The Majority Report with Sam Seder 3615 - Trump's Hegemony Gambit; The Right's Warm Racist Embrace w/ Jeet Heer
Oct 31, 2025
Jeet Heer, a national affairs correspondent at The Nation, joins the discussion to unpack the latest in foreign policy, focusing on Venezuela and Argentina's financial crises. He analyzes the U.S. strategy towards Latin America, linking it to resource competition with China. The conversation shifts to how right-wing politics intertwines with global issues, including the manipulation of antisemitism in local politics and the historical precedents for U.S. intervention, revealing complex interconnections that impact both hemispheric stability and electoral dynamics.
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Why ACA Premiums Could Soar
- The ACA marketplace faces huge premium hikes from both medical inflation and policy-driven subsidy cuts.
- Sam Seder warns these changes will degrade risk pools and sharply raise costs for many enrollees.
Insist On Written Protections
- Democrats should demand written legal protections when negotiating temporary fixes to avoid executive clawbacks.
- Secure concrete assurances on rescission and oversight before approving stopgap deals.
Smoke Detector Battery Fiasco
- Jeet Heer jokes he finally changed his smoke detector battery after a delay.
- He used the small personal admission to open the conversation with Sam Seder.