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2 months ago | 
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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2 months ago | 
thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |James Scimecca |Alex Demas |Kevin Williamson
Serfdom sucks, trust me. Published January 25, 2025 Buckle up, there are tiny, crazy monkeys on tricycles riding around inside Jonah Goldberg’s brain, and the only way to let them out is an epic, mega Ruminant. You’re welcome, America. Jonah begins with a defense of his free spirit and recent snarkiness before he launches into a critique of Curtis Yarvin’s recent antics in the New York Times.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Kevin Williamson |Brian M. Riedl |James Scimecca |Mary Trimble
Where can you find policy agreement among this motley group: retired Adm. Mike Mullen, Brent Scowcroft, Madeleine Albright, Henry Kissinger, Robert Gates, Leon Panetta, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Michael Chertoff, Janet Napolitano, George Shultz, Paul Volcker, and Hank Paulson? Yes, I know that many of the people on that list are dead and have been for a bit, but the facts of the case have been obvious to a great many well-informed people for a very long time.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Charlotte Lawson |Jonathan Ruhe |James Scimecca |Mary Trimble
Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen set a port ablaze. Is there more to come? Published July 24, 2024 TEL AVIV, Israel—Just past 3 a.m. on Friday morning, the buzz of an engine followed by a massive explosion woke Israelis across the country’s second largest city of Tel Aviv.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Mary Trimble |Grayson Logue |Peter Gattuso |James Scimecca
Happy Monday! And a belated happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there—we hope your (new favorite) kid got you a Dispatch subscription!In a 6-3 decision on Friday that saw the six conservative justices in the majority, the Supreme Court struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks for firearms.
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May 31, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Kevin Williamson |Scott Lincicome |Michael Sobolik |James Scimecca
In Hong Kong, the local factota operating in the interests of Beijing have convicted 14 democracy activists of subversion for the crime—and it is, under local law, a crime—of working to organize a slate of candidates for office who would work for liberty and democracy in Hong Kong.
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May 22, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | John Mccormack |Nat Malkus |James Scimecca |Mary Trimble
Advocates of school choice are on the verge of a big victory in Texas—the largest red state in the country without any school choice program—less than a year after the educational establishment dealt them a serious setback in the state legislature. The issue became so important in the Lone Star State, it spurred Gov. Greg Abbott to marshal his political machine to back primary opponents against fellow Republicans who last year stood in the way of the school choice legislation.
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May 20, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Charlotte Lawson |James Scimecca |Mary Trimble |Grayson Logue
Ebrahim Raisi, known to many as the “Butcher of Tehran,” is being remembered for his brutality at home and belligerence abroad in his nearly three years as president. Raisi, 63, died on Sunday along with the country’s foreign minister when their delegation’s chopper went down in northwest Iran, state media confirmed after a 15-hour search and rescue operation concluded with the early morning discovery of the destroyed aircraft. The circumstances around the crash are still unknown.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | James Scimecca |Mary Trimble |Grayson Logue
Happy Friday! Congratulations to Michael E., Debra S., Chris T., and Jim B., who miraculously made it through the first day of the NCAA March Madness tournament while missing just one game in their TMD pool brackets. [Editor’s Note: If only we could have sent today’s TMD at 6:51 p.m. ET last night, at which point Declan was still tied for first place—globally—after going eight for his first eight picks in the tournament. Unfortunately, his wisdom and foresight will be lost to the sands of time.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | James Scimecca |Mary Trimble |Grayson Logue
Happy Wednesday! Our hearts go out to Derek Myers, a former staffer for Rep. George Santos running for Congress, who not only accidentally announced his concession in Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District primary Tuesday afternoon well before the polls had closed but also made an unfortunate typo in a subsequent release explaining the error.
