The attacks on Claudine Gay weren’t actually about plagiarism or antisemitism

Headlines0:00 — Claudine Gay and the bigger picture05:06 — Christopher Rufo, William F. Buckley, and the right wing’s 70+ year war on education and equality12:47 — Gay’s ouster is making apolitical black Americans pay closer attention to politics 16:43 — “Liberal media” outlets aren’t getting tricked by reactionaries, they agree with them because they are center-right24:50 — Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit documents release have nothing new so far26:52 — Pharmaceutical companies lowering insulin prices after Biden's price control 28:04 — Minimum wages are going up in 22 states in 202429:51 — Michigan Republicans face financial and political disaster thanks to QAnon chairwoman31:55 — Elon Musk and other right-wingers shocked that Green Day is left-wingJoin the ConversationSTJH on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/stjh_podMatthttps://linktr.ee/mattsheffieldhttps://twitter.com/mattsheffieldhttps://mastodon.social/@mattsheffieldhttps://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffieldhttps://bsky.app/profile/matthew.flux.communityKalihttps://twitter.com/kalihollowayftwTheme SongEasy Lover: “The End of Our Deceit”Lyrics and Vocals by Kali HollowayMusic by Jeremy Wimmer This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit plus.flux.community/subscribe