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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

It’s America’s 249th birthday, and Jonah Goldberg has something to say about Trump’s not-so-beautiful bill, his AI fatigue, the communist cosplay run amok on the left, and the rockstar lineup of The Dispatch contributors. Plus: some good, old-fashioned, Kristol-style patriotism and heady lamentations on revolutions. Show Notes:—The Wednesday G-File (not written by AI)—Jeremiah Johnson on The Remnant—The Dispatch's contributing writer roster—Irving Kristol: “The American Revolution as a Successful Revolution” The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:32.3	Greetings, dear listeners, this is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant podcast, brought you by the Dispatch and Dispatch Media. So I am back from the Aspen Ideas Festival. I am modestly well-rested. Yesterday was a very, very rough day. It is Thursday, July 3, mid-morning. So as of this recording, what is called
1:48.6	the one big beautiful bill has not actually passed, but it cleared a bunch of procedural hurdles
1:55.5	last night so that by the time you're listening to this, it will have passed, barring some really surprising thing.
2:04.6	I mean, my point is, is that for our purposes, it's passed because the procedural vote was the thing.
2:10.4	They guaranteed it.
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