Analysis. Commentary. Sedition. Your hosts: @MattWelch @mcmoynihan @Kmele

New York, NY
Just four old men at a table bullying a special needs girl. From our new members-only episode with @joshzepps.
17
14
146
34,391
If you're wondering whether Trump's corruption has enough plausible deniability, ask yourself: Are Scott Jennings' denials plausible? From our new episode with @scottjenningsky, out now.
123
135
799
321,779
The truth will not survive on its own merits. It needs to get competitive. From our new episode with @DPakman, YouTuber and author of the book Pay Attention: How the Algorithms and Media Wars Are Suppressing Truth and Rewiring Your Brain.
6
3
32
4,048
Maybe Scott Jennings just understands punditry better than we do. From our new episode with @ScottJenningsKY, out now.
54
32
321
21,990
Tyler Austin Harper left his professorship at Bates College after witnessing the rot of academia up close. From our new episode with @Tyler_A_Harper, out now.
3
12
3,230
"Worse than al-Qaeda” may struggle slightly outside the faculty lounge. From our new members-only episode with @Tyler_A_Harper, out now.
1
5
20
2,550
The Fifth Column 🖐 retweeted
Great convo w/ @Tyler_A_Harper about Hasan Piker, cosplaying socialists, tokenism, class vs. race, and why he jumped off the tenure track. wethefifth.com/p/academicall…
5
16
2,959
How to run a media organization, according to Axios and Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei. From our members-only episode with Jim VandeHei, out now.
2
2
2,559
Every failed attempt to stop Trump has become further proof that Trump cannot be stopped. From our new members-only episode with Jim VandeHei, out now.
2
3
6
2,330
The Fifth Column 🖐 retweeted
Remembering Andrew "Busty" Wimsatt, generous soul, accomplished transportation engineer, recorded musician, sci-fi nerd, all-around music freak, and the #1 fan of @wethefifth, @Gutfeldfox, @KatTimpf & so much more: wethefifth.com/p/remembering…
36
124
1,203
202,200
If this is our tariff dividend, why make it conditional? The true cheaters in American politics have revealed themselves. From our new episode.
6
16
54
4,494
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, how many people still think we had it coming?
4
8
32
3,104
The Fifth Column 🖐 retweeted
Penelope Spheeris directed the legendary The Decline of Western Civilization trilogy of rock-docs, and not everybody is happy about it. From the new Moynihan Report with Penelope Spheeris, out now.
20
30
258
36,143
The Fifth Column 🖐 retweeted
Devlin Barrett (@DevlinBarrett) has written an important book about Donald Trump's (and Stephen Miller's) radical overhaul/abuse of the Justice Department. We talked to him about it on @wethefifth: wethefifth.com/p/the-departm…
3
9
9
6,979
The Trump DOJ's violations are so egregious, it's unclear how to even punish them. From our new members-only episode with @DevlinBarrett of The New York Times, author of the new book The Department of Revenge: How Trump Took Control of American Justice.
2
14
37
8,706
America was lost and confused on this important issue until Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy let us know it was ok.
5
1
19
4,858
The data-center backlash broken down: overblown grievances, legitimate questions, and a few foreign bots. From our new episode with @jamesbmeigs, out now.
1
5
12
3,497
Popular Mechanics systematically debunked 9/11 truthers’ claims under James Meigs’ leadership. More recently, Meigs took on Tucker Carlson for reviving them. Why can’t these people learn when to give up? From our new episode with @JamesBMeigs.
4
13
48
4,426
The Fifth Column 🖐 retweeted
excellent @wethefifth discussion of @Nero's deportation and the deeper importance and issues with the bullshit rhetoric from MAGA-alt-right types.
6
8
3,756
Nothing spreads confidence in liberal democracy like administering another country’s oil through the Pentagon. From our new members-only episode, out now.
3
31
3,938