#1743 Trump and Project 2025: Blitzkrieg Against America
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 195 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 10/10/2025
The strategy that Trump and the masterminds behind Project 2025 are following is to move as fast as possible to implement their agenda because they know perfectly well how unpopular it is and will be as time goes on. It's hard to argue that anything good will come of this but I'm going to try during my comments anyway.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Checking In On The Federal Workforce As The Government Shuts Down - 1A - Air Date 10-1-25
KP 3: The Vought Doctrine Make It Hurt - Velshi - Air Date 10-5-25
KP 4: SCOTUS Rulings BACKFIRE on THEMSELVES Part 1 - Legal AF - Air Date 8-2-25
KP 5: Trumps Battle With The Federal Reserve Part 1 - 1A - Air Date 9-10-2025
KP 6: The Trump Administration's SCOTUS Winning Streak Part 1 - Strict Scrutiny - Air Date 9-29-25
(01:04:39) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On what Trump's lightning attack on America could mean for the future
DEEPER DIVES
(01:48:40) SECTION B: SHUTDOWN & PROJECT 2025
(02:30:24) SECTION C: AUTHORITARIAN'S HAMMER
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast. |
| 0:06.9 | The strategy that Trump and the masterminds behind Project 2025 are following is to move as fast as possible to implement their agenda |
| 0:15.1 | because they know perfectly well how unpopular it is and will be as time goes on. |
| 0:21.9 | It's hard to argue that anything good will come out of this, but I'm actually going to try |
| 0:26.3 | anyway during my comments. |
| 0:28.0 | For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top takes in about 60 minutes |
| 0:32.3 | today includes 1A, The Brian Lehrer Show, Velshi, Legal A.F, strict scrutiny, and straight white American |
| 0:41.0 | Jesus. Then, in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more in three |
| 0:45.0 | sections. Section A, the Fed Purge, followed by Section B, Shutdown and Project |
| 0:51.0 | 2025, and Section C, Authoritarians Hammer. |
| 0:55.4 | But first, a reminder to check out our new show solved on the Bust of a Left YouTube channel. |
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| 1:01.6 | We know you'll get real value out of it. |
| 1:03.1 | We actually talked recently at greater length about the hopeful idea I have for the future |
| 1:08.5 | that I'm going to be sharing a bit of in my comments |
| 1:11.1 | today. So members can get a jump on that right now and everyone else can get it on YouTube |
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| 1:25.6 | and comments. That's all on the best of left YouTube channel, |
| 1:29.1 | linked in the show notes. And now, onto the show. |
| 1:33.8 | Let's start with the government shutdown itself. The deadline for a deal was last night, by 12.01 a.m., |
| 1:43.9 | what happened? |
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