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.@JonahDispatch joins Seth Masket @smotus where they discuss the future of the Republican Party. Watch the full discussion here: smotus.substack.com/p/the-post-tru…

GDP Is Good, Actually: The left and right say the metric is meaningless—for different reasons—but it is a reliable indicator of well-being and growth | @scottlincicome 🔓 thedispatch.com/newsletter/dis…

The Lasting Legacy of ‘Peace Through Strength’ | Eric S. Edelman Reagan’s defense buildup helped end the Cold War and laid the foundation of contemporary American military power. thedispatch.com/next-250/peace…

"We could have bribed them into dialing back their nuclear program at any time before the war, without firing a shot." | Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/boi…

If you've been reading Helen Lewis's essay, you'll be delighted to hear that she'll be on Monday's episode of The Remnant with @JonahDispatch

Marty Makary’s Turbulent Tenure at FDA Comes to an End: Brought in as an agency critic, the commissioner drew fire from drug developers and abortion foes | @GraysonLogue thedispatch.com/article/food-a…

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May 13 2026: Kevin Warsh confirmed featuring @kylascan's piece for The Dispatch

🚨 Curious to hear thoughts on my recent article for @thedispatch looking at how AI might fit into long-running questions about religious authority! thedispatch.com/article/judais…

"The Trump administration’s layoffs trimmed the government workforce but also left behind chaos" | Hannah Epstein thedispatch.com/article/doge-u…

Must-read from my former @AEI colleague @MEaglen for @thedispatch thedispatch.com/article/milita…

"The lesson is that you can’t partially normalize postliberalism. If Marjorie Taylor Greene is worth listening to on Israel, she’s worth listening to, period." | Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/boi…

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"Authenticity is laziness because it requires nothing more than grabbing the nearest feeling off your own personal shelf of emotions and passions." | @JonahDispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfi…

A Better Way to Teach Gender Studies | @LuElla_DAmico The discipline needs a feminism that can disagree: thedispatch.com/article/gender…

How to Dodge Disaster in Iran: The U.S. must set practical goals and act decisively to achieve them | @mikenelson586 thedispatch.com/article/iran-w…

The Perfect Storm for ADHD Overdiagnosis: Screen time gets the blame, but the increase in diagnoses comes more from subjective criteria interacting with financial incentives | @AdamOmaryPhD & @dr4liberty thedispatch.com/article/adhd-o…

"Cory Booker is black. Black residents make up roughly 13 percent of his state’s population. Are the other 87 percent disenfranchised or otherwise unrepresented by his election? Of course not. But I would love to have heard Booker explain why." | @JonahDispatch thedispatch.com/article/voting…

"A president who knows he can break (almost) every promise he’s made and still retain the support of at least 85 percent of his base, no questions asked, is a president who’s going to do stupid and pernicious things that will inevitably alienate most of the rest of the electorate." | Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/boi…

"There are surely quite a few who think the economy is souring because Trump took his eye off the ball and kept it on his precious ballroom." | @JonahDispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfi…