{"id":155127,"date":"2024-05-21T18:09:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T02:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=155127"},"modified":"2024-05-23T06:06:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T14:06:51","slug":"decoding-politics-identity-v-policy-interests-v-principles-5-21-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=155127","title":{"rendered":"Decoding Politics: Identity v Policy, Interests v Principles (5-21-24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PoUlUCWmrcs?si=6m578tEZFsHlVgT0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> NYT: The Dangerous Political Headwind Facing Biden,<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/21\/opinion\/thepoint#biden-trump-popularity\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/21\/opinion\/thepoint#biden-trump-popularity<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 12:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#720\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"720\">12:00<\/a> Ideology vs. Identity: What Drives Political Preferences?<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:02:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3720\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3720\">1:02:00<\/a> Janan Ganesh: Maybe politics, which for decades has been dysfunctional in the US, doesn\u2019t matter that much, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/4effcabc-8b5b-4cd4-a3e7-b5a38f487863\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/4effcabc-8b5b-4cd4-a3e7-b5a38f487863<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:08:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4080\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4080\">1:08:00<\/a> NYT: How Extremists Took Over Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/16\/magazine\/israel-west-bank-settler-violence-impunity.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/16\/magazine\/israel-west-bank-settler-violence-impunity.html<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:58:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7080\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7080\">1:58:00<\/a> Our Boys, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Our_Boys_(miniseries)\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Our_Boys_(miniseries)<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:14:45\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8085\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8085\">2:14:45<\/a> WSJ on AfD: It Was a Rising Star of the Far Right. 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