_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
The modern conservative movement is facing an internal struggle over its identity, echoing a historic fight from the 1960s.
Back then, National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. drew a hard line against conspiratorial elements threatening conservatism’s credibility. Today, Ben Shapiro is attempting a similar course correction — this time against Tucker Carlson and the rising “groyper” wing.
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