Rep. Tony Gonzales speaks on the steps of the Capitol in 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Plus: GOP senators respond to Trump’s rhetoric, a Democrat wants other senators on the record on gun bills, and Blinken misses McCa
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The Dispatch→ Voters Will Have the Final Say on Alvin Bragg
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Will the Manhattan district attorney come to regret his investigation of Donald Trump?Continue reading Voters Will Have the Final Say on Alvin Bragg »
The Dispatch→ You Say You Want a Revolution
Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a 2024 election campaign rally in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023. (Photo by Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Images)The Republican primary features two models of disruption. Continue reading You Say You Want a Revo
The Dispatch→ Deities and Demigods
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg leaves his office as the grand jury continues to hear evidence against former President Donald Trump on March 22, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)The Manhattan district attorney tries t
The Dispatch→ Will Donald Trump’s Attacks Sink Ron DeSantis?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to Iowa voters on March 10, 2023. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Plus: Two Democratic visions for Chicago’s future meet in next week’s mayoral runoff. Continue reading Will Donald Trump’s Attacks Sink Ron De
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on Donald Trump, Joe Exotic, and the Xi-Putin Summit
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on March 4, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Plus: Deepfakes are here and it’s going to get crazy.Continue reading Our Best Stuff on Donald Trump, Joe E
Truth or Fiction?→ A Recent History of George Soros Conspiracy Theories
If you have spent any time on the internet since 2016 — and who hasn’t? — you’ll be familiar with right wing bugbear George Soros, an extremely rich philanthropist who donates generously to liberal and progressive causes, and i
Truth or Fiction?→ Donald Trump Holds Rally in Waco, 30 Years After Waco Siege
On March 24 2023, an Imgur account shared a tweet about former United States President Donald Trump staging a rally in Waco, Texas, from his niece Mary Trump: Donald has a rally in Waco this Saturday [March 25 2023]. It’s a ploy to remind his cu
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Photos of Donald Trump Being Arrested Are Fake
Images are circulating online that purport to show the arrest of former President Donald Trump by New York police officers. The images are not authentic. They were produced using Midjourney, an artificial text-to-image generator that has the capacity
The Dispatch→ Republicans Know the 1-2-3s of Trump Scandals
Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Quad City International Airport, March 13, 2023, in Moline, Illinois. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/Washington Post/Getty Images)Attack, minimize, and move on.Continue reading Republicans Know the 1-2-3s
The Dispatch→ Operation Chaos 2.0
Former President Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak about education policy at the Adler Theatre in Davenport, Iowa, on March 13, 2023. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynksi/ AFP/Getty Images)Democrats should help stop Trump in next year’s Republican primar
Logically→ A video shows Trump supporters protesting in New York amidst arrest rumors.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Donald Trump and the January 6 Prison Choir Top the Billboard Hot 100?
Former President Donald Trump. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for The Washington Post via Getty Images) A March 21 article by The Gateway Pundit claimed that the song “Justice For All,” which features the January 6 Prison Choir and former President Donald Tru
The Dispatch→ Hallucinators and Grifters
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on March 4, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Donald Trump is not the cure for what ails us. Continue reading Hallucinators and Grifters »
The Dispatch→ What If DeSantis Collapses?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on March 5, 2023. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)Be afraid.Continue reading What If DeSantis Collapses? »
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: What Did Ron DeSantis Say About Donald Trump’s Potential Extradition?
Ron DeSantis. (Photo by Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Contradictory claims are circulating online regarding Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ stated position on the potential indictment, arrest, and extradition of former President Donald Trump, a
The Dispatch→ DeSantis Inches Into the Arena
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to Iowa voters on March 10 in Des Moine. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Plus: Where West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice stands on a Senate run. Continue reading DeSantis Inches Into the Arena »
The Dispatch→ The (Possible) Charges Against Donald Trump, Explained
Former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in March 2023. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)The Manhattan district attorney’s case likely would rely on tenuous legal reasoning. Continue reading The (Possible) Char
The Dispatch→ The Real Problem With the Manhattan DA’s Case Against Trump
Robert Fix shows his support for Donald Trump near his Mar-a-Lago home on March 20, 2023 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Relegating political questions to the legal system lets the former president cast himself as a victim. Co
The Dispatch→ Meddling Toward Justice
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference on January 13, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)The House GOP shouldn’t interfere in Alvin Bragg’s folly.Continue reading Meddling Toward Justice »
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Claim That He Will Be Arrested?
Donald Trump. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images.) Claims are circulating online that former President Donald Trump has predicted his own arrest. These claims are true; Trump has indeed predicted via social media posts published on March 18 that he wo
The Dispatch→ House Republicans Leap to Trump’s Defense
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy speaks during a news conference in May 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Plus: The Senate considers ending a pair of war authorizations, and the China competition committee plans its next hearing.C
The Dispatch→ The Silver Lining of a Dubious Trump Prosecution
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)Clarity, at a price. Continue reading The Silver Lining of a Dubious Trump Prosecution »
The Dispatch→ Trump on Trial?
Former U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)Plus: Former GOP Senate candidate Dave McCormick is launching a new PAC, fueling suspicions he’ll run again in 2024. Continue reading Trump on Trial? »
The Dispatch→ Deplorable
Former President Donald Trump. (Photo by Shane Bevel/NCAA Photos/Getty Images)Donald Trump is calling for protests once again.Continue reading Deplorable »
The Dispatch→ Whipping Boy
The two men during happier times, 2020. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Is Ron DeSantis suffering for Donald Trump’s foreign policy sins? Continue reading Whipping Boy »
The Dispatch→ Stirewaltisms: Erin Go Biden
President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House Friday. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)How the president reversed his fortunes in a year.Continue reading Stirewaltisms: Erin Go Biden »
The Dispatch→ Stop the Squeal, Revisited
(Photo by Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)Republicans might finally be losing interest in election denialism.Continue reading Stop the Squeal, Revisited »
The Dispatch→ The Mind’s Lies
President Joe Biden. (Photo by Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)Does Joe Biden really believe the stories he tells about his past?Continue reading The Mind’s Lies »
The Dispatch→ SVB’s Political Fault Lines
Sen. Mitt Romney speaks to reporters Tuesday about the government reaction to the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Plus: Trump steps up his retail politics game and House Republicans demand answer
The Dispatch→ The Schism Is Here
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks in Pinellas Park, Florida, on March 8. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Republicans are fracturing over Ukraine.Continue reading The Schism Is Here »
The Dispatch→ The Sweep: The Politics of a TikTok Ban
(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images)Plus: What can we learn from a survey of GOP county chairs? Continue reading The Sweep: The Politics of a TikTok Ban »
The Dispatch→ How ESG Became a Right-Wing Flashpoint
Employees stand outside of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank headquarters on March 10, 2023, in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Plus: ‘Anything that gets you asking me questions about Jan. 6 instead of asking me about
The Dispatch→ A Pyrrhic Prosecution
Former President Donald Trump. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Bad vibes about New York’s looming Trump indictment.Continue reading A Pyrrhic Prosecution »
The Dispatch→ Stirewaltisms: Fail Fast
Jeb Bush speaks at Harvard University in 2016. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)The most valuable attribute in a candidate might be knowing when to quit.Continue reading Stirewaltisms: Fail Fast »
The Dispatch→ Choose Your Own Adventure
Tucker Carlson speaks in Hollywood, Florida, on November 17, 2022. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)Fox, January 6, and the unknowable truth.The post Choose Your Own Adventure appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The Sweep: Twitter Bots for Trump
Former President Donald Trump addresses the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Fake accounts can have real consequences.The post The Sweep: Twitter Bots for Trump appeared firs
The Dispatch→ Mind the Gap
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on March 5, 2023, in Simi Valley, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)The Republican primary may be decided by education.The post Mind the Gap appeared first on The Di
The Dispatch→ Trump at CPAC: ‘I Alone Will Never Retreat’
Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to address the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Plus: Marianne Williamson launches a second presidential campaign,
The Dispatch→ ‘Never’ Means Never
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Yes, Trump is worse than DeSantis.The post ‘Never’ Means Never appeared first on The Dispatch.