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[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

We've now seen:

-3 polls showing Trump's disapproval on inflation at 80%+
-4 polls showing at least half of *Republicans* disapprove of him on that issue
-1 poll showing even 29% of MAGA disapproves.

This is extremely rare historical territory.

https://t.co/L5IiJbBeBz

[Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79]

🧵UChicago is leading the way on AI in higher education.

1. All students will take an analog writing class.

2. Core classes in the humanities and social sciences will prohibit technology in class.

3. A new requirement in computational thinking will likely be added to the core.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

Why should my colleagues Kevin Williamson and @allahpundit have all the fun venting their dyspepsia? A G-File. https://t.co/346wE73l8S

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

This was the NYT's tweet at 6:08 am, when the news was breaking and they had no details. It's currently leading the site with more details, because... they reported and got more details.

We went through this when people were FURIOUS with headlines about how Trump was taken offstage when shots were heard in Butler... because the reporters didn't immediately say what they confirmed five minutes later.

[Scott Nover @ScottNover]

New: Trump bought taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself on CNN and MS NOW even as he fought to ban the cable news outlets from the White House.

https://t.co/Lth9HQ7mYy

[Dominic Pino @DominicJPino]

Economists: "Tariffs have concentrated benefits and dispersed costs."

Protectionists: "Look, there's a concentrated benefit! Proved you wrong!"

[Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes]

National embarrassment

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Trump: Kim Jong Un is a friend of mine. He likes Trump. Doesn't like a lot of other people.

I'm the only person in the entire world that he likes. And I like him.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Why did @seanhannity delete this?

[Mike Warren @MichaelRWarren]

And my top 10:
1. Breaking Bad
2. Bluey
3. Arrested Development (not counting the Netflix revival)
4. Better Call Saul
5. 30 Rock
6. Chappelle's Show
7. Andor
8. Slow Horses
9. The Crown
10. Nathan For You

(But I could switch in Malcolm in the Middle for NFY in the 10 slot.)

[Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes]

Here's The Dispatch Podcast on YouTube.

https://t.co/4zU9ihVl7y

And my Top 10:

1. Broadchurch
2. Unforgotten
3. The Americans
4. Better Call Saul
5. Foyle's War
6. Colin from Accounts
7. Homeland
8. Line of Duty
9. Marcella
10. Dept Q

[Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes]

NEW: Dispatch Podcast on Kansas, Trump's "public service announcements," and the NYT's list of the best TV shows of the century. And, show-note bonus: @JonahDispatch, @MichaelRWarren, Kevin D. Williamson and I share our Top 10.

https://t.co/o1I9HGzr6r

[Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes]

@asymmetricinfo No oxtail? No shortribs? Can't trust AI!

[Ryan J. Rusak @rjrusak]

An under-noticed corollary is that in Paxton’s first two statewides, Texas had straight-ticket voting. It no longer does. Paxton benefited from being a generic, replacement-level Republican. It’s different from having to affirmatively mark his name — and at the very top of the ticket, no less.

[Gregory Brew @gbrew24]

It took a little longer than expected (8 months vs. a few days) but the US has finally erected a system for moving oil out of Hormuz in the face of the Iranian blockade.

Moving average for regional flows is now (conservatively) 15-16m bpd, and still rising. https://t.co/FPvOXpYP4F

[John A. Daly @JohnDalyBooks]

"If I have a really off-the-wall crazy NatCon, who claims the election was stolen in 2020, I don't have to vote for that guy. Just leave it blank. I don't have to vote for the liberal Democrat either." —@RepDonBacon

[The Dispatch @thedispatch]

"A statesmanlike statesman ought to tailor his behavior when dealing with foreign nationals--especially foreign heads of state." | Kevin D. Williamson
https://t.co/jb7sINnD1c

[Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes]

Can you imagine looking the the current state of profligacy in Washington, DC, and the actual math of the country's finances -- and pointing to Donald Trump as a champion of fiscal restraint?

Unserious.

[Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS @RepGosar]

The gravy train is over.

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

Russia is a terror-state. Maybe the U.S. government should start treating it as such instead of kissing the backside of Putin over and over again. Put America on the side of decency, freedom, and civilization.

[SOF News Update @SOFNewsUpdate]

Iran Striking Out Against the West? Mike Nelson, a retired Army Special Forces officer and member of the Atlantic Council's Counterterrorims Project, writes about how a foiled attack on a British air base suggests Tehran is willing to strike far beyond the Middle East. "Is Iran's War Coming to the West?", The Dispatch, September 28, 2026. @mikenelson586
https://t.co/meTQzrDZBj