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Ben likes Jimmy but the fact he called the Russia story "one of the biggest stories of our time" shows he just doesn't get what the actual tension with Jimmy or the left is about. Steve O disagrees with Jimmy but he gets what the disagreement is(prolly cause he'd been doing a show with Jimmy last few years).
Given the time Jimmy left, the rational assumption is that the whole Ana v Tulsi thing was what ended it. Could be wrong but given Jimmy's strong Tulsi support and the fact that happened the week before, I'd infer that led to some sort of ugly behind the scenes battle. Jimmy had no reason to leave now in particular since the source of the tension between him and TYT was the Russia hysteria which seemed(at the time) to be dying down. So my guess is it was the Tulsi thing. Seeing how Ana and affiliated Progressives consider support of Tulsi to be cultish and Jimmy is the most notable figure associated with said "cult"(fuck you by the way David Pakman) that had the potential to get very ugly very quickly.
Fact he said "I love Jimmy Dore" and "I HOPE I always will" implied what ever happened is not over.
Given the time Jimmy left, the rational assumption is that the whole Ana v Tulsi thing was what ended it. Could be wrong but given Jimmy's strong Tulsi support and the fact that happened the week before, I'd infer that led to some sort of ugly behind the scenes battle. Jimmy had no reason to leave now in particular since the source of the tension between him and TYT was the Russia hysteria which seemed(at the time) to be dying down. So my guess is it was the Tulsi thing. Seeing how Ana and affiliated Progressives consider support of Tulsi to be cultish and Jimmy is the most notable figure associated with said "cult"(fuck you by the way David Pakman) that had the potential to get very ugly very quickly.
Fact he said "I love Jimmy Dore" and "I HOPE I always will" implied what ever happened is not over.