I do have some concerns with how sort of cozy he is with cop unions. That's not something that I really particularly like as a libertarian. But I do think to a degree, this is a sort of referendum on a lot of the much more radical parts of the progressive left. And this is a response by New Yorkers who are basically saying, hey, our public spaces need to be safer. We need somebody who's going to prioritize that and take that seriously. My simple way of looking at this right now is I wouldn't want to be accused of a crime in a red state and I wouldn't want to be a victim of a crime in a blue state. And that's basically where I come down to it right now. Welcome to The Lost Debate, a show for political eclectics. I'm Robbie Gupta. I'm Liz Wolfe.

And Liz comes to us from Reason Magazine, and she's going to be filling in for Corey and Ricky today because they are out. Let's get started. Citigroup is roiling lawmakers in Texas by offering to fun employees out-of-state abortions. We'll discuss the firestorm around that move. And most of the office is out this

week, so I'm free to talk about Eric Adams as much as I want. We'll look at the growing fight

between him and the progressives to his left. And the Ukrainian port city of Maripole is under

brutal siege from Russian forces. We'll give an update on the balance of military power there

and the many millions of Ukrainians who have fled the conflict. But let's start by checking update on the balance of military power there and the many millions of Ukrainians

who have fled the conflict. But let's start by checking in on the gray lady. The New York Times

editorial board put out a lengthy opinion piece Friday declaring plain and simple that America has a free

speech problem. Much of what they have to say that people should be allowed to speak their minds,

ask questions, even make mistakes, isn't exactly controversial, or at least it shouldn't be. But here you have a

paper, one that shrunk from those ideals over the past few years, trying to reassert itself.

I'm curious, Liz, what you made of this piece and just the general context in which it hit.

I found it to be a fairly generic and sort of milk toast piece.

It really does feel like New York Times now they're at the party, but they came awfully late to it.

This is something that many of us have been talking about and very concerned about for the better

part of like six or seven years. And it's cool that the New York Times editorial ultimately

was sort of a collection and a synthesis of data that they'd gotten from their readers that indicated that lots and lots of sort of like elite, intelligent leftists also believe that this is a problem. So this isn't just something that's, you know, something that people with beliefs like me, libertarian beliefs or people

who read National Review feel, this is something that people like New York Times readers are also

reacting to. But I do think the reaction among much of the left really indicated just how crazy

they've gone and sort of how far over their skis they've gotten. Yeah, let me, let me layer

in some data here that the New York Times cited.

So 55% of respondents in this poll said that they held their tongue at some point recently.

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