Our Strategy Is Flawed + A Conversation with Adam Parkhomenko

Mea Culpa

Michael Cohen

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Today on Mea Culpa, I welcome back Adam Parkhomenko, Democratic strategist, former DNC National Field Director, and advisor to Hillary Clinton. As MAGA floods the media zone with its talking points, I wanted Adam’s perspective as a strategist on how to combat Trump’s tightening grip on power and the collapse of political accountability in Washington. We examine how Democrats lost control of the narrative and brainstorm creative ways to reclaim it. We also discuss what James Comey’s indictment reveals about the state of justice, Trump’s failure to improve our international standing, and the impact of Charlie Kirk's murder. From the stalled Epstein files to Trump’s use of the National Guard, we expose how chaos has become the core of Trump’s political strategy, and what it will take to fight back. Thanks to our sponsors: Leesa: Go to https://Leesa.com for 20% off mattresses PLUS get an extra $50 off with promo code COHEN 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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1:00.8	exceeded 500 million downloads. That's right, 500 million. So let's get to the news. Look, we're living
1:09.5	in a moment where the machinery of government no longer
1:12.2	functions as it should. The halls of power have become a theater, and the citizens it's supposed to
1:18.1	serve are left standing outside, watching the spectacle unfold. Now, during the recent government
1:24.8	shutdown, we saw it in real time.
1:28.4	Democrats lagging on messaging, letting Republicans dominate the narrative with ruthless precision.
1:35.5	Hours or sometimes mere minutes made the difference between controlling the story and being
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