Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy #1713 Yes, GOP Policies Really Are That Bad: Trump's Corruption and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Air Date 5/30/2025
Given the overwhelming weirdness of Trump and his malfeasant style of governance, it would be perfectly understandable for casual observers to believe that his signature piece of legislation, weirdly named in reality the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," was itself also likely to be pretty weird; a potential departure from usual Republican Party policy priorities. In reality, what's weird is how deeply normal it is: take from the poor and give to the rich while letting corporations get away with murder.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: All the president's side hustles - Today, Explained - Air Date 5-15-25
KP 5: Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is Baloney - The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich - Air Date 5-17-25
(00:55:49) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On why seeing is not believing and how that helps Republicans
DEEPER DIVES
(01:02:25) SECTION A: CORRUPTION
(01:45:05) SECTION B: BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL
(02:19:13) SECTION C: IMPACT
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: Composite image depicting Trump giving a speech at a podium with his hands out and an image of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s face in a circle over his shoulder. Text over the image reads “THE BIG CRUEL STUPID BILL”
Credits: Composite design by A. Hoffman. Photo credit: “President of the United States Donald J. Trump at CPAC 2017 February 24th 2017” by Michael Vadon, Flickr | CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Darkened overlay and text and image overlays | “Mike Johnson” by Gage Skidmore, Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Cropped into circle with darker overlay