302 - "Making Arrangements, Ghost Guns, Pulli...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Damon Root’s book Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court * Basic civics, reintroduced* Root’s mood in five words* What becomes of this useless Congress?* Why not 9–0? Root on ...  Show more

-The dork Star Wars cantina of famous biographers-Jefferson’s hypocrisy and the impossibility of paragon standards-Lincoln was not an abolitionist-The Howard Zinnification of American history-Ambiguity as the ideological propagandist’s mortal enemy-The true (New Testament) saint ...  Show more

 Oct 6, 2020

The DOW takes a dive as Trump tweets that he won’t consider a COVID relief bill until after the election, the vice presidential debate is tonight but there seems to be some disagreement on the format, General Milley and other members of the Joint Chiefs are ...

As a gesture of goodwill, we interrupt the election doom/analysis-vomit to bring you a calm, collected, and pre-recorded conversation with political scientist Wilfred Reilly. The threesome cover Wilfred’s unique upbringing and current thoughts on race, academia, and the dating/ma ...  Show more

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025

Today, Pete Hegseth participated in another Signal chat from his private phone and sent war plans to his wife and brother; the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that a transgender teen can’t change their name until they turn 21; someone allegedly ...

Would you be willing to be arrested for something if you didn’t know what it was? Would you vote against it? Would you stake your party’s chances in the 2022 midterms on it? This week in Loudoun County, Virginia, a furious man was arrested for trespassing following a raucous scho ...  Show more