Alex Demas

1 week ago | thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Sarah Isgur |Alex Demas

We’re all trying to find the guy who did this … Published April 17, 2025 Jonah Goldberg is rolling like a stone through Ivy League speaking events and is holed up in New Haven to conduct an AMA with the one and only Chris Stirewalt. Topics range from marmot taxonomy, Tom Selleck’s career ethics, Maserati salesman attire, and of course, rank punditry galore. Show Notes:—Continue your education on The Gay Place—Jonah for the Los Angeles Times: “Gov.

1 week ago | thedispatch.com | Sarah Isgur |Jonah Goldberg |Alex Demas

'It's a real race to the bottom.' By and Published April 17, 2025 Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the ongoing saga of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s illegal deportation and what’s next for the man currently in a notorious El Salvadorian prison. The Agenda:—SCOTUS order: effectuate vs. facilitate—Emergency docket scorecard—Turnover at the solicitor general’s office—MAGA’s legal strategies backfiring—Tariff lawsuit in California challenges executive power—Papa Musk

1 week ago | thedispatch.com | Alex Demas |Scott Lincicome |Nick Catoggio |Abby McCloskey

A growing chorus of Democrats are calling for investigations into allegations of insider trading and market manipulation by White House officials, Republican members of Congress, and friends of the Trump administration. The allegations—which stem from the sudden rise in equity values following President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 90-day tariff pause last week—come from prominent administration critics like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep.

1 week ago | thedispatch.com | Jeremiah Johnson |James Kirchick |Kevin Williamson |Alex Demas

The first thing I said when they finished cutting out my kidney was, “Oh god, it hurts like a m*****f*****.”Don’t worry. I wasn’t the victim of a back-alley scheme to steal organs. Six years ago, I donated my kidney to a stranger on the kidney waiting list, in what’s known as an altruistic or non-directed donation. I did get some pain medication pretty quickly after my … emphatic declaration, I recovered over the next two weeks, and I’ve been perfectly healthy since.

1 week ago | thedispatch.com | Peter Gattuso |Alex Demas |Grayson Logue |Charlotte Lawson

Alex Jones, a right-wing conspiracy theorist and founder of Infowars, appeared on the Tucker Carlson Show, the former Fox News host’s video podcast, last Wednesday. The pair made misleading and outright false statements throughout their two-hour discussion on topics ranging from 9/11, the Ukrainian government, U.S. intelligence on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and nonprofit organizations formed in the aftermath of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.