FiveStack with Dean Blundell & Zev Shalev

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 same week he’s stripping Medicaid and Medicare from millions of Americans, Trump inserted himself as the middleman between desperate patients and Big Pharma. He’s not lowering drug prices. He’s taxing survival.5️⃣ HEGSETH’S LOYALTY PURGEDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is implementing mandatory polygraph testing and nondisclosure agreements for over 5,000 Pentagon personnel—from four-star generals to administrative assistants. The move follows Tuesday’s catastrophic meeting at Quantico where 800 of America’s most decorated military leaders sat in stony silence while Trump and Hegseth attempted what one officer called “a soft military coup by a draft dodger and a drunk.” Anonymous feedback from attendees ranged from “could have been an email” to “stolen valor” to “what a f*****g embarrassment.” National security lawyers note that federal law already criminalizes unauthorized classified disclosures, making the new polygraph regime transparently about silencing dissent rather than catching spies. Hegseth—who has conducted only six press briefings since January and kicked news organizations out of Pentagon offices—understands that yesterday’s televised failure exposed Trump’s complete lack of military support. The NDAs and polygraphs are damage control for a regime that just showed the world its emperor has no clothes.4️⃣ SUPREME COURT SLOWS TRUMP’S FED TAKEOVERThe Supreme Court temporarily blocked Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, announcing it will hear the case in January while allowing her to remain in position. Trump accused Cook of mortgage fraud without filing criminal charges, and documents obtained by the Washington Post contradict his claims. The temporary ruling required at least five justices to vote against immediate removal—a rare setback for Trump at the Supreme Court level. His real goal has nothing to do with mortgage fraud and everything to do with controlling interest rates for political gain. If Trump secures a Fed board majority by February, he could replace all 12 regional Fed bank presidents who help set monetary policy. Congress designed Fed independence specifically to prevent presidents from manipulating rates to juice the economy before elections. Cook’s refusal to comply represents the kind of institutional resistance that’s beginning to define Trump’s failures.3️⃣ CANADA’S GUN REALITY VS. TIM POOL’S FICTIONRussian-backed propagandist Tim Pool spent the weekend amplifying lies that Canada is confiscating all firearms by 2026. The reality: Canada launched a compensation program for specific assault-style weapons already prohibited years ago, with an amnesty period ending October 2026. Licensed gun owners keep their lawful firearms under existing regulations. The disinformation originated from James Morrison—a convicted felon running the @WallStreetMav account—who falsely claims to be a former Wall Street trader. The numbers tell the real story: America averages 132 gun deaths daily with over 650 mass shootings in 2023 alone. Canada experienced dozens of mass shootings across the entire decade. Gun ownership in Canada is a regulated privilege, not a constitutional right, and the majority of illegal guns used in Canadian crimes flow north from the United States. Pool’s audience confusion about Canadian policy isn’t accidental—it’s manufactured panic designed to weaponize American gun culture against sensible regulation.2️⃣ SHUTDOWN AS WEAPONThe government shut down at 12:01 AM Wednesday, but this closure operates under different rules. White House Budget Director Russell Vought—Project 2025’s architect—ordered agencies to consider mass firings rather than furloughs. Trump said the quiet part loud: “We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them, like cutting vast numbers of people out.” The administration is also withholding $18 billion from New York transportation projects in apparent retaliation against Chuck Schumer. Federal workers showed up Wednesday morning unsure whether they were furloughed, fired, or working without pay. Meanwhile, oversight investigations into Tom Holman’s bribery allegations and the Epstein files discharge petition have ground to a halt. The shutdown isn’t a budget stalemate—it’s Trump wielding government closure as a weapon to permanently reshape federal power while eliminating accountability.1️⃣ PHARMA GRADE PRESIDENTIAL GRIFTTrump and Pfizer launched TrumpRX—a government website offering discounted drugs with the presidential brand, complete with a tariff waiver for the pharmaceutical partner. The White House refuses to disclose who owns the trademark, whether the Trump family receives licensing fees or revenue shares, or any financial details of the arrangement. Online rumors suggest the Trump family could receive 5-10% of sales—potentially $500 million at launch. He’s not making drugs cheaper. He’s inserting himself between dying patients and Big Pharma to wet his beak. No independent audit, no competitive bidding for website vendors, no ethics review—just trust us from an administration already clearing billions. The man who’s cutting Medicaid and Medicare for millions just launched a .gov website to profit from the desperation he created. If that’s not self-enrichment dressed in a flag, nothing is.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.Thank you Ellie Leonard, Robin Payes, Story Carrier, Cat, Cathy R. Payne, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

The meeting at Quantico wasn’t esprit de corps. It was a loyalty test with surveillance and termination as the enforcement mechanism. President Trump stood before 800 generals and admirals and outlined a domestic deployment doctrine—then made clear what happens to those who won’t comply.The Blur“Military National Guard, but military,” Trump said twice. That linguistic collapse is strategic. National Guard operates under governors and can do domestic law enforcement. Active-duty military cannot—Posse Comitatus prohibits it unless the Insurrection Act is invoked. By erasing that distinction, Trump normalizes the idea of “military” in American cities while obscuring which forces, under whose legal authority, doing what.Chicago got named specifically. Crime statistics as justification. The Illinois governor identified as opposition. “Training grounds” as the entry mechanism. Not deployment yet—normalization. Once forces are there for “training,” the operational line gets thinner.The DoctrineTrump claimed he signed an executive order creating a Quick Reaction Force for “civil disturbances.” That’s organizational infrastructure. Not deployment orders yet, but capability ready for deployment. “The enemy from within,” he called it. Civilians who “don’t wear uniforms” redefined as enemy combatants.New rules of engagement floated as applause line: “They spit, we hit.” Retaliation, not restraint. Testing acceptance. The room clapped. For federal officers under attack: “Get out of that car and you can do whatever the hell you want to do.” License for force beyond policy constraints, delivered as guidance in front of the chain of command.The Threat“We have great leadership—Pete and General Kaine, all the people that have been lifted up in rank. We got many of them outta here too. I’ll be honest with you. We got many of you outta here ‘cause we weren’t satisfied. We know everything about everybody.”Surveillance. Purge. The message to 800 generals: accept this mission shift or join those already fired. Secretary Hegseth reinforced it—ten new directives on grooming, fitness, promotions. Tighten culture, purge resistance, accept the shift home.The room responded with silence. Network cameras caught generals with hands over faces. One text from inside: “Worst lunch and learn ever.” Another: “Shame, embarrassment, disaster.”The Shutdown FactorTiming matters. Government shuts down tonight. Congress goes dark. Trump told reporters he can do “irreversible things” during shutdown—fire people, shut down projects. No oversight. No appropriations constraints. The architecture for domestic deployment gets built in training schedules, QRF taskings, doctrinal rewrites while Congress is absent.Senate Majority Leader said there will be “no conversation with Democrats during the shutdown.” Complete darkness while the preparatory work happens.Holding The LineMilitary officers swear oath to the Constitution, not the president. Posse Comitatus is law. Congress controls force structure and deployment. Everything Trump outlined at Quantico crosses those lines. The question is whether the brass will normalize the doctrinal shift that makes unlawful orders executable—or refuse before written orders arrive.Lev Parnas, who called this scenario last week, put it plainly: “To become a full dictator, you need the military. Without the military, you can’t do it.” The generals in that room are now the last institutional defense. If they build this capability—the training programs, the QRF, the domestic mission architecture—by the time deployment orders come, refusal becomes exponentially harder.What happens in the next 72 hours matters. Personnel moves. Taskings related to civil disturbance operations. Legal guidance memos—or their absence. Statements from service chiefs. Because we’re watching the architecture of military dictatorship being constructed in real time. And the window to stop it is narrow.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.Thank you Robin Payes, Nancy McAllister, Eileen Maddocks, P. J. Schuster, Linda Weide, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

5️⃣ Gaza’s Board of Peace: Trump as Chairman Trump and Netanyahu emerged from their Oval Office meeting announcing a 21-point ceasefire proposal that demands Hamas release all hostages within 48 hours while Israel halts operations. The framework offers amnesty to Hamas fighters who disarm and bars Israeli strikes on Qatar - but here’s the real story: Trump declared himself chairman of the “Board of Peace,” with Tony Blair as deputy. Netanyahu apologized to Qatar’s prime minister for bombing Doha, not from remorse but because Qatar threatened to take away Trump’s jet. This isn’t diplomacy - it’s two underwater fascists performing cleanup on aisle four, desperately trying to salvage their cratering approval ratings while deciding Gaza’s fate without a single Palestinian voice at the table.4️⃣ Michigan Church Massacre: When MAGA Eats Its Own Thomas Sanford, a 40-year-old ex-Marine with Trump signage at his home, drove his truck into a Latter-day Saints church, opened fire, then torched the building - four dead, eight wounded. Within hours, Trump declared it an attack on Christians by the “radical left,” despite Sanford’s friends describing him as a “proud Trump supporter” who “hated Mormons.” The irony cuts deep: evangelicals consider Mormons a cult, not Christians, but Trump needs every tragedy to feed his persecution narrative. Sanford fits the exact profile - military veteran, PTSD, buried in medical bills, radicalized online by the same MAGA echo chamber now spinning his violence as leftist terrorism.3️⃣ Mike Johnson’s Wednesday Deadline An anonymous man posted viral videos threatening to release what he claims is Speaker Mike Johnson’s Grindr profile - complete with IP data and selfies - unless Johnson swears in Democrat Adelita Grijalva by Wednesday, triggering the 218th signature needed to force release of the Epstein files. Johnson, who called same-sex marriage “a dark harbinger of chaos” while doing “extensive studies of homosexual relationships” in college, runs Covenant Eyes porn-monitoring software with his teenage son. His wife claims expertise in “converting gay men to straight men.” The blackmailer seems confident; Johnson’s office is silent; MAGA Twitter is melting down over their anti-LGBTQ crusader potentially living a double life.2️⃣ Quantico’s Loyalty Test Becomes Tea Party Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to assemble at Quantico tomorrow for what was supposed to be a “warrior ethos” briefing - code for “pledge loyalty or get purged.” But the military pushed back hard, forcing Trump to pivot from confrontation to conciliation. Now he’ll address them about being “strong, tough, and compassionate” i. The brass made clear they won’t be co-opted into Trump’s domestic deployment fantasies. Hegseth is on an island, thrown under the bus by Trump and despised by the military he’s supposed to lead.1️⃣ Perfect Storm: Mass Exodus Meets Shutdown The government faces midnight shutdown tomorrow as over 100,000 federal employees execute their deferred “Fork in the Road” resignations - the largest workforce exodus in history colliding with funding expiration. Republicans control the White House, House, and Senate, yet Trump blames Democrats for wanting “Guatemalan sex changes” when they’re actually just trying to protect Americans’ healthcare. The collision isn’t coincidence but orchestration: mass departures plus shutdown equals power vacuums that political appointees will eagerly fill. Trump gets unfettered control with zero oversight while claiming victimhood - the ultimate authoritarian wet dream.The Pattern Every story connects: domestic military deployment, evangelical hypocrisy weaponized through blackmail, MAGA violence blamed on the left, fascist leaders scrambling for redemption through fake peace. Tomorrow brings the convergence - shutdown deadline, Quantico assembly, resignation tsunami, and Johnson’s Grindr deadline Wednesday. This isn’t governance; it’s calculated demolition of democratic institutions under cover of manufactured chaos.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.SuThank you Ellie Leonard, Nick Paro, Debbie Hupp, Story Carrier, Cat, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

5️⃣ COMEY’S SHOW TRIALJames Comey was indicted on two counts of lying to Congress about 2020 testimony - charges based on statements he never actually made. The indictment, filed by an insurance lawyer who was Miss Colorado, claims Comey said things about not authorizing FBI leaks that don’t appear in any transcript. Trump celebrated on Truth Social but couldn’t explain what the lie was, while attacking the Biden-appointed judge - laying groundwork for his inevitable loss. This isn’t about conviction; it’s about creating doubt, warming Americans to the idea that maybe Trump’s prosecutors were the real criminals. As Dean noted: “He’s using the Department of Justice to go after his enemies in a way that you would order a pizza from a pizzeria.”4️⃣ THE TARIFF SHELF ILLUSIONTrump claims his tariffs brought in $29.5 billion in August, projecting $400-500 billion annually - money he says sits on “the tariff shelf.” Yet with a $1.7 trillion deficit and looming government shutdown, this windfall vanishes when Americans need healthcare. The math doesn’t work: even if true, you’d need those numbers for 20 years to dent the deficit. Either the money doesn’t exist, or Trump’s hoarding half a billion dollars while people suffer. As Dean put it: “He sells Bibles to poor people in trailers that can’t afford food. He is not above stealing this $500 billion.”3️⃣ NETANYAHU’S EMPTY THEATERBenjamin Netanyahu addressed rows of empty UN seats as diplomats walked out en masse, leaving him declaring Israel will “finish the job” to about ten people. The Israeli PM, wanted for war crimes in 112 countries, ordered loudspeakers around Gaza and hijacked phones to broadcast his speech - dystopian desperation masquerading as strength. Only Trump stands with him now, two leaders clinging to power through legal immunity, funded by the same Adelson money, representing not their people but the mob syndicates that manufactured them.2️⃣ HEGSETH’S LOYALTY PURGEDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth - a Fox News drunk turned Pentagon chief - ordered 800 generals to abandon global posts and report to Quantico Tuesday for a “warrior ethos” speech. Sources say it’s about “getting the horses into the stable and whipping them into shape” - get on board or have your career shortened. When a retired general compared this to Hitler’s 1935 loyalty oath assembly, Hegseth tweeted: “Cool story, General.” Malcolm Nance called it the dumbest thing he’s ever heard: concentrating America’s entire military command in one location while adversaries monitor our empty guard towers, creating what he termed a “kill box” for American leadership.1️⃣ EPSTEIN’S BILLIONAIRE BLACK BOOKHouse Democrats dropped 8,544 Epstein documents revealing a December 2014 entry: “Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)” The question mark tells everything - even Epstein’s staff wondered if the world’s richest man would visit a convicted pedophile’s private island. Peter Thiel had lunch scheduled in 2017, Steve Bannon breakfast in February 2019 - months before Epstein’s death. The documents show Tesla funding requests through Epstein, contact information carefully logged, cultivation of power that Musk now denies while attacking Trump over the very files that expose him. Zev describes meeting Peter Thiel at a Fire Island party.The thread connecting today’s stories isn’t subtle. From revenge prosecutions to phantom tariffs, from empty UN halls to military purges, from Epstein’s calendar to Netanyahu’s isolation - we’re watching the machinery of accountability being dismantled by men who need power to avoid prosecution. They’re not building democracy; they’re building immunity. And the only question left is whether America’s generals will swear that oath on Tuesday.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.Thank you Nick Paro, Northern Variables, Cat, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, Leah Anderson, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

Thomas Massie has 218 signatures. Mike Johnson has a government shutdown. Donald Trump has an explosive problem - of course he’d shut down the government to save himself. This is the FiveStack.BREAKING NEWS: ICE SHOOTING The FBI just briefed the nation on the Dallas ICE facility shooting, claiming anti-ICE messages on munitions prove targeted violence against federal agents. But Ken Klippenstein’s reporting tells a different story: Joshua Yahr never voted, never mentioned ICE to friends, and was kicked out of Groyper groups for being too unhinged even for 4chan. The ambiguity is the point—Trump’s regime needs every shooting to be about evil leftists attacking law enforcement, not radicalized young men from their own extremist ecosystem.Now watch how this manufactured crisis provides cover for what’s really happening in Washington this week.5️⃣ HEGSETH’S MILITARY MYSTERYDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned all 800 U.S. generals and admirals to an unprecedented emergency meeting at Quantico next week with zero explanation, pulling commanders from active conflict zones. Pentagon sources speculate everything from mass firings to loyalty oaths, with one source half-jokingly calling it preparation for a “coup d’état.” The timing aligns perfectly with the government shutdown—creating a power vacuum in hotspots worldwide while potentially purging military leadership that won’t pledge loyalty to Trump over Constitution.4️⃣ SARKOZY’S REALITY CHECKFormer French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to finance his 2007 campaign with Muammar Gaddafi’s money—and unlike Trump’s convictions, he’s actually going to jail regardless of appeal. The Paris court found evidence of a “Faustian corruption pact” for campaign funds in exchange for economic deals and diplomatic recognition. While America lets a 34-time convicted felon run the country from the White House, France demonstrates what happens in functioning democracies when presidents commit crimes.3️⃣ THE SOROS TERROR FRAME-UPDeputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office directed prosecutors in six major U.S. attorney’s offices to draft criminal investigation plans against George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, suggesting charges ranging from arson to material support for terrorism. The directive cites a conservative watchdog report claiming the foundation “poured over $80 million into groups tied to terrorism.” This marks the first time the Justice Department has openly followed presidential orders to investigate specific political opponents. Trump called Soros “a bad guy who should be put in jail” after the Charlie Kirk assassination—now he’s manufacturing the evidence.2️⃣ COMEY IN THE CROSSHAIRSFederal prosecutors presented their case against James Comey to a Virginia grand jury today, marking the first time in American history an FBI director faces criminal charges for congressional testimony—despite career prosecutors warning there’s insufficient evidence. Trump installed his own White House aide with zero prosecutorial experience as interim U.S. attorney after the previous one refused to prosecute. The president who admitted on TV he fired Comey over “this Russia thing” now seeks to prosecute him for testifying about it. Trump’s weekend Truth Social post demanding Attorney General Pam Bondi move faster—accidentally posted publicly instead of as an email—provides all the evidence of political persecution any defense would need.1️⃣ THE EPSTEIN ENDGAMERep. Thomas Massie confirmed the magic number: 218 signatures to force a House vote on releasing all federal Jeffrey Epstein files. Arizona’s Adelita Grijalva provides the decisive signature when she’s sworn in next week—unless Speaker Johnson uses the government shutdown to kill the discharge petition process entirely. Trump has escalated from calling the investigation “irrelevant” to labeling it a “hoax” while threatening to primary the three Republican women who dared to sign. Massie stated bluntly: “They’re trying to use a government shutdown to kill this vote—it’s that simple.” The shutdown deadline perfectly aligns with when the petition would force action, while the DOJ releases heavily redacted documents to create the illusion of transparency.The blueprint is clear: manufacture a leftist terror threat from a Groyper shooting, purge the military, prosecute political enemies, frame philanthropists as terrorists, and shut down the government—all to stop those Epstein files from seeing daylight. Trump knows what’s in them. The question is whether American democracy survives the blast radius when they finally detonate.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

5️⃣ Media Empire Consolidation: The Death of Independent NewsDavid Ellison’s bid for Warner Bros Discovery would unite CNN and CBS News under one corporate umbrella, creating the world’s largest propaganda machine just in time for next year’s elections. Combined with the TikTok acquisition by Ellison and Murdoch, this isn’t just media consolidation – it’s the complete algorithmic control of information from creation to distribution to your social media feed. When you control CNN, CBS, TikTok, and have relationships with Meta and X, you don’t need to convince people of your lies; you simply ensure they never hear the truth.4️⃣ NATO Tested While America Abandons AlliesRussian drones shut down Copenhagen Airport for four hours Monday night while performing advanced maneuvers over critical infrastructure. Former Danish intelligence officer Jacob Karsbo confirms “these were big drones, fixed wing drones. It’s not something that you just launch and go to some kind of hobby shop.” Denmark is 95% certain Russia’s behind it, yet Trump’s response? Complete silence. As Karsbo warns: “Putin doesn’t fear us. And he knows Trump is not going to do a thing and that it’s on us. So it’s the Europeans supported by Canada that need to restore NATO deterrence.” When asked if Ukraine might now be a better ally to Europe than America, Kaarsbo diplomatically confirmed: “Ukraine, probably the best ally in the world.”3️⃣ Jim Comey Indictment: Political Revenge Replaces JusticeWhile the FBI director tweets out staged evidence from today’s shooting, the DOJ is busy indicting Jim Comey for congressional testimony from eight years ago – with the statute of limitations expiring next week. Adam Schiff is reportedly next. This is what passes for justice now: career prosecutors who exposed Trump’s corruption face prison while actual crimes go uninvestigated. The same DOJ that can’t find time to investigate concentration camps or false flag shootings has unlimited resources for settling Trump’s personal scores.2️⃣ Ukraine Learns America’s Promises Are WorthlessTrump’s stunning reversal – calling Russia a “paper tiger” and saying Ukraine can “WIN all of Ukraine back” – lasted exactly as long as it took Moscow to respond. Russia immediately called Trump’s position “deeply mistaken,” and the puppet strings showed. Kaarsbo, who watched Trump’s UN speech, called it “the craziest speech since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2006.” Ukraine’s now producing 60% of their defense needs internally because, as Kaarsbo, “Ukraine has agency. And that’s what Trump has underestimated all this year.” They’re not waiting for American help anymore – they know it’s never coming.1️⃣ The Dallas False Flag: When the FBI Becomes the Propaganda MinistryToday’s Dallas ICE facility shooting killed two detainees – not ICE agents, detainees – yet within hours, FBI Director Kash Patel posted photos of bullets inscribed with “ANTI-ICE,” while J.D. Vance blamed leftist extremists. The shooter: another young white male from a Republican household, conveniently dead by suicide. The pattern matches the Charlie Kirk shooting exactly. This is America’s tipping point – when the FBI director poisons evidence via Twitter before any investigation, when the DOJ prosecutes truth-tellers while covering up false flags, when equal justice is officially dead. We no longer have law enforcement; we have a propaganda ministry manufacturing consent for martial law.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.Thank you Lev Parnas, Ellie Leonard, Nick Paro, Stephanie G Wilson, PhD, Debbie Hupp, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell and Jacob Kaarsbo! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

5️⃣ Mystery Drones Shut Down CopenhagenCopenhagen Airport was paralyzed for four hours Monday night after sophisticated drones performed advanced maneuvers over Denmark’s largest airport. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called it “the most severe assault on Danish critical infrastructure to date.” The drones, operated by what authorities described as a highly skilled pilot, hovered near passengers, aircraft, and fuel storage before vanishing without a trace. Oslo Airport experienced an identical incursion the same evening. While no direct evidence links Russia to the incidents, Western officials say the sophistication and timing fit established Russian hybrid warfare patterns designed to provoke NATO members. Denmark isn’t mincing words—they’re 95% sure Russia is behind it, marking a dangerous escalation in Baltic tensions.4️⃣ Trump’s NATO GambitWhen reporters asked Trump point-blank whether NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft entering their airspace, he responded with an unequivocal “Yes, I do.” The president then immediately hedged, saying NATO support would “depend on circumstances” while praising the alliance’s weapons purchases from the US. This marks Trump’s most aggressive rhetoric yet regarding Russian incursions, coming just one day after the drone attacks on Copenhagen and Oslo. But given Trump’s track record of pulling back military support for Ukraine while claiming to help, his words ring hollow. He’s promised Patriot missiles, then demanded payment, then cancelled them entirely. The pattern is clear: performative strength masking actual retreat.3️⃣ Dollar in FreefallThe US dollar crashed to its lowest level in three years, with the DXY index hitting 97.3—marking the steepest year-to-date drop since America abandoned the gold standard in 1973. The greenback has plummeted 11% this year alone, a historic collapse that reflects deeper concerns about US fiscal policy and persistent deficits. Major banks predict another 4% decline by 2026. While Trump claims at the UN that America has “defeated inflation” and taken in “$17 trillion” (impossible given the US GDP is $34 trillion), the reality is stark: inflation is up, mortgage rates are climbing toward 8%, and Trump’s approval rating on the economy has crashed to 35%. The self-proclaimed “hottest economy” is actually experiencing its worst currency crisis in half a century.2️⃣ Shutdown TheaterTrump abruptly canceled his meeting with Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, calling their demands “unserious and ridiculous” as Congress faces a September 30 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. Democrats are demanding restoration of Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, and restoration of public media funding. Trump’s 3:42 AM Truth Social rant blamed Democrats for wanting “forced transgender surgery for minors” and to “allow men to play in women’s sports”—his go-to culture war deflections when avoiding actual governance. The real story: Trump wants this shutdown. It gives him unchecked power while Congress is paralyzed, no oversight on Epstein investigations, and cover to potentially launch military action against Venezuela.1️⃣ Diplomatic Disaster at the UNIn a jaw-dropping 56-minute tirade, Trump told assembled world leaders their countries are “going to hell,” called climate change a “con job,” and declared “immigration and suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe.” The speech was packed with demonstrable lies—claiming London’s mayor wants “sharia law,” that inflation has been “defeated” (the Fed reported it increased six days ago), and that America took in “$17 trillion” this week. He even complained about a malfunctioning UN escalator that nearly caused Melania to fall. World leaders gave him “polite applause” when he finally exited—diplomatic speak for “get this guy out of here.” The contrast with Canada’s Mark Carney, who received a standing ovation for recognizing Palestinian statehood and calling out the global rupture Trump has caused, couldn’t be starker.The pattern is undeniable: Trump enriches himself through crypto schemes (now worth $10 billion according to recent analysis) while the dollar collapses, provokes international incidents while actual threats like Russian drones go unchallenged, and performs theatrical strength while America’s standing crumbles. The government shutdown looms not as crisis but as opportunity—for a president who governs best when no one can stop him.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.Thank you Nick Paro, Ben Woestenburg, Debbie Hupp, Robin Payes, Cat, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

5️⃣ The Antifa PhantomTrump will designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization while his own FBI confirms Tyler Robinson—Charlie Kirk's alleged killer—has zero connections to any left-wing groups. NBC verified through three federal sources that Robinson's parents are Republicans and his father is "diehard MAGA." Yet the administration needs its boogeyman. They're criminalizing an ideology that doesn't even exist as an organization because they need enemies to justify what comes next. The timeline of Robinson's supposed confession texts describe police activities before they happened—a physical impossibility that nobody in the DOJ wants to examine.4️⃣ Jimmy Kimmel's Calculated SurrenderABC announced Kimmel returns tomorrow after a week-long suspension for suggesting Kirk was killed by "one of their own." Disney's stock tanked, subscribers fled, protesters showed up at corporate offices—and suddenly they discovered the suspension was just about "avoiding inflaming tensions." The network that wouldn't budge for advertiser pressure folded completely when their stock price dropped. Kimmel gets his platform back, Trump gets his scalp, and Disney executives get to pretend they didn't just demonstrate exactly how corporate media will behave under authoritarian pressure.3️⃣ The $50,000 Video Trump BuriedBorder czar Tom Homan was caught on FBI surveillance stuffing $50,000 in cash into a bag—payment from undercover agents posing as contractors seeking immigration deals. Multiple times, recorded on video, taking bribes for government contracts. Trump saw the footage and killed the investigation, declaring "insufficient evidence" despite the recordings. The same DOJ hunting phantom enemies with no evidence protects actual criminals caught on tape. Meanwhile, Baron Trump is worth $150 million from crypto at age 19, and the family has made $10 billion since taking office.2️⃣ Canada Makes History While America CrumblesPrime Minister Mark Carney announced Canada's recognition of Palestine—first G7 nation to take this step, coordinated with the UK, Australia, and Portugal. Netanyahu declared "a Palestinian state will not be established west of the Jordan" while 147 UN members now recognize Palestinian statehood. As America weaponizes its justice system against imaginary enemies, actual democratic nations are reshaping global alliances without us.1️⃣ Trump's Accidental ConfessionThe president meant to send Pam Bondi a private message ordering her to prosecute his enemies. Instead, he posted it on Truth Social: "Pam... What about Comey? Adam Shifty Schiff? Letitia? They're all guilty as hell!" He fired a Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney who found no evidence to prosecute them, then publicly ordered the DOJ to find someone who would manufacture charges. According to White House sources, he thought he was sending a DM. The president accidentally confessed to weaponizing justice—not through leaked recordings or whistleblowers, but because he can't work his own social media platform.The pattern is unmistakable: fabricate enemies where none exist, protect actual criminals in your ranks, and accidentally reveal your crimes while trying to commit them. Tom Homan takes bribes on camera—buried. Tyler Robinson's impossible timeline—ignored. But Jimmy Kimmel makes a joke? National emergency requiring corporate capitulation.Terrence Goggin is in the HouseProfessor Terrence Goggin reminded us today that Trump lacks Hitler's key ingredients for dictatorship: military support, organized opposition to exploit, and popular backing. His 33% approval rating represents the lowest of any president at this point in their term. The West Point cadets refused to shake his hand because they wouldn't violate their honor code by touching a convicted felon.Democracy survives not through grand gestures but through accumulated resistance—even if some of that resistance comes from a president too incompetent to send a private message.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.Thank you Nick Paro, Cat, Nancy McAllister, Pamela, Noble Blend, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell and Terrence Goggin! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

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In the 126 hours since Kirk was shot at Utah Valley University, the Trump regime has transformed a complex figure with evolving politics into a sanitized saint, erasing his recent challenges to Netanyahu and demands for Epstein file releases while amplifying only the parts of his legacy that serve their narrative.The suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, remains the perfect cipher for whatever story the administration needs to tell. Despite zero evidence of motive beyond Kash Patel's claim of a "burned manifesto" they somehow recovered, every headline screams about Robinson's trans roommate—as if sexual preference is contagious criminality. Governor Cox speaks of "dark internet Reddit culture" while carefully avoiding the inconvenient fact that Robinson's online footprint points toward the Groyper movement, not the left.The forensics are laughable: a shooter who supposedly disassembled his weapon on a rooftop, climbed down, ran to nearby woods, reassembled the gun, then left it wrapped in a towel with inscribed bullet casings—a breadcrumb trail so perfect it insults intelligence. Meanwhile, 3,000 witnesses go uninterviewed while the administration rushes to frame this as trans terrorism.Netanyahu's immediate insertion into the narrative—prayers within minutes, denying Israeli involvement before anyone asked—reveals the panic beneath. Kirk had become a liability, questioning his donors about Epstein, challenging Netanyahu's Gaza genocide, bleeding support from the same billionaires (Adelson, Singer, Paulson) now funding efforts to destroy Rep. Thomas Massie for pushing Epstein file releases.The timing is surgical. Kirk's death instantly ended all discussion of Epstein files, Netanyahu criticism, and MAGA fractures over Trump's broken promises. Erica Kirk's professionally produced memorial video—kissing her husband's dead hands while dubbed audio whispers "I love you"—raised $4.3 million on GoFundMe in 48 hours from a family already worth $20 million.This weekend, Tommy Robinson held a "Say His Name" rally in the UK where Elon Musk told hundreds of thousands: "They're coming to kill you unless you get them first." The message is clear: Charlie Kirk's corpse is the new rallying cry for a fractured movement desperate for unity against a manufactured enemy.History teaches us about martyrdom's political utility—Lenin's preserved corpse still lies in Red Square 101 years later, a permanent recruitment poster for ideology. Kirk's transformation follows the same playbook: selective memory, strategic grief, and the alchemy that turns complicated humans into simplified symbols.The cruelest irony? Kirk died challenging the machine that now canonizes him, questioning the donors who now profit from his death, demanding transparency from the regime now using his corpse as a cudgel against anyone who dares think differently. The same man who said "a few gun deaths are worth the Second Amendment" became one of those acceptable casualties in someone else's calculation.If we truly want to honor any positive evolution in Charlie Kirk's thinking, there's only one appropriate response: release the Epstein files he died demanding. Let that be his legacy, not this obscene puppet show where his memory serves the very powers he'd begun to question.The FiveStack airs Monday-Friday at 3PM ET as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.Thank you Ellie Leonard, Nick Paro, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, Lalisa, Wendy E, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

For three days, we were told this was a left-wing lunatic. Possibly transgender. Definitely Antifa. The Wall Street Journal reported "pro-trans inscriptions" on bullets before deleting the story entirely. Nancy Mace blamed transgender people, then pivoted to praying for the shooter once his identity emerged.The truth: Tyler Robinson, 22, from a MAGA sheriff's family in Utah. His ex-sheriff father turned him in after recognizing him in FBI photos. Robinson was a Nick Fuentes fan who dressed as Pepe the Frog for Halloween 2018. The Bullet Inscriptions: Groyper Culture DecodedWhat authorities found etched on the bullets reveals not leftist ideology, but deep immersion in 4chan Groyper culture:As Was explained, these aren't random - they're "idioms and catchphrases used within the 4chan subculture of Groypers." Even 4chan users are saying "we think this guy's one of us." bullet inscriptions - "Hey fascist! Catch!" and "If you read this, you are gay LMAO" - are straight from 4chan Groyper culture, not leftist ideology.Groypers are extremists who attack Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA for not being "adequately pro-white." Nick Fuentes, their leader, dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Trump never condemned him because, as Waj noted, "he realized it would hurt his base."Utah officials confirm Robinson hated Kirk for not being conservative enough. The governor admitted they wanted it to be an immigrant or outsider, but "it's one of us." He then read the bullet inscription aloud - "If you read this, you are gay LMAO" - exactly what the Groypers wanted. Kirk himself spent a decade spreading hate, calling for migrants to be whipped, promoting white nationalism across 3,500 campuses. He helped create the ecosystem that ultimately killed him.Trump's response? Despite knowing the shooter was a Groyper, he told Fox News: "The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem." He claimed "bullets never come from the right" and said he "couldn't care less" about bringing the country together.But here's the key insight from today's discussion: The truth doesn't matter to them. They care about the narrative. As I said on the show, this narrative building started the minute Charlie Kirk died - they immediately blamed the left, and they'll continue pushing that story regardless of facts. They'll let the truth be what it is - that a Groyper killed Kirk - but the narrative they're spinning is still going to be about the left, and that'll be what's believed. They don't need the truth to align with their narratives. They just need an excuse to begin the crackdown.As Waj warned: "Donald Trump is not leaving, folks. He is not leaving legally or peacefully. This is a man who will declare martial law."* The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.orgThank you God, Lev Parnas, Cash Flow Collective, Nick Paro, Charles Johnson, and many others for tuning into my live video with THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali and Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

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The 50th birthday book compiled for Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 reads like a roster of the damned. Released from Epstein's estate files, this document isn't speculation or rumor—it's primary source evidence of who celebrated a man they knew was trafficking young women.The book, assembled by Ghislaine Maxwell despite her recent denials, contains handwritten tributes from Bill Clinton, Alan Dershowitz, Leon Black, and Donald Trump. Maxwell's own introduction destroys her sworn testimony that she didn't organize this collection. She wrote: "I did put it together for you. Happy, happy, happy birthday. Love, Ghislaine."The early pages establish a pattern of predation spanning decades. Childhood friends recount stories of Epstein forcing girls at knifepoint to remove their clothes, making rabbi's daughters expose themselves, and learning to "get away with s**t" because "chicks and public in general were schmucks." One friend explicitly credits himself with teaching Epstein these behaviors, referencing their time at Interlochen—the private school where Epstein later worked and allegedly recruited victims.Leon Black's contribution contains coded references to "blonde, red, or brunette spread out geographically" and "Maxwellian delight." Black, who paid Epstein $158 million for supposed tax advice, wrote this knowing exactly who Epstein was. The Apollo Group chairman's connections to Russian money laundering through Epstein's network remain under investigation.Alan Dershowitz's entry proves he actively ran interference for Epstein with media. He boasted about manipulating a Vanity Fair article: "I talked him into changing the focus from you to Bill Clinton." This is the same Dershowitz who multiple victims have placed at Epstein's properties, who admits to receiving massages but claims he "kept his underwear on."The most damning evidence involves Donald Trump. A drawing depicts a girl's silhouette with a dialogue between Trump and Epstein discussing their shared "secrets." The handwritten note reads: "Enigmas never age, have you noticed that Jeffrey?" and concludes "may every day be another wonderful secret." Trump's signature has been verified by multiple experts as authentic from that era.Another document shows Trump at Mar-a-Lago holding a mock check for $22,500 for "the sale of a fully depreciated woman" with the victim's name redacted. Epstein's annotation: "Even though I handled the deal, I didn't get any of the money or the girl."A separate memo details Secret Service personnel escorting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak onto Epstein's plane alongside Jean-Luc Brunel, explicitly identified as "scout for young females," David Copperfield, and Eva Anderson, described as "one of Jeffrey Epstein's best recruiters."The book's most disturbing image: a before-and-after drawing showing Epstein in 1983 giving balloons to prepubescent girls, then twenty years later on his island with those same girls, now grown and topless, servicing him. The caption: "What a country."The White House response confirms consciousness of guilt. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt called it a "hoax" while Trump himself declared it a "dead issue"—not a denial, but a demand to stop discussing it. GOP senators claim it's "AI" or "forged" without requesting investigation. The same House Oversight Committee pursuing Hunter Biden for mortgage fraud refuses to examine their president's documented connection to child trafficking.This isn't about partisan politics. Bill Clinton's presence in these files demands equal scrutiny. But Clinton isn't currently president. Trump is, and he's using the machinery of government to obstruct justice regarding his relationship with a convicted child trafficker.The estate files prove what survivors have testified for years: Epstein operated an international trafficking ring servicing the wealthy and powerful. These weren't secrets—they were open secrets, documented in birthday tributes where associates joked about trading women like commodities.Every member of Congress must be pressured to support the discharge petition for full, unredacted release of all FBI files. These thousands of victims deserve justice. Their families deserve answers. And Americans deserve to know which of their leaders participated in or covered up these crimes.The evidence is no longer deniable. The president of the United States maintained an intimate friendship with a child trafficker, documented their "wonderful secrets," and is now orchestrating a cover-up from the White House. The only question remaining is whether America has the moral courage to demand accountability.The complete Epstein birthday book and estate documents are available for review. The FiveStack will return to regular programming tomorrow at 3pm ET.Thank you Lalisa, Sandra Tuttle, Mike Harkreader, J Dziak, Maureen Drews, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

5️⃣ JPMorgan's Billion-Dollar Epstein MachineThe New York Times just exposed how JPMorgan Chase spent over a decade as Jeffrey Epstein's financial enabler, processing more than $1 billion in transactions while executives repeatedly overrode internal warnings about suspicious cash withdrawals and sex-trafficking red flags. The bank continued serving Epstein even after his 2008 conviction, with top executive Jes Staley defending him while Jamie Dimon claims under oath he knew nothing until 2019. JPMorgan paid Epstein $24 million directly, opened accounts for his victims, and wired funds to Eastern Europe where young women were recruited into his network. The bank's $365 million in settlements to victims represents a rounding error on their $50 billion annual profit—the financial equivalent of paying a parking ticket for enabling child trafficking.4️⃣ Pentagon Assembles Caribbean War MachineDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an unannounced visit to Puerto Rico as the Pentagon deploys an armada of eight warships and considers stationing fighter jets on the island territory. The Trump administration claims this massive escalation targets Latin American drug cartels, following last week's strike that killed 11 alleged "narco-terrorists"—though zero evidence has been provided about who was actually aboard that fishing vessel. Democrats are questioning the legality of using military force for what has traditionally been Coast Guard law enforcement, while the Pentagon abruptly canceled congressional briefings after admitting they couldn't answer basic questions about the strike. This is the largest military buildup in Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria, but instead of humanitarian aid, we're watching the drums of a manufactured war designed to distract from domestic scandals.3️⃣ Chicago Shows America How to ResistTens of thousands of Chicagoans flooded the streets this weekend after Trump posted an "Apocalypse Now" meme declaring the city would "find out why it's called the Department of WAR." Governor JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson drew hard legal lines, with CPD reiterating it will not assist ICE in civil immigration enforcement. The city activated rapid-response networks, opened sanctuary spaces, and established legal hotlines while peaceful protesters marched past the ICE field office, federal courthouse, and Trump Tower. Chicago PD is already sending some of Trump's masked federal agents home early, creating a blueprint for democratic resistance that Trump-aligned media desperately wants to ignore.2️⃣ Supreme Court Greenlights Racial ApartheidThe Supreme Court just lifted all restrictions on immigration raids in Los Angeles, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh explicitly ruling that "apparent ethnicity" can be a "relevant factor" for immigration stops when combined with job type or location. Translation: standing outside Home Depot while brown is now probable cause for detention, beating, and deportation. Justice Sonia Sotomayor's blistering dissent warned against living in a country where government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low-wage job. This decision obliterates the Fourth Amendment and legalizes apartheid-style racial profiling—the darkest day in American judicial history, delivered by six corrupt justices who just told America that skin color determines citizenship.1️⃣ Trump Fabricates Canada Crisis to Target CarneyThe Trump administration is manufacturing a fake trafficking and fentanyl crisis to paint Canada as a security threat, despite Canada's top-tier anti-trafficking standards and the fact that most fentanyl enters through southern ports, not the northern border. The timing reveals everything: this propaganda surge immediately followed Prime Minister Mark Carney's $2 billion Ukraine aid package and Canada's signal on recognizing Palestine. Attorney General Pam Bondi is deliberately conflating smuggling with trafficking while threatening military action at the Canadian border. Meanwhile, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is actively working with Trump-aligned groups to potentially secede from Canada, using the same playbook Putin used in Ukraine—weaponized propaganda targeting the least educated populations with foreign disinformation campaigns designed to break up sovereign nations.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.Thank you Cash Flow Collective, Nick Paro, Tom Kudla, Debbie Hupp, Cat, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

5️⃣ FBI Counterintel Chief Was a Double Agent for China AND RussiaCharles McGonigal ran FBI New York's counterintelligence division while taking $50,000 monthly bribes from Chinese energy executives and later working for sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. The OIG report reveals McGonigal leaked classified information that allowed a suspected Chinese agent to flee the country and operate freely for five additional years. The man responsible for catching spies was selling out to both China and Russia while sabotaging the investigations he swore to lead—and he's now serving 78 months while the damage he caused continues to unfold.4️⃣ North American Jobs Crater as Trump's Tariffs Destroy Both EconomiesCanada lost 66,000 jobs in August while the U.S. added just 22,000—but June numbers were revised to show America's first job losses since the pandemic at negative 13,000. Canadian youth unemployment hit 14.5% while U.S. college grads face 9.3% unemployment. Both countries are bleeding manufacturing jobs because Trump's daily tariff chaos makes it impossible for businesses to plan beyond next week. Mark Carney announced $5 billion in emergency funding, but after just four months in office, his One Canada plan hasn't even broken ground.3️⃣ Trump Wants Trans Gun Registry After Minnesota ShootingFollowing a church shooting, the Trump administration floated banning transgender Americans from owning firearms—which would require creating a federal registry to track trans individuals. Constitutional experts call this a clear violation of Second Amendment rights and equal protection. The data is damning: trans people are 1% of the population and ten times more likely to be victims than perpetrators, while 98% of mass shooters are cisgender men. This is identity-based discrimination dressed up as public safety—following the authoritarian playbook of selecting a vulnerable out-group to justify surveillance and punishment.2️⃣ Epstein-Linked Billionaire Paulson Drops Millions to Destroy MassieJohn Paulson, Trump's economic advisor and mega-fundraiser whose name appears in Epstein's black book, is funneling $250,000 through MAGA KY super PAC to eliminate Thomas Massie—the Republican leading the charge for full Epstein disclosure. Massie publicly connected the dots at Tuesday's press conference: "He's in Epstein's black book... currently spending $2 million on ads in my district since I initiated this effort." Paulson raised $50 million for Trump in a single fundraiser, Trump keeps $15 million invested in Paulson's funds, and now Trump's money man is executing a multimillion-dollar hit on the congressman demanding transparency.1️⃣ White House Threatens Republicans: Sign for Transparency and Face "Career Death or Worse"The discharge petition to force release of all Epstein files needs just TWO more signatures to reach 218 and bypass leadership. Trump has warned Republicans that supporting transparency would be treated as "a hostile act toward the administration" and is personally calling members threatening to "end their lives"—leaving the "or worse" deliberately ambiguous. James Comer pushes toothless alternatives while Trump's backers spend millions attacking anyone demanding disclosure. The President of the United States is actively threatening his own party members to obstruct justice and protect whoever's in those files—including, apparently, himself.The Bottom Line: From FBI double agents to economic collapse to threatening Congress over sex trafficking files, this is what happens when corruption reaches the highest levels of power. Two signatures stand between America and the truth about Epstein's network. The panic tells you everything.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.Thank you Debbie Hupp, Robin Payes, Leah Anderson, Noble Blend, Natasha Young, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

BARI WEISS TO COMMAND CBS NEWSCBS News staffers are threatening mass resignations as Bari Weiss—a Substack opinion writer with zero executive experience—prepares to take over the Tiffany Network in a $200 million deal orchestrated by Paramount's new owner David Ellison. The former NYT opinion editor who quit claiming "illiberal environment" is now poised to run one of America's three major news divisions, despite never managing anything larger than a newsletter. Ellison's Skydance, owned by Oracle's Larry Ellison with deep ties to Netanyahu's government, is installing Weiss at CBS just months after the network was forced to supervise 60 Minutes' editorial independence following their Gaza exposé. One CBS insider called it perfectly: "Good night, and bad luck"—a deliberate corruption of Edward R. Murrow's legendary sign-off, signaling the death of independent journalism at the network that once defined it.5️⃣ RFK Jr. Wheezed Through Senate Roasting as CDC Purge BackfiresKennedy's labored breathing into the microphone for six straight hours became the soundtrack to his dismantling as senators grilled him about firing the CDC director he'd called "unimpeachable" just 30 days earlier. With over 1,000 HHS employees demanding his resignation and measles surging nationwide, Kennedy defended appointing anti-vaxxers who claim mRNA vaccines cause AIDS while admitting he agrees children will get fewer vaccinations. Republicans refused to put him under oath so he could lie freely, but even they couldn't save him from Bill Cassidy's trap—getting Kennedy to praise Trump's Operation Warp Speed vaccines before asking why he's trying to eliminate them.4️⃣ Jobs Crater to Great Depression Levels Under Trump's Tariff DisasterAmerica created exactly 1,494 jobs in August while laying off 86,000 workers—the worst August since the Great Recession—as spring gains were revised down by 250,000 positions. Black unemployment hit 7.2%, the traditional canary in the economic coal mine, while hiring collapsed to 15-year lows. The trade deficit ballooned to $78.3 billion, up 22% for the quarter, as Trump's illegal tariffs (now facing their fourth court appeal with $160 billion in required refunds) compress margins and freeze hiring. This isn't a soft landing—it's the controlled demolition of American capitalism, one pink slip at a time.3️⃣ Trump's Fed Pick Won't Quit White House Job in Unprecedented CorruptionStephen Miran plans to simultaneously serve on the Federal Reserve Board while keeping his White House position on "unpaid leave"—obliterating 90 years of central bank independence. When senators asked why he wants a four-month Fed stint while planning to return to Trump's economic team, Miran claimed he could remain independent. It's the first time since 1936 an administration official would serve at the Fed, happening as Trump seeks to control interest rates while the economy craters.2️⃣ Trump Cuts NATO Defense as Putin Gift After Alaska SummitThe administration halted hundreds of millions protecting Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from Russian aggression, informing European allies that "shifting priorities" meant ending programs fortifying NATO's eastern flank since 2018. Pentagon officials delivered the news days after Trump's Alaska summit with Putin produced zero commitments from Moscow. The timing is deliberate: cutting deterrence funding while pursuing his "peace deal" effectively greenlights Russian expansion into the Baltics.1️⃣ China Stole Every American's Data in 80-Country Espionage OperationBeijing's Salt Typhoon campaign infiltrated telecommunications networks globally, potentially capturing data on nearly every American citizen since 2019—only discovered last year. Chinese intelligence can now track politicians, spies, and ordinary citizens through telecoms, transportation, and lodging companies, listening to phone calls and reading unencrypted texts. Unlike previous targeted operations, this indiscriminate sweep proves China's cyber capabilities match or exceed the West's, with operatives burrowed so deep in infrastructure that removal may be impossible. China now knows more about Americans than America does.Today's cascade of institutional collapse connects through one thread: the systematic destruction of every safeguard protecting American democracy. From CBS News becoming an Israeli influence operation to China owning our data while Trump greenlights Russian aggression and destroys the economy—this is coordinated demolition. The health secretary can't breathe, the Fed's independence is dead, and journalism just got executed on live television. We're watching the real-time auction of American sovereignty to the highest bidder.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

5️⃣ Xi and Putin's Immortality Dreams China's President Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught on hot mic discussing biotechnology, organ transplants, and living to 150 years during Beijing's massive military parade—broadcast to nearly 2 billion viewers who witnessed Putin's interpreter telling Xi that humans could "even achieve immortality" while Kim Jong Un watched with visible amusement. Both leaders are 72 with no clear successors, and this rare glimpse into their personal dynamics reveals dictators dreaming not just of challenging America but ruling forever, prompting Trump's sarcastic Truth Social response about them "conspiring against the United States."4️⃣ Putin's Cynical Peace Theater Vladimir Putin invited Zelenskyy to Moscow for "peace talks" while simultaneously launching over 500 drones and 24 missiles across nine Ukrainian regions, maintaining his maximalist demands that Ukraine abandon NATO and accept Russia's annexation of four regions. Ukraine's Foreign Minister called the invitation "knowingly unacceptable," while former CIA Moscow Station Chief Dan Hoffman warned it's designed to "drive a wedge" between Ukraine and allies—all as Trump expresses being "very disappointed" with Putin after his September 2 peace deadline passed without agreement.3️⃣ The $450 Million Mystery Solved New analysis reveals Donald Trump's miraculous 1990s resurrection from negative $900 million to positive $450 million connects directly to Jeffrey Epstein's Towers Financial Ponzi scheme that stole exactly $450 million from 200,000 investors—the same amount, at the same time, with all banking records mysteriously vanished. Trump famously told Ivanka in 1990 that a homeless man was worth "$100 million more" than him, yet six years later reappeared on Forbes 400 with precisely $450 million after attending a Moscow party at a hotel owned by Russian mob boss Semion Mogilevich, where he promised investments he didn't have.2️⃣ MAGA's Anna Paulina Luna: "Epstein Was an Intelligence Asset" Hardcore MAGA congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna emerged white-faced from meeting with Epstein survivors, declaring "this is bigger than anyone anticipated" and that Epstein was "very possibly an intelligence asset working for our adversaries"—while Nancy Mace ran out crying and hyperventilating after hearing victims' accounts. These Trump loyalists are suddenly realizing they've been supporting the wrong side, with some Congress members literally hiding in closets to avoid signing the discharge petition that needs just two more Republican signatures to force transparency.1️⃣ Trump Weaponizes Air Force Against Rape Survivors Donald Trump dispatched fighter jets to buzz the Capitol during ten Epstein survivors' press conference, deliberately triggering their PTSD while calling their trauma a "Democratic hoax" and running a competing press conference to drown them out—a panicked response that revealed his desperation as the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act gains unstoppable momentum. The survivors, some speaking publicly for the first time about being trafficked as young as 13, demanded the release of all Justice Department files while Trump's own lawyer Brad Edwards confirmed Trump has done an "about-face" from when he was cooperative in 2009, with "someone in his ear" now. This unprecedented gathering marks the first time since 2019 that Epstein's victims have united, creating what Dean calls "a scud missile into the side of this criminal organization" as 214 GOP members refuse to sign the discharge petition, choosing their careers over justice for thousands of child rape victims.The boiling pot is finally bursting. After 40 years of cover-ups, the victims have pierced the veil of America's greatest scandal—one that connects pedophile rings, Russian money, and a president so panicked he scrambled the Air Force to silence rape survivors. This is the crossroads where America decides: stand with the victims or stand with their abusers.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.Thank you Ellie Leonard, Nick Paro, Debbie Hupp, Pamela, Leah Anderson, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

5️⃣ Russia Attempts to Assassinate EU LeadershipRussia jammed the electronics on EU President Ursula von der Leyen's aircraft over the weekend, forcing an emergency landing in Bulgaria using paper maps. Bulgarian authorities confirmed Russia's FSB was behind the attack. German military General Carsten Brewer's plane was similarly targeted twice in five days over Baltic countries. Italy's president announced they're now hiding diplomatic flight paths, with multiple EU governments following suit. This isn't escalation—it's a declaration. Putin celebrated with Xi, Modi, and Kim Jong-un in China while attempting to murder Western leaders in their planes.4️⃣ Federal Judge: Trump's Military Deployment IllegalJudge Charles Breyer ruled Trump's deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act. The judge noted Trump "intentionally tried to activate the military against citizens where no emergency existed." National Guard Major General Scott Sherman objected, only to have his loyalty questioned by Trump appointees. Seventeen states are now activating State Defense Forces to counter federal overreach. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson drew 100,000 to a rally opposing Trump's planned deployment there.3️⃣ Trump Vanishes for Five Days Amid Health CrisisTrump disappeared from public view for nearly five days, resurfacing with pronounced ankle swelling, bruising, left-foot dragging, and slack-jaw posture. No live remarks, no Q&As—unprecedented for someone who lives for cameras. Walter Reed roads were reportedly closed, Melania made a secret DC trip. J.D. Vance is positioning himself with "ready if tragedy strikes" messaging while Thiel and Musk prepare for succession. The timing suggests they're amplifying health concerns to generate sympathy before Wednesday's Epstein revelations.2️⃣ Congress Forces Epstein Files ReleaseRep. Thomas Massie filed his discharge petition to bypass GOP leadership and force release of Epstein's DOJ files, with bipartisan support virtually guaranteeing success. Speaker Johnson held emergency weekend calls trying to contain the rebellion. Twenty Epstein victims hold a press conference Wednesday morning. Massie called GOP's alternative resolution "meaningless political cover." The panic reveals everything—they know what's in those files.1️⃣ Former KGB Officer: Kremlin Owns TrumpAlnur Mussayev, former KGB officer and Kazakhstan security chief, confirms the Kremlin maintains a comprehensive kompromat file on Trump containing financial records and sexual materials allegedly involving violence and minors. Not for demolition but calibrated pressure to keep Trump aligned. The KGB playbook—"swallows" drawing targets into compromised settings with cameras—matches Epstein's operation exactly. Epstein told Michael Wolff that Putin was a client. The overlap between Russian intelligence and Epstein's blackmail network explains Trump's inexplicable foreign policy capitulations.The FiveStack is available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Advertising inquiries email next@narativ.org. The FiveStack is a co-production of deanblundell.substack.com and narativ.org.Thank you Nick Paro, Stephanie G Wilson, PhD, Cat, Cathy R. Payne, Eileen Maddocks, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe