September 10, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Sep 10, 2026 · 3m

Good morning! Today is Thursday, September 10th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. In Germany, the AfD's landslide 44 percent victory in Saxony-Anhalt has thrown Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats into crisis, with Phillip Linderman arguing the surge reflects the simple fact that Germany no longer has an authentically conservative party. As European capitals warn of Russian hybrid attacks on NATO soil and pundits urge tougher retaliation, Doug Bandow argues that deepening allied involvement in Ukraine would only push Putin to escalate, and that putting…