These people have no idea what they are doing

President Trump says USAID is rife with fraud. But Andrew Natsios, a Republican former administrator of USAID, calls that “utter nonsense.” Natsios says USAID is “the most accountable aid agency in the world.” cbsn.ws/4i38uBJ

Adam Sandler nailed it tonight. #SNL50thAnniversary

Likely future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz slams AfD leader over her support for Russia “Look at these photos, Mrs. Weidel, and look at the people in Ukraine. No, Mrs Weidel, we are not neutral, we are not standing aside. We are on the side of Ukraine”

J.D. Vance and Elon Musk’s efforts to help the AfD party win the German election goes beyond trolling liberals, writes Peter Wehner. “They see in the AfD an undiluted version of MAGA.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

"My problem was not with grief with a capital G. My problem was that Eric was dead." My interview with the estimable Christian philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff nytimes.com/2025/03/02/opi…

"How important has philosophy been in your journey toward belief in God? Has your mastery of philosophy made your journey to the Christian faith easier or harder or both?" My New York Times interview with the philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff nytimes.com/2025/03/02/opi…

"You said [your son] Eric’s death belongs 'within my story. I struggle indeed to go beyond merely owning my grief toward owning it redemptively.' What does it mean to own grief redemptively?" nytimes.com/2025/03/02/opi…

NEW EPISODE: Journalist & scholar ⁦Now JonRauch on 🦋⁩ sits down with his long-friend ⁦Peter Wehner⁩ to discuss a smart new book from Yale Univ. Press, Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain With Democracy. Hope you’ll take a listen 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fai…

"The roots didn’t go deep, the affections of the heart were not won over. Then the wind came and just blew a lot of it away." Writer Peter Wehner on a lack of "love of Jesus" that led many US Christians to make politics and Trump their religion faithangle.podbean.com/e/jon-rauch-an…

"Watching Steph drain threes night after night is honestly one of the great joys of my life." Steph's teammates and coaches congratulate him on a HISTORIC milestone 👏

"One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world": Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Nobel Prize lecture has an urgent message for contemporary readers. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Ezra Klein tells Bill Maher: “If you follow the news, you voted for the Democrats, by and large. If you don’t follow the news, you voted for Trump.”

This is the kind of competence and wisdom that embodies MAGA world; and especially Trump & Company. Only the best... theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Today's Pod: Jeffrey Goldberg on the Houthi Small Group heard round the world. Then Peter Wehner on Trump's revenge tour, how American christians have turned to vice in service to Trump, PEPFAR, the White House's anti-immigrant snuff films & more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jef…

"It's one of the most effective things that you could do both in terms of saving lives, but also America's image in the world....It is destruction for destruction's sake." Peter Wehner joins Tim Miller on today's Bulwark Podcast:

After the national-security breach on Signal, Trump’s administration “again wants you to believe that two and two make five,” writes Peter Wehner. “When there is no objective truth, when everyone gets to make up their own reality,” authoritarians thrive. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

I thoroughly enjoyed my wide-ranging conversation with Mona Charen on her superb podcast.

In this sobering conversation, Peter Wehner Bush advisor and longtime conservative—explains how Trump’s executive orders have effectively dismantled PEPFAR, the lifesaving global AIDS relief program. The cost? Potentially 1.6 million lives… and America’s moral credibility.

Author Malcolm Gladwell talks about the future of influencers—and how to build influence that endures.