There's a battle playing out over who should control American universities.

We're going to bankrupt these universities.

In season one, we were guessing what was to come.

Now we know.

We want $500 million from Harvard.

It's season two of The Harvard Plan.

This time, it really is personal.

Listen to On the Media wherever you get your podcasts.

You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Jen White.

And I'm Todd's willing.

Events of the last two weeks are highlighting fractures within both the Republican and Democratic parties. The fight over

releasing the Epstein files has shaken the GOP, causing some of President Trump's staunches

allies, like Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Green, to call him out. And recent incidents of

anti-Semitism within the Mecca movement have prompted infighting about how and whether to root it out.

But today we focus on Democrats.

The longest government shut down in U.S. history ended last week after 43 days,

and it ended with eight senators breaking with the Democratic caucus to pass a spending bill

without securing the health insurance provisions they had demanded.

Now, a lot of Democrats across the country, from Washington strategists to local activists,

called that move a surrender.

They say the defectors gave up a winning hand right when the public opinion was on their side.

And the loudest criticism came from younger Democrats who called for new party leadership.

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