Ep 976: Signs and Portents

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

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Episode 976 examines the signs and portents showing Trump's base starting to fracture as broken promises about Epstein files and "no foreign wars" collide with reality. Driftglass and Blue Gal track special election upsets across the country, from New Hampshire to Georgia's R+19 district where even Trump's handpicked candidate couldn't avoid a runoff after 22% of MAGA voters disobeyed orders. The episode explores why Joe Rogan claims Trump supporters feel "betrayed" while refusing to admit hi...

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0:19.7	This is the podcast for the week of March 13, 2006.
0:23.9	It's not safe for work.
0:25.9	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance, where we don't read Entrails or the Ouija
0:30.3	Board to divine the future.
0:31.5	We just look at what's right in front of everybody, and where it's going, it's the
0:36.0	professional left with drift glass and blue gal.
0:45.2	We start today with breaking news from the signs and portents department.
0:52.6	This is from Virgil in 29 BC, describing celestial signs before the death of Julius Caesar.
1:02.7	Quote, never did lightning flash so often from a clear sky, nor were such fearful comets seen."
1:12.6	Unquote.
1:13.6	And this from Pliny the Elder, 77 AD, quote,
1:17.6	comets are dreadful stars.
1:19.6	They appear suddenly and portend great events, unquote.
1:23.6	And this from Scientific American two days ago. Quote, stunning video shows huge fireball
1:33.2	blazing over Europe. A large bright meteor fell over Europe on Sunday with some observers saying
1:41.2	they could hear the rock's explosive descent from the ground.
1:46.8	A massive fireball streaked through the evening sky over Europe on Sunday,
1:51.6	showering at least one German town with debris,
1:54.8	and triggering an investigation into the size of the object.
1:58.4	The European Space Agency's planetary defense team, which is leading the investigation,
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