The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Karl Rove, Fox News, and the rest wanted to program voters to vote Republican no matter what.  They spent so much time on the 'vote Republican' part, and now the 'no matter what' part has come home to roost. Also, Kamala Harris uses "Good Trouble" to drive Trump into publicizing his insanity repeatedly. And we make some predictions about the first David Brooks columns of 2025. 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/proleftpodEpisode image by @bluegal  h/t @DougJBalloon aka New York Times PitchbotSupport the show

How is Donald Trump like a hurricane?  How is toxic Republicanism like climate change?  And snuggle up with a cuppa hot cocoa, kids, as Uncle Driftglass reads an excerpt from the 1955 story "Franchise" by Issac Asimov.  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/proleftpodEpisode image by @bluegal via Bing AI.Support the show

The idea of focusing on the future isn't the flex (or the excuse) the Trump campaign thinks it is. We are pleasantly surprised on a road trip to Burlington, Iowa.  Is Elon Musk's mom alright? Is Megyn Kelly?  They seem upset. And Kamala Harris isn't aiming for "humble."  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/proleftpodEpisode image by @bluegal via Bing AI.Support the show

Trump is melting.  Vance is a robot replacement.  Walz understood his assignment. And isn’t it interesting that Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, #1 enemy of socialism, wants the taxpayers to fix her husband’s driveway in the wake of Helene? 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/proleftpodEpisode image by @bluegal via Bing AI.Support the show

We cover the usual (sad!) media failures leading up to the Vice Presidential Debate Tuesday night.Note:  Our recording host had some technical issues that other podcasters were also experiencing today.  Our apologies for "aborting" the show early...we had to get ready for the Vice Presidential Debate.Please listen to Driftglass and Digby discuss the Vice Presidential Debate on the BradCast (https://bradblog.com/)  on Wednesday Oct 2.  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/proleftpodEpisode image is our own Bosco. Support the show

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