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@MattWelch @mcmoynihan @Kmele pick apart the news, interrogate their guests and question just about everything #someidiotwrotethis #thisthingofours
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1) Get to your destination safely
2) Casually unpack your families belongings
3) Tell them you're stepping out to “buy some cigarettes,” and that you’ll, “totally be back in a few minutes”
4) Make a fresh start someplace tropical
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Finally!
Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
w/ (the notorious)
@coldxman
"The Case Against Reparations, Congressional Testimony, Lil Pump + the Decline of Western Civilization"
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'Hollywood' Moynihan with the definitive thread on Jill Abramson's apparently error and plagiarism-riddled book about journalistic ethics and professionalism.
So...Jill Abramson's book has finally hit bookstore shelves. A few weeks ago, reading a galley copy, I noticed an egregious error about my colleague
@adrs
. She tweeted it out, a shit storm followed, Abramson corrected the mistake.
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The Fifth Column (A Podcast):
#389
"We Need to Talk About Kevin (w/ former Rep. Justin Amash)
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The Fifth Column (A Podcast):
#394
w/ Jamie Kirchick "Hammer Time, Larry Craig 2024, TLDR SOTU"
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
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@bariweiss
"Kavanaugh, Believing Her, Abercrombie & Fitch Forever" (and something about Kanye West)
(on iTunes and everywhere else)
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Inbound.
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On the
#FifthColumn
,
@kmele
tells
@JohnHMcWhorter
the epithet he gets that he hates the most: the c-word.
#contrarian
#podcast
#RaceInAmerica
#antiracism
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Two Great Headlines:
- 'Preparing for turmoil'
- 'There is no sign of turmoil'
(Same publication. Same day. One minute apart. 🙃)
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🇻🇪
#132
- 3/3/19
🆕
#133
- 3/7/19 (TODAY)
😱
#134
w/
@AndrewYangVFA
(COMING SO SOON)
We’ve been busy. 🥵
Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
:
#133
"Cancelling Neverland (and a bunch of other stuff), They're All Socialist Now, Dual Loyalties"
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🎁🔑 ‘Tis the season for an UNLOCKED Patreon Release.
Enjoy it in good health — but don’t get used to it.
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All the political horseracing - past and present - with NBC/MSNBC politics guru
@SteveKornacki
on the new
@wethefifth
.
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Incoming! End of the month Patreon in the can, posting soon. And birthday boy Kmele is back (and still not black).......
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Rejoice 🙌🏼
Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
w/
@aaronjmate
#138
"Russia-gate Victory Laps, Visiting Venezuela (coup d'etat or naw), Super Gaye Music"
PLUS: We kinda-resolve that age old journalistic conundrum: "When is it cool to start snitchin to the Feds about your sources?"
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What kind of racist monster believes THIS watermelon shaped teething toy is an acceptable gift for a baby-person-of-color*?
We’ll mercilessly shame this animal during a courageous 🆕
@wethefifth
(and it was
@MattWelch
😞)
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🔜
Has a nice—if initially awkward—chat with Jill Abramson post-
@ReliableSources
Surprisingly, she agreed to be a guest on
@wethefifth
podcast
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
"Moynihan Taps In From Ukraine"
Kmele got a new baby!
Welch is doing -- something.
And a disheveled, bleary-eyed Moynihan checks in from Europe -- where he's been bouncing between checkpoints and bunkers in Ukraine.
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🆕(ish) Fifth!
Who's got three vapes, two High Life tallboys, one Menachem Begin T, and a bounty of cold-ass Mueller Report takes?
@EliLake
on
@wethefifth
, that's who.
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(s/o to
@brianstelter
for keepin’ it 💯)
Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
w/
@ReliableSources
host
@brianstelter
: "The Sacred Order of Journalism, Excommunicating
@SteveKingIA
, and *is
@CNN
in
#Resistance
Mode?*"
📰 🚂 🚂 🚂 🚂 🚂
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Latest
#FifthColumn
with
@538politics
Podcast host
@jodyavirgan
coming to your earholes real soon. W/
@mcmoynihan
@kmele
&
@anthonyLfisher
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Forthcoming! Members Only episode in which the lads discuss the Six Million Dollar Racist (Ha-nananananananan), second hand bananas, RIP Pee Wee, and the brilliant dysfunction of Italy. But you gotta subscribe...
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BRAND NEW FIFTH 🆕 (“Better Late Than Never” Edition) w/
@KatTimpf
@bendreyfuss
| Syria, Facebook, Abortion & Capital Punishment -
I don't wanna come off needy but I could reaaaaallly use another
@wethefifth
podcast right about now...
@kmele
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We Back!
Brand 🆕 Fifth
#107
w/
@bdomenech
Relevant. Timely. Mostly Unedited (We’ve got a lot going on).
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Download It.
A few weeks ago, I sat down with New Yorker staff writer (and fellow Mass mick)
@praddenkeefe
for a fascinating discussion of his NY Times-bestselling, Orwell Prize-winning book Say Nothing. Please listen or I'll go on hunger strike
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Another Satisfied Customer
@spikedonline
@Tom_Slater_
@wethefifth
I soon gave up trying to find whether there was anything worthwhile in the midst of this juvenile giggling drivel!
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⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
#131
"The Ballad of Jussie Smollett, Social Justice Jujitsu"
How we got it right. Why THEY ALL got it wrong. And why one fraudster probably won’t be a problem for actual hate crime victims.
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Out Now!
Last night I had a blast on
@wethefifth
talking about how there is no BBQ sauce in American Dirt DESPITE WHAT HUFFPOST AND NPR ARE TELLING YOU. Also the primaries and stuff. I drank too much whiskey and performed poorly in the basketball game I had after.
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
"Buzz Lightyear's Gay Conversion Adventure Camp"
Take Em' To Church
Okay, Groomer
How "Lion King" Made Kmele Trans
Troll Culture
Mr. Cooper's Pronouns
Elon's New Gig
BLM House Flippin'
The Purpose Driven Journalist
and more
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
with
@janecoaston
"The Argument, The Reckoning, and Unfinished Business"
Take Four
From Vox to NYT's "Rising Libertarian Star"
Coming Out
John Brown
The Black Community
Appraisal of America's Racial Reckoning
and more!
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New Patron-Only Drop Out Now.
First 2020 Release Dropping This Friday.
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Brand 🆕 ep of The Fifth Column featuring unpronounceable Scotch, Midterm analysis for people who hate the political horserace, the self-martyring of Jim Acosta, Beto's F-Bomb, dog whistles, warsplaining, and a big announcement!
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
(w/
@jessesingal
)
- American Dirt + Mexican BBQ
- Joe Biden’s Southern Strategy
- Aborted Analogies
- plus
@kmele
's SHOCKING Presidential Endorsement (no cap)
Every ep of
@wethefifth
is worth listening to (it's the only political podcast I regularly listen to, but then I'm biased since I've had every member on my show and I've been on theirs) but the newest one, Ep
#171
w/
@jessesingal
, is massively entertaining:
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🆕 Brand New Fifth: …to help you cope* w/ the TOTALLY UNEXPECTED departure of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn
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The mensch
@kmele
organized a quarantine session with
@JohnHMcWhorter
,
@GlennLoury
,
@coldxman
and me. Audio was zoom level, and we recorded 1 week before America 2020 changed again, but still so many gems from these guys:
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Fear not! A new episode is careening wildly in your direction and should explode chaotically into your phones by Thursday.
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
with
@DavidAFrench
!
"Systemic Racism, Earnest Disagreement, About Those CRT Bans"
Various Notes on the Amy Cooper Interview
The Enablers
Earnest Disagreement
The Two Illiberal Wings of Twitter
& more!
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
with
@kittypurrzog
!
"Once Upon A Time In Williamsburg, Wizard of Ozy"
Stay in Your Hood
So Many Sources
Dog Run Confidential
What Emma Knew
Katie's Nightmare
How Did You Get This Number
Cool Off
Denzel Was Drinking
and more!
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🆕🤚🏼⬇️
Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
#134
"The Universal Basic Income" w/
@AndrewYangVFA
(2020 Democratic Presidential Hopeful).
- His Proposal: $1,000/Month for Every American Age 18+
- I was more than a little skeptical
- Mr. Yang was eager to discuss
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Fireworks — LOTS of fireworks! 🎇🎇
Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
w/
@WesleyLowery
: "Moral Clarity, Objectivity and ALL THE SMOKE"
Wesley Lowery wrote a thing.
@MattWelch
had something to say about it.
You can't squash a *journalo beef* like that 280-characters at a time. A man's got to square up!
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
"The Problem with Jon Stewart, Will Smith, OJ Simpson, Sex Parties, and Madison Cawthorn"
Slappy White and the Hot Takes
Birthdays Was the Worst Days: Six Years of the Fifth
Hey Twitter World (The Ballad of OJ Simpson)
and more!
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🙌🏼
Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
#108
w/ Vox's Resident Conservative-tologist
@cjane87
[ Very Dramatic Cliffhanger Edition
#DUN_DUN_DUUUUN
]
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In this excerpt from
@megynkelly
's podcast,
@mcmoynihan
@mattwelch
and
@kmele
talk with Megyn about Dr. Fauci.
The full episode with the lads is at:
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No Fifth last week, but a fresh dispatch is uploading soon. Rumors of a bonus drop on Friday afternoon are... apparently true. (Developing)
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We keep getting requests, so we’re going to have to resolve this (👕the Fifth?)
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And if you're a patron -- we're dropping a total of five hours of content on you today.
Call in sick. ☎️
Pay your 'tithes'.
@kmele
@wethefifth
@AlexNowrasteh
Was starting out this Friday under a mountain of bullshit but a new
@wethefifth
dropping just turned it right around!
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
with
@jkirchick
"Ukraine Crisis, The Enemy of My Enemy, National Conservatism"
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
with
@sarahhepola
"Barack's Misinformation Warfare Unit b/w Teenage Blackout "
Ulysses for kidz
Stop complaining. It's a secret.
It's all over, folks. Barack solved misinformation.
and more!
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
#173
"From Cuba to Medica for All" w/
@aaronjmate
(OFC):
- Throwing up Gang Signs
- COVID-19
- Cuban History 101
- Giving China Credit
- Billionaires + 🦄
- Harvey Weinstein
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
#129
with
@spikedonline
's Brendan O'Neill - Yellow Vests, Subway Sandwiches, Free Speech in Europe, Fancy Dress Parties in England
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
with
@JMchangama
"Speech, Sheep, and a Crying Room"
Our favorite Danish intellectual returns, this time promoting his amazing new book, “Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media”
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'Certified Journalist': that should straighten things out, right? 😓
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A very special Christmas
#FifthColumn
with
@mcmoynihan
and
@TinaBrownLM
! The authenticity of
@realDonaldTrump
’s bullshit, the biz of
#journalism
, and the Vanity Fair Diaries.
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
(Dispatch #💯)
“In Defense of Red-Pill
@KanyeWest
, Perpetual Outrage, Presidential Subpoenas”
|
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📍
It’s a spectacular 🆕
@wethefifth
podcast w/
@mcmoynihan
and the prolific
@jonronson
: "Porn Stars, Psychopaths, and Cancel Culture".
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
: "
#128
- “A BOMBSHELL (if true), Punching MAGA Teens, On Venezuela"
Hey look, a new
@wethefifth
! Some prescient
@mcmoynihan
stuff on Venezuela at the end, after the journalo stuff.
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
with
@SherwoodStrauss
"The Realest Jews, God's Favorite, Ben Collins Has.. Questions (about himself)"
Does the NBA Have an Antisemitism Problem?
They control the media, our podcast, and the NBA!?
Wait, who isn’t Jewish?
and more
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Start your weekend correct. 🆕 Fifth coming in 🔥.
#Vegas
#1A
#2A
#Catalonia
#Kurdistan
#comicon
#GlassDonRickles
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
with
@larabazelon
"This Podcast is Violence”
Baaaa-zelon
Broken clock: Lara thinks Betsy DeVos had a point…
The lefty case for free speech and due process on campus
Lara’s Atlantic piece on how the ACLU lost its way
and more!
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DIG IN (BRAND 🆕
@wethefifth
)
*Promise Made, Promise Kept*
Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
#121
with
@GlennLoury
@johnhmcwhorter
@thomaschattwill
@coldxman
"On Anti-Racism (and Related Things)"
(Happy
#Thanksgiving
🎧)
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Brand 🆕 Fifth: "Cohen, Manafort, and the Inveterate Liar Defense"
@mcmoynihan
is back in the building, there’s a cereal box filled w/ razor blades, and the below video makes perfect sense once you’ve got the proper context.
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🆕 Fifth Column special dispatch with
@SarahTheHaider
- on identity, tribal affiliation, Islam, apostasy, difficult conversations, the Intellectual Dark Web, and courage.
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Brand New Fifth w/
@JessicaTarlov
“Beefin’ on Twitter, Catching the Fade from Antifa, Cooning on MSNBC, Canceling Alex Jones”
God Bless the Plug 🙏🏼🔌
Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
w/
@JessicaTarlov
“Purging Alex Jones, Antifa in Portland, Kmele at MSNBC (or 'How to be an Uncle Tom')”
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🆕 Fifth records tonight, drops on your phones like a 20,000-ton signal tomorrow.
All I know is that if I hear the phrase "sends a signal" one more time on CNN, I'm going to drop a 20,000-ton signal on my own house.
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Generation Fifth
@ThinSkinFatDude
@MattWelch
@jenniferm_q
@actualbenprice
@anthonyLfisher
@kmele
@wethefifth
@joelschafer
@RandyApa
@NancyRomm
@mcmoynihan
@jdanger89
@tparisella
@globalistgraham
@justjoshing77
@sparktherevolt
@THEDirkSilver
My 6-year old said “this show is fucking hilarious and informative. A motherfucker’d be wise to listen to this almost weekly”
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So
#brave
.
I prayed no one would ever find out about the skin bleaching. I’m so very ashamed, and I apologize to everyone I’ve hurt.
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Brand 🆕
@wethefifth
"A Year of Reckoning, Return to the Ramble, Objectivity (or Something)"
Radical Honesty
Losing the Thread
George Floyd
Amy Cooper, Christian Cooper.. & the other dog walkers?
Covering Lab Leaks & UFOs
The Death of Truth
& more
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BRAND 🆕 FIFTH
#126
:
"Trump’s Border-Fence-Shutdown, AOC, Shaun King’s Crusade, Black to School" (And we don’t really care how tall your fence is; NOBODY SAFE 🏴)
[iTunes]
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