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 beh…

The New York Times’ report that scores of lawmakers had their metadata seized by the DOJ to investigate possible leaks relating to the 2018 Russia Investigation has Democrats up in arms. The question is when will Merrick Garland and Joe Biden step into the ring and put the screws to Bill Barr and Donald Trump? Elie Honig joins Michael to discuss th…

Earlier this week The Boston Globe became the first major American newspaper to call for the former guy’s criminal prosecution. Michael deconstructs Trump’s pants problem and whether or not he wears a diaper. Finally, Reverend Al Sharpton joins Mea Culpa to discuss the ongoing threats to Black voting rights and a lifetime battling Donald Trump. To …

The GOP have dug in their heels behind the ex-liar-in-chief, who returned to the stage in North Carolina over the weekend. Facebook has drawn a line in the social media sand and Michael chats with the brilliant and insightful Joy Reid from MSNBC’s Reid Out. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com…

The political world gasped once again as news broke from the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman that Trump has been telling anyone who will listen that he’s getting reinstated as President and has become obsessed to the point of insanity on these voter audits in Arizona and Georgia which he believes will show that he won the election. Elsewhere, QAnon…

While a vast majority of Americans favored the establishment of a bi-partisan commission to investigate the January 6th Capital riot, the GOP is only interested in self-preservation. So the whitewash continues with Donald Trump and the usual suspects pumping out a counter narrative where, he not only won the election, but the activities of that day…

A Manhattan grand jury has convened to consider criminal charges against Donald J. Trump. Then Michael looks at the rising tide of extreme MAGA legislation. Finally, MSNBC’s Ari Melber drops by Mea Culpa to trade hip hop bars and political analysis with Michael. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyin…

As their criminal investigation intensifies, both the New York Attorney General and Manhattan DA are pressuring longtime Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg to flip. It’s through him that they’ll make their case against Trump so they’re ratcheting up the pressure to a fever pitch. All eyes will be on Weisselberg as they squeeze him and his family in coming…

This week the walls closed in a little further on the Former Guy as New York Attorney General ‘Tish James announced her department would be investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity. This significant development comes with sweeping powers for the investigators to root out fraud and spells doom for the former president who fears pr…

With the official purging of Liz Cheney, the GOP is now the party of the lunatic right. Gone are the moderate voices in favor of accused sex trafficker Matt Gaetz and QAnon Queen Marjorie Taylor Green. We get the inside scoop on her aggressive confrontation with AOC and her stalker level obsession with the Congresswoman. Finally, Donny Deutsch join…

The ouster of Liz Cheney from her House leadership position for refusing to accept Trump’s Big Election Lie is a frightening turning point in an already chaotic, political year. The GOP has abandoned all pretense of caring about democracy and has shackled itself to an insane, conspiracy driven, illiberal movement that threatens to destroy the party…

Last week saw the reemergence of Donald Trump as he pushed the Big Lie from Mar A Lago and the GOP leadership forced its members to get in line or get out of the way. Liz Cheney tried to push back but found herself in the crosshairs of Kevin McCarthy who instead of moving on from the election has made it the central theme of the GOP. Meanwhile, the…

Politics makes strange bedfellows. Who would’ve thought that Liz Cheney, who voted with Trump 97% of the time during his four years in office would become a liberal hero for standing up to his lies and autocratic desires? And Facebook makes a big show out of its decision to uphold the former president’s suspension. But it’s all just a big sideshow …

Biden’s first 100 days have shocked much of Washington. Michael looks at how the changing political calculus made this transformation possible. Hasan Piker talks progressive politics and social media in a Mea Culpa Conversation for the ages. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy …

Like the vaccine and the return of live music and indoor dining, another gift was delivered to the masses when the FBI stormed the apartment of former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani for a multitude of possible crimes. How this man has skated untouched for so long was no mystery. He was being protected from high up by Trump and his Justice Department.…

One year ago Donald Trump stood before the American people and suggested drinking bleach and injecting disinfectant to cure the Covid 19 virus. In a presidency marked my insanity. This one presser might have been the most insane one of all. It also revealed for those who didn’t already know, that the man in charge of our recovery and our lives, was…

A collective sigh of relief was exhaled across the nation as Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all charges. Typically the reaction between the right and left shows just how deeply fractured the nation has become. At the heart of all this are the racist MAGA conspiracies being spun about how Black Lives Matter threatened to burn down American cities…