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Today is a good day for us to remember that we are not alone or crazy...or doomed.  Trump Co is destined for SELF-destruction. And we came across a Steve Gilliard post from TWENTY years ago that is amazingly timely. More at proleftpod.com.Links for this…

Thursdays with Royko.  Guess who says we need a new liberal media?  Guess who says Matt Gaetz is a Sex Pervert? And Blue Gal interviews our 26yo about the election.  More at proleftpod.comYou can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses…

We're on BlueSky!  bluegal, driftglass, proleftpodcast.  Join us! Five stages of grief?  How about five stages of MAGA victory, including bargaining, denial, and anger?  Because FAFO isn't just a cute acronym, it's their way of life. Also, Bluegal finds…

The post-election episode.  We're going to get busy, working to make the world a better place, because that is what we are ALWAYS, in all circumstances, called to do. More at proleftpod.com.Link for this episode: Sojourners Magazine, 'Preaching the Word'…

h/t Jimmy Kimmel for turning "Dumpster Fire," which Driftglass actually coined on his blog, into "Dumpster Fuhrer."  Bible Bitch has a very special "thou shalt not" for the Trump campaign.  And Driftglass compares Harris at the Elipse with Lincoln at…

Happy Birthday Driftglass (Oct 30)!!!Trump's very very racist rally.  Who could have predicted?  Everybody.  Also, a certain NYT columnist who is NOT David Brooks, Ross Douthat, makes up reasons why he can't endorse Harris, including, and we are not making…

Brian Kilmeade should win an award. Links for this episode:   Ezra Klein on Trump’s lack of guardrails… and dem failures? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/opinion/donald-trump-ezra-klein-podcast.htmlChris Hayes hosts Michelle Goldberg and Jess…

Funny how Republicans loved the "p" word when it was about Bill Clinton.  Driftglass's 'five minutes on David Brooks' is back.  Tick tock! And we're not exactly accepting the Cheneys and The Bulwark into our tent. More at proleftpod.com. You can help us pay…

Three weeks left. Kamala shows Bret Baier for the abusive bully jerk and not-a-journalist he is.  Driftglass reads a right wing Facebook post for filth and notes how much it depends...on the lies of the past?  More at proleftpod.com. You can help us pay for…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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): …

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),…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

No fair remembering stuff only applies to Republicans.  Democrats get to celebrate THEIR past!  Links for this episode: Driftglass on the Bradcast 8/21/24: https://bradblog.com/?p=15139Brian Baez, Content Creator:…

Happy 13th Wedding Anniversary to us!  We celebrated by enjoying Night One of The Democratic National Convention, and attending a dear friend's funeral.  We are reminded again this week that the Mainstream Media feeds respectable and legitimized propaganda…

Well, it's worth a try.  The news of the week continues to prove Republicans are weird.  The three Jell-O molds the mainstream media tries to form "news salad" into.  And DG brings back "shelter culture."  More at proleftpod.com.Links for this episode: Doc…

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…

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. More at proleftpod.com. Links for this episode: Driftglass and Digby on The…

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.  More at proleftpod.com.  Driftglass will be on the BradCast on Wednesday August 7 with Digby of Hullabaloo.You can…