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In today’s Valentine’s Day Dispatch Live, Adam chats with Price and Esther about the most romantic topic imaginable: the ongoing aftermath of China’s spy balloon and what it means for U.S. foreign policy. In the second half of the show, the Dispatch Politics team comes on to discuss the latest 2024 developments, including Nikki Haley’s official campaign announcement and speculation about other potential candidates (hello, Tim Scott!). Plus, Adam shares some of his finest dad jokes throughout.

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    Ben Connelly

    Ha, this was awesome. Good hosting job by Adam. Esther and Price both gave very good answers on why the balloon story is worth paying a little attention to. In general, the Dispatch has done a good job of giving the story some coverage, but not too much coverage. I’m terribly late to the Valentine’s Day party but I’m very glad I came back and watched this when I finally got the time.

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    Rickschwartz711

    Great job everyone.

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    The Stray Goose

    Just move to the 15-minute mark. Don't waste your time.

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  4. Braddnetflix

    I enjoyed the political discussion from this broadcast very much. But the spy balloon segment left me with questions. I’m focused on the Chinese ballon since we know something about it. Are there things which are of military importance that need to be checked out in the atmosphere that can’t be done with a satellite? (I’ve been told certain radio signals are an example—not sure if that’s true) Has Chine done this before over the US, or are we to believe this was the inaugural such flight? Has China done this to other countries? I wish that Klon Kitchen was still available to the Dispatch. I feel that this is a hole in what is now covered by the Dispatch. I fear this same hole will show up again when the Dispatch covers the Ukraine war in the future.

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