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Slouching Towards Tyranny
On a dark hour for the American right.
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The underlying assumption, held by leaders across the political spectrum, is that appealing to America’s loftiest ideals for reasons unrelated to partisan advantage is for suckers.
We reject that premise.
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We reject that premise.
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"The GOP’s political culture has become so heavily influenced by Very Online culture, that it’s hard to imagine someone who isn’t already a seasoned edgelord going to work for a group like the Young Republicans." --Nick Catoggio
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Our Guys
On the Young Republicans.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"The GOP’s political culture has become so heavily influenced by Very Online culture, that it’s hard to imagine someone who isn’t already a seasoned edgelord going to work for a group like the Young Republicans." --Nick Catoggio
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"Congress has rendered itself into a studio audience for the Trump show." -- @jonah.g.bskysocial | G-File
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Faber College on Capitol Hill
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to uphold the Constitution, son.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"Congress has rendered itself into a studio audience for the Trump show." -- @jonah.g.bskysocial | G-File
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“Hegseth’s ideal army is one quite a bit more like those of Russia or Belarus: focused on the pageantry of physical fitness, prone to atrocity, and ultimately the tool of one man’s power rather than the shield of a free country.” --Bret Devereaux
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Of Warriors and Wannabes
Hegseth’s ‘Department of War’ is a dangerous break with American military tradition.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Hegseth’s ideal army is one quite a bit more like those of Russia or Belarus: focused on the pageantry of physical fitness, prone to atrocity, and ultimately the tool of one man’s power rather than the shield of a free country.” --Bret Devereaux
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"Becoming a specialist in individuals, not diseases, is a crucial part of working in primary care." --Matthew Loftus
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When Your Doctor Gets to Know You
Health gets better when you and your doctor have a relationship.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Becoming a specialist in individuals, not diseases, is a crucial part of working in primary care." --Matthew Loftus
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"From its founding, Israel and its enemies have had irreconcilable positions. Israel insists that it has a right to exist. Its enemies take the opposite position." -- @jonah.g.bskysocial
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Lasting Peace Requires Accepting Israel’s Right to Exist
Its enemies have historically taken the opposite position.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"From its founding, Israel and its enemies have had irreconcilable positions. Israel insists that it has a right to exist. Its enemies take the opposite position." -- @jonah.g.bskysocial
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"Unlike those show ponies angling for future Fox News gigs at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, John Brown meant it. He was that most dangerous and terrible sort of American: a believer." --Kevin Williamson
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Abraham and Isaac
John Brown and the question of righteous violence.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Unlike those show ponies angling for future Fox News gigs at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, John Brown meant it. He was that most dangerous and terrible sort of American: a believer." --Kevin Williamson
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The 2021 junta takeover triggered an economic crash and transformed Burma into a hub for scams and drugs | Morning Dispatch
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Inside Burma’s Collapse
The 2021 junta takeover triggered an economic crash and transformed Burma into a hub for scams and drugs.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The 2021 junta takeover triggered an economic crash and transformed Burma into a hub for scams and drugs | Morning Dispatch
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As vaccine fears grow, some practices see value in working with shot skeptics rather than refusing to treat them.
Grayson Logue examines how some doctors are keeping unvaccinated families in their care to rebuild trust:
Grayson Logue examines how some doctors are keeping unvaccinated families in their care to rebuild trust:
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
As vaccine fears grow, some practices see value in working with shot skeptics rather than refusing to treat them.
Grayson Logue examines how some doctors are keeping unvaccinated families in their care to rebuild trust:
Grayson Logue examines how some doctors are keeping unvaccinated families in their care to rebuild trust:
"There are few people left in American politics who deserve our respect, strange or otherwise, and [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene] sure ain’t one of them." --Nick Catoggio
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‘What’s Going On With Marjorie?’
A populist kook turns MAGA maverick.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"There are few people left in American politics who deserve our respect, strange or otherwise, and [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene] sure ain’t one of them." --Nick Catoggio
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What did Pete Hegseth mean when he said the Qataris were building an Air Force base in Idaho?
Alex Demas breaks down why it’s not actually a foreign base, but a joint training facility under U.S. control.
Alex Demas breaks down why it’s not actually a foreign base, but a joint training facility under U.S. control.
October 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What did Pete Hegseth mean when he said the Qataris were building an Air Force base in Idaho?
Alex Demas breaks down why it’s not actually a foreign base, but a joint training facility under U.S. control.
Alex Demas breaks down why it’s not actually a foreign base, but a joint training facility under U.S. control.
How much humiliation will Pam Bondi endure? The DOJ has turned into Donald Trump’s boutique law firm | Michael Warren
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
How much humiliation will Pam Bondi endure? The DOJ has turned into Donald Trump’s boutique law firm | Michael Warren
As vaccine fears grow, some practices see value in working with shot skeptics rather than refusing to treat them.
Grayson Logue reports how a pediatrician earns trust in a time of vaccine doubt: A THREAD (1/7)
Grayson Logue reports how a pediatrician earns trust in a time of vaccine doubt: A THREAD (1/7)
October 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
As vaccine fears grow, some practices see value in working with shot skeptics rather than refusing to treat them.
Grayson Logue reports how a pediatrician earns trust in a time of vaccine doubt: A THREAD (1/7)
Grayson Logue reports how a pediatrician earns trust in a time of vaccine doubt: A THREAD (1/7)
"The concept of comparative advantage explains why expanding the freedom to buy from people all over the world makes people better off." --Norbert J. Michel
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Letting People Do What They Do Best
The concept of comparative advantage illustrates why free trade matters.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"The concept of comparative advantage explains why expanding the freedom to buy from people all over the world makes people better off." --Norbert J. Michel
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Is the Trump administration attacking green energy, or letting the market work?
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Everyone’s Embracing Renewable Energy—Except America
Is the Trump administration attacking green energy, or letting the market work?
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October 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Is the Trump administration attacking green energy, or letting the market work?
Read today's Morning Dispatch: thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...
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Do Foreign Countries Have Military Bases in the United States?
Not exactly, though the U.S. does host detachments of foreign militaries. --Alex Demas
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Not exactly, though the U.S. does host detachments of foreign militaries. --Alex Demas
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Do Foreign Countries Have Military Bases in the United States?
Not exactly, though the U.S. does host detachments of foreign militaries.
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October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Do Foreign Countries Have Military Bases in the United States?
Not exactly, though the U.S. does host detachments of foreign militaries. --Alex Demas
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Not exactly, though the U.S. does host detachments of foreign militaries. --Alex Demas
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"One of the things that people resent about Israel and the Jews is that we talk about them so much. The reason we talk about Israel a lot is because Israel's in the news a lot. Like Israel's under threat. Israel gets attacked." [email protected] on The Dispatch Podcast
October 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"One of the things that people resent about Israel and the Jews is that we talk about them so much. The reason we talk about Israel a lot is because Israel's in the news a lot. Like Israel's under threat. Israel gets attacked." [email protected] on The Dispatch Podcast
"Journalists—and novelists and academics and such—are meant to be curious. But there are certain matters, usually involving social distinctions, that seem to provoke a kind of profound incuriosity in a certain kind of person." --Kevin Williamson
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Why Snobbery Is Cheap
On getting the details—and arguments—right.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Journalists—and novelists and academics and such—are meant to be curious. But there are certain matters, usually involving social distinctions, that seem to provoke a kind of profound incuriosity in a certain kind of person." --Kevin Williamson
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"The idea of widely available AI-generated child pornography is horrifying because the production, consumption, and mere existence of such content is wrong in and of itself." --Charles Fain Lehman
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The Evil That Is AI Child Porn
Our courts and culture are ill-equipped to grapple with 21st-century horrors.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"The idea of widely available AI-generated child pornography is horrifying because the production, consumption, and mere existence of such content is wrong in and of itself." --Charles Fain Lehman
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"As modern humans, it’s very easy to forget that we are a part of nature—that our bodies are members of a system which calls Earth home alongside deer, salmon, and foxes." --Estee Zandee | Monday Essay
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The Necessity of Pruning Our Busy Lives
How going local and honoring our souls could save our world.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"As modern humans, it’s very easy to forget that we are a part of nature—that our bodies are members of a system which calls Earth home alongside deer, salmon, and foxes." --Estee Zandee | Monday Essay
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Struck by tariffs, trade wars, and immigration crack-downs, America’s farmers are in a tough spot | Morning Dispatch
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Trump’s Incoming Farm Bailout
Struck by tariffs, trade wars, and immigration crack-downs, America’s farmers are in a tough spot.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Struck by tariffs, trade wars, and immigration crack-downs, America’s farmers are in a tough spot | Morning Dispatch
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"It was clear to many observers that Charlie Kirk’s funeral last month put on display two versions of Christianity: the first, rooted in the gospel, in forgiveness and love; the second, rooted in justice, vengeance, and anger." --Paul D. Miller
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Is MAGA Christianity True Christianity?
We’re witnessing another schism in American Protestantism.
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October 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"It was clear to many observers that Charlie Kirk’s funeral last month put on display two versions of Christianity: the first, rooted in the gospel, in forgiveness and love; the second, rooted in justice, vengeance, and anger." --Paul D. Miller
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"We crave roots, a place to call truly home, and a place we can know intimately and be known intimately by in return." --Hadden Turner
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Practicing Rootedness in an Uprooted Age
How to tie yourself to a place—even if it’s temporary.
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October 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"We crave roots, a place to call truly home, and a place we can know intimately and be known intimately by in return." --Hadden Turner
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The Kitchen Is for Writing
A new book shows how famous writers also dabbled in writing recipes.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"I felt like I just watched a graduate student’s final project when the credits rolled on Anemone." --Victoria Holmes
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Daniel Day-Lewis Can’t Save This Movie
‘Anemone’ has the pieces of a good film, but can’t fit them together.
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October 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"I felt like I just watched a graduate student’s final project when the credits rolled on Anemone." --Victoria Holmes
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"The Life of a Showgirl feels tight and slight—a burst of fizzy orange candy on your tongue, a comet briefly streaking the sky." --Clare Coffey
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The Life of a Formerly Sad Girl
Taylor Swift is finally happy. But good art requires being challenged.
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October 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"The Life of a Showgirl feels tight and slight—a burst of fizzy orange candy on your tongue, a comet briefly streaking the sky." --Clare Coffey
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