The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Hi it’s Fran AKA Blue Gal, just letting you know that this week, due to lots of things going on here at Casa DGBG, we will be doing ONE podcast only, on Wednesday October 18.  The episode should be posted by 7pm Central time.  I’ve got lots of doctor appointments this week for some reason and today Tuesday, our cat, Barack Hussein the Kenyan Usurper, goes to the vet for his annual checkup.  Barack Hussein is our Sumo wrestler cat he weighs over 15 pounds but the vet says he’s not overweight just built like a brick house.  In other family news, Junior Dude turns 25 on Saturday, and he’s coming home on Wednesday for a week, so my other two are also coming home for a couple of days and this empty nester will have all three adult kids in the house for one 24 hour period on Thursday.  I struggled with whether to podcast that day because telling my kids to be quiet we’re podcasting would make them feel right at home, but then I decided I would rather not do that.  So again, we’re doing one show this week, it will drop tomorrow, Wednesday October 18, and then we’ll be back with two shows Tuesday and Thursday next week.  Love you and talk to you then.  Support the show

It's our 750th episode!  We talk about the horror going on in Israel,  and respond to WaPo's very silly article about Illinois Gerrymandering.  This plus the news of the week!  Thanks for listening! Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

Because Joan Walsh asked on the Tim Miller podcast, we're here to explain what happened to the blogosphere.  Some of us are still here.  More at proleftpod.com.  Your support of the show really matters!  Thanks so much. Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodOur YouTube ChannelOpening and Closing Music:Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/|Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Library | https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.comSupport the show

Democrats learned much from the Obama years:  we are DONE cleaning up Republican messes and then getting blamed when we do. You got elected, GOP, learn to govern, or go home.  More at proleftpod.com.  Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

No Fair Remembering Stuff is One Year Old and boy, are our arms tired!  We talk about the future of No Fair Remembering Stuff and how we plan to keep doing this show and keep what's left of our sanity.  And we follow with an encore presentation of our first show, one year ago today.  Your support of the show really matters!  Thanks so much.  Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodOur YouTube ChannelOpening and Closing Music:Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/|Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Library | https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.comSupport the show

The Republican Party can't get their act together, and it's a feature, not a bug.  The mainstream media can’t help making “walking the UAW picket line” and “meeting with scabs at a non-union shop” equal.  Keith Olbermann dances on Drifty’s corner (again), and a Missouri congressman doesn’t understand timelines.  And Republicans won’t call out a REAL corrupt Democrat because they’re too busy going after Joe Biden.  The Saudis will pay “anything” for Mar-A-Lago, but Biden’s wearing sneakers.  More at proleftpod.com.  Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

We discuss when there's "too much of a good thing" in a science fiction world, including when the hero is a tragic hero.  Then we discuss the future of Dune movies.  More at sciencefictionuniversity.com.   (No Fair Remembering Stuff returns next week.)Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodOur YouTube ChannelSupport the show

This episode is not work-safe.  Driftglass visits Iowa.  Republicans threaten a government shutdown, but worry they'll be blamed for doing it.  Some columnists catch up to where we were seven years ago.  David Brooks buys a hamburger.  And Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro shows how to deal with both siderist questions.  More at proleftpod.com.Link for this episode: Fran's healthcare situation / GoFundMe. Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

No Fair Remembering Stuff brings you the sex scandal of 1974. More at proleftpod.com.  Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodOur YouTube ChannelOpening and Closing Music:Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/|Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Library | https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.comSupport the show

Kevin McCarthy's very illegal impeachment (not really) inquiry (also not really) thingie is not going well.  And because this is our only episode this week (Driftglass is traveling) we do a little No Fair Remembering Stuff about the 1968 Democratic National Convention that you will not have heard before.  More at proleftpod.com Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show