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Lost Debate

Ep 40 | Libs of TikTok, Death Penalty, Legacy Admissions, Charter Schools

Lost Debate

The Branch

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6607 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with the political outrage machine that is Libs of TikTok before turning to South Carolina, where a death row inmate faces execution by firing squad. We talk capital punishment in America. How many libraries does Cory have to donate to get his kid into Yale? We discuss the strange tradition of legacy admissions. And a certain former school principal around here has some thoughts on the Biden administration’s new rules for charter schools and their access to federal grants.  [1:11] Libs of Tik Tok [16:47] Legacy Admissions [23:14] Death Penalty [33:59] Charter Schools Check out our show notes: https://lostdebate.com/2022/04/22/ep-40/ Subscribe to The Lost Debate’s YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Sticher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lost-debate iheart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate LOST DEBATE ON SOCIAL: Follow Lost Debate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lostdebate/ Follow Lost Debate on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lostdebate Follow Lost Debate on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thelostdebate

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0:00.0

I would have loved an article called Why is the Libs of TikTok fueling outrage among the

0:06.5

right?

0:07.5

But this article was called Meet the Woman behind Lips of TikTok, secretly fueling the rights outrage

0:11.7

machine.

0:12.7

And if you ask me, this is like definitional doxing.

0:16.3

If that is true that this is one of the most important conservative activists in the

0:19.3

country and being shared by Rogan, as I mentioned, peering on Tucker Carlson anonymously. That to me is a

0:24.5

journalistic question. Who is this person? Welcome to The Lost Debate of Show for Politically

0:35.1

Eclectics. I'm Robbie Burett. I'm Corey Buretti, I'm really excited about the stories today. Yeah, we got a hot one today. On today's show, South Carolina is set to execute a death row inmate by firing squad. We'll talk capital punishment in America. How many libraries do I have to donate before I can get my kid into Yale? So Ravi here went to Yale Law School, so his kids will probably get in regardless of their LSAT score.

0:57.5

We revisit the practice. Do I have to donate before I can get my kid into Yale? Ravi here went to Yale Law School, so his kids will probably get in regardless of their

0:56.4

L-Sat score.

0:57.4

We revisit the practice of universities showing a preference to kids of alumni.

1:01.3

And we'll talk to a former school principal around here who may have some thoughts on the

1:05.5

Biden administration's new rules for charter schools and their access to federal grants.

1:10.2

But first things first, one of these days will launch that milk toast centrist of TikTok page

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we've always dreamed of.

1:16.4

But for now, the world has libs of TikTok.

1:19.4

An aggregator account that gathers up clips, it purports to represent left-wing America,

1:23.8

LGBT America in particular, and drops them in our Twitter feed.

1:28.3

Since last year it's gained a huge amount of influence on the online world of right-wing politics,

1:32.3

leading Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz to enter the chat.

1:35.3

We'll get to her role in all this here in a second, but let's start by describing just what this page does.

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