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Mea Culpa

Lies, Loyalists, and The Loss of Democracy + A Conversation with Cenk Uygur

Mea Culpa

Michael Cohen

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Today on Mea Culpa, I’m joined by Cenk Uygur, founder and CEO of online news network TYT and host of The Young Turks. One of the most fearless voices in progressive media, Cenk joins me to unpack America’s political free fall under Trump. We dig into the weaponization of government power and the absurd contrast between Trump’s lavish Gatsby-style parties and the millions left hungry as SNAP funding remains frozen. Cenk breaks down what Democrats must do after Tuesday’s wins to sustain momentum, and why it’s too soon to write off MAGA voters entirely. From Venezuelan “drug boat” attacks to calls to end the filibuster, we expose how, in politics, you must always follow the money. Thanks to our sponsors: Found: Open your FREE Found account now at https://Found.com Leesa: Go to https://Leesa.com for 25% off mattresses PLUS get an extra $50 off with promo code COHEN IndaCloud: If you’re 21 or older, get 40% OFF your first order + free shipping @IndaCloud with code COHEN at https://inda.shop/COHEN! #indacloudpod 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

Oh, baby, don't lie for me.

0:05.0

If I tell you my story, don't cry for me.

0:09.0

I did my time that's fun by me.

0:11.0

This is my...

0:13.0

That's fair to mea Copa.

0:15.0

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

0:23.4

So look for all future episodes of the show behind the blue banner icon.

0:27.2

And I'm truly thankful that you're here.

0:29.0

And because you're here, we've now exceeded more than 500 million downloads to date.

0:34.6

So thank you for that.

0:35.9

But now for the news.

0:39.7

There's a shift happening in this country.

0:45.5

It's quiet, deliberate, and it's long overdue. It's the kind of shift that doesn't need permission or polling to exist. Because on Tuesday night, the American people, they didn't whisper. They roared.

0:53.3

From New York to California, from Virginia's suburbs

0:56.3

and Los Angeles' streets, voters sent a message so loud, so loud that even the insulated

1:03.9

eco chamber of Trump's White House couldn't ignore it. We are done being lied to. The so-called red wave that the GOP had been promising for months,

1:14.8

well, it hit a wall of blue. Democrats didn't just hold their ground. They took back what was stolen

1:21.8

through fear, disinformation, and apathy. And that 20-point blowout for Prop 50 in LA, that wasn't just a policy win.

1:31.3

That, my friends, was a rebellion.

1:33.3

A rebellion against corporate greed against housing exploitation, against the idea that working people should keep losing while billionaires keep taking.

1:43.3

This wasn't politics as usual, it was a reckoning.

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