3568 - Trump’s Fresh Assault On The Fed; Pritzker Resists Fascist Chicago Takeover
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Sam Seder
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🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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It's a classic News Day Tuesday on Majority Report
On Today's show:
Trump is attempting to fire Federal Reserve Govenor Lisa Cook via tweet, accusing her of mortgage fraud yet no charges have been filed. This is just the continuation of his crusade to influence interest rate cuts.
As the Pentagon reports that preparation for a National Guard invasion of Chicago started months ago, Illinois governor JB Pritzker fires back and points out that 13 of the 20 cities with the highest homicide rates and 8 out of 10 states with the highest crime rates are red states.
Missouri GOP Representative Mark Alford is scorched at a town hall by a farmer,
In the Fun Half:
Graham Platner is peppered with horrible questions on CNN and answers them all perfectly.
Ben Shapiro lies about how much he can bench press in a pathetic attempt to shame Zohran Mamdani.
Wesley Bell desperately attempts to justify receiving millions from AIPAC and Crypto.
Hakeem Jeffries writes a strongly worded letter in another feckless display.
All that and more.
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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 Tuesday. |
| 0:20.6 | August 26th, 2025. My name is Emma Vigland in for Sam Cedar, and this is the five-time award-winning majority report. |
| 0:29.1 | We are broadcasting live steps from the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal in the heartland of America, downtown Brooklyn, USA. |
| 0:39.9 | On the program today, in Trump's continued attacks on Central Bank Independence, he says he's |
| 0:49.9 | firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, who he legally cannot fire unless there's wrongdoing. |
| 0:57.6 | So what do you do? |
| 0:59.7 | Let's make something up on that front, too. |
| 1:04.2 | The stock market tumbled in reaction to this news, particularly U.S. long-term bonds, |
| 1:14.3 | indicating a global lack of confidence in U.S. |
| 1:16.8 | financial governance and the dollar. |
| 1:26.7 | Trump's steep tariffs on India take effect today, effectively raising the rate to 50%. This is because India is continuing to buy Russian oil, by the way, |
| 1:31.9 | and I don't know how this squares with the anti-Ukraine sentiment of his base, |
| 1:38.5 | but who knows? |
| 1:42.1 | Germany and Canada strike a minerals deal circumventing past U.S. trade relationships, |
| 1:49.6 | another predictable outcome of Trump's tariff war. |
| 1:54.4 | Lutnik says Trump is thinking about equity, stakes, and defense contractors with U.S. taxpayer money. |
| 2:00.6 | You know, the industry that doesn't get enough U.S. taxpayer money. |
| 2:03.5 | You know, the industry that doesn't get enough U.S. taxpayer money. |
| 2:06.9 | Trump wants to prosecute |
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