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The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Ep 985: 'The Cheaper The Crook...'

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

4.8920 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter." -- The Maltese Falcon Episode 985 of The Professional Left takes a deep dive into the word "normalizing" — a term that gets thrown around constantly in political coverage, but rarely gets a clear definition. Driftglass and Blue Gal trace how a stubborn 30% of Americans have believed one wild conspiracy theory after another for decades, and argue that what looks like normalization on the Left is really just exhaustion from years of fightin...

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You can listen to the professional left wherever you get your podcasts on Netroots Radio or at our website,

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proleftpod.com, where you can also contribute to this podcast. There's a PayPal button at our website,

0:11.9

or you can mail us a letter and or contribution at P.O. Box 913, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.

0:19.6

This is the podcast for April 14th, 2006.

0:23.7

It's not safe for work.

0:25.8

Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance, where?

0:28.8

The cheaper they cook, they go near the panic.

0:31.4

It's the professional left with drift glass and blue gal.

0:40.0

And there is no cheaper, stupid, or crook operating today than President Schitts'

0:45.7

pants von Epstein Files, who last week decided to put the full weight of his criminal

0:52.1

syndicate behind his fascist BFF, Victor Orban.

0:57.7

Quote, my admin stands ready to use full economic might of U.S. to strengthen Hungary's economy.

1:07.1

As we have, that's America first, by the way.

1:09.9

As we have done for our great allies in the past.

1:12.8

If PM Orban and the Hungarian people ever need it, we are excited to invest in future prosperity that will be generated by Orban's continued leadership, unquote.

1:29.0

And, of course, closing the Strait of Hormuz to warn Iran not to close the Strait of Hormuz.

1:35.5

Quote, so there you have it. The meeting went well. Most points were agreed to, but the only

1:40.3

point that really mattered, nuclear, was not. Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the finest in the world will begin the process of blockading.

1:49.5

And he and all ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz, unquote.

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And, of course, creating further confusion the United States military later sent a note to Seafarer saying the blockade would only be enforced in waters

2:01.8

east of the Strait of Hormuz, according to Reuters.

2:05.2

And then, Vice President Couchfucker helpfully jumped into sum up Trump's strategy this way.

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