The MAGA Sedition Riots prove the Republican base is made up of bigots, imbeciles, and yes, violent terrorists. Comparing Trump to Hitler isn't all bad! Driftglass watches Laura Ingraham and connects Albert Einstein's Cosmologicial Constant to today's media landscape. (Recorded before Trump's twitter account was permanently suspended.) More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR ...
Jan 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 580
Political University #8 - The Republican Base is the GOP's number one weapon and also the ticking time bomb inside their house. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left Podcast PO Box 9133 Springfield IL 62791-9133 ...
Jan 02, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 579
We agree with Doctor Rachel Bitecofer: Get out the Democratic vote. Stop trying to persuade Fox Zombies of your positions. And we talk about Trump going full Wrath of Khan on Mitch McConnell, as well as the news of the week. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRE...
Dec 25, 2020•59 min•Ep. 578
Just because Steve Schmidt registered as a Democrat (Welcome to the party, pal!) does NOT make him a "Centrist." We don't let the Right decide what is center, American, or reasonable any more after Donald Trump, period. Also, we are noted experts on the use of the eff bomb. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - htt...
Dec 19, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 577
Both Sides Don't de-legitimize Black ballots. Period. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left Podcast PO Box 9133 Springfield IL 62791-9133 EMAIL ADDRESSES Podcast Email: proleftpodcast@gmail.com Email for Sci-Fi T...
Dec 11, 2020•53 min•Ep. 576
A long-running theme of our podcast is that mainstream media continually frames the debate from a Republican perspective. During the recording of this podcast, Driftglass noticed that his muted TV was airing a Bulwark/Never Trump/Republican on MSNBC. There you go. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch....
Dec 05, 2020•56 min•Ep. 575
Our task is often to know our values, slow our roll when it comes to politics and legislation, then chop wood, carry water for our advocacy. And know when to celebrate our victories, and live to fight another day. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make c...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 574
Memory is the liberal superpower! And a reminder, Biden isn't president... YET. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left Podcast PO Box 9133 Springfield IL 62791-9133 EMAIL ADDRESSES Podcast Email: proleftpodcast@gm...
Nov 21, 2020•57 min•Ep. 573
We discuss why the beltway wants to call it Trumpism and why we must never do so. And the difference between a coastal D+20 district and a Midwest R+5 district reminds us that all politics is local. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable t...
Nov 14, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 572
The Professional Left is STILL The Cornfield Resistance, alas, as we still have a Republican Congressman and more work to do after the 2020 election. Chop wood, carry water! More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left ...
Nov 07, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 571
We discuss Driftglass's birthday presents (thanks for quitting your own website, Glenn Greenwald!) and read your letters. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left Podcast PO Box 9133 Springfield IL 62791-9133 EMAIL ...
Oct 31, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 570
Republicans are DEFINITELY in disarray. But you wouldn't know it from the praise Trump got for not pooping on the debate floor. Trump has a secret Chinese bank account and pays more in taxes to China than the US. Covid cases are up nationwide (wear a mask!) and Obama gives a speech we wish he'd given ten years ago. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support...
Oct 24, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 569
Ben Sasse and Mitt Romney and Morning Joe lead the way in building lifeboats to sail away from Trump's destruction of the Republican brand. We knew this would happen, and you know what we say! Burn the lifeboats! More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make ch...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 568
Our own congressional district is a tossup! and we talk about how and why no one is tone policing the Lincoln Project. It's because IOKIYAR! Also Trump and Melania both dropped F-bombs. Who do they think they are, LIBERAL BLOGGERS? More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILIN...
Oct 09, 2020•59 min•Ep. 567
That Edgar Allan Poe Story where a prince locks himself in a castle with his elite friends, ignoring the plague vector killing everyone outside -- until... seems kinda fitting. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Le...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 566
It's not a burden to fight for those less fortunate. It's an HONOR. Remembering RBG and Breonna Taylor, rest in power. And it turns out 2022 starts NOW, and if money is speech? Hear us ROAR. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The P...
Sep 25, 2020•59 min•Ep. 565
Driftglass responds to Steve Schmidt's direct put-down of our Never-Trumper skepticism. Also: Trump's very bad town hall, Newt says the Verboten word, and Bill Kristol is going to reinvent the Republican Party without those pesky Trumpers? More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US...
Sep 18, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 564
Donald Trump keeps talking. That's a yuuge problem for his campaign. Meanwhile, Kamala's images on Twitter speak to masses of people. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left Podcast PO Box 9133 Springfield IL 62791...
Sep 12, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 563
It's the worst campaign ever, and it's okay to tune it out as much as possible and focus on GOTV. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left Podcast PO Box 9133 Springfield IL 62791-9133 EMAIL ADDRESSES Podcast Email:...
Sep 05, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 562
What a shitshow. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left Podcast PO Box 9133 Springfield IL 62791-9133 EMAIL ADDRESSES Podcast Email: proleftpodcast@gmail.com Email for Sci-Fi Trivia Questions: mrs.driftglass@gmail...
Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 561
Remember the 2016 Republican Convention when they chanted "Lock her up?" Another swamp creature bites the dust as Steve Bannon is going to prison. That and our DNC reflections. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Le...
Aug 21, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 560
We LOVE the new Vice Presidential nominee!!! And our post office and sanctity of our elections needs our constant attention. BG reads about modern martyrs, and Driftglass loves all our listeners, almost? More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks paya...
Aug 15, 2020•58 min•Ep. 559
Taking Trump seriously and not seriously. Burn the lifeboat, USS Centrism! Why being partisan is the answer. And how the Democratic Party can win by doing things that make Democrats happy. Duh. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: Th...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 558
We remember John Lewis and we also remember the Bush Administration, the 2012 "Republican autopsy," Ornstein and Mann, red-lining, the Access Hollywood tape, and where Joe Scarborough used to spend Christmas (Mar-a-Lago). More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS ...
Jul 31, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 557
We're writers who love it when people mention things we wrote years ago. Why don't beltway pundits feel the same? That and the week's news including AOC's remarkable speech. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left Po...
Jul 24, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 556
Blue Gal has a birthday in quarantine (there's still time to send her a card - she loves 'em!) Trump is a racist who says racist things. Tucker Carlson goes on "vacation." Driftglass in Twitter jail again. Bari Weiss and Andrew Sullivan go Galt! Mika B. and Bill Kristol have "pre-2016 blindness." More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US...
Jul 18, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 555
Driftglass outs the "Opinion Cartel." We review how Trump LOST at SCOTUS and Oklahoma Tribes won. SCOTUS is the Deep State? Why all of a sudden Mike Pence is pro school lunch, and every middle schooler knows who Betsy DeVos is. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING AD...
Jul 10, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 554
This weekend proves we need each other. Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss the different "powers that be" behind the cameras. There are cable news execs, and then there are the rest of us, who have cameras too. By the way, Donald Trump is a traitor. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CON...
Jul 03, 2020•55 min•Ep. 553
Ignore Trump's poll numbers and VOTE. Driftglass gets a five-minute (or so) David Brooks rant, and Blue Gal attends a Service of Lament. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left Podcast PO Box 9133 Springfield IL 62...
Jun 26, 2020•58 min•Ep. 552
We talk about the week's news and how bullies don't get to run the world anymore. More at http:// ProLeftPod.com ! Support the show ( https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast ) REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left Podcast PO Box 9133 Springfield IL 62791-9133 EMAIL ADDRESSES Podcast Email: proleftpodcast@...
Jun 20, 2020•59 min•Ep. 551
