# The Cadres and the Cabal (#563)

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Podcast: [The Fifth Column](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117)
Published: 2026-06-26T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.wethefifth.com/p/the-cadres-and-the-cabal-563
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-Welch enters his Charles Nelson Reilly era -Laura Branigan, Happy Mondays, and songs you didn’t know were covers -Puerto Rico’s revenge -The cadres are closing in - Reihan Salam and Larry Flynt -DAC hits the media circuit and refuses to answer the easiest question in politics -Aber Kawas explains 9/11, in a Miss South Carolina sort of way -Vaporware word clouds masquerading as policy -No borders, no prisons, no TSA PreCheck… no joke -Nationalizing airlines, abolishing comfort, and calling it justice -Mamdani’s machine, the DSA bench, and the Democratic Party’s growing nervous breakdown -Polymarket vs. the polls -The internet is not a socialist invention, no matter how hard socialists try -Senate Republicans discover Trump skepticism several years too late -The SAVE Act tantrum and the incredible courage of people who already lost -Tucker, Trump, Iran, inflation, and the limits of MAGA obedience -Peter Thiel’s terrifying secret network of people talking at conferences -Moynihan goes to Dialog and accidentally joins the Illuminati -Kmele reports back from the alleged cabal -Bohemian Grove was cooler because at least you had to break in Prefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST. The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a listener/viewer supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Follow The Fifth Column YouTube: @wethefifth Instagram: @we.the.fifth X: @wethefifth TikTok: @wethefifth Facebook: @thefifthcolumn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe

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