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On this Midweek Edition of the top-rated Legal AF podcast, Karen Friedman Agnifilo is joined by MeidasTouch Legal Commentator Dina Doll, sitting in for Michael Popok. This episode dives into the latest developments in the New York hush money case, updates on the status of the federal cases against Donald Trump as Jack Smith wraps up his investigations, and Rudy Giuliani's recent appearance in federal court. The episode also explores reasons to remain hopeful and covers much more at the intersection of law and politics.
Enjoy!
Not so many of those Trump supporters are invited to dinner. Hmmm, I wonder why?
Whenever you dump an Orange turd-brain.......room in your life opens up for smart, funny and a good time.
This is Garland’s fault. He should have started the investigation when this happened (the capital) , he did nothing. He screwed the people. I am still fuming because this criminal and his cronies will destroy this country .
If Garland had acted immediately, Trump was always going to get away with treason, murder or anything else, he wanted to!
I'm with you. tRump might just be the anti-christ.
I have to keep telling the Lord Jesus Christ, how sorry for the hate ì have for that orange piece of shit. I have never hated anyone before. I'm 74, but I worry about my kids and the grandkids & great- grandchildren, have a world that's nothing like when we grew up in. We need to hang onto our hope.
We need to start putting the blame where it belongs regarding why every topic has become political. The fact that so many issues have become political is because of the Republicans and MAGAs in particular who rail on everything they don’t agree with, such as gay marriage and women having control of their bodies. Let’s not both sides this, Trump has fueled hatred of people who don’t align with their white Christian nationalist agenda.
Trump has NEVER done a single good thing. Him succeeding can only mean him succeeding at evil.
I'm planning on posting on social media everytime one of Trump's policies negatively impacts these Trump voters, such as: You lost your overtime. No sympathy, you voted for Trump. Or:
You lost your insurance cause you have a pre-existing condition. No sympathy, you voted for Trump.
GREAT IDEA!
Call a Spade a Spade, ladies. Playing dirty is the play book of the GOP, and many designated within in the party.
Thank You, MeidasTouch Network, Happy Thanksgiving to you and the Gang 🦃💯
This is the day to be Thankful to you snd the Meidas crew to give you thanks for being the only podcast I have watched and for loving our Country's Democracy and constitution of America. Thank you I will remain loyal to you and become a member soon. Thank you for your skills. Information and your support for Democracy. B
My family has been doing this since 2016 what took you all so long is believing in the justice system in America and the rest of us knew all along nothing was going to happen to the republican traitors or Trump. The only thing that wooks is shunning the people that are nutters to begin with move on. Or like me move your money and yourself the hell out of the USA before the thieves in the GOP use the courts to grab it all from you and if you think they can not do that keep being lead down the yellow brick road believing in the legal system
Ben, Your new baby is absolutely beautiful 😍
HAPPY THANKSGIVING MEIDAS MIGHTY and love from UK xxx
May the long-time sun shine in us
All love surround us
And the pure light within us,
Guide our way on xxxxxxx
I disagree with Dina that it's possible to just avoid talking politics at family gatherings. Politics is/are everything: How you live, who you love, what you believe, how you treat other people & the planet ... EVERYTHING. ...And... cutting loose the MAGA-heads from your life is liberating & energizing.
This is the problem. I want to understand the evil people and why they believe the way they believe. You cannot correct what you don't believe is wrong. Racism is wrong and your family and friends are wrong and evil.
Happy Thanksgiving🦃🫶
TFG's lawyers simply missed the with-or-without-prejudice distinction. But as we have seen time & again, they don't have to be smart or competent; the corrupt MAGA-majority on SCOTUS is the only reason the orange bag of slime can slither out of criminal liability.
Not the first time that happened. Remember, Alina Habba neglected to ask for a jury trial instead of a bench trial in the E. Jean Carroll case...
Remember Germany regrettably supported Adolf Hitler. We don’t do that in America. Those that that do that, even lawyers and judges are complicit in their support.
I refuse to believe all Trump's criminality is disappearing forever and not just for now!
Annual message. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32INoIBaY0M
Thank you Karen and Dina. So love hearing your points of view with solid legal backgrounds. I learn so much from Legal AF.
Take hope from our National history - just in my lifetime (83 yrs) we've overcome so many scary times when our government was on the verge of failing. But we're here and still willing to FIGHT for it! Yet another time when we Cannot Give In To Fear! We have to write those letters and make those phone calls. It all matters. Thank you so much for putting yourselves in the public domain and possibly/probably in harm's way to say the right thing. You put the meaning in today's holiday!
Any trouble that Midas wants to cause, i want to be a part of
I’m curious: how exactly would you determine that Trump is successful and by extension- the American people? Rounding up immigrants, bashing gays and trans? Killing protestors? Firing people? Eliminating whole departments? We all said that in the first go round. I
Please stop automatically queuing this up over and over. Bulwark does this repeatedly. If you don’t listen until the very end (including footnotes!), it will bring it back over and over and….
Ladies, he will be in a mental hospital or body bag in two years anyway. He's completely demented.
Anybody going to remember the nature of the charges? Espionage, and WHY was he nit charged with treason since the nation was still at war at the time? Please explain that.
Sorry, sorry! Memory fail!! It was the New York $250 million civil fraud trial. They neglected to check the box for jury trial, and while they blamed Habba, none of the team caught it.
How is global warming not political?? It is the very essence of political!
Hope. NONE of the orange baby man's clown show would be happening if he was disqualified day one after forensic psychiatrist Dr Bandy X Lee's report of the five dangerous mental pathologies of Donald Trump.
How to Stop Authoritarians Before They Start
🔸️FITNESS FOR DUTY EVALUATIONS that are mandatory, like the military for high responsibility positions, would have stopped Trump before he got within a mile of the White House.
Bandy X Lee, Steven Hassan, and 100 other psychiatrists agree Trump has five dangerous mental pathologies as listed in the books "The More Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" and "The Psychology Of Trump Contagion - An Existential Threat to American Democracy and All Humankind".
"Containing Trump Contagion and Healing from Mental Pathology in Politics"
https://youtu.be/HTkCqU5LM-k?si=f6g0PolglC21w1nR
🔸️Fitness for Duty Evaluations start with everyone who interacts with the individual in question, and when red flags start to appear, 'say something.'
The US Military has procedures to follow that require individuals in question to have a Fitness for Duty Evaluation. Voters must demand the House and Senate do the same.
"Stephen Xenakis- Fitness for Duty Exams: Preventing Autocratic Abuse"
https://youtu.be/vdtChF07ryU?si=VJ5dauWFoUQg10uH
🔸️Outside the military are professionals like Dr. Bandy X. Lee who has several dozen colleagues all of whom are highly qualified to do Fitness for Duty Evaluations.
The U.S. House and Senate have several mechanisms to enforce their rules, including:
* Leadership
* Committees
* Floor Procedures
* Party Discipline
It's important to note that these mechanisms are not always used consistently or effectively. The more voters demand mentally fit leaders the more the House and Senate will comply.
🔸️I like what forensic psychologist Dr. Bandy X. Lee says that fascism and authoritarianism are just dangerous mental pathologies that worm their way into politics.
Everyone on Earth deserves and demands leadership that is mentally fit.
Fitness for Duty Evaluations performed by well respected psychiatrists ensures every country has leaders who do not serve their own power, but serve their own people.
With a pool of mentally fit candidates, we then have all the elections we wish.
How IS the special prosecutor "bound" by OLC policy? The special prosecutor is a Federal entity, not like he is a state DA.. but as for the manhattan DA, OLC is not a court, the court is the court. By obeying OLC's opinion, they are setting precedent. Can we please NOT have a "tradition" of letting presidents commit crimes? "Without fear or favor", is laughable, this is cowardice .. the judge the whole way along has been saying that he/she did was not tailoring the schedule to the election, but now that we've had it the judge is going to say "well no, we can't convict.." - I call BS.
LiVE Q&A: Holiday Survival Guide! Talking to MAGA Family Members with CULT EXPERT
https://www.youtube.com/live/W6l4jY3uaVs?si=wUqsLaomGK9xhFfu
Quote from cult expert Steven Hassan
"do not ever go for a win-lose scenario where you think you will be able to rationally argue a [cult] follower out of their worldview. Facts matter, but respect, context, and your
communication delivery are key. Your most potent weapon is a good, thoughtful question"
The Cult of Trump, p226
I wonder if Giuliani's new lawyer got a fat retainer up front. Or maybe he's doing it for the glory.
It's Thanksgiving, I'm alone as usual, depressed as usual, and my voice was silenced on MTN. I have nothing to be thankful for - clearly. When I can't speak my mind, America is dead. Shame on you for deleting my comments.
Trump tells the racist people what they want to hear! He is saying look here this is the people we hate and they’re the reason you can’t get ahead in this country! He wants them blamed then he can rake in as money as possible from the middle class tax payers
My YouTube link doesn’t work. It doesn’t forward
You invited them?