The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

A Block:  Driftglass and Bluegal read each other a list of standard performance review questions.  Are we staff or management?  B Block (40:30): Donald Trump and his party are flat-out in favor of ethnic cleansing in the United States.  C Block (50:15):  Kamala Harris's substantive interview on economics; reactions to it broke precisely as expected.  News Round Up (57:30). Link for this episode:  Drew Magery at SF Gate, 'The New York Times is Washed' https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/new-york-times-washed-19780600.phpMore at proleftpod.com. You can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ease-dgs-medical-financial-burdenBlue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangumOur podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodEpisode image by @bluegal via Bing AISupport the show

Sorry, Maggie Haberman, we're just two married podcasters who live in a little house near a cornfield and who think the Beltway media is waaay too busy patting each other's backs.  We're not an industry, we're pro-journalistic ethics (hello Olivia Nuzzi), political integrity (good bye Mark Robinson), and funding school lunches (Ahem). More at proleftpod.com.You can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ease-dgs-medical-financial-burdenBlue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangumOur podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

This week, Blue Gal is traveling, so we're bringing you a special rebroadcast of our recent appearance on "The Bill Show," which originally aired on September 9, 2024.  Bill is an American ex-pat living in Australia, and his podcast is liberal and political with a heavy dose of ribald humor.  Sounds like a good match for us?  It is! Hear more Bill Show episodes at https://expatprogressive.podbean.com/.You can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ease-dgs-medical-financial-burdenBlue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangumOur podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

No Fair Remembering 2010?  Our SECOND episode from over 14 years ago.  Before we were married!  Driftglass was in Chicago, and Blue Gal was in Springfield, recording over Skype.  This episode was recorded at a pivotal moment in recent American political history. The Supreme Court had just handed down its landmark Citizens United decision, fundamentally altering and corrupting the landscape of campaign finance. Meanwhile, the country was mere weeks away from the signing of the Affordable Care Act, a piece of legislation that would reshape the healthcare system and lead to Republicans losing their damn minds for years to come.Listening to our discussion from 14 years ago, you may be struck by the urgency and uncertainty of that moment.More at proleftpod.com.You can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ease-dgs-medical-financial-burdenBlue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangumOur podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

Our two cents about the Presidential Vs. Donald Trump Debate.  And we have some opinions, too, about Morning Joe guests attempting to "reunite the country."  More at proleftpod.com.Link for this episode, check out our Episode 713: No Fair Remembering Vice Presidents.  "The belief that somehow Kamala Harris isn't "doing something" as Veep runs counter to nearly every other Vice President in the history of the United States."  https://www.buzzsprout.com/229/12764766 You can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ease-dgs-medical-financial-burdenBlue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangumOur podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

Thanks Liz and Dick Cheney now GET LOST.  You get NOTHING for doing the right thing.  And you especially don't get more political power because you're pretending to be "centrist."  Have a nice day! Also David Brooks pretends Trump was a "hostile takeover of outsiders" of the lovely kind Republican Party he knew and loved back when Dick Cheney was Vice President.  We remember differently, David. And guess who wrote for the NYFT that tariffs might be what Trump lies say they are.  AHEM.More at proleftpod.comYou can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ease-dgs-medical-financial-burdenBlue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangumOur podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

Oh wait, the Russia thing was real?  And DOJ just indicted a whole mess of September Surprise?  We muse on the idea of "earning" $100,000 an episode.  Did you think you were worth it,  Tim Pool?  And Mike Barnicle asks, "What happened to the Republican Party?"  Hey Mike! WE KNOW!!! More at proleftpod.comYou can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ease-dgs-medical-financial-burdenBlue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangumOur podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

A short episode so DG can recover his voice sooner rather than later.  Links for this episode: Margaret Sullivan:  An ugly case of 'false balance' at The New York Timeshttps://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/an-ugly-case-of-false-balance-inThanks to The Bill Show out of Australia for hosting us this week.  Our show should drop in a few days here: https://open.spotify.com/show/71kZ2ppjrX6bOEg2ql7ZskMore at proleftpod.com.You can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ease-dgs-medical-financial-burdenBlue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangumOur podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

Doctrines come from the stories that a church or a political party or some other group tells about itself.  In that sense, the stories people tell themselves create the reality that they believe in.  Powerful stories tell them what’s true and what’s false.  It gives them heroes and villains and victims, and an explanation for why things are the way they are.And right now we are experiencing a huge war over who gets to tell the stories of what's happening.  And for once, the good guys are winning that battle. More at proleftpod.com.You can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ease-dgs-medical-financial-burdenBlue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangumOur podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

Also welcome back to the fight as, at long last, Democrats are "floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee."  Are we finally back to the days of "Give 'em Hell, Harry"? We hope so!  And the Donald Trump campaign has at least three "vendors" taking millions and no one knows what's being done with the money.  (We can guess, though).  More at proleftpod.com.Links for this episode: The Educated Imagination from 2010: What's wrong with the New York Times Part 3?  https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/2010/05/16/whats-wrong-with-the-new-york-times-3-2/Will Bunch: "How the media blew 2024′s election" https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/media-elections-dnc-kamala-harris-military-20240827.htmlMark Sumner at Daily Kos:  “Trump raises less money than Harris—and how he spends it is a mystery.”https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/26/2265800/-Trump-raises-less-money-than-Harris-and-how-he-spends-it-is-a-mysteryMore at proleftpod.com.You can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ease-dgs-medical-financial-burdenBlue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangumOur podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show