It might be what Republicans should hope for.
The Dispatch→ After Ali Khamenei, What’s Next in Iran?
New urgency surrounds the eventual succession to Iran’s supreme leader.
The Dispatch→ Expel Marjorie Taylor Greene
Her lies are far more consequential than George Santos’.
The Dispatch→ The Dispatch Commemorates Memorial Day
Plus: Today’s top stories.
The Dispatch→ What Are Economists Actually Good For?
The need for education reform and a pro-growth tax code.
The Dispatch→ A Memorial for Those We Lost in the Long Wars
The burden of the wars that followed September 11 fell to a select group.
Full Fact→ Knife crime in England and Wales is rising, even if you exclude London
Home secretary James Cleverly was challenged on the figures on the BBC’s flagship programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
The Dispatch→ The Dispatch Monthly Mailbag with Grayson Logue
The deputy editor of The Morning Dispatch answers your questions.
The Dispatch→ All Tied Up and Ready to Go
Introducing weekly averages of the horse race polls for the 2024 presidential election.
The Dispatch→ Panics and Maniacs
The disconnect between the left-wing media and mainstream American values.
The Dispatch→ James Longstreet’s Lessons in Leadership
How a Confederate general who turned on the South helps distinguish leaders from wannabe figureheads.
The Dispatch→ Don’t Cede Historic American Symbols to Bad Actors
No matter who co-opts it, the ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag has historically represented patriotism.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Black Knight Satellite’ Is NOT 13,000-Year-Old Craft — It Was Thermal Cover Lost In Space
Does photographic evidence and reports from several independent sources, including NASA, show that an ancient satellite has been orbiting Earth since at least the 1950s? No, that's not true: The supposed photographic evidence from NASA, s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Travis Kelce Did NOT Vow To ‘Quit Chiefs Immediately’ If Team Doesn’t Fire Harrison Butker
Did Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce vow to quit the Kansas City Chiefs immediately if the football team doesn't fire kicker Harrison Butker? No, that's not true: This claim initially appeared in an article on a satirical website
The Dispatch→ Red Flags
What we talk about when we talk about the Alitos.
The Dispatch→ Flag-Gate and Other ‘Moral Panics’
Partisans and normies alike can fall for conspiratorial nonsense.
PolitiFact→ Alex Jones – No, weather data did not vanish on the day of Iran helicopter crash. That claim is False.
“All of the satellite weather data for the day of the Iranian president’s crash has been removed.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking misleading claims of 2020 election fraud in Fulton County, Georgia
Social media posts have reignited claims of 2020 election fraud in Georgia, pointing to purportedly double-scanned ballots and missing ballot images as proof. These claims are misleading. Georgia’s 2020 election was not fraudulent.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of UK Labour Leader Keir Starmer Socializing With Jimmy Savile Is DIGITALLY ALTERED
Does a viral image prove that U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer socialized with Jimmy Savile, a British TV personality accused of dozens of sexual offenses? No, that's not true: The image was digitally altered to place Savile in the r
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bird flu outbreak in US isn’t timed for November elections; it began in 2022
Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: House Democrats Did NOT Vote To Allow Noncitizens To Vote In US Elections Nationwide
Did 195 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously vote to allow noncitizens to vote in U.S. elections nationwide? No, that's not true: The vote concerned a District of Columbia law that allows noncitizens to vote in local
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Pearl Jam concerts weren’t canceled in Kansas City after Eddie Vedder’s Harrison Butker rant
“Kansas City cancels three Pearl Jam shows at Arrowhead Stadium: ‘We stand with Harrison Butker.’”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce didn’t threaten to quit over Harrison Butker’s remarks
“Travis Kelce takes a stand, ‘I will resign if Harrison Butker is on the team next season.’”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent Illinois bill rebranding some criminal offenders as ‘justice-impacted individuals’
Social media users are omitting details about the bill, implying that it would apply to anyone who has committed a crime.
PolitiFact→ Social media claims mislead about Democratic vote for congressional apportionment
Democrats voted against a bill that would add a citizenship question to the U.S. Census to exclude noncitizens from the count. Noncitizens have been included in the census count since 1790. Social media posts misrepresented the Democratic vote.
PolitiFact→ The UN adjusted its Gaza fatality reporting. Here’s what the data does and doesn’t tell us.
World leaders have questioned the reported deaths in Gaza because the data is largely provided by government agencies under Hamas control. Experts said that data shouldn’t be dismissed outright — or regarded as wholly reliable.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misleadingly Link Town Clerk’s Case to 2020 Presidential Election
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take A Michigan town clerk pleaded no contest in 2023 to a charge of misconduct in office. Social media posts misleadingly highlight her case to push the false narrative th
FactCheck.org→ Trump, Allies Misrepresent FBI Order on Document Search at Mar-a-Lago
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take FBI agents who searched for classified documents held by former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2022 followed standard protocol. But Trump supporters and socia
The Dispatch→ Examining the Evidence in Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial
Plus: Trumpworld falsely accuses the Biden administration of concocting an assassination plot.
The Dispatch→ A Double Standard in Alito Flag Flap?
Plus: GOP tries again to flip a Pennsylvania swing district, this time with a new candidate.
AllSides→ Hamas’ Gaza health ministry under microscope as questions continue over number of deaths
https://www.foxnews.com/world/hamas-gaza-health-ministry-under-microscope-questions-continue-over-number-deaths
Full Fact→ Labour campaign video doesn’t accurately reflect NHS waiting list data
There are about 7.5 million cases on the main NHS England waiting list—but only about 6.3 million people waiting. Some people are waiting for more than one thing.
AllSides→ Was it legal to fly the flag upside down at Samuel Alito’s house?
https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/may/22/was-it-legal-to-fly-the-flag-upside-down-at-samuel/ Medi
AllSides→ Has Joe Biden appointed more black women as federal appeals court judges than all previous presidents combined?
https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/05/president-biden-black-women-judges-federal-appeals-court/?utm_source=allsides&utm_id=112
AllSides→ Are five Americans facing up to 12 years in prison in Turks and Caicos for bringing ammunition in their luggage?
https://gigafact.org/fact-briefs/are-five-americans-facing-up-to-12-years-in-prison-in-turks-and-caicos-for-bringing-ammunition-in-their-luggage?utm_source=allsides&utm_id=112
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: New York Judge Juan M.
The Dispatch→ Russia Reportedly Launches ‘Counter-Space’ Satellite
The device is ‘presumably capable of attacking other satellites,’ but it is unlikely to be nuclear-capable at this point.
The Dispatch→ Where Do Haley Voters Go?
Plus: the ‘deadly force’ lie.
The Dispatch→ Humor Is a Cool Medium
How our comics got too angry to be funny.
The Dispatch→ In Nevada, Inflation Is Up and Joe Biden’s Poll Numbers Are Down
The president’s campaign is hoping a massive field effort will counter political headwinds.