The Dispatch Podcast

Mike Warren is joined by Jonah Goldberg and Kevin Williamson to discuss Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt’s failed attempt at setting a perjury trap and the Trump administration’s AI luncheon.

The Agenda:

—Schmitt vs. Smith

—What happened to Capitol Hill staff?

—The GOP’s victory lap

—The superintelligence rebrand

—Trump’s AI luncheon

—“Unites States”

—NWYT: Hosting dinner parties

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and Mike Warren to discuss the possibility of Democrats flipping a seat in Kansas and the Trump administration’s “public service announcements.”

The Agenda:

—The Senate race in Kansas

—Roger Marshall and patient arrests

—Why are Republicans still confident?

—Trump’s “public service announcements”

—NWYT: The New York Times' top 100 television shows of the 21st century

Show notes:

—Jonah for National Review: Breaking Bad Breaks Through

—Go to The Dispatch to see the panelists' top 10 TV show picks

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg and Megan McArdle to discuss President Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly and the administration’s decision to ban CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House.

The Agenda:

—Trump’s U.N. speech

—Trump’s waning influence

—The White House press bans

—What the media got wrong

—Trump’s approval rating

—NWYT: A COVID-conscious lesbian bar

Show notes:

—The White House’s justification for banning Politico

—ProPublica reporting on Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding

—Megan: Politicians are stuck in a time warp

—Echelon polling on Trump’s approval

—Mike Warren’s Next Right

—Jesse Singal on the Last Ditch bar

—Stephanie Slade on The Remnant

—Stephanie Slade with Megan McArdle

—Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification

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Mike Warren is joined by Kevin Williamson and Mike Nelson to examine President Trump’s deal with Denmark on U.S. military presence in Greenland and discuss the reporting by the Washington Post that the Pentagon may be underreporting deaths from the conflict with Iran.

The Agenda:

—Is this the art of the deal?

—NATO welcomes Greenland deal

—Trump’s biggest foreign policy victory?

—The Pentagon’s underreported deaths

—Bipartisan criticism over Pentagon briefing

—Will Hegseth be fired after the midterms?

—NWYT: Evil lairs and the Arc de Trump

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Mike Warren is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Megan McArdle, and Kevin Williamson to discuss why GOP midterm candidates aren’t heeding President Donald Trump’s electoral advice, as well as Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French’s racist tweet about a University of Texas football game.

The Agenda:

—GOP candidates ignoring Trump

—Making the election about Trump

—Bo French’s anti-Indian racism

—"Just talk about Abdul El-Sayed"

—NWYT: Demolishing the Kennedy Center

Show notes:

—Jonah Goldberg: Where Have the Grown-Ups Gone?

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