The Dispatch

With National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard out of the Trump administration, JD Vance has lost his most senior ally — and possibly his political cover. Vance and Gabbard shared skepticism about the Iran war, and with her gone, Peter Thiel may already be looking for his next horse. The Talented Mr. Vance has spent years reinventing himself for every room he walks into. The question now: is he running out of new identities to invent?

Unqualified Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told Congress that film and theater majors are a waste of money. Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici had some thoughts about that. So do we.
Arts education isn't job training. It's training for life. Communication. Collaboration. Leadership. Empathy. The skills that actually run the world.
Michelle has a BFA in Musical Theater from Syracuse University -- and has some choice words for McMahon.
The Daily Dispatch with Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney on The Mayday Network.

Trump is demanding ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel. Again. The President of the United States — who has called for the genocide of entire civilizations and celebrated the death of Robert Mueller — is personally demanding a television network fire a late night host for making jokes about him. Julie and Michelle are sick of this shi*t. WE ALL ARE. This is what thin-skinned authoritarianism looks like. And we're not cowering.

[RECORDED LIVE APRIL 25, 2026] 
At 8:30 PM ET, a gunman breached the security perimeter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Dana Dubois went live immediately, with friends on the ground at both scenes. Unfiltered, real-time reaction to the shooting, Trump's press conference, and the questions the White House press corps didn't ask.

[RECORDED LIVE] It's April 25th — not too hot, not too cold. The perfect day to sit down, breathe, and remember what sanity feels like. Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney are joined by their friend Dana Dubois for a light hearted Saturday morning check-in — impeccable vibes only while we try and drown out the darkness of the world for awhile. Saturday morning cartoons for grownups trying to stay sane, stay human, and stay in the fight.

Tucker Carlson went on camera to "take responsibility" for supporting Trump and enabling all the horrible things happening in America and around the world. We aren't buying it. Neither should you.
Julie spent years working alongside Tucker at Fox News — at conventions, at debates, in late-night conversations on the road. She knows exactly who he is. And she's here to explain what this so-called mea culpa is actually about: Tucker positioning himself for whatever comes after Trump, a movement that is more extreme, more America First, and more dangerous than what came before it.
Plus: the fight for the soul of MAGA, Trump eats their young, why Lenin's widow is relevant to all of this, and what Tucker told Julie about Catholics, Irish people, and Italians that should tell you everything you need to know.

A new survivor has come forward against Congressman Eric Swalwell — and the account is harrowing. Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney break down the press conference, the pattern of allegations, what it means that he's leaving Congress, and why the Me Too movement is very much not over.
The Daily Dispatch with Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney is brought to you by The Mayday Network — a women-founded, women-led independent media — built for a country in crisis.

Eric Swalwell resigns. Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney break it down in real time — the statement, the strategy, the survivors, and the question of who knew what and when.
Julie, who has been directly in contact with the primary survivor, walks through why this story came out now, why the MAGA plant narrative doesn't hold, and what the Ethics Committee would have found if he'd stayed.
The Daily Dispatch with Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney is brought to you by The Mayday Network — a women-founded, women-led independent media — built for a country in crisis.

Viktor Orbán is out — and it wasn't close. Hungary delivered a supermajority to the opposition, breaking a sixteen-year grip on power. Julie Roginsky connects the dots: Peter Thiel, JD Vance, the Rockbridge Network, Project 2025, and the line that runs from Silicon Valley through Budapest straight to Moscow. That line just snapped.
The Daily Dispatch with Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney is brought to you by The Mayday Network — a women-founded, women-led independent media — built for a country in crisis.
 

Saturday morning cartoons for grownups trying to stay sane, stay human, and stay in the fight. Plus our theory about Donald Trump. This week: it's a lot.