#1665 The GOP Is A Grift And Was Long Before Trump
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 29 October 2024
⏱️ 178 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 10/29/2024
Trump has only come close to perfecting the grift of the American conservative, he certainly didn't invent the strategy. Today we look at some current and past grifts and explore why they work.
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KEY POINTS
KP 2: The "Dirtbag of the Internet" and Trump's Crypto Project - Bloomberg Technology - Air Date 9-13-24
KP 4: Down the Rabbit Hole w/ Naomi Klein - The Dig - Air Date 10-8-24
KP 5: Media Literacy Can't Save Us Part 1 - Dummy - Air Date 10-7-24
KP 6: How did grifters like Trump take over the GOP? - The Bunker - Air Date 9-25-24
(48:03) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the scam of political fundraising
DEEPER DIVES
(56:06) SECTION A - GRIFT
A1: Russell Brand Has A New Grift - Novara Media - Air Date 10-16-24
A2: GRIFTER-CON Morons Did Not Disappoint - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 10-1-24
A3: Russell Brand And The Conspiracy Grift - Media Matters - Air Date 1-2-24
A4: Some Grifters Who Finally Faced Consequences – SOME MORE NEWS -Air Date 9-25-24
(1:28:27) SECTION B - SCAMS
(1:50:18) SECTION C - CONSPIRACY
(2:19:48) SECTION D - MISINFORMATION
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | Trump has only come close to perfecting the grift of the American Conservative. |
| 0:11.6 | He certainly didn't invent the strategy. |
| 0:13.6 | Today we look at some current and past grift and explore why they work. |
| 0:18.8 | Sources providing our top takes in under 50 minutes today includes Jesse Dahlamore, Bloomberg Technology, |
| 0:26.4 | Amunpour and Company, The Dig, Dummy, and the Bunker. |
| 0:31.6 | Then in the additional deeper dives half of the show there will be more in four |
| 0:34.5 | sections section A grift section B scams section C conspiracy and section D |
| 0:42.2 | misinformation conspiracy and Section D misinformation. |
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