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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · Apr 10
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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Slouching Towards Tyranny
On a dark hour for the American right.
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Tread on Me: Alex Pretti and the end of conservatism | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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“My race is really going to be a test to see whether a normal, Texas conservative Republican can still get elected in the primary. I think it’s important that I win,” John Cornyn told The Dispatch | David M. Drucker

https://thedispatch.com/article/john-cornyn-texas-primary-ken-paxton-wesley-hunt/
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Congratulations to Gemma for being last week’s Dispawtcher of the Week, and thank you to Dispatch Member Wendy Loreti for your submission.

Submit nominations by filling out the submission link in the G-File! Reminder: You must be a Dispatch member to participate.
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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How the Trump administration has surrendered foreign policy tools for facilitating democracy | Grayson Logue

https://thedispatch.com/article/soft-power-pro-democracy-tools-state-department/
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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The Fatal Shooting of Alex Pretti, and the Aftermath | Plus: Israel recovers the final hostage body, and the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln arrives in the Middle East. | Morning Dispatch

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/the-fatal-shooting-of-alex-pretti-and-the-aftermath/
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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"There is no doubt—zero—that the White House would have aggressively hidden the truth about Pretti’s death if bystanders hadn’t captured it." | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/alex-pretti-shooting-minneapolis-trump-noem-bovino/
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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Congress isn't acting like Congress | Jonah Goldberg on The Dispatch Podcast
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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The Pro-Life Movement Finally Pushes Back Against Trump: Abortion opponents recoil at the president's call for ‘flexibility’ on taxpayer-funded abortion and inaction on Biden abortion pill rules | John McCormack

https://thedispatch.com/article/march-for-life-jd-vance-donald-trump-abortion/
January 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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The Long Slide: A new book on Tucker Carlson shows the dark power of breaking norms for clicks | Steve Hayes
January 26, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Roe was overturned in 2022—but the March for Life didn’t stop.
Every January, thousands still gather on Capitol Hill, pushing state-level abortion restrictions and what they call a “culture of life.”

Victoria Holmes talked to the marchers.
January 26, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Welcome Emmett Rensin to The Dispatch!
January 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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"And that phrase, 'heritage Americans'—ye gods: It sounds like they’re talking about tomatoes." | Kevin D. Williamson in Wanderland

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/wanderland/heritage-americans-white-supremacy-race/
January 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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"The thing we were talking about was not really the thing we were talking about." | Kevin Brown in Dispatch Faith

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-faith/pluralism-religion-liberalism-secularism/
The Religion Underneath Our Arguments
What we fight about is not really what we disagree about.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Can Europe Constrain Trump? Plus: Border Patrol kills a protester in Minneapolis, and Xi Jinping purges Chinese military command. | Morning Dispatch

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/can-europe-constrain-trump/
Can Europe Constrain Trump?
Plus: Border Patrol kills a protester in Minneapolis, and Xi Jinping purges Chinese military command.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Dispatch Contributor Benn Steil discussed his recent article, The Paradox America Can No Longer Sustain, on the Financial Times podcast.

Listen here: https://www.ft.com/content/d88255bf-e9c4-47bf-8205-0e5b59e5f597
Trump’s bid to remake the world order
Nato’s relationship with US President Donald Trump took a turn for the worse this week.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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"The White House created a false reality to make its political opponents look bad, it’s not the least bit sorry, and there’s not a thing you can do about it. The memes will continue." | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/trump-memes-disinformation-power/
The Memes Will Continue
Who needs credibility when you have impunity?
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January 24, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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"Pour one out for national conservatism. It’s over." | Jonah Goldberg in G-File

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfile/transnational-nationalism-greenland-trump-maga/
January 24, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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"The rules-based international order relied on the U.S. to lead the way without acting in naked self-interest." | Benn Steil

https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-greenland-nato-wto-world-order/
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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"Vance doesn’t seem to realize he’s the tool, not the star." | Kevin D. Williamson

https://thedispatch.com/article/vance-trump-dummy-ventriloquist/
Hey, Dummy
Vance doesn’t seem to realize he’s the tool, not the star.
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January 23, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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"None of these jabronis on the MAGA side who actually run the party and have been installed by Trump know how to argue their case. They know how to argue Donald Trump's case." | Jonah Goldberg on The Dispatch Podcast
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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All five participants in The Dispatch Podcast’s Trump year-one review gave the same answer to this question:

Who was the most influential or effective adviser in President Donald Trump’s first year back in office?

https://thedispatch.com/podcast/dispatch-podcast/three-more-years/
Three More Years
On Trump's chaotic first year.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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"Policies that create fear in people who have already survived so much do not make us safer." | Issam Smeir

https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-administration-refugees-afghanistan-immigration/
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Trump is not an isolationist | Declan Garvey on The Dispatch Podcast
January 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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"The self-generated crisis was about personal vanity and a desire to project strength, with America’s national security concerns an afterthought." | Michael Warren

https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-davos-greenland-national-security-strategy/
January 23, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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The (Un) Making of the American Gentleman: The New World’s hotels were a laboratory for how a young country ought to behave | Susan Dichter in TheNext250

https://thedispatch.com/next-250/american-hotels-social-class-gentleman/
The (Un) Making of the American Gentleman
When César Ritz was luring private royals into his public hotel, America’s self-appointed royals often stayed out of the public eye.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:15 PM