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“Human warfighters are a limited resource, and autonomous systems will put fewer human warfighters at risk.” | Joseph O. Chapa thedispatch.com/article/autono…

“The biggest problem is that Trump is running the Justice Department in a very hands-on way that’s probably unprecedented in the history of the Justice Department.” | John McCormack thedispatch.com/article/todd-b…

"No politician embodied the soul of modern conservatism quite like Lindsey Graham did.” | Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/boi…

“Utopian ideals and life’s practical imperatives meet in the middle, creating a hybrid watered-down version where we keep our day jobs but ruminate about “work-life balance.” | Thomas Dichter thedispatch.com/article/utopia…

“But the actual syndrome, the one that does real damage, applies to those who look upon the words and actions of Donald Trump and cannot see them for what they are.” | Corey Nathan thedispatch.com/newsletter/dis…

"It seems like Americans would like their leaders to be sane. But it’s seemed like that for a while, and yet we keep electing these five-star, museum-quality lunatics.” | Jeff Maurer thedispatch.com/article/politi…

“The hard work Graham put in to be a major player, to be a powerful and influential advocate for his viewpoints, had not stopped, even in his final weeks.” | Michael Warren thedispatch.com/article/lindse…

"Lies are not made true when spoken by people you agree with, and truths are not made false when uttered by hypocrites." | @JonahDispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfi…

“If everything government does from sidewalks to national security is socialism, then socialism does not really mean anything.” | Kevin D. Williamson thedispatch.com/newsletter/wan…

The DSA is trying to push out normie Dems, and that's why I'm happy to be in @thedispatch today asking important questions (like below) just in case I become politically homeless. thedispatch.com/article/politi…

“You can ask the Left, you can ask the Right, you can ask Trump himself — I think he would say he lost.” @DavidLat examines the repercussions of Trump losing his “big three,” at a live taping of Advisory Opinions youtube.com/watch?v=A5RTJf…

We’re recording an AMA episode!! Send questions to remnant@thedispatch.com CAVEAT: Not anything super tied to the news. @JonahDispatch is going on a well-deserved vacation and the episode will go out next Saturday.

“In terms of what globalized, open markets can absorb without breaking, the last four months have been a remarkable lesson. Will anyone in Washington learn it?” | Scott Lincicome thedispatch.com/newsletter/dis…

"Free markets have taken a back seat to strategic competition and national security concerns." | Jonathan Gibson thedispatch.com/article/ai-met…

"Party is not everything. But it is something." | Kevin D. Williamson thedispatch.com/article/susan-…

"Without a doubt, how Democrats have handled Platner this week is informed by how Republicans have handled Trump." | Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/boi…

“Over the last 16 months, there have been roughly as many measles infections as in the previous 24 years combined.” | Grayson Logue thedispatch.com/article/measle…

“For those keeping track at home, we have the Trump administration suing California for allowing trans girls to play in the female category while California pressures TTUSD to leave a Nevada-based athletic conference because it doesn’t allow trans girls to play in the female category. It’s like something out of a hacky political satire.” | Jesse Singal thedispatch.com/article/tahoe-…

"This is in part because the president tends to view others as acting the way he acts himself—transactional and generally without a guiding worldview." | Mike Nelson thedispatch.com/article/iran-w…

"There’s no reason except egotism that a damaged Platner would insist on sticking it out." | Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/boi…