3637 - Trump's Non-Strategy in Iran; The Essential Role of Independent Journalism w/ Amy Goodman

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Sam Seder

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🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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It's News Day Tuesday on The Majority Report

On today's program:

Pete Hegseth responds to critics who claim there is no strategy behind this war on Iran with proof that there is no strategy for this war on Iran.

Donald Trump hosts a group of children in the oval office to talk to them about nuclear bombs, the stock market and the Nobel Peace Prize.

Amy Goodman, journalist and host of "Democracy Now!" and subject of the new documentary, "Steal This Story, Please!" joins the show to discuss the film.

In the Fun Half:

Tim Miller from The Bulwark joins three streamers for a conversation about Democratic messaging in the midterms, in which he promotes economic populism and argues for creating distance from the Kamala Harris–Joe Biden–Hillary Clinton triumvirate.

Ezra Klein on the distinction Bernie Sanders raises between ideology and common sense — and the need to make government work better.

Tucker Carlson claims to a New York Times interviewer that he never called Donald Trump the antichrist, unfortunately for Tucker, she had receipts

All that and more.

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