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No Fair Remembering Stuff on the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by the Bush Administration.  What we blogged, how we felt, what it means today.  More at http://proleftpod.com. YouTube Ep 703: https://youtu.be/bm6XjJkGONg Opening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautixhttp://audionautix.com/Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Libraryhttps://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.comIraqi War, Iraq War, Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, blogging, No Fair Remembering Stuff, #NFRSPodcast, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, Go Postal Unions!, politics, progressive, media, historySupport the show

Woke as Duckspeak. DeSantis eats pudding with three fingers, and that tanks his fascist a$$. All this and the week's news plus more at http://proleftpod.com.YouTube Ep 702: https://youtu.be/-OKAUZPbqoU Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodTom Nichols, Joe Scarborough, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Democratic Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, Go Postal Unions!, proleftpod.comSupport the show

The final episode of our history of OG liberal blogs. More at http://proleftpod.com.  Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodYouTube Ep 701: https://youtu.be/kzz9Uji1HxUOpening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautixhttp://audionautix.com/Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Libraryhttps://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.compodcasts, blogging, left-wing blogosphere, netroots, No Fair Remembering Stuff, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, Go Postal Unions!, politics, progressive, media, historySupport the show

What a week! Dominion filings against Fox, Jim Jordan AND Tucker Carlson face plant, and we appreciate the punching back by Rep. Daniel Goldman and other House Democrats and their staffs. More at http://proleftpod.com.YouTube Ep 700: https://youtu.be/BbmtF_7zxsQSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodFox News, Dominion lawsuit, Tucker Carlson, Jim Jordan, Daniel Goldman, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Republican Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, Go Postal Unions!, proleftpod.comSupport the show

03-07-2023 | Part 3 of our series on the history of the left-wing blogosphere and our part in it. More at http://proleftpod.com.Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodOpening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautixhttp://audionautix.com/Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Libraryhttps://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.compodcasts, blogging, left-wing blogosphere, netroots, No Fair Remembering Stuff, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, Go Postal Unions!, politics, progressive, media, historySupport the show

03-03-2023 | Fox News viewers appear to be able to *change coverage of reality* at Fox by not watching when they tell the truth. We don't want to do that, but we would prefer if MSNBC paid *fewer former Republicans* to provide political coverage, tyvm. More at http://proleftpod.com.YouTube Ep 698: https://youtu.be/KSw9kYXidjI Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodMSNBC, Fox, Dominion lawsuit, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Republican Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, Go Postal Unions!, proleftpod.comSupport the show

On the last Tuesday of every month, Driftglass and Blue Gal present Science Fiction University.02-28-2023 | We discuss our re-watching of Patrick McGoohan in "The Prisoner," perhaps the most influential science fiction single-season show ever. More Science Fiction University at http://ScienceFictionUniversity.com.  Support the show at https://patreon.com/scifiuYouTube Ep 698: https://youtu.be/g2C4zCgUFpwScience Fiction University, media, entertainment, entertainment reviews, tv series, classic television, sci fi, The Prisoner, Patrick McGoohanSupport the show

02-24-23 | We announced that we were getting married 12 years ago this month, and we're still at it! Meanwhile, for Lent, Fran is giving up the knee-jerk reaction that Marjorie Taylor Greene has any power whatsoever to make her sick Confederate fantasies a reality. To put it in Georgia terms, "bless her heart." More at http://proleftpod.com.YouTube Ep 697: https://youtu.be/uzYvyLg_LfwSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodJan 6 Republican Coup, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Republican Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, Go Postal Unions!, proleftpod.comSupport the show

02-21-2023 | Part 2 of our series on the history of the left-wing blogosphere and our part in it. More at http://proleftpod.com.Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodYouTube Ep 696: https://youtu.be/5FFG25m4FaIOpening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautixhttp://audionautix.com/Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Libraryhttps://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.compodcasts, blogging, left-wing blogosphere, netroots, No Fair Remembering Stuff, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, Go Postal Unions!, politics, progressive, media, historySupport the show

02-23-2023 | We compare the two conservative cruises set to sail this summer. And Driftglass compares the Republican Party to the Subprime Housing Crisis. Who is doing their job in Washington and who is not. Plus Fran gets some swears in about school shootings and Nikki Haley. More at http://proleftpod.com.YouTube Ep 695: https://youtu.be/xrwiLDp8yU0Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodNikki Haley, MSU Mass Shooting, school shootings, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Republican Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, Go Postal Unions!, proleftpod.comJoin Our Patreons:  https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

02-14-2023 | We discuss how the liberal blogosphere got its start in THIS century, remembering Steve Gilliard, praising Digby, and celebrating Daily Kos and Crooks and Liars. Old Skool, baby! (In part 2 we'll talk more about OUR blogs!) More at http://proleftpod.com.Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodYouTube Ep 694: https://youtu.be/OqDSer7Bc0w Opening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautixhttp://audionautix.com/Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Libraryhttps://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com blogging, George W. Bush, No Fair Remembering Stuff, Healthcare, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, Go Postal Unions!, politics, progressive, media, historySupport the show

02-10-2023 | Joe Biden slays the Republican Party at SOTU, plus some local news. More at http://proleftpod.com.YouTube Ep 693: https://youtu.be/YtbEoj--81g Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodThe State of The Union, SOTU, rope-a-dope, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Republican Congress, Democratic Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, Go Postal Unions!, proleftpod.com Join Our Patreons:  https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

02-07-2023 | Part 2 of 2 of our discussion of the long struggle for universal healthcare in the US. This episode: Romneycare to the present.   CORRECTION:  In this podcast we mention a "mean Jean" and Driftglass says "Shaheen" which is of course wrong.  Jean Schmidt from Ohio is the one who danced over the end of Obamacare.  Jean Shaheen is a Democrat from New Hampshire.  We regret the error.  More at http://proleftpod.com.YouTube Ep 692: https://youtu.be/WyNH38MaxNA ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Romneycare, Hillarycare, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Universal Health Insurance, Medicare for All, Bernie Sanders, No Fair Remembering Stuff, Healthcare, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, Go Postal Unions!, politics, progressive, media, historyOpening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautixhttp://audionautix.com/Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Libraryhttps://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com Support the show: https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcastSupport the show

02-03-2023 | We reply to Keith Olbermann's claim that there is "nothing on the Left" to compete with right-wing media. Whose fault is that, plus, what are we, chopped liver? More at http://proleftpod.com.YouTube Ep 691: https://youtu.be/-ayQrzmYmuo Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodKeith Olbermann, Liberal media, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Republican Congress, Democratic Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, Go Postal Unions! Support the show

On the last Tuesday of every month, Driftglass and Blue Gal present Science Fiction University.   In Episode 11, We discuss what can go wrong, and right,  when adapting a much-loved science fiction story to the big or big-ish screen.  Examples include Foundation, Dune, and the more recent Kindred.  You can listen to more episodes at http://ScienceFictionUniversity.com. YouTube SciFiU Ep 11: https://youtu.be/Vg9mWde5VdUSupport the show at https://patreon.com/scifiu. Support the show

01-27-2023 | Documents?  We don't need no stinking documents! We just need clear evidence of obstruction of justice, and only one of the three with documents has done that. Late breaking news from the Durham Scam Investigation at the end of the show. More at http://proleftpod.com.YouTube Ep 690: https://youtu.be/_J-H9skQqU4Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodGOP House, Kevin McCarthy, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Republican Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, Go Postal Unions! Support the show

Before we do an episode on Obamacare (in two weeks), we review the century-long battle for universal, government-assisted healthcare coverage in the US.  Yep, it started with Teddy Roosevelt. More at http://proleftpod.com.YouTube Ep 689: https://youtu.be/-jcE4dDvnocNo Fair Remembering Stuff, Healthcare, Teddy Roosevelt, Harry Truman, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, #GoPostalUnions!, politics, progressive, media, historyOpening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautixhttp://audionautix.com/Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Libraryhttps://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com Support the show: https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcastSupport the show

[Note: The first fifteen minutes of this show is about our son's stolen car saga.]01-20-2023 | The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is officially a joke.  More at http://proleftpod.com.Links for this episode: Campaign finance watchdog alleges WinRed processed billions in political contributions without disclosing operating expenses.https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/07/campaign-finance-watchdog-alleges-winred-processed-billions-in-political-contributions-without-disclosing-operating-expenses/ Lauren Boebert reimbursed herself more than $22,000 from her 2020 campaign.https://www.denverpost.com/2022/06/08/lauren-boebert-investigation-mileage-colorado/ Campaign donors bought Marjorie Taylor Greene a $92,000 vehicle. https://peachpundit.com/2022/05/10/campaign-donors-bought-mtg-a-92000-vehicle/ YouTube Ep 688: https://youtu.be/iDNP3E59D1YSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod#CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Republican Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, Go Postal Unions! Support the show

01-17-2023 | We remember the first Black mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington, and the lessons that were learned, and not learned, about the tumultuous "Council Wars" that brought shame to the Democratic machine of that city. More at http://proleftpod.com. YouTube Ep 687: https://youtu.be/erjptP89b-o No Fair Remembering Stuff, Harold Washington, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, #GoPostalUnions!, politics, progressive, media, historyOpening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautixhttp://audionautix.com/Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com Support the show: https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcastSupport the show

01-13-2023 | Friday The Thirteenth | Celebrating 13 years of podcasting, the re-election of Illinois' Democratic Governor, and figuring out that House Republicans left all their redeeming qualities outside the door of the House Chamber, permanently. More at http://proleftpod.com. Links for this episode: Text of JB Pritzker's Inauguration Speech:https://www.wmay.com/2023/01/09/text-gov-j-b-pritzkers-inauguration-speech/ YouTube Ep 686: https://youtu.be/ayPIgduccbgSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the showKevin McCarthy, Anniversary Show, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Republican Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, Go Postal Unions!Support the show