Ep 986: 'AmeriKKKan Gothic'

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

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Episode 986 of The Professional Left traces how one simple political rule — Ronald Reagan's "Eleventh Commandment" never to speak ill of a fellow Republican — quietly mutated over decades into something far more dangerous. Driftglass and Blue Gal dig into how that rule created a closed loop where loyalty to the team mattered more than the truth, and how the endless flood of dark money on the Right kept feeding the beast no matter how extreme it got. A disturbing New Yorker article about a new...

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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.
0:09.2	There's a PayPal button at our website, where you can mail us a letter and or contribution at P.O. Box 913, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:18.8	This is the podcast for the week of April 17th,
0:21.5	2006.
0:22.7	It's not safe for work.
0:24.8	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:27.0	where we asked the question,
0:28.9	how are you going to keep them down on the farm
0:30.5	after they've seen how much money there is
0:32.4	and cosplay fascism?
0:34.4	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:42.5	Music fascism. It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal. Today we're going to explain how Reagan's so-called 11th commandment morphed and mutated
0:49.0	and eventually ate the Republican Party. True, blue gal, but first, but first, a quiz.
0:56.0	We're going to have a little quiz.
0:57.5	I failed this quiz.
0:59.7	Yes.
1:00.3	This is a personal and private quiz between me and my wife.
1:03.5	And I failed.
1:04.6	Cover you.
1:05.2	So cover your ears.
1:06.6	We'll tell you when you can listen.
1:08.7	We did this in show note review and I really got this wrong. So I'm, I'll be interested
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