3604 - War With Venezuela?; Zohran On Fox News; How The US Legalized Corruption w/ David Sirota
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Sam Seder
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🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 96 minutes
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It's Emmajority Report Thursday on the Majority Report
On today's show:
Trump openly admits to authorizing covert CIA actions in Venezuela at a White House press conference.
On an episode of Triggered with Don, Jr. in February of 2025, Recent Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado vows to privatize Venezuelan oil and offer lucrative partnerships with American corporations
After the U.S. bombed a fifth boat in the Caribbean Sea, we watch a Trinbagonian news segment that reports two of the slain men we're simply fishermen.
Rand Paul comes out against the U.S. summarily killing people in the Caribbean Sea, citing Coast Guard statistics that show that 25% of alleged drug-running boats boarded by American forces are not in possession of drugs.
Founder of The Lever, David Sirota joins the program to discuss his new book, MASTER PLAN: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America.
In the Fun Half:
Emma is joined by Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder
Brandon provides a quick update on where Candace Owens' show has been of late.
The leaked Young Republican group chat leak exposes the arrested development of GOP men.
JD Vance calls the Young Republican's "kids" despite the chat being comprised of mostly men in their 30s
All that and more
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to a free version of The Majority Report. |
| 0:04.4 | Support this show at join the Majority Report.com and get an extra hour of content daily. |
| 0:12.4 | The Majority Report with Sam Cedar. |
| 0:17.9 | It is Thursday, October 16th, 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 of America, downtown Brooklyn, USA. |
| 0:39.8 | On the program today, David Serota will be with us to talk about his new book, Master Plan, |
| 0:46.8 | The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America. |
| 0:51.4 | Also on the program, Trump is installing loyalists into the IRS criminal division, making it easier to target liberal groups. |
| 1:03.9 | This is expressly illegal, by the way, part of what Nixon got in trouble for. |
| 1:10.6 | Trump also confirmed that the U.S. is conducting covert actions in Venezuela, |
| 1:16.4 | making them not so covert. |
| 1:21.3 | The U.S. also bombed another boat the fifth time they've done this off the Venezuelan coast, trying to goad Maduro into a conflict as a pretext to regime change, and Trump declines to rule out bombing the country. |
| 1:39.4 | Today, or I guess it was yesterday, maybe into today, but the Supreme Court is hearing a case out of Louisiana. |
| 1:46.0 | I highlighted this maybe two weeks ago. |
| 1:49.0 | A hugely important case that could destroy the Voting Rights Act and cost Democrats over a dozen seats in the South. |
| 1:59.0 | The White House is doubling its bailout to Argentina and Trump's billionaire friends' investments. |
| 2:05.4 | $40 billion now. |
| 2:08.6 | Meanwhile, 75% of Americans say monthly household costs have increased from last year, per a Harris Guardian poll. |
| 2:18.3 | Israel continues breaching the ceasefire. |
| 2:22.3 | At least three Palestinians were killed by Israel over the past 24 hours. |
| 2:27.3 | Explosive robots remain in Gaza. |
| 2:32.3 | The family of one of the Israeli hostages whose body was just returned to them |
| 2:37.4 | confirmed that he was killed by the IDF bombing. |
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