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Michael Cohen
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Principal of Crisis-X
#1 and #8 NYT Bestseller Author
Host of The Mea Culpa Podcast
Co-Host of The Political Beatdown
Former Personal Attorney To President Donald J. Trump and Discharged Felon
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Democrats just handed Trump a political lifeline; ending the shutdown for nothing but an empty promise of a “vote later.” When compromise becomes surrender, everyone loses.
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"The Cowards of Capitol Hill"
Democrats just handed Trump a political lifeline; ending the shutdown for nothing but an empty promise of a “vote later.” When compromise becomes surrender, everyone loses.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Trump calls rising prices a lie, declares victory on affordability, and sells Americans a fantasy while tariffs, inflation, and broken promises silently bleed our wallets dry.
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"America Cant Afford Trumps Affordability"
Trump calls rising prices a lie, declares victory on affordability, and sells Americans a fantasy while tariffs, inflation, and broken promises silently bleed our wallets dry.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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As America heads into Thanksgiving with grounded flights and grounded government, GOP cruelty has turned national travel into a metaphor for a country stuck in political turbulence.
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"Stranded at the Gate of Greed"
As America heads into Thanksgiving with grounded flights and grounded government, GOP cruelty has turned national travel into a metaphor for a country stuck in political turbulence.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Republicans once swore eternal loyalty. Now, they whisper escape. The cult is cracking, the faithful are fleeing, and Trump’s empire of fear is out of fuel.
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"The Reckoning Has Only Just Begun"
Republicans once swore eternal loyalty. Now, they whisper escape. The cult is cracking, the faithful are fleeing, and Trump’s empire of fear is out of fuel.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Today on Mea Culpa, I’m joined by @cenkuygur, founder and CEO of online news network @_TheYoungTurks and host of @TheYoungTurks. One of the most fearless voices in progressive media, Cenk joins me to unpack America’s political free fall.
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Lies, Loyalists, and The Loss of Democracy + A Conversation with Cenk Uygur
Podcast Episode · Mea Culpa · 11/07/2025 · 1h 18m
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November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Trump’s trade war isn’t a patriotic crusade; it’s a pocket-picking, economy-wrecking tax scheme that punishes American families while pretending to protect them. And the Supreme Court knows it.
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"The Supreme Court vs. The Tariff King"
Trump’s trade war isn’t a patriotic crusade; it’s a pocket-picking, economy-wrecking tax scheme that punishes American families while pretending to protect them. And the Supreme Court knows it.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Democrats crushed the GOP coast to coast last night; and now the same Republicans who’ve spent the year rigging maps suddenly want “fairness.” The irony stinks of desperation.
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"The Sweet Smell Of GOP Failure"
Democrats crushed the GOP coast to coast last night; and now the same Republicans who’ve spent the year rigging maps suddenly want “fairness.” The irony stinks of desperation.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Trump’s shutdown didn’t just stop government; it stopped dinner. Now even his most loyal believers are learning that slogans don’t feed families, and loyalty doesn’t buy bread.
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"Trump's Shutdown Starves His GOP Faithful"
Trump’s shutdown didn’t just stop government; it stopped dinner. Now even his most loyal believers are learning that slogans don’t feed families, and loyalty doesn’t buy bread.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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The greatest threat to America isn’t a foreign enemy or failed economy; it’s the gleeful hatred of Americans who no longer believe their neighbors deserve to exist.
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"AMERICANS HATE AMERICANS"
The greatest threat to America isn’t a foreign enemy or failed economy; it’s the gleeful hatred of Americans who no longer believe their neighbors deserve to exist.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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The divide isn’t left versus right anymore; it’s feast versus famine. And voters are finally seeing who’s holding the silver spoon.
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"Empty Plates Will Flip This House"
The divide isn’t left versus right anymore; it’s feast versus famine. And voters are finally seeing who’s holding the silver spoon.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Today millions go hungry as SNAP benefits vanish, children and seniors bear the cost, and political leaders boast false triumphs, leaving America’s most vulnerable without food or dignity.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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"Democracy Dies Under His Gaze"
The shutdown should end with dialogue. Instead, Trump reaches for destruction. The filibuster is only the latest victim of his obsession with total control.
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"Democracy Dies Under His Gaze"
The shutdown should end with dialogue. Instead, Trump reaches for destruction. The filibuster is only the latest victim of his obsession with total control.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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When foreign leaders realize America’s president can be swayed not by principle but by praise, not by policy but by gold, democracy itself becomes the collateral
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"The Shiny Object Syndrome"
When foreign leaders realize America’s president can be swayed not by principle but by praise, not by policy but by gold, democracy itself becomes the collateral.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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As Washington burns and Silicon Valley feasts, millions of American workers are being erased; one layoff, one algorithm, one lie at a time. Subscribe, read, like and restack my current post, “ The Last Paycheck In America.”
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"The Last Paycheck In America"
As Washington burns and Silicon Valley feasts, millions of American workers are being erased; one layoff, one algorithm, one lie at a time.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Make sure to subscribe, watch and share my current @YouTube episode of The Michael Cohen Show.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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One side of Trump says the quiet part out loud. The other hides the truth behind chaos. Both are signals. America just stopped listening; and that’s the danger.
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"The Two Faces of Trump"
One side of Trump says the quiet part out loud. The other hides the truth behind chaos. Both are signals. America just stopped listening; and that’s the danger.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Trump isn’t governing; he’s demolishing. From bulldozing the East Wing to deploying troops in American cities, his wrecking ball presidency thrives because no one dares stop him.
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"America’s Democracy Meets A Wrecking Ball"
Trump isn’t governing; he’s demolishing. From bulldozing the East Wing to deploying troops in American cities, his wrecking ball presidency thrives because no one dares stop him.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Forty million plates will sit empty while Washington feasts on blame. Hunger is no longer a symptom of poverty; it’s become the policy of power.
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"Let Them Eat Nothing"
Forty million plates will sit empty while Washington feasts on blame. Hunger is no longer a symptom of poverty; it’s become the policy of power.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Trump’s so-called Narco War isn’t about stopping drugs; it’s about feeding his addiction to conflict, control, and cameras. When the facts go missing, he just bombs harder.
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"The Narco War No One Believes"
Trump’s so-called Narco War isn’t about stopping drugs; it’s about feeding his addiction to conflict, control, and cameras. When the facts go missing, he just bombs harder.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Trump says he “loves” America’s ranchers; right before shipping in cheaper Argentine beef. Nothing says America First like outsourcing your steak and stabbing your base with a ribeye.
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"Please Love Someone Else"
Trump says he “loves” America’s ranchers; right before shipping in cheaper Argentine beef. Nothing says America First like outsourcing your steak and stabbing your base with a ribeye.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Federal agents storm Canal Street over fake handbags turning NY’s bargain paradise into a battlefield while tourists clutch matcha lattes in horror and awe. Subscribe to, read, like and restack my current post, “Gucci Knockoffs Trigger Homeland Panic"
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"Gucci Knockoffs Trigger Homeland Panic"
Federal agents storm Canal Street over fake handbags and bootleg AirPods, turning New York’s bargain paradise into a battlefield while NYer's and tourists clutch matcha lattes in horror and awe.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Hard to believe I’m saying this; but Trump’s Russia hoax claim isn’t entirely wrong. I lived it. Eleven false allegations, pushed through Comey & Brennan, weaponized to wound him; and me. The early narrative was manipulated, exaggerated, and in parts, manufactured. I saw it firsthand.
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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In a rare flash of conscience, the Senate remembered it still has a spine; and perhaps, buried beneath the politics and fear, a flicker of moral instinct.
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"The Day The Senate Remembered Itself"
In a rare flash of conscience, the Senate remembered it still has a spine; and perhaps, buried beneath the politics and fear, a flicker of moral instinct.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Trump isn’t preserving America; he’s rebranding it, one gold-plated illusion at a time. History erased, monuments renamed, and a nation rebuilt in the image of its showman-in-chief.
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"History Has Left The Building"
Trump isn’t preserving America; he’s rebranding it, one gold-plated illusion at a time. History erased, monuments renamed, and a nation rebuilt in the image of its showman-in-chief.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM