The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal Ep 874: They Ain't Playing 4-Dimensional Chess
The Professional Left Podcast #874: Federal jobs and local economies are in chaos as Trump and Musk wreak havoc at USAID and beyond. Driftglass and Blue Gal break down how Republican propaganda keeps winning despite their awful job creation record, and why some Never Trumpers can't quit bashing Democrats.
The hosts dig into research showing Dems are way better at creating jobs (shocking, right?), while Republicans excel at... lying about it. From Trump's whiplash-inducing tariff decisions to his sketchy State Department picks, and from NASA scrubbing diversity mentions to protests at USAID - it's been quite a week at the Cornfield Resistance.
Links for this episode:
Pew Research on jobs: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/07/what-the-data-says-about-federal-workers/
Driftglass and Digby on the Bradcast 2/5/2025 https://bradblog.com/?p=15297
Driftglass and Blue Gal on The Cliff Schecter Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tb0TkDaY3M
Episode artwork by Bluegal
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Recorded February 6, 2025. It's not safe for work, but it is safe for democracy.