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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.

All you need to know about the state of the GOP is that one of the candidates in last night’s South Carolina Senate primary runoff urged the Trump White House to declare “marshall law” during the coup plot of 2021—and that candidate was the comparatively responsible choice on the ballot.

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.