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Mea Culpa

Justice Should Matter To All + A Conversation with Glenn Kirschner

Mea Culpa

Michael Cohen

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Today on Mea Culpa, I welcome back former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and Justice Matters host Glenn Kirschner for a hard-hitting look at Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian power grabs. From his federal takeover of the D.C. police to his secretive meeting with Vladimir Putin, we break down how Trump is abusing power, undermining the Constitution, and putting national security at risk. We also unpack how the Supreme Court’s sweeping immunity ruling will shape American democracy for decades, and why independent media must step up where traditional outlets continue to fall short. Thanks to our sponsors: L-Nutra: Just visit https://ProlonLife.com/MEACULPA to claim your 15% discount and your bonus gift. Shopify: Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at: shopify.com/COHEN Subscribe to Michael's Substack: https://therealmichaelcohen.substack.com/ Subscribe to Michael's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMichaelCohenShow Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticalBeatdown Add the Mea Culpa podcast feed: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen Add the Political Beatdown podcast feed: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is my Mayo Coppah!

0:03.0

This is Michael Cohen, and you're listening to the one and only Mayor Culper podcast right here on the Mighty Midas Touch Network.

0:23.8

So look for all future episodes of our show behind the Blue Banner icon.

0:27.8

And I'm truly thankful that you hear and that you're listening because we have surpassed more than 500 million downloads.

0:34.6

So now let's get to the news.

0:36.7

Look, let's stop pretending. Washington isn't a city

0:40.7

of compromise anymore. It's a circus, a gladiator arena, and the clowns sometimes wear suits.

0:47.9

Some of them even occupy the highest office in the land. The game isn't about who's right or wrong

0:53.9

anymore. It's about who could bend

0:55.9

the rules, manipulate the system, and make the rest of us feel powerless while they laugh behind

1:01.5

closed doors. And if you think the usual checks and balances will save us, well, congratulations.

1:08.4

You live in in a fairy tale. The courts are clogged. Congress is fractured.

1:14.4

And the White House? The White House is orchestrating chaos like its performance art at the Kennedy Center.

1:21.7

I mean, let's just start with the federalization of the D.C. police. Sounds boring, right?

1:27.4

Bureaucratic, safe, wrong. This is a direct calculated

1:32.0

power play. When federal authorities muscled into local law enforcement, especially during

1:38.2

politically sensitive times, whether it's protests, high-profile events, or the specter of investigative scrutiny?

1:47.0

It isn't efficiency, it's intimidation.

1:51.0

Mayor Muriel Bowser can shout from the steps of City Hall, local officers can grumble,

1:57.0

but the chain of command is being rewritten in real time. And the question isn't whether it's legal.

2:04.2

Come on. It's whether it's safe for democracy. You see, history has shown us how messy this gets.

2:12.6

Every time federal power overrides local authority, someone ends up in court. Someone always gets burned,

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