3555 - Kidnapped By Israel; Medicaid Coverage Cliff Looming w/ Chris Smalls, Katheryn Houghton
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Sam Seder
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🗓️ 7 August 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Today on Emmajority Report Thursday:
MSNBC reporter Eugene Robinson walks Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent into admitting that the tariffs are paid by the American importer and passed onto the American consumer. It is a tax.
We are joined by former Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls to discuss his recent experiences being detained and abused by Israeli officers for his role in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.
Reporter for KFF Health News, Katheryn Houghton joins us to discuss the newly legislated federal Medicaid work requirements.
Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder join us for the fun half.
Boomer Chris Cuomo is fooled by the most obvious AOC deepfake and then instead of apologizing doubles down on his own stupidity.
Katie Miller, wife of Stephen Miller and staffer for Elon Musk has started a lifestyle podcast for women and one of her first guests is Mike Tyson.
Washed up 90s actor Dean Cain is making recruitment videos for ICE as they eliminate the age requirements.
Al that and more plus phone calls and IMs
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to a free version of The Majority Report with Sam Cedar. |
| 0:04.8 | To support this show and get another 15 minutes of daily program, go to majority.fm. |
| 0:11.6 | Please. |
| 0:13.2 | The Majority Report with Sam Cedar. |
| 0:18.7 | It is Thursday. |
| 0:21.5 | August 7th, 2025. |
| 0:23.9 | My name is Emma Vigland in for Sam Cedar, and this is the five-time award-winning majority report. |
| 0:29.9 | We are broadcasting live steps from the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal in the heartland of America, downtown Brooklyn, USA. |
| 0:40.3 | On the program today, Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, will be back with us to talk about being detained and abused in an Israeli prison after trying to deliver aid on a flotilla to Gaza. |
| 0:58.7 | And later in the show, Catherine Houghton of KFF Health News joins us to talk about the effects of |
| 1:05.8 | Medicaid cuts and work requirements. |
| 1:09.3 | Also on the program, |
| 1:12.9 | many of the long-awaited tariffs take effect today. |
| 1:15.6 | Yes! |
| 1:17.6 | Finally! |
| 1:19.8 | They range |
| 1:21.0 | basically at the bottom |
| 1:22.8 | from like 10 to 15% |
| 1:24.4 | to even higher than that. |
| 1:27.9 | Including Trump announcing 100% tariffs. |
| 1:31.5 | Love that word. |
| 1:33.1 | On semiconductors, not produced in the United States. |
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