System Update with Glenn Greenwald Stephen Miller's False Denials About Trump's Campus "Hate Speech" Codes; Sohrab Ahmari on the MAGA Splits Over Antitrust, Foreign Wars, and More
Jul 30, 2025
Sohrab Ahmari, editor, journalist, and co-founder of Compact Magazine, joins the conversation to dissect the betrayal of economic populism within the MAGA movement. The chat dives into Stephen Miller's false claims about Trump's hate speech codes and their implications for free speech at universities. Ahmari also analyzes the internecine struggles over antitrust issues and foreign policy, highlighting the growing divide among conservatives and the shifting dynamics in American politics around corporate influence and populism.
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Trump's Campus Hate Speech Codes
- The Trump administration mandates expanded hate speech codes on U.S. campuses targeting criticism of Israel and Jewish people.
- This directly restricts free speech rights of American students, faculty, and administrators on college campuses.
IHRA Definition Expands Censorship
- The IHRA definition adopted by Trump forbids criticizing Israel as a racist endeavor or applying double standards.
- This creates a censorship regime where similar critiques are allowed for other countries but punished regarding Israel.
Professor Hirsch's Academic Fears
- Jewish genocide scholar Marianne Hirsch fears leaving Columbia due to new anti-Semitism definition.
- She worries discussing critical Holocaust texts now risks sanctions under the expanded hate speech codes.
