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Nick Catoggio’s daily newsletter Boiling Frogs offers commentary on populism, polarization, and the erosion of American conservatism. The article suggests that the final phase of the midterm campaign can be seen as a test of how far traditional Reaganite conservatives will tolerate partisan actions.

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Nick Catoggio's newsletter "Boiling Frogs" published on October 14, 2026, discusses the upcoming midterm elections and argues that it is an experiment to gauge how much Reaganite conservatives will tolerate for the sake of party unity. The commentary reflects on themes of populism, polarization, and the perceived erosion of American conservatism.

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One way to understand the home stretch of the midterm campaign is as an experiment to see how much s--t Reaganite conservatives are willing to eat in the name of partisanship.

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What We Got Wrong in September

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🔮 One way to understand the home stretch of the midterm campaign is as an experiment to see how much s--t Reaganite conservatives are willing to eat in the name of partisanship.

2026-10-14 · assertive framing · Something Like Sabotage

🔮 No rule of thumb is foolproof but this one will seldom fail you: If you run across someone on social media with an image of Greek antiquity as his avatar, his politics trend fascist.

2026-10-08 · assertive framing · Greece-ing Palms

🔮 If I told you that Americans are less likely to trust mass media now than they were in 2020, would it surprise you?

2026-10-05 · assertive framing · Credibility Gap

🔮 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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