Pentagon propaganda in an age of cultish slop.

Everyone’s a ‘Fed’ Now

Illustration by Noah Hickey/The Dispatch (Photos via Getty Images/Wikimedia Commons).

You’re reading Boiling Frogs, Nick Catoggio’s daily newsletter featuring sharp, introspective commentary on populism, polarization, and the gradual erosion of American conservatism.

Catch me on the right day and I’ll tell you that the Republican who best epitomizes the right under Trumpism is former Rep. Trey Gowdy.

Nick Catoggio

Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.

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Pentagon propaganda in an age of cultish slop.

Everyone’s a ‘Fed’ Now

Illustration by Noah Hickey/The Dispatch (Photos via Getty Images/Wikimedia Commons).

You’re reading Boiling Frogs, Nick Catoggio’s daily newsletter featuring sharp, introspective commentary on populism, polarization, and the gradual erosion of American conservatism.

Catch me on the right day and I’ll tell you that the Republican who best epitomizes the right under Trumpism is former Rep. Trey Gowdy.

Nick Catoggio

Laughingstock America

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Everyone’s a ‘Fed’ Now

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