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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.

Political statistician Nate Silver spotted a strange trend in Tuesday’s primary election results. Despite the left’s seemingly ravenous appetite for leaders who will fight fight fight the president’s autocratic schemes, Democratic candidates who fought fought fought him during his first term keep losing their races.

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.