Crash Course: EXCLUSIVE: Now the far right is coming for college too — with taxpayer-funded "classical education"

Republicans are channeling tax dollars to right-wing institutes at colleges across the nation. What's the endgame? Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpihr9Gl2Kuo9WQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). [Socrates] Getty Images/vasiliki EXCLUSIVE: Now the far right is coming for college too — with taxpayer-funded "classical education" Last fall, when professors at Flagler College, a private liberal arts school in St. Augustine, Florida, gathered for a faculty senate meeting, they learned that the college administration had worked with their local legislator to propose a new [academic center](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0SeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3RhdWd1c3RpbmUuY29tL3N0b3J5L25ld3MvZWR1Y2F0aW9uL2NhbXB1cy8yMDIyLzAzLzEzL2ZsYWdsZXItY29sbGVnZS1pbnN0aXR1dGUtc3QtYXVndXN0aW5lLWZsb3JpZGEtc3RhbmRzLWdldC01LW1pbGxpb24tc3RhdGUtbW9uZXkvNjk5ODc3NzAwMS9XA3NwY0IKYoa_RpdirqPVkFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) on campus, the Flagler College Institute for Classical Education. Some faculty members felt concerned, reading between the lines in a state that has become [ground zero for the nation's education debates](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDQvMjYvYmV0c3ktZGV2b3MtYW5kLXJvbi1kZXNhbnRpcy1keW5hbWljLWR1by10ZWFtLXVwLXRvLWRlZnVuZC1wdWJsaWMtc2Nob29scy9XA3NwY0IKYoa_RpdirqPVkFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) — where [Gov. Ron DeSantis](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0QoaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL3RvcGljL3Jvbl9kZXNhbnRpc1cDc3BjQgpihr9Gl2Kuo9WQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), a Trump-style Republican with his eyes on the White House, has imposed gag orders and mandates on K-12 schools and described universities as "hotbeds of stale ideology" and "indoctrination factories." Flagler's institute would, the proposal said, promote "free inquiry" and "critical thinking," which struck some faculty members as a confusing restatement of what was already their primary job. Then there was the promise to promote "a balanced world-view," "the value and responsibilities of citizenship," or what the college's president characterized as classical education without an "ideological slant," which sounded like potentially coded language for the sorts of measures DeSantis and his allies had been promoting. It didn't help that one Flagler trustee perceived as being a key driver of the proposal, John Rood, a former ambassador under George W. Bush, also chairs the governing board of the Jacksonville Classical Academy — part of the nationwide charter school network created by Hillsdale College, a private Christian college in Michigan that has become a [major player](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMTYvc2Fsb24taW52ZXN0aWdhdGVzLXRoZS1vbi1wdWJsaWMtc2Nob29scy1pcy1iZWluZy1mb3VnaHQtZnJvbS1oaWxsc2RhbGUtY29sbGVnZS9XA3NwY0IKYoa_RpdirqPVkFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) in America's culture wars. To some faculty, the proposed institute felt like an attempt to "make Flagler College the Hillsdale of the South." [Read more from Kathryn Joyce.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0SBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMzEvZXhjbHVzaXZlLW5vdy10aGUtZmFyLXJpZ2h0LWlzLWNvbWluZy1mb3ItY29sbGVnZS10b28tLXdpdGgtdGF4cGF5ZXItZnVuZGVkLWNsYXNzaWNhbC1lZHVjYXRpb24vVwNzcGNCCmKGv0aXYq6j1ZBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) [Garland/Trump] Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Merrick Garland "fears no person," says legal scholar Norm Eisen — and he's coming for Trump Like other forms of fascism, authoritarianism and reactionary politics, Donald Trump's so-called movement is a symptom of deeper problems in society, not the cause. Trumpism is not a boil that can be lanced, thereby ending the infection. It's more like a tumor growing from the bones. To discuss the current state of the Trump movement and America's efforts to defeat it, Salon's Chauncey DeVega recently reached out to Norman Eisen, a senior fellow in governance at the Brookings Institution. He served as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee during Donald Trump's first impeachment, and is the author of the new book "[Overcoming Trumpery: How to Restore Ethics, the Rule of Law, and Democracy](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0QpaHR0cHM6Ly9ib29rc2hvcC5vcmcvYS8yNDY0Lzk3ODA4MTU3Mzk2NzhXA3NwY0IKYoa_RpdirqPVkFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)." In this conversation, Eisen describes the power of "Trumpery," as he calls it — a combination of disdain for ethical restrictions, assault on the rule of law, incessant falsehood and disinformation, the shameless pursuit of personal and political interest, not the public interest, the exploitation and exacerbation of political division, and attacks on democracy itself. Eisen also discusses why so many members of America's mainstream news media remain in denial about the danger posed by Trump and his Republican-fascist movement and remain locked into to obsolete patterns of "both-sides-ism," "balance" and "neutrality" that are entirely inadequate to the country's worsening democracy crisis. Toward the end of this conversation, Eisen counsels patience with Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department, suggesting and that the upcoming House committee hearings on the events of Jan. 6, 2021, will be crucial in holding Donald Trump and his cabal accountable for their obvious or likely crimes against democracy. [Read Chauncey DeVega's interview with Norm Eisen.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMzAvbWVycmljay1nYXJsYW5kLWZlYXJzLW5vLXBlcnNvbi1zYXlzLWxlZ2FsLXNjaG9sYXItbm9ybS1laXNlbi0tYW5kLWhlcy1jb21pbmctZm9yL1cDc3BjQgpihr9Gl2Kuo9WQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - Supreme Court reportedly [cracking down on clerks' cell phones](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMzEvcmVwb3J0ZWRseS1jcmFja2luZy1kb3duLW9uLWNsZXJrcy1jZWxsLXBob25lcy1hcy1sZWFrLWludmVzdGlnYXRpb24tY29udGludWVzL1cDc3BjQgpihr9Gl2Kuo9WQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) as leak investigation continues - Evolution appears to occur [far faster than we thought](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMzEvZXZvbHV0aW9uLWFwcGVhcnMtdG8tb2NjdXItZmFyLWZhc3Rlci10aGFuLXdlLXRob3VnaHQtc3R1ZHktZmluZHMvVwNzcGNCCmKGv0aXYq6j1ZBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~), study finds - [Adam Conover](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMjkvYWRhbS1jb25vdmVyLXRoZS1nLXdvcmQtbmV0ZmxpeC1nb3Zlcm5tZW50LW9iYW1hL1cDc3BjQgpihr9Gl2Kuo9WQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) on demystifying government on an Obama-produced show: "It was my primary misgiving" - The [Mona Lisa was attacked](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMzEvdGhlLW1vbmEtbGlzYS13YXMtYXR0YWNrZWQtYWdhaW4tLXRoaXMtdGltZS13aXRoLWEtc2xpY2Utb2YtY2FrZS9XA3NwY0IKYoa_RpdirqPVkFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) again ... this time with a slice of cake - "Gun control" is a great idea — and [what about for the U.S. military too?](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMzAvZ3VuLWNvbnRyb2wtaXMtYS1ncmVhdC1pZGVhLS1hbmQtd2hhdC1hYm91dC1mb3ItdGhlLXVzLW1pbGl0YXJ5LXRvby9XA3NwY0IKYoa_RpdirqPVkFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - Abortion opponents don't care if [pregnant women get murdered](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMzAvYWJvcnRpb24tb3Bwb25lbnRzLWRvbnQtY2FyZS1pZi1wcmVnbmFudC13b21lbi1nZXQtbXVyZGVyZWQvVwNzcGNCCmKGv0aXYq6j1ZBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - Gun violence, neoliberalism and Citizens United: We can't change things without [facing the truth](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0R7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMjkvdmlvbGVuY2UtbmVvbGliZXJhbGlzbS1hbmQtY2l0aXplbnMtdW5pdGVkLXdlLWNhbnQtY2hhbmdlLXRoaW5ncy13aXRob3V0LWZhY2luZy10aGUtdHJ1dGgvVwNzcGNCCmKGv0aXYq6j1ZBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - Right-wing snowflakes love to whine about free speech — [this socialist went to jail for it](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0R7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMjkvcmlnaHQtd2luZy1zbm93Zmxha2VzLWxvdmUtdG8td2hpbmUtYWJvdXQtZnJlZS1zcGVlY2gtLXRoaXMtc29jaWFsaXN0LXdlbnQtdG8tamFpbC1mb3ItaXQvVwNzcGNCCmKGv0aXYq6j1ZBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - From “Stranger Things” to TikTok: [Kate Bush speaks to lonely kids](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RXaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMzEvc3RyYW5nZXItdGhpbmdzLWthdGUtYnVzaC10aWt0b2stcnVubmluZy11cC10aGF0LWhpbGwvVwNzcGNCCmKGv0aXYq6j1ZBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). 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Try these [three Italian cocktails](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMzAvbm90LWFuLWFwZXJvbC1zcHJpdHotZmFuLXRyeS10aGVzZS10aHJlZS1pdGFsaWFuLWNvY2t0YWlscy1pbnN0ZWFkL1cDc3BjQgpihr9Gl2Kuo9WQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) instead Not a subscriber yet? [Sign up](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RVaHR0cHM6Ly9zYWxvbi51czgubGlzdC1tYW5hZ2UuY29tL3N1YnNjcmliZT91PTcxY2IzZThhNmU5NjM5YzgxMDIzY2Q0MjcmaWQ9NWRlZGEyYWFhN1cDc3BjQgpihr9Gl2Kuo9WQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) to receive Crash Course. [McConnell/Biden] Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Mitch McConnell's Uvalde trap: Democrats rush to participate in their own political sabotage Political observers who have watched how Republicans operate for the past decade or so are all asking the same question: How stupid are Democrats to think that these "negotiations" are the real deal? It's not mysterious what McConnell, whose main political weapon is obstruction, is doing here. He's setting up a bunch of fake negotiations to get Democrats all excited about the possibility of passing something. Those Democrats will then talk to reporters about how they're making progress. Voters will get their hopes up that something will get done. When it inevitably doesn't – because Republicans never intended to pass any bill of any kind — the blame will fall on Democrats for being weak and ineffectual leaders. Demoralized Democratic voters will sit at home for the midterms and Republicans will win big at the polls. We can know this is the plan, because this is always how McConnell operates: Blocking Democrats from passing popular legislation and then peddling a story about Democratic impotence. The Republican leader doesn't win elections by winning over voters to the Republican Party. His strategy, instead, is to get large numbers of Americans to give up on politics entirely. The result is that Fox News addicts and QAnon-addled mouth breathers are overrepresented among those who do bother to vote. [Read more from Amanda Marcotte.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0R8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMzEvbWl0Y2gtbWNjb25uZWxscy11dmFsZGUtdHJhcC1kZW1vY3JhdHMtcnVzaC10by1wYXJ0aWNpcGF0ZS1pbi10aGVpci1vd24tcG9saXRpY2FsLXNhYm90YWdlL1cDc3BjQgpihr9Gl2Kuo9WQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - "John Durham Tried to Prove Trump’s Russiagate Theory. Instead He Debunked It.," [Intelligencer](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0SCaHR0cHM6Ly9ueW1hZy5jb20vaW50ZWxsaWdlbmNlci8yMDIyLzA1L2pvaG4tZHVyaGFtLW1pY2hhZWwtc3Vzc21hbi12ZXJkaWN0LW5vdC1ndWlsdHktcnVzc2lhLWFsZmFiYW5rLXRydW1wLWJhcnItZmJpLWNsaW50b24uaHRtbFcDc3BjQgpihr9Gl2Kuo9WQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - "Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work," [The Atlantic](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYXRsYW50aWMuY29tL2lkZWFzL2FyY2hpdmUvMjAyMi8wNS9zaW5nbGUtdXNlLXBsYXN0aWMtY2hlbWljYWwtcmVjeWNsaW5nLWRpc3Bvc2FsLzY2MTE0MS9XA3NwY0IKYoa_RpdirqPVkFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "James Biden — presidential brother, family helper, political wild card," [The Washington Post](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzLzIwMjIvMDUvMzEvamltbXktYmlkZW4tcHJlc2lkZW50LWJyb3RoZXIvVwNzcGNCCmKGv0aXYq6j1ZBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - "The Myth of 'Radical' Black Politics That Stymies Progressive Politics," [The New Republic](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RfaHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdyZXB1YmxpYy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS8xNjYzNDQvbXl0aC1yYWRpY2FsLWJsYWNrLXBvbGl0aWNzLXN0eW1pZXMtcHJvZ3Jlc3NpdmUtcG9saXRpY3NXA3NwY0IKYoa_RpdirqPVkFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Why Is Planned Parenthood Halting Abortions Before Bans Go Into Effect?," [Slate](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RgaHR0cHM6Ly9zbGF0ZS5jb20vbmV3cy1hbmQtcG9saXRpY3MvMjAyMi8wNS9wbGFubmVkLXBhcmVudGhvb2Qtb2tsYWhvbWEtdGV4YXMtYWJvcnRpb24tYmFucy5odG1sVwNzcGNCCmKGv0aXYq6j1ZBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - "The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers," [The New York Times](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RVaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8yMC93b3JsZC9hbWVyaWNhcy9oYWl0aS1oaXN0b3J5LWNvbG9uaXplZC1mcmFuY2UuaHRtbFcDc3BjQgpihr9Gl2Kuo9WQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) [Justin-Trudeau] Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images “Dystopian future”: Republicans cry “communism” after Canada cracks down on guns after mass shooting Canada did something unheard of in the United States: it responded to a mass shooting by proposing actual gun restrictions that are expected to pass. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week announced a plan to crack down on assault weapons and handgun sales. "As a government, as a society, we have a responsibility to act to prevent more tragedies," Trudeau said. "We need only look south of the border to know that if we do not take action, firmly and rapidly, it gets worse and worse and more difficult to counter." Republicans south of the border predictably decried the restrictions as tyranny. "The dystopian future Trudeau is manifesting in Canada is coming to America if US citizens don't get involved," [tweeted](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0Q-aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9SZXBUaG9tYXNNYXNzaWUvc3RhdHVzLzE1MzE0Mjg5NDEwNjc2OTgxNzZXA3NwY0IKYoa_RpdirqPVkFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. Fox News host Mark Levin lamented that ["Canada is gone."](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0Q8aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9tYXJrbGV2aW5zaG93L3N0YXR1cy8xNTMxNDQxNzcwOTczODc2MjI5VwNzcGNCCmKGv0aXYq6j1ZBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Bernie Kerik, the former New York police commissioner — who pled guilty to eight felonies related to tax fraud but was later pardoned by Donald Trump — [called](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0Q7aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9CZXJuYXJkS2VyaWsvc3RhdHVzLzE1MzE2MDAxMzY2MDU5MjUzODJXA3NwY0IKYoa_RpdirqPVkFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) the restrictions "Trudeau's final push toward Communism." [Read more from Igor Derysh.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkecu-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMzEvZHlzdG9waWFuLWZ1dHVyZS1jcnktY29tbXVuaXNtLWFmdGVyLWNhbmFkYS1jcmFja3MtZG93bi1vbi1hZnRlci1tYXNzL1cDc3BjQgpihr9Gl2Kuo9WQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). 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