George Santos, Venezuela and Cayman Islands BOMBSHELL Report
This is ON THE RECORD from UNFTR for the week of October 20, 2025. Today we’re talking George Santos, Zohran Mamdani, a jewel heist at the Louvre, Marine Corps 250 year celebration gone wrong and 2,600 No Kings protests. Max Notes talks about the rapidly expanding liquidity crisis in the private credit markets and what it has to do with Venezuela and the Cayman Islands. And more about Mehdi Hasan, headlines from the Baffler, Truthout and Zeteo and book and podcast recommendations for the week. Let’s go.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction
00:46 - George Santos
01:55 - Zohran Mamdani crushes Cuomo
02:26 - Jewel heist at the Louvre
03:21 - California’s Marine Corps Celebration
04:18 - No Kings Protests
04:34 - MaxNotes on Venezuela, private credit and the Cayman Islands
11:33 - Member Shout Out
12:11 - KLTW to Mehdi Hasan
14:18 - Headlines from The Baffler, Truthout & Zeteo
16:54 - Pod & Book Love
17:57 - Outro & Credits
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SHOW CLIPS AND LINKS
The Baffler - https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-sub...
Zeteo - https://zeteo.com/p/the-supreme-court...
Truthout - https://truthout.org/articles/the-big...
The David McWilliams Podcast
https://shows.acast.com/the-david-mcw...
A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean by Alan McPherson
https://bookshop.org/a/23377/97811189...
WATCH: Mehdi Hasan at No Kings Rally
• ‘We Are The Majority’: Watch Mehdi’s Rousi...
Fed Report on Cayman Islands
https://www.federalreserve.gov/econre...
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