Ep 994: An Epidemic of Recycled Lies

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

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Episode 994 of The Professional Left takes a hard look at the war on memory — the long, grinding campaign to erase what actually happened to this country and replace it with a comfortable myth that lets the people who caused the damage off the hook. A fascinating breakfast conversation between a writer and ten of his late father's Trump-voting friends provides the jumping-off point, raising a question that cuts right to the heart of everything: where exactly are these voters getting their opi...

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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.
0:10.2	There is a pay-pop button at our website, or you can mail us a letter and or contribution at P.O. Box 9133, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:20.5	This is the podcast for the week of May 22nd, 2006.
0:24.9	It's not safe for work.
0:26.8	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance, where we're still in countdown mode.
0:31.3	10, 9, 8, 7.
0:36.2	Hey, wait, come back. I didn't finish counting yet. Because this is the 994th episode
0:42.8	of the Professional Left podcast with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:53.3	However you mark Memorial Day, with flags wearing a poppy, the 3 p.m. National Moment of Silence,
1:02.0	cemetery visits, or having a barbecue.
1:05.2	We want to wish all of you a safe and happy Memorial Day.
1:10.3	At our house, Memorial Day is also stepdad's day because they
1:17.2	always had to go and be with their dad on Father's Day, so we had a day for the stepfather as well.
1:23.1	And it was Memorial Day when everybody had the day off. Yeah. So to give our favorite stepdad drift class a well-deserved holiday from show prep,
1:31.8	we will be taking Tuesday off next week and returning very strongly and very powerfully
1:38.7	next week on Thursday, May 27th.
1:43.0	And we realize this will also bump our 1000th episode, Good Times International Day of Celebration, back by a couple days.
1:53.6	But that's a sacrifice for Drift Glass and Stepdad's Day that we're willing to make.
1:58.9	We're willing to take a day off just for you people, just for you.
2:03.6	Just for mentally drift glad to have a little break.
2:06.0	Yeah.
2:06.3	And since Memorial Day is a day of remembrance,
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