In the final episode of “The Dispatch Podcast” in 2021, our hosts talk about Joe Manchin’s non-reliability for the Democrats, the increasing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and the growing spread of the more-infectious Omicron variant. They close by asking a question: How will historians in 100 years view the past two decades?

Show Notes:

-Give someone a Dispatch subscription this Christmas

-TMD: “Manchin Says No to Build Back Better”

-Jonah: “Democrats Are Still Misreading Political Reality”

-Dmitri Alperovitch Twitter thread on Russian aggression

-TMD: “Biden Inches Toward New Pandemic Paradigm”

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