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Crankworld and Normie Republicans | Roundtable

Crankworld and Normie Republicans | Roundtable

Update: 2025-09-052
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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, David French, and Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle to discuss the chaotic fiefdoms within the Trump administration, from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure atop the Department of Health and Human Services to Kash Patel’s leadership of the FBI.


Plus: How is The Dispatch crew thinking about artificial intelligence?


The Agenda:
Firing Dr. Susan Monarez
The GOP divide over anti-establishment figures
How we got to the point of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the CDC
The effects of AI on journalism
—The gang’s favorite TV shows


Show Notes:
Aaron MacLean for The Dispatch: Not Letting AI Master Us
Jim Pethokoukis for The Dispatch: AI: An Engine of Human Progress
Sen. Bill Cassidy’s floor speech in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.


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Crankworld and Normie Republicans | Roundtable

Crankworld and Normie Republicans | Roundtable

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