Tom Joscelyn and Bill Kristol examine how Christian nationalism at the highest levels of the Pentagon is undermining military readiness. They discuss how Pete Hegseth’s ideological commitments have made him fundamentally unqualified to run the Defense Department. Plus: the persistence of National Guard deployments in D.C., the purge of transgender service members, and how the military’s moral and professional decline is signaling weakness to U.S. adversaries. Finally, why rebuilding these institutions is far harder than destroying them—and why the stakes have never been higher.
Listen now to It’s Happening Here, a Home of the Brave podcast.
