184 w/ Rep Justin Amash - "The Case for the Spoiler*"

* Happy birthday Kmele* The girls of the IDF * The lads take a wrong turn, end up in “Poundtown”* In fairness, we didn’t know he did a whole segment on this * So Mike Pence dropped out?* That’s some good polling for Bobby Jr. * When innocents die* Nat Turner’s bloody rebellion * Human shields and asymmetry* Kill ‘em all, says Rep. Brian Mast* Political pilgrims for Hamas* Sorry but nothing after 1917, Matt* And much, much more! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe

2 Nov 20231h 49min

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.comAlong with fellow comedian Ryan Long, Danny Polishchuk is one half of the very funny Boyscast podcast (a favorite of Fifth Column listeners, we are reliably told). Again alongside Ryan Long, Danny is the woke guy in the “When Wokes and Racists Actually Agree on Everything” video.” And there’s lots of great solo stuff over at his YouTube channel. Danny s…

31 Okt 202325min

* On The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All―But There Is a Solution.* The youngest Fif’ and Maher guest.* My how times have changed since 9/11.* The numbers are very, very bad. Bad numbers!* The sudden (and probably temporary) rediscovery of campus neutrality.* Yes, some post-Oct. 7 campus ruckus has been Cancel Culture.* And so, so depressing.* The (surprising!) view from Gen Z.* Millennials are the worst.* Schlott vs. Haidt.* Shut up, bigot.* The Left does it more (on campus, anyway).* We’re past peak-Woke, right? Right? This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe

27 Okt 20231h 30min

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com* An idiot…He wrote this* Condolences to a friend * What is a war crime?* History wars and war crimes* The worst congresswoman went to the worst law school * In defense of Harvard. Sort of. * Defending Panthers and the exhilaration of murderous anti-Semitism* Why no air raid shelters?* Meir Kahane Krunch* Objecting to a guest. We disagree* Karine Jean-Pierre will answer what…

25 Okt 202329min

* Hamas and the hospital* Don’t trust and try to verify* Did Israel “create” Hamas?* When there’s no negotiating partner* America’s role in the Middle East* Enter Iran…* Gauging Palestinian public opinion* A massive media failure* One-way root causes* And much more! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe

20 Okt 20231h 14min

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com* Where are you Ben and/or Jerry?* The radicalization of KF* What it means to be “anti-war”* The radicalization of the universities* Other fronts in the war * Israel, its neighbors, and its assassination program (Note: It was not Shamir who was PM during Operation Opera. It was Begin. Moynihan regrets the error)* Importing anti-Semitism to Europe* No, you can’t go to H…

16 Okt 202333min

A few weeks before the Hamas pogrom, Moynihan was reading Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict by the brilliant Israeli-American journalist and historian Oren Kessler. So he called him to talk through the current conflict, its historical antecedents, and how Hamas’s murder spree has effected his family.* RIP Tomer Shoham* The nightmare scenario* “This is good for Hamas”* The “I don’t support it, but you have to understand…” argument* The “occupation” is Tel Aviv and Haifa* Nowhere to go / hostage trading* On the media coverage* The Arab Revolt of 1936* The beginning of Arab nationalism, Jewish terrorism* Writing while angry* The Jewish Agency Fund This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe

13 Okt 202358min

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com(Editor’s note: about 20 seconds of Comrade Lake’s mic is missing at the very beginning of this recording. It fixes itself soon thereafter. Sorry about that)It’s that time of month (…ummmm….time for a rebroadcast of our Second Sunday Zoom call). As you probably already guessed, we managed just one topic of conversation this time around: the unfolding ho…

10 Okt 202323min