Lost Debate
back to showepisode 164
GOP Debate, SF U-Turn, Who is Chris Rufo?
LISTEN Wherever you GET YOUR PODCASTS
SHOW NOTES
GOP Debate [00:43]
Fox slashes ad prices for second debate as primary turns into ‘snoozer’ (Semafor, 9/27/23)
The Republican debate is fake (VOX, 9/27/23)
Trump bets big on Michigan with rally on GOP debate night as UAW strike continues (NPR, 9/27/23)
The G.O.P. Debate Is Tonight. How Much Do You Know About the Race? (New York Times, 9/27/23)
The stage is set for the second GOP debate (Fox News, 9/27/23)
Can the Second G.O.P. Debate Amount to More Than a Race for Second Place? (New York Times, 9/27/23)
The winners and losers of the second Republican debate (Washington Post, 9/27/23)
Fact-checking the second Republican primary debate (Washington Post, 9/27/23)
Who Won the Debate? Rivals Struggle to Shine With Trump Offstage (New York Times, 9/27/23)
5 Takeaways From Another Trump-Free Republican Debate (New York Times, 9/27/23)
Big takeaways from the second Republican debate (Washington Post, 9/27/23)
Which Candidates Got the Most Speaking Time in the Second Republican Debate (New York Times, 9/27/23)
Conservatives, pundits name their winners and losers from 2nd GOP debate (Fox News, 9/27/23)
Trump fires back after GOP opponents take turns bashing him in Republican debate (Fox News, 9/27/23)
SF U-Turn [15:33]
San Francisco Mayor Calls for Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients (National Review, 9/27/23)
A seismic shift to the right in San Francisco (Politico, 9/27/23)
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announces cuts to police in new city budget (ABC 7, 7/31/20)
Who Is Chris Rufo? [29:00]
Right-Wing Activist Christopher Rufo Became the One Thing He Claims to Hate (The Daily Beast, 9/23/23)
What Happens When a Carnival Barker Writes Intellectual History (The Atlantic, 8/4/23)
Chris Rufo’s dangerous fictions (VOX, 9/10/23)
How Chris Rufo Became the Thing He Hates (Reason, 7/21/23)
Featured EPISODES
