3571 - GOP Braces For A Big Beautiful Backlash; Trump’s CDC Purge w/ Brendan James, Amanda Seales
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Sam Seder
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🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report
On the show today:
In response to terrible polling and rising anger, Donald Trump sends JD Vance around to sell the rebranding from Big Beautiful Bill to a tax cut for the middle class.
In response to another unpopular policy Trump sends Speaker Mike Johnson to try and sell his national guard deployment into American cities, despite Mike Johnson's district in Shreveport, LA has a higher crime rate then DC and Chicago.
Host of the Blowback Podcast, Brendan James joins us to wrap up the week's news.
Comedian Amanda Seales joins us to discuss her recent appearance on Jubilee's Surrounded.
In the Fun Half:
Iowa GOP Senator Joni Ernst is not going to seek re-election in 2026, opening another door for a seat flip.
Hasan Piker reacts to Taylor Lorenz's article in Wired that revealed dark money that was funding Democrat affiliated influencers.
Comedian Lewis Black discusses the night he attended a dinner party at Jeffrey Epstein's house.
All that and more.
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