#1751 Monthly-ish Mix: Institutions Fall, Reality Breaks, Empire Rises

<p><strong>Air Date: 11/11/25</strong></p> <p class="p1">The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! This month we examine how power is being quietly consolidated across institutions, how propaganda and AI are reshaping our sense of reality, and how division and fear are fueling both domestic repression and global aggression. From the Supreme Court to state media manipulation, from dismantled voting rights to foreign influence campaigns, we trace the machinery of authoritarian control—and spotlight the journalists, educators, and activists still pushing back to keep truth and democracy alive.</p> <p>Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email <a href="mailto:Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com">Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1751">Full Show Notes</a></p> <p><strong>Check out our new show, SOLVED! on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft">YouTube</a>!</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/support" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BestOfTheLeft.com/Support</a> (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!)</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://discord.gg/dhyZE3WMJn" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Join our Discord community</a>!</strong></p> <hr /> <h3><strong>PART 1:</strong> <strong>INSTITUTIONAL CAPTURE & CONSOLIDATION</strong></h3> <h4><strong>(00:01:44)</strong> <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1742">1742 Captured Court, Captured Nation: SCOTUS Serves Trump's Authoritarianism</a></h4> <h4>(00:16:53) <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1743">1743 Trump and Project 2025: Blitzkrieg Against America</a></h4> <h4>(00:43:56) <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1749">1749 Democracy: In Theory, In Practice, and Under Threat</a></h4> <h3><strong>PART 2 </strong><strong>INFORMATION WARFARE & REALITY CONTROL</strong></h3> <h4><strong>(01:08:35)</strong> <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1746"><strong>1746 What an actual attack on free speech looks like</strong></a></h4> <h4>(01:40:37) <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1745">1745 Fake New World: The Age of AI Slop, AI Education, and AI Fascism</a></h4> <h4>(01:54:27) <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1744">1744 Sell Outs, Shills, and Scandals: Saudi Arabia and Israel are buying the credibility they can't earn honestly</a></h4> <h3><strong>PART 3 </strong><strong>OTHERING & EXPANSION</strong></h3> <h4><strong>(02:13:08)</strong> <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1747"><strong>1747 Racism in the United States, it turns out, is a problem</strong></a></h4> <h4>(02:31:27) <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1741">1741 Global Uprisings: Dissatisfaction Roiling France, the UK, and Nepal</a></h4> <h4>(02:56:07) <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1750">1750 "American's Backyard" - The War on Terror Meets the War on Drugs</a></h4> <h4>(03:20:01) <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1748">1748 Patriotism in Peril: Democracy, the Military, and the Fight Over What America Means</a></h4> <p>Produced by Jay! Tomlinson</p> <p>Visit us at <a href="http://www.bestoftheleft.com/">BestOfTheLeft.com</a></p> <p>Listen Anywhere! <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/listen">BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen</a> Listen Anywhere!</p> <p>Follow BotL: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bestoftheleft.bsky.social">Bluesky</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bestoftheleft">Mastodon</a> | <a href="https://www.threads.net/@bestoftheleft">Threads</a> | <a href="https://x.com/BestOfTheLeft">X</a></p> <p>Like at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft</a></p> <p>Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com</p>