As if things couldn’t get any weirder, this week weird turned pro with Trump’s insistence that he does not like being peed on by prostitutes. Then, how the former guy is holding the GOP hostage; insisting they back his big lie or he’ll tell Republicans not to vote. It’s a dictatorship by tantrum. Finally, Molly Jong Fast returns to Mea Culpa to dis…

With no time left on the clock, Trump crony Stephen Bannon will face criminal referral for his refusal to appear before the January 6th Committee. This marks a new, more aggressive stance as Dems attempt to force accountability on Trump and his inner circle. Former Czech Ambassador and Impeachment Committee co-counsel Norm Eisen joins Mea Culpa to …

Everything you need to know about Donald Trump’s “murder suicide pact” to overturn the 2020 election. Michael digs into the Senate report to highlight Trump and his henchmen’s relentless attack on the constitution and how close we came to a full blown coup. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com…

It’s the showdown to end all showdowns as Trump orders his inner circle to defy the congressional subpoenas handed down from the January 6th Committee. But Dems are talking tough and threatening contempt charges for whoever doesn’t comply. Later in the show Michael speaks with the remarkable, Matthew VanDyke, founder of Sons of Liberty Internationa…

A new report from the esteemed Brookings Institute lays out the multiple criminal charges that the former president faces for his attempts to overturn the election in Georgia. The Fulton County DA has impaneled a Grand Jury to hear testimony. Add this to the list of ways Trump will hopefully end up behind bars for before 2024. We speak with NY1 and…

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: htt…

Between the January 6th Committee subpoenaing Trump’s inner circle and the Biden Administration saying they’ll turn over details of Trump phone calls during the insurrection, Democrats have finally whipped out the big guns. This latest phase could prove disastrous not only for Trump but for the GOP in general as they cling to the former President. …

First a deep dive into Trump’s desperate, $100 million lawsuit against his cousin and the New York Times for revealing the truth about his taxes. Then we look at this memo showing that the Trump campaign new that its election lies were bullshit but went on with the charade anyway. Finally, David Corn joins Mea Culpa to analyze it all and show how r…

A new book from Robert Costa and Bob Woodward has caused a collective gasp in Washington. Entitled, “Peril,” for good reason, it’s the most detailed account yet of just how close this nation came to catastrophe in Trump’s final days. Get a sneak preview only on Mea Culpa. Then the Meidas Touch brothers join Michael for an hour of sober minded polit…

Michael looks back on where he was on 9/11 and his epic journey to recover his daughter as the tower’s fell. The episode recounts how the country has changed in the intervening 20 years and speaks with Ari Berman from Mother Jones about how the GOP has hijacked state legislatures across the country. Trigger Warning: This Episode Graphically Depicts…

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 …

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 he…

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 lis…

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 re…

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 anyti…