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Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok join forces again on the top rated Legal AF podcast, and take on: (a) Harvard winning in court but may be considering settling with Tump sending a bad message to the rest of higher education; (b) how Governor Newsom can work around a bad decision by the 9th Circuit against States Rights and the Governor's control of his own state national guard; (c) a surprising deci...

Insiders at ICE are coming out against the Trump Administration, reporting low morale and that they are being diverted away from going after criminal migrants for deportation, because Trump and Steven Miller have them focused instead on making 3,000 arrests a day. Michael Popok explains how even right-wing media is calling out Trump’s deranged policies, including that ICE is already $1 billion ove...

The Senior Status Federal Judges are striking back and hard against the Trump Administration, issuing some of the most scathing rebukes from the bench and in opinions from their perch as judicial historians as well. Add to this growing list, Judge Young of the Federal Court in Massachusetts, who of the 400+ cases pending against the Trump Administration, just tried the FIRST trial related to Trump...

Trump and his intelligence community has lost track of the equivalent of 10 Nuclear Bombs worth of Iranian enriched uranium, as Trump’s failure to plan ahead and allow us to be backed into a Middle East war not on our timetable, reaches devastating proportions. Michael Popok reports on the inspection community just “losing track” of the entire Iran enriched uranium stockpile as Trump tries to flip...

The Trump Administration continues to poke the bear in Judge Xinis, this time filing a new motion telling her she has no jurisdiction to find them in contempt, because, wait for it, they finally brought ABREGO GARCIA back from El Salvador, not to her courtroom but to Tennessee on a manufactured indictment.  Michael Popok explains how the Trump Administration is bringing ABREGO GARCIA back for thei...

On a special cross-over episode, Dina Doll of Unprecedented on the Legal AF Youtube channel focused on the United States Supreme Court joins Michael Popok on the Legal AF podcast, to take on: the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision against Transgender Americans; the Supreme Court's future involvement in Trump's attack on States Rights; Senior Status Federal Judges taking on Trump and holding his feet to...

Trump is arresting his Democratic political rivals in a show of excessive force and repression unheard of in American history. Add NYC Mayor candidate and Comptroller Brad Lander to the list who was arrested by masked ICE agents for exercising his civic duty and rights to observe a Trump immigration court process. Michael Popok explains how Lander may have just obtained the bona fides all democrat...

Heroes within the Capitol and Metro Police who protected Congress and the seat of our democracy from being burnt to the ground on Jan6, are tired of watching Trump disrespect them, sully their honor, pardon Jan6 criminals, pay millions to pay for an insurrectionist who tried to overthrow our democracy, all while the Trump Congress refuses to put up simple brass plaque in the halls of Congress to h...

Join Michael Popok on the Intersection podcast, as he takes on: Trump's continued and coordinated arrest of his Democratic Political Rivals, and MAGA's smear campaign against Democrats in the aftermath of the political killings of Democrats; Trump's rejection of his own intelligence community's briefing to start a war between the US and Iran, as a bipartisan bill is proposed to stop it; whether th...

Will a 9th Circuit appeals court put Governor Newsom back in charge of the California National Guard and refuse to accept the ruse of a Trump-declared “rebellion,” or will they rule for Trump and keep him in charge for many more months while they ponder the appeal. Michael Popok reports on today’s oral argument and posits that they will likely find that they have jurisdiction to provide oversight...

Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok lead the Legal AF podcast, the leading law and politics podcast on YouTube, and take on: 1) whether a federal judge will find that Trump violated the Posse Comitatus Act by using the Marines to arrest Americans on US soil; 2) whether Abrego Garcia will be held in federal detention or released and or transferred after a action packed 6 hour court hearing in Tennessee;...

In breaking news, Federal Judge Charles Breyer — finding the Trump Administration violated federal statutes dating to 1903 and the 10th Amendment of the Constitution — has ordered that Trump immediately return command and control over the California National Guard to Governor Newsom.  Michael Popok examines the 36 page order issued moments ago and explains why the Court found that Trump’s actions...

On the Midweek edition of Legal AF podcast, Anchors Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo take on: developments in the fast moving California suit against Trump; two different appellate courts siding with Trump for now and blocking court orders, the contempt proceedings that are continuing involving Abrego Garcia, and so much more at the intersection of law and politics. Support Our Sponsors:...

As Trump struggles to negotiate any deal with over 100 countries because of his failed Tariff policy, he looked to a little known appellate court to bail him out. Michael Popok reports on a brand new order from the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals who granted a temporary stay to allow Trump to continue his tariff plan, but set the issue for a fast track hearing on the appeal before more than 10 ju...

On the latest edition of The Intersection with Michael Popok a new podcast on the Meidas Touch Network, Popok doesn't hold back as he takes on: 1) the latest developments in Trump's attempted fascist take over of California, including a new emergency order being issued; 2) The Defense Secretary failing basic understanding of what his job is, what Trump's legal justification for commandeering State...

A federal judge has rejected California’s request to immediately, without further briefing, block Trump’s takeover of the Cali National Guard and his use of armed forces on domestic soil, but only for another 2 days while setting a new briefing schedule to time out with a historic court hearing on Thursday. Michael Popok explains it all on his latest hot take. Get 20% off all IQBAR products. Text...

Trump continues to intentionally pour kerosene over the protest fires in California to give him the confrontation he wants to crack down on blue states and his political rival the Governor of California, now blowing a dog whistle to give permission to the National Guard and law enforcement to use excessive force and brutality to put down protests over Trump’s immigration. Michael Popok compares th...

Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok lead the #1 Law and Politics podcast on YouTube, and tonight they debate: the legal impact of the Trump Administration’s last-minute decision to return Armando Abrego Garcia to the U.S. and what it means for other cases pending before federal judges; new rulings by Judges Boasberg and Xinis moving toward potential contempt findings against the Trump Administration; h...

While you can’t put a price tag on revenge, you can calculate how much Musk has lost in order to fire Donald Trump today. Michael Popok places the timeline for the escalating public firefight between Donald Trump and Elon Musk alongside the stock market, which is punishing Musk by taking away more than 100 billion of wealth because they don’t like what the fight is doing to his SpaceX company. For...

AG Pam Bondi should stop giving press conferences, because all it does is give Federal Judges like Judge Xinis ample evidence to find her and the Trump Administration in contempt of court, this time in the Armando Garcia matter. Michael Popok reports. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/m...

Musk has overnight become the ultimate insider “whistleblower” against Trump and all of his policies, even if it means crapping on his own actions. Nothing says out of control rogue x employee like calling your former boss effectively a pedophile. Michael Popok takes a hard look at what a rogue Musk means as a witness against the Trump Administration in more than a dozen pending cases against DOGE...

Citing to Kafka, Chief Judge Boasberg ruled that the 250+ noncitizens sent secretly to El Salvador without Due Process or notice have proven that the Trump Administration actually “controls” the El Salvador prison and must facilitate the return of these men back to the US to enforce their 5th Amendment rights. Michael Popok puts this ruling and Judge Xinis's Ruling about Abrego Garcia in the prope...

Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo are back on the top rated Legal AF x Meidas Touch podcast debating: Judge Xinis about to find the Trump Administration in contempt in the Abrego Garcia case; Judge Boesberg ruling against the Trump Administration and certifying a class of all those people who were removed to El Salvador by Trump; Trump's attack on women; Trump's 96 percent losing streak in...

The contempt clock against the Trump Administration and their violating a federal court order affirmed 9-0 by the Supreme Court to return Armando Abrego Garcia from the dank prisons of El Salvador is about to strike midnight, as Judge Xinis has just granted permission for his lawyers to file their motion for contempt. Michael Popok explains what just happened in a series of new orders from the Cou...

Join Michael Popok for his weekly new podcast "The Intersection" exclusively on the MeidasTouch Network, where he calls out the corruption and dismantles the spin, all with a signature blend of legal insight, zero tolerance for BS and just the right dose of courtroom fire and levity. Tonight, Popok drills down on: Trump's latest unbelievable crypto scandal; Trump's "break up" with the Federalist S...