3653 - Big Oil's $23B Hormuz Exploits; Trump Botches Iran Peace Talks w/ Alex Jacquez, Matt Duss

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Sam Seder

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

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Summary

It's Hump Day on The Majority Report

On today's program:

Ken Paxton, a three-time felon, wins his runoff with incumbent John Cornyn for the Republican nomination for Senate in Texas.

The Democratic nominee James Talarico is already contrasting his legislative record against Paxton's criminal record.

Alex Jaquez, Chief of Policy & Advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, joins the show to discuss an analysis from Groundwork entitled: "Big Oil Racks Up Windfall Profits While Consumers Pay Higher Prices".

Matt Duss, executive vice-president at the Center for International Policy and co-host of the UnDiplomatic podcast joins the program for a conversation about his piece in Foreign Policy magazine entitled: "How the Abraham Accords Fueled a New era of Conflict".

In the Fun Half:

Abdul El-Sayed clashes with Will Cain on Fox News over his support for abolishing ICE and the war on Iran's impact on the economy.

Melissa Derosa, former chief of staff for Andrew Cuomo, says that there a lot of 'moderate' Democrats that won't shed any tears if Graham Platner loses to Susan Collins - the Republican.

Josh Shapiro compares criticism of AIPAC to suppression of free speech.

New Jersey Senator Andy Kim describes the horrific conditions he witnessed on a tour of an ICE detention center in New Jersey.

Joe Scarborough, of all people, speaks out against the unconstitutional ICE internment camps.

Markwayne Mullin suggests that DHS is considering suspending all international flight processing in sanctuary city airports.

All that and more.

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