It’s Casual Friday! Emma speaks with Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, to round up the week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on uber-controversial revelations around GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, Israel’s aggression to Lebanon, RFK’s newest all...

It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Rena Steinzor, research professor of law at the University of Maryland, to discuss her recent book American Apocalypse: The Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy. Then, she speaks with **Luke Goldstein](https://x.com/lukewgoldstein?lang=e...

It’s Hump Day! Sam speaks with David Sirota, founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever, and host of its new investigative podcast Master Plan. First, Sam runs through updates on Harris’ economic plan, election polling, Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, Gaza’s polio vaccination effort, Trump’s new...

It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam is back from vacation, and he and Emma break down the biggest headlines from over the long weekend. First, they run through updates on the final 9 weeks before the US presidential election, Russia’s bombardment on Ukraine, domestic dissent to Israel’s expanding offensiv...

It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Neil J. Young, co-host of the Past Present podcast, to discuss his recent book Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right. Then, she speaks with Hal Singer, economics professor at the University of Utah, to discuss some of Kamala Harris’ ...

Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with David Austin Walsh, postdoctoral associate at the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism and college fellow at the University of Virginia, to discuss his recent book Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right. First, Sam and Emma run...

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. But first, they run through updates on the presidential debate schedule, Ukraine’s surprise offensive, the Harris agenda, X’s lawsuit, labor action,...

It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on the GOP’s total meltdown over the “weird” accusations, Israel’s total meltdown over whether or not rape is okay, Venezuela’s elections, Kamala Harris’ polling, the Harris Veepstakes...

It’s Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Jennifer Berkshire, freelance journalist and co-host of the Have You Heard podcast, to discuss her recent book The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide And Defense Manual, co-authored with Jack Schneider.  First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the dissent ...

Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Dave Weigel, author of the “Americana” newsletter at Semafor, to discuss the groundbreaking news from yesterday that President Biden will be dropping out of the presidential race, and endorsing Vice President Harris. First Sam and Emma run through updates on ...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with **Jeet Heer,](https://x.com/HeerJeet) national affairs correspondent for [The Nation**, to round up yet another crazy week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the FLOP that was Night 3 of the RNC, Biden’s candidacy, the ICJ’s stunning ad...

It’s Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Sarah Jones, senior writer for New York Magazine’s Intelligencer, to discuss former President Trump selecting Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate. First, Sam runs through updates on Day 2 of the RNC, Biden’s candidacy, Biden’s recent policy developments, ...

Happy Monday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines from an eventful weekend. First, they run through updates on the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Trump’s stolen documents case, Israel’s continuing slaughter of Gaza in the face of supposed ceasefire negotiations, Trump’s polling,...

It’s Casual Friday! And Sam is opening up the phone lines! Call in at 646-257-3920 as Sam and the MR Crew discuss the stories of the day and react to clips! First, he runs through updates on the Supreme Court’s killing of Congress’ bump stock ban and undercutting of the NLRB, stalling ceasefire n...

It’s Hump Day! Sam speaks with Judd Legum, proprietor of the Popular Information newsletter on SubStack, to discuss his recent piece entitled “Feds raid corporate landlord, escalating nationwide criminal probe of rent increases.” Then, he speaks with Usamah Andrabi, communications director & ...

It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, Sam and Emma discuss the recent candidate forum between Rep. Jamaal Bowman & Westchester County Executive George Latimer, where Latimer made the claim that Rep. Bowman’s constituencies were in Dearborn, Mi...

It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! Today she speaks with Dr. Eviane Leidig, postdoctoral fellow at the Tilburg University, to discuss her recent book The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization. Then, she speaks with Kate Wagner, architecture critic at The Nati...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam speaks with Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. Then, he’s joined by Matthew Film Guy! First, Sam runs through updates on South Africa’s emergency ICJ injunction to stop Israel’s assaul...

Happy Monday! Sam is back from vacation! He and Emma speak with Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent at Mother Jones, to discuss his recent book Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, to round up the week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s retaliation against Iran, the US veto of UN Membership for Palestine, Trump’s legal woes, the State Department’s ...

Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with David Masciotra, author, lecturer and journalist based in Indiana, to discuss his recent book Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s continuing operations in the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, mount...

It’s another EmMajority Report Thursday! Emma speaks with Casey Michel, Director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation, to discuss his recent piece in the New Republic entitled “How Viktor Orbán Conquered the Heritage Foundation.” Then, she’s joined by Joel Thornton,...

It’s Casual Friday! And the MR Crew is doing an all CALLS & CLIPS SHOW! Then, they’re joined by Jason Myles, co-host of the This Is Revolution podcast! First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the US’ faux-ceasefire resolution, the UK’s threat of an arms embargo to Israel, UNRWA funding, hu...

It’s another EmMajority Report Thursday! Emma speaks with John Washington, staff writer at Arizona Luminaria and contributor for The Intercept, to discuss his recent book The Case For Open Borders. Then, she’s joined by Christoph N. Vogel, research director of the Insecure Livelihoods Project at ...

It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Luke Goldstein, writing fellow at The American Prospect, to discuss his reporting on the special election being held today in New York’s 3rd Congressional District. First, Sam and Emma run through updates into the Senate’s military aid deal, the Hous...

It’s Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with independent journalist Erin Reed, author of the Erin In The Morning newsletter on SubStack, to discuss the state of anti-trans legislation moving its way around the country in 2024. Then, they speak with Margie Mason & Robin McDowell, investigative repor...

It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Donald Trump’s widening lead heading into the New Hampshire primaries, the Supreme Court’s decision on the Supremacy clause and Texas’ border policy, Israel’s ongoing genoci...

It’s News Day Tuesday! The MR Crew is back from the long weekend! They speak with Dave Weigel, author of the “Americana” newsletter at Semafor, to break down the results from last night’s Iowa Republican Caucus.

It’s Casual Friday and the LAST LIVE MAJORITY REPORT OF 2023! Sam and Emma are joined by Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news and to preview what’s to come in 2024. First, Sam and Emma react to another call from...

Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Diane Winston, Professor of Journalism and Communication at the University of Southern California, to discuss her recent book Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan’s Evangelical Vision. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israe...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Alex Pareene, contributing editor at the New Republic, proprietor of the AP newsletter on SubStack, and co-host of the Politics of Everything podcast, to round up the week in news. Then, they’re joined by Francesca Fiorentini, host of the Bitchuation Ro...

It’s Hump Day! Sam speaks with Kate Aronoff, staff writer focusing on climate at the New Republic, to discuss the upcoming COP28 climate summit. First, Sam runs through updates on Israel and Hamas’ tenuous truce, Saudi Arabia-Iran relations, growing aid for Gaza, the potential for the US conditio...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam is joined by Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. First, Sam runs through updates on the passage of a continuing resolution, Israel’s blackout of Gaza, mass starvation amid Israel’s bloc...

It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the GOP’s impending government shutdown, the siege of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the State Department’s internal dissent, Bidenomics, a...

It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s continued ethnic cleansing of Gaza, protests at US ports to shut down military aid, election day in the US, Donald Trump’s fraud case, the upcoming GOP debate, SAG-...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam is BACK from jury duty! He speaks with Ryan Grim, DC Bureau Chief at The Intercept, to round up the week in news. First, Sam runs through updates on the US’ airstrike in Syria, Israel’s tank raids in Gaza, the climbing death toll in Gaza, UAW labor action, the shooter stil...

It’s another EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Katie J. Wells, postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, to discuss her recent book Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City. Then, she speaks with Alex Sammon, politics writer at Slate, about the new speakership of R...

It’s News Day Tuesday! Emma speaks with Jeff Schuhrke, assistant professor in labor studies at SUNY Empire State University, to discuss his recent piece at In These Times entitled ”“This Fight Is Global”: Workers Around the World Are Standing With Striking U.S. Autoworkers.” Then, she’s joined by...

It’s Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Greg Iwinski member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) negotiating committee, to discuss the agreement struck between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to end their strike. Then, they’re joined by Moe Tkacik, investigatio...

It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam & Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on Kevin McCarthy’s job, legal news around Trump, the CFPB, and Menendez, respectively, SAG-AFTRA negotiations, drug price negotiations, and the eviction crisis facing US children. N...

It’s Newsday Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on the US and Iran’s frozen assets-for-prisoners swap, Canada’s almost-accusation of India’s assassination of a Canadian on Canadian soil, the GOP’s DOA spending plan, Rudy Giuliani’s n...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam is joined by Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. Then, he is joined by MR alum extraordinaire Jamie Peck to discuss what exciting things she has coming up. And THEN, he’s joined by Matt...

It’s another EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Ben Terris, writer in the Washington Post’s Style section, to discuss his recent book The Big Break: The Gamblers, Party Animals, and True Believers Trying to Win in Washington While America Loses Its Mind. Then, she’s joined by Kaniela Ing...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam hosts 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 Donald Trump keeping his criminal charge numbers up, Mitch McConnell’s future in the Senate, ramping...

Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak to freelance journalist David Neiwert to discuss his recent book The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel disempowering their Supreme Court, offensives in Moscow and Odessa, the r...

It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak to KJ Boyle, research assistant at the Revolving Door Project, to discuss FTC Chair Lina Khan’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee last week. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Donald Trump’s various ongoing (and approaching) trials, ...

It’s a JAM PACKED Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene, Contributing Editor at the New Republic and host of the Politics of Everything podcast, to round up the week in news. Then, they’re joined by actor and SAG-AFTRA member Andrew Leeds to discuss the most recent vote by the union to au...

It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She talks to Bradford Vivian, Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State University, to discuss his recent book Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education. Then, she is joined by Marco Fonseca, instructor ...

It’s Hump Day! Sam speaks with Lauren Kirchner, investigative reporter at Consumer Reports, to discuss her recent reporting on the chemicals known as PFAS. Then, Sam’s joined by Alex Sammon, politics writer at Slate, to discuss his recent piece entitled ”Want to Stare Into the Republican Soul in ...

It’s Hump Day! Sam hosts independent journalist Erin Reed to discuss the recent spate of anti-trans bills working their way through state legislatures across the country. Then they’re joined by Joshua Landis, head of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, to discuss Syr...

It’s Hump Day! Sam and Emma host economist Nathan Tankus, proprietor of the Notes on the Crises newsletter, to discuss the debt ceiling negotiations. Then, they’re joined by Jessica Valenti, author of the Abortion, Every Day newsletter on SubStack, to discuss the recent anti-aborton laws being pa...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Ryan Grim, DC Bureau Chief at The Intercept, to round up the week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the Democratic Leadership’s abuse of Dianne Feinstein, the Supreme Court, Disney pulling their jobs from Florida, and Machaela Cavanaugh and ...

It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam breaks down the biggest headlines of the day. First, he runs through updates on the debt ceiling talks and whether Biden will cave, reports on the moral and political corruption of Rudy Giuliani, the release of the Durham report, the US Virgin Island’s case against Elon...

It’s Hump Day! Sam and Emma host Amy Wilentz, Professor of Literary Journalism at the University of California Irvine and contributing editor at The Nation, to discuss her recent piece in The Nation entitled ”Haiti, April 2023: Soon There Will Be No One Left to Kidnap.” Then, they’re joined by Dj...

Emma hosts Kate Aronoff, climate reporter for The New Republic, to discuss her recent pieces regarding environmental social and corporate governing, or ESG. Then, she’s joined by Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President at the Quincy Institute, to discuss his recent piece in Foreign Affairs entitled...

Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. Then, Sam and Emma are joined by Matthew Film Guy! First, Emma and Sam run through updates on Manhattan’s prosecution of Donald Trump, Biden’s new tax plans, the RNC teaming...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Ryan Grim, DC Bureau Chief at The Intercept, to round up the week in news. Then, they’re joined by Chapo Trap House’s Matt Christman, to discuss his new podcast project Hell On Earth. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Senator John Fetterman’s mental ...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Ryan Grim, DC Bureau Chief at The Intercept, to round up the week in news. First, Emma runs through updates on Merrick Garland’s investigation into the President having access to classified documents, the House increasing member compensation, the LAPD’s killi...

Sam breaks down the biggest headlines of the day. First, Sam runs through updates on the passing of the new rules package, the reveal that current president Biden has classified documents, Lina Khan and the FTC investigation into price discrimination, and environmental updates on California and o...

Sam hosts author Cory Doctorow to discuss his recent book Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We’ll Win Them Back, co-written with Rebecca Giblin. First, Sam runs through updates on Kevin McCarthy finally overcoming his Freedom Caucus brethr...

It’s the first Casual Friday of 2023! Sam hosts Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. Then, Sam is joined by Andy Kindler, host of the Thought Spiral podcast! First, Sam runs through updates on the US’ 50-year u...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Sam and the MR Crew are back to break down the biggest headlines coming out of the holidays, as well as what’s to come in 2023. Sam begins by running through updates on Russia’s expanding drone war in Ukraine, the final releases of the 1/6 Committee, Donald Trump’s tax re...

Emma speaks with Andy Campbell, senior editor and reporter at the Huffington Post, to discuss his recent book We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism. First, Emma runs through updates on inflation, Boebert’s recount victory, another IDF murder of...

Emma hosts Timothy Shenk, Co-Editor of Dissent and Assistant Professor of Modern U.S. History at George Washington University, to discuss his recent book Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy. First, Emma runs through updates on Sinema jump...

Sam and Emma host Astra Taylor, co-founder of the Debt Collective and author of the recent book Remake the World: Essays, Reflections, Rebellions, to discuss the recent updates on President Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan. Then they are joined by Sarah Moran, the U.S. Country Director for G...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. Then, they are joined by the legendary RM Brown! First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the quite-loud quitting occurring at Twitte...

Emma hosts Leslie Kern, professor of geography, environment, women’s and gender studies at Mount Allison University, to discuss her recent book Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies. Then, she is joined by writer Jacob Silverman to discuss the recent developments surrounding the crypto exch...

Sam hosts Ari Berman, writer at Mother Jones, to discuss his the midterm elections and his recent piece ”How Wisconsin Became the GOP’s Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy”. Then, Sam is joined by Aaron Kleinman, director of research for the States Project at Future Now, to discuss how Democrats...

Sam hosts Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer at Slate, to discuss the recent opening arguments that have come in front of the Supreme Court. First, Sam runs through updates on the Democratic victory in Arizona bringing Kari Lake down, the GOP creeping even closer to a House majority, Biden’s attemp...

Sam and Emma host Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe, investigative reporters with the New York Times, to discuss their recent book When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the Democrats retaining t...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene, Contributing Editor at the New Republic and proprietor of the AP newsletter on Substack, to sum up what’s happened since Tuesday night’s midterm elections. First, Emma and Sam run through updates on Elon’s Twitter, inflation beginning to ease, A...

Sam and Emma host Nicole Hemmer, professor of History at Vanderbilt University, to discuss her recent book Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990’s. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Twitter’s Terms of Service strict Elon Musk-enforced parody...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Dave Weigel, author of the “Americana” newsletter at Semafor, to discuss the state of play less than 2 weeks out from the midterm elections. Then, they’re joined by Matthew Film Guy! Emma and Sam first run through updates on the midterms, including Schumer’s ...

Sam and Emma break down the day’s biggest headlines. Then they are joined by adult film actors Xander Corvus, Summer Hart, and Queen Ava to discuss their work with Sex Workers Mutual Aid Las Vegas (SWAID), a worker collective for sex workers. Emma and Sam first run through updates on the Congress...

Emma hosts State Senator Chloe Maxmin of Maine’s 13th District and political activist Canyon Woodward to discuss their recent book Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends On It. Then, Emma is joined by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history and Italian studies at...

Emma hosts Destin Jenkins, assistant professor of history at Stanford University, to discuss his recent book The Bonds of Inequality: Debt and the Making of the American City. Emma starts off by re-capping the troubling election results out of Italy showing that Giorgia Meloni and Italy’s far-rig...

Sam and Emma host Rachel Cohen, senior policy reporter at Vox, to discuss her recent piece ”How state governments are reimagining American public housing”. Then, they are joined by Jessica Preheim, Vice President of Strategic Planning and Public Affairs at the Houston Coalition for the Homeless t...

Sam and Emma host Dr. Leah Stokes, professor of climate and energy policy at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to discuss the climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act. Emma and Sam walk through updates on the House’s schedule and Alex Jones’ texts arriving in the hands of the ...

Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day as primaries begin – including a Roe referendum in Kansas – and Pelosi arrives in Taiwan. Sam and Emma first dive into DeSantis’ decision to disobey federal protections for LGBTQ students, increasing monkeypox numbers, and the assassination...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene, Contributing Editor at the New Republic and proprietor of the AP newsletter on Substack, to round up the week in news. Then they are joined by Lucas Kunce, candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, to give us an update from the campaign trail. Afte...

Sam and Emma host Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer at Slate, to discuss the recent bombshell SCOTUS opinions, and what other decisions remain to be issued. Then, they are joined by Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project and author of the BIG newsletter on Su...

Sam hosts William Forbath, Associate Dean for Research at the University of Texas at Austin Law School, and Joseph Fishkin,  Professor at the UCLA School of Law, to discuss their recent book The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution: Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of Democracy. Sam first runs thro...

Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the week! They begin with the response from Democratic leadership to this mass stripping of rights, as they immediately step in… to expand police details for Supreme Court justices, before diving into non-Roe news from Biden once again putting dome...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. Then, Sam and Emma are joined by Russ Feingold, President of the American Constitution Society and former United States Senator from Wi...

Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the last week, in Sam’s first news day back in studio! They begin by unpacking the fact that over half of Americans, per CDC estimates, have contracted COVID at least once now, discussing the intra-studio experiences with the virus and how vastly i...

Sam hosts David Dayen, executive editor at the American Prospect, to touch on the big weekend in news, as well as all of the fantastic journalism going on at the Prospect. He and Sam kick it off with his recent piece “The Accidental Revolution,” first covering the absolute state of despair within...

Emma hosts Paul Elliott Johnson, Assistant Professor of Communications at the University of Pittsburgh, to discuss his recent book I The People: The Rhetoric of Conservative Populism, on the transformation of the conservative populist movements over the last century, and how they worked to define...

Emma hosts Ted H. Miller, associate teaching professor at Northeastern University, to discuss his recent book A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the Revolution of American Conservatism, on the anti-communist paranoia that helped found the educational and political be...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene, contributing editor at The New Republic and author of the AP newsletter on Substack, to wrap up the week in news. Alex, Emma, and Sam dive right into the wake of this week’s elections, looking first at the particularities of the Virginia governo...

Sam and Emma break down a big week in news as election results come in from Tuesday’s big races in New Jersey and Virginia, and across the nation. They begin with the Democratic disappointment in VA, and how party leadership is working to shift this loss onto the progressives, despite McAuliffe’s...

It’s Casual Friday! Sam hosts Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon and proprietor of the Hullaballoo blog, to wrap up the week in news. Sam and Digby jump right into the completely meaningless victory of the debt ceiling raise that Schumer and Dem leaders are pushing in the hopes to...

Sam and Emma host Aaron Kleinman, director of research for the States Project at Future Now, to discuss the upcoming elections in Virginia and how they serve as a testing ground for how the Democrats can get out the vote in the upcoming midterms. First, Aaron, Emma, and Sam dive into the recent r...

Sam’s back this week as him and Emma host infectious disease specialist  Dr. MarkAlain Dery, infectious disease physician and epidemiologist at Access Health Louisiana and host of the daily NoiseFilter Podcast, to discuss the fallout from Hurricane Ida making landfall in Louisiana, the evacuation...

Emma hosts Jon N. Hale, Associate Professor of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois, to discuss his recent book The Choice We Face: How Segregation, Race, and Power Have Shaped America’s Most Controversial Education Reform Movement, on the misrepresentation...

Sam and Emma host Heather “Digby” Parton, proprietor of the wönderblog Hullabaloo and Salon.com contributor, to discuss the week’s top stories, including Biden’s bipartisan fetish President Manchin and the filibuster, and more. They explore the Democrats’ plan to make June the month of failure, u...

Sam and Emma discuss the top stories of the week including ongoing infrastructure negotiations, some wins for climate activists, and democrats lining up a legislative agenda post-filibuster.  Sam and Emma breakdown the recent memo from Judge Amy Berman Jackson and Bill Barr’s role in not charging...

Sam and Emma host James R. Skillen, professor at Calvin University joins to discuss his new book This Land is My Land: Rebellion in the West on the history of how conservatives have used public lands as a pitch to stoke resentment of federal law and play out their libertarian fantasies.

Sam and Emma host Heather Parton, columnist at Salon.com and proprietor of “Digby’s Hullabaloo,” and talk with attorney Steven Donziger about the criminal conspiracy that Chevron has been enacting against him. Heather, Sam, and Emma delve deep into the chokehold Donald Trump has over Republican f...

Sam and Emma host Ian Millhiser, Vox senior correspondent, to discuss his new book, “The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court Is Reshaping America,” and how conservative control of the courts could impact democratic government for years to come. They chat about coming out of a decade defined by...

Sam and Emma host Kyle Riismandle, senior lecturer at NJIT and author of Neighborhood of Fear: The Suburban Crisis in American Culture, 1975–2001 to discuss how the American suburbs became a place where its inhabitants feared everything that came to it. Riismandle explains how Americans imagined,...

Sam and Emma host ACLU Deputy Director for Transgender Justice Chase Strangio to discuss the anti-trans legislation make its way across GOP-controlled statehouses across America. We’re live at noon ET.

Sam and Emma host Benjamin Dixon to discuss the week’s top stories including HR 1 and what GOP-held state legislatures efforts to repeal voting rights, reforming the Senate filibuster rule, and managing expectations for an incomplete Biden term. Then Paul Blest of Discourse Blog joins to discuss ...

Political Scientist Robert A. Pape tallks with sam about his piece in the Atlantic, “The Capitol Rioters Aren’t Like Other Extremists.”

Sam and Emma host Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon.com and Hullabaloo to discuss the stories of the week, including the Senate budget passed earlier this morning and the future of the GOP. And David Feldman joins us in the Fun Half and puts all his cards on the table.

Sam and Emma discuss the stories of the week, including the Democrats’ plan to pass Covid relief, the problem with the Senate PayGo laws, and the takeaways from AOC sharing her story from the January 6 Capitol riots.

Sam hosts Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu), staff writer at the New Republic, to discuss the new Biden-led government, the failures of bipartisanship, and why Democrats need to bury the GOP in order to start building a democracy.

Sam hosts author Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) to discuss the historic implications of yesterday’s riot at the Capitol and then Lizet Ocampo (@mlizetocampo), Political Director at People for the American Way discusses her work in Georgia, securing Democrats control of the Senate.

Happy New Year Majority Report listeners! The MR Crew is back for another year of political analysis and interviews you can’t get anywhere else! We’re back with the top stories as we race into 2021.

Sam hosts Heather “Digby” Parton (@digby56) of Salon.com and Hullabaloo to discuss the latest news on stimulus check negotiations and the year that was, as the MR team brings you its last live episode of 2020.

Sam hosts Jeff Stein of the Washington Post and Elizabeth Pancotti of Employ America to discuss the toplines of the coronavirus relief bill passed yesterday in the House and Senate. Stein and Pancotti get into the nitty-gritty details of the bill and how it came to pass in the House and Senate.

Sam hosts Alex Pareene, staff writer at the New Republic and host of The Politics of Everything podcast, to discuss the ideological impediments of the Democratic Party in 2020. Andy Kindler joins in the Fun Half to discuss the retirement of Dennis Miller and his podcast–bapbabap.

Sam and Emma take a closer look at the Biden cabinet picks and what lies ahead for the now-sanctioned Biden transition. Sam and Emma explain why it’s important to not travel this Thanksgiving and why our hospitals are on the brink. The duo also takes a deep dive into how Laura Ingraham and Tucker...

Sam hosts Ben Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon), host of the Benjamin Dixon Show, to break down the Trump legal team’s efforts to thwart democracy in America. And then David Roth (@david_j_roth), co-owner of Defector and host of its The Distraction podcast, joins Sam to discuss the culture Trump has built ...

Sam and Emma break down the stories of the week, including Trump’s efforts to install conservative ideologues in career government positions. Sam and Emma discuss the potential of meaningful economic stimulus from the Biden administration in the form of student loan forgiveness, the ramifications...

Sam and the MR crew break down the 2020 election results: Biden’s narrow win, the Dems’ poor showing in Congress, and what AOC and the squad can teach the party about strategy.

Sam breaks down election week with Ben Dixon of the Benjamin Dixon Show and looks forward to what’s next for Trump, Biden, and the Democrats. Sam and Ben discuss the new vote count in Georgia as Biden surpassed Trump overnight and each Senate race in the peach state moved to a runoff. Ben and Sam...

Sam hosts Jeff Hauser (@jeffhauser) of the Revolving Door project (@revolvingdoorDC) to discuss how Democratic leadership dropped the ball in the down-ballot races and what Biden can do to improve the lives of Americans.

Sam and the crew break down last night’s returns and the battleground states still tabulating.

Sam hosts organizer Joshua Kahn Russell (@joshkahnrussell) to explain how people can get involved after the election in the event Trump tries to wrap up results before all votes are counted. Then Sam explores the possible Election Day outcomes, including which states may experience a red mirage o...

Rick Hasen (@RickHasen), Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine, joins Sam to discuss the vote count and the Supreme Court’s recent rulings concerning ballots, mailing, and signatures.

Sam hosts Ari Berman of Mother Jones to discuss yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on absentee ballots in Wisconsin. Ari and Sam take a look at how yesterday’s 5-3 Supreme Court ruling in Democratic National Committee v. Wisconsin State Legislature will impact voting leading up to next Tuesday and ...

Sam takes a look at the week ahead including rising coronavirus cases, the last two weeks of the presidential campaign, and democracy restored in Bolivia.

Dave Weigel (@daveweigel), of The Washington Post, joins Sam to discuss the latest developments in the presidential election, the downballot races, and the ongoing Covid relief negotiations.

Sam hosts Digby (@digby56) of Salon.com and comedian Andy Kindler (@AndyKindler) to recap Trump’s return to the coronavirus White House, the foiled kidnapping plot in Michigan, and the rest of the week’s biggest stories.

Sam hosts Alex Pareene (@pareene) of the New Republic and comedian David Feldman (@David_Feldman_) to discuss the biggest stories of the week including Mitch McConnell’s relentless pursuit of the American judiciary.

Sam and the crew discuss the most important stories of the week including a deep-dive into Trump’s potential judicial nominees to fill Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s seat.

Sam and the MR crew break down the news.

Sam hosts Shahid Buttar (@ShahidForChange), candidate for CA-12 challenging Nancy Pelosi, to discuss his campaign, Pelosi’s leadership failures, California’s wildfires, and the week’s most important headlines.

Sam and the MR Crew break down the week’s biggest headlines including November’s general election, the next stage of COVID, and Trump’s personal DOJ.

Sam hosts Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) of the Benjamin Dixon Show to discuss the week’s biggest stories including continued racial justice unrest across America, Biden enters campaign mode, and Trump’s efforts to stoke racial tensions. Then Matthew Film Guy (@langdonboom) joins the program to...

Sam hosts former Republican strategist and consultant Stuart Stevens (@stuartpstevens) to discuss his new book It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump on how the GOP was always destined to become the party of Trump.

Sam hosts author and historian Rick Perlstein to discuss his latest book, Reaganland: America’s Right Turn 1976-1980, the dramatic conclusion of how conservatism took control of American political power. Sam and Rick begin their conversation discussing the role of Pat Caddell and how the Democrat...

Sam and the crew break down this week’s biggest stories including DeJoy’s ride at the Postal Service and the Senate’s findings on Russia’s 2016 election interference. Ben Wikler (@benwikler), Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair, joins the program to discuss the Democrats’ unconventional convention.

Sam and crew break down the biggest stories of the week, including GOP COVID relief failures,  Joe Biden’s veepstakes, and what to expect at the upcoming conventions. Sam and crew look into the GOP’s strategy to blame Pelosi and the Democrats for the failure to pass relief measures for working Am...

Sam hosts Digby (@digby56) of Hullabaloo and Salon and David Feldman of The David Feldman Show to discuss this week’s biggest stories, including Trump’s latest attempts to undermine the fall elections.

Sam hosts Princeton historian Julian Zelizer to discuss his new book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party. 

Sam hosts Adam Goodman, assistant professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, to discuss his new book, The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants. 

Michael Brooks hosts Djene Bajalan (@djenebajalan), Assistant Professor of Middle East History at Missouri State University, to discuss the new revelations from John Bolton’s book and the similarities between Turkey’s AKP government and America’s GOP in terms of repressing dissent.

Sam hosts New York Magazine writer and author David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) to discuss the state of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US and how it will impact our climate change debate.

Sam hosts Benjamin Dixon of the Benjamin Dixon Show to break down the week’s top stories and what’s next for Americans as states prepare plans to reopen society.

Sam, broadcasting from his remote studio, is joined by Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC), Justice Correspondent at the Nation, to discuss his March cover story, “If We Don’t Reform the Supreme Court, Nothing Else Will Matter.”

Sam explains how his philosophy on primary challenges has developed.

News with MR crew and Dr. Rob Davidson (@DrRobDavidson) joins us to discuss Medicare.

Happy Wednesday! Sam  breaks down the latest headlines including the rash of anti-Bernie op-eds and ads landing just days before the Iowa Caucus. The arguments put forth by Jonathan Chait and David Frum fail to recognize the reality of the 2020 election and that its focus will center Donald Trump...

Happy Friday! On today’s show, Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon), host of the Benjamin Dixon Show. Sam and Ben begin their conversation considering the conclusion of the “Clinton Investigation,” which will end in the coming weeks “with no criminal charges or other known impacts,” according to the ...

Happy New Year! The MR crew is back to catch you up on the headlines of the past ten days. Sam opens 2020 with a look ahead of what to expect from the Majority Report before the November’s general elections, including live coverage of debates, the Iowa caucus, and Super Tuesday. In Washington, wh...

The MR crew brings you the latest news on impeachment and more.

On today’s show, the MR team reviews impeachment and news.

Happy Tuesday, Sam hosts journalist and academic Anne Nelson to discuss her new book, *Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right.* Sam and Nelson begin their interview with a play-by-play of how fundamentalist Evangelical Christians rallied behind Ronald Reagan during ...

Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon), host of the Benjamin Dixon Show, and comedian and filmmaker Tim Heidecker (@timheidecker) join us for Casual Friday.

On today’s show: Bernie campaign announces his stent procedure. Sunday: Pompeo says he didn’t hear Trump’s call with Ukraine president Zelensky. Tuesday: Pompeo admits he was on the call with Zelensky. Gorka is in Rome with Pompeo, reveals the Obamagate house of cards is collapsing. Kevin McCarth...

The Majority Report crew brings you the day’s top stories with special guest Nomiki Konst (@NomikiKonst).

Author Dale Beran (@DaleBeran) joins Sam to discuss his new book, “It Came From Something Awful: How A Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump Into Office.”

Good morning,  Branko Marcetic from the Jacobin joins Michael Brooks to discuss his recent story, “Why the Right Hates Ilhan Omar.” Conservatives hate her because of her race and religion, but they also fear the organizing and fighting she has done for working people of all races and beliefs.

On today’s show: Ron Johnson says “love it or leave it” wasn’t racist in the 60s. White House’s Mercedes Schlapp: Trump is not a racist, he “stands with the people who support him.” Stephen Bannon: core of Trump’s platform is “deconstruction of the administrative state.” Sam breaks down how Trump...

Trump disavows his own supporters?

On today’s show, Elie Mystal, Executive Editor at Above the Law, joins us to discuss his cover story in the Nation, “Donald Trump and the Plot to Take Over the Courts.”

On today’s show the MR team brings you the news. Sam breaks down the Trump administration’s next step in eroding federal research agencies: forcing USDA scientists to relocate to Kansas City. USDA staffers had until midnight on Monday to decide whether or not they would relocate with the departme...

On today’s show, the MR team discusses Trump’s lonely cabinet, the State Department’s threatening posture towards Iran, the state of Medicare for All’s popularity, and how the Democratic Party is losing its grip on House legislation.

Anna Merlan (@annamerlan), reporter at G/O Media (formerly Gizmodo Media Group), joins us to discuss her book, Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power.

Alex Hertel-Fernandez (@awh), Assistant Professor of Public Affairs at Columbia University and author of ‘State Capture: How Conservative Activists, Big Businesses, and Wealthy Donors Reshaped the American States – and the Nation,’ joins us.

Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) and David Feldman (@David_Feldman_) join us for Casual Friday.

On today’s show: Bernie goes to Walmart shareholder meeting. Walmart CEO calls for Congress to raise the minimum wage.

Heather “Digby” Parton (@digby56) from Hullabaloo and Salon.com and comedian Judy Gold (@JewdyGold) join Sam to discuss the week in news.

Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) and H. Jon Benjamin (@HJBenjamin) join us for Casual Friday.

Good morning, today the MR crew breaks down the live news from Barr’s Mueller Report press conference and the fight for the Democratic nomination’s latest war of words between Bernie Sanders and the Center for American Progress. While the Mueller Report has ostensibly been released by the Departm...

Alex Pareene (@pareene) joins us in studio(!) and David Feldman (@David_Feldman_) joins us by phone.

Stephanie L. Mudge (@stephaniemudge), author of Leftism Reinvented: Western Parties from Socialism to Neoliberalism, joins us.

Majority Report’s live broadcast from the 2019 state of the union address, archived here for your listening pleasure!

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....

Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon ) and Film Guy Matthew Weiss join us for Casual Friday.

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 ...

New York Magazine’s Eric Levitiz (@EricLevitz) joins us to discuss his latest piece, ‘The GOP Is Making Its Contempt for Democracy Clear. Will the Mainstream Media?’

Good morning everyone, on today’s show Mother Jones writer Ari Berman (@AriBerman) joins us.

Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon, co-founder of The North Star, and Film Guy Matthew Weiss (@langdonboom), join us.

Michael D’Antonio joins the program to discuss his latest book, The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence.  Mike Pence has had his sights sent on the presidency since beginning his career in politics. D’Antonio  believes Mike Pence is the most powerful “Christian supremacist” in American h...

John Sides (@johnmsides), professor of political science at George Washington University and co-author of Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America, joins us.

Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) and Judy Gold (@JewdyGold) join us for Casual Friday.

The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel (@daveweigel ) joins us to discuss the midterm election results.

Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee) of Data For Progress joins us to discuss his predictions for the midterms.

Today, on Casual Friday, Digby joins the Majority Report to discuss the latest Trump tactics as we slam into Tuesday’s midterms, and then Andy Kindler makes his Majority Report return to breakdown Dennis Miller’s current relationship with the conservative movement. We’re live at 12:00 pm ET.

Vox environmental reporter David Roberts explains the term tribal epistemology and how it explains contemporary politics. The climate crisis and the closing of the conservative mind to objective reality. The origins of the Right’s attack on science. Why conservatives don’t believe in neutrality. ...

On today’s show Vox’s Amanda Taub (@amandataub) join us to discuss her new article The Rise of American Authoritarianism.

The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel explains the fallout of the Republican’s Super Tuesday results. Why Marco Rubio can’t connect. Why John Kasich is staying in. How the Republicans got themselves into this mess. Is Donald Trump really an outsider insurgent and why Bernie Sanders isn’t broadening h...

Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi and Sam discuss Donald Trump calling Ted Cruz a “pussy”. Why Donald Trump is a good campaigner. John Kasich doing well in New Hampshire is bad for the Republican establishment and why that is goo for Trump. What’s the problem with Marco Rubio besides being a robot. How...

Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi explained why Carly Fiorina got him drunk at his Republican drinking game. How long can Ben Carson go along with saying nothing. Why the Fox News Business debate was a giant nothing burger. Why John Kasich is so depressed. How Jeb Bush is preparing to drop out. Carly F...

Political strategist and weekly MR guest Cliff Schecter explains the limited political appeal of Kevin McCarthy and what Right Wing donor helped stick the knife into McCarthy. Why did McCarthy get destroyed? What the House Freedom Caucus wants. The only reason Paul Ryan would want to become Speak...

Sam and Political strategist Cliff Schecter examine whether the mainstream media is finally waking up to the fact that the Republican Party is made up of far right extremists, the nature of the conservative media system why Republican Party has lost control and why the mainstream media needs to s...

On today’s show, Cliff Schecter explained why Rand Paul still sucks, how the right wing turned crazy, why the dinner between Obama and Republican Senators is fine if its just for the optics, explained why the Republican Party is driven by negative emotions and he and Michael reviewed President Cl...

Author, historian and columnist Rick Perlstein on political maneuvering in the mid-west, Republican bullying tactics and the confusion over Democratic Party principles, why the Left isn’t represented.  And, Romney just not getting click-thrus. In the better half, “To Vote or Not to Vote” Sam resp...