Air Date: 01-28-26 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1">Ch 1 - Why it's not actually "fun" to be right too early (despite being called 'insufferable')</li> <li class="li1">Ch 2 - The political elites and neoliberals who are frantically changing their tune now that a left-wing populist movement is here</li> <li class="li1">Ch 3 - The Cassandras of the Left who knew and tried to warn that Trump would be a fascist</li> <li class="li1">Ch 4 - The Anti-Alarmists who stifled the Cassandras warnings</li> <li class="li1">Ch 5 - What if we actually listened to the Left next time?</li> <li class="li1">SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): That one time progressives were very wrong</li> </ul> FOLLOW US ON: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft/">YouTube</a> (This full episode premieres on YouTube on Friday - please subscribe and share!) <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/bestoftheleft.bsky.social">Bluesky</a> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/bestoftheleft/">Instagram</a> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft/">Facebook</a> <a href= "https://mastodon.social/@bestoftheleft@mstdn.social">Mastadon</a> Nostr public key: npub1tjxxp0x5mcgl2svwhm39qf002st2zdrkz6yxmaxr6r2fh0pv49qq2pem0e REFERENCES <a href= "https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-left-is-always-right-too-early"> The Left is Always Right Too Early</a> - Current Affairs <a href= "https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/democrats-populism-bernie-sanders-carville-brooks-rahm-emanuel.html"> Well, It's Time for Populism, They Guess</a> - Slate <a href= "https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/trump-strickland-remorse-policy/681746/"> The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer's Remorse</a> - The Atlantic <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/dissident-right-trump.html"> The Vibe Shifts Against the Right</a> - NY Times <a href= "https://newrepublic.com/article/204254/survey-2024-election-cassandras-trump-2025"> The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned</a> - The New Republic <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/opinion/resistance-libs-trump-fascism.html"> The Resistance Libs Were Right</a> - NY Times BACKSTAGE <a href= "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/feb/17/eugenics-skeleton-rattles-loudest-closet-left"> Eugenics: the skeleton that rattles loudest in the left's closet</a> - The Guardian EXTRAS: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLfAf8oHrMo">Hot Dog Car Sketch - I Think You Should Leave</a> CLIP: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTvU7wYie7i/">Leigh McGowan (Politics Girl) responds to Scott Jennings on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip</a> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/13356/9780593804148">"One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This"</a> by Omar El Akkad (If you buy this book, or another, through this link, you support indie book stores and we get a small commission! Check out other great books on our <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/left">Bookshop shelf</a>) <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz7XTLVpNxc">"A Time to Be Cringe: Why Gen Z Needs Millennial Humor"</a> (SOLVED! #29) TAKE ACTION: <a href= "https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1qcfpmw/how_you_can_help_master_list/"> How to Support Minneapolis Communities</a> <a href="https://www.bluestatedefiance.org/ice">In a blue state? Help stop ICE overreach</a> <a href="https://freedcproject.org/allies">Free DC Project: FOR ALLIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY</a> <a href="https://www.nokings.org/next">No Kings Next Steps</a> <a href= "https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/803953/">One Million Rising Trainings</a> <a href="http://5calls.org/">5calls.org</a> Find your <a href= "https://indivisible.org/groups">Indivisible group</a> - or start one <a href="https://discord.gg/AQzYpQEqPy">Join our Discord Server</a> Reach us via Signal: <a href= "https://signal.me/#eu/62GSpPKEljyYCb0TuYTEUm3D6Nv8G0xSV_GVP8Q13TkQxVeP04lJ8pGOUEqUdHdn"> Bestoftheleft.01</a> Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at <a href= "https://www.bestoftheleft.com/">BestOfTheLeft.com</a> Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on Apple Podcasts!

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