LFG!  But we have no plans to ever forget the shameful, public "Dump Biden" pile-on by Hollywood celebrities, our Never Trump "allies", the Pod Save rug rats, the wealthy donors -- who resorted to what amounted to down-ticket extortion to pressure Dems in tight races to come out against Biden, and most egregiously of all, the entire corporate media, including CNN, MSNBC and, leading the jackal pack, The New York Effing Times.  Link for this episode: Left Jabs:  Don’t Let the New York Times Do Your Thinking http://www.leftjabs.com/2024/07/dont-let-new-york-times-do-your-thinkin ..read more

Orwell said, "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."  That's not the fight we wanted, but that's the fight we're in, kids.  Plus touching letters from listeners, and Birthday Girl Blue Gal conducts her own focus group in a Pittsburgh diner, then goes full policy-ninja on Medicare at-home care. More at proleftpod.com. Links for this episode: Blue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangum Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal ..read more

We're so stabby about the mainstream media right now, it's a swear-fest.  Fran is boycotting MSNBC for the Summer to protect her mental health and punish the suits upstairs (Sorry, Lawrence.). And Driftglass remembers the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer, when Black Mississippians had to fight the Democratic establishment to become the Democratic base.  More at proleftpod.com. Links for this episode: Blue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangum Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal |  htt ..read more

Diving into Apple TV's new series "Dark Matter," based on Blake Crouch's bestselling novel. We'll explore how the show tackles concepts of both parallel realities, and the nature of identity across multiple timelines. But the multiverse madness doesn't stop there! We'll expand our discussion to other sci-fi shows that have expertly played with alternate realities: "Counterpart": How J.K. Simmons' dual roles illuminate questions of nature vs. nurture across parallel Earths "Loki": Marvel's time-hopping adventure and its implications for free will and predestination "The Man in the High Castle ..read more

Scotus (and the mainstream media, who have blood in their teeth now)?  Curses on them all.  Meanwhile, were going to chop wood, carry water, and get out the vote.  More at proleftpod.com.   Support the Show ..read more

[Recorded before the Presidential Debate.] Time for a deep dive into the troubling parallels between the decline of "liberal" mainstream media and the recent corporate buyouts of popular automotive YouTube channels like Donut Media. Remember when MSNBC was a bastion of creative, progressive messaging? We take a nostalgic journey through the network's evolution, examining how the suits upstairs never got how they couldn't "add conservative voices to reach a wider audience."  Megyn Kelly, Hugh Hewitt, Ronna McDaniel?  MSNBC tried them all.  This leads us to ask, WHAT liberal voic ..read more

No Fair Remembering Stuff: going full Smoot-Hawley on this one!  And stay tuned for Driftglass's amazing impersonation of Bill Clinton.  More at proleftpod.com Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music:Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/| Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogie Music promoted by Audio Library | https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0Us Support the Show ..read more

A letter from a listener leads us to ask whether anyone left of center can use the word "independent" about themselves.  Plus the Hunter Biden verdict isn't the worst thing ever, and we've got some words for Pope Alito and his wife.  More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the Show ..read more

No Fair Remembering Stuff covers this week's news of conservative columnist David French, who never thought his fellow evangelicals would cancel HIM.    He was taken to task quite appropriately by another "canceled" evangelical, who happened to be a progressive woman. Huh. More at proleftpod.com. Links for this episode: Homebrewed Christianity: Including Diane Butler Bass on getting canceled. Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music:Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix ..read more

There are a small number of people who are Agents of American fascism.  These are the Steve Bannons, Tim Pools and Stephen MIllerses.  Stone-cold nazis with a clear agenda.  Then there is a much larger group – the reprogrammable meatbags of the Republican base.  They think they've taken the "red pill" when they clearly just like the steak Fox and Newsmax are feeding them.   Then there is a group who have learned to actually see the Republican fascist and their both-sides media enablers Matrix as it is operating in the real world in real-time.  Guess who.  ..read more