Repudiation Without Repudiation

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The Dispatch · collected 2026-09-18 · by Nick Catoggio

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Nick Catoggio publishes a daily newsletter called Boiling Frogs, which offers critical analysis on topics such as populism, political polarization, and the perceived decline in traditional American conservative values. The newsletter aims to provide sharp and introspective commentary on these issues without expressing uncertainty or ambiguity. It has gained traction with ten articles referencing its narrative framework.

Written for “China Propaganda Strategy” on 2026-10-04, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.

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Nick Catoggio
19 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 It’s hard to do justice to his exchange yesterday with former special counsel Jack Smith, the man who would have prosecuted Donald Trump for multiple crimes if Americans hadn’t handed control of federal law enforcement over to the suspect.
2026-09-30 · assertive framing · Up Schmitt Creek
🔮 We might call that “Hegseth’s paradox” in honor of our defense secretary, who’s forever complaining about the low-T softness of those who serve under him when he’s not tongue-bathing the Florsheims of the man under whom he serves.
2026-09-24 · mixed framing · The Red’s Carpet
🔮 How racist can a party’s voters be if they’re willing to nominate a guy named “Vivek Ramaswamy” to be governor of Ohio?
2026-09-14 · assertive framing · To Hell With Assimilation
🔮 The last time it happened before this week was November 2021, when William Burns felt obliged to warn the Kremlin in person that we knew what it was planning for Ukraine.
2026-08-28 · assertive framing · World War 2.5
🔮 For instance, next month the president will roll out the red carpet for a nuclear-armed Asian communist dictator whose political enemies routinely end up in gulags.
2026-08-26 · assertive framing · He Went to Jared
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