Ep 874: They Ain't Playing 4-Dimensional Chess

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

Democrat, Government, Midterms, Progressive, Liberal, Resistance, News, Debate, Campaign, Indivisible, Election, Politics, Presidential, News Commentary

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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The Professional Left Podcast #874: Federal jobs and local economies are in chaos as Trump and Musk wreak havoc at USAID and beyond. Driftglass and Blue Gal break down how Republican propaganda keeps winning despite their awful job creation record, and why some Never Trumpers can't quit bashing Democrats. The hosts dig into research showing Dems are way better at creating jobs (shocking, right?), while Republicans excel at... lying about it. From Trump's whiplash-inducing tariff decisio...

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0:00.0	You can listen to the professional left wherever you get your podcasts on Netroots Radio or at our website, proleftpod.com, where you can also contribute to this podcast.
0:10.5	There's a PayPal button at our website, or you can mail us a letter and or a contribution at PioBox 911, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:19.8	This is the podcast for the week of February 7th, 2025.
0:23.8	It's not safe for work.
0:25.5	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:27.8	where local businesses notice right quick
0:30.0	when government jobs start disappearing.
0:32.3	It's the professional left with drift glass and blue gal.
0:42.3	Hey, Blue Gal.
0:43.3	We got a little bit of housekeeping to do and some thank yous.
0:48.3	This week we were invited to be with Cliff Shecter and we had a a fine time talking with him he's an OG blogger
0:55.9	just like us so that was fun and uh after some technical difficulties were resolved
1:03.7	yesterday was fun wasn't it drift glass it's it's Chinatown honey it's china town yeahatown, yeah. But you did eventually get on with Brad Friedman at the Bradcast with Desi Doyan and Digby.
1:18.6	Yes, indeed.
1:19.8	And so we will link all of those in our show notes, which will also appear at our Patreon page. At our Patreon page, pinned to the top,
1:32.0	is a video that youngest child recorded with us celebrating our 17th anniversary of meeting
1:41.6	face-to-face. You and I met face-to to face. 17 years ago on February 16th, 2008,
1:49.5	was the date we officially met face to face. And we talk about that. And it's a video. It's just
1:57.2	pinned to the top of our Patreon page. Anybody can go and look at it. I don't make,
2:02.5	I don't cut off people from visiting our Patreon page and seeing what's there.
2:06.8	No. And a couple other things. I have really begun to appreciate that that Patreon page is a place
2:16.4	where I can leave messages to all of you. Right. So if we are not
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