3538 - How the Red Scare Forged Trumpism; Organizing Against ICE w/ Clay Risen, Chris Newman
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Sam Seder
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šļø 4 December 2025
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Summary
It's Emmajority Report Thursday on the Majority Report
On today's program:
The New York TimesĀ reports growing frustration among GOP members with Speaker Mike Johnson as anxiety over the midterms intensifies.
The Wall Street journalĀ covers the fallout between Pete Hegseth and Admiral Alvin Hosley over the Admiral's concerns about the legality of the Caribbean boat strikes.
On Morning Joe, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) of the Armed Services Committee says lawmakers are increasingly concerned about the boat strikes.
Clay Risen, editor at the New York Times and author of Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America, joins Emma to discuss his book.
Chris Newman, legal director for the National Day Laborers Organizing Network, joins Emma to talk about the threat day laborers are facing from ICE. If you're able to support the Immigrant Defense Fund, you can donate here.
In the Fun Half:
Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder join the show.
The right has turned Charlie Kirk into a currency.
Josh Shapiro is offended by Kamala Harris' version of the story of her VP selection process.
Joe Rogan thinks that Jesus Christ will return as artificial intelligence.
Hakeem Jeffries responds to Trump pardoning of Rep. Henry Cuellar.
Co-founder of Kalshi says the long-term is to financialize everything and create a tradeable asset out of any difference of opinion.
All that and more.
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