Ep 964: A Man Was Lynched

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

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

4.8 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti are called what they really are—lynchings carried out by Trump's armed thugs who were then protected from investigation and sent back out on the streets. A direct line connects decades of right-wing hate radio promising to eliminate liberals to today's fascist violence, explaining why there will be no magical "national awakening" to save us. Never Trump pundits who now support "Defund ICE" after spending years attacking Democrats over "Defund the Pol...

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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 he 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 contribution at P.O. Box 913, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:20.3	This is the podcast for January 27, 2006.
0:24.7	It's not safe for work.
0:26.7	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:29.2	where if you're still waiting for that national awakening
0:31.6	we've been hearing about for the last 10 years,
0:34.1	we have some floppy disk-based Bitcoin futures
0:36.6	we're sure you'll be interested in.
0:38.6	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:47.8	And Drift Class, we have a late-breaking email from one of our friends,
0:52.1	friend of the pod, Andy in England. Hey, Eddie. Just wants
0:56.1	us to know that
0:58.3	he has chosen a new
1:00.0	book to listen to or a book to listen to
1:02.2	that should cheer him up.
1:04.5	The art of the deal? Is the art of the deal?
1:05.9	No, it's by a
1:07.5	historian named Dan Jones and it's
1:10.0	called Summer of Blood, the Peasants Revolt of 1381.
1:15.6	Just set the theme.
1:17.9	History is awesome, Blue Gow.
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