Michael Brendan Dougherty

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Senior Writer @NRO. author of My Father Left Me Ireland. Making sense of the disruptive politics of the 21st century.

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Michael Brendan Dougherty @michaelbd Feb 27

Column today: Why did National Populism Disrupt the Right?

tl;dr Globalization sets economic integration against national sovereignty and democracy.
nationalreview.com/2026/02/why-di…

www.nationalreview.com Why Did National Populism Disrupt the Right? | National Review The fact that these movements have emerged in so many different countries in one era effectively rules out some popular explanations.

Michael Brendan Dougherty @michaelbd 34m

Hmm. Tariffs have an effect, but I hope people don’t think they can effect major political shifts of sentiment five years before they are implemented.

Scott Lincicome Verified account @scottlincicome 12h

"To repeat: Trump suffered a net 24.5 point decline on the economy between Election Day 2018 and the start of the Iran war. Yuge!

Did things get even worse once the war started? Absolutely"
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Michael Brendan Dougherty @michaelbd 2h

Mario Nawfal Verified account @MarioNawfal 13h

🇺🇸 Mike Huckabee just took the debate over the Iran war to a whole different level.

The US ambassador to Israel says he believes opposition to the war goes beyond politics.

“I see this as spiritual darkness, spiritual blindness.”

He even says Satan has blinded people's minds and influenced their thinking.

So we're not just talking about disagreements over foreign policy anymore.

Writer: Lynn

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Michael Brendan Dougherty @michaelbd 4h

You go to war with the war you have.

Noam Blum Verified account @neontaster 4h

I think “the war” is burying the lede a bit. I’d say it was the how the war was prosecuted that did it. Still no end in sight or any sort of strategy. I doubt a well-executed kinetic campaign would yield results quite this bad.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty @michaelbd 4h

The difference between defeat and blowout was the war. This isn’t even slightly controversial.