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Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok lead the #1 law and politics podcast on YouTube. Tonight, they debate: the legal impact of the Trump administration’s last-minute decision to return Armando Abrego Garcia to the U.S. — and what it means for other cases pending before federal judges; new rulings by Judges Boasberg and Xinis that move toward potential contempt findings against the Trump administration; how the fallout between Musk and Trump could affect key legal battles; the Supreme Court siding with Trump in the DOGE case; and much more at the intersection of law and politics.
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Trump is losing so he calls out the national guard in california, soon to be federalizing law enforcement - the more he loses the more he will become Hitler
Totally full blown autocracy
and the faster it will go
He's losing with Muck, Putin, Zelenskyy, Xi, the courts, economy, GDP etc. So in order to deflect and distract he launches the NG to help escalate tensions. t and Stephen "Nosferatu" Miller are hoping violence will break out. This would give them the opportunity to declare martial law.
Proud boys and gangs formed here are more hateful n harmful to us Americans then most of these immigrants ts wanting freedoms.
Get rid of them along with 8q felon, 34 convicted felon dud!
Anyone else think some of the masked ICE agents are J6 conspirators who were pardoned?
They are.
Yes absolutely I do. He didn’t give them pardons out of the goodness of his black 🖤 heart. That’s his MO use people for his purpose than toss them under the bus. FDJT.
I didn’t watch her testify, but apparently that’s where she said it. I have seen other posts saying the same, but I don’t have an actual source. Shouldn’t be too hard to find.
Absolutely they are proud boys and jan6 insurrectionists who are now suing for $100 million for the devastation they caused!!
been saying that all along.
If they return them, I’m sure they will find a fake sealed file on all the men that alleges that they are all criminals as well. The tRump cult regime are beyond corrupt. They are despicable.
This was updated so that it was more clear. Thank you David for showing me that my message could be taken the wrong way. ❤️
Isn’t that what due process is for? Not for you to judge as you don’t know any of these men or what they are accused of.
You are making unproven assumptions that the justice system should take into consideration. Most of these men had no charges against them.
Is the hair dresser despicable? Why?
Sorry, my post was unclear. I am referring to the despicable people as the tRump cult regime. And I believe they have made up the new trafficking charge.
You were quite clear.
Chump and his lackeys didn’t bother with due process. Did he David? You ok with that?
No . That was my point though I misread Barbara’s post. I am definitely not okay.
Please don’t attack David Bailer. I added a couple words after his comment so that it was more clear. Thank you David for showing me that my comment could be taken wrong.
Who said the hairdresser was despicable? Barbara didn't. She said the trump cult regime are beyond corrupt. They are despicable. Read it again.
Thank you😌. I did.
I also see Barbara added a couple words after your post. I'm unable to edit on my phone. I think its wild others can!
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the Gl Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel: 877-447-4487
Remember CA National Guard, these are your fellow citizens who are protesting against illegal detention & deportations. They are trying to pit the military against the American people! You took an oath to protect & defend the constitution and the citizens of this country!
Don’t believe the propaganda from Trump, Hegseth and others in the administration. They are trying to create chaos so they can declare Marshal Law and suspend Habeas Corpus!
It’s not just immigrants, they are going after anyone who speaks out against this corrupt government!
It could be your brother, sister, aunt, parent or friend next! Will you teargas & bludgeon them?
Is the Proud Boys wanting to get paid for the Ice Raids this way by filing a suit?
I think they get paid by “ICE” anyway. The lawsuit is just grift. They are taking a page from the Chump playbook. Sue everybody!
maybe that's why they have more money going to Defense in that crappy bill to cover those guys I’m sure he promised them something.
No doubt. And guess who is paying for it all? 😡
Pam Bondi should be legally held responsible for her misconduct, or at the least a complaint filed to the bar for her public comments through a press conference about questionable details on the Garcia indictment.
Yes baby Hitler, the more he loses the worst he becomes. It reminds me of the Nazi suppression of free speech.
The "Malicious Practices Act," passed in Nazi Germany on March 21, 1933, was a decree designed to suppress dissent and punish those deemed enemies of the state. It criminalized any act deemed to undermine the government or its leaders, even small criticisms or gossip, leading to arrests and imprisonment or concentration camp detention.
Call. Write. Email. Protest peacefully. Unrelentingly.
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Please, do not let the psychopath use the national guard against our citizens! Who can stop him? Where are those spineless republicans and spineless Supreme Court? I just came back from Europe where I found people feeling sorry for us! Imagine! The US being pitied. I am despairing. Eusie Zane
I want $100 million for being held hostage by this damn regime. I am so fed up with all this bull💩! Everyday it's just something new. When the hell is it going to finally end? Hopefully when someone gets angry enough to do what needs done!
At the end of the day these suits are to protect Due Process. 99.5% of these men will be found to be removable. That's ok most are removable due to unlawful entry or being out of status . The important issue is that the law is being followed it affords them the possibility to post bond, the opportunity to 1. have a hearing to determine if they are removable 2 determine if they have a remedy to avoid removal.. It also allows them appeal rights or, the possibility of voluntary departure. These are the same Due Process rights of the millions of persons deported by Biden, Trump 1, Obama, GW Bush, Clinton, George Bush, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Kennedy, Eisenhower, .The Titty Baby in Chief needs to follow the law.
Pam Bondi is a complete moron. She needs to go back to law school already.
Or simply take away her notes -as apparently they aren’t helping either 🤷♀️
As long as Bondi does exactly what the Master in the White House orders, she will serve!
Pam Bondi is Trump’s personal attorney, paid by the tax payers. Remember who Trump selected first time around! Matt Gaetz!!
Blondie took an oath to support and defend the constitution, to uphold the law. Her job is not swearing her allegiance to Velveeta Mussolini. She's forgotten her oath. She needs her bar license removed, immediately.
I look forward to the day that John asswipe Roberts and his band of rotting Imperial SCROTUMS are sentenced at The Hague. Including Amy pushover Coney Barrett just doing want she’s told and obeying men like that religious sect she belongs told her to. Good doggy.
An insurrectionist calling out an insurrection?
WTAF has happened to our country 😵💫 now in California that asshat has called out the National Guard??!!?!!!JFC I can’t with this Orange Wanker. This is bullshit!
Trump has no "legacy." He has a criminal history, a very rich, full, putrid criminal history only he could be proud of.
Pam Bondi probably got scared she might lose her bar ticket ( if she has one) since one of her DOJ attorneys was sanctioned for Contempt of Court and may lose his license to practice law. After all she is the boss that sent him on that awful trip to the courthouse.
Why does some kid at DOGE need my non-anonymized medical, financial, and legal details?
What laws prevent them from monetizing my personal details - or sharing with my neighbors?
Is there any possibility that our retired military vets will help remove Miller, Mikey, Homan and Phelan?
Does MAGA not know how many of the DOGE godfathers are gay married with children?
Bondi's reply reminds me of Bessant's reply to the question, "Who pays the tariffs?" A total squirm.... All so disgusting, unbelievable and will make a great dystopian TV series eventually.
Because they are the mighty 6 are bought and paid for by billionaires 😡🤦
It is fascinating to listen to the two of. You are brilliant. Then it occurs to me, "Holy fuck. They are talking about our collective reality!" Bless you. What we are living through is an epic tragedy.
I know the “human trafficking” charge happened in 2022, generally speaking is there a statute of limitations in their defense? Btw, No One’s defending HT if true.
Wait a minute, here, so if I pick up a hitchhiker who says they need a ride to work, I can be found guilty of "human trafficking"?
I call them the Normal Justices. Robert's et al are a total fraud...
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Dear Family,
We must help our children and grandchildren recognize the dangerous contradictions in what Donald Trump says versus what his administration does.
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But behind the scenes?
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Trump’s ICE under Stephen Miller specifically focused on Latino, African, and Southeast Asian communities.
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DACA protections were nearly destroyed. Parents were deported while their U.S. citizen children watched helplessly.
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Ask the hard questions at the dinner table.
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The people should send letters to the Florida bar, calling for her disbarment for human rights violations, and not following the constitution
There are so many people here. Those who subscribe to you, and to many others. We talk and discuss and read newsletters , watch interviews, learn about legal briefings, watch congressional hearings. Make calls & send letters & postcards. We do so much every day. However, every day this regime suffuses more and more of its authoritarian rule across the US. We have the No Kings protest coming up. Another large protest for July 27. Protests in between, I’m sure. When is it going to be too late?
I don’t have a platform to talk to thousands. Even millions, as some others do. When is it going to be too late?
The Supreme Court has given Doge access to our Social Security information. Palantir is compiling data. When is it going to be too late
This is mentioned in 2025 proposal of using the national force and calling the peaceful protest an emergency to attack protest in a state he hates. We can find more ways to protest physical and boycotts in specifics. We don't support companies that support Orange man.
So what are we going to do about doge having access to our personal information-how do we protect our information????
The two are the most dangerous people on the planet. Let this sink in..
Finally MSM Finally Shows Some Courage
Well kinda MSM(mainstream media) has lost the confidence of WE the People simply because they are not willing to call out the fascists in the White House(WH) for what they are
Terry Moran of ABC/MSM(mainstream media) has finally showed what all of us WE the People want them to say….that the fascist haters in the WH are exactly who they are In calling out the Adolph Eichmann(Stephen Miller) of the WH staff “Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred He’s a world class hater” Moran decided in his X post to call Eichmann for who he really is
Of course the fascists in the WH claim foul as they always do because this is the way fascists get away with their barbaric speech and policy The attack by the WH is part of the fascist playbook But since when is free speech just free speech when someone agrees with what you are saying or better yet says nothing? Otherwise if you don’t agree with it then it’s not allowed That’s the whole point of being indignant by creating a veil of “how dare you criticize us”
The breech in the dam has been reached and reasonable people like Moran are willing to step up and not keep silient and have the courage to say the quiet out loud The slow erosion of freedoms such as speech is how dictatorships begin
My Question is if they bring all this false information will the judge place these liars in jail?
Watch, congress is gonna try to say oh well the bond has to be at least a million dollars or some other ridiculous out of touch amount.
Thank you for all you do.
Keep informing us!!!
THANKS FOR THIS BEN AND MICHAEL! This info is necessary to those of us that NEED to hear the legality of these cases brought before the courts. I'm by no means a legal oriented person but have you have brought many things I've questioned into focus. Viva America Libre.
DOGE isn’t even a government entity, and they don’t have security clearances!!!
The Supreme Corrupt court is supposed to ruling according to the constitution not ruling according to thoer personal beliefs. I see this Supreme Court is illegitimate and should be ignored because they are NOT doing thier jobs. Besides ignoring court rulings is the theme put forth by the Trump regime.
The family should sue Donald and Pam Bondi personally, in addition to the US government.
ALOHA...
Thank you so much for making this all so much clearer!
Appears to me that Mr. Garcia is being railroaded. From MS13 to trafficker with a 10 year history, given the indictment...shouldn't DeSantis and Abbott be charged as well along with everyone who took migrants on "midnight" bus and plane trips...isn't that trafficking into the interior of the country?
The end of our Constitutional Republic will land squarely in the lap of the Roberts court!
The Trump regime needs to be overthrown! What the heck are we waiting for?
form a coup. And take this country back.
I’m pissed that the American people are being sued by the J6 insurrectionist for$100million, after they attacked and destroyed our nation’s Capitol! This is an outright abomination and kick in the face by these treasonous Bas****! The felon and his entire Republican criminals should be held liable for putting us in this situation by pardoning these convicted criminals! The GOP is doing nothing but costing the American tax payers stupid money for their outright protection of these damn criminals!
The Proud 🏳️🌈Boys are such WHINY 😫 THIN SKINNED, EMASCULATED, MICRO PENIS TITTY BABIES. Send them all to some GAY PRISONER COLONY.
What ever happened to Donald Trump and allegations (very credible) of statutory rape and his Epsteins escapades?
What about seeking reconsideration of the Social Security decision? Any plans for that?
The proud boys think they will win, won't happen and their forever name will be the " LOST BOYS".
The world will never let them fly.
BTW, why did it take so long (years) for DOJ to file for indictment against Garcia. They just now found evidence to bring charges??? If they were sitting in this, it makes no sense as to why they didn't just file indictment right away to bring Garcia back, or, for that matter, before they shipped him off to El Salvador.
He had Humans in his car, in Traffic. Take him away!
What was the timeframe for the filing for indictment of Garcia? This would seem to be important for the DOJ use of international extradition.
SO I CAN ROB A BANL, IN 2 MONTHS RETURN THE MONEY, AND EVERYTHIG IS OK - GOT IT
FYI - Judge Xinis' name is pronounced like "see knees".
Want to contribute to your business. No question, your news reporting is the latest & most substantial than anyone else. I can’t pay online, I’m hacked for nine years. I’ll send a check though if you give me specific address to mail. BETTY W BROWN
Honestly, TACO is such a real thing. He is actually bringing him back after all of that big talk… geez.
WONDERFUL... WONDERFUL......but woefully LATE!!!, as all the Crucial Foundational Norms of our Democracy are being Uprooted ILLEGALLY in waves one by one as DEMO CRATS, REPUBLICANS and the American PUBLIC alike have treated the whole mess like SPECTATOR SPORT - just SlT on the sidelines, tsk', tsk', how terrible it is - - and STILL, NO DEMOCRATS have spit up even a hint of WHO they choose as their next Party Candidates for President who might stem the tide of this Swill.
A Harbinger of another term of this Snake-from-hell?
Bondi needs to be disbarred and face serious consequences. What does "We were cleared to say that" mean? Who cleared them? She is the AG and she should know what she can answer cannot say and she is clearly willing to lie about a pending case!!!!
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This is the way to fight back his insanity!!!
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I think we have crossed over into shithole fascist country.
Sounds about right. A bunch of toddlers fighting over their toys and snacks.
Of course ben is right again about SCOTUS. See below how they've stripped away the rights of the American people and given all the power to the traitor trump regime.
https://open.substack.com/pub/muellershewrote/p/the-supreme-courts-redistribution?r=3cubt1&utm_medium=ios
Boasburg doesn't know how bad it is bc he's listening to faux news and not Meidas.
Always love your podcast which is so informative and keeps us up to date with all the crazy happenings.
I want to see a current picture of his hands to prove Taco was lying.
What will they do with Substack?
What will they do with our Social Security numbers?
Do you think the proud boys will actually win this?
This presidency is insane...waiting on the big birthday parade...have a sick feeling ,what is the real criminal plan for that ? Have a idea and it will not be good . Magas are deranged sickos ,and will say and do ANYTHING to get their way..lie cheat ..felons ..steal...kidnap..and on and on. Insane.
Rewriting my condo bylaws made me glad I never went to law school; this session made me wish I had.
I love logic.
is Blondie on "mother's little helpers" or does she just need a speech coach (who would address the non-verbal tell she uses)?
this is such a mentally challenging and, therefore, FABulous session!
besides the great lawyers, all the kids from a TN high school could show up to demonstrate for Garcia...like they did in response to a previous wrongful action.
Her Law License should be stripped...speaking outside of the indictment is an ethics violation...smh...
Some of us can’t afford to be members. Your reporting is fantastic, but because of Trump and living in Texas, my finances have been put in a vice. It saddens me that because I can’t afford to pay, I can’t see.
Same here
Due Process!
It’s really disgusting the amount of things that the Trump administration gets away with that our against democracy completely!! 😡
Churches provide "ubering" for all of their parishioners, migrant or not. So are we now going to arrest all the church boards in the US that provide a ride to parishioner to church? I hope the judge throws itout in Bondi's face. She puts the dumb in blonde. really dumb...
Love legal AF!
I believe that trump is trying to bankrupt the US and have just the maga rich have money. If the normal person doesn't have money what would happen to them. They would die eventually because they would have no heat, no food, no health care, no help from the government. He wants a world that is just maga rich and probably have slaves to do what they won't do. I hope that is not the case, but in my heart, I feel like that is his end goal. It's not going to happen because we, the people, are going to give him the biggest fight of his life and he will lose. He can go live with who he has chosen - the devil and not the people. I am not a religious person, but I do believe, and for me there are two sides God and the devil. Good and bad. Truth and lies. I put trump on the side of the devil with his bad acts and lies.
Does SCOTUS know that in addition to my banking information and my grandkids' 529 account and information about psychiatric services and personal body parts, DOGE now has THEIRS?
💙💙💙
Your closed captioning spells Popok's name as Popak in several places, including in the link to his Substack near the end of the video.
Musk: ineligible to RUN for president but certainly (at this moment) capable of buying whomever he wants as his next Partner-in Chief. I don't expect him to last that long as I also don't expect Trump to either. These two are balancing on the edge of a sword blade. They are not young men, clearly neither cares about his health. Because we are in the throes of perpetual Heightened Awareness Syndrome, each day is a new crisis. I fight my own sense of drowning in sewage daily. I barely win, but I win.
Ben, how is your back doing?
Great review. TY
You actually keep talking to this assole? You are very very old news
Who are you talking to? Or are you on here, simply boosting the ratings? 🫰🫰🫰🫰