Ep 905: Joni Ernst, Typical Republican

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

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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We're talking about Trump's "Move Fast and Break Things" presidency - from Tulsi Gabbard wanting to turn intelligence briefings into Fox News shows, to Elon Musk's deadly DOGE disaster that's killed hundreds of thousands worldwide. Senator Joni Ernst delivers peak Republican callousness by dismissing Medicaid death concerns with "We're all gonna die!" while strolling through a cemetery. Plus, we show you what honest economic reporting would look like versus the both-sides garbage we actually ...

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0:19.5	This is the podcast for June 3rd, 2025.
0:22.8	It's not safe for work.
0:24.8	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:27.3	where we have obtained Donald Trump's SpaceX briefing.
0:29.8	We have one of Hollywood's best-known actors to play for you.
0:36.6	Ha ha ha ha! It'll never get off the ground.
0:45.3	No propellers.
0:47.3	Rockets do not employ propellers. They use jets.
0:51.3	So do gas stoves. But they don't fly to the moon.
0:54.6	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
1:01.5	Hey, Blue Gal.
1:06.9	Hey, Drift Glass.
1:08.2	You know, that Woody Woodpecker clip is dangerously and scarily close to the truth.
1:14.6	I know, I know.
1:15.9	This is from Rolling Stone, quote, President Donald Trump's National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard is looking for ways to change the president's intelligence briefings to align with his media consumption habits
1:29.8	and gain his trust, possibly adopting a video format.
1:36.1	There's so much of that sentence about just gently phrasing media consumption, but gain
1:40.9	his trust because what he thinks, the person he appointed the job lying to him.
1:45.4	The person that you hired to be national security director, you don't trust her? Yeah. Possibly adopting a
1:51.9	video format. Gabbard has apparently consulted current and former intelligence officials for solutions.
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