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Is "Defund" The Left's "Sister Soulja" Moment? (w/ Eddie Glaude, Jr.)

Bad Faith

Premiered 12 hours ago

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August 24, 2026

One of Briahna's favorite sparring partners, Princeton professor, primetime pundit, and author of several books including, most recently, America, U.S.A. How Race Shadows The Nation's Anniversaries, Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. returns to Bad Faith to offer a broader historical context for the ongoing debate around "woke 1" and defund the police. Is "defund" the left's "Sister Souljah moment" through which it proves its 'seriousness' to the liberal establishment? If so, what is there to be gained by doing so? 

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CHAPTERS: 

 
0:00 Angie Nixon and the “woke” framing
5:06 Defund the police and criminal justice reform
11:43 Palestine advocacy as a reframing model 14:53 Is “woke” being discarded as crazy?
21:19 The left, race, and electoral compromise 27:05 Black voters, the DSA, and a captured electorate
30:21 Podcast support and closing message