The Mea Culpa Podcast: Featuring Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci

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Today, I’m going to cut through all the bullshit and call it like I see it. And Substackers, what a week of bullshit it's been. Just when you think the Trump administration couldn't get any more reckless, they hit the gas and swerve straight into a national security disaster.

Jeffrey Goldberg over at The Atlantic; a guy who actually knows a thing or two about journalism, broke the story that senior officials in the Trump White House decided that encrypted Signal chats were the perfect place to hash out sensitive operational war plans. You heard that right. Signal, the app your shady cousin uses to organize a raunchy bachelor party, was apparently the go-to for discussing military strikes against Yemen's Houthis. And guess what? Someone; oops, accidentally looped in a journalist. If that’s not the universe screaming for accountability, I don’t know what is.

And how did Trump respond? Well, in classic fashion, he called it a ‘glitch,’ because everything inconvenient in Trump world is either a glitch, a hoax, or Joe Biden’s fault. Then you’ve got Kash Patel, Trump’s favorite fixer, spinning this like it’s some deep-state coup. Pete Hegseth, who never met a Trump scandal he couldn’t cheerlead, insists that the real crime here isn’t the breach but the fact that anyone dare question the administration’s competence. And let’s not forget Tulsi Gabbard, now fully unmasked as a Kremlin parrot, crowing about how this leak was somehow a noble act to expose government wrongdoing. It’s like a bad parody that just keeps writing itself.

But wait, there’s more! NSA Director Mike Waltz actually admitted that mistakes were made. Shocking, right? A Trump official taking the fall instead of blaming it on the liberal media or Hillary's emails. Waltz says this was a lapse in protocol, and that steps are being taken to prevent it from happening again. Sure, Mike. Because clearly, this is the first time this bunch has been reckless with national security. Remember the classified documents stashed in Mar-a-Lago? In Trump’s bathroom?Good times. And thank you for the interesting literature when sitting on the toilet takes just a little longer than you hoped.

And if you thought Trump was content just trampling national security, hold up. House Speaker Mike Johnson; that little man in a big suit, is now floating the idea of eliminating federal courts. Why? Because judges like Judge Boasberg keep doing the unthinkable: following the law. Can’t have that in MAGA Land. Johnson’s logic is simple: If the courts aren’t rubber-stamping Trump’s every whim, then they must go. It’s like a mob boss complaining about the cops.

Now, Boasberg has become the latest scapegoat for the GOP’s anti-judiciary crusade. His crime? Applying the law fairly and refusing to play Trump’s game. And of course, Trump world is in a frenzy, because anyone standing in the way of their leader must be corrupt. Attacking judges, dismantling courts; it’s all part of the authoritarian playbook. The only thing missing is Trump promising to build a gold-plated ‘Justice Tower’ to personally oversee all rulings.

But it doesn’t end there. Trump, never one to miss an opportunity for authoritarian overreach, has signed a brand-new executive order to overhaul voting rights. In other words, another transparent attempt to rig the game before the next election. Because when your whole political strategy hinges on fear, lies, and voter suppression, why bother competing fairly? And somehow, despite the non-stop chaos, the scandals, and the sheer incompetence, Trump’s approval ratings are ticking upward. It’s like watching a car wreck in slow motion, and half the country is cheering it on. Seriously…WTF!

And let’s talk about those numbers. Pollsters say Trump’s base has only solidified. The more outrageous he gets, the more they dig in. It’s grievance politics on steroids. They’re not voting for policy or competence; they’re voting to burn it all down. But what about the so-called moderates? The independents? Turns out, after years of constant scandal, they’re just exhausted. Outrage fatigue is real, and Trump thrives on it.

Meanwhile, the GOP establishment continues its circus act. Mike Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and their clown car of enablers are cheering this chaos on because they know that a destabilized democracy benefits one man and one man only. And in case you were wondering, no, they’re not losing sleep over it.

Which brings us to today’s guest. Joining me is

Anthony Scaramucci

; the Mooch himself. You remember him. For eleven glorious days, he brought us the kind of chaotic, uncensored honesty that only someone freshly freed from the Trump brainwashing can deliver. Since then, Anthony’s been one of the most outspoken critics of the Trump regime, calling out the grift and lunacy from the inside. He knows how the sausage is made, and he’s here to help us make sense of the latest madness.

So, let’s go now to that conversation:

And now for today’s Mea Culpa:

You’ve heard me say it before. Accountability is dead. It doesn’t exist in Trump’s America. And the most terrifying part? No one seems to care. Not when Pete Hegseth gets in front of a camera and, with that perfect Fox News smirk, insists that the Signal chat exposing top-secret operational war plans is just a harmless misunderstanding. A fabrication, he says. A deep-state smear. Except, of course, it’s not. The war plans are real. The betrayal is real. And the lie? That’s as real as it gets.

But Hegseth didn’t stop there. Like clockwork, the GOP mouthpieces lined up, ready to parrot the same ridiculous lie. Karoline Leavitt, ever the eager sycophant, took to her soapbox, pretending the leak was some liberal hoax. Mike Waltz, our national security advisor, spun his own version of reality like a knockoff Kremlin spokesperson. And then there’s Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House. The man third in line to the presidency, standing before the American people and peddling a lie so blatant it would be laughable if it weren’t so fucking dangerous.

These aren’t fringe actors. These are the power players, the decision-makers, the self-anointed guardians of the Republic. And they’re lying to you. Straight to your face. If we can’t trust what they say about something as serious as leaked war plans, what can we trust them on? Healthcare? National security? The next war they send your sons and daughters to fight in?

Accountability isn’t just a buzzword. It’s the foundation of any functioning government. But under Trump, it’s been reduced to an inconvenience; a pesky little hurdle that can be bulldozed with a MAGA hat and a catchy slogan. The truth no longer matters when your entire playbook is built on denial and projection. Lie big enough, repeat it often enough, and eventually, people start believing it. It’s the Trump Doctrine in action.

And the worst part? There’s no consequence. Hegseth will keep his primetime slot. Leavitt will keep her talking points. Waltz and Johnson will keep their seats. The Republican base will cheer them on, convinced they’re fighting some imaginary deep-state bogeyman.

But what happens when the next lie is about something even bigger? When the stakes are even higher? The erosion of accountability doesn’t stop. It spreads. It metastasizes like a cancer. And by the time we finally realize how far gone we are, it’ll be too late.

So I ask you: where are we if the people entrusted with our safety, our democracy, and our future can lie to us with impunity? The answer is staring us in the face. And it’s a hell of a lot closer to the edge than we’d like to admit.

And as always, thanks for listening.

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