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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.
I missed the news last week that a U.S. senator has a book coming out in October titled How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents, in which Pete Hegseth (among others) is derided as a “MAGAT.”
Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.






