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Calling the 2026 House & Senate Races || To the Republic... To the Pub: The Prognostipalooza Edition

Last time we promised unreasonably irresponsible midterm predictions and got sidetracked. This time we actually make the calls. Chip is back at Doc’s Inn for another rou

A Conservative Votes Blue || Matt K. Lewis on the 2026 Midterms

He almost never votes for Democrats. This year, he’s making an exception. Matt K. Lewis has spent his career on the right. He’s won a Buckley Award, he was named CPAC Bl

Trump Has Finally Lost the Plot || with Jonathan Rauch & Peter Wehner

For ten years, Pete Wehner's email subject line for every new outrage was "No bottom means no bottom." Now he and Jon Rauch think they may have found one. Jonathan Rauch

The Polls Were Right! || Carl Allen on the 2026 Midterms, from Texas to Maine

Everyone says the polls blew it. Carl Allen says they didn't, and his research shows candidates averaging 49% or higher in well-polled races have won 98% of the time sinc

Joan Blades and Jacob Hess || MoveOn's Co-Founder and a Utah Conservative Walk Into a Living Room

Joan Blades helped launch MoveOn. Jacob Hess grew up a conservative kid in Utah. Their friendship is the argument. Joan Blades, co-founder of MoveOn and Living Room Conv

Yeah, Woke 1 Was Crazy || But That Laugh Will Not Do

"Woke 1 was crazy," AOC said on national TV, and then she laughed. Corey wants to know what that laugh leaves out. This morning, Corey published a new essay on Substack

Rachel Kleinfeld and Renée DiResta || How Institutions Earn Trust in the New Media Age

Credentials used to be enough. Rachel Kleinfeld and Renée DiResta on what earns trust now. Rachel Kleinfeld of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Renée D

My Hometown (LIVE) || Reading "Whatever Happened to Freehold" and Taking Your Questions

What happens when the people who read your writing talk back? A couple weeks ago, The Dispatch published an essay Corey wrote about his hometown of Freehold, New Jersey,

Mike Madrid, Author of "The Latino Century" || Political Parties Are Zombies, the Realignment Is Real

Mike Madrid on why both parties are running on empty, and what's actually filling the vacuum. Mike Madrid, author of The Latino Century and co-founder of the Lincoln Pro

To the Republic... To the Pub || A Friendly Fight Over Trump, Vance, ICE, and Elections || With My Buddy Chip, a Tea Party Guy Since the '70s

Two megaphones, two drinks, one bar. Corey quits talking about talking and just gets to the talkin'. Second edition of "To the Republic... To the Pub." Corey sits down w

Nobody Hated Dolly || Michael Reneau on Faith, Home, and the Craft of Editing

A newspaper editor from East Tennessee on why Dolly Parton was one of the last people almost everyone agreed on, and what that says about faith, place, and the work of ed

It's Hard to Hate Somebody Up Close || Walling In, Walling Out, an essay from The Fulcrum

A friend's Facebook post asks who's afraid of the truth. Corey wonders if he's who she means. A couple weeks ago, The Fulcrum published an essay Corey wrote about an old

When "Listening to the Holy Spirit" Becomes a Trump Card || Dr. Keri Ladner on Christian Dominionism

The theology quietly staffing Trump's cabinet, and why it doesn't need to make sense to work. Dr. Keri Ladner studies the radicalization of the American religious right,

Gus Gusentine || A Navy SEAL Commander on Faith, War, and Identity

A Navy SEAL commander on identity, faith, and why we fight the wars we fight. Captain Robert "Gus" Gusentine spent nearly 30 years in the Navy, commanding SEAL Team 10 a

A Democratic Senator and a Republican Delegate on the Fights Within Their Own Supermajorities || Terms of Service with Future Caucus

Terms of Service with Future Caucus A Rhode Island Democrat and a West Virginia Republican, both serving in supermajorities, on why the toughest fights are sometimes wit

I'm Not "You Guys," I'm Your Buddy Corey || Talking TDS on the American Values Coalition Podcast

A buddy at the dive bar hit Corey with "you guys and your TDS." The label stung less than the move behind it: getting turned into a "you guys" in the first place. This o

Michelle Cottle on Getting Out of Your Bubble || National Politics, the New York Times, and Talking Across the Divide

"Nobody I know voted for George Bush." Michelle Cottle has heard that line her whole career, and it explains almost everything about the mess we're in. A New York Times c

To the Republic... To the Pub || Trump's $100K Social Play & the 2026 Senate Races || With My Buddy Brandon at a Local Dive Bar

Two megaphones, two drinks, one bar. Corey quits talking about talking and just gets to the talkin'. First edition of "To the Republic... To the Pub." Corey and his budd

Protest Is Boring. Dialogue Is the New Counterculture. || Manu Meel of Bridge USA & Liz Joyner of The Village Square

The 20 percent who love the fight own the microphone. This is a conversation about how the other 80 take it back. Manu Meel runs BridgeUSA, a student-led movement for co

Ethical. Legal. Wise. || Three Senate Races and How I'd Vote

Most people vote the policy first. Corey saves it for last. Ethical, legal, wise. Those are the three questions David French asks of any law or action, and Corey turns t