"The GOP’s political culture has become so heavily influenced by Very Online culture, that it’s hard to imagine someone who isn’t already a seasoned edgelord going to work for a group like the Young Republicans." --Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...

"Congress has rendered itself into a studio audience for the Trump show." -- @jonah.g.bskysocial | G-File thedispatch.com/newsletter/g...

“Hegseth’s ideal army is one quite a bit more like those of Russia or Belarus: focused on the pageantry of physical fitness, prone to atrocity, and ultimately the tool of one man’s power rather than the shield of a free country.” --Bret Devereaux thedispatch.com/article/pent...

"Becoming a specialist in individuals, not diseases, is a crucial part of working in primary care." --Matthew Loftus thedispatch.com/article/prim...

"From its founding, Israel and its enemies have had irreconcilable positions. Israel insists that it has a right to exist. Its enemies take the opposite position." -- @jonah.g.bskysocial thedispatch.com/article/isra...

"Unlike those show ponies angling for future Fox News gigs at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, John Brown meant it. He was that most dangerous and terrible sort of American: a believer." --Kevin Williamson thedispatch.com/article/john...

The 2021 junta takeover triggered an economic crash and transformed Burma into a hub for scams and drugs | Morning Dispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...

As vaccine fears grow, some practices see value in working with shot skeptics rather than refusing to treat them. Grayson Logue examines how some doctors are keeping unvaccinated families in their care to rebuild trust:

"There are few people left in American politics who deserve our respect, strange or otherwise, and [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene] sure ain’t one of them." --Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...

What did Pete Hegseth mean when he said the Qataris were building an Air Force base in Idaho? Alex Demas breaks down why it’s not actually a foreign base, but a joint training facility under U.S. control.

How much humiliation will Pam Bondi endure? The DOJ has turned into Donald Trump’s boutique law firm | Michael Warren

As vaccine fears grow, some practices see value in working with shot skeptics rather than refusing to treat them. Grayson Logue reports how a pediatrician earns trust in a time of vaccine doubt: A THREAD (1/7)

"The concept of comparative advantage explains why expanding the freedom to buy from people all over the world makes people better off." --Norbert J. Michel thedispatch.com/article/comp...

Is the Trump administration attacking green energy, or letting the market work? Read today's Morning Dispatch: thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...

Do Foreign Countries Have Military Bases in the United States? Not exactly, though the U.S. does host detachments of foreign militaries. --Alex Demas thedispatch.com/article/do-f...

"One of the things that people resent about Israel and the Jews is that we talk about them so much. The reason we talk about Israel a lot is because Israel's in the news a lot. Like Israel's under threat. Israel gets attacked." [email protected] on The Dispatch Podcast

"Journalists—and novelists and academics and such—are meant to be curious. But there are certain matters, usually involving social distinctions, that seem to provoke a kind of profound incuriosity in a certain kind of person." --Kevin Williamson thedispatch.com/newsletter/w...

"The idea of widely available AI-generated child pornography is horrifying because the production, consumption, and mere existence of such content is wrong in and of itself." --Charles Fain Lehman thedispatch.com/article/ai-c...

"As modern humans, it’s very easy to forget that we are a part of nature—that our bodies are members of a system which calls Earth home alongside deer, salmon, and foxes." --Estee Zandee | Monday Essay thedispatch.com/article/hust...

Struck by tariffs, trade wars, and immigration crack-downs, America’s farmers are in a tough spot | Morning Dispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...

"It was clear to many observers that Charlie Kirk’s funeral last month put on display two versions of Christianity: the first, rooted in the gospel, in forgiveness and love; the second, rooted in justice, vengeance, and anger." --Paul D. Miller thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

"We crave roots, a place to call truly home, and a place we can know intimately and be known intimately by in return." --Hadden Turner thedispatch.com/article/loca...

"To read is human. To delight in food is, too." --Nadya Williams thedispatch.com/article/writ...

"I felt like I just watched a graduate student’s final project when the credits rolled on Anemone." --Victoria Holmes thedispatch.com/article/day-...

"The Life of a Showgirl feels tight and slight—a burst of fizzy orange candy on your tongue, a comet briefly streaking the sky." --Clare Coffey thedispatch.com/article/tayl...

Grabbing Opportunity by the Throat | @jonah.g.bskysocial | G-File

“I would certainly like to see the intel more directly, firsthand,” Sen. Kevin Cramer told The Dispatch. GOP Senators Push for More Intel on Drug Boat Strikes: thedispatch.com/article/drug...

"It was a safe space, in other words, for a candidate who has propagated anti-Israel views and is nonetheless likely the next mayor of the most identifiably and proudly Jewish city in America." --Michael Warren thedispatch.com/article/mamd...

"Perhaps the more important sign of the times, at least for me, is that the political Furies finally reached my small liberal arts college, buried in the woods of Maine." --Wilson Bailey thedispatch.com/article/poli...

“As the country faces a slew of distinct challenges, including social isolation, political polarization, declining mental health, and decreasing marriage and birth rates, America needs strong and proven antidotes. Religion is one of them.” --Hal Boyd thedispatch.com/next-250/lat...

"Republicans are very optimistic about their chances of keeping the House,” Jeff Burton, a Republican operative and former congressional aide told The Dispatch. thedispatch.com/article/repu...

Breaking down the Trump administration’s higher ed compact: What the offer to trade preferential funding for cultural and operational reforms could mean for universities. thedispatch.com/article/trum...

Sanae Takaichi has the chance to be the most politically powerful woman in Japan in more than a thousand years | Morning Dispatch thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...

“This new energy innovation push will require not just public and private investments in emerging technologies, but significant regulatory reforms." --Alex Trembath | Dispatch Energy thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

Who had the best sick day food growing up? Mike Warren: Grilled cheese sandwich + Sprite Jonah Goldberg: Grilled cheese sandwich + Chicken & star soup Steve Hayes Soft-boiled eggs (with a lot of salt)

"The United States and China are firmly locked in a cold war struggle whose outcome will be the most important determinant of peace, prosperity, and quality of life in international politics over the next decade." --Steven Weber thedispatch.com/article/cold...

FACT CHECK: Bad Bunny has not withdrawn from performing, nor has the NFL canceled his scheduled appearance | Angela Niederberger thedispatch.com/article/bad-...

"Who knew France had so much in common with the Cleveland Browns?" | The Morning Dispatch

"Research from UBS indicates that the new Section 232 tariffs on wood products will add another $1,000 to the cost of building a home, on top of the $8,000 in tariff costs we’ve already seen this year." --Scott Lincicome | Capitolism thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...

The Tucker I knew: Populism and the glorification of childishness | @jonah.g.bskysocial | G-File

"We shouldn’t let an amoral, sycophantic bot take this job. It’s the proper office of a friend." --Leah Libresco Sargeant thedispatch.com/article/when...

"So we've seen the identity causes exhaust themselves, the feminism, the racial issues, even transgender activism. But the next wave really might be an attack on free market capitalism and so on." --Claire Lehmann on The Remnant

"While the Supreme Court itself hasn’t yet faced the issue squarely, the six federal circuits that have done so all agree that the First Amendment protects the right to record police performing their duties in public." --Walter Olson thedispatch.com/article/dhs-...

Spencer Cox isn't here to save us. But he is inviting his fellow Americans to save us from ourselves. | John McCormack

"The supreme branch today is a parliament of pundits, a congress of cowards, far more concerned with partisan point-scoring than honoring their oaths." -- @jonah.g.bskysocial thedispatch.com/article/mad-...

"Statutory crimes remain on the books, accessible to all in black and white, but a criminal code that isn’t enforced consistently is just literature. Justice happens in the application of that code, not the writing of it." --Nick Catoggio thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...

European leaders propose a ‘drone wall’ to intercept Russian aircraft, but experts question its feasibility | Morning Dispatch: thedispatch.com/newsletter/m...

"It may be cheap to reduce emissions in some sectors, but expensive in others. Under a broad carbon price, firms would undertake the least expensive approaches possible to reducing emissions." --Alex Muresianu thedispatch.com/article/pigo...

"If there are plans for either Trump or Vice President J.D. Vance to make an appearance onstage with GOP nominee Winsome Earle-Sears, neither her campaign nor the White House are saying so." --Michael Warren thedispatch.com/article/virg...

"None of the Democrats who spoke to The Dispatch about the issue this week completely closed the door on it, stressing instead the need to field winning candidates, period." --Charles Hilu thedispatch.com/article/demo...