This week, I sat down with Michael Cohen to talk about something that isn’t getting enough attention: how Trump is quietly reshaping American policing — not through local reform, but federal control.

In D.C., it started at Union Station. A supposed “crime crackdown” turned into a federal occupation. Local police sidelined, the mayor stripped of authority…

This livestream with Jim Acosta and Sarah Matthews came at a moment when Trump still dominated the headlines and the January 6th hearings were forcing America to confront the truth.

But it was at the end of the episode, when Jim and I took a step back, that the conversation cut deepest. We talked about what Republicans were already trying to do: rewrite …

On Jim Acosta’s live show, Michael Cohen went first, laying out his perspective on Trump’s chaos and DOGE. Then I joined Jim to talk about what that chaos looks like on the ground.

And I shared something, a bomb threat I’d received.

That’s what standing up to Trump and his movement brings. It’s not just arguments on cable news. It’s not just noise online.…

That’s the difference between watching events unfold on TV and standing in the middle of them.

For me, January 6th isn’t just history. It’s memory. It’s scars. And when I talk about it, I’m not speaking in hypotheticals. I’m telling you what it felt like to be there, fighting to hold a line while democracy itself was under attack.

That’s where this conve…

When Don Lemon and I went live for this conversation, the headlines were dominated by Trump’s foreign policy stumbles and the chaos his inner circle was fueling at home.

We talked about Netanyahu testing Trump on the world stage — and how obvious it was that Trump was afraid to stand up to strongmen leaders. That weakness wasn’t just embarrassing. It was…

Glenn spent decades as a federal prosecutor. I spent nearly 20 years as a cop. Both of us have seen this country at its best and at its worst.

We talked about where we are right now — the Trump trials, the rot in our political system, and the reality that the threats we faced on January 6th haven’t gone away. If anything, they’ve grown.

Glenn brings the p…

Sometimes you’ve just gotta grab a couple of chairs, crack open a beer, and let the conversation wander. That’s exactly what Peter and I did in this episode of BYOB with the Fanone Bros. — no scripts, no filters, just two brothers talking politics, life, and everything in between from the front porch.

It’s equal parts serious, casual, and ridiculous — ju…

Beer in hand, needle buzzing — probably not the smartest setup for talking politics. But sometimes the best conversations happen in the least polished places.

This one’s about passion, culture, and the kind of truth you don’t get in a studio.

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The Jim Acosta Show with Congressman Robert Garcia, Michael Fanone, and Julian Zelizer

Back in April, Jim Acosta and I sat down with Congressman Robert Garcia and Julian Zelizer for a wide-ranging conversation on Trump, power, and the future of our democracy.

It’s Throwback Thursday now — but this episode proves some conversations never really get old.

👉 Watch the full discussion here and see why.

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