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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
“Donald Trump’s attack on Pope Leo is the latest blow in an unnecessary split.” | Jake Meador in Dispatch Faith thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch…
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We Need a New ‘Evangelicals and Catholics Together' Movement
Donald Trump's attack on Pope Leo is the latest blow in an unnecessary split.
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Don’t Expect Trump’s Attack on Pope Leo to Spark a New Religious Left: The Americans flocking to the pews aren’t interested in the same old partisan politics | Maggie Phillips thedispatch.com/article/donald-trum…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Trump Retribution Campaign Threatens to Unravel Indiana GOP: The president has targeted eight state senators who opposed redistricting | David M. Drucker thedispatch.com/article/indiana-sen…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"Orbánism is not a new model, or 'wave of the future.' It was a tide of the past. And it’s good news that it’s receding." | Jonah Goldberg thedispatch.com/article/hungary-ele…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"With Trump’s interests diverging from the nation’s, the path forward depends entirely on what he decides to do—or post on Truth Social—next. And that is precisely the problem." | Micah Ables thedispatch.com/article/iran-war-pe…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Hegseth’s War on Generals | Plus: U.S.-Iran negotiations may resume, Israel and Lebanon hold first direct talks since 1993, and Vance schools the Pope on, um, theology | Morning Dispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
To Catch a Predator: Eric Swalwell and the return of #MeToo | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingf…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Dispawtcher of the Year Championship Round is LIVE! Vote by 8pm ET tomorrow! Who do you think should win it? ⬇️ thedispatch.com/article/dispawtch-b…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"Trump wants extreme loyalty and he wants a lot of competence. Those two do not go together." | Sarah Isgur on The View
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Is Washington the Most Embarrassing State in the Nation? A combination of incompetence and arrogance at least put it in the running | Todd Myers thedispatch.com/article/washington-…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Some universities have made changes after relentless Republican criticism. But will those changes last beyond Trump? | Greg Fournier thedispatch.com/article/higher-educ…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"I would like to thank Pope Leo XIV for his service." | Kevin D. Williamson Robert Louis Prevost is a man for this season: thedispatch.com/article/pope-leo-do…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"Today it’s flaming the pope, tomorrow it might be celebrating the death of someone he dislikes, the day after it might be bombing Iran back to the Stone Age." | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingf…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
What Can a Hormuz Blockade Achieve? If serious combat resumes, U.S. forces will be stretched thin, RAND Corporation researcher Bradley Martin told The Dispatch. thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The Rise of the Anti-Manosphere: Introducing ‘The Gentlemanosphere' | Ari David Blaff thedispatch.com/article/manosphere-…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
What is originalism anyways? SCOTUS 101 brought to you by Sarah Isgur on today's Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
"Though Donald Trump is a convicted felon nearly three dozen times over, in this case, he is not actually behaving like a criminal—he merely aspires to." | Kevin D. Williamson in Wanderland thedispatch.com/newsletter/wanderla…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Trump’s NATO Threats Highlight Deeper Structural Tension: And Europe’s least bad option may be to go its own way | Benn Steil thedispatch.com/article/trumps-nato…
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Trump’s NATO Threats Highlight Deeper Structural Tension
And Europe’s least bad option may be to go its own way.
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Identity Politics Is a Problem for Conservative Christians Too: The term ‘Christian nationalism’ misses the real problems with some of the religious right | George Yancey thedispatch.com/article/christian-n…
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Identity Politics Is a Problem for Conservative Christians Too
The term ‘Christian nationalism’ misses the real problems with some of the religious right.
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Do We Know Enough About Microplastics to Act? | Grayson Logue Experts work to fill research gaps on the health effects of microplastics as advocates push for regulation: thedispatch.com/article/microplasti…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Orbán’s 16-Year Reign Ends | Plus: Trump blockades the Strait of Hormuz, inflation is up, and Eric Adams is Albanian now | Morning Dispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Pope Leo’s Case Against the Iran War Is Not Political: His comments about the Iran war should be viewed in light of Catholic tradition | Dan Hugger in Dispatch Faith thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
"We could use a great scholar of identitarian autocracy. Ibram X. Kendi is not that scholar." | Kevin D. Williamson thedispatch.com/article/ibram-x-ken…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The New (and Worse) Bridget Joneses: Young women today still have the naivete of Bridget Jones in 2001—alongside apathy caused by technology | Elizabeth Grace Matthew thedispatch.com/article/bridget-jon…
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The New (and Worse) Bridget Joneses
Young women today still have the naivete of Bridget Jones in 2001—alongside apathy caused by technology.
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Come Sail Away With Me (in Sheboygan, Wisconsin): The Malibu of the Midwest on Lake Michigan’s western shore | Luther Ray Abel in Where I'm From thedispatch.com/article/come-sail-a…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Finding God on Sixth Avenue: Dorothy Day, joie de vivre, and a London mystery | Valerie Pavilonis & Stephen G. Adubato in Dispatch Culture thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The Coming AI Superstorm: What Anthropic’s Mythos model means for our security | Dean Ball thedispatch.com/article/claude-myth…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"As serious as a heart attack, as the saying goes, but more predictable." | Kevin D. Williamson Trump Is Anything but Unpredictable: thedispatch.com/article/trump-polit…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"In his quest for racial equality, Martin Luther King Jr. never lost faith in America’s founding promise." | Heath Anderson in TheNext250 thedispatch.com/next-250/martin-lut…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The True Formula for Meaning and Happiness | Arthur Brooks on The Remnant
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"Tactical dominance cannot make up for a lack of broader strategic planning." | Michael Warren thedispatch.com/article/trump-iran-…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Artemis II, and NASA’s Return to the Moon | Plus: Iran’s Hormuz tolls raise tensions, Russia supposedly agrees to Orthodox Easter ceasefire, and you should go fishing for Chinese submarine drones | Morning Dispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"Our alliances post-Trump, insofar as they exist, will be of a qualitatively different and less deferential nature than they were for most of our lifetimes" | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingf…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Is Our 20th-Century Grid Up to the Current Task? | Lynne Kiesling answers in Dispatch Energy, presented by Pacific Legal Foundation 🔓 thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Embracing Suffering for Growth | Arthur Brooks on The Remnant thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/fin…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"Brendan Carr is wielding illegitimate power against broadcasters." | Berin Szóka thedispatch.com/article/fcc-brendan…
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This Isn’t Ronald Reagan’s FCC
Brendan Carr is wielding illegitimate power against broadcasters.
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Case for Keeping Elections Local: The founders knew what they were doing when they entrusted the states with election administration | Matthew Germer thedispatch.com/article/elections-s…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Trump seems to have issued threats and initiated actions without being able to answer the question, “What next?” | Mike Nelson thedispatch.com/article/trump-threa…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"The public pays attention to trans issues because trans activists wanted them to." | Jesse Singal thedispatch.com/article/trans-issue…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Is Dubai’s Golden Era Over? Plus: The DOJ goes after Cassidy Hutchinson, more details revealed about a New York bombing plot, and coffee helps you fight a war, while bubble tea can get you out of the draft | Morning Dispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Schrödinger’s Ceasefire: A deal about nothing. | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingf…
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Trump’s Iran Ceasefire Deal Is No Deal at All
A deal about nothing.
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Mr. Vance Goes to Hungary: Why the vice president is campaigning for Viktor Orbán | Jonah Goldberg in G-File thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfile/va…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We’ve made it to the Final Four in our Dispawtch Bracket—submit your votes for the top dog before Friday night! thedispatch.com/article/dispawtch-b…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"When I was little, the most physically courageous boy I knew had no legs." | Mark Oppenheimer Joe the Hero: thedispatch.com/article/joe-manuli-…
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The Schoolyard Hero With No Legs
When I was little, the most physically courageous boy I knew had no legs.
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"Trump is a profoundly lucky guy. He's the millionth monkey banging on typewriters that actually produces Shakespeare, because he does things wrong all the time and they work for him. | Jonah Goldberg on CNN's The Arena
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Does Free Speech Have a Future? Censorship is increasing around the world. What will that mean for the freedom of all freedoms? | Jacob Mchangama & Jeff Kosseff thedispatch.com/article/free-speech…
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"Trump can bully Republicans at home with the threat of the primary, but that doesn’t work internationally." | Jonah Goldberg thedispatch.com/article/trump-iran-…
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