Ep 906: That Escalated Quickly

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

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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We're back from the Cornfield Resistance with the messiest billionaire breakup of the century—complete with explosive social media threats and some very familiar names getting dragged into very damning files. We're watching Pride Month get weaponized, civil rights heroes getting erased from naval vessels, and Republican voters acting shocked when the leopards they voted for start eating their own faces. Plus: billionaire-funded "centrist" PACs, AI writing coaches at major newspapers, and why ...

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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.
0:10.9	There's a PayPal button at our website, where you can mail us a letter and or contribution at P.O. Box 9133, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:20.2	This is the podcast for the week of June 6th, 2025.
0:23.8	It's not safe for work.
0:25.3	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:27.6	where we're here to watch the Republican Civil War and eat popcorn,
0:30.7	and we're all out of popcorn.
0:32.3	And oh, my God, did it just escalate?
0:34.8	It's the professional left drift glass and blue gal.
0:37.3	Music did it just escalate? It's the professional left drift glass and blue gal.
0:53.6	Yeah. We had no idea when we started prepping the show today, just how bad it was going to get this afternoon.
0:58.8	How glorious it was going to get so glorious. And so we have to admit, though, tech billionaires and crimes pre-presidents always have the ugliest breakup. They do. Tearful, angry, throwing things.
1:05.5	So initially, we put in our notes like an hour and a half ago, quote, without me, Trump would have lost the election.
1:18.0	Dems would control the House and Republicans would be 5149 in the Senate.
1:22.7	Elon Musk posted on X, adding in a second post, such ingratitude.
1:29.4	You rigged the election for you and gave you $300 million.
1:32.6	So where's the love?
1:34.2	And it turns out he's only given $200 million.
1:36.0	And it looks like that last $100 million ain't going to happen.
1:39.1	Yeah.
1:40.0	Yeah.
1:40.9	And then as again, we kind of put a line under that one and said,
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