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Jun 4, 2023·edited Jun 4, 2023Liked by Matt Welch

When will the Kmele/Kennedy 2024 campaign be launched?

Once they’re in power, they’ll of course install their old friends as “Super Special Ambassador to All Countries with Hot Female PMs” and “Remarkable Advisor on Helping Senior Citizens Navigate the Digital World”.

A military coup by a misanthropic but dog-loving lesbian, her giant nerdy assistant, and a pack of wild furries will put a swift and brutal end to this utopia.

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Thoroughly enjoyed Michael's piece on Orwell. I hope he was joking when he said he didn't miss the writing/deadline process. He still owes us a book on junk history! X

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Good piece of writing, Moynihan. You should do it more.

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Brother Matt, Cornell West is running for president!

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So when is Kennedy guesting on the pod?

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DeSantis is not a libertarian. I listened to the Reason Interview and I totally disagree that DeSantis is libertarian. Libertarianism cannot support the state making laws to suppress the views of a private company no matter how foolish the views are.

Libertarians are for the sanctity of private property. The owners of a property can say any ridiculous thing they want. DeSantis is a statist. No way is he libertarian.

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Talking of rolling in one's grave, spare a thought for the 18th century novelist Tobias Smollett after Peter and Juicy really besmirched the Smollett name hundreds of years later.

An appreciation of the writer who wrote books such as "The Adventures of Roderick Random", "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle", "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker" and also "A Complete History Of England: From The Descent Of Julius Caesar, To The Treaty Of Aix La Chapellecan" can be found here:

https://www.thenational.scot/news/19158932.tobias-smollett-pioneering-novelist-turned-writing-hard-times/

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Gonna suggest two podcasts with former Fifth guests:

Coleman Hughes talking to Thomas Chatterton Williams for Wrongthink https://www.stitcher.com/show/wrongthink/episode/coleman-hughes-discusses-black-identity-post-george-floyd-304046313

And Ben Smith on Andrew Sullivan’s podcast (where Andrew goes full philosemite on the media and puts Moynihan to shame) https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/ben-smith-on-the-gadflies-of-new

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It feels weird that if I had to rank order the announced Presidential candidates in order of my preference I'd put [checks notes]... Cornel West at the top... that can't be right.

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Sucks that Kmele is leaving the DMV. Only fair that there is a DC-area live event before he goes.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12145405/Bud-Light-marketing-VP-disastrous-Dylan-Mulvaney-tie-talk-controversy.html?ito=social-facebook-video

"It is unclear if Heinerscheid, who was seen close to her ***$8million apartment near Central Park***is on paid leave from the company, but she joined in 2022 and vowed to freshen up its image."

Would love to see Moynihan play the boarding school-class background game on this one....

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Jun 4, 2023·edited Jun 4, 2023

Long live Kennedy. Your send off was pure class.

The leaked Tupac video is entertaining. It was hard to follow any of his thoughts. Equal parts indignant and confident, the manifesto was incoherent jibberish.

At least you would think. The crowd really seemed to get it as do the youtube commenters. These are worth reading.

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Okay, be honest - did MM or MW “lose” this week’s Member’s Only episode because Kmele housed seventeen gummies and wouldn’t shut up about aliens?

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I thought the Nom-de-guerre, Casanova Brown, came from the lyrics of Camp Lo’s “Lucchini AKA This Is It”.

-Let’s skate for what this worth as we confiscate your figures. Casanova Brown levitating jiggy in dashikis.

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So, you are saying Kennedy is more of a Ted Healy than Shemp Howard. I kid.

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What does The Fifth think of the analysis of Libertarianism in the latest issue of The New Yorker?

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