Masquerade of Morons (Episode #556)

In Which the 1% Protests the 1%, Mamdani Builds a Grocery Store, California Searches for a Governor, and Iran Has Questions

• Kmele gets glasses
• The return of Soho legs
• Matt’s movie-theater race science
• Trump sends a letter to Congress saying the war is over, Iran says, “wtf?”
• Little Marco, Fog of War correspondent
• A very leaky White House
• Strange new respect for the anti-war MAGA set
• Little Marco puts the best face on Iran
• Welch discovers gas prices
• The affordability caucus makes everything expensive
• Sarah Paulson’s dollar-bill resistance
• Ro Khanna, tax strategist
• Katie Porter, Mrs. Personality
• Gavin Newsom, game changer
• Kamala considers another national emergency
• The Palisades fire motive problem
• Mamdani’s Soviet bodega
• David French enters the reaction-video machine
• Come to DC, please clap
• Trump’s Hall of Shit-Talking
• Totalitarian language for beginners

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David French on the Supreme Court, Race, and the Miracle That Confirmed His Faith #555

New York Times Opinion columnist David French joins us to unpack two fresh Supreme Court decisions, life as a conservative in a Grey Lady world...

…and how raising a black daughter changed the way he sees America.

• David French returns to the Fifth Column
• SCOTUS drops of a few ruling
• Free speech wins 9-0 (First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Davenport)
• The Voting Rights Act gets another trim (Louisiana v. Callais)
• Racial gerrymanders vs. political gerrymanders
• Smart racists, dumb racists, and Louisiana maps
• Kmele has some questions about race-conscious law
• Preclearance, New York City, and old civil-rights math
• David Duke, Tim Scott, and Southern political memory
• Affirmative action, Harvard, and disparate impact
• Is David French still a conservative?
• Classical liberalism and the old conservative bargain
• What changed after adopting his daughter
• Matt’s foundational racism story
• The limits of legal remedies
• Why David endorsed Kamala Harris
• Brown shirts, red shirts, and horseshoe politics
• Political violence and partisan rumor mills
• The SPLC and Christian conservatives
• The Comey indictment (v2) and 86-gate
• ”Black” hair, “black” beauty, and racial identity
• Life inside the Grey Lady
• Evangelicals, Trump, and the prophecy bubble
• David’s faith, doubt, and a story of healing

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