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The Real Conflict is Between Decent and Indecent (w/ David French) | Mona Charen Show

2026-02-16 News & Politics
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David French discusses culture wars morphing into hot wars, partisanship, and the idiocy of threatening Greenland. Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MONACHAREN at https://www.oneskin.co/MONACHAREN #oneskinpod Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join Chapters: 00:00:00 Welcome 00:01:07 From culture war to violence in the streets 00:05:33 Tribalism and negative polarization 00:12:07 Excuses and partisan blinders 00:14:27 Ad break: OneSkin 00:16:41 Rule of law and why process matters 00:22:50 Trump’s foreign policy 00:29:03 NATO and the cost of going it alone 00:37:02 Pushback works—sometimes 00:41:06 Reforms and the Democrats’ role 00:48:39 Creating on-ramps for post-Trump politics 00:51:30 Closing thoughts

Top Comments (10)

@steveinnh 2026-02-16

People lost their moral compass. So many who think they're the good guys support the most corrupt president in our history.

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@Pho_King_A 2026-02-16

If nobody is above the law, why are judges not holding these people on contempt charges with jail time? If it were you or me we'd be in jail already.

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@anthonyparkinson4517 2026-02-16

When the USA decided to make news into entertainment that didn't need to strive for truth and accuracy then you were lost. Decades of chasing ratings and passing off opinion as fact to the American public fertilised the ground for Traitor Trump. He's the symptom, not the disease.

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@JacobMatheson-pm3cx 2026-02-16

He wasn't a billionaire until he became president. It's important to keep this in mind.

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@nancyjerrell3240 2026-02-16

What’s wrong with interrupting a worship service? I grew up in an abusive church. I would have been grateful if adults had protested on my behalf. Civil disobedience is about weighing risk against benefit. I vouch for interrupting services over packing people into dangerous conditions against their will and without due process

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@jamesdawson2510 2026-02-16

Not to s**t on Americans, but as a brit my "team" is the one without rapists, racists and pedophila. If you're okay with those things because it's your political party doing them, you're f**king disgusting

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@dariampr 2026-02-17

I found myself nodding in agreement vigorously throughout this whole conversation. :D It's so wonderful to listen to a coolheaded analysis of the situation; neither Mona nor David were panicking, but they definitely weren't sugarcoating anything either, and they also discussed ways of GETTING OUT of the mess the US is currently in. Not to mention the decency and integrity they both show. Thank you!

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@SJ00bsp 2026-02-17

Great points throughout, thank you both

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@marylancaster7256 2026-02-19

I have really enjoyed many of the recent columns by Mr. French. Good analysis of the current moment.

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@diananoble3019 2026-02-18

I just saw Mona Charen on The Atlantic podcast today with Frum. First time here.

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