Ep 986: 'AmeriKKKan Gothic'
About this episode
The episode discusses the evolution of Ronald Reagan's 'Eleventh Commandment' and its implications for political loyalty and truth in the Republican Party.
Episode 986 of The Professional Left traces how one simple political rule — Ronald Reagan's "Eleventh Commandment" never to speak ill of a fellow Republican — quietly mutated over decades into something far more dangerous. Driftglass and Blue Gal dig into how that rule created a closed loop where loyalty to the team mattered more than the truth, and how the endless flood of dark money on the Right kept feeding the beast no matter how extreme it got. A disturbing New Yorker article about a new...
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