The Epstein Election

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The Dispatch · collected 2026-09-29 · by Nick Catoggio

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Nick Catoggio’s daily newsletter, Boiling Frogs, comments on how former President Trump dealt with political issues during the summer of 2025 by drawing a parallel to a scene from "The Naked Gun" where Leslie Nielsen struggles with crowd control near an explosion site. The piece focuses on the current state of populism and polarization in America, along with the erosion of traditional American conservatism.
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Story summary

In the summer of 2025, President Joe Biden faced significant political challenges reminiscent of a chaotic scene from *The Naked Gun*. The comparison highlights the president's efforts to manage a turbulent situation similar to attempting crowd control near an exploding fireworks factory, emphasizing the overwhelming and potentially dangerous nature of the public reaction he was dealing with. This period underscored the growing polarization and erosion of American conservatism, making it a critical moment in recent political history.

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

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Who wrote this

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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American NORP · 1× Leslie Nielsen PERSON · 1× Nick Catoggio’s PERSON · 1×

Narrative

It’s a distant memory now, but the president spent a meaningful part of the summer of 2025 reprising the scene from The Naked Gun where Leslie Nielsen tries to do crowd control in front of an exploding fireworks factory.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-29
2026-09-29 · The Dispatch
The Epstein Election · assertive framing

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You’re reading Boiling Frogs, Nick Catoggio’s daily newsletter featuring sharp, introspective commentary on populism, polarization, and the gradual erosion of American conservatism. asserted
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It’s a distant memory now, but the president spent a meaningful part of the summer of 2025 reprising the scene from The Naked Gun where Leslie Nielsen tries to do crowd control in front of an exploding fireworks factory. asserted
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