Today’s Majority Report is live show from this Sunday’s Brooklyn PodFest at the Bell House. Watch as the crew breaks down the week’s news, Sam makes some big campaign announcements, and special guest H. Jon Benjamin shows off a new look which reminds us of a certain infamous Trump official.  Sam also previews his 30-minute call […]

January 16, 2019

On today’s show: Trump describes the meal he’s paying for and hosting at White House for Clemson: “Great American food!” AG nominee William Barr gives opening statement at confirmation hearing. Republicans finally censure Steve King for his overt racism. Chuck Grassley endorses King in 2018 race. Jonathan Chait accuses Warren of “selling out” to “powerful […]

January 15, 2019

Historian Jack Kelly, author of The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America, joins us. Trump says he has no problem releasing his conversation with Putin in long, defensive monologue to Jeanine Pirro. Labor historian Jack Kelly joins us to discuss his new book, The Edge of Anarchy: […]

January 14, 2019

Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon ) and Film Guy Matthew Weiss join us for Casual Friday. On today’s show: Heartland Institute researcher says Green New Deal is “nothing more than a socialist Trojan horse.” Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon ) of The North Star joins us to break down the least news from Washington: The government shutdown, progressive Dems vs. centrist […]

January 11, 2019

Joining correspondent Michael Brooks on today’s program is Steven A. Cook (@stevenacook), the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss the status of America’s Syria withdrawal and how Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and John Bolton’s cancelled meeting can help explain where the US Turkish relationship […]

January 10, 2019

Kris C. Miler, author of Poor Representation: Congress and the Politics of Poverty in the United States, joins us. On today’s show: Los Angeles teachers prepare to go on strike. AOC talks about the moral crisis at the border. Kris C. Miler, professor of political science at the University of Maryland, joins us to discuss her […]

January 9, 2019

Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) of Think Progress joins us to discuss his latest piece, Supreme Court Will Hear Two Challenges to Partisan Gerrymandering. On today’s show: Steve Rattner on Morning Joe says Dems can’t have an anti-capitalist like Warren in the general election. Photos of a line around the block to see Warren in Iowa. Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) […]

January 8, 2019

Good morning on today’s show, Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) and Julian E. Zelizer (@julianzelizer), co-authors of Fault Lines A History of the United States Since 1974. Professors Kruse and Zelizer from Princeton University’s History Department join the Majority Report to discuss their latest book, Fault Lines A History of the United States Since 1974. Kruse and Zelizer start our contemporary […]

January 7, 2019

On today’s show: Right-wing nut job tries to smear AOC with wholesome dancing video. Pelosi says the wall is a barrier between Trump’s base and reality. Pelosi says Democrats will deliver for the middle class. DC circuit court rules in favor of NLRB. John from San Antonio defends the accuracy of longterm polling. First Native […]

January 4, 2019

The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) joins us to discuss his new book, An Uncivil War: Taking Back Our Democracy in an Age of Trumpian Disinformation and Thunderdome Politics. On today’s show: Trump recounts meetings with generals “better looking than Tom Cruise” and “the biggest computer boards.” Trump defends Soviet invasion of Afghanistan for some reason. The Washington […]

January 3, 2019