The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

A wild week framed by the New York Times story that the FBI investigated Trump as a Russian asset, and the Buzzsprout report that Trump told Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. And so much in between. …

We've been podcasting for 9 years, so we look back at an abbreviated (by Blue Gal) list (by Driftglass) of the past 9 years. You can read the whole list at Driftglass's blog. More at ProLeftPod.com.

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A Congresswoman shows her anger, and what it's about. We talk liberal anger versus conservative anger, and why the beltway press is totally comfortable with one of them. David Brooks blames "partisan…

Whoops there was a cell phone bounce in Prague. Trump went to a battleground despite his now-proven-to-be-fake bone spurs. And DG and BG visit the St. Louis Art Museum and come back with stories and …

“Trump Resign” is trending.  Mattis Resigned, there’s zero function at Trump’s White House. The Magnitsky act is everything -- the sanctions are everything. More at ProLeftPod.com.

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We didn’t know that Mick Mulvaney would be named Chief of Staff when we recorded this podcast Friday afternoon, but Driftglass’s description that any Trump COS will be “Newt Gingrich but not as smart…

Recorded BEFORE we had any news from Mueller, dang it. Citizens United allows wealthy mob bosses to run Republican governments. Driftglass offers the definition of “access journalism,” and is the int…

The Cohen bombshell is something everyone should have seen coming since the Republican Convention of 2016. Climate Change is real but doesn’t have to be paralyzing. And kids are the future when they …

Happy Thanksgiving weekend! We talk about helping smaller podcasters (and recommend that bigger podcasters than us do the same). Also, burn the lifeboats for never-Trumpers profiting from being wrong…

We've got career advice for Nancy Pelosi?   Sure!  Also what we've learned from Ta-Nahisi Coates, why Blue Gal knits so much, and how Driftglass is "awarding" those who block him on Twitter. More at …

Dedicated to our dear departed friend Vegas Jessie.  We go over the victories and treasure what we learned campaigning even in those races we lost. Onward! More at ProLeftPod.com.

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Driftglass and Blue Gal share some of the reasons Both Sides Don't and encourage all their listeners to get out the vote!  More at ProLeftPod.com.

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We remember that Newt Gingrich started throwing bombs long before actual bombs became a thing against Democrats and the media.  And it turns out the MAGAbomber is Fox News's core demographic, so they…

For the next three weeks, the sound and fury of right wing distraction and nonsense will be rising all around you.  Ignore it and focus on the fundamentals.   Driftglass attended a congressional deba…

Trump distracts with Kanye but we skip that insanity (literal) to talk about voter suppression, because it appears to be 1963 again in Georgia and Texas.  DG goes after Michael Gerson and Glenn Beck.…

On a day when it appears the Kavanaugh Nomination will pass, Youngest Child has learned that doing her school work improves her grades. Can we Democrats learn the same lesson? Get out the vote at all…