The Wednesday Wake Up Call June 26, 2024
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We welcome back to the show our old friend, the legendary newsman, David Corn. Corn is the D.C. Bureau Chief of Mother Jones, and an on-air analyst for MSMBC. He’s written four New York Times bestsellers, but his latest bestseller,” American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy” is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding why our republic is crumbling. Also, check out, “Our Land” his twice-weekly newsletter that covers everything from news of the...
Today we welcome back our good friend Tara Setmayer from the Lincoln Project. Setmayer is a former CNN political commentator, a contributor to ABC News, and a former GOP Communications Director on Capitol Hill. She's appeared on ABC's The View, ABC's Good Morning America, and HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. In 2020, she joined The Lincoln Project as a senior advisor and now hosts the live show The Breakdown alongside co-founder Rick Wilson. Today, Tara will try and help us understand what the R...
I’d like to welcome back our old friend, Harry Litman, to the show. Litman is the former US Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General. And is currently the legal affairs columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a professor of Constitutional Law at UCLA and UCSD. Harry can be seen as a legal and political commentator on CBS, NPR MSNBC, and CNN. Litman is also the creator and host of the Talking Feds Podcast. You’d be smart to subscribe to the “Talking Feds” YouTube channel. New episodes are p...
Today we welcome back to the show author and cultural analyst, Molly Jong Fast. She has written extensively about her wild life as a young woman growing up in New York City at the height of the ‘90s. She is also the daughter of authors Erica Jong and Jonathan Fast. Today, she’s a regular on MSNBC and currently contributes articles to various publications including Vanity Fair, Vogue, the Atlantic, and The Daily Beast. Molly is here to share her sharp observations about the pressing issues of the...
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Our guest today is former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Glenn Kirschner - he’s an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst and the host of the popular podcast, Justice Matters. Drawing from his 30 years as a federal prosecutor, homicide prosecutor, and Army JAG, Kirschner is with us to help us make sense of Trump’s legal trials and errors. Get TWENTY PERCENT OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER RIGHT NOW at TommyJohn.com/COHEN . Save TWENTY PERCENT on Second Skin at TommyJohn.com/COHEN See the site for details. Double your ...
Mea Culpa welcomes back Rick Wilson, longtime Republican political strategist, turned Lincoln Project co-founder, and zealous anti-Trump activist. You can find his weekly editorials in The Daily Beast. Wilson has also been published in The Washington Post, Politico, The Hill, and Rolling Stone to name a few, He makes regular appearances on CNN and MSNBC Also, Wilson’s #1 New York Times, best-seller, “Everything Trump Touches Dies” literally defined the Trump era. Today, Wilson will discuss every...
I can’t think of a better guest for today’s episode than my good friend Norm Eisen. And when I say good friend, I mean it. This man believed in me when many did not. He has encouraged me since the beginning of this journey to take a stand and continue to tell the truth… which makes perfect sense because Norm is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings and an expert on law, ethics, and anti-corruption. He was also President Obama’s “Ethics Czar” and Ambassador to the Czech Republic. Eis...
Archived Episode with Kris Goldsmith Kris Goldsmith guest today is fighting the good fight for us all, Kris Goldsmith. Goldsmith is an Iraq combat Vet and dedicated hunter of fascists. He’s also an investigator, instructor, and champion of veteran's rights. His company, Sparverius, detects and disrupts disinformation and domestic extremism. And also, check out the “community response guide” at Goldsmith’s website, TaskForceButler.org. The guide is written to help the average person take their fi...
I’m fortunate to call our next guest a friend…Harry Dunn. Dunn has been a member of the Capitol Police since 2008 and is one of the heroes forged by the January 6th insurrection. He’s since won the Presidential Citizen’s Medal, The Congressional Gold Medal, and the Capitol Police Service Award. And now he’s written a fantastic new book, “Standing My Ground, A Capitol Police Officer’s Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble after January 6th”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...
It’s a great honor to have my busy friend George Conway on the show. Conway, a brilliant lawyer, writer, and political commentator is now a fixture on news programs on MSNBC, NBC, and CNN. He’s also one of the founders of the Lincoln Project — a conservative who crossed over for the good of the country, Conway has been a very effective thorn in the former president’s side. Here to talk about Trump’s legal challenges and why the truth matter. Visit smileactives.com/cohen Today to receive a specia...
Today we welcome back our good friend Tara Setmayer from the Lincoln Project. Setmayer is a former CNN political commentator, a contributor to ABC News, and a former GOP Communications Director on Capitol Hill. She's appeared on ABC's The View, ABC's Good Morning America, and HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. In 2020, she joined The Lincoln Project as a senior advisor and now hosts the live show "The Breakdown" alongside co-founder Rick Wilson. Visit smileactives.com/cohen Today to receive a spec...
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Today we welcome Malcolm Nance. Nance is a career US Navy terrorism intelligence collector, code breaker, and interrogator with wide-ranging field and combat experience in the Middle East and elsewhere. Nance is a counterterrorism analyst for MSNBC. And the author of numerous books including his latest, “They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency”. Today we are going to utilize Nance’s 30 years of experience in counter-terrorism to help u...
We welcome back to our show, Dash Dobrofsky. Dash is a film producer and Tik-Toker with millions of monthly views. He’s also the authorand personality behind the best-selling newsletter ‘The Gen Z Perspective’— look for it on Substack. Today, we will be getting some of Dobrofsky’s valuable Gen Z perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We welcome back to our show, Dash Dobrofsky. Dash is a film producer and Tik-Toker with millions of monthly views. He’s also the author and personality behind the best-selling newsletter ‘The Gen Z Perspective’ look for it on Substack. Today, we will get some of Dobrofsky’s valuable Gen Z perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We welcome back to Mea Culpa the prolific, Jill Wine-Banks. Jill appears regularly as an MSNBC Legal Analyst. She has written numerous OpEds for NBC.com, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Politico, and the Huffington Post, to name a few. Wine-Banks was formerly a U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor specializing in Organized Crime. And was one of only three Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutors. She later wrote a book about it, “Watergate Girl …My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Crimina...
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From our archives a very special guest, John Dean. For those of you who lived through Watergate, his name is synonymous with the political intrigue of the 1970’s. Dean served as White House Counsel for President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. In that position, he became deeply involved in events leading up to the Watergate burglaries and the subsequent scandal and cover-up. Referred to as the "master manipulator of the cover-up" by the FBI, Dean’s testimony before the House was w...
Today we welcome back to our show, political satirist and digital comedian, Walter Masterson, a progressive video content creator who has turned trolling the whole MAGA shit-show into an art form. The video he shot while working on the frontlines during the January 6th insurrection has been instrumental in helping the FBI apprehend rioters who were stupid enough to brag about their crimes on tape. Walt’s even brave enough to interact with users who both love and hate him on Twitch and Snapchat. ...
We welcome back to the show, Tony Schwartz. A former columnist for The New York Post, and associate editor at Newsweek, he was also a reporter for The New York Times, and staff writer at New York Magazine and Esquire. In 1985, Schwartz began interviewing Donald Trump to ghostwrite Trump: “The Art of the Deal” for which he was given co-author credit. Art of the Deal was published in 1987 and some say it’s what sold Trump to the public as a successful businessman. Tony is here today to talk about ...
Our guest today is former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Glenn Kirschner - he’s an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst and the host of the popular podcast, Justice Matters. Drawing from his 30 years as a federal prosecutor, homicide prosecutor, and Army JAG, Kirschner is with us to help us make sense of Trump’s legal trials and errors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we welcome for the first time, Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps”Sullivan, the creators and stars of the popular podcast “I’ve Had It”. They first took the world by storm with their Bravo series “Sweet Home Oklahoma” — where they exported their idyllic hometown for all it was worth. Their brand is “no feelings spared” as they approach the burning issues of the moment. Or at least the issues that burn them the most. Don’t ask them to bring a casserole to your event or to celebrate internation...
Today we welcome back to the show, journalist and author, Dave Marcus. Soon after graduating from Brown, Marcus wrote an article for Vanity Fair. It was a look at the final months of his nefarious cousin Roy Cohn. The same Roy Cohn who was Donald Trump’s mentor and fixer. Since then, Dave has been warning Americans about the ways Cohn taught Trump to lie, steal, and misuse the judicial system. Marcus has written several books and shared the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, for a serie...
Our guest this week is my good friend, Joe Walsh. Joe is a podcaster, radio host, columnist, and Republican elected to the House of Representatives in 2011 from Illinois’s 8th District. He also ran for president and then blew up his life when he spoke out against the MAGA cult and gave Trump the two-finger salute. Be sure to check out Joe’s popular political podcast, “White Flag” with Joe Walsh wherever you get your podcast. Today Walsh is here to talk with us about the current state of the GOP ...
Today I welcome my friend Donny Deutsch, he’s a branding and marketing specialist and popular television personality on all the major networks. But look for him daily on “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. Deutsch is the former Chairman of the advertising firm Deutsch Inc. He has penned two business motivation books, “Often Wrong, Never in Doubt” and “THE BIG IDEA: How to Make Your Entrepreneurial Dreams Come True." Today we will be getting Donny’s take on MAGA politics and what’s left of the Trump brand. S...
Today we welcome for the first time, Dan Alexander. Alexander is a senior editor at Forbes where he leads the magazine's coverage of Donald Trump. Twice a year Alexander is responsible for putting together Forbes estimate of Donald Trump's net worth. And we all know that’s a tough job. Alexander is also the author of White House, Inc.: How Donald Trump Turned the Presidency into a Business. He’s here to talk about Trump’s shifting finances and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...