According to polling from Gallup, Americans are as happy as they’ve almost ever been. Yet their feelings toward the country as a whole are near an all-time low. Why is that? Sarah, Steve, David, and Declan discuss that and more. Plus, in San Francisco, the left seemed to do some self-correcting after a successful recall of a number of school board members. And finally, as Steve promised members on this week’s Dispatch Live, a continued conversation about Rep. Liz Cheney.

Show Notes:

-Gallup satisfaction numbers

-San Francisco recall election results

-What pundits don’t understand about the San Francisco recall | Mother Jones

-David on the San Fran recall in The Atlantic

-Squad politics backfire | Axios

-San Francisco Mayor on The New York Times podcast “Sway”

-Local BLM chapter posts bail for man charged with attempted murder of mayoral candidate

-Dispatch Live (for members only)

-Republican or not | SNL

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