Ep 937 That's Why They Call It Money

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

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

4.8 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're delving deep into a question that's been making the rounds on those very large political never-Trump websites: Why don't Democrats have their own Charlie Kirk network? What's the real secret behind the conservative propaganda machine's success? Spoiler alert: it's not "moxie," fearlessness, or bootstraps. Surprise! It's billions in oligarch money—what many observers have coined 'the Patient Capital of Fascism,'—that built Kirk's empire and transformed American politics....

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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, pro-leftpod.com, or you can also contribute to this podcast. There's a PayPal button at that website, or you can mail us a letter and or contribution at P.O. Box 9133, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:20.0	This is the podcast for September 30th, 2025.
0:23.7	It's not safe for work.
0:25.7	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:28.1	where they're already putting up Christmas stuff at Lowe's,
0:30.5	and it's still a month until Halloween?
0:32.8	Thanks a lot, Obama.
0:34.5	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:37.0	Music lot Obama. It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:50.2	Hi, everybody. We're going to start out today with this quote from one of the very large political websites. I don't read this website, but Drift Glass does every once in a while.
0:55.4	It's one of the ones that has a bottomless well of tangible support from MSNBC and the legacy media.
1:02.4	Quote, why Dems don't have their own Charlie Kirk network?
1:07.8	Let's just sit with that person. Yeah, that's a good one to just sit with.
1:12.5	Those of us that live on $5 donations from listeners. Let's just sit with why don't we have
1:19.5	our own Charlie Kirk network. Okay. The conservative act, this is the article, the conservative
1:24.8	activist built a political empire before he was assassinated at 31.
1:30.0	Why haven't his opponents built one themselves?
1:33.8	You told me when we were preparing for the show because we're lazy.
1:37.1	It's because we're lazy.
1:38.5	Very lazy.
1:39.1	We don't work hard enough.
1:40.6	Yeah, we've been out this for 20 years, but really down deep. Really, have you given enough of
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