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1 day ago | thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Sarah Isgur |Charles Lehman

From Issus to Kursk. Published June 5, 2025 Bret Devereaux, a Remnant fan favorite, returns to Jonah Goldberg’s Flavian Amphitheater to discuss the world’s oldest counterfactual, the holy grail of source material for classicists, and the top three generals of Western antiquity. Plus: coverage of Ukraine’s recent drone strikes and the contemporary applications of ancient military history.

1 day ago | thedispatch.com | Sarah Isgur |Jonah Goldberg |Charles Lehman

‘Democrats have become the party of the groups.’ By and Published June 5, 2025 Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the hottest case on everyone’s lips—Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County—and how buzz around Abundance Democrats may have influenced the outcome. The Agenda:—Some regulatory papers are longer than the railroads entities were requesting to build—Subbing in recused SCOTUS judges, what could go wrong?

1 day ago | thedispatch.com | Alex Demas

Science & Technology Elon Musk’s satellite internet company is deeply entangled with the federal government, but it's a legitimately useful service. Published June 5, 2025 Scroll to the comments section Audio versions are only available to subscribers of The Dispatch. Join Today! to listen to this post.

1 day ago | thedispatch.com | Charles Lehman

Last Sunday, Mohamed Soliman, a 45-year-old illegal alien from Egypt, lobbed Molotov cocktails into a group of people in Boulder, Colorado. He did so, he later told police, because of his hatred for these “Zionists,” who were peacefully marching to demand the release of Hamas’ hostages in Gaza. Soliman’s attack follows the murder of Israeli embassy aides Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim two weeks ago, and the April firebombing of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home by an antisemitic madman.

4 days ago | thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio

If you’ve followed polling on social issues over the last decade or so, you’ve surely detected a pattern. Support for legalizing marijuana? At an all-time high. Support for making abortion legal in all circumstances? At an all-time high. The share of Americans identifying as LGBT or “other”? At an all-time high. Admittedly, that last one is due less to a population-wide shift than roughly a third(!) of Generation Z women calling themselves bisexual.