What Do Liberals Actually Believe?

自由主义者究竟信仰什么?

What A Day

2025-08-25

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Third Way, a center-left think tank, released a list of words it thinks Democrats should stop using on Friday. The list included words like “intersectionality,” “body shaming,” “cisgender,” and “LGBTQIA+.” It sparked an online debate around the terms, which has caused many people to ask “what do Democrats and liberals actually believe?” Jerusalem Demsas is CEO and founder of a new media outlet called “The Argument,” and she joins the show to answer the question: What is a liberal? And in headlines, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov defends the Russian war in Ukraine on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Kilmar Abrego Garcia – a Salvadoran immigrant who was deported despite a court order allowing him to stay in the country – returns home to Maryland only to be immediately threatened with deportation to Uganda, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticizes President Trump over threats to deploy the National guard to Chicago, and the Department of Justice releases hundreds of pages of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, a collaborator of Jeffrey Epstein. Show Notes: Check out The Argument – www.theargumentmag.com/Call Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Monday, August 25th.

  • I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day, the show that is excited for the end of August.

  • Then a deer of culture war nonsense.

  • Cracker Barrel.

  • Sidney Sweeney.

  • Look, let's just get to September and move on.

  • On today's show,

  • President Donald Trump says Chicago is probably the next city to receive some unwanted assistance from the National Guard.

  • and part of the so-called Epstein files arrive on Capitol Hill,

  • all while the Department of Justice releases Ghislaine Maxwell's interview,

  • clearing the president and a former president.

  • Shocking.

  • But let's start with liberalism.

  • Yes, if you call yourself a liberal, I'm talking about you.

  • On Friday, a center-left think tank called Third Way got some press because of a list it made,

  • a list of words it thinks Democrats should stop using as part of an effort to appeal to everyday voters who do not know what an existential threat is.

  • Here's CNN.

  • I want to give people some context on some other words and phrases that were in this memo.

  • Body shaming, cisgender, holding space, incarcerated people, intersectionality,

  • LGBTQIA+, pregnant people, systems of oppression, the unhoused.