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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Gil Guerra |Michael Rosen |Kevin Williamson
The rant heard ‘round the world. Published April 19, 2025 Jonah Goldberg spends ninety minutes plotting his transition to telethon moderation, lambasting the youth, and reminding the new GOP that you can’t pick and choose who gets universal rights. Plus: further ruminations on the bond market and the anniversary of the shot heard ‘round the world.
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2 months ago | 
thedispatch.com | Peter Gattuso |Gil Guerra |Charlotte Lawson
Did “working-class wages” peak in 1971? Batya Ungar-Sargon, Newsweek opinion editor and a columnist at The Free Press, made the assertion on X earlier this week. 1971 was “the high water mark for working-class wages,” she tweeted on March 11. “Everything Trump is doing with tariffs and immigration controls is to give the American worker a shot at the American Dream again after half a century of race-to-the-bottom economics that enriched the elites.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Peter Gattuso |Gil Guerra |James Scimecca |Jamie Weinstein
Social media users are circulating a post claiming that President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for former President Barack Obama and his family. The post was first shared by a satirical Facebook account, America’s Last Line of Defense. The account describes itself as a “network of trollery and propaganda for cash,” though the post itself has no satire labeling.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio |Gary Schmitt |Kevin Williamson |Gil Guerra
Boiling Frogs Impoundment and the discretionary presidency. Published January 28, 2025 We’re long overdue for a Schoolhouse Rock reboot, but with each passing year I’m more convinced it’ll never happen. Why would any broadcaster bother supplying civic education to a country where there’s no demand? In case some nostalgic middle-aged television producer insists on throwing his money away, though, here’s a freebie idea for an episode: What is the point of Congress in 2025?
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Peter Gattuso |Michael Warren |Gil Guerra |Charles Hilu
President Donald Trump issued more than three dozen executive orders in his first week in office covering immigration, energy policy, diversity programs, and more. One order he issued, President Joe Biden’s 2022 “Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans” executive order, has been misinterpreted, prompting social media users to claim falsely that Trump raised the price of insulin.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Gil Guerra |Charlotte Lawson |Grayson Logue |James Sutton
Published January 28, 2025 On Sunday morning, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that Colombia was suspending permission for previously authorized U.S. deportation flights to land in Colombia. Ostensibly driving Petro’s action were concerns that Colombian nationals were not being treated with respect during the deportation process because they were being transported by military aircraft.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio |Sarah Isgur |John Mccormack |Gil Guerra
Inauguration Day always leaves the losing side feeling queasy. One can swallow only so many sour grapes before the stomach rebels. But the upset evoked by Donald Trump’s inaugural is different because Trump is different. Even by the standards of presidents beginning their second term, it’s unusual for so many Americans to feel fatigued on Day 1. “I’m already confused and exhausted on his very first day in office,” Matt Yglesias complained a few hours before Trump was sworn in.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio |John Mccormack |Gil Guerra |Michael Warren
Inauguration Day always leaves the losing side feeling queasy. One can swallow only so many sour grapes before the stomach rebels. But the upset evoked by Donald Trump’s inaugural is different because Trump is different. Even by the standards of presidents beginning their second term, it’s unusual for so many Americans to feel fatigued on Day 1. “I’m already confused and exhausted on his very first day in office,” Matt Yglesias complained a few hours before Trump was sworn in.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Sarah Isgur |John Mccormack |Gil Guerra |Kevin Williamson
Published January 20, 2025 Mike Warren is joined by Sarah Isgur, Steve Hayes, Jonah Goldberg, and David M. Drucker to analyze Donald Trump’s second inaugural address. Will his term be American carnage 2.0?Audio-only recordings of Dispatch Live are available following the livestream as members-only podcasts on select platforms.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Kevin Williamson |Sarah Isgur |John Mccormack |Gil Guerra
Published January 20, 2025 The first thing to know about the Department of Government Efficiency is that it doesn’t exist. “DOGE” is just a dumb reverse-engineered acronym (a reference joke for the crypto-bros) for the vanity-hobby project that will be overseen by Elon Musk until he gets bored by it.
