Trump's would be golf course assassin Ryan Routh is outfoxing Trump's favorite Federal Judge Aileen Cannon, acting out in Court that both proves his Insanity Defense, AND sets up a reversal on appeal as Judge Cannon struggles to control Routh acting as his own lawyer. Popok explains that representing himself is a brilliant move that lets Routh let the jury know he is "insane" without having to actually testify, while he bates Cannon into screwing up his trial for appeal.

Trump is so desperate that he gave the COURT a deadline of Monday to allow him to destroy the Federal Reserve's independence by firing Governor Cook again in a new emergency motion. Popok explains why Trump likely won't have to wait that long for the Court's answer which should be a resounding "DENIED".

Trump just caused a major economic, foreign policy and diplomatic disaster by allowing his Immigration shock troops to raid a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia and put South Korean workers in CHAINS. South Korea's President and its people are fighting back, threatening to pull future investment and calling the high tech workers, prisoners of war. Popok looks at how Trump just evoked the imagery of colonial subjugation and insulted a major Asian ally at a time when his manufacturing economy is abysmal.

As Charlie Kirk's suspected killer is apprehended, Trump,rather than console the country and pull it together at a time of national crisis and grief, found a way to be even more divisive than ever, forfeiting his right to be the consoler-in-chief, and rejecting the words of comfort and support offered by past presidents from LBJ to Reagan to Bush to Obama in similar moments. Popok reports.

Will Trump, to distract from the wreckage of his failed presidency, send warships to Brazil in response to Brazil's Supreme Court voting today to convict its former president of leading a failed military plot to overthrow the government? Popok explains what just happened and how Trump is likely to respond to save his fellow coup plotter and dictator, Bolsanaro.

Newly-leaked Epstein emails show that Ghislaine Maxwell lied to Trump's DOJ about the child sex trafficking ring Trump's best friend ran, and provides proof of the real reason Trump "fired" Epstein as a best friend in 2008 and it had nothing to do with Epstein being a child sex predator. Popok looks closely at the new Bloomberg reporting and ties it together.

The MAGA Senate rushed through the confirmation of Stephen Mirren as a Federal Reserve Governor, Trump's current Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, just after a Federal Court refused to let Trump fire Governor Lisa Cook. Popok explains how Stephen Mirren would not have picked Stephen Mirren for the job based on his own past attacks on Democrats, and how the independence of the Fed is undermined by Mirren keeping his day job in the White House while serving on the Fed Board of Governors.

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.

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 judges and due process. Popok adds to the story by making the connection between the Mayor of Miami (the son of immigrants) and the company that owns the plane charter company that is profiting off of the misery of the migrants being "disappeared".

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 way a Fed Reserve Governor can be fired is for misconduct ON THE JOB about their statutory duties, and can't be based on allegations about what she did in applying for mortgages before she was confirmed.