FiveStack with Dean Blundell & Zev Shalev

T omorrow’s House vote will pass with over 100 Republicans expected to defy Trump. The president says he’ll sign the bill but he’s banking on the Senate to kill it. 5️⃣ The Senate Is Trump’s Last Stand The House votes tomorrow on releasing Epstein files, and it’s likely going to pass—over 100 Republicans could defy Trump. After weeks of personally calling lawmakers and summoning them to the White...

Dean is traveling and will be back on the show Monday. 5️⃣ Trump’s Desperate Morning Offensive At 9:30 AM Thursday, Trump called the Epstein document releases “another Russia, Russia, Russia scam.” An hour later, he ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, and JPMorgan Chase—notice no Republicans on that list. But this wasn’t just rage-posting. This was the pu...

5️⃣ War Crimes in the Caribbean The USS Gerald R. Ford sailed through the Straits of Gibraltar this weekend, headed for the Caribbean. Since September, Trump’s undeclared war has killed 75 people across 19 strikes using MQ-9 Reaper drones and AC-130 gunships—with zero evidence the targets were actually drug traffickers. The UN calls them extrajudicial killings. Families say they were fishermen. Tr...

The shutdown wasn’t just about food stamps and healthcare subsidies. Eight Senate Democrats just bet America’s future on a discharge petition that could detonate Trump’s presidency before his second-term agenda clears the starting gate. 5️⃣ SUPREME COURT SIGNALS TRUMP’S TARIFF GRIFT IS TOAST The Supreme Court rejected Kim Davis’s attempt to overturn same-sex marriage Monday without comment, but th...

What looked like isolated crises—canceled flights, missing jobs data, military purges—reveals itself as the thrashing of an administration that knows something devastating is coming. Dean and I traced the panic from the Pentagon to Capitol Hill, and it all leads back to one place: those unreleased Epstein files. 5️⃣ The Economic Blackout For the second consecutive month, there is no jobs report. T...

The Trump administration is forcing unprecedented 10% flight reductions at 40 of America’s busiest airports starting Friday, as the government shutdown—now the longest in U.S. history—enters its second month with air traffic controllers working without pay. But that’s just the beginning of today’s chaos. Before we dive into the top 5, we spoke with Jacob Kaarsbo, former Danish intelligence officer...

Yesterday wasn’t just an election. It was a reckoning. Democrats swept every major contest from coast to coast while Trump melted down in real time, Canadian Maple MAGA collapsed as conservatives fled to competence, and voters sent an unmistakable message: the era of choosing character over chaos has arrived. 5️⃣ SCOTUS Skeptical on Trump Tariffs The Supreme Court heard arguments on Trump’s sweepi...

5️⃣ America Delivers Trump’s Report Card Americans voted today in off-year elections that constitute a direct referendum on Trump’s catastrophic first year back in power. Virginia elected its first female governor with Abigail Spanberger crushing her opponent by double digits. New Jersey’s Mikey Sherrill—a former military helicopter pilot and lawyer raising four kids—dominated her Trump-backed opp...

Donald Trump sat down with Norah O’Donnell for what became 73 minutes of documented cognitive decline and brazen lying. And the biggest bombshell wasn’t about nuclear weapons or fake war victories—it was Trump’s flailing attempt to explain why he pardoned crypto criminal CZ from Binance. 5️⃣ The Interview Was a Cognitive Disaster Trump claimed Russia and China are actively testing nuclear weapons...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narativ.org Show Notes Summary: Federal judges ordered Trump to release emergency SNAP funds for 42 million Americans as new documents revealed the administration is simultaneously building a national police state infrastructure—doubling Park Police ranks with riot gear, ordering National Guard quick reaction forces in all 50 states...

Trump's crypto empire minted $800+ million in the first half of 2025 while Americans face soaring healthcare costs, government shutdown, and economic uncertainty. The family—including Barron as co-founder—is selling tokens in a platform that doesn't exist yet to foreign buyers with criminal investigations, generating unprecedented wealth while the Fed cuts rates blind, Obamacare premiums jump 30%,...

SHOW NOTES SUMMARY: Crypto markets crash $79B as Baron Trump allegedly profits from shorts. Trump tours Asia for rare-earth theater while Canada prepares historic condemnation of U.S. human rights abuses. The election theft machine operates in plain sight: Cyber Ninjas alum runs DHS election integrity, Cleta Mitchell trains poll watchers, SCOTUS targets voting rights, and Republicans now own the v...

5️⃣ Bezos Fires 30,000 While Trump Demolishes the East Wing He Paid For Amazon announced plans to lay off 30,000 workers in a massive push toward robotics and AI—the same quarter Jeff Bezos spent $100 million on his own wedding. This comes the same week Trump is demolishing the White House East Wing that Bezos helped fund with a $20 million donation. The timing exposes the complete lack of humanit...

Donald Trump canceled trade negotiations with Canada in an overnight Truth Social tantrum not over substance. Not over economic disagreements. Over a television commercial. Ontario Premier Doug Ford authorized a $40 million ad campaign—now increased to $75 million—featuring a 1987 Ronald Reagan speech explaining why tariffs devastate your allies. Trump saw it during his television monitoring sessi...

Virginia Giuffre’s memoir Nobody’s Girl landed this week, and it’s already sparking conversations that go far beyond the salacious Epstein headlines. On today’s FiveStack, we brought in journalist Tara Palmieri—who traveled with Giuffre for her investigative series Broken: Seeking Justice —to cut through the noise and explain why this book matters. The details Giuffre provides aren’t just about na...

Today’s FiveStack turned into something we didn’t expect—a passionate, substantive debate between two whistleblowers about how to actually stop Trump’s authoritarian takeover. But first, they agreed on the foundation: it is our sacred duty to defend against tyranny. That’s not up for debate. The Constitution demands it. History requires it. The question isn’t whether to resist—it’s how to organize...

From White House betrayals to posthumous truth bombs, here’s what matters today. 5️⃣ Trump Betrays Ukraine Behind Closed Doors In a Friday White House meeting that went exactly as predicted, Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to hand over the entire Donbas region to Russia or face destruction. Sources say Trump literally threw maps across the room, warning that “Putin will de...

5️⃣ The Putin-Trump Tunnel: When Satire Becomes Strategy A Kremlin operative is openly marketing a tunnel from Russia to Alaska with a trade corridor carved through Canadian sovereignty, and Trump finds it “interesting.” Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s point man who runs Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, has flooded social media with the proposal—even tagging Elon Musk’s Boring Company—while passing docume...

The mask isn’t slipping anymore—it’s been thrown in the trash. Florida Congresswoman Ana Paulina Luna just did something that would have ended careers a decade ago: she publicly solicited documents from the Kremlin, received them from Russia’s ambassador, thanked Moscow on Twitter, and promised to publish whatever they handed her. No CIA vetting. No intelligence community review. Just a direct pip...

The Week Democracy Pushed Back This week revealed something remarkable: the paper tigers are showing their papery construction. 5️⃣ Trump Allegedly Delayed Gaza Ceasefire For Electoral Advantage NPR reporting from 2024 suggests Trump’s circle urged Netanyahu to hold off on Biden’s ceasefire framework so Trump could claim the peacemaker title. The delay cost roughly 20,000 Palestinian lives between...

Two federal judges question presidential authority as administration stages bizarre press conference comparing American protesters to ISIS 5️⃣ Katie Porter’s Gubernatorial Campaign Faces Turbulence Two videos derailed California Congresswoman Katie Porter’s frontrunner status in the 2026 governor’s race this week. First, she berated a CBS reporter for asking about Trump voters. Then a 2021 clip sh...

“Everyone Has Dirty Hands When the Government Wants You ” James Comey walked into an Alexandria courthouse today to be arraigned on charges that barely matter. Two felony counts about whether he authorized a leak to the media about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election. The specifics are almost irrelevant. What matters is that a president publicly demanded his prosecution, fired the prosecutor...

When 800 generals and admirals refused to applaud on command at Quantico last Tuesday, they drew a red line. By this weekend, that line held—reinforced by federal judges, career prosecutors, and even Trump’s own appointees who’ve decided the Constitution matters more than loyalty to a president demanding they commit crimes in his name. 5️⃣ Supreme Court Denies Maxwell’s Appeal The Supreme Court de...

Show Notes Summary: Rep. Garcia demands Commerce Secretary testify after Epstein blackmail revelations contradict FBI Director’s sworn testimony. This week brought extrajudicial killings in international waters, discriminatory FBI firings, a weaponized government shutdown targeting Democrats, and blue wave election results showing Trump’s 2026 collapse. This is a public episode. If you'd like to d...

The emperor stood in the Oval Office Tuesday and announced his latest venture: TrumpRX, a government-branded pharmacy website promising cheaper drugs through a partnership with Pfizer. What he didn’t disclose was the trademark ownership, licensing fees, or revenue structure. Early estimates suggest the Trump family stands to collect 5-10% of sales—a potential $500 million payday at launch. The sam...