The Intersection with Michael Popok

According to a new federal court filing in Trump’s defamation case against the Wall Street Journal in Miami, Rupert Murdoch’s paper argues that not only is the Trump–Epstein birthday card story accurate, but that Trump’s reputation for making sexist, vulgar, and disgusting comments about women — including Ivanka — is so notorious that it cannot be defamed. Popok reports on the filing and shares a theory that any settlement of the case could involve Murdoch paying money to buy into TikTok as part of the resolution.

Well, Trump may have pushed to have the Supreme Court overturn one decades old legal precedent too many. Popok explains why today's decision by the Supreme Court MAGA right wing will ultimately be a gift to the Democrats.

In breaking news, Trump's Border Czar responsible for massive deportations, was caught on videotape last September accepting a bag of $50,000 cash from what he thought was federal contractors trying to get more contracts, who were actually undercover FBI Agents. Popok examines this latest scandal to engulf Trump and his FBI director Kash Patel and DOJ AG Bondi, as Democrats demand answers.

Trump has caused a new "crypto winter" of crashing crypto currency prices as investors reject his phony "Golden Age of Crypto" policies, and hammer his family crypto currency businesses. Popok looks at how Trump attacking one of his main early investors in his company,, a Chinese Cryto Billionaire named Justin Sun, has sent Trump's crypto business into a tailspin.

Just before Trump breached all Presidential protocol by taking the stage to lionize Charlie Kirk, he took time out to publicly reprimand and embarrass Attorney General Pam Bondi not once but twice in social media posts and then overrode her to pick yet another criminally unqualified US Attorney over Bondi's objection. Popok explains who Lindsey Halligan is, why Trump picked her, and why this spells the end of Bondi's career with possibly Judge Aileen Cannon waiting in the wings.

A Republican appointed Federal Judge in Trump's hand picked Florida federal court took one look at his bad faith mess of a defamation case filed against the New York Times, that he dismissed it ON HIS OWN without the need for the Times to file anything, and inviting the NYT to file a motion for Rule 11 sanctions against Trump and his counsel. Popok reports.

Add US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Erik Siebert to a growing list of federal prosecutors who refuse to bring false charges against Trump's political rivals, this time against NY Attorney General Leticia James. Popok explains how a series of prosecutors who have stood up to Trump and refuse to violate their professional ethics or the DOJ Manual and Principles of Federal Prosecution to commit the sin of "vindictive prosecution" and how Ms. James (and the other Democratic leaders under attack) can use the firing to their advantage in Federal Court.

Trump filed a loser emergency "shadow docket" petition to Supreme Court to try for the 3rd time to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook without proper cause or Due Process, timing it to try to step on a terrible news cyle -- Kash Patel flameout; Jimmy Kimmel firing backlash; Royal Visit gone awry and Epstein Epstein Epstein. Popok reports and explains why the Supreme Court applying its own precedent from just this May should quickly reject attempts to fire Lisa Cook and allow Trump to gain control of 9 out of 12 votes to set interest rates by simply firing her.

Trump's extorting ABC/Disney to fire Jimmy Kimmel is part of a broader plot to destroy the Democratic Party, by undermining its leaders and icons with phony criminal investigations, destroy its fundraising operation, obtain millions of voter records from the red states to argue for the elimination of mail in ballots, and to stifle Democratic led criticism of Trump. Popok explains why all of this is doomed to fail and lead not to Trump stealing another election but to Democratic victory at the midterms and beyond.

The Federal Reserve just issued a stinging indictment of Trump's failed economic policies by not only agreeing 12-1 --including 2 Trump devotees -- to cut the interest rates to rescue the economy now, but signaled that they will cut rates 2 MORE TIMES before the end of the year because of how bad Trump's policies really are. Popok agrees with the Wall Street Journal that Trump not only owns the economy now and can't blame Biden any longer, but he owns his assault on the Federal Reserve and the rate cuts and their negative impact on the economy.