Best of the Left<p>NEW SOLVED! OUT NOW! Check out Ep. 7: "The Deficiency of Efficiency" (plus SONG!) in which the team discusses Trump's attacks on science & academia, the dangers of consolidating govt data, why we have privacy laws, & more.</p><p>▶️ WATCH & SUBSCRIBE! youtu.be/Oq1ZjaJIFMY</p><p>⭐ SOLVED! is brought to you by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestoftheLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestoftheLeft</span></a> podcast. Get BOTL wherever you get your podcasts, or at bestoftheleft.com/listen</p><p>💙 bestoftheleft.com/support</p>
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Best of the Left<p>Have you watched the latest SOLVED!? Check out Ep. 6: "Tariffying Conclusions" (plus SONG!) in which the team discusses all the angles of Trump's tariffs, SignalGate, The People's Cabinet, & more!</p><p>▶️ WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! youtu.be/7pcD3KhnBr0 (New episodes every Friday!)</p><p>⭐ SOLVED! is brought to you by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestoftheLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestoftheLeft</span></a> podcast team. Get BOTL wherever you get your podcasts, or at bestoftheleft.com/listen</p><p>💙 Get SOLVED! early! bestoftheleft.com/support</p>
Best of the Left<p>NEW SOLVED! OUT NOW! Check out Ep. 6: "Tariffying Conclusions" (plus SONG!) in which the team discusses all the angles of Trump's tariffs, Musk's govt data consolidation, SignalGate, The People's Cabinet, & more!</p><p>▶️ WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! youtu.be/7pcD3KhnBr0</p><p>⭐ SOLVED! is brought to you by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestoftheLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestoftheLeft</span></a> podcast team. Get Best of the Left wherever you get your podcasts, or at bestoftheleft.com/listen</p><p>💙 Get SOLVED! early! bestoftheleft.com/support</p>
Best of the Left<p>SURPRISE! A new SOLVED! is out now! We had one in the can, so we just dropped Ep. 5: "Keep Your Birch Rod Handy", plus our new SOLVED! SONG! "Would-Be Kings"!</p><p>▶️ WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! youtube.com/watch?v=OYQRFXfF7OA</p><p>⭐ SOLVED! is brought to you by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestoftheLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestoftheLeft</span></a> podcast team. bestoftheleft.com/listen</p><p>💙 bestoftheleft.com/support</p>
Best of the Left<p>There's a NEW SOLVED! out now! Check out Ep. 4: "How<br>to Fight a Political Wildfire" (plus our favorite SOLVED! SONG! to date!).</p><p>▶️ WATCH Ep. #4 NOW: <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=paznP539czg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=paznP539czg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>▶️ EXPLORE, SUBSCRIBE & HIT THE 🔔! <a href="https://youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>⭐ SOLVED! is brought to you by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestoftheLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestoftheLeft</span></a> podcast team. Get BOTL wherever you<br>…</p>
Best of the Left<p>It's Friday, so that means there's a NEW SOLVED! out now! Check out Ep. 4: "How to Fight a Political Wildfire" (plus our favorite SOLVED! SONG! to date!).</p><p>▶️ WATCH Ep. #4 NOW: <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=paznP539czg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=paznP539czg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>▶️ EXPLORE, SUBSCRIBE & HIT THE 🔔! <a href="https://youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>⭐ SOLVED! is brought to you by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestoftheLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestoftheLeft</span></a> podcast team. Get BOTL wherever you get your podcasts, or at <a href="https://bestoftheleft.com/listen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bestoftheleft.com/listen</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>💙 Get SOLVED! early! <a href="https://bestoftheleft.com/support" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bestoftheleft.com/support</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Best of the Left<p>We've been going strong since 2006! That means our archives are a rich tapestry of insights and context that are often extremely relevant today. (Weird, right?) So, here's a throwback because here at Best of the Left, we remember the past *and* choose to repeat it.</p><p>THROWBACK! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestoftheLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestoftheLeft</span></a> #1254: Israeli right-wing politics has led to some strange, fascist bedfellows (Orig. Air Date 3-5-2019)</p><p>🎧 Your fav podcast app, or bestoftheleft.com/1254_throwback</p><p>💙 <a href="https://bestoftheleft.com/support" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bestoftheleft.com/support</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Best of the Left<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestoftheLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestoftheLeft</span></a> #1702: "Destroying Education, Boosting Christian Nationalism: Rewriting the Past and Hamstringing the Future" </p><p>🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts, or at <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1702" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bestoftheleft.com/1702</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the power of repetition</p><p>💙 Get ad-free shows & more: bestoftheleft.com/support</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/progressives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/progressivepolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressivepolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Best of the Left<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestoftheLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestoftheLeft</span></a> presents our brand new YouTube show, SOLVED! Life, Politics, & Everything, an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animated</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressive</span></a>, original <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commentary</span></a> show from 4 real people whose job it is to pay too much attention to what happens in this absurd timeline. New episodes every Friday. Check it out!</p><p>▶️ SUBSCRIBE & 🔔: youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft</p>
Best of the Left<p>We just dropped our special episode for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Podcasthon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasthon</span></a> 2025! Check out <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BestoftheLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestoftheLeft</span></a> #1698: “The Resistance is Not Futile: Support the collective revolt against Trumpism" wherever you get your podcasts & DONATE to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indivisibleteam</span></a></span>, the grassroots org resisting Trumpism & pushing Dems to do the same: <a href="https://indivisible.org/donate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">indivisible.org/donate</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
OldTurk🗽Focus: #FreePeltier<p>Just a few days left to get <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestOfTheLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestOfTheLeft</span></a> membership benefits at a discount! <a href="Https://Bestoftheleft.com/support" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="ellipsis">Https://Bestoftheleft.com/supp</span><span class="invisible">ort</span></a></p>
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