John Mccormack

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Editor at The Dispatch

Senior Editor @TheDispatch

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Articles

‘We’re Just Hoping the Ship Sinks’

1 week ago | thedispatch.com | John Mccormack

Policy How three small American businesses are paying the price for Trump’s tariffs. Published May 1, 2025 Scroll to the comments section Audio versions are only available to subscribers of The Dispatch. Join Today! to listen to this post.
An Absurd Rationale for Provoking a Constitutional Crisis

2 weeks ago | thedispatch.com | John Mccormack

Top Trump administration officials and the president himself insist the executive branch must have the power to deport illegal immigrants without minimal due process under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act because it’s the only practical way to carry out mass deportations.
Get Out by Good Friday, Feds Say to Afghan Christians

3 weeks ago | thedispatch.com | John Mccormack

The first time a young Christian from Afghanistan heard music at a church service where he understood at least some of the language, it was Christmas at Apostles Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. “It was amazing. I was telling myself, ‘Wow, it was beautiful,’” he recalled in an interview with The Dispatch earlier this week.
Whitmer Highlights Democrats’ Disarray

4 weeks ago | thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Jeremiah Johnson |John Mccormack |Joel Tannenbaum

Politics The party has a few options for improving its image. Hiding might be the best one. Published April 16, 2025 Scroll to the comments section Audio versions are only available to subscribers of The Dispatch. Join Today! to listen to this post. Kudos to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. She managed to generate the most negatively iconic photo of a Democrat since Michael Dukakis wore a helmet atop a tank.
Do Republican Voters Still Care About Scandal?

4 weeks ago | thedispatch.com | David Drucker |John Mccormack |Nick Catoggio |Charles Hilu

Politics The outcome of Ken Paxton’s primary challenge vs. Sen. John Cornyn may answer that question. Published April 16, 2025 Scroll to the comments section Audio versions are only available to subscribers of The Dispatch. Join Today! to listen to this post. Sen.
Is Don Bacon a ‘Rebel Republican’?

4 weeks ago | thedispatch.com | Charles Hilu |John Mccormack |Michael Warren |Kevin Williamson

Is Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon a throwback to the 1980s, a disappearing breed of Republican, or a swing-district moderate swimming against the tide of his party? He might be all three. Having held his seat since 2017 in an Omaha-based district that Kamala Harris carried in 2024 after Joe Biden won it in 2020, Bacon can hardly help but stick to the center. But does he see himself as a moderate? “So-called right-wing people call me that, but they’re the ones who are isolationist and like protectionism.
Understanding the Trump Show

1 month ago | thedispatch.com | Kevin Williamson |John Mccormack |Michael Warren |Frederic Frommer

One way of understanding Donald Trump’s erratic presidency is to assume that he is trying to generate chaos. But that is not quite it. What he is trying to generate is storylines. And he knows which direction plots move: forward. Donald Trump was never much of an executive, a fact attested to by his many high-profile failures (the casinos, the Plaza, etc.) and his scams (Trump University, the accounting shenanigans, etc.).
Mike Lee Retreats on Free Trade

1 month ago | thedispatch.com | John Mccormack |Michael Warren |Nick Catoggio |Kevin Williamson

Policy Why Utah’s senior Republican senator has no plans to reintroduce his bill to reassert congressional authority over tariffs. Published April 11, 2025 Scroll to the comments section Audio versions are only available to subscribers of The Dispatch. Join Today! to listen to this post. On January 20, 2017, Republican Sen.
When the GOP Seemed on the Verge of Extinction

1 month ago | thedispatch.com | Frederic Frommer |John Mccormack |David Drucker |Michael Warren

Democrats are in a truly awful state today, with a recent approval rating of just 37 percent. California Gov. Gavin Newsom last month labeled the Democratic brand “toxic,” and his fellow Democrat, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, has warned, “if we don’t get our sh-t together, then we are going to be in a permanent minority.”If the party’s fortunes sound hopeless, it’s worth remembering the far more dire straits that Republicans found themselves in nearly a half-century ago.
Gavin Newsom’s Pivot to Nowhere

1 month ago | eppc.org | John Mccormack |George Weigel |Ryan Anderson |Nathanael Blake

Published April 9, 2025 The Dispatch When Gavin Newsom was waging his primary bid to be California’s governor, he promised voters on the campaign trail in December 2017: “You’re going to have the opportunity to elect the next head of the resistance.” After steamrolling his Democratic and Republican opponents in 2018, Newsom governed with exactly that vision in mind. At the end of his first year in office, Newsom released a video depicting himself and Donald Trump as cartoon characters in a...