DiscoverThe Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue GalEp 926: The Scoundrel’s Shield and the Sucker’s Lament
Ep 926: The Scoundrel’s Shield and the Sucker’s Lament

Ep 926: The Scoundrel’s Shield and the Sucker’s Lament

Update: 2025-08-21
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An entire industry profits from pumping out addictive political poison designed to make people angrier, more paranoid, and more stupid. But here's the twist: the carriers of democracy's most lethal disease aren't the red-faced bigots you'd expect.

How did "Both Sides Do It" become the perfect shield for scoundrels and the eternal lament of suckers? Why are seasoned journalists finally catching up to where Liberal bloggers have been all along, but only after they've left positions where their epiphanies might have mattered?

What happens when the very people who voted sixty-plus times to take away your healthcare become invisible, protected by a media ecosystem that refuses to connect cause and effect? 

Both sides don't, folks.

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Ep 926: The Scoundrel’s Shield and the Sucker’s Lament

Ep 926: The Scoundrel’s Shield and the Sucker’s Lament

Driftglass and Blue Gal