Edition #1069 Today we take a look at the mechanics of our national security state that has been mostly installed or maintained over the past two presidencies and what Trump may do with that entrenched power Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 ​Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Chris Hedges: Trump Will Crush Dissent With Even Greater Violence and Savagery - @TheRealNews - Air Date 11-10-16 Ch. 3: Song 1: Murky Water - The Autumn Isles Ch. 4: Act 2: Do NOT Abandon the Constitution, Even for Terrorism - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 09-27-16 Ch. 5: Song 2: The Constitution - Ted Hawkins Ch. 6: Act 3: Christopher Soghoian: Your smartphone is a civil rights issue - @TEDTalks - Air Date 10-31-16 Ch. 7: Song 3: Camera One - Josh Joplin Group Ch. 8: Act 4: The future of police and surveillance - @HumorlessQueers - Air Date 11-15-16 Ch. 9: Song 4: Police, Police - The Showcase Showdown Ch. 10: Act 5: Sue Udry on Civil Liberties–Under Trump - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 11-18-16 Ch. 11: Song 5: Never Let You Down - The Verve Pipe Ch. 12: Act 6: Ms. Robot - Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (@FullFrontalSamB) - Air Date 12-13-16 Ch. 13: Song 6: Get By - Talib Kweli Ch. 14: Act 7: Tell Your Senators: Expose Jeff Sessions' Anti-Civil Rights and Anti-Privacy History via @ACLU - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 15: Song 7: This Fickle World - Theo Bard Ch. 16: Act 8: Branko Marcetic Trump Inherits Obama’s National Security State - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date 12-6-16 Voicemails Ch. 17: Expressing political opinions - Dale from Minneapolis, MN Ch. 18: How minds can be changed for good or ill - Quai from North Carolina Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 19: Final comments on changing minds, whose and how Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone Activism: TAKE ACTION Call your Senators today and tell them why you oppose Jeff Sessions for Attorney General Read ACLU’s “The Confirmation Sessions” for Jeff Sessions history, issue-by-issue  Call Senate Judiciary Committee Members who will question Sessions on January 10th.   EDUCATE YOURSELF ACLU's "The Confirmation Sessions" (ACLU) Corporate Accountability Blunders Taint Sessions Record (Public Citizen) Trump and Sessions: Great for the Private Prison Industry, Terrible for Civil Rights (ACLU Blog) Jeff Sessions’ Nomination as Attorney General Alarms Civil Libertarians (Wired)  Trump’s attorney general pick could restart the encryption fight (The Verge) Trump's pick for attorney general: 'Good people don't smoke marijuana' (The Washington Post) Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!