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Ep 798: Arizona Indicts and Trump Farts Apr 25, 2024

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Lots of news this week, and we're also on The Bill Show
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cSaH6ZB7G0edd2ROw6Xli?si=WCI1PGLATeeQGGSIldtZWA
And we'll be recording with Tru Blu Politics on 4/26.
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-trublu-politics-127820101/
Link for this episode: Digby brings us the Quote of the Day from Sonia Sotomayor:
https://digbysblog.net/2024/04/25/qotd-justice-sotomayor-2/
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Ep 797: No Fair Remembering Sarah Palin Apr 23, 2024

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"Sarah Palin walked so Donald Trump could run." -- Driftglass
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Ep 796: The Great Republican Sell-Out Apr 18, 2024

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Trump has a longstanding history of grifting down-ballot Republicans. Instead of supporting his so-called party, Trump is forever leveraging his status for personal profit.
But the intrigue doesn't end there. We also unpack the un-surprising transformations of "Never Trump" Republicans like Chris Sununu and Bill Barr, who have suddenly found Trump an acceptable candidate for president.
And we look back at the long-standing pushy partnership between evangelicals and Republicans, discovering that it has always been transactional, even preceding the era of George W. Bush.
And Marge fails at impeachment. Sad!
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Ep 795 There Is No More 'Debating' Trump Apr 16, 2024

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'No Fair Remembering Stuff' Remembers the 2016 and 2020 General Election "debates" and says No More. And Driftglass's 19 year old blog post gets a reprise as a Harvard professor comes to the same conclusions. More at proleftpod.com.
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Ep 794 MSNBC Wins and Loses Apr 11, 2024

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Big props to Lawrence O'Donnell for going full "No Fair Remembering Stuff" on his Wednesday A-Block. But then again his network cohorts interviewed Michael Avenatti and John Bolton this week, which just EXHAUSTS us.
The O'Donnell Monologue.
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Ep 793: Trump's Abortion Fail Apr 09, 2024

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It's like Trump became JEB! Bush this week: a pleading Republican politician instead of the manifestation of the Republican Base's ID. We discuss.
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Ep 792: What's Rove Got To Do With It? Apr 04, 2024

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MSNBC interviews (and we are not making this up) Karl Rove and Reince Priebus. We have thoughts.
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Ep 791 Science Fiction University: 3 Body Problem Apr 02, 2024

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We talk about the new Apple TV series "3 Body Problem," which we highly recommend. We also relate it to lots of other science fiction works.
Looking for political content? We were on The Brad Cast on Monday
https://bradblog.com/?p=14989
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Ep 790 The NBC News Meltdown and Trump's Bible Mar 28, 2024

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What a week! We begin by connecting what we've been saying for fourteen years on The Professional Left Podcast to the latest disaster meltdown at NBC, which purportedly is about the McDaniel hiring/firing but is really about who gets to be a Republican and what that means for Both Siderism coverage at the networks.
We also express disgust over the sheer size of the NBC C-Suite, and Trump's "Bible." And Lev Parnas is settling all family business. More at proleftpod.com.
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Ep 789: One Weird Reason NBC's New Hire Went Wrong Mar 25, 2024

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Why did NBC hire Ronna Romney McDaniel? And the obvious reason it was the wrong choice? Isn't the real reason. And deep down Chuck Todd knows it.
Links for this episode.
Chuck Todd scolds his bosses over the McDaniel hire:
https://crooksandliars.com/2024/03/chuck-todd-slams-nbc-hiring-ronna-mcdaniel
Chuck Todd's revelation (with Lewis Black and W. Kamau Bell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vZ3mWuBAbY
One other time Chuck Todd called out liars, and then FIVE times he covered for Republican liars on the air:
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/03/chuck-todd-says-all-lies-matter-really
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