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The Majority Report with Sam Seder

3548 - Uprising Against AI Data Centers; Sudan Torn Apart w/ Miles Bryan, Dr. Khalid Medani

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Sam Seder

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4.6 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

It's Emmajority Report Thursday on the Majority Report

On today's program:

As members of the Trump administration revive Iraq War–era justifications for an invasion of Venezuela, Trump himself cuts through the spin and openly admits he wants the country's oil.

Rep Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) gives an impassioned plea to Congress to stop "sleepwalking" into war with Venezuela.

Miles Bryan, senior producer and reporter for Today, Explained, Vox's daily news podcast joins Emma for a conversation about the bipartisan uprising against AI data center construction across America.

Khalid Medani, Associate Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies and Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University joins the show to explain the horrific situation in Sudan.

In the Fun Half:

Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder join Emma.

Bernie Sanders calls for a moratorium on building new data centers due to environmental impact and surge pricing on utilities. Meanwhile China's approach to AI is more efficient, greener, and they are absolute molly whopping the U.S.

Brett Weinstein returns Joe Rogan's podcast to share some interesting thoughts on modern day mating.

Matt, Emma and Brandon dig into Candace Owens backing off her Charlie Kirk/TPUSA conspiracy theories.

All that and more.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

It is Thursday, December 18th, 2025. My name is Emma Vigeland in for Sam Cedar, and this is the five-time award-winning majority report. We are broadcasting live steps from the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal in the heartland

0:25.5

of America, downtown Brooklyn, USA.

0:29.2

On the program today, Miles Bryan.

0:32.8

Senior producer at Vox and reporter for today, Explain, will be with us to talk about

0:37.0

the growing

0:37.5

revolt against AI data centers

0:39.7

and later in the show

0:41.8

Dr. Khalid Medani will be with us

0:44.5

to help understand the brutal

0:46.8

conflict in Sudan.

0:50.1

Also on the program,

0:51.6

Trump addressed the nation last night

0:53.8

with a galvanizing speech about how the faltering economy is not his fault.

1:01.7

Like literally opened this speech with that, blaming Biden.

1:06.8

Thankfully, it wasn't him declaring war against Venezuela, which is what many people thought that address was going to be about.

1:15.7

Maduro instructs his Navy to escort ships carrying oil, defying Trump's demands for essentially piracy.

1:25.9

Speaking of the oil, Trump's just saying it now.

1:30.3

No more narco-terrorism.

1:32.0

Just we want the oil.

1:33.4

That's what we're doing.

1:35.5

The House narrowly rejects two war powers resolutions attempting to curb Trump's

1:40.5

aggression towards Venezuela.

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