With the fresh trauma of January 6th beginning to recede, the old fault lines have reappeared with frightened Republicans rallying behind Donald Trump in a bid to save him from a second impeachment. Plus, the Marjorie Taylor Greene outrage and the GOP’s QAnon problem. Finally, Joy Behar from ABC’s The View talks to Michael about Meghan McCain and whether the Trump children will be welcome back on the show. For cool Mea Culpa gear, check out www.meaculpapodcast.com/merch

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On Wednesday, Donald Trump became the first President in US history to be impeached twice, this time for inciting an insurrection and sending a mob to attack the US capital in a desperate move to remain in power. The impeachment saw rare bi-partisan support with nine GOP representatives joining the democrats in calling for the president's ouster. The trial now moves to the Senate. MSNBC host Ali Velshi joins Michael as they analyze this unprecedented moment.

A conversation with the Atlantic Council’s Jared Holt, one of the foremost experts fighting online extremism today. His work has lead to the de-platforming of Infowars founder Alex Jones from Paypal, Facebook and YouTube. In addition, his articles and research are cited by everyone from the Washington Post to today’s Impeachment where prosecutors cited an op/ed he wrote as proof of Donald Trump’s complicity in an insurgent coup attempt. He joins Mea Culpa on Day II of the trial and lead Michael on an illuminating journey into the conspiracy hive mind that threatens our democracy. For cool Mea Culpa gear, check out www.meaculpapodcast.com/merch

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Tomorrow's inauguration may spell the end for Donald Trump's disastrous presidency, but the monster he unleashed upon us January 6th will be with us for a generation. Michael discusses how the rioters were not some extraordinary group of hardened extremists, but rather, they come from our own communities; representing, as writer Hannah Arendt noted in her landmark 1963 New Yorker essay about the trial of Adolf Eichmann, "the banality of evil." The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson joins Michael to discuss how we go about dismantling Trump's ugly legacy and hold the rioters and those who supported them accountable. For cool Mea Culpa gear, check out www.meaculpapodcast.com/merch

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The nation collectively exhaled a sigh of real as Joe Biden was inaugurated the 46th president of the United States. His address was a marked contrast from Trump’s dystopian American Carnage speech four years prior. But the new president inherits a nation beset by crisis and pandemic with bitter internal divisions. The elephant in the room remains the now former President Trump whose impeachment trial looms. Meanwhile America waits for justice to be served. David Enrich from the New York Times joins Michael to discuss Trump’s perilous financial future and is own date with legal jeopardy.

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With the official purging of Liz Cheney, the GOP is now the party of the lunatic right. Gone are the moderate voices in favor of accused sex trafficker Matt Gaetz and QAnon Queen Marjorie Taylor Green. We get the inside scoop on her aggressive confrontation with AOC and her stalker level obsession with the Congresswoman. Finally, Donny Deutsch joins Mea Culpa to discuss the GOP brand in the age of insanity and much, much more.

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