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🗓️ 31 July 2025
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Air Date: 7/31/2025
Who would have thought that a political movement built almost exclusively on conspiracy theories and a cult of personality would end up being threatened by the cult leader being implicated in the biggest and worst conspiracy coverup… even though it’s been well documented for decades?
Content warning for detailed accusations leveled against Trump and Epstein by their alleged victims.
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KEY POINTS
KP 3: Epstein Conspiracy, or Epstein Conspiracy Theory? - Radio Atlantic - Air Date 7-7-25
KP 4: Lame Duck Trump Can't Deny Epstein Shockers: Wolff - The Daily Beast Podcast - Air Date 7-18-25
KP 5: Why They're Protecting Jeffrey Epstein's Secrets (w/ Julie K. Brown) - Lever Time - Air Date 7-6-25
KP 6: Epstein Exposed: Trump, Mossad & the Elites Dark Secrets - Double Down News - Air Date 7-21-25
(00:51:26) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the role of human psychology in conspiracies and authoritarianism
DEEPER DIVES
(00:58:55) SECTION A: THE VICTIMS SHOULD BE THE FOCUS
(01:34:23) SECTION B: BROKEN NEWS: WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE
(01:49:11) SECTION C: IS THERE A DEEPSTATE?
C1: Chris Hedges: Trump, Epstein and the Deep State - The Chris Hedges Youtube Channel - Air Date 7-2-25
(02:14:19) SECTION D: ENIGMAS NEVER DIE
D1: Who Is Leslie Wexner? Narrated by Margaret Cho - Nowthis - Air Date - 12-13-21
D3: We Tracked Every Visitor to Epstein Island - Wired - Air Date 11-22-24
(02:39:05) SECTION E: THE MEDIA IS BAD THIS
E1: Desperate Distractions Have Trump Caught in a Time Warp?! - Internet Today - 7-22-25
E3: The Trumpepstein Story Is Not a Conspiracy Theory - Rebecca Watson (skepchick) - Air Date 7-16-25
(03:02:29) SECTION F: TRUMP & HIS BASE
F1: The Epstein Files Are Not Going Away | Explainer - Heather Cox Richardson - Air Date 7-22-25
F2: Mehdi Hasan: Why the Dems Are 'failing' on Trump's Epstein Scandal - Lbc - Air Date 7-23-25
F3: Flirting with Civil War: Trumps Dangerous New Rhetoric - Mallen Baker - Air Date 7-24-25
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast. Who would have thought |
| 0:08.1 | that a political movement built almost exclusively on conspiracy theories and a cult of personality |
| 0:13.7 | would end up being threatened by the cult reader being implicated in the biggest and worst |
| 0:18.9 | conspiracy cover-up, even though it's been well-documented |
| 0:22.4 | for decades. And here is where I issue a content warning, because we are getting into |
| 0:26.9 | the politics and the conspiracies, but also detailed accusations leveled against Trump |
| 0:32.7 | and Epstein by their alleged victims. For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top takes in about 50 |
| 0:39.4 | minutes today includes There Are No Girls on the Internet, What a Day, Radio Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Lever Time, and Double Down News. |
| 0:49.2 | Then, in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more in six sections. Section A, |
| 0:55.8 | the victims should be the focus, followed by Section B, Broken News. We've heard this before. |
| 1:01.8 | Section C, is there a deep state? Section D, Enigmas Never Die. Section E, the media is bad at this, |
| 1:10.1 | and Section F, Trump and his base. |
| 1:13.3 | But first, a reminder to check out our new show Solved on the Best of Left YouTube channel. |
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