3552 - BLS Reports Slowing Economy, So Trump Fires the Chief; Resisting Authoritarianism w/ Daniel Hunter & Erica Chenoweth
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Sam Seder
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🗓️ 4 August 2025
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Donald Trump claims the Bureau of Labor Statistics manipulated job reports to help Kamala Harris win the election—conveniently forgetting that last year he said those same reports were terrible for her.
We’re joined by Daniel Hunter and Erica Chenoweth to discuss the shrinking window for authoritarian pushback and what effective resistance looks like.
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Texas Democratic State Representatives flee the state to break quorum and block a GOP redistricting push as Govenor Perry threatens them with felony charges.
A pro-tariff knife manufacturer realizes too late that tariffs are slicing into his business.
Patrick Bet-David hosts Tomi Lahren for a segment on antisemitism, where she argues Jewish students will migrate to southern schools for “safety.”
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to a free version of The Majority Report. |
| 0:04.4 | Support this show at join the Majority Report.com and get an extra hour of content daily. |
| 0:12.2 | The Majority Report with Sam Cedar. |
| 0:17.7 | It is Monday, August 4th, 2025. |
| 0:23.0 | My name is Sam Cedar. |
| 0:24.1 | This is the five-time award-winning majority report. |
| 0:28.0 | We are broadcasting live steps from the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal in the heartland of America, downtown Brooklyn, USA. |
| 0:39.2 | On the program today, Daniel Hunter, author, activist, and co-founder of Choose Democracy, |
| 0:48.1 | and Erica Chenoward, political scientist at Harvard co-author of Why Civil Resistance Works |
| 0:55.6 | on our closing window to defeat authoritarianism. |
| 1:04.7 | Also on the program today, Texas Democrats stop a redistricting session in Texas by denying quorum having left the state. |
| 1:19.9 | Governor Abbott threatens expulsion and prosecution. |
| 1:26.1 | Donald Trump fires the Bureau Labor Statistics head who gave him bad news. Now he's |
| 1:34.7 | shopping for a crony. 550 former Israeli security chiefs say Israel not waging a just war. |
| 1:46.1 | This, as Israel, kills 56 more overnight, and its forced starvation engulfs the entire strip. |
| 1:56.9 | Meanwhile, back home, Israel first Democrats are scrambling to reposition. |
| 2:05.5 | Trump claims to deploy nuclear subs in response to Russian online comments. |
| 2:13.4 | Nancy Mace to run for South Carolina's governor. |
| 2:19.0 | Elon Musk reportedly now spending millions to support Republicans in the midterms |
| 2:25.6 | and promote the big beautiful bill. |
| 2:29.8 | I thought Trump was in the Epstein files. |
| 2:32.0 | Why is he still supporting him? |
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