Scott Lincicome

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 | Jonah Goldberg |Scott Lincicome |Charlotte Lawson |Grayson Logue

Hey, Let’s assume you’re a decent, fairly normal, relatively reasonable, pro-Trump conservative or right-winger.  Cue record scratch. I know I’ve lost some of you already. Some folks think, given how his term has unfolded thus far, that to still support Donald Trump makes you a bad person. Well, I think plenty of bad people support Trump, but I don’t think supporting Trump automatically makes you a bad person. It can also just mean you’re wrong. So, let’s press on.

1 week ago | thedispatch.com | Scott Lincicome |Joel Tannenbaum |Kevin Williamson |Charles Hilu

Recent tariff-related turmoil in the U.S. stock market has motivated several Trump administration officials and many of their online allies to shrug it off as unrepresentative of the “real” U.S. economy. Many have argued, in fact, that the scary sell-off of U.S. stocks, bonds, and dollars—one that abated only after Trump pulled back from the tariff abyss last week—was not just meaningless “digital ones and zeroes” but actually good because “Wall Street” losses meant “Main Street” gains.

1 week ago | thedispatch.com | Joel Tannenbaum |Steve Larkin |Michael Warren |Scott Lincicome

The Soybean Triangle  is not a geographic destination like the Bermuda Triangle. It’s more like a love triangle: a complex and contentious relationship involving three parties, where two would be more socially appropriate. The term was coined in 2024 by economists from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois to describe the ongoing competition between American and Brazilian farmers to sell soybeans in China.

2 weeks ago | thedispatch.com | Sarah Isgur |Scott Lincicome

‘Get your hands off my war.’ By and Published April 10, 2025  • Updated April 9, 2025 Sarah Isgur and David French examine detainees’ rights and habeas corpus before reacting to the Season 3 finale of White Lotus. The Agenda:—Gitmo: Hamdi and Rasul—Legal status of El Salvador detainees—Courts and human rights—The Associated Press’ fight for free speech—White Lotus and evolutionary psychology—Friend groups should have even numbers