Mike Warren is joined by David French, Jonah Goldberg, Steve Hayes, and Grayson Logue to discuss the latest legal challenges to the Trump administration’s Liberation Day tariffs and the most recent round of presidential pardons.

The Agenda:
—The Cases That Could Stop Trump’s Tariffs
—Will Trump double down on tariffs?
—Openly corrupt pardons
—Can the courts save American politics?
—Trump’s transactional politics
—Russia-Ukraine peace talks
—A new Putin
—NWYT: Communal kid discipline?

Show Notes
—Ilya Somin for The Dispatch
—Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on The Remnant

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Seasoned journalist Matti Friedman joins Jamie Weinstein to unpack the current state of Israel’s war against Hamas, exploring the tension between military objectives and the return of hostages. He also delves into the role of American leadership, the morality of warfare, and what the future might hold for Israeli-Iranian relations.

The Agenda:
—Public trust in Israel's government is at an all-time low
—The dilemma of the hostage return
—Perception of American leadership and Donald Trump
—Qatar: friend or foe?
—Taking out Iran’s nukes
—Is there a Leonard Cohen in today’s war?

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Sarah Isgur is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Steve Hayes, and Michael Warren to discuss Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s new reporting out of Original Sin on Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. 

Plus, Dispatch Capitol Hill reporter Charles Hilu joins to break down the House's "big beautiful bill."

The Agenda:
—Big beautiful explanation
—No tax on tips?
—Biden’s Original Sin
—Media accountability
—“The media gets a C minus at best.”
—NWYT: Is AI taking entry-level jobs?

Show Notes:
—Rep. Keith Self on the “big beautiful bill”
—Scott Lincicome on AI and jobs

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Two governors walk into the Reagan Library and find common ground. Steve Hayes is joined by Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), to discuss bipartisanship, mutual respect, and the value of healthy conflict.

The Agenda:
—Defining tribes
—Media outrage and news cycles
—We should all join bowling teams
—We can’t explain policy in 280 characters
—Intra-party tensions

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Jay Nordlinger, formerly of National Review and the author of the Onward and Upward Substack, joins Jamie Weinstein to discuss President Donald Trump’s MAGAfication of the GOP. They explore themes of corruption, transparency, American exceptionalism, and the evolution of the Republican Party, while reflecting on the legacy of conservatism and the future of conservative journalism.

—The first 100 days
—Andrew Jackson 2.0?
—The Middle East tour
—Stories about Bill Buckley
—The future of conservative journalism

Show Notes
—Jay’s farewell post at National Review
—Jay’s Substack

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Michael Warren is joined by Jonah Goldberg and Grayson Logue to discuss the ongoing trade war with China and Trump’s newest aviation toy.

The Agenda:
—Scott Bessent or Peter Navarro?
—What to make of the 90-day pause with China
—Golden calf foreign policy
—Trump meets with Qatar but skips Israel
—Leaving America because of fascism?

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Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield joins Jamie Weinstein to discuss the Trump administration’s fight against Harvard and its protest culture on campus.

The Agenda:
—Harvard’s lefty culture
—Are Jewish students safe on campus?
—Let’s stick to the Constitution
—Elites in democracy
—Defining successful studentsShow Notes:
—Professor Mansfield's columns in the Crimson

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Jonah Goldberg and David French join Sarah Isgur to discuss the emerging concept of “abundance” among Democrats while the current administration torpedoes the economy with tariffs.

The Agenda:
—Three bodies and two dolls
—Abundance Democrats and no progress
—No one’s talking about DOGE anymore
—Big beautiful bills
—ICE raids in D.C.
—Oh no for au pairs
—Ross, Marc, and super-woke employees
—NWYT: Alcatraz?

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Jamie Weinstein is joined by self-proclaimed “MAGA lefty” Batya Ungar-Sargon to defend Donald Trump's first 100 days as president and explain how a "lefty" can be MAGA.

The Agenda:
—Batya’s MAGA journey
—MAGA Reaganites vs. MAGA lefties
—Batya on The Fifth Column
—Exporting American exceptionalism
—Trump’s first 100 days
—Trump’s meme coin
—North Korea style worship
—“Trump sees a tariff like a Swiss army knife.”
—Immigration and due process

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Host Sarah Isgur and contractually obligated Jonah Goldberg are joined by Dispatch contributor Jesse Singal and Mike Pesca, host of The Gist podcast to discuss the Democratic Party's identity crisis. Also: Singal broke news on The Dispatch about the Trump administration's transgender policy.

The Agenda:
—The cajun rages on
—Sarah is smarter than her son
—We all know a David Hogg
—The Dems should thank Trump for the 80/20 issues
—The Trump administration and transgender health care for kids
—2026 Senate map
—Ross Douthat worries about the end of humanity

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