Political Beatdown Full Episode - 1/15/2026

Political Beatdown with Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Michael Cohen and Ben Meiselas react to Donald Trump's psychotic morning rant on Truth Social where he threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act against the people of Minnesota. All that and more on a new episode of Political Beatdown. Ultra Pouches: Don’t sleep on @UltraPouches . New customers get 50% Off with code BEAT at https://takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad Fast Growing Trees: Go to https://fastgrowingtrees.com/political now to get 15% off your entire order! Subscribe to Michael Cohen's YouTube channel for daily episodes! https://www.youtube.com/@TheMichaelCohenShow/featured Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticalBeatdown Add the Mea Culpa podcast feed: https://linktr.ee/meaculpapod Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.8	Welcome to Political Beatdown. I'm Ben Myceles, joined by Michael Cohen. We have a lot to discuss, A lot going on internationally, a lot going on domestically.
1:16.0	I guess let's just start with the latest news of Maria Karina Machado,
1:21.9	the Venezuelan opposition leader who was the supporter of Mundo Gonzalez when she was banned from the
1:29.5	2024 elections. They really won the election back in July 24. I think that Machado has said
1:37.4	a number of things and done a number of things to try to curry favor with Donald Trump that I
1:42.2	think has made her look weak and has undermined
1:45.2	her strength and I think ability to be an effective leader.
1:49.2	I guess I understand why she thought she had to do that, but I don't respect it.
1:54.5	I don't like it.
1:55.5	And I think she's not getting what she wants anyway.
1:58.8	But she was in the White House today. She met with Trump,
2:02.7	not at one of these Oval Office pressers that are covered. It was a very quietly done one.
2:09.1	And then afterwards, she went to state regime media Fox. And she told Fox that she presented Donald Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize.
2:20.3	She says, I presented the President of the United States, the medal, the Peace, the Nobel Peace
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