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Trump Henchman's Blueprint To Dismantle The Federal Government

2025-11-10 News & Politics
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Andy Kroll on Russ Vought: The Shadow President and Executive Power Grabs

Learn how investigative reporter Andy Kroll profiled Russ Vought, the architect positioning himself as the executive branch’s 'Shadow President,' ready to dismantle government programs on Day One. Discover the synthesis of Vought’s radical ideology and his plan to seize unilateral budgetary control.

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  • Russ Vought blends radical Christian nationalism with an extreme fiscal conservatism aimed at gutting federal agencies.
  • Vought’s network actively prepared hundreds of executive actions and regulations during the political "exile" to ensure immediate implementation in a future Trump administration.
  • He champions an expansive view of executive authority, contradicting long-held constitutional interpretations regarding funding control (the power of the purse). This discussion provides critical insight into the intellectual infrastructure behind potential sweeping executive action in 2025, drawing from deep reporting unavailable until now.

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Journalist covering justice and rule of law at ProPublica, Andy Kroll joins the program to discuss his profile piece on Russ Vought. Check out Andy’s article, “The Shadow President“. Live-streamed on October 28, 2025. Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12pm EST on YouTube OR via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.fm Check out Andy's article here: https://www.propublica.org/article/russ-vought-trump-shadow-president-omb Send us IM messages during the live-stream with our free Majority Report App: http://majority.fm/app Subscribe to MR's daily AM Quickie newsletter: https://am-quickie.ghost.io Find all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com Become a Majority Report member: https://fans.fm/majority/join More from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.youtube.com/@Th3Discourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning Our alt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Image via https://www.visualcapitalist.com/federal-layoffs-under-trump/

Top Comments (10)

@gordonseemore6283 2025-11-10

1776: American fights off Britain 2025: American fights off America

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@jeffeastwood1051 2025-11-10

Lets get one thing clear. Russ Vought is not Trumps henchmen. Hes pulling Trumps strings with Kevin Roberts. Vought and Roberts have their own agenda. Their agenda is the legacy of Jerry Falwell. They want a theocratic America only guided by Christian Evangelical rule.

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@mbabiasco 2025-11-10

Put a Democratic president back in there and ALL those Republicans will be SCREAMING that ONLY CONGRESS CONTROLS FUNDING and a president CANNOT have immunity. Ha.

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@Underdog271 2025-11-10

Taking healthcare and food away from people means they are trying to cut down the population

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@slikkh9522 2025-11-10

Vought might be the worst of them. Possibly worse than Miller.

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@jajdude 2025-11-10

Don't any of these monsters recognize how insane and delusional they are? I guess not.

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@McCluerJ 2025-11-10

I disagree. I want his name in history books as a warning. I want generations to hear about his corruption and crimes and war against the American people. It is a lesson to learn.

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@robinwilson-sauls 2025-11-10

Musk! Musk knew that the mission was right in line to save his backside from prison-Voght used that avenue to assure Drumph's win. This truly is a mirder mystery- russia/ vought/heritage foundation/Israel....ect...

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@bravo_delta_echo114 2025-11-10

Russ needs to be told that facts don't care about his feelings

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@sarahdawn7075 2025-11-10

Why do we pay taxes if our government leaders believe that the government should not work for the people? We didn't elect them for their philosophies. They are public servants who have a duty to their constituents whose tax dollars pay their salaries. This current administration has taken office but they've NEVER filled the positions they were elected to. They swore an oath with fingers crossed behind their backs. They USED our Democracy, to put themselves in a position to OVERTHROW and replace our Democracy. They NEVER intended to do the job that they were hired for. THEY ARE ALL FRAUDS! So, they can take all of their high minded philosophies and ideas about how government should work, and shove them straight up their lying, cheating, deceiving, fraudulent A**ES!!!

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