#1711 How It Started, How It's Going- Assessing the Flooded Zone Full of Shit
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
4.6 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2025
⏱️ 185 minutes
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Summary
Air Date: 5-21-2025
A popular MAGA refrain is, "promises made, promises kept." The key is having known which promises to take seriously. Weaponizing the government against his enemies and attempting to wield dictatorial power, sure. Benefit his supporters or the working class more broadly, or rid the government of waste, fraud, or corruption... not so much.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: 100 Perfect Days - Pod Save America - Air Date 4-29-25
KP 3: There is no president, really - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 4-26-25
KP 4: 100 days of payback - Today, Explained - Air Date 4-29-25
KP 6: 100 Days of Hypocrisy - Main Justice - Air Date 4-29-25
KP 7: A Trumped Up Police State Is Coming Part 1 - The Intercept Briefing - Air Date 5-8-25
KP 8: 100 Days of Chaos Skye Perryman - Future Hindsight - Air Date 5-1-25
(52:39) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the upcoming No Kings protest on June 14
DEEPER DIVES
(57:36) SECTION A: EXECUTIVE POWER
(1:35:05) SECTION B: IMMIGRATION & FORCE
(1:58:20) SECTION C: INCOMPETENCY AND SELF ENRICHMENT
(2:40:49) SECTION D: RESISTANCE
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast. A popular Magu refrain is |
| 0:12.3 | promises made, promises kept. A key is knowing which promises to have taken seriously. |
| 0:19.0 | Weaponizing the government against its enemies and attempting to wield dictatorial power? |
| 0:23.0 | Sure. |
| 0:24.0 | Benefit his supporters or the working class more broadly or rid the government of waste, fraud, or corruption? |
| 0:30.7 | Absolutely not. |
| 0:32.3 | For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top takes in about 50 minutes |
| 0:36.6 | today includes Pod Save America, |
| 0:39.3 | the broadcast, takes by Jamal Bowie, today explained, on the media, main justice, the intercept |
| 0:46.3 | briefing, and future hindsight. Then in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be |
| 0:51.3 | more in four sections. Section A, executive power, |
| 0:55.1 | followed by Section B, Immigration and Force, Section C, Incompetency and Self-enrichment, and Section |
| 1:01.9 | D, Resistance. But first, we are still in major promotion mode as we launch our new weekly show |
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| 1:34.6 | So here we are at 100 Days, which is a completely made up milestone in every president's |
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