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We're going to talk about what's the state of this country. And, you know, my question was, there's this viral video from a Bronx tale, which I'm sure,

Michael, you've seen that movie, right?

Many times, yeah.

And there's this great scene where, you know, the main guy beats the crap out of some bikers.

And it got me thinking about when I see these videos of these roaming bands,

just smashing department stores, taking whatever they want. I'm like, I don't think that would

have happened if the neighborhoods were still run by the mafia. So Michael, do you want to introduce

yourself and just give your background? Sure, Michael Francis. And I think most people know that at one point in time, I was a copal regime, a member of the Colombo crime family back in New York.

My dad was the underboss of that family for many, many years. And I was part of that life for about 20 years, 20 plus years.

And did pretty well. Became a major target of law enforcement, was arrested

probably 18, 19 times, indicted seven times, went to trial five times. And I actually did 10 years.

Well, got a 10-year prison sentence, did eight years in prison. And then my life kind of turned

around. I met a young girl who's now my wife years in prison. And then my life kind of turned around and met

a young girl who's now my wife of 39 years and walked away from that life. And, you know,

been living a little bit differently for the past 20-some-odd years. So, man, I got a million and one

questions. We'll get to. We'll get to it. Shane's hanging out. So many questions. I'm very happy to be here. Looking forward to this episode. Shane Cashman, host of Inverted World Live, and let's get to it. So I obviously want to ask you, you know, the story of how

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