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Central Illinois Podcast hosted by @driftglass and @bluegal since 2010. proleftpod.com "The Nick & Nora of podcasting!" -- David Broder, deceased. Support the show at http://patreon.com/proleftpod or http://paypal.me/proleftpodcast

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Ep 974: 'But He Promised!' - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal Episode 974 examines why Trump's illegal war with Iran is splintering the MAGA base and fueling Democratic victories in special elections across the country. Driftglass and Blue Gal trace how Trump wo...

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06.03.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep 973: Miracles? - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal Episode 973 explores biblical healing miracles to reveal what they teach about choice, cruelty, and the difference between victims who deserve compassion and abusers who don't. Driftglass and Blue Gal...

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04.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s gonna be a lot of Iran-related corollaries to Bluegal’s Beltway Iron Rule of David Brooks in the coming months: β€œIt is mandatory to quote what ____ said about Iran this week; it is forbidden to quote what ____ said about Iran previously”

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01.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm so old I remember Alterman & Brock explaining all of this a generation ago...

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Sh!t, practically every one of the 975 ep of @proleftpodcast.bsky.social explains.

03.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ep 972: 'Little Note Nor Long Remember' - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal Trump's State of the Union was a two-hour Willie Horton ad designed to keep his shrinking base loyal through blood-soaked imagery borrowed from imperial Rome. Proleftpod traces how Michele Bachmann's ...

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27.02.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep 971: The Resistance Comes To Suburbia - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal Episode 971 examines why fact-checkers keep losing to Republican lies in America's ongoing culture war, and why better storiesβ€”not more factsβ€”are the only way to win. Driftglass and Blue Gal break dow...

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20.02.2026 05:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œThe word *fuck* can be used as a verb,noun,adjective,adverb, intensifier,or interjection.

It can convey a whole spectrum of emotions and meanings, even opposite meanings.” - @bluegal.bsky.social

Ep 969: Feb 12, 2026
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13.02.2026 11:37 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you have an hour to spare in your busy lives, it would be a good way to use it listening to the @proleftpodcast.bsky.social . It is always worthwhile, but this is an exceptional episode. Probably better for usians than people in less shithole nations in the world, but good for anyone.

13.02.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Classic example of what @proleftpodcast.bsky.social calls out regularly.

No matter how evil the Right is, It’s the fault of the Left, because the Left made them do it.

GOPers have no agency and aren’t responsible for their actions, only Dems are held to account for GOP’s bad deeds.

14.02.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You should get an oscar for this one. Thanks.

14.02.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lotsa neighbors out walking today, it’s not so cold. Harley took me out walking, and after much sniffing and peeing, he took a pretty healthy dump.

And while walking, we listened to @proleftpodcast.bsky.social

18.02.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're not listening to Bluegal and Driftglass, you are missing out. Thanks to @bobcesca.bsky.social for bringing them to my attention about 18 months ago!

19.02.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep 969: Whatever Happened To 'The American People'? - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal Episode 969 explores how politicians and media use vague phrases like "the American people," "the voters," and "the public" without anyone agreeing on what these terms actually mean. Driftglass and Bl...

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13.02.2026 03:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

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11.02.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Classic Republican β€œtribe that rubs shit in its hair” behavior.

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07.02.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep 968: Their Loyalty Test Never Ends - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal Probably no need to play catch-up on this, except for future reference when we hit episode 2000 and are trying to convince the Neo-Republi-tarian Constitutional Independents who will come to dominate ...

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11.02.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep 967: The Death of Nixon('s Maxim) - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal Average voters stay permanently undecided because they get their information from toxic media sources that have been poisoning them against Democrats for decades, making "running to the center" mathem...

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06.02.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

If there is an award for greatest podcast, yesterday’s @proleftpodcast.bsky.social should be nominated. Tune in to hear the @driftglass.bsky.social and @bluegal.bsky.social show. Amazing.

04.02.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep 966: The Persistence of Memory - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal The legacy media's "Both Sides Do It" conventional wisdom is a rotting corpse they've been sleeping with for decades while pretending they couldn't see Trump's fascism coming. David Brooks gets reward...

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04.02.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep 965: The Amnesia Machine Warms Up - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal The amnesia machine is already warming up as Republicans rehearse their "I was never really MAGA" speeches while Trump falsely claims Ilhan Omar staged her own chemical attack by a convicted felon Tru...

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30.01.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Professional Left Podcast Episode 964: A Man Was Lynched " The mob is the mother of tyrants. " Β Β  --Β Β  Diogenes ...

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28.01.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We do indeed. Since long before the same old meatheads rebranded as MAGA.

28.01.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bill Show #354: What Then Must We Do? w/ Driftglass and Bluegal

You demanded more @proleftpodcast.bsky.social and now you've got it, thanks to our friend Bill of "The Bill Show". Enjoy!

@bluegal.bsky.social

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28.01.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ep 963: It's The End of the World [Order] As We Know It - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal Welcome to 'The end of the world [order] as we know it' in which we defend anti-ICE protesters who disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, after discovering the pastor moonlights as an ICE ...

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23.01.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ep 962 This Time It's Different - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal The greatest political mirage in modern American history returns as Trump's second term reveals that while the ingredients stay the same, something fundamental has shifted. Driftglass and Blue Gal dis...

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21.01.2026 03:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent. Thanks.

16.01.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep 961: Transitions For Us; Bad News For State and Local GOP's - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal We start with some personal news: Blue Gal's father passed away on January 9.In other news, she's leaving Crooks and Liars after 18 years for a day job with health insuranceβ€”thanks to Republican healt...

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16.01.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Almost never. However we do have a good working knowledge of local diners.

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Ep 959: The 16th Anniversary Show - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal We start with the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis and the Trump administration's obvious lies about what happened, despite clear video evidence. Then we cover the shocking news that nin...

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09.01.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep 958: MAGA Flip Flops On 'Forever Wars For Oil' - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal We open on the fifth anniversary of January 6th by examining MAGA's stunning overnight flip-flop on war and foreign intervention. How did "America First" isolationists like Matt Walsh, Laura Loomer, a...

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