Topic: New Left

3 chapters across the catalog

The discussion explores how the "New Left" shifted from class struggle to identity politics, using race and religion as unchangeable points of friction. The guests identify the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) as a "sui generis" entity that answers to no one. They note that the Supreme Court's recent overturning of the Chevron doctrine is a critical step in clipping the wings of this administrative state.

The show plays a repetitive loop of Ben Collins claiming drag events for children involve reading Dr. Seuss and having breakfast. Jones uses this to illustrate what he calls the "total upside down world" where the American left refuses to live in reality. He argues that no amount of evidence can convince those who have abandoned truth in favor of weaponized propaganda.

The resignation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is analyzed as a takedown by the progressive left rather than conservatives. Cuomo is described as a "political realist" and a "thug" who was removed via a Me Too scandal to clear the way for more radical candidates. The discussion touches on his handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the history of sex scandals involving New York Democratic officials like Eliot Spitzer.