriad legal woes over this last year, and the overwhelming feeling that our next president will be completely unaccountable while feeling completely untouchable, also touching on the genuine recognition of Trump as a problematic felon by the public, and why that simply didn’t matter when it came to their open-faced rejection of the Democratic Party’s institutionalist centrism. Expanding on this latter element, Nwanevu, Sam, and Emma walk through the Democrats’ inability to act as a capable opposition party, never presenting any semblance of an alternative when it comes to rhetoric and policy around the GOP’s key issues (immigration) or their own (healthcare), and often preferring to jump on board with the right in the hopes that it will legitimize their role in politics. Dissecting even deeper, Osita explores the dearth of any party identity around vague institutionalist careerism, failing to manifest any changes to their image in the decade since Trump’s threat arose, and often refusing to fund any wings of the party that challenge its floundering status quo, before shifting to the importance of the world of labor in pushing for that alternative image of progressivism, with unions – the core of labor – providing political education, communication, and socialization for their workers, with the institutional power to push political parties around. Wrapping up, Nwanevu explores the importance of revitalizing spaces for building and exerting worker power, be they unions or other forms of democratized workplace, and how we can help make that happen.
And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma watch Fox’s “The Five” channel what funerals are really about (shaming Hillary Clinton), touch on the death of Anita Bryant, and talk with Steve from KC about his experience working with One America News. Molly from Brooklyn extends an invite to WikiCon, Kelcie from Austin unpacks conservatism’s hypocrisies, and Mel Gibson – noted bigot, freak, and conspiracy theorist – tells Joe Rogan about his cure for cancer. Smokey the Bear from Texas tackles the vulture capitalism around the California Wildfires, and Bill Maher accidentally admits that Trans rights are Civil Rights, plus, your calls and IMs!
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It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Sandeep Vaheesan, legal director at the Open Markets Institute, to discuss his recent book Democracy In Power: A History of Electrification in the United States. Then, she speaks with Hayden Clarkin, also known as the Transit Guy on Twitter, to discuss the recent implementation of congestion pricing in New York City. First, Emma runs through updates on California’s devastating wildfires, the laying to rest of Jimmy Carter, the progression of the Lincoln Riley Act through the Senate, Trump’s plan to round up undocumented immigrants in DC post-inauguration, Alito’s behind-the-scenes dealings with Trump, Trump’s record-setting corporate fundraising, the GOP’s Hunter Biden informant, Biden’s diminishing mental health, major labor action among dock, Amazon, and Ski Patrol workers, and Obamacare’s record-setting enrollment, before unpacking some coverage of the Palisades Fire in California, and the parasitic role insurance agencies have taken on. Sandeep Vaheesan then joins, briefly unpacking his initial reactions to the environmental catastrophes unfolding in California right now and the incremental technocratic improvements to the US’ climate agenda under Biden, before diving into the surprising buoying of US energy infrastructure on – get this – publicly owned or cooperative utilities. Expanding on that latter point, Vaheesan parses through the history of the public sector’s role in US energy infrastructure, starting with the New Deal’s attempt to address the dearth of electrification in rural and farming communities, with FDR moving to recognize electricity as a necessity, rather than a luxury, and establishing the Rural Electrification Agency, which helped to expand access farmer access to electricity from 1 in 10 to 9 in 10, before diving deep into the extensive and overwhelming response from private industry, from the expansive propaganda effort – reviewing, rewriting, and replacing textbooks, purchasing newspaper space, and more – through their powerful push against regulatory institutions. Moving forward through the beginning of the neoliberal turn, Sandeep brings Emma through the process of the privatization of energy grids under this deregulation process, making room for the atrocious grid management we see from Texas nowadays, before wrapping up with the recent reemergence of initiatives for expanding publicly-owned utilities. Hayden Clarkin then joins, running through a brief history of the four-year “will they, won’t they” between NYC and congestion pricing despite the obvious benefits it would provide the city. Next, Clarkin walks through the major progress congestion pricing has already provided, with incredible improvements to traffic and emergency vehicle response time, with all of the funding benefits still unrealized. They also unpack the genuine divide between the productive possibilities of public works and the growing disillusionment and discontent with the US’ political institutions, wrapping up with the ongoing battle between Jersey and NYC over this move.
And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder as they dive deep into Trump’s increasing territorial threats to Panama and Greenland and work on balancing the genuine danger he poses with the absurdity of his claims (with help from Dave from Jamaica). Brittany from Colorado calls in about aid for Californians, and the MR Team unpacks Schumer’s atrocious leadership during the era of the corporatist Democratic Party. Brook from Sacramento unpacks the alarming trend of bad faith anti-academic internal rhetoric among the male-dominated Econ majors, plus, your calls and IMs!Follow Sandeep on Twitter here: https://x.com/sandeepvaheesan
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