Starbucks is forced to pay nearly $39 million in New York City’s largest-ever worker protection settlement after officials say the company shredded baristas’ rights to stable schedules. In Switzerland, voters crush a proposed 50% inheritance tax on fortunes above 50 million francs, sending a loud message about how tightly democracy still hugs billionaires.

In New Jersey, former Governor Jim McGreevey, once driven from office in scandal, asks voters for a second chance as he runs for mayor of Jersey City. On the racetrack, Michael Jordan’s NASCAR team is taking the France family’s empire to federal court in an antitrust showdown that could rewrite who controls stock car racing and who gets paid.

At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces allegations of possible war crimes after a deadly two-strike boat attack in the Caribbean. Even some Republicans and President Trump himself are now trying to distance themselves from the controversy.

In this episode of Filtered with TJ Walker, we explore:

Listen in for a deeper look at who really holds power in 2025, and how communication, narrative, and law shape that power every day.