50,000 Empty Apartments and an Official January 6 “History” Page (w/ Josh Barro) - The Fifth Column
January 8, 2026
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as posted by the channelIn episode #539 of The Fifth Column, Josh Barro (NYT, Central Air, Very Serious) joins for a tour through America’s favorite genre: pretending we never said the thing we absolutely said. We get the January 6 memory hole, the Mamdani rent-freeze trap, and why housing incentives are now fully deranged, plus a Venezuela detour powered by oil-brain. Then, at the end, straight despair meets gay efficiency in the only marketplace discussion that matters.
(00:00) Cold Open
(02:28) Josh Barro Intro
(06:14) January 6 Narrative Rewrite
(16:29) Rubio and the Memory Hole
(35:26) NYC Housing: The Rent Freeze Trap
(01:09:15) Venezuela and Regime Change
(01:24:18) Are You Straight People Okay?
(01:35:39) Wrap
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