THE OFFICIAL MEA CULPA WITH MICHAEL COHEN ARCHIVE

The State of Texas has become the GOP’s authoritarian blue print for America. Michael discusses how SB8 and the rash of illiberal legislation is all about elections. Mainly the GOP’s ability to steal them through gerrymandering and pack the statehouses with super majorities to pass this kind of garbage in the first place. Its heinous and awful and it sure ain’t democracy. Later, Scott Dworkin, fou...

The State of Texas’ new abortion law, SB8, is worst attack on reproductive rights in 50 years. Yet it was hardly a surprise. State Legislatures gerrymandered into GOP super majorities are hell bent on transforming American society into something out of the Handmaid’s Tale and with the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the new Trump court is going to help them get there. The question remains: how will...

Michael examines the GOP’s shameless push to impeach President Biden. Later, Michael welcomes Forbes reporter Zach Everson who tells the insane story of his banishment from Trump’s DC Hotel. Check out Everson’s fantastic newsletter, “Checks and Imbalances” @ https://www.forbes.com/newsletter/checksandimbalances/#dc1a706170d0 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https:...

Last Thursday’s horrific suicide bombing revealed why we must get out of Afghanistan as quickly as possible. For the GOP it was an opportunity to sharpen their talking points in advance of the 2022 election; calling for Biden to resign a pathetic bone tossed to the party’s MAGA base. The reality is that it’s Trump and his GOP lackeys who are the real terrorists; spreading their election lies, allo...

Mea Culpa speaks with lauded author and Afghanistan combat correspondent Ben John Anderson. Learn the truth behind the lies about America’s longest war. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mea Culpa spotlight’s the Trump administration’s bungled peace negotiations with the Taliban as the cause of today’s chaos in Afghanistan. Something Trump and the GOP want you to forget. Luckily we saved the receipts. (Ret) General Mark Hertling returns to Mea Culpa to give us the straight truth on what went wrong and how chaos was inevitable anytime you leave a battlefield you’ve occupied for 20...

Biden’s Afghanistan blunder allows the GOP to pivot away from their election insanity and escape culpability from the real story. Mass death is coming to MAGA country. ICU’s are full and health care systems on verge of collapse. Kurt Eichenwald joins Mea Culpa to discuss it all. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more a...

The legal noose continues to tighten around Matt Gaetz as his so called “wingman,” Joel Greenberg, releases damning new evidence; including text messages, social media DM’s and thousands of hours of video. Michael sifts through the sleaze to paint a shocking and ugly portrait of public corruption and Gaetz’s creepy penchant for chasing underage girls. Later, legendary political writer Andrew Sulli...

Mea Culpa celebrates 100 episodes of nothing but the truth by deconstructing the Cuomosexual Phenomena and what it reveals about Trump’s own cult of fandom. The Intercept’s Ryan Grim joins Mea Culpa to discuss the latest in Tom Barrack, Jared Kushner and Trump’s corruption in the Emirates plus so much more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.co...

After a marathon seven hours of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, it was revealed that former Attorney General Jeff Rosen testified about Trump’s efforts to undermine and overturn the 2020 election. In addition we’re also learning the extent to which people like Mark Meadows intervened on behalf of the president to carry out his insane demands. To learn more about listener data and...

Michael takes a deep dive into the politics of sex; examining the damning report from the New York State Attorney General accusing Governor Andrew Cuomo of serial, sexual harassment (11 separate witnesses came forward). Plus an exclusive audio recording of the Governor seriously creeping on Charlotte Bennett; serenading her over the phone. Finally, Professor Jennifer Taub joins Mea Culpa to discus...

Michael discusses the recently released DOJ notes that show Trump pushing the Justice Department to declare the election corrupt and “leave the rest to me.” In the wake of this bombshell news, first reported by the NYT, expect subpoenas to fly for Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy and many more. We could be witnessing the true, beginning of the end for Donald Trump as a politician with this latest smokin...

Everything you need to know on the first week of testimony from the January 6th Commission. Plus, Mea Culpa welcomes Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi to discuss the GOP moral failure on 1/6, Trump’s insanity and much, much more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podca...

A special episode of Mea Culpa examines the crimes of Tom Barrack and how his indictment is the most consequential of all Trump’s conspirators. We’re going to follow this case all the way to the end. So stay tuned for much, much more. Will Barrack flip on Trump and spare himself the indignity of dying in prison or will he remain loyal to his “best friend” to the very end? To learn more about liste...

In a remarkable set of events, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of the six representatives chosen by House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on the January 6th Commission. McCarthy chose Ohio Rep, Jacketless Gym Jordan who not only voted to overturn the election AFTER the insurrection but has repeatedly made up insane shit about the FBI being responsible for the riot. While Rep Indiana...

We give you all the best dirt from a slew of upcoming Trump books. How General Milley feared a Trump coup and stopped the former President from unleashing the military on civil rights protestors, bombing Iran, launching nuclear weapons and much, much more. Plus, a conversation with Michael Smerconish. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/priv...

Last week Trump discovered whatever’s beneath rock bottom and burrowed to another level altogether, where the truly disgusting CHUDS live and dwell. He now sees fit to spin a bullshit narrative around January 6th that celebrates the riots and justifies the rioters as aggrieved patriots. Experts fear more violence is to come as soon as this August. David Pakman joins Mea Culpa to discuss what might...

After indicting the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg, the Manhattan DA turns its attention to who else might have benefited from the company’s fraudulent accounting practices. Michael surmises that the Trump children and Ivanka in particular should have much to fear. Next, a case for why they will flip on their father. Finally, Politico’s Renato Mariotti joins Mea Culpa to decipher what’s...

Trump’s latest ploy for attention has him suing big tech to get back on Twitter, Facebook and Google. The flawed plan elicited universal mockery from legal experts and pundits based on its flawed premise and total distortion of the law and basic facts. In addition, any lawsuit would immediately open the former President to legal discovery by the big three high powered lawyers who would grill his a...

The criminal indictment of the Trump Organization puts Donald Trump squarely in the crosshairs of legal jeopardy. But a wounded Trump is still a dangerous Trump; creating a new urgency to jumpstart his political life and remain viable as a candidate. He won’t run because he’s afraid to lose. But as long as his MAGA base thinks he’ll run, the more money he can raise. In addition, he can claim that...

The criminal indictment of the Trump Organization puts Donald Trump squarely in the crosshairs of legal jeopardy. But a wounded Trump is still a dangerous Trump; creating a new urgency to jumpstart his political life and remain viable as a candidate. He won’t run because he’s afraid to lose. But as long as his MAGA base thinks he’ll run, the more money he can raise. In addition, he can claim that...

Michael discusses Rudy Giuliani’s law suspension and probable disbarment and looks at the stunning fall of America’s mayor after being subsumed and destroyed by Donald Trump. Mother Jones’ Ari Berman joins Mea Culpa to discuss the fallout from their election lies as the GOP pushes an aggressive and authoritarian voter suppression strategy targeting minority voters that has been deemed Jim Crowe 2....

The Manhattan DA’s case against the Trump Organization and Donald Trump has put intense pressure on the former President as he finds himself increasingly cornered. The prospect of an indictment has forced him back out on the campaign trail as he seeks to shield himself from prosecution by spinning the case as yet another political witch hunt. At the same time, the GOP must reckon with the fact tha...

Michael breaks down the GOP’s Senate blockade of the Voter Rights Bill. Next, the GOP’s war on wokeness and obsession with critical race theory. Then the news that Trump sought to shutdown SNL for his portrayal. Finally, Tara Setmayer from Lincoln Project’s The Breakdown joins Mea Culpa.    To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy...

The more we learn about January 6th, the more evident it has become of how much was planned in advance and how lucky we were that the outcome wasn’t far worse. The FBI is worried that disaffected QAnon supporters are planning the next wave of violence. Tucker Carlson adds fuel to the fire with baseless assertions that the federal government was behind the January 6th attack. Talking Points Memo re...