{"id":164549,"date":"2025-10-26T08:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=164549"},"modified":"2025-10-26T15:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T23:39:34","slug":"americas-biggest-institutions-back-off-from-challenging-trump-10-26-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=164549","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s biggest institutions back off from challenging Trump (10-26-25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hLhQRDw9GIo?si=-C1cQqid9_PvUOki\" 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> Why Are People So Emotionally Invested In Trump\u2019s White House Renovations? 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<a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=164465\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=164465<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:50:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6600\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6600\">1:50:00<\/a> Shame, Pride, and Guilt with Daniel Sznycer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OkCBaBSvSzs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OkCBaBSvSzs<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:57:50\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7070\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7070\">1:57:50<\/a> The New Right&#8217;s New Home with Helen Andrews, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GJ30HxpvOyY\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GJ30HxpvOyY<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:02:20\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7340\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7340\">2:02:20<\/a> Stop buying the &#8216;Left v. 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data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9120\">2:32:00<\/a> James Comey is not a good guy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=62sJUS2azuQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=62sJUS2azuQ<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:45:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9900\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9900\">2:45:00<\/a> The spooky energy between Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:47:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#10020\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"10020\">2:47:00<\/a> David Pinsof: The Alliance Theory of Political Belief Systems, Meaning of Life, and Morality, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7kMPxH0yxts\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7kMPxH0yxts<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:00:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#10800\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"10800\">3:00:00<\/a> The function of morality <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:10:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#11400\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"11400\">3:10:00<\/a> Sheldon Solomon &#8211; The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1tkkmInXfOE\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1tkkmInXfOE<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:20:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#12000\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"12000\">3:20:00<\/a> The Legacy of Ernest Becker: Death, Ideologies, and Cultures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7T8WqjciN1E\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7T8WqjciN1E<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:27:40\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#12460\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"12460\">3:27:40<\/a> Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New with Marc Shapiro, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xwnXChROx2k\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xwnXChROx2k<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:35:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#12900\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"12900\">3:35:00<\/a> The Radical Messages of Rav Kook for Orthodox Jews Today, with Professor Marc Shapiro, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wrh4bL1-zvU\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wrh4bL1-zvU<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:46:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#13560\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"13560\">3:46:00<\/a> When God called on Jews to return to the land and to history<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:50:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#13800\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"13800\">3:50:00<\/a> The Case for a New U.S. Industrial Policy | Ian Fletcher, <a 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