Today on Mea Culpa, I’m joined by social media star Aaron Parnas for a wide-ranging conversation about power, spectacle, and global instability. With over 4.6 million followers on TikTok, millions more across platforms, and his Substack The Parnas Perspective ranking as the top news newsletter with more than 615,000 subscribers, Aaron brings massive digital reach and sharp insight into today’s political moment. We break down the release of the Epstein files and what partial disclosure means for real accountability, react to Trump’s latest ship announcement and the politics of distraction, and examine the war in Venezuela and the broader geopolitical stakes. A former securities litigation attorney in Washington, D.C. and a Forbes 30 Under 30 (Media) honoree, Aaron helps connect the dots between media narratives, political power, and international consequences in an episode that shows how easily chaos fills the void when transparency disappears.

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Trump’s Fleet of Ego Sinks + A Conversation with Aaron Parnas