The Dispatch

The Daily Dispatch is The Mayday Network’s rapid response to the day’s most urgent stories — where we cut through the noise and call it what it is. Hosted by Michelle Kinney and Julie Roginsky, and featuring members of the Mayday family, it’s sharp, unfiltered analysis for a country in crisis.

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  Episode #60

  JD Vance: From 'America's Hitler' and Helping Hillary to Trump's VP - Next, Trump Will Destroy Him

  Sep 18, 20261h 6mS1

  JD Vance, Peter Thiel, and the Hillary Clinton backchannel nobody knew about — breaking down Chris Whipple's bombshell Vanity Fair piece "God and Vance at Yale." Michelle Kinney digs into the new reporting on JD Vance's Yale Law years, his relationship with mentor Amy Chua, how his wife Usha outshone him academically at every turn, the shocking revelation that Vance privately tried to help Hillary Clinton beat Trump in 2016, and how Peter Thiel engineered Vance's entire political rise. Plus: why Trump may not let Vance survive to 2028. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Intro, welcome back from Breaking the News 00:43 – Topic intro: JD Vance 01:26 – Whipple's "God and Vance at Yale" (Vanity Fair) introduced 02:56 – Michelle's take: "very cynical about JD Vance" 03:27 – Why Yale sources were afraid to speak on record 04:20 – Amy Chua closeness (WHCD text story) 04:58 – Chua background (Tiger Mom, Yale mentor, immigrant parallel) 06:57 – "Empty shell" / Talented Mr. Ripley comparison 07:25 – "Craven opportunist? Yes" verdict; Chua "full of shit" 08:07 – Usha introduced, compared to Hillary Clinton 08:26 – Julie joins 09:52 – "Chilly fish" quote 10:15 – "Doesn't believe in anything" / Marine Corps PR background 10:42 – Peter Thiel enters the story 12:32 – "Daddy" / Thiel as the seminal figure in his life 17:25 – Hillary Clinton backchannel story setup 18:06 – "I hate Hillary, but I hate Trump more" quote 19:03 – Prediction: Trump will destroy him before he can be nominee 19:21 – Trump 2028 gift-shop hat anecdote 20:33 – Deep dive: Silicon Valley–DC–Hungary–Kremlin network 21:00 – Peter Thiel background (PayPal, 2016 RNC, "Antichrist") 23:12 – Rockbridge Network and Chris Buskirk introduced 27:01 – Buskirk's backstory (debt, dry cleaner lawsuits) 31:10 – 2019 Rockbridge summit attendees 32:09 – Catholic conversion / Opus Dei ties 33:10 – Ad clip #1: "JD Vance thinks you are stupid" (opioid/Purdue Pharma ad) 34:10 – Reflection on that ad, four years later 36:57 – "Empty shell" theme revisited — attaching to powerful people 38:07 – Usha's liberal family background; Vance's Yale friendship with a trans woman 39:57 – Setup for the grandparents'/domestic violence controversy 42:47 – Ad clip #2: "Abuser" ad (domestic violence comments) 44:07 – Susie Wiles quote: Vance's conversion "purely political" vs. Rubio's 49:56 – Ad clip #3: "Give us another chance" 55:56 – Wrap-up 56:44 – Sign-off begins (Big Internet Upgrades for Mayday, NY1, Curb Your Enthusiasm) Follow The Mayday Network for more commentary, analysis, and rapid response — new content every day. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/the-mayday-network/id6754000270 Spotify: search "The Mayday Network" Substack: https://substack.com/@themaydaynetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheMaydayNetwork Threads: https://www.threads.net/@TheMaydayNetwork Website: https://www.themaydaynetwork.com

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  Episode #59

  "I Called It Months Ago": Trump's Kennedy Center Rampage, Plans to Demolish the Entire Building

  Sep 17, 202657 minS1

  Michelle Kinney breaks down the Kennedy Center fiasco solo: the AI-generated mockup of the building reading "DEMOLISH" that a photographer caught Trump studying through the window of Air Force One, Rep. Joyce Beatty's blistering MSNBC and CNN interviews describing how Trump "threw a tantrum" and berated her on a call before the board voted to shut the building down, and the sworn declaration from a legal observer who watched a forklift repeatedly ram the Kennedy Center's pillars the very next day. She walks through the full history — the bipartisan 1958 founding, the boycott wave, the renaming fight, and DOJ's threat to demolish the building outright — and makes the case that this was never about a building: it's about a man who's spent his entire life taking what he can't earn and leaving the wreckage behind when it won't give itself to him willingly. Follow The Mayday Network for more commentary, analysis, and rapid response — new content every day. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/the-mayday-network/id6754000270 Spotify: search "The Mayday Network" Substack: https://substack.com/@themaydaynetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheMaydayNetwork Threads: https://www.threads.net/@TheMaydayNetwork Website: https://www.themaydaynetwork.com Chapters: 00:00 – Cold open 01:20 – The Kennedy Center takeover, explained 04:04 – "It's a dump" — Trump's ultimatum 06:07 – Founding history: the 1958 bipartisan idea 10:07 – Nine presidents, no drama — until now 12:56 – The boycott wave: artists who walked away 17:56 – The renaming fight and the June court order 18:47 – DOJ's demolition threat 20:44 – The AI mockup photo on Air Force One 22:07 – Joyce Beatty on MSNBC: "I told him I knew he was incompetent" 30:07 – Joyce Beatty on CNN: Trump's tantrum, explained 34:07 – Analyzing the staged "falling ceiling" photo 37:44 – The sworn affidavit: the forklift and the pillars 41:07 – Comparing this to the East Wing demolition 43:11 – Why the arts world never accepted him 50:07 – Vance, DeSantis, and Trump's pattern of destroying his own 53:07 – Closing thoughts #KennedyCenter #JoyceBeatty #DonaldTrump #ArtsAndCulture #washington

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  Episode #57

  Watchdog Report on Alligator Alcatraz: The Cages, the Cover-Up, and What's Happening Near You

  Sep 15, 20261h 5mS1

  Recorded live Tuesday September 15, 2026 -- Michelle Kinney and Julie Roginsky dig deeper into the DHS inspector general's report on Alligator Alcatraz — the metal cages, the "calming areas" cover story, and how DeSantis and the Trump administration are each trying to pass the blame. They trace the facility's origins back to Trump's Alcatraz obsession, break down the Ron DeSantis/Hope Florida corruption scandal tied to the same key players, and widen the lens to what's happening far closer to home: an ICE beating of a U.S. citizen teenager on his way to enlist in the Marines, white-supremacist flyers posted across Brooklyn, and NYC's new lawsuit against the Trump administration's immigration public charge rule. Follow The Mayday Network for more commentary, analysis, and rapid response — new content every day. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/the-mayday-network/id6754000270 Substack: https://substack.com/@themaydaynetwork X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaydayNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheMaydayNetwork Threads: https://www.threads.net/@TheMaydayNetwork Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/themaydaynetwork.com Website: https://www.themaydaynetwork.com

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  Episode #56

  Supreme Court strikes down Trump's USPS mail-in voting rule -- Plus the Bigger Fight Ahead

  Sep 15, 202642 minS1

  Recorded live Monday September 14, 2026 -- Michelle Kinney breaks down tonight's 7-2 Supreme Court decision rejecting the Trump administration's mail-in voting restrictions ahead of the midterms, plus why it's not time to celebrate too hard: a new DHS whistleblower report alleging officers were directed to break state laws in an unlawful "voter fraud" hunt, Judge Michael Luttig's warning about what January 3rd could bring, and Mike Johnson's own words about what happens if Democrats take the House. Follow The Mayday Network for more commentary, analysis, and rapid response — new content every day. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/the-mayday-network/id6754000270 Substack: https://substack.com/@themaydaynetwork X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaydayNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheMaydayNetwork Threads: https://www.threads.net/@TheMaydayNetwork Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/themaydaynetwork.com Website: https://www.themaydaynetwork.com

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  Episode #55

  Donald Trump's Vile September 11 Lies and Stolen Valor w/ Lt. Col. Jaclyn Urso (Ret.)

  Sep 11, 20261h 21mS1

  Twenty-five years later, and Donald Trump is still lying about September 11th. This week, standing in front of actual 9/11 first responders, Trump claimed firefighters had to drag him out from under a collapsing building — and that he "worked long and hard" at Ground Zero. Neither happened. There's no evidence, no witnesses, no records — just another new version of a story he's been changing for over two decades. Michelle Kinney and Mayday Military Analyst Lt. Col. Jaclyn Urso (Ret.) will go through the receipts. Michelle has called New York City home for 22 of the last 25 years, lived downtown during the 00s, and watched this city carry that day ever since. Lt. Col. Urso (Ret.) joined the Marine Corps because of the events of September 11. Follow The Mayday Network for more reporting, analysis, and rapid response — new content every day. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/the-mayday-network/id6754000270 Substack: https://substack.com/@themaydaynetwork X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaydayNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheMaydayNetwork Threads: https://www.threads.net/@TheMaydayNetwork Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/themaydaynetwork.com Website: https://www.themaydaynetwork.com

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