Ep 899 | The President Takes A Bribe (Lots of Bribes)

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

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week on The Professional Left, we're asking the question that's suddenly on everyone's mind: "Does motivated reasoning have any limits?" When a president accepts a $400 million jet as a "gift" from Qatar and his administration floats suspending habeas corpus, are we finally reaching a tipping point? We'll explore why even some of the most devoted right-wing voices are squirming uncomfortably as Trump's corruption moves from the shadows into broad daylight. Is this his "Katrina moment," o...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You can listen to the professional left wherever you get your podcasts on Network Radio or at our website, pro-leftpod.com, where you can also contribute to this podcast.
0:10.6	There's a PayPal button at our website, or you can mail as a letter and or contribution at P.O. Box 913, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:20.7	This is the podcast for May 13, 2025.
0:24.0	It's not safe for work.
0:25.8	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:28.0	where we're celebrating the 810th anniversary
0:30.5	of the signing of the Magna Carta,
0:32.8	whose Article 39 reads, this is translated from the Latin,
0:35.9	No Freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or deceased or
0:39.4	exiled or anyway destroyed.
0:41.8	Nor will we go upon him, nor
0:43.3	will we send upon him except
0:45.2	upon the lawful judgment of his
0:47.4	peers or the law
0:49.4	of the land, unquote.
0:51.1	It's the professional laugh for Joe class and Blue Gal.
1:01.0	Music unquote. It's the professional laugh with Drift Glass and Blue Gal. Hey, Blue Gal.
1:02.3	Hey, Drif Glass.
1:03.5	Just FYI, our good friend or a friend of the pod, Charlie Pierce, lied to me today.
1:10.7	Lied to America, really.
1:14.0	When he brought up the Great Charter's Article 39 on the Stephanie Miller podcast.
1:19.5	And by the way, Stephanie, next time you're, you coach to at least get together and want to argue about the difference between thin crust pizza and Chicago tavern style pizza or or deep dish,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Driftglass and Blue Gal, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Driftglass and Blue Gal and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.