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Welcome to the Dispatch podcast. I'm Steve Hayes.

On this week's roundtable, we'll discuss the Minnesota welfare fraud scandal.

Then China, chips, and AI.

And finally, for not worth your time, would you work out in a mini gym at an airport?

I'm joined today by my dispatch colleague Jonah Goldberg, Sarah Isger, and Michael Warren.

Let's dive right in.

Morning, everybody.

I want to start today with a story that has been years in the making. It's a story about the failures of the welfare state, about the challenges of assimilation, about culture and stereotypes

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