The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

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Ep 828 Is Trump Dropping Out? Aug 13, 2024

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Sir, many people have told us that Trump might drop out. Several important people said that Trump should drop out of the race. Some people say he should flee the country. I've even heard one person say he's a flight "risk," and that's what they call it, a "risk"- that he'll flee the country.
Many things we thought would last forever didn't.
Democratic messaging on housing, pollution, autism.
Driftglass notes, "I, too, am in Hell."
Explore the critical role of media in shaping political narratives with a spotlight on Lawrence O'Donnell's blunt critique of media transparency failures. We compare the divergent coverage of the Hillary Clinton email scandal and the Trump campaign's secretive activities, underscoring the biased nature of media decisions. In addition, we touch on Hillary Clinton's compassionate engagement with autism issues and highlight the significance of urban planning initiatives, drawing lessons from the successful strategies in Arlington, Virginia, versus Chicago's past housing project failures.
Links for this episode:
Works in Progress: How DC [Arlington VA] Densified: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-dc-densified/
Show artwork via "Break Your Own News": https://breakyourownnews.com/
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Ep 827 The Illinois State Fair Butter Cow (And Other News!) Aug 08, 2024

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A busy week? Wait until October!
Meanwhile, the Illinois State Fair unveiled their annual butter cow, and Harris/Walz kicked some ass while the Republican Party had a meltdown.
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Links for this episode:
Driftglass and Digby on The Bradcast 8/7/2024.
Texas AG Ken Paxton has a "humble brag" about ActBlue.
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Ep 826 | Harris Walz 2024! Aug 06, 2024

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We're so excited. Also, some weird news of the week, including RFK Jr's bear hunt (eww) and Trump's Mar A Lago / WinRed forever grifting.
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Driftglass will be on the BradCast on Wednesday August 7 with Digby of Hullabaloo.
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Ep 825 When Did Trump Decide To Be Orange? Aug 01, 2024

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Driftglass and BlueGal dive into Trump's blatant racism and why the media can't seem to call it what it is.
Link for this episode:
DG and BG on the BradCast 7/31/2024: https://bradblog.com/?p=15116
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Ep 824: Weird Jul 30, 2024

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A deep dive into the word "weird," from Shakespeare's "weird sisters" in The Scottish Play alllll the way to JD Vance and the Republican tone police, who really don't like us calling their entire QAnon Trump-humping cult of grifting, "weird."
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Links for this episode:
The three weird sisters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnc0pOjr1qY
Judi Densch Plays Lady Macbeth, 1979: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xHlngY6Bgk
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Ep 823: The Stories The Media Will Tell, 2024 Edition Jul 25, 2024

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We KNOW what the media is going to do this election cycle. It's our job to halt them. Both sides don't!!!
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LINKS for this episode:
Kurt Vonnegut, The Shape of Stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOGru_4z1Vc
2081, The Film, Based on "Harrison Bergeron," by Kurt Vonnegut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEgOuZzjI8o
Scott Doty Explains "The Procrustean Bed"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbLB2H-ASwo
Cook County Jail Plays Chess
https://www.joeycofone.com/eureka-newsletter/leisure-theory
https://www.cookcountysheriffil.gov/cook-county-jail-chess-team-places-second-in-international-chess-tournament/
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Ep 822: Dems In Array For Kamala Harris Jul 23, 2024

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LFG! But we have no plans to ever forget the shameful, public "Dump Biden" pile-on by Hollywood celebrities, our Never Trump "allies", the Pod Save rug rats, the wealthy donors -- who resorted to what amounted to down-ticket extortion to pressure Dems in tight races to come out against Biden, and most egregiously of all, the entire corporate media, including CNN, MSNBC and, leading the jackal pack, The New York Effing Times.
Link for this episode:
Left Jabs: Don’t Let the New York Times Do Your Thinking
http://www.leftjabs.com/2024/07/dont-let-new-york-times-do-your-thinking.html
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Ep 821: A Change in TONE? Jul 18, 2024

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The Tone Police is ALWAYS there to benefit the oppressor, in this case, the RNC.
And we follow up on the stupid "dump Biden" conspiracy. Resist that noise and silence Monkey Mind.
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Links for this episode:
"How to Tame Your Monkey Mind"
https://www.prm.nau.edu/prm205/monkey-mind-article.htm
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Ep 820: Western Pennsylvania And The Gorilla They Didn't See Jul 16, 2024

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Orwell said, "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." That's not the fight we wanted, but that's the fight we're in, kids.
Plus touching letters from listeners, and Birthday Girl Blue Gal conducts her own focus group in a Pittsburgh diner, then goes full policy-ninja on Medicare at-home care.
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Ep 819: Ridin' With Biden! Jul 11, 2024

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We're so stabby about the mainstream media right now, it's a swear-fest. Fran is boycotting MSNBC for the Summer to protect her mental health and punish the suits upstairs (Sorry, Lawrence.). And Driftglass remembers the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer, when Black Mississippians had to fight the Democratic establishment to become the Democratic base. More at proleftpod.com.
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