Filtered with TJ Walker

Filtered: Botox, Pentagon Gag Orders & Billionaires: Trump, Kim Kardashian and the Rigged Game

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Botox and Ozempic on Zoom calls. Pentagon gag orders on the press. Kim Kardashian versus the California bar exam. Trump’s Ukraine “deal” with Putin. And a Supreme Court case that could give billionaires even more leverage over U.S. elections.

In this episode of Filtered with TJ Walker, TJ walks through five major stories and filters them through communication, media, and personal development:

  • How “being hot” has become a quiet job requirement in many industries, driven by Botox, fillers, GLP-1 drugs and AI-polished headshots – and what you can do with simple, low-risk tweaks instead of extreme procedures.
  • Why the New York Times is suing the Pentagon over new rules that would effectively let the military decide what reporters can ask and what they can publish – and why even Fox News refuses to sign.
  • What Kim Kardashian’s bar-exam struggles reveal about bar exams, law schools and licensing as a government-protected cartel, just as AI starts to handle routine legal work at associate-level quality.
  • Thomas Friedman’s argument that Trump is acting as Putin’s “useful idiot” in Ukraine, treating invasion like a real-estate negotiation rather than a war of conquest and democratic survival.
  • NRSC v. FEC and the Supreme Court’s continued march toward unlimited political money, in a system already far looser than Canada, France or the UK when it comes to corporate and billionaire influence.

    • TJ closes with a trainer Q&A on how to help people understand complex topics fast:

    • Keeping groups small where possible
    • Giving everyone a front-row seat
    • Asking participants to restate key ideas in their own words
    • Using stories, examples and simple visuals instead of walls of bullet points
    • Checking understanding in real time rather than just “covering content”

      • Chapters:

      00:00 – Teaser & market update
      02:00 – Workplace beauty pressure: Botox, Ozempic & Zoom bias
      20:46 – New York Times sues Pentagon over press gag orders
      29:06 – Kim Kardashian, the bar exam & the legal cartel
      38:18 – Trump, Putin & Ukraine: the “useful idiot” debate
      45:27 – NRSC v. FEC & the rise of billionaire politics
      56:59 – Trainer Q&A: Teaching complex topics clearly
      1:02:20 – Outro & where to find TJ online

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