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🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, David French, and Mike Warren to discuss President Donald Trump’s recent shift on Ukraine and how the MAGA movement might respond to it before revisiting ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. The Agenda:—Russia’s rising aggression—The situation on the Ukrainian frontline—MAGA’s response—Trump’s U.N. speech—Free speech under the Trump administration—Trump's Department of Justice—Jimmy Kimmel update—Comey indictment—NWYT: Being a dumb child Show Notes:—Reporting on the Comey indictment The Dispatch Podcast 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 access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—⁠click here⁠. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠by clicking here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Joe Manchin, former United States Senator from West Virginia.
0:03.5	I left politics because I'd had enough, enough of broken promises, runaway spending,
0:08.0	and politicians answering to their parties instead of the people they represent.
0:12.0	That's why I wrote Dead Center. In defense of common sense, it's not just a memoir, it's a manifesto,
0:17.0	a candid look at what's gone wrong in Washington, and how we get back to leadership rooted in responsibility, respect and results.
0:25.1	If you believe character still counts and common sense still matters, this book is for you.
0:30.0	Dead Center, available wherever books and audiobooks are sold.
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0:59.8	Visit ServiceNow.com slash UK slash AI for people. Welcome to the Dispatch podcast. I'm Steve Hayes.
1:20.5	On this week's roundtable, we'll discuss Russia and Ukraine.
1:23.8	Is the United States taking a new approach?
1:26.3	We'll also go deeper on free speech, the Trump administration,
1:29.3	and the president's campaign of retribution. And finally, and not worth your time, a discussion of
1:33.8	childhood and danger. You won't want to miss Jonah Goldberg's big reveal. I'm joined today by my
1:41.2	aforementioned dispatch co-founder Jonah Goldberg, as well as dispatch colleague
1:45.8	Michael Warren and David French of the New York Times. Let's dive right in. We had some pretty
1:51.5	significant changes rhetorically from the Trump administration with respect to the war in Russia
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