#1682 Looking Back to Trump 1.0 (Remix)
Release Date: 01/11/2025
Bonus Edition #338 - SOLVED! Friends, Enemies, and Blood Chutes
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Air Date: 2-23-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The heavy influence of a Nazi political theorist (propagandist) on the MAGA movement - How our disagreements on baseline reality lead us to devastatingly different conclusions - What many Trump supporters hoped for vs. what they got - How so-called Timeline apps may help us extricate ourselves from social media FOLLOW US ON: Nostr public key: npub1tjxxp0x5mcgl2svwhm39qf002st2zdrkz6yxmaxr6r2fh0pv49qq2pem0e REFERENCES: Find your - or start one Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 Reach us via Signal: ...
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#1692 Ethnically Cleansing America: Trump's racist whirlwind of deportation and criminalization of immigration
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Air Date 2/21/2025 There is nothing other than racism at the heart of Trump's immigration policy. He wants to deport as many brown people as possible, stop as many immigrants and refugees as possible unless they're White people from South Africa or the nearly 40 million Canadians he's inviting to enjoy immediate US citizenship. This is not complicated. Trump is a disgusting, blatant racist (and always has been) who's trying to turn the US into a White ethnostate. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email | (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Use our links to...
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#1691 Democracy Emergency, Constitutional Crisis, Democratic Backsliding, Failing Guardrails
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Air Date 2/18/2025 Democracies slide into dictatorship in two ways, first slowly and then all of a sudden. We have been sliding in this direction for at least as long as I have been paying attention to politics and we're finally at the moment where that slow slide shifts into full speed. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email | (Membership 20% off for the Holiday! Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Send the ! (Or on ) Use our links to shop and for a non-evil book and audiobook purchasing experience! ! KEY POINTS 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: (55:58) NOTE...
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Bonus Edition #337 - SOLVED! Bullying the Biggest Losers
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Air Date: 2-16-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - Why we may be forced to bring back bullying - The impact of algorithms and what we can do about it - Democrats and the meaning of 'the medium is the message' - The unbelievable stupidity of techbro dweebs and their followers - The sociopathic reasons why Musk is doing this Not a member? (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) FOLLOW US ON: Nostr public key: npub1tjxxp0x5mcgl2svwhm39qf002st2zdrkz6yxmaxr6r2fh0pv49qq2pem0e REFERENCES: (Middle article) Find your - or start one...
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#943 No human being is illegal (Throwback)
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Original Air Date: 8/4/2015 The dysfunctional state of the US immigration system and the political fight brewing over what to do about it Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Use our links to shop and for a non-evil book and audiobook purchasing experience! Show Notes Act 1: Act 2: Act 3: Act 4: Act 5: Act 6: Act 7: Act 8: Act 9: Act 10: Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at
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#1690 Oligarchy Unmasked: Why Billionaires Hate Democracy and How They're Dismantling It
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Air Date 2/11/2025 The very rich, as has been noted before, are not on the side of regular people. And even if you think that the federal government needs a major reboot, no one but the ultra-wealthy are going to be happy with what they build in the aftermath of the administrative coup currently underway. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email | (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Use our links to shop and for a non-evil book and audiobook purchasing experience! ! ACTIVISM ROUNDUP KEY POINTS KP 1: KP 2: KP 3: KP 4: KP 5: KP...
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Bonus Edition #336 - SOLVED! Demystifying Our Reality
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Air Date: 2-10-25 Today, Jay! and Amanda (Deon and Erin were sick) discuss: - Why you should be using an RSS reader - The danger of Mystification as humans try to cope - Musk and Trump's flagrant law breaking - What Dems and you can do, with some tips from our own experience FOLLOW US ON: Nostr public key: npub1tjxxp0x5mcgl2svwhm39qf002st2zdrkz6yxmaxr6r2fh0pv49qq2pem0e REFERENCES: Find your Indivisible group - or start one: Indivisble.org Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 5 Calls app: https://5calls.org/ Reach us via Signal: Leave a...
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#1689 The Media and the Moguls: Corporate Media is not equipped for Trump
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Air Date 2/7/2025 Trump came in with a plan to subdue the media and large swaths of the media came in with a plan to acquiesce. But it's important to understand why because it's not a conspiracy or people wanting to do harm, it's structural to the system. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email | (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Use our links to shop and for a non-evil book and audiobook purchasing experience! ! KEY POINTS KP 1: KP 2: KP 3: KP 4: KP 5: KP 6: KP 7: KP 8: KP 9: (53:40) NOTE FROM THE...
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#1688 International Decline: The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
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Air Date 2/4/2025 The era of unquestioned US hegemony is undoubtedly on the decline but the future is much more complicated and uncertain than the straightforward idea of China rising to take our place that we've been told. Though Trump is not the cause of US decline, he may send us out in a tragic blaze of glory. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email | (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Use our links to shop and for a non-evil book and audiobook purchasing experience! ! KEY POINTS KP 1: KP 2: KP 3: KP 4: KP 5: KP 6: ...
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Bonus Edition #335 - SOLVED! Good Advice in Bad Times
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Air Date: 2-2-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: - How the resistance is transforming, not over - What actually worked when resisting Trump's first term - A curation of good advice on being effective and staying sane this time around FOLLOW US ON: Nostr public key: npub1tjxxp0x5mcgl2svwhm39qf002st2zdrkz6yxmaxr6r2fh0pv49qq2pem0e REFERENCES: Reach us via Signal: Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft ...
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Today, we look back to the warnings we gave ourselves at the beginning of the first Trump administration. In 2017 there was concern about corruption and his business dealings, ethics around his nominees, and the inability of the media to cover him properly.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: What should Trump do to resolve his conflicts of interest? - @DecodeDC - Air Date 1-11-17
KP 3: Zephyr Teachout on Trump and the emoluments clause - Amicus from @Slate - Air Date 12-24-16
KP 4: Trump's team exhibits classic abuser behavior - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 1-23-17
KP 6: A Taxonomy of Trump Tweets - On the Media - Air Date 1-13-17
KP 7: Masha Gessen on the rules for surviving autocracy - Trumpcast from @Slate - Air Date 11-14-16
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