The Intersection with Michael Popok

A federal appeals court has reinstated Shira Perlmutter as U.S. Copyright Office director after ruling Trump likely had no authority to fire her. The decision protects congressional independence and blocks presidential overreach tied to her AI copyright report. Popok breaks it all down, explaining why this unusual case could set a powerful precedent. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?...

In new investigative reporting and based on leaked flight records, the Guardian reports that the Trump Administration has made 40,000 migrants-- including babies -- effectively "disappear" within the US by creating an elaborate shell game of moving them around 10-12 times and shuttling them between multiple immigration detention centers, cutting them off from their lawyers, family and federal judg...

In breaking news, a federal judge has blocked for now Trump's efforts to destroy the independence of the Federal Reserve which is about to make a major decision in interest rates, finding that his firing of Governor Lisa Cook was both a violation of her Due Process Rights under the 5th Amendment as well as based on false "for cause" reason. Popok explains that Judge Cobb has ruled that the only wa...

Why the OTHER birthday cards in Epstein’s album prove that Trump’s card is not a forgery, as MAGA women reject Trump and the Wall Street journal goes on the attack. How close is E Jean Carroll to taking $100 million off of Trump as a survivor of his sexual abuse? What has the Supreme Court done to our rule of law in just the last 48 hours. How Trump’s weakness is being exploited by our enemies and...

Now if you "happen to look a certain way, speak a certain way, and .... work a ...legitimate job that pays very little" you have lost your 4th Amendment rights against illegal search and seizure because the MAGA right of the Supreme Court just killed off that constitutional liberty in a one paragraph new order, attacked by Justice Sotomayor in a scathing dissent. Popok explains what just happened....

Newly revealed secret evidence about the financial relationship between El Salvdor and Trump's Administration proves that Trump and his DOJ have been lying to federal judges about who runs the torture prisons in El Salvador that US Detainees have been sent to without due process. Popok brings the receipts and explores the new evidence obtained through a Democracy Forward lawsuit. Subscribe: https:...

With the House Oversight Committee's release to the public of the Epstein Birthday Album from 25 years ago, containing Trump's obscene hand made submission indicating that he knew of Epstein's double life as a sexual predator, should lead to the dismissal of Trump's "2 Billion Dollar" Miami federal suit against the Wall Street Journal for reporting on Trump's alleged card, and possibly counterclai...

There is an old saying Trump obviously never heard of, "never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrelful" as Trump picked a fight with Murdoch and his Wall Street Journal over his close friendship with Epstein he could never win. Now Popok reports the WSJ to sell papers, embarrass Trump AND defend themselves in their defamation case Trump brought, published the pornographic Birthday C...

Trump is using the House Oversight Committee to spoon feed the public just 10 percent of the Epstein Files, many of which have been made public already, in order to try to quash a Republican Representatives pending motion to have the full House vote to release ALL the files. Popok updates the audience on all the latest developments in the Epstein Scandal as a prelude to the 10 am ET live press con...

Democratic Cities and States led by the Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker are are fighting back to fend off Trump's shock forces being sent this week to occupy them. Popok examines a worthless new federal suit filed by Trump against Boston and its Mayor and explains why it is doomed to certain failure. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Le...

The single largest source of Trump's legal troubles, according to the Atlantic, is Democracy Forward led by Skye Perryman and her staff of 150 who have brought over 100 lawsuits and are winning 93% of them against Trump. Skye joins Popok to brief our audience on the winning strategy and some new cases coming up in the next 72 hours that are important for democracy. The Anti-Trump Strategy That’s A...

Trump just ended the longest streak of job growth in US history, as his Commerce Secretary is so clueless that he just admitted by accident moments before the failing job numbers were released showing NEGATIVE job creation in June, that these numbers can now be trusted because Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last month! Popok reports. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Lega...

The ruling on Tuesday by a federal judge finding that Trump is illegally and unconstitutionally creating a federal police force to terrorize Americans with Trump as its chief in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act is already paying dividends, as DC sues Trump for the second time in 2 weeks, this time to rid DC of the federalized armed and dangerous shock troops. Popok reports. Subscribe: https://...

Trump and his out of gas DOJ has suffered 6 separate losses in the last 8 days, with 6 different federal courts finding that Trump: violated the Posse Comitatus Act; Violated the Alien Enemies Act; Violated the Separation of Powers in the Constitution; Violated the 10th Amendment of the Constitution; Violated the First Amendment; Violated the International Economic Emergency Powers Act; Violated 9...

The Epstein Survivors Press Conference yesterday was a stinging indictment of Trump and his depraved and immoral Administration, and right on cue, just moments after it, Trump abused the victims again, calling them a "Democratic Hoax." Popok briefs the audience on the aftermath of the historic press conference, and the political miscalculations of MAGA and Trump in response. Subscribe: https://www...

Let's look at this split screen for a minute. On the left, Trump and his family brag about making up to 6.5 Billion Dollars since he was elected, and on the right, all of the horror-inducing new economic numbers already out this week show that US Manufacturing, job creation, prices, and Tourism have fallen off the shelf and are crushing Americans. Popok makes a comparison/contrast on his latest ho...

Is Trump using AI photos and make up and starting wars to cover up for his failing health and mental state? Did we just attack Venezuela because Trump had a terrible 72 hour set of court losses? Why did a Federal Judge just observe that he is afraid that Trump could use the military to interfere with the presidential election? What crazy and dangerous stunt will Trump pull now that the entirety of...

Trump is spending $200 billion dollars to hire tens of thousands of federal agents to be his domestic army to use against Americans. Popok reports on Trump lowering the minimum age of agents to just 18, reducting training time in half, and doing limited or no background checks, as he uses the language of the white nationalist and Klan movement, to recruit former Jan6 insurrectionists, Proud Boys a...

In startling and breaking news, Federal Judge Charles Breyer just declared that the Trump Administration is trying to create an illegal and unconstitutional federal POLICE FORCE under Trump's command, and has issued an injunction to prevent that from happening. Popok explains this historic decision. All Rise News: https://www.allrisenews.com/ https://x.com/AllRiseNews https://bsky.app/profile/did:...

Trump's assault on vaccine policy through RFK Jr. has reached a critical mass, as 2 powerful Republican Senators issue directions to ignore RFK Jr's vaccine recommendations after Trump fired after 3 weeks the Director of the Center of Disease Control because she would't agree to the phony science RFK Jr. is peddling, leading to 4 top scientists and doctors quitting as well. Popok takes a hard look...

We would all like to gag Trump and his Administration, but Abrego Garcia has filed a new emergency motion to do it and preserve his ability to be presumed innocent and have a fair trial in Tennessee, as the Trump Administration goes into overdrive to destroy him in the court of public opinion. Popok explains how the very same evidence being used to support the pending motion to dismiss his indictm...

Michael Popok exposes a new scandal in the Trump Administration, where Trump's head of his Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon will be used by him to sue California over their new congressional maps BUT only because her "former" law firm representing Cali's Republicans, lost badly to stop the maps at the Cali Supreme Court. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal...

Trump's DOJ had to admit in a new federal appeals filing that Federal Judges are not respecting anything Alina Habba is on since she has been disqualified as an unlawfully appointed US Attorney, and have ground criminal justice to a halt in NJ. Think of it as the "black robe flu". Popok looks at a new filing Trump's DOJ was forced to make admitting the utter chaos they have caused. Subscribe: http...

The very independence of our Federal Reserve required for a stable and sound US economy is up for grabs in a new lawsuit filed by Fed Reserve Board of Governor Lisa Cook against Trump. Will she be successful in stopping Trump from causing Hyper Inflation sending prices skyrocketing? Popok briefs on her new federal lawsuit. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF...

Is Trump engaged in a the Great Chinese Replacement Theory, proposing to let in 600,000 Chinese students a year to American Universities pushing aside Americans, and let them march back to Communist China to upgrade their military and technological advantage against the US? Popok looks hard at all the data points that make Trump out to be a real life Manchurian Candidate. Subscribe: https://www.yo...