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March 21 | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) takes to the Senate Floor to speak against the so-called SAVE America Act. Sheldon Whitehouse represents Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate, where he champions policies to uphold American leadership in the world, protect our planet in a changing climate, and hold the powerful accountable.
Popok reports on Trump showing no interest in keeping American's safe by appointing Bill Pulte, a nepo baby and political hack and a rank amateur with 0 intelligence experience to run the National Intelligence Directorate responsible for 17 intelligence agencies including the CIA. It is more likely that Pulte will run around pursuing Trump's enemies list and conspiracy theories about the election while serving in the Acting role, making American's fundamentally unsafe.
Popok reports on the DOJ's newest filing in the Ballroom appeal where they catalogue each and every "secret" security feature of the Ballroom to stop attacks, and also admit to the world that for the next 3 years anyone that visits the White House on an official visit, especially foreign leaders, is a prime target for being assassinated by a "kamikaze drone" strike.
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian cover the Bright Line Watch and UCLA Law Safeguarding Democracy Project survey, the first joint survey of federal judges, elite lawyers, and law professors on the state of U.S. rule of law. The findings: 94% of legal experts say Trump's second term poses a greater threat to the rule of law than his first. Only 30% have confidence the Supreme Court will make impartial decisions involving the Trump administration
Popok is joined by Congressional candidate, sex abuse survivor and congressional candidate Laura Dunn to break down how the Democrats can be successful campaigning on BOTH affordability AND justice by impeaching Trump and those that enable him and why both are so important.
Judge Mehta has declined the Trump DOJ's motion to automatically dismiss the criminal indictments against the pardoned Oath Keepers who were convicted of seditious conspiracy and other high crimes for Jan6, until the DOJ convinces him that it is being done in the public interest and for the public good! Popok examines the new order and why US Attorney Jeannine Pirro will have difficulty convincing Mehta to just sign off on dismissals with hallow arguments of "Biden Weaponization" and "they were peaceful protestors" who are "political victims!"
Popok reports on breaking news, as Judge Williams credits the filing of 35 Federal Judges that argue that she was "deceived" by Trump and his lawyers and that a fraud was committed on the Court in filing by Trump of his case against the IRS and the "settlement" of the case to avoid court jurisdiction. She now ORDERS that by June 12 Trump's lawyer's answer whether they illegally "colluded" to mislead the court; whether the settlement is phony and premised on the deception of the court; and whether the court was the victim of "fraud" by Trump. All bad news for Trump.
In breaking news, Popok reports on Federal Judge Cooper, quoting from JFK himself, entering a 92 page order that (1) permanently blocks Trump's name from the Kennedy Center; (2) permanently requires that a Democratic Congresswoman be allowed to vote as Board Trustee; and (3) blocks for now the announced "closure" for "renovations" until the Board, with the Congresswoman voting, reconsiders the need to do so.
Popok reports on 2 corrupt deals exposed in the last 48 hours. In one, Pro Publica reports on the first time the White House intervened to force a federal agency to give a contract and loan to a company owned by Trump's family. In the other, their is new reporting that the Trump Organization (Don Jr. again) is building a 50 story skyscraper in the country of Georgia in collaboration with the ruling dictator of Georgia who is on a US Sanctions list preventing doing business with him.
Popok is joined by HuffPo Senior columnist Paul Blumenthal to brief the audience on the collision of two events in Trump's political life that together spell disaster to his midterm hopes -- the Senate Republicans abandoning him on his slush fund attempt, and Federal Courts rejecting his most racist congressional maps. Popok and Paul discuss what this means for the ebb tide of his political power.
Popok reports on how after each of the FOUR "annual" medical and mental exams of Trump, his White House releases Less and Less medical information about their results, culminating in exactly 0 Medical Information being released by a Doctor after yesterday's 4th exam of Trump in 19 months, except for Trump's "Self diagnosis" on social media that he's in "excellent health."
Will Todd Blanche be fired because of his incompetence and his losing the Senate vote for Trump wiping out 16 years of tax liability? The Legal AF podcast takes a look at whether Blanche just lost the votes he needs to ever confirm in as the confirmed Attorney General.
In breaking news and in a much needed win for the Democrats, a 3 judge Alabama Federal Judge panel, with 2 Trump appointed judges no less, and responding to the Supreme Court's recent decision to gut the Voting Rights Act, has for the second time found that Alabama INTENTIONALLY discriminated against its black residents, and struck down the State's use of the racist maps for the upcoming Midterms. Popok reports
Popok briefs on the continued fallout with the shocking admission by the DOJ that they committed grand jury and prosecutorial misconduct in a federal case against peaceful protestors. The lead prosecutor who may lose her law license, also just got fired from her new job as the lead counsel to the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee!
$750 million in stock trades in 4000 trades in 90 days sounds like someone knows something about Trump's next steps when he is trading his stock portfolio! Popok covers the front running problem on his webby award winning Intersection podcast.
Popok is joined by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to brief our audience about a new lawsuit filed against a generative AI company for "generating" a phony non-human "licensed medical doctor" to dispense medical advise and prescriptions, using a fake state medical license number! Governor Shapiro explains how the Democrats and States have to step up to regulate an out of control industry whose ability to harm and maybe kill Americans is being ignored by the Trump Administration that is in bed with Big Tech.
Why didn't Trump indict Raol Castro in his first term? Because his poll numbers among hispanics and in Miami were not as bad as they are now! and that's all you need to know about the announced attempt to indict Castro for murdering Americans 40 years ago. The Legal AF Pod breaks it down.
Moments after Trump filed to dismiss his bad faith suit against the IRS to obtain a gift for himself and his cronies of $1.776 billion dollar slush fund, 93 House Democrats fired back and filed a motion to encourage Judge Williams to put a stop to a “fraudulent” and “collusive” settlement in violation of Federal law and the Constitution’s Presidential Emoluments Clause. Popok, who has been following the story in his backyard since day 1, comments on whether Judge Williams will use her inherent authority to ensure she wasn’t used from the start and how the new filing will be used for lawsuits that will be filed throughout the week to stop the settlement.
Trump returns from China a broken man, with his tail between his legs, having accomplished nothing — no trade deal despite bringing dozens of American businesses with him — no deal to stop China’s funding through Hong Kong of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, no deal on Taiwan, or on China support for Russia against Ukraine— NADA. Popok reports on how China literally manhandling Trump enablers and roughing them up demonstrates how little China fears Trump, and how they use Hong Kong brokers and traders to get oil revenue, arms and cash to the Iranian Regime, while laughing at Trump.
Popok breaks down the new lawsuits sued to be filed against Trump and his efforts to FORCE the IRS he controls to "settle" with his phony $10 billion dollar IRS lawsuit because someone leaked his tax returns, in return for $1.7 billion in a new bad faith "vicitim compensation fund" he alone controls, in violation of Article I and II of the Constitution and the Administrative Procedures Act. Popok explains what Miami Federal Judge Williams could also do about it and how she could sanction the lawyers involved as well.
There is the Lincoln Memorial, and the Jefferson Memorial, and now the "Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room" filled with all 3.5 million printed and bound pages of the released Epstein files that has just opened in Trump's home city, New York, as living breathing proof that unspeakable sex crimes happened against 1200+ victims who will not be silenced by Trump, Melania, the DOJ, the FBI or the rich and powerful. Popok reports on the power of the exhibit and what it means to the victims continued quest for justice.
In breaking news, in a 7-2 decision, the US Supreme Court is allowing the sale by mail order of mifepristone one of 2 abortion drugs used for 50% of abortions in America, even into states that ban abortion. Popok explains that the new order will make the drug available to women in all 50 states at least for another year to 18 months, and presages a court that may ultimately allow its sale permanently. And yet Justices Thomas and Alito call the sale of the drug a "criminal enterprise" for "profit" that does nothing more than try to undermine the Court's decision in 2022 to overturn Roe v. Wade and take away a woman's right to choose, caring more about Red States than a woman's most private and intimate reproductive choices.
Michael Popok reports on Trump's desperation as he sees the writing on the walls in the coming midterms on the latest edition of the Intersection.
Where is Melania, and why did her documentary director Brett Ratner become Trump's +1 for the Chinese visit instead. Popok details the Chinese showing Trump who is boss, by stampeding the White House staff; blocking the Secret Service from protecting Trump; denying the American Press bathroom breaks, and forcing Trump's handlers to Rugby scrum their way past the Chinese and back to a safe space, or as one White House insider declared "it was a shit show." Popok also reports on how China continues to funnel money to Iran through fake and secret Hong Kong companies, a fact Trump seems not to understand as he has his head handed to him in failed negotiations with Chinese President Xi.
In breaking news, Trump, Governor DeSantis of Florida and others have been sued in federal court in Miami to stop in its tracks the construction of the Trump Hotel and Library because, the suit alleges, the land grab transferring an almost 3 acre parcel of public land owned by a financially struggling university for 0 dollars when its fair market value is $300 million, amounts to a violation of the Constitution's Presidential Emoluments Clause, in the form of a state giving a gift to a President which amounts to a bribe or an attempt to corrupt and influence him. Popok, in Miami, provides the reporting.
Popok briefs the audience on the DOJ, instead of releasing the Mar a Lago corruption report against Trump that Jack Smith prepared, or trying hard to continue to undermine the Biden presidency by releasing his private musings to his ghost writer caught on 70 hours of audio tape instead. Popok explains that this may an effort to continue to litigate Biden's mental state to argue that his pardons are invalid, and let them go after Dr. Fauci and others in Biden's family!
As Trump callously has his Marie Antoinette moment and tells American Voters "i don't care about" your economic suffering at all, the coalition of hispanic, black, independent and voters under 30 have abandoned Trump and MAGA in record double digit numbers, as even South Carolina's senate won't support his racist congressional map making exercise! Popok reports.
Popok takes a hard look at embattled FBI Director Ka$h Patel, as he throws himself an anchor while drowning during a Senate hearing. His FBI has sprung more leaks than the Titanic, and the knives are out for Patel as he tries to use the FBI as his personal vendetta squad against the media, and defames an innocent man along the way.
Popok reports on Trump being rejected by a MAJORITY of Republicans in new polling, as he records his WORST approval ratings in history, the worst Consumer Confidence numbers in history, and inflation makes prices jump almost 4% in April alone! These abysmal numbers spell certain disaster for Trump and MAGA at the midterms, as Americans flock in huge numbers to the Democrats for help.
Involvement with a child sex abuser seems to be a prerequisite to get a top Trump job! And Legal AF Pod explains why Commerce Secretary Lutnick’s last minute decision not to be sworn under oath about his Epstein ties could still lead to a criminal prosecution!
Popok updates on the new emergency injunction suit filed to stop Trump from painting the Historic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue, as Trump has a morning social media "rager" over press reports that he lied about the cost of painting (but not structurally fixing) the pool by about 6x. In the meantime, Fed Judge Nichols has issued a new order that puts the case on a fast track, starting today.
Voting rights are under attack, at the state supreme court and republican state house level, and Democrats are in a bare knuckle fight fight to the death to protect them. The Legal AF Pod explores all the current suits and moves to try to give MAGA an extra 8-9 seats in the House and evaluate whether that is enough to stop the Democratic takeover of Congress.
Popok reports on at least 2 judges of a 3 judge panel ready to rule in favor of Senator Mark Kelly (D. Ariz) to block Trump Sec of Defense Pete Hegseth from punishing him as a retired, decorated naval war hero, for participating in a public service video to remind them of their oath, and not to follow illegal commands.
Popok reports on a new filing by the National Trust, schooling Trump's DOJ and its "three most senior members" for violating court and ethics rules in filing an absurd "social media post" masquerading as a good faith filing to try to continue the Ballroom grift.
Trump's assault on the Fourth Estate--the Press-- is being met with fierce resistance by media outlets and the Courts. Legal AF Pod covers Trump and his Administration's use of defamation cases or the power of the FBI or DOJ to attack the media, and how the media is fighting back.
E Jean Carroll has almost $100 million dollars of judgments against Trump for sex abuse, defamation and punitive damages, and she is fighting him to the ends of the earth. The Legal AF pod explains how the Supreme Court has gotten involved and would could happen next.
The American Bar Association is fighting back against Trump's efforts to create MAGA lawyer factories in place of law schools, that do not even acknowledge ethics and professional standards, let alone comply with them. The Legal AF podcast explains what happens next.
The rubber meets the road, as Democrats take the fight to preserve the voters will and their decisions to protect Democratic and Minority seats in congress, with 2 emergency filings to the US Supreme Court, one from Virginia to overturn the State Supreme Court's ruling to throw out 3 million votes for new maps , and one from Alabama to go back and use 2023's racist maps to eliminate Black representation. Popok ties it all together and explains why the Day of Reckoning from American Voters is likely here.
Popok reports on Trump's failed Truth Social media company suffering a staggering $406 million in quarterly losses, while he turns his attention to monetizing his presidency by having the Palm Beach Florida airport "honor" him by having him slap his name on it, and give him the exclusive right to sell his Name, Image and Likeness on all merchandise sold at the airport!
Michael Popok on the latest edition of the Intersection breaks down the new public conflict that has broken out at the Supreme Court since their bombshell ruling last week.
Think of Governor Gavin Newsom as a 6'4" can opener, who is about to bust Trump and Fox open wide with his now court-approved $787 million dollar defamation case against Fox. Think Trump and Fox depositions and emails spilling out into the public as Newsom proves his case. The Legal AF pod covers one of Trump and Fox's big miscalculations.
You can't believe Trump or his economic advisors or cabinet secretaries to tell the truth about the dismal economy, but American CEOs during calls with analysts and earnings call are telling the American people the truth that they already know, there is too much month at the end of their paycheck, savings are being depleted and borrowing is ballooning at a record pace, and the economy is being propped up by AI data centers that manufacturer no real jobs. Popok puts on his wall street hat to talk about the bottom dropping from Trump's economy and what that means at the midterms.
In breaking news, Trump has instructed his DOJ to file a new filing with the Supreme Court in an effort to have them declare that, although he is an adjudged sex abuser by a federal jury, he was acting in the course of scope of his duties as President when they also ruled he defamed her and ordered him to pay her $83.5 million. Popok explains that if successful, Trump would have to convince the Supremes that defaming his sex abuse victim is just part of the job!
Popok reports on a Federal Judge refusing to trust the Trump Administration to search a Washington Post Pulitzer Prize winning reporter's computer files, while new leaks reveal that embattled FBI Dir. Kash Patel is using the FBI again to harrass and target reporters who have done their First Amendment duty and written unfavorable articles about Patel and/or his girlfriend. The First Amendment dies in the dark, and Legal AF is here to illuminate it and make sure that doesn't happen.
In breaking news, Popok reports on a public feud between the MAGA right and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on SCOTUS that has burst out in the open in a particularly nasty back in forth in a brand new order just issued in which the MAGA 6 side with Red States trying to rush to remap their congressional districts AFTER voters have already voted and while lawsuits continue to be filed to stop the maps.
Popok reports on Acting AG Todd Blanche getting caught on Fox News lying about criminal defendant and anti-hate group the Southern Poverty Law Center, admitting it in a court filing, but then arguing that another appearance on Fox News by Blanche fixed it. Popok explains how SPLC has Trump's DOJ already back on its heals as it goes for the grand jury transcript to try to prove that the Grand Jury was lied to by the DOJ.
Popok is joined by Democracy Forward's founder Skye Perryman to exclusively brief our audience on yesterday's "tense" emergency hearing before Federal Judge Ana Reyes, where Judge Reyes made it clear that we was not going to preside over another "ballroom" and east wing-style demolition of the East Potomac Park and hits historic golf course. Skye also implores our audience to focus on mobilizing voting to reinstall Democracy at the midterms.
Popok provides hard hitting analysis about tonight's all important Election Night in America, as voters go to the polls in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Will tonight prove Trump's waning influence to impact the outcome of elections as he looks at defeat in 7 Indiana State Senate races; the Ohio Federal Senate Primaries; and the winner take all Special Election for an open Michigan State Senate seats that will determine which party controls the State House!
Popok reports on Federal Judge Melissa DuBose finding that she has been the subject of "misconduct" and "patently false" press release after she determined that the DOJ and ICE intentionally lied to her and withheld key facts about an arrested immigrant that she released, and then abused her for it in a Homeland Security press release THAT IS STILL UP ON THE WEBSITE!
In breaking news, Trump's DOJ and US Attorney Jeannine Pirro, in a panic, has filed a motion with the Chief Judge in DC to have his scathing order finding that the DOJ investigated and prosecuted Fed Chair Jay Powell in bad faith, taken off the books so it has no legal effect. Popok explains why Chief Judge Boesberg should reject the motion, and continue to protect Powell against future criminal prosecutions.
Popok reports on Miami Federal Judge Williams having second thoughts about Trump and his captured IRS' honesty and analysis about whether they are really in a fight over the $10 billion that Trump is demanding for the leak of his tax returns. So, she has appointed a former Federal Judge and Clinton appointee, a former Solicitor General and Obama appointee, and a rockstar litigator to advise her as to whether Trump's shakedown scheme should be dismissed outright.
In breaking news, Federal Judge Ana Reyes, in a late night ruling and early morning ruling, forced the Trump Administration to answer to her this morning as to whether the Government tried to mislead the court and plaintiffs about the planned destruction of the historic East Potomac Park and municipal golf course, and to build on its rubble a mega professional golf course in Trump's image. Popok reports on how a Federal judge, schooled by Trump's prior demolitions and defacing of public property, sprung into action to get to the bottom of the issue within hours of being alerted, and what is going to happen next.
In breaking news, Justice Alito has entered an emergency STAY of a lower appeals court order that had entered a Nationwide Injunction against the use of abortion pills for FDA approved medication abortions, sending the issue to the full 9 justices with briefing next week. Popok reports on what could happen next at the Supremes, as the right of a woman to make the most personal and intimate decision about her reproductive rights hangs, again, in the balance.
In a ill-timed appearance on Sunday Morning Talk Shows, Acting AG Todd Blanche, like his boss, Trump, inevitably finds a way to make a public confession to help the DEFENSE and he did it again in the last 24 hours spilling the beans about the Former FBI Dir. James Comey indictment. Popok reports.
Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo report on new developments on Epstein files and a major win for Maurene Comey on the latest episode of Legal AF.
BREAKING NEWS 🚨 What’s really hidden inside the 2.5 million files linked to the Trump family? This explosive report dives deep into the controversy, the unanswered questions, and the key figures involved—including Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, and Rachel Maddow’s analysis. In this video, we break down what’s being reported, what it could mean, and why this story is gaining massive attention right now. Is this one of the biggest political document stories in recent years?
Popok is joined by Democracy Docket’s founder Marc Elias to brief our audience on what they can do in the high stakes fast moving fight over congressional maps as Republicans try to pick off Black and minority congresspeople in the south.
Based on new reporting, ICE is contracted with a company that used to run Guantanamo Bay and has suit against it for torturing children, to pick up and make undocumented CHILDREN disappear and separate them from their families, under the guise of "welfare checks." Popok takes a hard look at MVM Inc.
Why hasn't the DOJ gone after all the RIGHT WING MAGA influencers who called for Biden to be "removed" by "86ing" him, if that means "assassinate" ? Why just Former FBI Director James Comey? The Trump DOJ has a lot of explaining to do, and Popok on the award winning Intersection podcast tackles it.
In this significant interview, Congressman Al Green discusses his repeated calls for impeachment, highlighting the ongoing "politics" surrounding such efforts within the "house of representatives". This "latest news" segment also touches upon the "complaint" process related to "high crimes" and presidential accountability. The discussion offers a candid look into the challenges of political action.
Popok reports in Breaking News, on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal running head long into the Supreme Court, and challenging the Court by entering a Nationwide Ban on woman's use of pills to perform medication abortions at home, undermining a woman's right to choose and bodily autonomy in 2/3 of the States.
Popok reports on the Trump Administration not only ignoring May1's and the American Bar Association's Law Day celebrations, but going on the attack to try to put the ABA out of the law school credentialing business, to try to create more "unaccredited" MAGA law schools where its student body is all white and deeply red.
Popok reports on how the failure overnight of Spirit Air and the instant loss of 17,000 American jobs (when Trump's economy doesn't make any), demonstrates the economic malpractice and incompetence and callous disregard for the lives of average Americans of Trump and those around him like Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick. Popok compares Trump's failure to save one low cost airline, its jobs and lower airline prices, to how Obama and his Treasury Sec bailed out both the ENTIRE US Auto Industry and Banking Industry to help the Economy.
Taking a brief break from walking around downtown Indianapolis to talk a little about some of what we can do to reform the Supreme Court, reduce its power, and give ourselves the space to govern ourselves.
Despite poll numbers dropping like a stone that tells Trump he is despised by the majority of Americans, he continues to attack core US values, like the First Amendment, including media companies, comedians, and politicians. Why doesn't he stop? Popok on his The Intersection podcast has the answer.
In breaking news, Popok reports on Federal Judge Ho entering another BLOCK of Trump's efforts to end the Temporary Protective Status for hundreds of thousands of people, and not waiting around to see what the Supreme Court will do about it! Popok pulls together a bill passed by the House to protect TPS holders, a new Supreme Court oral argument on the very same issues, and lower courts continuing to churn out orders finding these people to be honorable and dignified not "junkies and leaches" and blocking their removal.
In breaking news, a Delaware Superior Court Judge has DENIED Fox News' motion to dismiss California Governor Gavin Newsom's $787 million dollar defamation case against it, alleging that Fox anchors including Jesse Waters LIED about Newsom and the timing of a call he had with Trump on purpose and with actual malice. Popok explains that this now moves the case into the email search and deposition phase, that could put Trump, Jesse Waters, John Roberts and other key Fox personnel on the witness stand, and open up their documents to search!
Popok is joined by Katie Phang to discuss her first of its kind, ground breaking Epstein files lawsuit, as she steps out from behind the microphone to file a suit to force the DOJ to release all of the Epstein Files.
A Federal judge in Miami stands between Trump and his robbing the IRS of $10 billion in tax payer dollars. Find out how's she's outfoxing Trump on the Legal AF Podcast.
Popok reports on a new federal court filing by Trump's lawyers, trying to prevent Trump from sitting for a sworn deposition under oath about the Jan6 Capitol attacks and his role in it, arguing that he has "immunity". But Popok explains that the other Trump entities in the suit (his 2 political action committees), don't have ANY immunity at all, and Judge Mehta should not further delay this 6 year old set of cases to bring justice to the police and others who were attacked on Jan6 as a result of Trump's actions.
Popok reports on a new Opinion and Order of a Federal Judge in NY about former FBI Dir. James Comey's daughter Maureen's retaliation suit against the Trump DOJ, may actually lead to new facts being disclosed about the Epstein scandal and its cover up, as Maureen was the lead prosecutor for Epstein and Maxwell and was fired for a reason.
In breaking news, in a 6-3 decision led by the MAGA right wing majority and written by Justice Alito, a majority of the Supreme Court has given the green light to States, primarily in the South and Red, to re-map their congressional maps again to freely eliminate black districts, as long as its done in the name of "politics". Popok reports on Justice Kagan's scathing dissent and her "cracked circle" hypothesis, as the MAGA majority celebrates that the US has no more racial discrimination and we live in a post-racist world!
Popok explains how Trump is using his feckless FCC Chair Brendan Carr to try to extort ABC all over again to get Jimmy Kimmel off the air because Melania can't take an "age" joke. This just goes to show you that ABC should never have settled with Trump at the beginning of the Administration over ABC's interview with E Jean Carroll that brought up Trump's sex abuse jury verdict, because it only invited a future shakedown.
Popok breaks down the 1.5 page indictment of Former FBI Director Comey, following "intense investigation" over the last year to get to the bottom of a single posting on Instagram Comey did on vacation in NC of a SEASHELL FORMATION, now turned into a death threat against Trump. Popok outlines the upcoming Motion to Dismiss and Motions about vindictive prosecution that have likely already been drafted, as Comey takes to social media again to defend his honor.
Popok reports on the laughable indictment of Former FBI Director James Comey for a social media posting a year ago involving seashells on a beach, which Trump's DOJ contorted into a death threat against the President. In addition, Popok updates on a federal judge letting Maureen Comey's wrongful termination case as a US prosecution continue in court.
Popok reports on outgoing Governor Ron DeSantis confessing on Fox News that his newly redrawn congressional map to accomplish his dream of a state that is 24 seats for Republicans and only 4 for Democrats-- which he hid from his own VOTERS and Legislators--holding each in little regard, actually violates the Florida Constitution.This "Dummymandering" that is forcing Republicans to spread Republican voters so thin as to give the Democrats a path to actually IMPROVE the number of seats they can gain, is on full display, as the Virginia Supreme Court takes up approving the Virginia new maps approved by voters.
Popok is joined by legal commentator, reporter and lawyer (and friend), Katie Phang for an exclusive interview about her being the first plaintiff to sue the Trump DOJ for its violations of the Epstein Transparency Act. You don't want to miss this no holds barred freewheeling interview about the Trump propaganda campaign and why a member of the media couldn't take it any more and finally sued Trump and not the other way around.
In breaking news, Trump has had his DOJ make a bad faith court filing of what appears at first blush to be one of his social media posts to try to exploit the averted tragedy of the WHC Dinner, asking the wrong court and wrong judge to dissolve an injunction that has already been blocked, to permit him to build the Ballroom which he is already allowed to do. Popok explains how Trump will likely lose the phony motion, as he and his lawyers use the "Trump Derangement Syndrome" and narcissistic bragging as a "legal justification" for the political screed masquerading as a court fling.
Popok reports on Trump's capture of mainstream media through the purchase of CNN and CBS by his right wing supporters is already paying dividends, as newly acquired CNN just blamed democratic criticism of Trump and his Administration, calling out his rogue lawlessness and assault on our Constitution, for the averted tragedy at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, taking a page out of Trump's playbook to blame the left for political violence in America instead of the right.
Popok reports on the sham "audit' that the outgoing DOJ Inspector General is opening about the DOJ and FBI's handling of the Epstein files, which is in no way a substitute for a full fledged INVESTIGATION, as Trump's DOJ continues to refuse to do its job, appoint an independent-from-Trump Special Counsel, interview the 1200 victims and open criminal investigations as necessary.
In the aftermath of the national tragedy averted at the White House Correspondence Dinner, renewed calls for FBI director Patel to be removed for incompetence grows. Popok is joined by Democracy Forward’s founder Skye Perryman to brief our audience on the new investigation opened by her organization, and comments on Trump’s attempted exploitation of the tragedy to attack his perceived political enemies.
Popok juxtaposes two very different interviews conducted on platforms owned by Trump supporters: Norah O'Donnell being called "disgusting" on Trump's manufactured victory tour in the aftermath of the White House Correspondent's dinner as she read from the gunman's manifesto and his attacks on Trump; and Dana Bash on CNN attacking the democrats for amping up the political rhetoric implying that they caused the shooting attempt.
Michael Popok reports on the new indictment of the SPLC and new twist and turns in the DOJ's case against John Brennan on a new episode of the intersection.
Popok reports on the breaking news, that Judge Williams, a federal judge in Miami, has just issued a new order that threatens to find that Trump's manufactured lawsuit against the IRS to shake down an agency he controls for "$10 Billion Dollars" is unconstitutional and illegal, which could lead not only to the cases dismissal, but also hamper Trump's ability to rob the IRS out of billions of tax payer dollars.
The Trump DOJ just asked a federal court to erase the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders — the men who planned, led, and coordinated January 6. Stewart Rhodes got 18 years. Dominic Pezzola smashed a Capitol window on camera. And now the same Justice Department that convicted them wants to pretend it never happened. Former homicide prosecutor and Resident Legal Diva Melba Pearson breaks down what this move means legally, what's at stake, and why handing these men back their gun rights may be the most dangerous part of this story.
Popok reports on a major leak out of the White House about a secret meeting in a DC Hotel, that shows that Trump and his Administration know that they will lose the House at least at the midterms and are struggling to hold on to the Senate as Trump is seen by the American People as a loser at home and in Iran, and as losses in state congressional redistricting races and in Iran pile up.
The dirty little secret of massive, city-sized, Artificial Intelligence data centers like Musk's "Colossus Gas Plant" that powers its Grok Chatbot, is that they are purposely built in black and brown neighborhoods and are powered by dirty gas turbine engines spewing thousands of tons of pollutants into the air and water, killing its residents slowly. Popok is joined by Abre (put a accent mark on her name) Conner, the Director of the NAACP's Center for Environmental and Climate Justice Center to brief our audience on a first of its kind federal lawsuit filed against Musk's companies to put a stop to environmental racism.
Horrible Navy Secretary Phelan replaced with even worse Hung Cao. Navy in crisis with no hope of recovery. Special Forces soldier responsible for Maduro raid bet on it online in huge security breach. DHS Assistant for Counterterrorism outed on Sugar Daddy Website.
Two issues which are top of mind for the American voter are "affordability" and Trump policies that lead to skyrocketing inflation and prices, and their sacred right to vote and Trump's effort to steal it from them. Popok is joined by Attorney General Rob Bonta to brief our audience on some amazing successful developments led by the Attorneys General to sue companies to lower prices, and protect the right to vote.
In breaking news, Popok reports on Virginia fighting back to protect the Democracy by filing in the last few hours a Motion for Emergency Stay to the Virginia Court of Appeals on the way to the to the Virginia Supreme Court, to ensure that 3 million votes are counted and certified and the will of the people to make Virginia's congressional maps for the midterm "blue" is followed.
Popok takes a close look at new reporting that beleaguered FBI Director Kash Patel struggling under allegations of public intoxication, has weaponized the FBI against the New York Times to try to charge one of its reporters for "stalking" because he didn't like the story the paper ran about his relationship with unknown country artist and "political commentator" Alexis Wilkins.
Popok reports on breaking news, that Trump's Iranian War has claimed a new casualty--the American aviation industry, as Spirit is begging for a $500 million bailout because jet fuel prices have doubled in a month, with Frontier and Jet Blue right behind them, all showing that the true cost of the Iranian war folly will go over 1 Trillion Dollars of Taxpayer dollars before it's all said and done. But don't worry, Trump's commerce secretary the embattled Howard Lutnck -- the architect of the demented Trump Tariff scheme is in charge of the airline bailouts so what could go wrong?
Popok reports on yet another Trump MAGA personality Laura Loomer having a defamation case she filed make matters much worse for her and Trump and his marriage, as a Federal Judge (and the father of Florida's Republican Senator Ashley Moody), used his order dismissing her case to outline all the gory details about Loomer and Trump's relationship that justified comic Bill Maher making a joke that Loomer was sleeping with Trump, including comments about Trump's marriage to Melania.
Popok reports on a trial court judge entering an emergency final injunction at the request of Trump's RNC, blocking for now the certification of Tuesday's night's big win for voters and Democrats, as voters voted to allow the congressional maps to be redrawn in Virginia to give the Dems a 9 seat advantage, as Virginia's Attorney General Jay Jones vows to fight and win and the appeals court to protect the Democracy.
Donald Trump said he’d remember companies that decline to seek refunds on duties paid after the Supreme Court struck down a large swath of his tariffs. In February, the Supreme Court ruled against Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose so-called “reciprocal” tariffs on imports from nearly every country. That ruling set the stage for a complicated task that could become the largest repayment by the US government in its history. Trump’s comments come a day after US Customs and Border Protection launched a web portal for importers to file requests for refunds that could total more than $160 billion.
As Trump “chickens out” for the umpteenth time in his war with Iran by cancelling his threats to bomb them back to the negotiating table, new reporting reveals that Trump’s own presidential aides and the Iranian government agree on one thing — Trump “talks to much” and that is the sole reason the war hasn’t come to end yet. Popok examines the dozen times already that Trump has declared premature “victory” only to bash and demean Iran pushing them away from negotiating peace, as Trump’s aides keep him in the dark for fear that he will blow up negotiations and military operations.
The Trump DOJ Epstein coverup continues, as Pam Bondi plays "dodge ball" with the House Oversight Committee and refuses to testify, setting up Acting AG Todd Blanch for a might fall. The Legal AF Podcast cover it all.
Popok explains how down in the dumps FBI Director Kash Patel can't even remember basic allegations from his own complaint filed agains the Atlantic, as he stumbled through a press conference, while Popok questions why, knowing the weakness of their client, Patel's lawyer's didn't take steps to protect him and his suit?
Popok reports on breaking news that the DOJ has now reversed course and rescinded grand jury subpoenas to drag in Intelligence Community witnesses first interviewing them in the case against X CIA Director John Brennan. He also explains how the fact that the Grand Jury being used is in DC under Chief Judge Boasberg who has no qualms about killing bad faith prosecutions, is not a good thing for the Trump DOJ.
Trump is trying to use tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to pay himself because the IRS released his tax returns proving he paid 0 in taxes on hundreds of millions of income. The Legal AF podcast explains how the IRS controlled by Trump is in settlement talks with Trump, as he conducts a going out of business sale, as he's on both sides of the negotiations!
Popok examines a new investigation opened by Senate leaders against Pete Hegseth based on new reports in the Financial Times that he tried to invest millions in defense contractor stock funds BEFORE the war, betting on human suffering and destruction, as Congress also investigates billions bet on the war and oil prices just minutes before major occurances.
Popok reports on Senate Democrats ready to grill Trump's Fed Chair pick Kevin Warsh about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein disclosed in the last dump of Epstein files (can't Trump pick anyone who IS NOT connected to Epstein?), along with his shadowy finances he refuses to disclose and his willingness to bend the knee and scuttle Fed independence as a mere "sock puppet" Chair.
Popok pinpoints the 4 Senate raises that the Democrats, who have out fundraised Republicans almost 3-1, can flip from Red to Blue to take control of the Senate 51-49. What was once a distant pipe dream a year ago, is now in the Democrats sights, as Trump's dismal approval ratings and scandal scarred Administration coupled with his publicly unraveling is putting the Senate Brass ring for complete control of Congress, in their grasp.
The crucible of the Iran War which creates self-inflicted torment for Trump also unmasks his underlying mental and pathological conditions and renewed calls to remove him from office early. The Legal AF podcast takes a hard hitting look.
Popok updates on the fast moving Trump balllroom litigation, with Trump's side now claiming that the only way to protect national security, and his "secret" and "state of the art" secret hospital in a bunker next to the White House is to top it all off with a 90,000 square foot ballroom! Popok explains that this is "changed position" from prior filings by the Trump Administration, a fact that will become a focal point of the emergency appeal and oral argument now scheduled by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal.
In breaking news, Popok reports on embattled FBI Director Kash Patel having to now sit for sworn depositions under oath along with most of the FBI and DOJ, along with cocktail servers across America, now that he has decided to sue the Atlantic magazine over an article in the last 72 hours detailing his public drinking and his being MIA as FBI director.
Popok reports on Trump' s DOJ hiring 81 year old Joe DiGenova, one of the main teammates of Rudy Giuliani's "team crazy" during the 2020 election interference days, to lead the phony "grand conspiracy" probe against Trump's political enemies and replace a career prosecutor who refused to indict X Obama CIA Director John Brennan. Popok also connects the dots between Judge Cannon and an Assistant US Attorney on DiGenova's prosecution team, and why DiGenova and his team are not independent but biased against Brennan before they even take over the case.
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian dig into the growing scandal engulfing Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the one-term Oregon congresswoman whose department is now the subject of an Inspector General investigation, multiple Equal Employment Opportunity complaints, and allegations that would be ironic coming from any agency but are especially stunning coming from the agency responsible for protecting American workers.
Trump is trying to get 1-2 more Supreme Court justice picks before he leaves office, and is pressuring Alito to quit so he can be replaced with a 40 year old. Will he get his way, and who are the leading candidates? The Legal AF podcast takes a look.
In the dead of the night, Republicans tried to push through a shady bill that lets the government spy on you without a warrant for the next 5 years. We defeated Speaker Johnson's clownish attempt to violate your civil liberties. This overreach won't fly.
After the Trump Justice Department slinked away from a trial with an eleventh-hour settlement, a coalition of 39 state attorneys general scored a major victory in their antitrust case against Live Nation and TicketMaster. A federal jury found against the companies on every question of the 11-page verdict form. California Attorney General Rob Bonta called the result a "thrashing and a complete loss" for Ticketmaster and Live Nation, and he joins as a guest to describe what happens next. Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News hosts.
The Legal AF anchors, including a 30 year prosecutor in the Manhattan DA's office, take a look at what type of investigation Eric Swalwell may be looking at in NY on the bombshell sex abuse criminal allegations.
Global Leaders, like in Canada, Hungary, Nato, the Pope, and even Iran, are giving America a blueprint to defeat Trump and MAGA at the midterms and beyond. Popok is at the Intersection podcast and explains.
In a historic first, a local prosecutor has charged a federal immigration agent with felonies in connection with the so-called Operation Metro Surge of Minnesota's Twin Cities earlier this year. ICE agent Gregory Donnell Morgan, Jr., 35, has been charged with two felony counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. Trump's Justice Department has warned state and local prosecutors from bringing cases like this, but Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty wouldn't be intimidated. Moriarty discusses the case with Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News.
Popok updates the audience on a DC Federal Judge blocking for the 2nd time Trump's golden Ballroom, while allowing to continue to build his below ground "top secret military installation and hospital". Find out what top secret Trump's lawyers actually revealed in their court filings too!
Against steep political odds, 6 Republicans, including MAGA supporters, have crossed the aisle to join 212 Dems and Independents to sign a discharge petition to defeat Speaker Johnson's block of a bill to protect 350,000 hardworking Haitians from being removed from the Country and back to the crime and disease ridden Haiti. Popok reports including an interview with 2 Haitian activists who helped accomplish the miracle vote.
Sheldon Whitehouse represents Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate, where he champions policies to uphold American leadership in the world, protect our planet in a changing climate, and hold the powerful accountable.
State Futures founder and president Gaby Goldstein returns as part of State Futures’ monthly appearance on Court Accountability Action. Today, she talks with Alex Aronson about how state leaders are holding detention facilities accountable by joining together to limit cooperation with the federal government and even blocking the construction of facilities. Alex and Gaby also talk about a recent letter from Minnesota House Democrats and signed by over 200 state legislators pushing for invoking the 25th Amendment and for the War Powers Act to be enforced.
Who will stop Trump from shredding the National Archives and the Presidential Papers? Popok is at The Intersection and updates the audience on the new suit and injunction case to stop Trump from pulling a Mar a Lago, again.
Popok reports on even Fox propagandist Maria Bartiromo being flumoxed by Trump not knowing that Republican Senator Tom Tillis, who is blocking Trump's Fed Chair pick, is still in the Senate, and didn't resign to avoid blocking the pick, as Trump told Bartiromo!
Without the "Fourth Estate" - a free and searing press- we have no democracy. And that's why Trump started it all by attacking the media and branding them the enemy of the people, in violation of the First Amendment. The Legal AF podcast explains what should happen next in the Pentagon locking its doors to the media.
Popok reports on Trump working overtime to block his OWN pick to be the next Fed Reserve Chair pick, as he goes after Fed Reserve Chair Jay Powell again for imaginary claims of "criminal construction cost over runs" and sends his US Attorney's Office down to the construction site even though the criminal case has been quashed by a Federal judge. You won't believe what happened down at the construction site!
Popok reports on a new emergency filing to stop Trump from continuing to destroy the National Archive and his presidential papers, as the American Historical Association rushes back to Court after Trump declares , figuratively, that he can set the National Archive on fire and get away with it!
Resident Legal Diva Melba Pearson breaks down the week's most urgent legal-technology story in four acts: ICE just admitted it uses Graphite, a zero-click Israeli spyware that reads your Signal and WhatsApp messages without you ever tapping anything; the FBI used an obscure iPhone notification database to recover deleted Signal messages and convict Prairieland protesters — including for wearing all-black and using encrypted apps; and FISA Section 702 — the surveillance law that enables all of this — expires April 20. You will learn how to protect your phone and how to call your representative before the deadline.
Did Melania just stand in front of the American people and lie about her lack of connections to or knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, and what does Amanda Angaro know about it all? The Legal AF podcast exposes it all.
Trump is in full panic mode now that his insane "Trump as Jesus" social media posting in his attacks on Pope Leo have led the Christian Right and Catholics to join together to condemn him as the "antichrist" and "blasphemous". Popok reports on Trump first pulling the image down; telling reporters that he wasn't Jesus he was a "doctor," and Pope Leo rising above it all to condemn Trump by using the gospel of peace. Just who is this anti-religious, anti christian, anti pope and anti catholic demographic Trump is appealing too, or is just another data point proving that Trump has cracked and needs to be removed through impeachment and/or the 25th Amendment?
VP JD Vance just made public statements longing for Hungary's dictatorship over America's democracy, and admitting that the US is engaged in "economic terrorism" as it loses its soul under the Trump Administration to win an unwinnable war with Iran. Popok reports on Trump making JD into his "Kamala" tasked with fixing unfixable world issues, as JD has a crisis of faith silently watching his boss bash his Pope on the eve of JD's book tour for his book about CONVERTING TO CATHOLICISM!
One way to beat Trump at his steal the vote game, is to file suits to, as Skye Perryman, founder of Democracy Forward puts it, places "all the liars in one room" in a federal suit to pull the mask off of the Administration's coordinated efforts with known Election Deniers, to lower voter turnout for those opposed to Trump. Skye joins Popok to brief our audience.
When you hear MAGA and Trump talk about "voter fraud" that's code words for "we are going to steal your vote." The Legal AF podcast explains what the new illegal Executive Orders try to do and why they will fail to stop the blue wave of voters.
In this segment Jimmy exposes new details about Erika Kirk's creepy behavior, revealing that the Turning Point CEO arranged a photo shoot for a 15-year-old girl without her mother's permission—sending her to a male photographer and instructing her not to drink alcohol or eat to avoid being "bloated."
As the Economy "fueled" by Oil and Gas market shock and 22% higher gas prices on Americans, heads into freefall, what does that mean for voter sentiment at the Democrats get out the vote drive for the midterms to take back the House and Senate and govern america? The Legal AF podcast answers those quetions.
Popok knows the judge and the Wall Street Journal's lawyer and puts the pieces together in today's breaking news and dismissal of Trump's $10 billion dollar "epstein birthday card" defamation case against Rupert Murdoch and his paper.
Trump’s retaliatory 10 percent tariffs based on an obscure 1974 law never used met fierce resistance at the Court of International Trade. Popok covers what happened in the oral argument about the suit brought by 22 Democratic Attorneys General against Trump’s latest illegal scheme as he foot drags on repaying the $160 billion owed to American businesses.
Popok reports on Former CIA Director John Brennan,--once our nation's chief Spymaster -- far from being silenced by Trump's DOJ's ongoing retaliatory criminal probe of him, has fired back and called for Trump's immediate ouster under the 25th Amendment because the Iran War campaign has revealed him to be "unhinged" and the exact person that the "25th Amendment was created for."
In breaking news, Popok explains how a weekend 2-1 decision by the DC Federal Appellate Court not only is a major set back to Trump's Ballroom and Secret Hospital and Top Secret Military Installation, plans at the White House sending it back to the trial court judge for another round of hearings, but also smoked out the Trump appointed judge (Rao) who showed her true colors in her dissent.
Is the real reason Melania started her angry press conference with a denial of her involvement or knowledge of Epstein's child sex trafficking ring, because of social media postings by a former best friend and ex wife of Trump's Special Envoy, Amanda Ungaro posting on social media at the same time that Melania knew about Epstein, the ring, and her husband? Popok takes a hard look at the timing of events and the allegations raised by Ms. Ungaro, the former wife of Paolo Zampolli who brought Melania in from Slovenia and introduced her to Trump in 1998.
Why is it important that the public outcry and the Democracy demands that the Trump Cabinet and his feckless VP trigger the 25th Amendment to take Trump out? How does that dovetail with impeachment proceedings? Popok answers those questions on The Intersection Podcast.
Popok takes a hard look at Trump's latest threats to pardon his entire administration and likely try to self-pardon on the way out of office, and what it reveals about Trump's darkest fears
Popok reports on the demands made on the White House physician by Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee Jamie Raskin to immediately conduct a "comprehensive neuropsychological assessment of the President" based on his demented conduct on social media and in public over the last week, including about the Iran war.
Dusty historians have donned their super hero capes to save America's Papers and the Presidential Papers from Trump's theft and destruction with the filing of a new suit. The Legal AF Podcast takes a close look at the suit and the steps to Stop Trump from pulling a Mar a Lago all over again.
Popok reports on a new breaking lawsuit filed by Democracy Forward to connect the dots between the DOJ's Civil Rights Division captured by Harmeet Dhillon (on her AG tryouts), the Criminal Division and a whole host of Election Deniers inside and outside the Government that are corrupting voting policy.
Trump is so desperate to get out from under a court-ordered monitor that supervises to this day all business of the Trump Organization and to allow Trump and his sons to be able to take out NY loans and be heads of NY businesses, that he has filed an appeal with NY's highest court to get his fraud case tossed again, appealing a ruling from a lower court that was generally in his favor to begin with. Popok explains how Trump is playing with dynamite, as NYAG Letitia James is poised to win again against Trump.
The new economic numbers are worse for Trump than the old ones, all issued by his own government. Popok puts on his Wall Street hat to decipher the worst consumer confidence numbers in 46 years, the highest rise in prices since 2009, and a 21 percent gas "tax" on voters due to the Iran War, and all Trump's people can do is to tell people to eat more eggs!
Popok is joined by Epstein survivor and leader Lisa Philips responding to Melania' being the first First Lady in 250 years to have to deny being involved with a child sex trafficker, and her shocking call on Congress to conduct PUBLIC hearings to allow each and every Epstein Survivor if she wishes to testify on the Congressional Record. Is Melania finally putting her foot down and making a break from Trump to stand up for survivors, or is this a political staged event scripted by Trump to divert attention from his own involvement. Join Lisa and Popok for their observations.
Popok reports on Federal Judge Sorokin joining judges in California, Oregon, and Michigan, to block the DOJ's fake use of the Civil Rights Act of 1960--passed to protect Black Americans and their voting -- to steal states' and our confidential voter data -- under the guise of "just checking" while trying to build a giant federal and illegal voting data base!
In breaking news, Popok reports on the California Supreme Court entering an emergency order granting the Cali Attorney General's petition to stop Sheriff Bianco (a MAGA candidate for state governor) from willfully ignoring the Attorney General, his boss, and his direction to end the phony "criminal investigation" and seizing 650,000+ voter ballots from the 2025 special election on redistricting.
Popok reports on Judge Millet (Obama); Judge Garcia (Biden) and Judge Rao (Trump) being assigned to decide whether the Trump Ballroom project will continue to be blocked during the appeal process, as the National Trust files its new brief that declares once and for all that Trump making a giant hole next to the White House, and wanting a Ballroom to cover it, is NOT a national security risk!
In this episode, Legal AF’s Ray Brescia talks to Lisa Landau and Emerson Argueta from the Feerick Center for Social Justice at Fordham Law School. Landau and Argueta report on their recent visit to the now-notorious Camp East Montana detention facility in El Paso, Texas, the largest detention facility in the country which was built on the site of an internment camp used during World War II to hold Japanese Americans during that conflict
Popok breaks down how Senator Elissa Slotkin responded to Trump's genocidal threats that amount to war crimes, to wipe the Iranian people off he face of the earth, and by sending a message directly to the Military and its commanders again that they would be committing war crimes if they follow Trump's commands.
Popok reports on a brand new lawsuit filed against Trump's new effort to destroy and steal public records and the "people's papers" by not abiding by the Presidential Records Act and Supreme Court precedent dating back to the 1970s. Leave it to the historians to bring a suit and mention Mar a Lago and Jack Smith while they are at it for support for the position that Trump will steal again if we let him!
In breaking news, the Trump Administration just revealed in a new Emergency filing with the DC Federal Appeals Court, that Trump is building under the golden Balllroom "Top Secret Military installations" including a secret "hospital and medical area" for Trump, which will certainly eliminate the prying eyes of the press and public for when he needs medical attention for his failing physical health and mental decline. Popok considers that this is the real reason behind the Ballroom, to cover up for the need for a hospital to treat Trump without anyone knowing.
Popok reports on the DOJ screwing up g again, having the highest level of its leadership take control of a case while at the same time telling the Judge that DOJ in DC are NOT in control of the case to avoid having Kilmar Abrego Garcia's indictment dismissed on vindictive prosecution grounds.
The 743, 744 and 745th lawsuits have been filed against the Trump Administration, all 3 going after him for trying to steal your Mail In ballot vote! Popok reports on the NAACP new emergency constitutional suit to block Trump's executive order having the Social Security Administration, Homeland Security, and Postal Service screw with your mail in ballot, joining 21 Democratic Attorneys General and the ACLU and their separate suits, and explains why we need 3 suits at least to block!
Popok reports on the Supreme Court setting into motion the complete reversal of the conviction of Steve Bannon, who was alleged to have helped Trump plot his staying in power after the 2020 election and blocking the peaceful transfer of power, and was convicted of contempt of congress.
Popok examines the $150 million dollar 3 acre waterfront land that Ron DeSantis the Governor of Florida gave to Trump for free to build his 50 Story Residential and Commercial Condo project in Miami that will also have a few floors devoted to a "Presidential Library". Assuming there are no real coincidences in DC, is there a link between Pam Bondi's firing as Attorney General and within hours Trump sending out footage of his Golden monstrosity on what was once Florida public land?
Did Trump use the Supreme Court oral argument on birth right citizenship, knowing he would lose, to make Pam Bondi look bad and fire her on the car ride over? The Legal AF podcast breaks it down for you.
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down the DHS shutdown standoff that left nearly 50,000 TSA workers without pay for over 40 days, caused airport security wait times of more than four hours, and drove over 500 TSA officers to quit — all while ICE and Border Patrol remained fully funded through tens of billions funneled through the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Federal judges continue to block Trump's worst rulings, including blocking the construction of his Ballroom, and stopping the defunding of NPR and PBS. The Intersection podcast takes a look.
The DOJ is so clueless that they think getting the Chief Judge in the DC Federal Courts to declare for a second time that their criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jay Powell a bad faith prosecution for improper purpose of harassment is a GOOD thing! Popok reports on Chief Judge Boesberg, with tongue in cheek, telling the DOJ that reminding the Court that Trump is going after his enemies and using the DOJ to do it is actually a BAD thing!
Oftentimes cold political calculus bleeds into and influences our legal institutions. Popok takes a hard look at whether Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito will give a gift to Trump and retire this summer to give Trump his 4th SCOTUS pick, and how politics is playing out for Trump's Attorney General replacement pick now that Senator Thom Tillis has made it be known that he will block any Election Deniers from the role.
Trump's mishandling of the Iran War is tearing apart his MAGA base, and destroying his popularity with voters. What will Trump's next step be as he becomes more desperate? Popok takes a hard look on the Intersection Podcast.
All the dominoes are falling, as Trump takes an ax and fires or considers firing 1/3 of his Cabinet or more. But will Republicans like Senator Tom Tillis block Trump from putting Jan6 Deniers in key cabinet positions? And what happens next in the Epstein Scandal coverup with Bondi's firing. Meidas' Washington DC Bureau Chief Scott MacFarlane joins Popok to brief our audience, including on new scoops from the Hill.
Popok explains the aftermath of the surprise firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi, and answers the questions of why was Todd Blanche passed over for the Second time for the job; and what happens to Pam Bondi's bar license and Epstein oversight hearing subpoena now.
Popok reports on Trump's helpful habit of creating evidence against him in cases from his own mouth, as he can't help himself but respond to reporter's questions about live cases, this time admitting that he was going to violate Judge Leon's order blocking any construction of his "royal" Ball Room.
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian spotlight Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco — an admitted former member of the Oath Keepers who is now running for governor of California and just seized 650,000 ballots in what California Attorney General Rob Bonta calls a baseless election stunt.
Trump made history at the Supreme Court today—but not the kind he wanted. He became the first sitting president to attend oral argument… and the first to storm out when even “his” conservative justices hammered his administration’s attack on birthright citizenship. Popok is on the scene to break it down.
Popok reports on a local South Carolina paper being able to corroborate many of the facts told by Jane Doe #4 to the FBI in her four interviews about being sex-trafficked from a South Carolina real estate broker to Jeffrey Epstein to Trump, where she claims she was sexually and physically assaulted by Trump.
Popok reports on a Trump appointed federal judge blocking efforts by 2 convicted Jan 6th protestors who attacked the Capitol from trying to "both sides" Jan 6th and steal the valor of the proud men and women of the Capitol and Metro police who held the the line that day, by defacing a memorial in their honor.
Popok briefs the audience on a new Cease and Desist Letter written to FBI Director Kash Patel and the DOJ to prevent the release as a political hatchet job against Rep. Eric Swalwell the leading candidate for the California Governorship, as Patel makes good on his threats to try to take Swalwell, a staunch critic of Trump, out of the government.
Will the next DOJ not in corrupt hands test the limits of the Supreme Court's immunity decision and seek to prosecute Trump? The Legal AF Podcast likes that idea and explains why it is likely.
Will the Democrats move to impeach Trump, for profiting on top secret documents, Attorney General Bondi for her Epstein scandal coverup; FBI Director Patel for abuse of power and going after a political rival of Trump, Rep. Eric Swalwell, and Federal Judge Cannon for violating the rule of law? Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee joins Popok and Alex Aronson of Court Accountability Action for an exclusive briefing of our audience.
Trump's assault on people of color continues, and no greater example exists than his depraved and heartless efforts to send 330,000 Haitians back to gang controlled violence ridden Haiti including more than 30,000 children. Popok is joined by 2 leaders in the Haitian community, Tessa Petit and Farah Larrieux to talk about a new Supreme Court oral argument about the plight of the Haitian community and a petition that's currently just 6 votes short to give the hardworking and proud Haitian community in America the protection they need.
The biggest example of Trump's corruption is the Golden Ball Room and the tear down of the East Wing without approval. As a federal judge is on the verge of possibly ordering the Trump Ballroom construction project stopped for good, a planning board controlled by Trump now has egg on its face, as it is being forced to approve design plans that contain half a dozen fatal design flaws created by Trump's ineptitude and rush to complete the project without public or congressional approval.
Has Steven Miller crossed the line and will Trump fire him as Miller's immigration and migration policies are causing the Trump Administration to sink in the polls? Popok examines new reporting about a senior official that reports to Miller having been hospitalized several times because of Miller yelling at him, and his staff even carrying a defibrillator around in case of cardiac arrest, as Governor Newsom starts the countdown clock to Miller's exit.
This week the United States Supreme Court holds one of the most historic oral arguments in over 100 years, as it hears oral argument in Barbara v. Trump brought by the ACLU on whether babies born on US soil will continue to have constitutionally-provided US Citizenship, or will the Trump Administration be permitted to cancel them out if there parents are not US citizens or are here temporarily.
Popok reports on Bank of America agreeing to pay certain Epstein Survivors $72.5 million for onboarding Epstein's business and helping him run his child sex trafficking ring. Popok examines the role of class actions and the settlement mechanism and how the Epstein Survivor lawyers have been able to obtain over $500 million so far from major banks and what it could mean for Trump.
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian dig into what could be one of the biggest government data scandals in American history. A whistleblower has alleged that a former DOGE software engineer named John Solly walked out of the Social Security Administration with the personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans on a thumb drive — including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and names from the NUMIDENT database, which covers nearly every living American. He then allegedly took a job as CTO at Leidos, a government contractor with up to $1.5 billion in SSA contracts, and told coworkers he planned to share the data. The SSA Inspector General is investigating, Congress has launched its own probe, and Solly and the SSA have denied the allegations. Brian and Shant walk through the civil and criminal ramifications — from the False Claims Act and whistleblower protections to federal computer fraud, theft of government property, and Privacy Act violations — and explain why giving unvetted DOGE operatives carte blanche access to the most sensitive government databases was a disaster waiting to happen.
Is Trump using the manufactured airport crisis to do a test run of using ICE and National Guard troops at the midterms at polling places? The Legal AF Podcast dives into this theory and explains why it has legs.
As 10 million Americans courageously crowd the streets of America for "No Kings Day" protests against Trump, Trump's MAGA base may have reached a turning point since the Iran War, and are now lustily cheering for Trump's IMPEACHMENT, as ohter Republicans call for JD Vance to start to remove Trump under the 25th Amendment. Popok outlines what impeachment, indictment, and removal of Trump really looks like as the ground seems to have shifted under his feet.
Popok reports on the stock market crapping the proverbial bed today as they tune out Trump's lies about the Iran War, go into "correction" mode, and start preparing for the Trump-caused recession.
It's hard to believe that Deputy AG Todd Blanch is considered Pam Bondi's replacement in the near future, considering on at least 2 occasions including in the last 24 hours, he has tanked and undermined the DOJ's position in cases, this time confessing that the DOJ purged ALL of the attorneys and FBI agents that worked on the Trump criminal investigations under Jack Smith, providing critical evidence to support cases brought by the FBI agents for retaliatory firing! Popok explains that Blanch is also the reason that the DOJ may be found to have vindictively prosecuted Kilmar Abrego Garcia leading to the dismissal of the indictment against him!
The personal toll on sitting federal judges and their families due to the attacks on them by the Trump Administration and DOJ, and its impact if any on the quality of justice, is something that judges talk about among themselves. But for the first time, 6 federal judges join together on a Speak up for Justice panel to brief our audience on how they ensure that the rule of law doesn't suffer as they fend off attacks.
Trump's posting has turned completely deranged as his presidency falls apart. Michael Popok covers it all on Legal AF.
Proving once again that foreign governments are hell bent on influencing elections and work to bring down US Governments, the Iranians have hacked into FBI Director Kash Patel's files, releasing embarrassing data including his personal resume and photos, which an embarrassed FBI was forced to confirm today. Popok puts all the Kash scandals together, and explains why this proves that election interference by our enemies is no hoax.
Popok reports on new Fox News poll numbers showing the abysmal shape of the Trump Administration, as the Iran War backfires and tanks Trump's power abroad and at home.
Popok reports on a historic, first of its kind Epstein survivors class action suit filed against the Trump Administration and Google for the victims being re-traumatized by having their personal identifying information not only revealed to the public because of the DOJ's bumbling and intentional conduct, but by Google search engine and AI publishing their names all over again and making a profit off it, no less.
Federal Courts are finally pushing back against the lawless Trump DOJ. Michael Popok covers it all on this week's episode of Legal AF.
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down the Supreme Court's decision to hit pause on one of Trump's biggest immigration moves
Trump's Pentagon is scrambling to find a new way to block out press out of the building as they're hit with a blistering new ruling. Michael Popok covers it all on Legal AF.
Is the Trump DOJ so worried it may lose its criminal case against ousted and captured Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro that they are blocking his ability to hire the legal defense team of his choice? And what does that mean for the perception and values of our justice system that we are playing dirty pool by cutting off his ability to fund his own defense? Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News from the Federal Courthouse in NY joins Popok to brief our audience about today's hearing and whether the criminal indictment will be dismissed because Trump's playing games with Maduro's defense.
Trump has no tricks left to save himself from the disaster he created with his war with Iran. Michael Popok cover its all on the Intersection.
MAGA and the Trump DOJ's Epstein testimony scheme backfired in Congress. Michael Popok breaks it down on the latest episode of the Intersection.
MAGA and the Trump DOJ's Epstein testimony scheme backfired in Congress. Michael Popok breaks it down on the latest episode of the Intersection.
Popok reports on a bombshell report that may answer the question as to why Trump stole classified documents and war plans -- to personally profit on them by using them in his private business dealings and for possible extortion! Popok reports on new demands by Rep. Jamie Raskin to AG Pam Bondi, not only accusing Trump of possibly "selling out" our "national security" but also that Bondi violated a federal court order by revealing the stolen documents to MAGA in Congress.
Lieu CATCHES Bondi's Signature on $8.4M Epstein Transfer — Sent 19 Hours After She Signed Ted Lieu held up a DOJ authorization form inside a House Judiciary Committee hearing — Pam Bondi's signature was on the bottom. The form authorized a case transfer connected to Epstein-related litigation. 19 hours after that signature was dated a wire transfer of $8.4 million left the DOJ settlement fund. Bondi testified during her confirmation that she "never personally reviewed or authorized Epstein-related financial transfers." Lieu placed her testimony transcript next to her signature. Same date. Same case number. Her deputy chief of staff signed as witness. Bondi sat in silence for 71 seconds while her attorneys demanded a recess that was denied.
Popok reports on a shocking development in the Trump DOJ attack on Fed Chair Jay Powell, as it was revealed today that during a closed door hearing with Chief Judge Boasberg, the lead prosecutor and right hand person for US Attorney Jeannine Pirro confessed to having "no evidence" to support a case against Jay Powell, other than the fact that the renovation of the Fed Reserve has cost more than budgeted!
FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi have been hit with a new lawsuit by two FBI agents allegedly fired for working with Special Counsel Jack Smith on the Trump election interference investigation. Popok covers it all on his latest edition of The Intersection.
When Trump says he's winning the media war, that means he's losing against media giants in Court. The Legal AF podcast exposes why Trump is trying to keep the CNN case alive (hint: he's looking for a tens of millions of dollars payday.
The battle for the truth has officially erupted, and it revolves around the darkest scandal in modern history: Jeffrey Epstein. In a stunning congressional confrontation, Rep. Ted Lieu just cornered FBI Director Kash Patel, demanding answers about a sickening FBI cover-up and the mystery of the missing Epstein safe.
As Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores de Maduro return to federal court on Thursday, leaders of at least two other Latin American countries appear to be in the Trump DOJ's sights. The Wall Street Journal reported that prosecutors in southern Florida are investigating Cuba's leadership, and prosecutors in Manhattan and Brooklyn are probing Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whom Trump has feuded with over U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean. University of Massachusetts at Amherst Professor Jamie Rowen unpacks the latest reporting. Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News hosts.
House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu hold their weekly press conference.
March 24 | Senator Whitehouse (D-RI) delivers opening remarks at a Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing on Jack Smith, hosted by Ted Cruz.
Popok reports on Judge Chutkan (Trump's former criminal case judge) keeping alive a case to declare DOGE and Trump's use of it to cut funding, fire workers, shutter agencies, and kill grants, ALL unconstitutional and subject to reversal!
Federal Judges have found the key to get Trump and his DOJ to comply with Court orders: Just order Trump Administration officials and DOJ leaders to testify under oath in court before a judge about the violation of orders, and watch Trump fold! Popok reports on Judge Quraishi and Chief Judge Schiltz both calling Trump's bluff by ordering his leadership to appear in court and give sworn testimony, and then watch as Trump's DOJ immediately complies to avoid testifying!
Popok reports on the Department of Defense/Pentagon already in likely violation of Judge Friedman's order clearing the way for a free press to operate and report on the Pentagon, by refusing to recognize their constitutional right to press freedom and reporting under the First Amendment, and banning them all outside the Pentagon to a new not yet built outhouse "annex".
Is Alina Habba illegally running the NJ US Attorneys' Office? That's a question a federal judge is trying to get to the bottom of, and Popok covers it on the Intersection Podcast.
Will there be a majority to the Supreme Court to allow States to give a grace period after Election Day to receive mail in ballots cast before the election but arriving late, to be counted? Popok examines today's oral argument and that it looks like Chief Justice Roberts joined by Amy Coney Barrett may thwart mail in ballots and perhaps undermine early voting as well.
Former FBI director James Comey has received a subpoena in the Trump DOJ's so-called "grand conspiracy" investigation in Florida, Axios reported. Federal prosecutors in Florida have been trying to gin up a criminal case depicting every investigation against Trump from his 2016 campaign through the president as part of a fantastical, left-wing plot against him by his enemies. According to Axios, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is supervising that process. Former Florida State Attorney Dave Aronberg and Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News journey into the Trump DOJ's rabbit hole to unpack what is known about the probe.
Popok reports on the DOJ being so scared out of its mind about Alina Habba testifying under oath before a federal judge about whether she is violating law by secretly running the NJ US Attorney Office, and after one federal judge threw one of its lawyers out of the court room and another judge threatened to open the jails and toss indictments because of the illegal operation of the office, that they finally folded about who would be the US Attorney.
The Trump Administration has another incompetent at the helm of a major agency responsible for public safety in air travel --Sean Duffy, formerly of Fox and MTV Road Rules -- has been at the helm during a series of airline disasters including one in the last 24 hours in New York, as Trump refuses to spend 1/10 of what he is wasting in Iran on the US public's air safety, by overhauling the antiquated and under funded air safety and traffic control systems and technology.
Trump, flirting with both a constitutional crisis by threatening again to violate the 22nd Amendment and stay longer than 2 terms, and opening threatening Iran with war crimes by today if they don't surrender the Strait of Harmuz, provide ample grounds that Trump has gone bonkers (a legal term) and needs to be removed by his Cabinet, VP and Congress under the 25th Amendment. Popok goes into the details.
Two Florida public universities. Two Republican student organizations. Two racism and antisemitism scandals in the same month. Today, Resident Legal Diva Melba Pearson is breaking down what just happened at FIU and the University of Florida, what Title VI of the Civil Rights Act actually requires universities to do, and the real tension between First Amendment protections and civil rights obligations on public campuses. Because 'free speech' is not a shield for creating a hostile environment — and the law is clear on where that line is.
Trump is cooking up a new multi million bribe in plain sight, as he tries to keep his CNN defamation lawsuit alive long enough to get his friends to buy CNN and pay him off. Popok covers it on the Intersection Podcast.
Trump so feared Robert Mueller, III that when he was appointed the independent Special Counsel to investigate Trump and his Russia connections and obstruction of justice charges in 2017, he gasped and said it would lead to the "end of his presidency". Now on the day Mueller, the former FBI director, titan and special counsel died, Trump snarled "good I am glad he's dead" while pardoning all of the people in Trump's inner orbit that Mueller convicted.
Kristie Noem lying to congress may be the thing that unravels the Trump Administration, as her easy to prove fraud and bribery scandal starts to take off now that she has resigned and her reign of fear are over. Popok covers it on The Intersection Podcast.
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down Trump's latest attempt to impose global tariffs — weeks after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that his previous tariffs under the IEEPA were unconstitutional. This time he's using Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act, which allows temporary tariffs up to 15% for 150 days
Popok reports, in breaking news, on Senior Federal Judge Friedman's new final summary judgment finding that when the Pentagon tossed out legitimate news media from covering the Pentagon and the Dept of Defense, and replaced them with right wing MAGA conspiracy theorists like Laura Loomer and Pillow Guy Mike Lindell, the Government violated the First Amendment and Fifth Amendment rights of the press upon which the Nation was built.
Popok reports that Iranian officials believe they are winning the war against the US and its Arab and other allies on the cheap, and has no intention of letting Trump exit the war without paying a steep economic price.
National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard is a critique of Trump's Iran war and her attempts to hide that during her Senate hearing only made things worse. Popok ties it all together on the Intersection Podcast.
In breaking news, a federal judge in Minnesota in a new order has declared as "unacceptable" the DOJ's delaying tactics in the criminal case against journalist Don Lemon, Georgia Fort and 37 other people for the peaceful first amendment protest in a St. Paul church in January. Popok reports.
On the latest episode of Unprecedented, Michael Popok and Dina Doll break down major legal battles shaping the moment. They cover Monday’s high-stakes argument in Watson v. RNC on whether mail-in ballots can be counted after Election Day, a decision with major implications for the midterms. They also dive into Tuesday’s case, Noem v. Al Otro Lado, examining whether asylum seekers blocked by “metering” at the border can still qualify for legal asylum. Also, the Court fast-tracks for oral argument the case that will decide whether Trump can cancel TPS status for nearly a million migrants. And in a striking turn, Chief Justice John Roberts issues a sharp rebuke many see as directed at Trump.
Less than 24 hours after Trump went after the Supreme Court and called them corrupt and stupid, Chief Justice Roberts used an interview to tell Trump to knock it off. The Legal AF podcast is on the scene.
Popok reports on Chief Judge Boesberg --frequently attacked by Trump and those in his inner circule --moving quickly to protect Grand Juries and hold the Trump DOJ accountable when they fail to obtain a criminal indictment through a DC Grand Jury, by forcing the DOJ to report to a duty judge that a grand jury rejected an indictment. This on the heals of the DC grand juries refusing to indict Trump's political targets, and Boesberg throwing into the trash can grand jury subpoenas against Fed Chair Jay Powell which he concluded were obtained without any evidence whatsoever in a bad faith prosecution
Thursday, March 19, 2026, U.S. House of Representatives.
Popok examines a brand new lawsuit filed by 2 fired FBI agents who claim that the only reason they were fired was because they were assigned to work with Special Counsel Jack Smith and investigate 2020 election interference. The suit was filed just moments after FBI Director Kash Patel testified to Congress that he did not fire anyone for political reasons!
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, held a virtual press conference to sound the alarm on the dangers of Trump and Republicans trying to ram through the SAVE America Act. Their bill would make it harder and more expensive for Americans to register to vote and cast their ballots—as they do nothing to make life more affordable for working people. Senator Murray was joined by Mary Hall, Thurston County Auditor, and Eliza Sweren-Becker, Deputy Director, Voting Rights and Elections, Democracy at the Brennan Center.
In the wake of a ruling striking down Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine policies, an emergency room doctor celebrates the decision and warns about what happens if Trump's DOJ succeeds on appeal. The government has argued that RFK Jr.'s actions are not reviewable by any court, and that would be true even if he recommended spreading communicable diseases at "measles lunches." Dr. Rob Davidson, an emergency physician from Michigan, breaks down the public health issues at stake. Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News hosts.
Disgraced former Homeland Security Sec Kristie Noem and the alleged fraud she ran at DHS with billions of taxpayer dollars with her alleged boyfriend, may well be the hook the Democrats in the House need to bring down the entire corrupt Trump Administration, Popok is joined by Representative Jared Moskowitz (D, Florida CD-23) to brief our audience on what will happen as the Democrats use the easily provable Noem Fraud Scandal to root out all the Trump corruption when the Dems get the gavel back at the midterms.
When a chief judge in a federal district responsible for all criminal grand jury proceedings throws out a criminal investigation by Trump finding bad faith, it gives permission to to other judges to do the same. The Legal AF podcast breaks it down.
Popok reports on Attorney General Pam Bondi's hopes that coming to Capitol Hill to brief Democrats and Republicans about the Epstein coverup would lead to her not having to testify next month under oath about it, devolved into chaos, as the White Southern MAGA leader of the Committee, James Comer, called the first Black Woman representative from Pennsylvania a bitch, as the Democrats stormed out and demanded Bondi's resignation and prosecution
Behind the Tik Tok deal Trump brokered for his friends is a 10 billion dollar payment that may end up being part of Trump’s slush fund outside the oversight of Congress. The Legal AF podcast breaks it down.
The ties between Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Gates continue to be revealed. The latest is how Epstein paid for the lifestyle and education of Gates's girlfriend from Russia. Attorney Kelly Hyman joins former State Attorney Dave Aronberg, AKA Florida LawMan, to discuss the latest revelations.
On a typical day, more than half a million cars drive through lower Manhattan — not realizing the cloud Automatic License Plate Reader company Flock is tracking their movements and building a dangerous nationwide mass-surveillance infrastructure that is silently infiltrating our communities nationwide. The ACLU’s Chad Marlow details how exactly these technologies work, and what you can do to take action in your community to defend your privacy rights.
Popok reports on Judge Quraishi, a New Jersey Federal Judge, not only throwing out a senior DOJ official from the Court room, but ordering that Alina Habba and others testify before him about whether they are already violating a court order barring Habba from running the NJ office after she was ruled illegally appointed.
Popok puts on his Wall Street hat to analyze why the Federal Reserve is unlikely to lower interest rates later today at their monthly meeting to bail out Trump, as oil skyrockets over $109 a barrel and up 80% since January, and Trump's top intelligence leaders testify about at the fundamental mistakes Trump made in Iran. There is a very good reason Trump significantly underestimated stopping the blockade of oil in the Strait of Harmuz in the region and why even the entire US Navy couldn't stop the blockade and make oil flow.
Popok gets underneath today's resignation of Trump's Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, and sees it as a way for National Director of Intelligence, and Kent friend, Tulsti Gabbard to blame Trump for the Iranian War when she testifies on Capitol Hill this week
The money trail connected to Epstein, according to Epstein’s accountant who testified, may lead right to Trump! The Legal AF podcast is on the scene.
Popok reports on Trump's new epic court loss against CNN as he brags about "dominating" the media!
Popok reports on MAGA leader James Comer running out of patience with AG Pam Bondi and dragging her kicking and screaming into a House Oversight Committee Hearing about the Epstein Scandal and her role in it, as Comer also sends out a letter that "perp walks" Bondi before appearance, and questions whether "elected officials" (Trump anyone?) were involved.
Trump is trying to extort a Texas Senate Race in order to try to get the Senate to throw away 200 years of tradition and eliminate the one thing a minority party can do to block legislation--- the Filibuster. The Legal AF Podcast explains why this strategy is DOA.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins Lisa Graves from Court Accountability Action to discuss new revelations about the triangle connecting Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein and both of them to Russia. Senator Whitehouse has issued a detailed statement of key evidence from the Epstein Files and other investigations that shines new light on what we need to know. He also discusses actions he is taking to help secure the preservation of notes from the interviews by the FBI with the young girl who accused Trump of sexually and physically assaulting her.
Trump’s bashing of our allies for 16 months has now made them in the mood for payback and refusing to help Trump clear the Iran oil blockade. The Legal AF podcast analyzes the economic impact of Trump’s Iran war a the impact on his political viability.
Popok reports on Breaking News, with DC US Attorney Jeannine Pirro saying that "cost overruns" and wasting tax payer dollars are proper subject of criminal investigation, and Democrat leaders using that to refer disgraced former Homeland Security Sec. Noem for criminal prosecution related to her lies about wasting $220 million in tax payer dollars on a personal ad campaign, and other lies about Homeland Security.
5 stakeholders are working overtime to protect our justice system from Trump's corruption and corrupt DOJ: Chief Judges, Judges, Grand Juries, Juries, and junior federal prosecutors working from the inside, are rejecting Trump's efforts to investigate and indict his political rivals.
Popok examines the major reasons that the Democrats will likely wipe out Trump and MAGA and take the House and Senate in about 7 months, is that the Hispanic Catholic Vote, led by the Pope and American Bishops, is now overwhelmingly against Trump and his economic and immigration policies, which is causing Trump to lose the major gains he made with that voting group in 2024.
Democrats are fighting back now, not in November, to protect your right to vote, aided by the Supreme Court who aren't rushing to help out Trump at the midterms.
The Honorable Michael J. Luttig, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, joins Legal AF's Michael Popok and Lisa Graves for a special edition to discuss the extraordinary action of 175 federal and state judges speaking out about the U.S. Supreme Court's shadow docket.
A dramatic moment unfolded in Congress when Representative Ted Lieu pressed Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain a bank document showing an $847,000 transfer that was discussed during a tense oversight hearing.
Popok comments on new reporting from Murdoch's Wall Street Journal, that Trump blew off the advise of the Chair of his Joint Chiefs of Staff that Iran would definitely blockade the Strait of Hormuz the world's most important shipping lane in response to the War, instead relying on the novice inexperienced opinions of his golf buddy Steve Witkoff, Son in law, Jared Kushner, JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth.
Popok follows the dirty money, as TikTok's new owners, all in bed with Trump and his family in their crypto currency and/or Truth Social businesses, paid a 70% fee of $10 billion dollars to Trump's government that Trump may hope to use as a personal slush fund outside of Congress' control, While at the very same time, Trump's son in law Jared Kushner is busy using his Middle East Special Envoy role to line his pockets with $5 billion in new investments from our middle eastern allies, some of which are tied to the TikTok sale.
The Iran regime is stronger and making good on its threat to shock the Globe through an Oil Blockade to cut off the fuel supply between the US Economy and Oil, demonstrating that Trump's "bomb my way back to popularity" is just a war on the American people. The Legal AF Podcast breaks it down.
As Jeffrey Epstein's enabler of an accountant testified behind close doors to the Oversight Committee he may have turned up the burner under AG Pam Bondi's seat higher, as he talked about a $120 million dollar slush fund to pay off victims and according to insiders, mentioned Trump's name.
Trump has been faking being a "war time" president since he came back to power, and now has started a losing war with Iran to expand his abuse of civil rights and civil liberties at home.
In breaking news, Chief Judge Boesberg, citing to a "mountain of evidence" that Trump's DOJ is criminally investigating Fed Chair Jay Powell for improper purpose and no evidence of any crime being committed at all regarding the Fed Reserve building renovation cost overruns, has quashed the grand jury subpoenas and excoriated Trump and his DOJ in doing so.
Trump's debacle and new scandal in Iran is not the result of poor planning. It was no planning at all, as the American Economy and security take a major hit. Is Trump at war with Iran or with the American People? Popok answers the question on the Intersection Podcast.
In the name of fighting antisemitism, Trump's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued to execute broad and invasive subpoenas about Jewish affiliated groups at the University of Pennsylvania. The New York Times likened the request to a demand for a "list of Jews." Attorney Matthew Hamermesh, who represents the university-affiliated Jewish students, faculty and organizations, discusses his litigation to protect his clients' privacy. Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News hosts.
Popok briefs the Legal AF audience on shocking new developments in the last 48 hours in the Epstein cover up scandal, tying the child sex trafficking ring closer to Trump and his Administration, including reports that a victim claiming assault by Trump was paid off by Epstein; that a foreign cyber hacker broke into the Epstein files and was "disgusted" by what he saw in 2023 yet no prosecutions were started by Trump's DOJ; and MAGA leader James Comer throwing Trump and his DOJ under the bus for stopping the Epstein New Mexico Ranch investigation in its tracks in 2019. This episode is sponsored by Ground News.
Federal Judges have finally woken up in Year 2 of the Trump Regime, and realized that they are, well, Federal Judges, with enormous powers to punish the Trump Administration, its officials and the DOJ. Popok is on the scene to explain it all on The Intersection Podcast.
Popok reports on the Trump Administration refusing to honor the heroic men and women who gave their lives and limbs to protect the Capitol from the angry mob of Trump supporters on Jan 6, and burying the Congressional required commemorative plaque in a dark hallway not accessible to the pubic, in a final act of shameful disrespect to the men and women in blue.
Popok reports on the missing $63 million extorted by Trump from major media companies like ABC, CBS, Meta/Facebook and his buddy Musk's Twitter, for his "presidential library" which has gone missing, as Trump works a deal with Gov. DeSantis in Florida to steal a $200 million dollar parcel of land in downtown Miami for $10 dollars!
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth's boat strikes in the Caribbean will head for a reckoning before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Pardoned January 6 rioter Andrew Paul Johnson was just sentenced to LIFE IN PRISON for child sexual assault — nine months after Trump pardoned him. Former Florida prosecutor and Resident Legal Diva Melba Pearson breaks down the legal questions everyone is asking: What does a presidential pardon actually cover? Why couldn’t the Trump DOJ protect him from these state charges? And what does it mean that at least 6 pardoned J6 defendants now face child sex crime charges?
Who would have thought at the start of this Administration 16 months ago that the Epstein Scandal and Trump's refusal to acknowledge it would ensnare so many in his Cabinet, as they swirl the drain. Next up Pam Bondi and Howard Lutnick, who have been forced to testify before the House Oversight Committee as Trump just can't get the stain of Epstein, out. The Legal AF Podcast covers it all.
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down the DOJ's proposed rule that would let Attorney General Pam Bondi intercept and stall any state bar ethics investigation into current or former DOJ lawyers.
Trump has declared war on enemies, on allies, on the American People, but his first "war" was against big law firms that refused to represent him when he was an indicted fraudster, adjudged sex abuser, and leader of a coup. But Trump has caved, or has he, in his attempt to black list those firms. The Legal AF podcast uncovers it.
Popok reports on Trump and his inner circle being caught flat footed with Iranian's military response including blockading the Straight of Harmuz through which 20 percent of the world oil flows, and 32 Western allies, including France and countries Trump bashes, have had to come to Trump's rescue to release 400 million barrels of oil from the reserve to stabilize the US Economy. All this while Trump's closest advisors scramble to try to come up with a limited set of goals to get the US out of Iran quickly.
What do you do when the Trump DOJ and its Antitrust Division is corrupted and ruled by lobbyist instead of law? You turn to State Attorneys General like Colorado's AG and antitrust expert, Phil Weiser, who explains how states are protecting consumers from monopolies and price gauging like against Live Nation and its ticket and venue monopoly, by enforcing state and federal antitrust law to bypass the DOJ. Popok joins AG Weiser for a special Legal AF podcast, which includes an update on Trump's efforts to coerce Colorado into releasing disgraced election's clerk Tina Peters from jail.
Popok reports on yet another Trump attorney, Ed Martin, former head of the DOJ Weaponization Committee, and Pardon Attorney, being the subject of a new proceeding to suspend his bar license.
Popok reports on the distinct possibility that MAGA loses control of the House even before November’s midterm, as Democrats flip dozens of Republican seats in the last year, and look like they could take Marjorie Taylor Green’s old house in a district that Trump won by 17 point and another in New Hampshire that trump won by 12!
The United States Supreme Court wasn't going to stop screwing around with elections as the primary season and ballot printing season has already begun. We’ve got a new ruling stopping New York from preparing new maps. What’s it all about? What’s the consistent theme with this United States Supreme Court? We cover it all of the Legal AF podcast
SWAT team at the hair salon. Government jet to her concerts. Veteran agents fired whenever he gets bad press. Kash Patel has turned the FBI into his personal concierge service — and Resident Legal Diva Melba Pearson and Florida Law Man Dave Aronberg are here to tell you exactly why that's not just embarrassing, it's potentially criminal.
Thomas Massie EXPLODES On Pam Bondi After She TRIED Hiding Names!
The lawsuits will start soon to stop Trump from recklessly starting wars all over the world without Congressional approval. The Legal AF podcast explains the limits of Trump’s war powers
Trump has been unsuccessful to date despite a year of trying to get a prosecutor and/or a grand jury to indict former CIA Director Brennan in Florida for lying to congress about the Russians trying to influence the outcome of US Elections involving Trump. Popok explains why this is happening, and how prosecutors and grand juries continue to resist the corrupt DOJ and its demands.
Pragmatic Optimists attorney Rachel Cohen and RI State Senator Tiara Mack discuss the connection between the attack Kansas launched on trans people’s drivers licenses and the SAVE act that will impact access to voting in the midterms.
Popok reports on Chief Judge Brann warning Trump and his DOJ that if they continue to violate the law and the Constitution by appointing illegal US Attorneys' to run each federal district, he will dismiss criminal indictments and open the jails as a punishment, as Trump's efforts to have 3 people none with the title of US Attorney run the NJ office after Alina Habba's firing.
In breaking news, the Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump Administration early to have then confess now whether they plan to use the military, ICE, border patrol or the national guard or other federalized troops at polling places to scare voters, in violation of criminal law. Popok reports on why this early strategy is so smart.
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down the cascading crises inside the Department of Labor under Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer — a one-term congresswoman and former mayor of Happy Valley, Oregon, with no labor, union, or workforce policy experience.
Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz talk with James Mann, foreign policy expert, author of The Rise of the Vulcans, about how Trump has no plan for his war or its aftermath, how it’s playing into the hands of China, and is based on naive and false assumptions.
At the start of his administration, Donald Trump vindictively retaliated against Major law firms who refused to represent him after he had been a judged of fraudster and participated in an insurrection. many of them settled with him giving him $1 billion and tribute while others ran to court to make sure they were not blacklisted and denied the ability to earn a living as lawyers representing clients before the federal government. Now it appears that Donald Trump has folded once again and we covered it on the Legal AF podcast.
As a federal judge figured out that the Trump Administration owes more than 53 MILLION tariff regunds to 330,000 American Importers to the tune of $160 billion dollars, States led by Democratic Leaders, continue to file lawsuits to stop Trump's mad taxing plan to steal American's money. Attorney General Jay Jones of Virginia joins Popok to brief our audience and about Virginia's efforts to get new congressional maps drawn in April!
Popok reports that as the calendar turns to March, the Supreme Court may be sending a stark message to Trump: forget stealing 20 or so congressional seats at the midterm from eliminating black representation in the deep south, as the Court so far refuses to issue its Voting Rights Act decision from October in time to save Trump at the midterms from a wipeout.
Popok reports on an AI company used by the Pentagon being blacklisted for putting ethical guardrails around the Pentagon's use of its Claude AI program to mass spy on Americans and use killer robots in war without Human involvement, and calling Trump a dictator in an internal memo, and filing suit to protect its first amendment rights.
Popok explains how MAGA and voters have abandoned Trump in last 10 days, as his failed Iran war plan has led to oil and gas prices going up 50% in the last week, with more to come at the pump for Americans. At this rate, Trump will burn through $50 billion a day in war costs, while gas prices could sore to $7 a gallon, and inflation rising to 7%, all economic factors that would cause a complete and total wipeout at the polls in November.
AG Pam Bondi, worried after Kristi Noem’s firing, will be back in the hot seat explaining her role in the Epstein files coverup on behalf of her boss Trump. The Legal AF podcast explains what will happen next. 2. The lawsuits will start soon to stop Trump from recklessly starting wars all over the world without Congressional approval. The Legal AF podcast explains the limits of Trump’s war powers.
Popok reports on allegations that the real reason Trump fired by social media post disgraced Homeland Security Sec Kristie Noem was not the $220 ad campaign starring her and benefiting financially people in her inner circle including her "boyfriend," but because they tried to use Melania to provide cover and "insurance" for their use of a hundreds of millions in private jet travel by lending her the plane several times
Popok reports on the House Oversight Committee's Republican chairman revealing that Trump has turned over his own personal collection of Epstein related documents and is "working" with the Committee which begs the question: Where have these documents been stored all this time, who is ensuring that Trump is producing ALL the documents, and why weren't they produced before? All this as Pam Bondi is called back to testify under oath about her mishandling of the Epstein files.
In a 2-1 decision, The US Court of Appeals for DC Circuit has refused to require that 350,000 human beings contributing billions in taxes in America be sent back to a war torn country (that Trump likes to call a sh@#$t hole) while the Trump Administration tries to have Federal Judge Reyes' decision to keep their protective status in place overturned. Popok reports on the lower court having to cite to George Washington's embrace of immigrants as part of her decision, as the Appeals court comes to her rescue.
A coalition of 24 states sued Donald Trump on Thursday to block another wave of tariffs propped up by a different, unprecedented legal rationale. The CATO Institute, a conservative think tank, estimates that $700 million accrues in interest every month that Trump fails to refund companies for his last wave of tariffs. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, one of the members of the 24 state coalition, discusses the litigation.
The Democrats have rushed to court to put a stop to Trump's nasty habit of stealing American's money through a new illegal tax scheme on international goods. Popok explains how Trump can't seem to grasp a basic accounting and economic concept related to how currency is valued, and why this will prove to be fatal to his latest effort to penalize the American people because he didn't get his way at the US Supreme Court.
Popok reports on Trump pissed off that disgraced Homeland Sec Kristi Noem ran a grift to make money and left him out of it, and so he not only fired her but her alleged boyfriend, Corey Lewandowski too, as he is left choosing a former wrestler, MMA fighter, and home repair expert, Markwayne Mullin to be her replacement.
March 5 | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) takes to the Senate Floor to recap the mountain of circumstantial evidence laid bear by courageous survivors and journalists connecting Trump, Epstein, and Russia. Sheldon Whitehouse represents Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate, where he champions policies to uphold American leadership in the world, protect our planet in a changing climate, and hold the powerful accountable.
Popok reports on AG Pam Bondi being so worried that she, and others in the DOJ and Administration will lose their right to practice law because of their illegal and unethical conduct from state regulators, that she's proposed a new Law to allow the DOJ to stop state bar investigations and let the DOJ just investigate itself! Popok reports on this new rule and The Florida Bar acknowledging that it opened an investigation into disciplining Trump favorite and disgraced former DOJ prosecutor Lindsey Halligan.
Popok is back and in breaking news, reports on the Court of International Trade slamming the Trump Administration for its refusal to refund the illegal and unconstitutional tariffs its been collecting on goods from US importers and consumers, and ordering that the Board Patrol immediately begin a refund process.
The House of Representatives has been gearing up for a vote on a war powers resolution seeking to stop Donald Trump's war in Iran. Yale Law School scholar Eugene Fidell believes Congress must go much farther. "Congress should impeach the president and remove him," Fidell said. In a video interview, Fidell explains why he believes Congress should take quick action over Trump's war. Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News hosts.
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian sit down with California Assemblymember Nick Schultz (D-44th District), chair of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety, to talk about what it actually looks like to legislatively fortify a state against federal overreach.
We all use plastic every day, for almost everything. But where does it come from? Court Accountability Action’s Lisa Graves talks to journalist Beth Gardiner on her book, PLASTIC INC., which examines this very question. Lisa and Beth talk about how Big Oil companies and their counterparts in other industries, like the soda industry, profit off of single use plastic.
Donald Trump announced at a press conference that his war in Iran could last four to five weeks or "far longer." In an interview with All Rise News, University of Massachusetts at Amherst legal studies professor Jamie Rowen explains why Trump's war represents a "clear violation of international law" and Article I of the Constitution. She also describes the danger of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's comment that the United States would not be bound by "stupid" rules of engagement. Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News hosts.
Things are so bad for the Trump DOJ that even one of his best friends' won't try to prosecute for the second time 6 sitting members of congress. The Legal AF Podcast explains why.
ICE is quietly buying up massive warehouses and converting them into immigration detention centers, and Maryland just sued to stop one. Resident Legal Diva Melba Pearson breaks down the legal fight over environmental review, federal power, and what the data actually shows about who is being detained. This isn’t just immigration policy; it’s a battle over transparency, due process, and whether communities get a say.
Speak Up For Justice Moderated by Paul R. Kiesel joined by Retired Federal District Court Judges Paul Grimm and Ursula Ungaro along with constitutional law professors Stephen Vladeck from Georgetown University Law School and Michael Gerhardt from UNC Chapel Hill, discuss Trump's unprecedented threats to Federal Judges and the judiciary.
Appeasement never ends up well, just as Neville Chamberlain...or the nine big law firms that capitulated to Donald Trump. As Trump's DOJ announces that it will not appeal the lower courts' orders that found such pressure tactics unconstitutional, the nine big law firms that cut early deals still have to face consequences.
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down the fallout from the FBI's January 14, 2026 raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home, where federal agents seized her phone, two laptops, a recorder, a hard drive, and a smartwatch.
Donald Trump has launched major combat operations against Iran — without Congressional approval, without UN authorization, and without a clear endgame. In coordination with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the U.S. has escalated the conflict into a full-scale regional war that is already spreading across the Middle East. Iran has retaliated with missile strikes on U.S. bases in Qatar, the UAE, and Bahrain, while explosions have rocked cities across the Gulf. Oil markets are on edge. American forces are on high alert. And the world is bracing for what could become the most dangerous escalation since the Iraq War. Anthony Davis reports.
The Trump Scrub is in play. The Legal AF Podcast with KFA and Popok look at the latest in the Epstein Scandals and Trump's continued cover up.
There's an unprecedented clash between Chief Justice John Roberts and Donald Trump, and we are here for it! Former State Attorney Dave Aronberg, AKA the Florida LawMan, analyzes whether the break between Roberts and Trump is real and permanent, or just a temporary victory for common sense (and traditional Republican principles over MAGA).
Trump should have taken the "loss" at the Supreme Court and let them tear down his failing tariffs to start helping the American people, but he can't admit he was wrong and has instead used Tariffs as taxes again to crush Americans.
The Legal AF Podcast explores how down right creative federal judges have become to reign in a lawless and defiant DOJ and its leader, Trump, including contempt proceedings, and their latest, ordering the DOJ to confess on itself and report its own bad behavior!
Air Kash Patel, our flying FBI director, who cares more about his girlfriend, partying, and sporting events, and flying in a Government owned personal jet on the taxpayer dollar, than doing his job, may be grounded and impeached very soon if the Democrats get their way in Congress. The Legal AF podcast this time with KFA and Popok take a hard look.
Trump won't stop calling Affordability nothing more than a hoax, as he tries to use another illegal method to tax the American People through his insane tariffs. The Legal AF Podcast explains why it fails.
Sexual assault allegations. A spouse is banned from the building. A federal agency is rolling back worker protections at the same time. Resident Legal Diva Melba Pearson and Florida Law Man Dave Aronberg dive into the legal fallout and what this convergence of scandal and policy means for power, accountability, and public trust.
It seems like every day of the week, another whistleblower finds the courage to publicly out Trump's illegal and unconstitutional agencies and departments, this time about the killer ICE agency under Homeland Security. Popok is at the Intersection fresh off his exclusive briefing with Senator Blumenthal to break it all down.
Rob Weissman, Co-President of Public Citizen, joins Court Accountability Action’s Lisa Graves to talk about the manifold ways in which Trump’s actions have fueled corruption, including how the pardon power has been used, pay-to-play funnels like the new ballroom, and other policies. They also discuss recent reporting that a UAE company with ties to the Emirati royal family purchased a significant stake in the Trump family’s cryptocurrency company.
How do you fight authoritarianism in the United States? For protester Jack Dickinson, it involved wearing a chicken suit every day on the streets of Portland, going to the federal government immigration building, and when his rights were violated on the streets there, successfully suing the federal government in court. In an interview, the "Portland Chicken" and his ACLU attorney discuss their lawsuit, which returns to federal court on Monday. Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News hosts
Popok reports on the Trump DOJ telling a federal appeals court that it could take up to 7 YEARS to refund the $140 billion in tariff money they owe the american people, as Senate Democrats demand that the Treasury Department use its $800 billion surplus to pay the refunds immediately.
Popok reports on a new Congressional investigation being opened to determine if Trump's commerce secretary Howard Lutnick made sure his family office made millions betting against Trump's Tariff scheme while American's suffered under it, as calls rise for his resignation.
Prosecutors and investigators around the world, and in the US, led by places like New Mexico, have opened criminal investigations into Epstein's sex trafficking ring, as the rich and powerful like Trump, would like it all to just go away.
Popok reports on a witness identified by the FBI as Witness 3501.045 having 3 out of her 4 FBI interviews about allegations that Trump sexually assaulted her as a minor, removed from the public documents released by the DOJ, and the House Democrats new demands that Trump appear in Congress for sworn testimony under oath.
Popok reports on a once secret 17 page memo drafted by election deniers and best friends of Trump, including those in his own Administration, that is being pushed to have him issue an executive order to seize voting machines, cancel mail in ballots, and force everyone to vote on paper ballots by hand counting on one day, because of phony threats of Chinese election interference. But this is exactly the scenario Democratic Attorneys' General have prepared for and are now ready to rush into court to have his actions declared illegal, while House Democrats consider impeachment proceedings.
Popok reports on Chief Judge Schiltz leading a growing chorus of federal judges who are using contempt proceedings to ensure that ICE and Homeland Security stop violating thousands of court orders and COMPLY.
The House Oversight Committee dragged Hillary Clinton to testify under oath about Epstein even though there is no evidence she ever met him
Terrifying new report: A new study has found that MAGA voters are willing to commit political violence to help Trump win in 2024.
A news/opinion video reacting to a Supreme Court decision and its impact on Donald Trump.
Short news clip highlighting criticism of two consecutive executive orders issued by the Trump administration.
A tweet by Suzie Rizzio reporting that a woman shouted xenophobic remarks at a Korean restaurant, police were called, and the woman was arrested.
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Report on Judge Boulee’s order addressing alleged DOJ violations related to the search and seizure of Fulton County’s 2020 election materials.
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A tweet by West LA Résistance (@45bestwords) criticizing Trump-era policies—saying trade, tariffs, tourism, and healthcare have worsened under Trump and calling the 'Make America Great Again' slogan a lie.
Trump's nasty little habit of lying to America about their economic suffering caught up to him at the State of the Union address, and Popok is at The Intersection to catch him in his lies.
Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers a concise, critical analysis of former President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, highlighting discrepancies between the speech's claims and the realities facing working-class Americans.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! clip that satirically recaps Trump’s long address and MAGA reactions while highlighting a reported NPR bombshell alleging the DOJ withheld 53 pages of notes and memos from FBI interviews in an Epstein-related accusation.
A short news/commentary clip highlighting a judge's forceful criticism of Donald Trump during courtroom proceedings.
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A petition-style letter on Action Network urging supporters to contact Congress to begin drafting articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump, summarizing alleged offenses and asking members to cosponsor H.Res.621.
A video exposing the chaos surrounding a Trump-appointed FBI leader allegedly partying amid political controversies.
A political commentary video claiming that Donald Trump's State of the Union address was the worst in history and faced complete rebuke.
