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The gang is all here this week for Dispatch Live. Sarah, Steve, David, and Jonah discuss the breaking news that an FBI agent was charged with money laundering for a Russian oligarch and that classified documents were found in former Vice President Mike Penceโ€™s Indiana home. And to end, since this is Davidโ€™s final Dispatch Live as a full-time Dispatch employee, Steve leads the panel in a โ€œDavid French Roast.โ€ Donโ€™t worry though, David will be back as a guest on plenty of Dispatch Lives in the future. 

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    Ben Connelly

    Sarah if Rod Rosenstein pronounces his name like Frankenstein thenโ€ฆ

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WamF64GFPzg


    In all seriousness, the roast of David was good-natured and humorous. But I thought it was a class act on his part to pass up the opportunity to respond and to instead respond only with praise for the Dispatch and his colleagues. This was really good. I hope this wonโ€™t be the last time the four of you are together for this.

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  2. Dwomack66

    The last segment (starting with the David roast) left me all warm and fuzzy. I landed here because of David and often feel I may be his center-left brother from a different mother. I'm an older Gen Xer, grew up in Appalachia (WV coalfields for me), currently live in deep red country (South GA), and today I learned our birthdays must be close (1/23 here).

    Unfortunately, I am also sometimes pronunciation challenged. I'll share only one example with hopes of helping David feel better (and to give Sarah someone else to laugh at). Growing up in a small town and then going to a small college, I had limited exposure to certain things. Much of my exposure to arts and literature was limited to what I consumed as an avid reader. So, when I landed in grad school and decided to impress one of my professors by talking about Samuel Beckett, I only knew how to pronounce "Godot" as any good Appalachian kid would. 30 years later I can still hear her laughing at my thoughts on Go Dot. And yes, my face was red then and probably is again from just thinking about it.

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    Richard Maxton

    I can't believe Steve doesn't like "Africa" by Toto. He's lost 2 respect points for this horrible take.

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  4. Will.Currier45

    Jonah looks terrible. More coffee sir.

    Mr. French, good luck and Godspeed. I've enjoyed your commentary and moreover, your work with Sarah on AO has been unbelievable. Thank you!

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    Alex H

    I was saddened to hear the news that David was going to NYT. It was David was who originally attracted me to the Dispatch. Three years in, your little pirate skiff has changed the way I consume news media. I was attracted to the Dispatch for your sober center-right perspective. You also taught me to deliberately seek news sources from across the left-right spectrum to compare and contrast what they are saying, or not saying. Thank you Dispatch for including so many sources in TMD.

    David, I imagine you carrying the light of Christ into the spiritual darkness of the Times. I pray that you can open the hearts and minds of a few (million?) readers who may have never had the chance to read the perspective of someone with a Christian worldview. My hope is that the NYT hired you on to do exactly that. Be assured that if the day comes when NYT security hustles you out the front door with a cardboard box containing your belongings for for writing something utterly defensible I will be cheering right along with Jonah. Far better would be for you to spend many years there speaking the truth in love. God bless you, David French, the New York Times and her readers. ๐Ÿ˜‡

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  6. English1104

    Sarah - after driving into work listening to "The Brisket" sing Happy Birthday to David this morning I couldn't help but laugh when I received this office calendar invite:

    Mark Your Calendars- the Brisket is Back!
    Please mark your calendars for Friday, May 26th as Rob and his son, Caldwell, will provide briskets, pulled pork and smoked sausages to the firm. If you missed this event last year, please make plans to attend this year. The food was absolutely incredible and we thank Rob and Caldwell for generously offering to feed us again.
    I will place a sign-up sheet at the front desk as the date draws near so that everyone may sign up to bring sides, desserts, buns, etc.

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  7. Merriesoltis

    Hey, I ALSO liked Aquaman! Got to see it at a special preview a week before it opened.

    Godspeed, David.

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    Michael Berkowitz

    Regarding Mr. French's move to the 'Times: I've read that Maimonides said (I haven't seen it in the original) that the rise of Christianity and Islam is actually a ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ development from a Jewish perspective, because they further the spread of monotheism. I think of this move in much the same way. ๐Ÿ™‚

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    Seth B

    Alas, Steve does not bless the rains down in Africa.

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  10. GregS

    Ah. I see. Trump did it on purpose, and Biden is a bumbling buffon. But if *Pence* did it, that must mean the system is faulty, because Pence couldn't possibly have done it on purpose or been a bumbling buffoon, and those are the only two options?

    Face it guys - we know Trump did it on purpose, *because he told us so.*
    OTOH, Biden and Pence are almost certainly the exact same circumstances - most likely inadvertent.

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