Steve Hayes discusses President Trump targeting his enemies and his retributive style of politics on Meet the Press Now

"Erika Kirk set a stellar moral example yesterday despite immense emotional and political temptation to be vindictive. Then the president spoke." --Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...

Attorney General Pam Bondi said law enforcement will target hate speech. The next day, President Trump turned that logic on ABC, suggesting they should be targeted next. Steve Hayes breaks it down on The Dispatch Podcast:

"Donald Trump is a man who soon will be 80 years old with the character of a 2-year-old, who can discern no higher good beyond: 'I WANT!'" --Kevin Williamson thedispatch.com/newsletter/w...

"It is past time to start dismantling the Great Firewall, brick by brick." --Michael Sobolik thedispatch.com/article/chin...

"The extraordinary discretion long held by the FCC has now culminated in extraordinary public remarks by the president that openly threaten the corrupt exercise of power." --Dan Greenberg thedispatch.com/article/fcc-...

"Ford’s attackers, like Robinson, saw violence as the answer. As Robinson wrote in a text message to his roommate, according to court documents, 'Some hate can’t be negotiated out.'" --Frederic J. Frommer thedispatch.com/article/gera...

"The absence of that process was clear throughout the meeting but particularly when it came to the proposal to push the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose for infants back to 1 month of age." --Grayson Logue thedispatch.com/article/vacc...

The internet makes us dumb, crazy, and antisocial. Can it really be used for good? | Nick Pompella A THREAD: (1/9)

A bad week for the First Amendment: The Trump administration cracks down on free speech | Dispatch Weekly thedispatch.com/newsletter/w...

The FCC’s new playbook: Brendan Carr’s move against Jimmy Kimmel is testing broadcast regulation boundaries | Morning Dispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...

“No meaning to life, nothing to aim toward or organize around, no intrinsic worth or dignity to each person, and no standard of what is good, right, and true to guide and govern us." --Kevin Brown | Dispatch Faith thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

"It tells a crucial story: a spare, unflinching portrait of sacrifice that insists faith and human dignity still matter when everything else is stripped away." --Victoria Holmes thedispatch.com/article/a-sa...

"But Lohan, even at her lowest, always knew how to laugh at herself—and now she’s bringing that same comic spark to midlife." --LuElla D'Amico thedispatch.com/article/lind...

"Rowling’s frankness seems inextricable from her character, and I suspect it’s what keeps her writing novels that move people." --Madeleine Lawson thedispatch.com/article/rowl...

"Kingsnorth condemns those who make 'the rookie mistake of treating technology as neutral.' But is the alternative to treat all that is not strictly 'natural' as wicked?" --Tara Isabella Burton thedispatch.com/article/king...

“Trump will happily tolerate losing on free speech if his support holds steady while he jawbones opponents.” --Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...

"You are the pumpkin spice latte of legal commentators, you know." --Kevin Williamson to Sarah Isgur NWYT: Is fall the best season, or overrated?

FACT CHECK: Assessing claims about Tyler Robinson’s motive thedispatch.com/article/asse...

Dispatch Politics Roundup: A busy week on the Hill thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

"Raffensperger’s career since its supposed nadir in 2021 is a reminder that even within a political party, competition and differentiation are strengths, and nothing in politics moves in a straight line." --Michael Warren thedispatch.com/article/raff...

Do you think it's great news for America that Jimmy Kimmel has been suspended? Kevin Williamson shares his thoughts on The Dispatch Podcast:

"Adam Raine’s death shows how chatbots deliberately steer children from their loved ones." --Meg Leta Jones thedispatch.com/article/how-...

"Independents support improving the processes that make our democracy and political institutions strong, regardless of who is in power." --Adam Brandon thedispatch.com/article/inde...

"This is what Douglass and Lincoln did. They were sharply aware of America’s sins, but they saw that the way to make a more just society was through charity and through a recollection of our best ideals." --Nathan Beacom | TheNext250 thedispatch.com/next-250/abr...

The countdown to (yet another) impending shutdown: Congress finds itself in a familiar situation as it tries to extend government spending before it runs out. Morning Dispatch: thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...

"There are a lot of seedy authoritarian lowlifes jonesing on power trips in this administration, but it takes a special kind to say something as cartoonishly domineering as, 'We can do this the easy way or the hard way.'" --Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...

DISPATCH DEBATE: Erwin Chemerinsky and Jonathan H. Adler debate whether the Supreme Court is backing the Trump administration at the expense of separation of powers.

"There is a reason the U.S.-China relationship has been so obviously complementary from a strictly economic point of view, but that complementarian character has enabled too much complacency on both sides of the Pacific." --Kevin Williamson thedispatch.com/article/chin...

"When 19 Russian drones crossed into Poland on September 9 and 10, it was the first time Poland responded. Supported by NATO aircraft, Poland’s military shot down at least eight of the drones." --Joseph Roche thedispatch.com/article/dron...

The right’s growing animus toward Israel: Young populists find U.S. aid for the Jewish state incompatible with ‘America First.’ | David M. Drucker thedispatch.com/article/repu...

"After months of pressure from the president, Jerome Powell announced an expected rate cut Wednesday." Morning Dispatch: thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...

"An America where assassins are orphaned politically is salvageable. An America where they’re embraced is not.” --Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...

"The incident is a clear example of the United States’ insanely bureaucratic and wildly irrational immigration laws—and how their needless complexity effectively creates an open license for government abuse." --Scott Lincicome | Capitolism (Article unlocked 🔓) thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...

"There is, of course, a strong argument that the president has no legal authority to blow up the boats of suspected drug traffickers." --John McCormack thedispatch.com/article/trum...

"China and the U.S. are close to an agreement to keep [TikTok] operating in the U.S. But will it address national security concerns?" Morning Dispatch: thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...

"Pam Bondi won’t convince the right that the First Amendment should have an exception for speech that Republicans dislike, but the president should have more luck." --Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...

"Only one person shot Charlie Kirk. But we are all responsible for the state of our country." -- @jonah.g.bskysocial A thread on responsibility and political violence: (1/8)

"As Russia grows bolder with its acts of aggression, the American president continues to react like a detached observer with limited agency instead of the leader of a global superpower." --Michael Warren thedispatch.com/article/a-br...

"Born Equal, far from providing a 'grand narrative,' comes off as a slapped-together collection of historical trivia and bullet points by a writer who couldn’t muster the energy to delve into unexplored territory." --Timothy Sandefur thedispatch.com/article/akhi...

"Today, dynamic pricing isn’t just about incorporating past data into prices, but also predictions about future demand." --Joseph Polidoro thedispatch.com/article/dyna...

"[Nepal], plagued by political instability and economic hardships, exploded in riots last week after a social media ban." Morning Dispatch: thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...

"A deep freeze on dissenting speech is the goal of every fascist regime." --Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...

FACT CHECK: No evidence White House video on Charlie Kirk’s assassination Is AI thedispatch.com/article/trum...

"Beijing has thus made another robust display of what is known in diplomatic circles as 'convening power,' the ability to get disparate and even hostile parties to sit down together to work through issues of shared concern." --Kevin Williamson thedispatch.com/newsletter/w...

"These changes are likely to usher in a new tripolar international system in which the United States, Communist China, and revanchist Russia divvy up spheres of influence. The result? A more dangerous world for Americans everywhere." --Mike Nelson thedispatch.com/article/russ...

“For a long time, such things were only visible up close, usually to the victim, the perpetrator, and bystanders. What happens to us, though, when suffering is scattered? What happens when a deathbed is democratized?” --Valerie Pavilonis | Monday Essay thedispatch.com/article/char...

"Now is precisely the time to keep repeating to ourselves the moral platitudes we should already know yet need to hear again and again. That murder is always evil." --Michael Reneau | Dispatch Faith thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

The manhunt and the aftermath: Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer handed himself in to authorities on Thursday evening | Morning Dispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...

Dispatch Weekly: Charlie Kirk’s assassination shocks America. The political activist leaves behind a complicated legacy. thedispatch.com/newsletter/w...