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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.
Not every Republican from Ohio is sleazy.
Take Sen. Jon Husted. He’s as normal-seeming a human as any modern right-winger can be, unremarkable in every way—save one.
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Add Us as a Preferred SourceNick 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.