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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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Gun-Blaming in Minneapolis: Bad policy and irresponsible firearm-handling are a lethal combination | Kevin D. Williamson

https://thedispatch.com/article/alex-pretti-ice-pistol-nra/
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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"Legal process is irrelevant to postliberal 'law and order.' Only outcomes matter." | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/tom-homan-alex-pretti-ice-donald-trump-minneapolis/
January 30, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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Paying for Power in the Age of AI: Will consumers foot the bill for booming energy demand? | Lynne Kiesling in Dispatch Energy, presented by Pacific Legal Foundation 🔓

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-energy/ai-data-centers-energy-utilities/
Paying for Power in the Age of AI
Will consumers foot the bill for booming energy demand?
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January 29, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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The Cost of Silence | Dispatch Editorial

https://thedispatch.com/article/the-cost-of-silence/
January 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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An Unpopular Populist Fights On: In a coastal Georgia enclave, a local woman is fighting to preserve her version of the past. Her neighbors see things differently | Michael Warren

https://thedispatch.com/article/sea-island-georgia-jane-fraser/
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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"Since the Green Movement, the Islamic Republic has forced Iranians to confront this painful reality: Tyrants don’t reform peacefully." | Shay Khatiri

https://thedispatch.com/article/iran-islamic-republic-protests-revolution/
In the Shadow of the Islamic Republic
The regime in Iran is on the verge of collapse. But it needs a push.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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"The administration’s National Defense Strategy is heavy on politics and skimps on policy." | Eric S. Edelman

https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-national-defense-strategy-europe-china-homeland/
The Allure of Magical Realism
The administration’s National Defense Strategy is heavy on politics and skimps on policy.
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January 29, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Will DHS Funding Cause a Shutdown?

Charles Hilu shares the latest:
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Will DHS Funding Cause a Shutdown? Plus: FBI raids Fulton County election hub, the Fed holds interest rates stable, and Nicki Minaj is a Trump stan | Morning Dispatch

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/will-dhs-funding-cause-a-shutdown/
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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"Firing Kristi Noem would be a simulacrum of accountability." | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/noem-bovino-trump-ice-minnesota-shooting/
January 29, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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The Cost of Silence | Dispatch Editorial

https://thedispatch.com/article/the-cost-of-silence/
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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"I didn't think [Trump] could actually get control of the border the way he did without Congress to some extent, and that's a really big deal." | Jonah Goldberg on The Dispatch Podcast
January 28, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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"Based on existing scientific data, one of these announcements represents a dangerously wrong turn in public health, and the other is at least fine and arguably positive advice well worth following." | Emily Oster

https://thedispatch.com/article/rfk-jr-food-guidelines-vaccine-schedule-health-trust/
Let’s Be Honest About Public Health Guidance
How to think about two different sets of recommendations from RFK Jr.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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As Thom Tillis' Senate career winds down, can the North Carolina Republican throw a wrench in the chamber’s gears? | Charles Hilu

https://thedispatch.com/article/thom-tillis-senate-nominees-blocking/
Thom Tillis and the Power of a Single Senator
As his Senate career winds down, can the North Carolina Republican throw a wrench in the chamber’s gears?
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January 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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"The residual trust that Europeans had in the United States as a benign, friendly nation, albeit governed by an eccentric and mercurial president, has all but evaporated." | Dalibor Rohac

https://thedispatch.com/article/europe-rebukes-trump-greenland-nato/
Europe Stood Up to Donald Trump. What Next?
The damage done to the transatlantic relationship will not be easy to fix.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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"The Trump administration doesn’t care what the truth is in the Alex Pretti killing." | Jonah Goldberg

https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-administration-alex-peretti-shooting-reaction-lies/
Worse Than Lying
The Trump administration doesn’t care what the truth is in the Alex Pretti killing.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Dispatch Editorial: As we end the first month of 2026, the governing spirit of the United States is not populism… It is chaos.

https://thedispatch.com/article/the-cost-of-silence/
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Why Is Crime Down in America? Plus: Lawmakers call for Noem’s removal, the FAA is blamed for last year’s fatal Washington plane crash, and elephants get contraceptives. | Morning Dispatch

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/why-is-crime-down-in-america/
Why Is Crime Down in America?
Plus: Lawmakers call for Noem’s removal, the FAA is blamed for last year’s fatal Washington plane crash, and elephants get contraceptives.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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"This operation isn’t about finding and detaining the maximum number of illegals. It’s about asserting postliberal dominance over a liberal stronghold." | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/trump-retreat-minneapolis-border-ice-bovino-noem/
January 28, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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America needs a conservative party | Jonah Goldberg on The Dispatch Podcast
January 28, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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"Blame the victims, blame the gun, blame anything but the incompetents making the policy and the incompetents carrying it out." | Kevin D. Williamson

https://thedispatch.com/article/alex-pretti-ice-pistol-nra/
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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"What the White House did not provide is an actionable legislative plan to lower the cost of health care for most Americans." | James C. Capretta

https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-health-care-plan-status-quo/
Assessing President Trump’s Plan to Lower Health Care Costs
Rising health costs have deep roots and can’t be fixed with superficial changes.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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"A board designed to force a transition away from Hamas rule now includes states that have had a long investment in Hamas surviving that transition." | John Aziz

https://thedispatch.com/article/board-of-peace-gaza-palestinians-hamas-disarmament/
Trump’s Board of Peace and the Limits of Reconstruction
Half-measures toward disarming and replacing Hamas will set the stage for another cycle of war.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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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