4.16.25 The Joe Mangiacotti Show - Wednesday

THE JOE MANGIACOTTI SHOW – OPENING MONOLOGUE Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Good morning, New England—and good morning, America. You’re tuned into The Joe Mangiacotti Show, where we don’t chase the headlines—we interrogate them. We don’t take the narrative—we flip it over and see what’s underneath. It’s Wednesday, April 16th, 2025, and today, we’ve got five stories that, while very different on the surface, are all threads in the same bigger picture—one of truth, hypocrisy, accountability, and the long overdue return of common sense. Let’s kick things off with a story that’s breaking wide open—New York Attorney General Letitia James. You remember her—she’s the one who built her political brand on “no one is above the law,” especially when that law had the name Trump anywhere near it. Well, this week, in a stunning twist of poetic justice, she is the one in the hot seat. James has now been hit with a federal criminal referral for alleged mortgage fraud. Not from a right-wing blogger, not from an angry landlord—no, from the Federal Housing Finance Agency. According to the referral, she may have falsified documents—claiming a home in Virginia was her “primary residence” in order to secure better mortgage terms. All this while she was still the Attorney General of New York, a position that legally requires her to reside in New York. Now why would someone claim a different residence on a mortgage application? Well, because it can mean a lower interest rate, better loan terms, and yes—fraud if it’s not true. She’s also accused of misrepresenting a Brooklyn property as having four units instead of five, which could have allowed her to qualify for loan programs intended for smaller properties. Folks, these aren’t minor clerical errors. We’re talking about false statements to financial institutions, bank fraud, even wire fraud. If it sounds familiar, it should. These are the very types of charges her office slapped on Donald Trump and his family—charges that led to a $454 million judgment. As one legal analyst put it: “If we apply the Letitia James standard that she created, there’d be little question here. This seems pretty straightforward.” So here’s the question—will she be held to her own standard? Or was “no one above the law” just a political slogan meant for other people? Now let’s pivot—across the Atlantic, but still in the realm of sanity returning to public life. In the UK this week, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously—yes, unanimously—that biological sex is real and matters in the law. The court struck down Scotland’s attempt to redefine the legal definition of “woman” to include biological males who identify as female. The ruling was clear: sex is “an immutable biological state,” and the law must reflect that reality—not individual identity claims. Imagine that. In 2025, we’re cheering for five judges who had to state the obvious: that a woman is an adult human female. But that’s where we are. Because in recent years, stating the obvious has become revolutionary. And let’s not forget who brought this case: For Women Scotland, a grassroots group fighting to preserve women's spaces, protections, and rights. And backing them? None other than J.K. Rowling, who’s been villainized and canceled by the left for daring to defend biological truth. This wasn’t about hate. It was about reality—and making sure public policy doesn't erase it. This ruling isn’t just a legal victory. It’s a signal—a cultural turning point. Because when a government starts saying your sex is whatever you put on a form, women lose their protections, sports lose their fairness, and language loses its meaning. And now we come to Jennifer Sey—a name you should know. She was the president of Levi Strauss & Co., on track to be the next CEO, until she made one unforgivable mistake: she publicly opposed school closures during COVID. She didn’t say the virus wasn’t real. She didn’t spread conspiracy theories. She simply said: “Hey, maybe locking kids out of classr