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The Double-Hater Voter

It's all about the margins, baby.

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Sarah, Jonah, Steve, and Mike dive into the latest punditry—Ohio’s primary, Trump’s trials, and the Middle East—before veering off into an Abraham Lincoln and 1619 Project cul-de-sac.

The Agenda:
—Bernie Moreno wipes the floor
—Jonah pushes back on reveries of self-congratulation
—Who are the double-haters in the 2024 election?
—An update on Trump trials
—The worst “win” you can have as a prosecutor
—Sen. Chuck Schumer’s speech on Israel
—Abraham Lincoln, worth our time
—Happy birthday Jonah!

Show Notes:
—The Collision on Fani Willis
—Original Jurisdiction on Judge Aileen Cannon’s clerks quitting
—The Remnant with Allen Guelzo

—Lincoln’s second inaugural address

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About Sarah Isgur

Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.
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About Jonah Goldberg

Editor in chief & co-founder of The Dispatch and Remnant podcast host. A scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, an L.A. Times columnist, CNN commentator, and author of three NYT bestsellers. Goldberg worked at National Review for two decades.
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About Steve Hayes

Steve Hayes is the editor and CEO of The Dispatch.
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About Michael Warren

Michael Warren is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was an on-air reporter at CNN and a senior writer at the Weekly Standard. When Mike is not reporting, writing, editing, and podcasting, he is probably spending time with his wife and three sons.
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Make More Kids

Why modern culture is stopping us from having families.

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Having endured years of Jonah’s targeted bullying campaign, AEI senior fellow Tim Carney joins the pod to celebrate the release of his new book Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture is Making it Harder to Raise Happy, Healthy, and Successful Children. The two discuss why millennials aren’t having kids, why being a father in public is stigmatized, and whether feminism is undoing itself.
Show Notes:
-Germany’s birth rates are dropping
–Rethinking Sex: A Provocation
–Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
-Michelle Goldberg on Family Friendly in the New York Times

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About Jonah Goldberg

Editor in chief & co-founder of The Dispatch and Remnant podcast host. A scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, an L.A. Times columnist, CNN commentator, and author of three NYT bestsellers. Goldberg worked at National Review for two decades.
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Into the Labyrinth (of Texas Immigration Law)

Procedurally confused.

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Sarah and David dive into the battle (one that at times stumps our resident SCOTUS wonks) between the 5th Circuit and the Supreme Court on Texas’ deportation legislation.

The Agenda:
—Texas’ SB4, explained
—Important legal glossary
—The issue with administrative stays
—Why the delay at the Fifth Circuit?
—Opinion in chambers from Justice Roberts
—FBI No-Fly List Case
—First Amendment and Government Coercion
—NRA free speech battle
—Listener feedback

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About Sarah Isgur

Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.
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About David French

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.
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Our Ancient Faith

More lexicological exactitudes and spelunking.

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Jonah invites prolific historian, scholar, and author Allen C. Guelzo, to discuss his new book, Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment, and has plenty of questions: What does Abraham Lincoln tell us about democracy? Why did Lincoln call himself a conservative? What went wrong with the revolutions of the 1840s?  What does Lincoln tell us about the rise of post-liberalism? Stay tuned for the usual highfalutin discussions on conservative intellectual history.

Show Notes:
—Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment
—Guelzo’s website
—Christopher DeMuth: Why America Needs National Conservatism

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Editor in chief & co-founder of The Dispatch and Remnant podcast host. A scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, an L.A. Times columnist, CNN commentator, and author of three NYT bestsellers. Goldberg worked at National Review for two decades.
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Can State Officials Block Me on Social Media?

Plus: some Breyer-flavored dessert.

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Sarah and David discuss Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s opinion in Lindke v. Freed—released last week by the Supreme Court—and the test for state action on social media. Is there a constitutional right to commenting on state officials’ accounts?

The Agenda:
-Predicting SCOTUS votes for Net Choice
-Slime in the ice machine
-Justice Elena Kagan’s compelling reasoning for saying “and” means “or”
-Terrorism distortion and special needs exceptions to the Fourth Amendment
-The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is overwhelmed
-An emergency petition on the Texas A&M drag show case
-Don’t say ‘Don’t Say Gay’ when referring to this lawsuit
-Justice Stephen Breyer and choosing pragmatism and not textualism

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About Sarah Isgur

Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.
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About David French

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.
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Should the U.S. Defend Taiwan?

Arguing for a Trump-Reagan policy fusion.

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Former Trump administration official Dan Negrea and national security strategist Matt Kroenig join Jamie to discuss their book We Win, They Lose. Jamie challenges their thesis that a Trump-Regan foreign policy fusion is possible.

The Agenda:
-The current international landscape
-China’s aggressive military operations and Taiwan
-Can Americans stomach backing Taiwan in war?
-Trump’s switch on a TikTok ban
-The Biden administration’s failure to deter Russia
-Is there really a Trump-Reagan policy fusion?

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About Jamie Weinstein

Jamie Weinstein is the host of Monday’s episode of The Dispatch Podcast, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining The Dispatch, he was the host of The Jamie Weinstein Show. He has previously written for Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, and National Review, among other publications, and has appeared as a commentator on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and HBO’s “Real Time w/ Bill Maher.” When Jamie is not hosting, he is spending time with his wife and three rambunctious boys or working on his many entrepreneurial pursuits.
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Welcoming the Stranger

"You can't live faith in the abstract."

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Mark Seitz, a Catholic bishop from the Diocese of El Paso, joins Victoria to discuss his approach to immigration and response to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against a migrant house under his diocese.

The Agenda:

—Annunciation House and Paxton’s immigration lawsuit

—Policy solutions

—Addressing crime and fear of immigrations

—Is the Church for open borders?

—Biden and Trump’s recent border visits

Show Notes:

-Watch this episode on YouTube

-Bishop Mark Seitz: Statement in Support of Annunciation House

-GOP lawmakers once praised Catholic Charities. Now they want to defund the group

-Report: The mythical tie between immigration and crime

-CNN: I asked criminologists about immigration and crime in the US. Their answers may surprise you

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About Victoria Holmes

Victoria Holmes is an associate multimedia producer at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2022, she worked as a TV news reporter and podcast host. When she's not producing and editing podcasts and multimedia content, she enjoys discovering new restaurant spots or planning her next escape to the beach.
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War Pigs

Evil minds that plot destruction.

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Jonah overcomes his flu-induced hallucinations and ruminates on the current attempt by Congress to force a sale of TikTok and Trump’s suspicious flip-flop on the issue. The hallucinations reappearing, Jonah begins to complain about the bots on Twitter making dumb arguments for isolationism and ending Ukraine aid. With whatever sanity he has left he argues against Chuck Schumer’s call for new elections in Israel and explains the importance of commitment to allies.

Show Notes:
—The Dispatch editorial
—Boiling Frogs on TikTok divestment
—ISW: The Kremlin’s Occupation Playbook
—Jonah’s LA Times article on the use of “genocide”
—Sen. Schumer calls for new elections in Israel

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Editor in chief & co-founder of The Dispatch and Remnant podcast host. A scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, an L.A. Times columnist, CNN commentator, and author of three NYT bestsellers. Goldberg worked at National Review for two decades.
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That’s What Xi Said

Friends don't let friends have partisan brains.

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Sarah, Steve, and Jonah discuss TikTok’s influence over the youth (See: Kids call Congress threatening suicide over TikTok ban).

The Agenda:
-TikTok’s Chinese ownership raises national security concerns
-Klon Kitchen being cool on 60 minutes
-Robert Hur’s testimony and partisan political narratives
-Did anyone watch the Oscars?
-Kate Middleton conspiracy theories

Show Notes:
-Jonah’s Gfile: I’m With Hur

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Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.
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About Jonah Goldberg

Editor in chief & co-founder of The Dispatch and Remnant podcast host. A scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, an L.A. Times columnist, CNN commentator, and author of three NYT bestsellers. Goldberg worked at National Review for two decades.
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About Steve Hayes

Steve Hayes is the editor and CEO of The Dispatch.
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Blood Libel at MIT

Whose hearing?

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Sarah and David react to Robert Hur’s congressional testimony, but first Sarah responds to a recent article that claimed she was assisting Hur in his testimony (and thanks the loyal listeners who came to her defense).

The Agenda:
—David’s thoughts on the Hur hearings
—Lessons in media training
—Differences between the Trump and Biden documents cases
—Partisanship making people awful
—Complaint by Jewish students at MIT
—Blood libel at MIT
—Free speech or no speech on campus?
—Positive racial discrimination?
—The end of judge shopping

Show Notes:
—President Reagan, Mastermind – SNL
—UC Berkeley Jewish students successfully march without confrontation

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Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.
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About David French

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.
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Destroying Hamas

There are no cracks in Israel.

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Dan Senor, author of The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World and host of Call Me Back with Dan Senor, returns to discuss the state of Israel’s war against Hamas as the IDF begins to move into Rafah. How is Israeli society holding up? What should we make of growing accusations of genocide? Can Israel achieve its military objectives? What do Israelis think about American politics? And what does the future for Jews in America look like?

Show Notes:
—Tablet: How the Gaza Ministry of Health Fakes Casualty Numbers
—John Podhoretz: They’re Coming After Us
—Dan Senor’s previous appearance on The Remnant
—Jonah: The Many Problems With Accusing Israel of ‘Genocide’ in Gaza

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Editor in chief & co-founder of The Dispatch and Remnant podcast host. A scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, an L.A. Times columnist, CNN commentator, and author of three NYT bestsellers. Goldberg worked at National Review for two decades.
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Be Less Thirsty

We got the beef.

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Chris Stirewalt, the Arby’s of punditry and host of The Hill Sunday, was so eager to return to The Remnant that he joined in the midst of another episode. Awkwardness overcome, the two tackle the big questions: Why can’t we learn our lesson? Where are Nikki Haley voters going come November? How should we interpret primary turnout? When will the reckoning come? And why can’t democrats figure out crime? Chris “Unpledged Delegate” Stirewalt has the answers.

Show Notes:
—The Hill Sunday
—Jonah’s LA Times column on the GOP establishment
—Skiff AMA 3
—Dune Part Two Skiff

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Editor in chief & co-founder of The Dispatch and Remnant podcast host. A scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, an L.A. Times columnist, CNN commentator, and author of three NYT bestsellers. Goldberg worked at National Review for two decades.
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Chris Stirewalt is a contributing editor at The Dispatch, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, the politics editor for NewsNation, co-host of the Ink Stained Wretches podcast, and author of Broken News, a book on media and politics.
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Stopping the Stop Woke Act

Phone calls from middle schoolers is not a way to influence Congress.

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Despite a slow start to the week in legal news, Sarah and David have a tightly packed episode today starting with a dissent from denial from Justice Thomas on bias response teams at a Virginia university.

The Agenda:
—Bias response teams
—ACLU vs. NLRB
—Florida’s Stop Woke Act naw-dogged by 11th Circuit
—Texas’ law on minor access to explicit content at the Fifth Circuit
—TikTok: Welcome to the culture war
—Kevin Newsom’s speech on text, history, and tradition
—Be careful with tradition
—Understanding standing doctrine
—The Oscars and a good legal movie

Show Notes:
—Federalist Society 2024 National Student Symposium
—The Volokh Conspiracy
—Luis Parrales: The Oscars in an Age of Distraction
—MIT legal complaint

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Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.
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About David French

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.
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Democracy and Freedom

The mood in Israel and the pressure it faces.

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Human rights activist and former Israeli politician Natan Sharansky joins Jamie to talk about his letters to the late Alexei Navalny, the current political mood in Israel, and the spread of anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses.

The Agenda:
-Navalny’s murder
-The threat of left-wing antisemitism
-The future of Israeli-U.S. relations
-Comparing Joe Biden and Donald Trump and their administration’s work with Israel
-Pressure against Israeli politicians
-The likelihood of Arab countries helping Gaza
-Reflections on democracy and freedom

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About Jamie Weinstein

Jamie Weinstein is the host of Monday’s episode of The Dispatch Podcast, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining The Dispatch, he was the host of The Jamie Weinstein Show. He has previously written for Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, and National Review, among other publications, and has appeared as a commentator on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and HBO’s “Real Time w/ Bill Maher.” When Jamie is not hosting, he is spending time with his wife and three rambunctious boys or working on his many entrepreneurial pursuits.
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Take a Deep Breath

Presidents don't matter.

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Jonah reassures listeners on today’s Ruminant that this election is not a Flight 93 election and America as we know it will not end come January 2025. He then turns to comment on the Supreme Court ruling that Colorado can’t disqualify Trump from their ballots and the growing treatment of presidents as monarchs. And just as you thought you avoided more State of the Union rank punditry…

Show Notes:
—G-File: Apocalypse Not
—The Dispatch editorial: The American People Should Demand Better
—Advisory Opinions on the Colorado SCOTUS decision
—The Dispatch’s new newsletter Techne
—The Skiff on Dune: Part Two

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Waiting for the NASCAR Crash

Old man yells at Congress.

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Sarah hosts a late-night State of the Union recap with Steve, Declan, David, and John to discuss the speech’s partisan nature and whether it will matter in November. This episode was aired Thursday night as part of The Dispatch Live, a members-only livestream. Join today to watch the video and gain access to more exclusive content.

The Agenda:
—A partisan speech
—Biden meeting expectations
—Katie Britt falling flat (and not mentioning Trump)
—Where is No Labels?
—Member Q&A

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