November 07, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Nov 7, 2026 · 5m

Good morning! Today is Saturday, November 7th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. W. James Antle III argues GOP denials that the Iran War drove Tuesday's midterm wipeout amount to special pleading, with the war fueling persistent inflation and echoing hawks' 2006 attempts to blame earmarks instead of Iraq. Jack Hunter traces how Thomas Massie's warnings against foreign wars, deficit spending, and Israeli influence, which cost him his seat in the most expensive House primary ever, now read almost word-for-word like J.D. Vance's postelection prescription for the party…