Episode 920: President Queeg

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

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

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This week we dive into why platforming fascists is always a terrible idea, using Mehdi Hasan's recent Jubilee debate as our cautionary tale. We examine how these staged confrontations accomplish nothing except providing content for right-wing sites and turning wannabe fascists into MAGA heroes. We break down the employment reality behind Connor Estelle's firing (spoiler: it's called "at-will employment," not "cancellation") and marvel at how quickly the grift machine turned his unemployment i...

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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.
0:10.7	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.
0:20.6	This is the podcast for the week of July 25th, 2025.
0:26.4	It's not safe for work.
0:28.2	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance, where stupid Watergate just keeps getting stupider.
0:34.2	Forget the myths that the media's created about the White House.
0:39.3	The truth is, you're not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
0:43.3	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:46.3	Before getting on with the right tearing itself apart, trying to stop the Epstein
0:59.0	avalanche, or talking about the Jubilee, what Drift Glass calls the Jubilee garbage site, and
1:05.4	why Drift Glass thinks Metti Hassan's stunt was a terrible idea, We feel in the interest of fairness that we should read
1:13.5	this heartfelt letter from someone who thanks to the reasonable patient voices of liberals
1:19.5	has seen the error of their ways and has come to the light, quote, dear fellow patriots,
1:31.2	and apparently commie snowflakes. I never thought I'd see the day. For years, I've been in the mega vanguard. I believed that flooding the zone
1:38.7	with shit was a legitimate political strategy, because let's be honest, it worked. I specialized in rage-bading in turning harmless
1:47.8	Facebook memes into major fronts in the culture war, and I made a tidy profit doing so. But then,
1:55.8	I stumbled across the professional left podcast. At first, I tuned in for reconnaissance. Yeah, I figured, you know,
2:02.5	know your enemy. Maybe I'd get a few fresh talking points to crush in my next appearance
2:08.3	on whatever dark money funded channel could afford my time. Instead, I found myself laughing
2:13.7	and worse, thinking. By episode three, I was holding my Trump Bible in one hand and a both
2:21.0	sides don't coffee mug in the other and asking myself, wait, are we the baddies? You dismantled my
2:29.1	best talking points like a Harvard debate team on Red Bull. Exposed how the so-called culture war is just a cynical
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