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August 29, 2026
Good morning! Today is Saturday, August 29th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Five years after the Kabul withdrawal, Curt Mills argues Joe Biden's decision to end America's longest war stands as the bravest presidential act of his lifetime, contrasting Biden's honesty with what he calls a more messianic Pentagon now waging war in Iran. Nikos Mohammadi examines J.D. Vance's invocation of Huey Long at an Ohio steel plant, asking whether the Louisiana Kingfish's substantive populism can actually be revived on the right or will remain merely a matter of style. and now…
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