What the Hell Is Going On

What the Hell Is Going On


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WTH Have All the Democrats Gone? With Ruy Teixeira
December 14, 2023

In 2002, Ruy Teixeira co-authored The Emerging Democratic Majority. Now, two decades later, his new book is out  Where Have All the Democrats Gone? So what happened to the Democratic Party in those intervening years? A couple of major factors s

WTH is Ukraine Aid’s Best-Kept Secret? Most of The Money Stays in the U.S. John Ferrari Explains
December 07, 2023

The best-kept secret about aid to Ukraine? 90% of the money the US allocates for military aid is spent here at home. The money goes right to American defense companies that employ American workers to produce the weapons systems that Ukraine is using to fi

WTH is the UN so anti-Israel and anti-American? Brett Schaefer Explains
November 30, 2023

Why is the United Nations siding with Hamas in its war on Israel? An exaggeration? Nope. The examples are endless. The United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA), devoted to the question of Palestinian refugees in name, but de facto a front for Hamas;&nbs

WTH: Tik Tok, Osama bin Laden, and Hamas. Rep. Mike Gallagher Explains
November 22, 2023

Since the events of October 7, the Chinese Communist Party has been spreading virulent antisemitic memes in the U.S. via its favorite information warfare tool: Tik Tok. We have had episodes on Tik Tok before, but the urgency of this issue has reached a fe

WTH Do Antisemitism and Critical Race Theory Have in Common? Professor David Bernstein Explains
November 16, 2023

What do Critical Race Theory and antisemitism have in common? A lot, actually, from the roots of each movement, to the ideology, to the way they are weaponized by the left today. The overarching philosophy linking these movements together is a Manichean o

WTH is Iran Up To in Israel and Gaza? Ken Pollack Explains
November 09, 2023

It is unclear whether Iran chose the exact date and time of the Hamas attacks, but the detail is irrelevant. The Islamic Republic of Iran has funded, coordinated, trained, and armed Hamas and other proxies for years. Should Israel not definitively succeed

WTH is Going On with the Explosion of Antisemitism on the Left? Ruth Wisse Explains
October 31, 2023

There are Charlottesvilles happening every day in America. This time, theyre everywhere, driven by an explosion of antisemitism. And these Charlottesvilles are happening at Harvard, Columbia, and Stanford among other elite havens of academe. This is not

WTH is Wrong with Congress? Rep. Fitzpatrick Explains
October 25, 2023

It has been over 20 days since the House of Representatives ousted, and then successively failed to re-elect, a speaker of the House. The dysfunction could not be coming at a worse time: war in Europe, war in the Middle East, rising danger in the Pacific.

WTH Did Hamas Attack and How Will Israel Respond? Haviv Gur Explains
October 18, 2023

The monstrosity of Hamas attack on Israel is hard to fathom. This podcast, with Times of Israel reporter Haviv Gur, shares some insight into developments on the ground in Israel, tragedies that Israelis are experiencing real-time, and analysis of the pol

WTH Aren’t We Holding Iran Responsible For The Attack on Israel? With Elliott Abrams
October 11, 2023

On October 7th, Israel suffered the worst attack it has experienced in its history at the hands of the terrorist group Hamas. 900 casualties in Israel, including at least 11 American citizens not to mention around 150 hostages taken by Hamas, most back