<p>-Matt Welch’s Caribbean identity crisis at Da Pig Beach</p><p>-The State of the Union aka a two-hour hostage note</p><p>-A greatest hits, lowest lights compilation for President Camacho</p><p>-The futility of “speeching” your way through a math-defying approval rating</p><p>-You can’t talk your way through a 38% approval rating</p><p>-Let the hockey boys drink</p><p>-Dan Crenshaw is allowed to be mad</p><p>-The RNC’s new guard of real fucking bozos and sycophantic dick-tots</p><p>-JD Vance as anti-corruption czar and populist beard for the crypto-regime</p><p>-Tariffs and The Gilded Age corruption engine, now with “ballroom fund” exclusions</p><p>-Drug prices are down 600%,….so do you owe me money?</p><p>-Moynihan screaming drug questions at his glitching phone</p><p>-Marxist Republicans and the gobbledygook of corporate housing bans</p><p>-Maybe let’s just abolish the State of the Union</p><p>-Dispatches from the Purple State: An interview with Senator Elissa Slotkin</p><p>-Stop kicking allies in the teeth to play grab-ass with dictators</p><p>-Walking out on Lindsey Graham’s Danish disdain</p><p>-AI thinks Moynihan is a neo-folk neo-Nazi</p><p>-Four years of war and Ukraine gets a one-sentence hand wave</p><p>-Anthropic vs. Hegseth: Code is speech until the Pentagon wants a frictionless kill-switch</p><p>-We tried collectivism once. Everyone starved. The end.</p><p>-Gemini identifies the mystery caller as Friedrich Nietzsche, chimney sweep</p><p>-About that BBC BAFTA N-Word Drama….</p><p>-“You’re acting like Israel” is the ultimate Park Slope breakup trump card</p><p><strong>Prefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/TMdv4AblDQY"><strong>premieres over on our YouTube channel </strong></a><strong>NOW.</strong></p><p><p>The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p><strong>Follow The Fifth Column</strong></p><p>YouTube: <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/9e5f160b-065d-42ce-92a4-edf21df804ae?j=eyJ1IjoiZTQzMWYifQ.dc-8vtNe6mnVPNyWzBj8PVjHOlHrTw5oo2hNegjrHnA">@wethefifth</a>Instagram: <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/49442cc1-448b-481d-a04c-a58e62415aa9?j=eyJ1IjoiZTQzMWYifQ.dc-8vtNe6mnVPNyWzBj8PVjHOlHrTw5oo2hNegjrHnA">@we.the.fifth</a>X: <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/e5c13b74-b540-4b93-a1ed-2ba2670462c1?j=eyJ1IjoiZTQzMWYifQ.dc-8vtNe6mnVPNyWzBj8PVjHOlHrTw5oo2hNegjrHnA">@wethefifth</a>TikTok: <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/971da500-8db0-4269-9aaf-7d7459adf93a?j=eyJ1IjoiZTQzMWYifQ.dc-8vtNe6mnVPNyWzBj8PVjHOlHrTw5oo2hNegjrHnA">@wethefifth</a>Facebook: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/@thefifthcolumn">@thefifthcolumn</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.wethefifth.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.wethefifth.com/subscribe</a>