What the Hell Is Going On

What the Hell Is Going On


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WTH is Iran Attacking Israel? Fred Kagan Explains
April 16, 2024

Last weekend, for the first time since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979, Iran launched a direct attack on Israel from Iranian territory. In total, some 170 drones, 120 surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, and more than 30 cruise missiles tar

WTH Can’t Democrats Quit Trump? The WSJ’s Barton Swaim Explains
April 11, 2024

Joe Biden and the Democratic Party love labeling Donald Trump and his MAGA followers as the greatest threat to American democracy. So why are Democratic-aligned Super PACs funding self-declared MAGA candidates in GOP primaries? In a recent article for the

WTH Is Going On With Biden and Israel? Dan Senor Explains
April 04, 2024

In the wake of Hamass October 7 attack on Israel, Joe Biden stood by Americas closest Middle Eastern partner, providing diplomatic cover and military aid. Recently, however, the Biden administration has become increasingly critical of Israeli Prime Mini

WTH Do Americans Think the Economy is Terrible? Gary Cohn on Bidenomics
March 28, 2024

According to President Biden, his stewardship of the economy which he has dubbed Bidenomics should be praised as the best America has ever seen. Unemployment is down and jobs are up. So why exactly are Americans giving such poor ratings to Bidenomic

WTH Did We Do to Our Kids? Nat Malkus On The Consequences of Pandemic School Closures Four Years After COVID
March 21, 2024

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, students, parents, and teachers were told they have to stay home from school in order to stop the spread of disease. Anyone who questioned that advice was labeled a conspiracy theorist who does not "trust the science." No

WTH is Going On at Harvard? Larry Summers Explains
March 14, 2024

Following the terrorist attacks of October 7th, Harvard University was among several elite bastions of higher education to show its true colors moral relativism, raw antisemitism on campus, and poor leadership. Harvard, like other elite institutions, ha

WTH Are Americans Thinking About November? Mark Penn Explains His Newest Data
March 07, 2024

Super Tuesday wrapped up as predicted, with Trump sweeping the GOP win and Haley dropping out. Barring a meteorite, this means we are locked into a Trump-Biden rematch. But the newest Harvard-Harris CAPS poll reveals an America that is not as certain as p

WTH is Going On with Seizing Russian Assets? Stephen Rademaker Explains
February 29, 2024

Two years ago, at the start of the war in Ukraine, $300 billion in Russian assets were frozen in Western banks. The assumption behind Western economic pressure on Russia was that sanctions and seizures of oligarchs’ funds would have a chilling effect on b

WTH is Happening Two Years into the War in Ukraine? Yaroslav Trofimov Explains
February 23, 2024

Since Russia invaded Ukraine exactly two years ago, Yaroslav Trofimov has been covering the war on the ground. His newest book, Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraines War of Independence, is a stunning account of the lead-up to the wa

WTH: Natan Sharansky on the Murder of Alexei Navalny
February 21, 2024

Alexei Navalny was allowed one book in his Siberian prison. He chose Fear No Evil by former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, who joins us for an important conversation today to speak about his correspondence with Navalny and his own experience in a Siber