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"There’s no way around it: Talented, ethical federal prosecutors inflict a cost on society when they quit. It’s just that the cost of not quitting is steeper." | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/justice-department-minneapolis-immigration/

Welcome Michael Sobolik to The Dispatch!

Why Americans Don’t ‘Eat the Rich’: Easy consumer credit might be one of the reasons | Thomas Dichter

https://thedispatch.com/article/consumer-credit-americans-income-inequality/

The FBI ballot seizure in Georgia: What comes next? | Michael Warren

Is the Time Finally Right for Real Immigration Reform? Public polling indicates a renewed desire to find a political compromise.

"Hard-core immigration opponents in the GOP find themselves a little like the dog who caught the car." | Carroll Doherty

https://thedispatch.com/article/immigration-reform-ice-politics-public-opinion/

A New American Development A short, sad tale of public grief and newfangled Midwestern Jacobinism in the City of Flour and Sawdust.

"What happened to Renee Good and Alex Pretti looks like murder and sounds like murder and deserves to be investigated like murder—and there is no sign that that is going to happen." | Kevin D. Williamson

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/wanderland/minneapolis-alex-pretti-protests/

"I don’t say that the world should weep for Saif, but I do say that his case is a tragic one." | Jay Nordlinger

https://thedispatch.com/article/tragic-son-gaddafi/

Why AI Makes Believing the Truth Harder Researchers worry about deeper problems than deepfakes.

Why AI Makes Believing the Truth Harder: Researchers worry about deeper problems than deepfakes | Jonathan Gibson

https://thedispatch.com/article/artificial-intelligence-meta/

Why Our Children Are Nihilists Normal life, actually, is extraordinary.

"An ordinary life with ordinary sacrifices, freely and courageously lived, is not ordinary at all, but extraordinary." | Elizabeth Grace Matthew in The Monday Essay

https://thedispatch.com/article/gen-z-parents-nihilists-gender-responsibility/

Takaichi’s Historic Supermajority: At least 31 killed in Islamabad bombing, updates on the U.S.-Iran talks, and please don’t juggle fire while on a unicycle in public | Morning Dispatch

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/takaichis-historic-supermajority/

"Donald Trump continues to make a mockery of the National Prayer Breakfast." | Michael Wear

https://thedispatch.com/article/donald-trump-national-prayer-breakfast/

Kindness Is Not Optional It is necessary for healthy individuals, communities, and societies.

"A growing body of research shows that people who are kind gain physical and mental health benefits. Kindness doesn’t just help the recipient of kindness but, it seems, it helps the person who is kind." | Karen Swallow Prior

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-faith/christianity-kindness/

When a Christian World Loses Christ: ‘The Bone Temple’ shows a nightmarish earth with only vestiges of Christian morality | Maggie Phillips

https://thedispatch.com/article/bone-temple-christianity-secular-values-god/

Why I Don’t Regret Majoring in the Humanities: Literature, it turns out, is a great teacher of humility | Sharla Moody

https://thedispatch.com/article/liberal-arts-humanistic-book-paradise-lost-college/

The American God of Water On our obsession with hydration.

The American God of Water: On our obsession with hydration | Thomas Dichter

https://thedispatch.com/article/water-bottle-hydration-thirst-industry-control/

His Girl Friday (on Saturday) Cary Grant, the Olympics, and contemplation of the moon.

His Girl Friday (on Saturday): Cary Grant, the Olympics, and contemplation of the moon | Dispatch Culture

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-culture/his-girl-friday-olympics-five-nights-freddys-moon/

"'Trump posts racist image of first black president' barely counts as news in 2026. It’s a dog-bites-man story (in more than one sense)." | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/trump-obama-racism-pushback-republicans/

Saying Goodbye to Gracie Not ‘just a cat.’

Saying Goodbye to Gracie: Not ‘just a cat.’ | Jonah Goldberg

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfile/gracie-remembrance-pets-family/

Norm violations: A cycle of escalation | Jonah Goldberg on The Dispatch Podcast

Dispatch reporter Charles Hilu shares his reporting on foreign nationals hiring surrogate mothers in the U.S. on The Bulletin podcast.

Full episode: https://www.christianitytoday.com/podcasts/the-bulletin/250-international-surrogacy-midterm-forecasts-temple-mount-prayer/

“The president’s mercurial, and that’s part of what makes him effective, and part of what makes him, you know, maddening to people.” Sen. Bill Cassidy told The Dispatch. | John McCormack

https://thedispatch.com/article/bill-cassidy-robert-f-kennedy-kr-donald-trump-louisiana/

The Needle Moves on Gender Medicine It took too long, but some medical organizations’ step back from pediatric gender transition is a step in the right direction.

"It took too long, but some medical organizations’ step back from pediatric gender transition is a step in the right direction." | Lisa Selin Davis

https://thedispatch.com/article/pediatric-gender-treatment-association-medicine-trump/

"It's just abundantly clear at this point that MAGA's free speech rhetoric was all in the vein of free speech for me and not for thee." | David French on The Dispatch Podcast

"While ex-chief executives have testified before Congress, the House Oversight Committee used hardball tactics against Bill Clinton." | Charles Hilu

https://thedispatch.com/article/clintons-congress-contempt-subpoena-epstein/

What’s Next for Georgia? The FBI raid of Fulton County’s election center prompts concerns about where Trump goes from here.

"With the 2026 midterm elections approaching, the state of Georgia may emerge as ground zero for the next wave of attacks over the integrity of America’s voting system by Trump and his partisans." | Michael Warren

https://thedispatch.com/article/fulton-raid-georgia-republicans-midterms-uncertainty/

Will Iran Cut a Deal? Plus: A Russian general was shot in Moscow, the White House launches TrumpRx, and there’s a new aerodynamic hack for Olympic ski-jumpers | Morning Dispatch

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/will-iran-cut-a-deal/

"A recurring challenge when writing about the president’s advisers is resisting the ‘good czar, bad boyars’ fallacy.” | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/trump-stephen-miller-immigration-roy-cohn/

Trust is easy to lose and hard to gain | Emily Oster on The Dispatch Podcast

Permitting Reform’s Defining Moment Will Congress seize its opportunity to advance Abundance-forward energy policy?

"The status quo is incompatible with any serious vision of energy dominance, decarbonization, or reindustrialization." | Alex Trembath in Dispatch Energy, presented by Pacific Legal Foundation 🔓

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-energy/nepa-speed-act-congress-permitting-reform/

Trespassing? Just doing his job? What’s going on with Don Lemon? | David French answers for today Advisory Opinions