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Anthony Fauci went in front of a grand jury and took the Fifth 111 TIMES. People — I’m a former mob boss. I took the Fifth. Frank Costello took the Fifth. Joey Gallo took the Fifth. You know why we did it? Because we were criminals, and we didn’t want to incriminate ourselves. So what’s HIS excuse? The man had a preemptive pardon going back to 2014.
In this one I break it all down: why that pardon reaches back six years before COVID, what his own diary gave away, the time I DIDN’T take the Fifth — and got acquitted — and exactly how we would have handled a guy like this in my world. Believe me, we wouldn’t have needed to touch him.
We got held accountable for everything. Gambling. Extortion. We paid. I did 8 years. So when does Washington pay?
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Mafia vs. Fauci: How Would The Mob Have Handled The Man Who Shut Down America?
00:00 What Was Fauci Worried About?00:37 111 Times — What Happened While I Was Away01:20 The Preemptive Pardon — Why Go Back to 2014?02:36 His Own Diary Gave Him Away03:41 Rand Paul Wants Answers — People Lost Everything04:21 He Takes the Fifth — Let Me Explain How It Works04:55 Worse Than Any Mobster — How We Would Have Handled Him06:19 I Took One Shot — I Was One of the Suckers06:57 You Had a Pardon, Fauci. What Were You Afraid Of?07:37 Costello, Gallo & How They Jailed US for Silence09:06 The Pardon Doesn't Cover the States — Tuberville Steps Up09:55 A Dog and Pony Show Until Somebody Acts10:19 The Media Covered for Him — They Buried Trump11:00 Blood on His Hands — Where's the Accountability?12:39 This Isn't About Trump13:08 A Pardon and STILL Afraid to Talk15:17 The Time I Talked to the Feds — And Got Acquitted17:04 He Has Something to Hide — Don't Let Him Gaslight You17:47 Aaron Rodgers Called Him Out18:44 I Paid for What I Did. When Do They?19:26 111 Times. Unprecedented.19:58 Find Me on TikTok — Lives Twice a Week
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Aug 6
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This is a sad one, people. My friend Vinny Pastore passed away over the weekend. 80 years old. You knew him as Big Pussy on The Sopranos, and as Angelo Ruggiero — a man I knew personally — in the 1996 Gotti movie. He nailed that role. I told him so to his face.
Vinny was the real deal. A good actor, a better man. Always had time for a fan, a photo, an autograph. Everybody who knew him will tell you the same thing.
Back in 2021 we sat down together — and I’m glad we did. He told me stories you won’t hear anywhere else: how Armand Assante turned into John Gotti right in front of him at the audition, holding Anthony Quinn’s baby on set, his years with Tony Sirico, and how a guy from the Bronx who thought he’d be dead by 50 ended up in the greatest show ever made.
We’ve lost too many of these guys the past few years — Ray Liotta, Jimmy Caan, Tony Sirico, Burt Young — and now Vinny. So watch this one, enjoy him the way I got to, and keep his family in your prayers.
Rest easy, Vinny. See you on the other side, my friend.
00:00:00 — Introduction00:00:54 — A Sad Day — We Lost My Friend Vinny Pastore00:02:26 — The Great Ones We've Lost — Liotta, Caan, Sirico & More00:04:24 — My 2021 Interview With Vinny — In His Memory00:04:57 — How Vinny Became Angelo Ruggiero — I Knew the Real Angelo00:06:52 — Armand Assante, Anthony Quinn & the Baby on Set00:07:53 — The Bar Scene — Nobody Ever Played It Better00:08:41 — Wine Under the Table — The Freedom They Had on Gotti00:09:51 — Touring the World With the Sopranos Cast00:12:30 — The Secret Casablanca Records Movie00:13:23 — I Was in That Office With My Father — Casablanca & Buddah Records00:14:56 — The Disco Days — My Clubs, His Clubs, Old New York00:18:07 — Why Vinny Walked Away From the Nightlife00:18:52 — "You're Going to Be Dead at 50" — The Night He Chose Acting00:20:22 — Broadway, Chicago & Beating Tony Darrow for the Part00:22:26 — Vinny's Acting Lesson — Take the Two-Line Role00:24:09 — I Asked Him: How Do You Remember All Those Lines?00:27:41 — Tony Sirico — Best Friends From Episode Two00:28:41 — The Day David Chase Called ME About The Sopranos00:30:27 — Getting Whacked — The Truth Behind the Funhouse Episode00:31:51 — "I'm Not Getting Rid of Vinnie" — Tony Fought for Him00:32:30 — Jimmy Caan Told Him: "You Got Robbed at the Emmys"00:33:26 — When The Sopranos Was a Sunday Night Lifestyle00:34:12 — "Don't Beg" — How He Filmed His Final Scene00:34:47 — Liz Hurley Loved My Father — The Mickey Blue Eyes Days00:36:49 — We Made a Commitment On Camera — A Series Together00:41:16 — Vinny & Danny Provenzano — Getting Sick, Making Peace00:43:29 — "I Was Scared, Man" — Vinny Opens Up About Cancer00:46:01 — My Father at 103 — Still a Bull00:49:12 — I Challenged Him to a Pizza Face-Off — Slices vs. Mulberry Street00:53:32 — Two Old School Guys, Two Commitments00:58:44 — "So We Did Grow Up"01:00:13 — Our Goodbye — Mob Movie Monday & See You Soon01:02:02 — My Farewell to Vinny — I'll See You on the Other Side
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My Last Sit Down With Sopranos Actor Vincent Pastore - RIP Vinny
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Everybody’s talking about the Tates getting arrested in Miami. The UK charges. The extradition. Everybody’s got an opinion. Here’s the difference — I know them personally. I’ve sat with them in Romania. My wife and daughter were with me. I’ve read the case files. I spent 8 years inside the system these boys are about to face. And the British government? They came after ME too — over a photograph.
So before you believe what they’re feeding you, watch this.
In this one: what I’ve actually seen in the case, my own run-in with the UK, what really happens when the Marshals arrest you, what that Miami jail is like on the inside — and my prediction for exactly how this ends.
And I’ll tell you like I always do — I deal in facts. If credible evidence comes out, I’ll be the first to say it. So far? Nobody’s shown me anything.
Watch the full video and decide for yourself: are they guilty?
00:00 — Do I Believe the Charges?
00:32 — Croatia, a Wedding & 41 Years Married
01:44 — Why I Stayed Quiet on the Tates — Until Now
02:31 — The DeSantis Conspiracy Nonsense
03:16 — I Speak From Experience — 8 Years Inside
06:02 — Let's Be Honest About Their Remarks
07:17 — Inflammatory vs. CRIMINAL — Know the Difference
08:05 — I Know the Tates. Here's What I've Seen.
09:20 — I Read the Romania Case Files. Garbage.
10:23 — California & Florida — Cases That Fell Apart
12:19 — The UK Came After ME — Over a Photograph
14:17 — Do I Trust the UK? No. Here's Why.
15:08 — The OnlyFans Question Nobody's Asking
17:03 — Are They My Friends? Yes. Here's the Real Target.
17:36 — Society Failed Young Men — That's Why Tate Exists
19:03 — What the Gangbangers in Prison Taught Me
20:05 — Not One Documented Case
21:06 — The Phone & the Jewelry — I Did the Same Thing
23:01 — I Spent Two Nights in MCC Miami. It's a Hole.
24:01 — 202 Exonerated — When Prosecutors Lie
26:06 — The Educators Have Zero Credibility
27:21 — Is This Political? Absolutely.
28:44 — If I'm Wrong, I'll Say It
30:22 — Social Media Is a Sewer
31:24 — Rules of MY Comment Section
33:41 — Don't Trust Government — We Live in a Mafia Democracy
35:18 — To Everyone Calling Me Uncle Mike
36:28 — My Prediction: Extradition, Bail & the Plea
38:30 — "Call Me a Rat" — Setting the Record Straight
39:25 — Giuliani Prosecuted Me. Now We're Friends.
40:22 — How This Ends — They Extort Worse Than the Mob
41:42 — God Bless the Tates
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Jul 29
44 min

Mamdani put out a map of New York's immigrant neighborhoods for the whole world to see — thirty of them. And he left MY people off of it. Little Italy. The Greeks. The Jewish neighborhoods. The Irish. Then he tells us it was an "accident." People — I got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
And that's not all he did. After 55 years, he denied the Italian-American Civil Rights League the license to celebrate Columbus Day. The league Joe Colombo started. My father was part of that fight. I take this PERSONALLY.
We built the subways. We built the bridges. We built that city. And this clown wants to erase us from it? Not on my watch.
In this one I get into all of it — the map, the permit, the socialism scam they're running on all of you, and what we would've done about a guy like this back in the day.
Mamdani Is Erasing Italians From New York — Former Mob Boss Responds
0:00 — "He's a Clown" — The Cold Open0:36 — Greetings From Switzerland (Wedding on Lake Como)1:35 — What Mamdani Did to the Italians2:29 — Two Offenses: The Map + The Columbus Day Permit3:09 — A Word From Franzese Wine4:14 — Little Italy Reacts (Street Interviews)5:57 — "It Wasn't an Accident" — Who Got Left Off7:06 — The Socialism Scam — Bigger Than Any Mob Scam9:02 — Reagan Was Right10:14 — "Mamdani Is a Fraud" — A New Yorker Speaks10:29 — Joe Colombo, the League & 55 Years of Columbus Day11:44 — A Word From Rumble Wallet13:26 — Take Responsibility — Why He Won14:11 — $37 Trillion — The Politicians Did This15:05 — Pelosi & the Insider Trading Game16:53 — Would the Mob Have Stood For This?18:14 — Why Do We Resent Billionaires?19:45 — Newsom Out West, Mamdani Out East20:35 — "You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself"22:09 — Wrap-Up + Ministry Monday Announcement24:00 — One Last Salute From Franzese Wine
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Jul 24
26 min

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I spent 20 years inside one of these organizations — now I’m ranking all of them. The cartels, the ’Ndrangheta, the Yakuza, the Triads, the Russians, the Irish, and yes, my own people. Four tiers: no rules no remorse, ruthless and relentless, dangerous with discipline, and business first, blood last. Where I put Cosa Nostra might surprise you.This isn’t just research. I did business with some of these groups, met their people on the street and in prison, and I’ve talked to the DEA and FBI agents who hunted them. One of these organizations shot down a military helicopter. One brings in $50 billion a year and most Americans have never heard of them. And one of them might be the most violent group on the face of the earth.Tell me where I got it wrong — and if I missed an organization, put it in the comments. I read them.
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00:00 - Introduction: Built on Blood00:39 - My History With These Groups02:39 - The Rules: Four Tiers of Violence04:04 - Sinaloa Cartel06:18 - Jalisco New Generation Cartel07:50 - Medellín Cartel: Silver or Lead09:04 - MS-1310:21 - 'Ndrangheta: The Quiet Giant14:14 - Yakuza15:48 - The Irish Mob and the Westies17:13 - Whitey Bulger Was Working With Feds18:00 - Cosa Nostra: My Own People20:17 - Where I Put the Mafia23:18 - The Russian Mafia25:13 - Two Rankings for the Russians25:44 - The Triads27:38 - The Final Rankings28:05 - Tell Me Where I'm Wrong29:45 - Why I Do What I Do
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Jul 17
38 min

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Critics and audiences are at each other’s throats over Citizen Vigilante, and I’m going to tell you what this fight is really about. This isn’t a review like the critics give — I lived on the other side of this fantasy. A masked vigilante hunting down criminals the system let walk, including a mob boss? I know exactly what happens to a guy like that on the street, and it doesn’t end the way it does in the movie.I break down where this film really came from, why audiences love it, why critics can’t stand it, and the one thing both sides are missing. Plus the story of the time we went hunting for the Son of Sam — the cops came to us for help, and we gave it.Fair warning: it’s a rough, violent film, and I say so. Watch to the end for what I think you should actually do about a system that fails people.
Critics Hate Citizen Vigilante. Audiences Love It. Former Mob Boss Explains
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Jul 15
41 min

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I ranked 15 of the most well-known politicians in America on one question: could they have made it in the mob? This isn't political — Democrats and Republicans get sized up the same way I'd size up any guy on the street. Are they cunning? Calculated? Could they pull the trigger if they had to? Three categories: made man (or woman), survivor, or total mamaluke — forget about it.
Some of these answers are going to surprise you. There's a president who never would've lasted a week, a governor who'd smooth his way in but end up with a bullet in the head, and a speaker of the house I believe could've pulled the trigger herself. I lived this life for 20 years — I know who makes it and who doesn't.
Tell me who I got wrong, and give me a politician I missed. Salud.
Which Politicians Could’ve Survived The Mob? Ex-Capo Decides
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Jul 10
34 min

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People ask me all the time: Michael, what did you guys actually eat? What was on the table? So today I’m giving you the real mob menu — not what Hollywood shows you, what these men actually loved. Al Capone’s favorite wasn’t a heavy tomato gravy — it was spaghetti with walnut sauce. Lucky Luciano, one of the most powerful Italians in history, preferred kosher pickles and corned beef from a Jewish deli. John Gotti? You’re not going to believe it — Cracker Barrel. I go through them all: Meyer Lansky’s cheese blintzes, Carlos Marcello’s Gulf seafood, Mickey Cohen’s French dip, Raymond Patriarca’s Sunday gravy, Joe Colombo’s table at Rao’s, the Genovese boss who kidnapped a chef because he couldn’t get a reservation, and Henry Hill — who told me himself his favorite was chicken soup. Then I’ll tell you what my father Sonny loved on Sundays, and my own go-to dish. I lived around these tables. Food was everything in that life. Hope I make you hungry. Salud.
Former Mob Boss Reveals What Real Mobsters Actually Ate
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Jul 8
36 min

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The whole world just apologized to America — and I’m watching it happen from my hotel in Monaco. With the World Cup here, people are coming to the United States from the UK, France, Japan, South America, everywhere, and they’re saying the same thing: “We owe America an apology.” They were told it was dangerous. They were afraid they’d get mugged or shot. They believed the propaganda about my country. And then they got here — and found the most generous, warm, welcoming people they’d ever met. Fans paying for strangers’ meals. High school stadiums nicer than anything back home. A GoFundMe in Boston just to keep the players around longer. I’ve traveled all over the world, and I’ve been saying this for years: America is the greatest country on earth. It’s a shame it took the World Cup for the world to see it — and even more of a shame that so many people here still don’t. This is my take. God bless America. Salud.
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00:00 - Introduction: We Owe America an Apology
01:06 - Reporting From Monaco
02:46 - Why the World Was Afraid to Come
05:30 - The Welcome That Stunned Them
07:40 - America Is Beautiful Coast to Coast
09:30 - The Boston GoFundMe
11:20 - How Spoiled We Are Back Home
13:40 - The People Who Hate This Country
15:10 - The Push for Socialism
18:00 - Where Has Socialism Ever Worked
20:30 - The Movement to Abolish Prisons
24:00 - Why Accountability Matters
26:30 - Why I Don't Believe in the Death Penalty
28:40 - The Spirit of 1776
31:00 - Unchecked Immigration Is Destroying Europe
33:00 - We Want America to Stay America
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Jun 30
37 min

I grew up hating cops. My father was Sonny Franzese, underboss of the Colombo family, and I spent my whole life on the opposite side of the badge. So when I sat down with Kevin Donaldson — a New Jersey cop who got shot on the job and came home a different man — we got into something most people never see: what that life really does to you. The mob and the badge look like opposite worlds, but the dark truth is what they have in common. The trauma. The things you can’t unsee. The hidden cost nobody warns you about. Kevin will tell you what cops carry that they never talk about, why he says it’s worse than anything I witnessed on the street, and how a man comes back from the edge. Two opposite sides of crime. One conversation. This one stayed with me. Salud.
Mafia vs Police: Is One Life More Brutal Than The Other?
Former Mob Boss and a Cop EXPOSE the Hidden Cost of That Life
Former Cop EXPOSES The Number One Killer Of Police
00:00 - Introduction: The Cop's #1 Killer
01:06 - Welcome and Today's Guest
04:45 - Why Michael Hated Police
06:19 - Pain Into Purpose
07:56 - Suffering as the Path
09:33 - The Book on Jesus
09:47 - Coming Out the Other Side
11:25 - Total Surrender
13:06 - Surrender Means You're Not Alone
14:52 - Suicide: The Silent Epidemic
15:51 - Losing His Partner
16:44 - What Officers Face Daily
18:26 - Don't Compare Your Trauma
22:08 - The Closed Casket
23:14 - How Trauma Rewires the Brain
23:45 - EMDR Explained
24:46 - Judging Yourself Hardest
25:35 - The Domestic Call
26:35 - Trapped and Ready to Die
28:19 - The Aftermath at Home
29:36 - Becoming a Monster
30:09 - Learning to Manage It
30:55 - Why Men Stay Silent
35:08 - The Role of Faith
36:17 - Crying at Church
38:12 - Surviving Without God
39:00 - Finding Your Primary Identity
40:32 - Where to Start
42:38 - The Truth About Defunding Police
44:05 - Wolves, Sheep, Sheepdogs
45:48 - Lord of the Flies
46:50 - A Necessary Evil
48:16 - Morale of Police Today
49:26 - Are We Near the End Times?
51:20 - Closing Reflections
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