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Episode 1014 discusses the parallels between current political rhetoric and historical Red Scare fears, particularly in the context of recent progressive victories.

Episode 1014 dismantles the "Democrats in Disarray" panic after Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's progressive primary win in Michigan, tracing Third Way's $15 million war chest against democratic socialism back to nearly identical Red Scare rhetoric almost a century ago. Driftglass and Blue Gal prove that the same "socialism!" screeching Republicans threw at Obama just two weeks into his presidency in 2009 is word-for-word the same panic thrown at another Democrat facing deep economic crises a...

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Hosts: Driftglass, Blue Gal

Topics covered

• Democrats in Disarray
• progressive politics
• Red Scare rhetoric
• democratic socialism
• economic crises

Keywords

• Democrats
• Red Scare
• Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
• Third Way
• socialism
• political commentary
• progressive politics

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Organizations: Third Way, Democrats, Republicans

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