By Ben Meiselas
When I see so many major law firms cowering before Donald Trump and his authoritarian tactics, it’s easy to feel disheartened. But then I get to have conversations like the one I just had with John Keker and Elliot Peters of the powerhouse law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters — and I remember exactly why we fight.
These two legal legends didn’t just condemn Trump’s despicable executive orders targeting law firms — they led. Their firm put out a statement that didn’t mince words: Trump’s attacks on lawyers for doing their jobs are “inexcusable and despicable.” And they called on other firms to stand up, speak out, and stop being afraid.
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump is trying to bully the entire legal profession into submission. His latest string of executive orders have singled out law firms — from Covington & Burling to Perkins Coie — for daring to represent clients in cases he doesn’t like. He’s using the tools of government not to serve justice, but to settle personal vendettas. It’s a fascist playbook, plain and simple.
And instead of fighting back, too many firms are folding. We saw Paul Weiss enter into a grotesque "settlement" with Trump that amounted to a public shaming — agreeing to give him $40 million in pro bono legal services and throwing their own under the bus. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom agreed to provide more than $100 million in pro bono work for initiatives backed by his regime. It’s disgraceful.
But Keker, Van Nest & Peters didn’t flinch. In fact, they moved faster than anyone — crafting their response the very morning the executive order dropped. As Elliot Peters told me, "Lawyers need to stop being timid... I don't think clients want lawyers that surrender."
He’s right. And if you're in a law firm, now is not the time to hide behind silence. It's time to link arms and fight for the very foundation of our democracy: the rule of law. As John Keker put it, “If you're good, you're going to be okay. Don't let a bully push you around.” Amen to that.
I’m honored we could amplify their voices on the MeidasTouch Network. Because people need to see that not everyone is capitulating. Not everyone is scared. And if you're reading this, I want you to know — we’re not scared either.
Trump wants to break the legal system, just like he wants to break the press, the courts, and every guardrail of our democracy. We cannot let him. So let this be a message not just to the legal profession, but to every American: it’s time to fight back. Stand up. Speak out. And don’t you dare back down.
We’ve got the truth. We’ve got the people. And now, thanks to folks like Keker and Peters, we’ve got a reminder of what real courage looks like.
Let’s rise to the moment.
Let’s keep this momentum going. Add the MeidasTouch Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Is there any way the American people can sue trump for violating our rights under the Constitution?
That is exactly my thoughts. Ben, please answer
Goes to individuals wrongfully harmed. The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) allows individuals to sue the federal government for damages caused by the negligent or wrongful acts of its employees acting within the scope of their employment, providing a limited waiver of the government's sovereign immunity. https://www.house.gov/doing-business-with-the-house/leases/federal-tort-claims-act
So than you should be able to sue the department of digital services (DOGE) if he cuts Medicaid, Medicare, and God forbid he touches Social Security. Those all would cause harm. The courts know he’s not a special advisor and that he’s the one running DOGE, which Trump made “The Department of Digital Government Services.”
Actually, if he alleges he did not have authority, this starute may not apply and victims might have a case against him.
But he’s saying that he’s just an advisor and that’s bull because the courts were all getting conflicting stories. They know he’s in charge. The courts last week or week before asked for all paperwork related to DOGE and barred him and his little minions from entering SSA and from reporting, his minions are still in there. I couldn’t get onto SS this morning for 5 and a half hours. That’s not Trump rifling around in there. He’s playing golf.
And one other thing, SS has been operating for 89 years without missing a payment and then you have Elon Musk on a Fox interview calling it a Ponzi scheme and that it has to be eliminated but the interview was actually about 10 min he rambled on. So now when checks don’t go out and they claim it’s broken, who broke it? After 89 years?
actually, in the strict definition of the word, SS is a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme relies on a continued source of new investors putting money into the scheme. As new investors add money, the scheme uses their money to pay the investors that invested first. It relies on continuing to add new investors in order to keep it going.
That's exactly what SS does. We've all put money, and our employers all put money into SS for years but what was put in, isn't enough to pay for most people's retirement payments because of inflation. The amount of money you put in in 1980 was a fraction of what you are getting back now. You weren't making much as a young worker and wages were much lower--again, inflation.
So SS is actually sending you the money that younger workers are putting in currently.
The problem is two fold. #1 There are not as many working young people paying into the system as there are Baby Boomers. That's why they keep saying SS is going to run out of money in 2030 (?? the date changes depending on interest rates etc). #2 when the program was set up, the average time people lived in retirement was 2 years. Now seniors are living 20-25 years in retirement. The system wasn't designed to pay people for that long.
That being said, it's a government funded scheme, created by Congress, that has promised to provide a payment to retirees until they die. Cancelling the program would be breaking that promise, and breaking the law. And no foreign asshole has the right to denigrate a program that has supported seniors for eighty years, a program that prevents old people from working until they drop dead, or from starving to death.
If muskrat thinks it's a ponzi scheme; change it. Remove the cap limit so that people like Muskrat have to pay much more, and don't allow people to retire at 62 when they could live another 30 or so years on SS.
I agree. And it is in a way, a Ponzi Scheme but #1 people like Musk, Bezos, etc do not pay into the system. #2 The way to fix it is to take the cap off on the amount you stop paying into it. The system works. But these a-holes want to go back in time where no one pays taxes. So in other words, they don’t want to pay taxes. They don’t pay taxes already. Amazon, Musk, Trump, they don’t pay taxes as it is. They write stuff off and before you know it, their taxes are $0 at the end of the year.
That's idiotic. They want to steal the funds. Trump has reappointed GWB privatizers.
In 2022, undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in taxes contributing more than Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and 55 mega-corporations combined.
Plus, unless they want to and are eventually able to be here legally and pay in their quarters like any other citizen or legal resident, they will draw NOTHING back out.
That's propaganda. SS is social insurance. Everyone who is fully and currently insured (roughly ten years) has a family policy that ptotects window(er)s and orphans and olther dependents. On average worth a million per family.
The retirement fund is solvent, contains about $2.6 trikllion down from anout 3.6. The seperate disability is now solvent, although Republicans tried to force default during the Obama administration.
The reirement concept was adjusted in the 80's. I was around. Greenspan, an Ann Rand acolyte, was chair. It underfundxed and underestimated the baby boom, which was huge. After the baby boomers' benefits peak, around 2034, "default" is threatened. In default an=biyt 2/3 benefits would be paid -- not from the trust fund but from FICA taxes on current wage earners.
It is not really insurance, not in the sense most people think of insurance. Your last sentence is exactly what I said. Yes, there is still money in the trust but it is not being replenished sufficiently for the draw down.
Doesn't have to be. There are remedies, even without legislation. My personal favorite is the funds are the greatest anti poverty program in US history.
I can come up with about ten (10) administrative rules that can keep the funds solvent. It's the high baby boomer rate that is the problem. If Social Security is sliding toward a "default" it is because Congress and a succession of presidents would sell their families for a few votes. The default of Trust Funds is supposed to apex in 2034 due to the increase of birth rates of baby boomers. After 2034, birth rates of later generations flatten and the funds can be solvent.
We can easily create an endowment to slow down the rate. It doesn't take much to move the default date to when the boomers have peaked.
https://www.ssa.gov/agency/donations.html
Why doesn't SSA advertise that donations can flatten the curve and extend the default date beyond 2034?
Ans: THEY WANT IT TO CRASH.
I agree. I’m a baby boomer I’m well aware my generation is the problem. And yes, there are solutions but as you said, republicans veto those solutions every time because they don’t want to fix it, they want to eliminate it, or at least take it private so their rich friend can manage it. I don’t want some bank managing my SS money, and I say that even as someone who was a financial advisor for 30 years. I have my IRA that is my risky money. It’s managed but I constantly worry what would happen if we had another 2008 event. It took 5 years for the markets to recover from that. I no longer have that kind of time to recover from a huge market correction. That’s why SS is so important for me. It’s my safe money but for some people it’s the difference between eating and having shelter or not.
It also requires means testing so that people with hundreds of millions aren't drawing more than they need or put in.
Means testing makes sense and I’ve often thought it should be done but it does seem it might be a problem. First of all, how do we know how much money a person has? Also, do we pay the millionaires a calculated amount based on their income like everyone else? If we do, it doesn’t really help as they’d get back millions. Or, do we have them pay into SS millions based on their million dollar incomes but cap how much they can receive. That seems it might be unfair to them…not that it would make a difference in their lives though.
If they are lobbying to minimize their tax contributions then they need to minimize their benefits too. They're trying to have it both ways while taking benefits from a program that they lobby to destroy. And if they can keep track of how much is owed to SS then they already know how much they need and have.
wouldn't that be lovely!
My thoughts too! Lift the cap!!
Makes me so mad! I wish I had the chance to tell him to his hateful face what I think of him
Well, he keeps this up and we all might be able to.
In civil law "repodeat superior". The employer is stuck with the employees' conduct.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/respondeat_superior#:~:text=Respondeat%20superior%20is%20a%20legal,of%20the%20employment%20or%20agency.
I'vve been writing about this...the retirement and disablity checls do not come from the general finds budgetd by Congress. The retirement fund currently has about $2.6 trillion. Republicans want that money.
From Thom Hartmann this morning:
DOGE plans to re-program Social Security. Social Security runs on an older COBAL programming language and, while it’s a bit creaky, it works just fine. But the DOGE wrecking crew — we learned the day after Musk went on Fox “News” and lied repeatedly to America’s seniors — now plans to replace the entire system with something newer. This is the kind of project, messing with 70 million people’s earned benefits, that should take a year or two with multiple layers of redundancy and safety; instead they say they’ll do it in a few months. What could possibly go wrong? A lot, as WIRED reports a senior Social Security technologist told them: “Of course one of the big risks is not underpayment or overpayment per se but [it’s also] not paying someone at all and not knowing about it. The invisible errors and omissions.” The big concern is that they might end up crashing the entire system. Again, from WIRED’s interview: “This is an environment that is held together with bail wire and duct tape. The leaders need to understand that they’re dealing with a house of cards or Jenga. If they start pulling pieces out, which they’ve already stated they’re doing, things can break.” Which raises another question; why are these guys who are supposed to be looking for “fraud and waste” reprogramming this system? Is it to make it harder for people to get their benefits so seniors will sign off on a “Social Security Advantage” privatized program the way they have with the privatized Medicare Advantage? Is it so they can build back doors into it? What’s the game here? Why the hurry? Something stinks…
From Trump Tyranny Tracker March 28:
We Mapped DOGE’s Silicon Valley and Corporate Connections
What Happened: WIRED has mapped the backgrounds of dozens of operatives working inside unauthorized DOGE, revealing a deep network of ties to Musk, his companies, and his allies. At least 49 DOGE staffers have links to Musk’s empire—SpaceX, Tesla, xAI, Neuralink, and X—as well as to allies like Peter Thiel and firms like Palantir.
Why It Matters: This is cronyism disguised as reform. Musk’s tech allies are being embedded deep inside federal agencies, turning public institutions into tools of a private billionaire’s agenda. It’s not about efficiency—it’s a hostile takeover that blurs the line between government and corporate power.
Source: WIRED
At SS
I read that. And so when and if the system crashes, then who is ultimately responsible? The courts know Musk is running DOGE. He’s not some advisor. That’s bullshit. The system that is running SS works fine. No one is being paid that’s dead or that shouldn’t be paying into it. Musk thinks that the budget for the government includes SS when in fact it doesn’t. It’s in a trust fund. When he went on Fox and lied, I bet you not one senior or disabled person who even watched it believed a word of what he said. If the system hasn’t missed a payment in 89 years, than it is working fine. If it breaks, he’ll feel the wrath of the American people, and that’s a fact.
It's may be a predicate to steal the national treasury. Did you not see the quote from WIRED? From Thom Hartmann?
There are a lot of brainwashed people -- like YOU and Candace Lucas repeating that Ponzi bullshit.
Many people, Musk included, conflate SSI with Social Security. SSI is, in effect welfare, but the funding does not come from trust funds.
This used to be my subject. For starters, the Republicans long have tried to "sunset" all benefits. That "all" includes stuff like Medicare, VA, Black Lung, food stamps, etc ,
If the programs were sunsetted, they'd have to be renewed on an annual basis, and given politics, would die .
In a 2000 book he co-wrote called “The America We Deserve,” Trump called Social Security a “huge Ponzi scheme” that American workers are forced to pay into. He added that for future retirees under 40 at the time, “we can also raise the age for receipt of full Social Security benefits to seventy,” because “we’re living longer.”
In December 2004, just before a Republican push to partially privatize the program, Trump was asked on MSNBC’s “Hardball” whether he’d support individual retirement accounts and answered: “I sort of think I would. Something has to be done. Social Security is a huge problem right now, funding it.”
In 2012, Trump praised proposals by Paul Ryan, then the Republican vice presidential nominee, to convert Medicare into a “premium support” system that would cap spending for future retirees and give them vouchers to buy insurance plans. “I think Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney will save Medicare. I know they will. And people are starting to understand it. They’re going to be very happy with what’s going on, but they’re going to be very, very unhappy if Obama gets in,” Trump told Fox News at the time, reflecting on the 2012 presidential race. “I think actually if Obama gets in and if Obamacare isn’t ended, I really think Medicare will be a thing of the past.” (Obama ran against the Ryan plan and won re-election; seven years after he left office, Obamacare and Medicare still exist.)
By 2015, when Trump ran for president, he sought to position himself in the Republican field as the rare candidate who wouldn’t cut those programs. “I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican, and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid,” he said as he was launching his campaign. By 2020, it was clear Trump was trying to break the system. He offered a "payroll tax cut" designed to result in significant revenue losses for Social Security, but also to eliminate employee payroll taxes for good. That would kill both the retirement and disability programs.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-plan-defund-social-security/
Trump’s fiscal 2021 budget endorsed Social Security cuts to the tune of billions of dollars for disabled seniors. His budget would have made changes to Social Security Disability Insurance, slashing the maximum amount of retroactive benefits for disabled workers from 12 months to six. According to the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, that could lead to a $7,500 average cut for a worker injured in a car crash. The budget also called for reducing Supplemental Security Income benefits for those who live with other SSI recipients. Republicans encouraged slashing all benefits and the Republicans tried to kill the disability fund.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/naalj/vol36/iss1/4/
Trump wanted to kill the child's portion of SSI, which comes from the general funds, i.e. the budget.
As president, Trump tried and failed to cut benefits drastically. Some Republicans wanted to replace the entire system. See. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Trump, House Republican Cuts to SSI Would Harm Children With Disabilities
Listen, I’ve read a lot of bull, and I know what Republicans have tried to do, but bottom line is that I paid into it since I was 15 years old and am 55 now. I don’t give a crap and neither does anyone else about these essays you are writing. That’s why in politics, they call it a 3rd rail for a reason. Everyone expects to get paid back from it when they retire, irregardless of all the bullshit that’s been written. If it disappears, watch the uprising that will occur. I didn’t come on here to read these essays of ridiculous things that I’ve read before that I, and millions of others care about. Period.
So I am the enemy? Boy are you confused.
Complain to the people in power. Trump. Musk. Congressional Republicans.
Psy ops works.
Dan, thank you for explaining all this SS information so clearly!
Trump's the one who did horrible things. Should be in a jailhouse not the people's house.
How about organizing to vote his enablers out of office? You don't have to be a lawyer to do that.
There you go !!!!
How about Scrotus ? Giving the crown to this jerk of a “president “certainly seems impeachable to me. I know:( probably not but they should have protest rallies at least. They started the mess.
The SCOTUS didn't start it (ask who appointed the "justices" in the current majority), but I can't stop wondering why they decided to make the presidency more powerful when the president in office was Trump. My best guess is that some of them at least realize that the real power wasn't Trump himself but his puppeteers.
I'll gladly chip in lots of money for THAT lawsuit--and I don't have a whole lot of it.....
There should be or we the people can impeach and send him to prison?
I can only think of a class action taken against him, with many people it won't be costly to do it.
Thank you to the lawyers for standing up to the bully!!
I was hoping George Conway would jump in and help us. The win in Wisconsin was a victory for the judiciary but for the American people, more so. I hope they took his money and voted in our favor.
I wonder if your states AG could answer that. Maybe try calling them.
Yes my thoughts too !
That’s what I been thinking of?
I’ve been asking the same question on different platforms. Anyone?
I sure hope no other law firms give into Trump because that really made me mad, stop kissing the King!!!! Please for the sake of all of us Americans!!!
Just don’t use those lawyers for ANYTHING!
Wish they would all suck it up and refuse him
In my opinion how LOW can you go! Bowing down to The King is REALLY LOW!
I have a question, one or two law firms have caved and are giving millions to trump. Is this considered quid pro quo?
It's seems extortion.
If the case is dismissed, potentially abuse of legal process, intentional interference of contractural relations and maybe even infliction of emotional distress. Trump is dloing this in retaliation and should not be immune in civil court.
Yep blackmail
I still think he should have been jailed for 1/6, especially for the death of Officer Sicknick!! If any regular person pulled off a coup like that, they’d be jailed too!!
Exactly he should be in prison where he belongs NOT POTUS
And supposedly he was going to apologize to the Sicknick family & HE STILL HAS NEVER met, not spoken to the family!! But he’s out AGAIN ON HIS GOLF COURSE IN MiraCrapo today!! He has HIS OWN tRUMP PLANE! Why isn’t HE USING HIS OWN PLANE for his MiraCrapo weekends! If any of us go on vacation OUR EMPLOYER doesn’t PAY FOR OUR transportation!
Agree. From what I've read, those golfing weekends cost the American taxpayer at least 3.5 million per weekend. He has no business talking about fraud, waste or abuse. He does them all.
He is definitely a grifter from the word GO!!How’s that Ukraine solution working out… he was going to have in solved in 24 hrs😡😡
he's gratuitously indulging in abuse of every single thing and every single body.
Quote from POT(belly)US, when asked which of the 1/6 insurrectionists he should pardon: "F*** it. Pardon 'em all!"
And now he wants to pay them “reparations!”
It’s more like extortion. It’s difficult to explain. Eric Adams was a quid pro quo because the charges against him were not manufactured as a means to extort concessions from him. Trump offered to drop the charges if Adams did certain agreed things to help Trump crack down on immigration. A thing of value for a thing of value, both parties profit. In this situation, the law firms really get nothing. Trump drummed up an attack on them because they had some connection to a past case or investigation against him and declared that therefore he was ordering punishment. They broke no laws, they just made him unhappy, but he is abusing his power to punish them and then demanding they bribe him to get him to lift the illegitimate punishments. Some law firms are fighting in court and winning. It is not a crime to oppose someone in court.
This is racketeering by the government DOJ, weaponization by Attorney General to do a king’s bidding for wreaking retribution. This is exactly like the mafia is known to do everywhere.
It's so sickening to listen to trump spew his lies about the previous administration weaponizing the DOJ. Law suits were files because he broke the law! Every accusation is a confession for R's.
and @ Sanjeev Gandhi, bingo!! and many forms of terrorism is what he&his regime perpetrate.
I think the quo is stuff like not pulling a firm's lawyers' security clearances, maybe a promise not to tweet mean stuff about them?
No, because it's not really a quid pro quo. It's like calling slavery a quid pro quo because they gave the slaves water and some kind of food. There's no real "quo" for these lawyers except the right to operate their businesses in peace that they should have anyway. It's much more like blackmail.
It’s like paying protection money.
Good analogy.
Exactly in line with the patrimonial form of regime that DT is forming and that he learned at the knee of the mob bosses in NYC.
it's a mix of racketeering, sadism, terrorism. all the worst.
It’s extortion.
I wouldn't know one law.firm from another. I heard people talk about Paul Weiss and its noted reputation and why people are shocked a firm with that prestige would cave, , but then I looked into Skadden, the one that settled for $100 million. (Many articles but also their Wikipedia who names some of their big partners and people who I think they repped. Laura Ingraham hit me in the face but that's neither here nor there. Everyone is entitled to legal representation. But I always look at the referenced articles on the bottom.too)) They have a very DIVERSE group of young, talented attorneys who have scruples and ethics. They've donated a lot to Dems. One atty just went to Linkedin to explain why she quit because she couldn't use the interoffice email system to tell her fellow attorneys. But the terms of the $100 million "settlement" and probono work they will do (and from what I understand, all firms with excellent reps do pro bono work. They don't need to be threatened) sound like there's nothing "good" in it. It's all for the DICKTATOR. (especially representing police and military which seems they did not do before...to me it sounds like Trump is lining up for his Proud Boys and other bad dudes) On 3-23-25 Dinesh D'Souza (who Trump pardoned in 1.0 for other sleazy stuff) who did that movie 2000 Mules about the "stolen election" posted on X that Skadden "had an army of 17 lawyers working against me" (probono) and Elon replied "Skadden, this has to stop" and like a miracle...$100 million miracle and a few days later, it did. There's a site called"Above the Law" that said it amounted to payola..They are one of the largest international.firms. n 2019 they had to pay an almost $5 million fine to the DOJ for not registering as "Foreign Agents" Some ties with Ukraine/Manafort They were involved with representing groups tied to Russia to the tune of $90 billion. They are huge and are also known to represent a lot of people with ties to to "Putin regime" .meaning the big winner is Trump's "Vladdy Daddy" and Elon. They'll make the $100 million back ten fold. Very, very disheartening.
I’m so sick of him & Elon- send Elon with a one way ticket back to South Africa and isn’t it about time for the FAT ORANGE GOLFING CLOWN to either get hit by lightening on the golf course (like on CaddyShack) or have that coronary so Melania can come out of hiding with a BIG
SMILE ON HER FACE, & bury him on the green next to his late wife!
I've been sick of him already like that in 2015. Can you only try to imagine how I feel now a decade after of him worse each moment......
Husband & I watched 2 episodes of The Apprentice back when it 1st came on TV yrs ago. 2nd episode he made a very crude disgusting sexual comment to one of the young gals on the show & WE WERE DONE!! Never voted 4 him, NEVER WILL!!
Like I've written ad nauseam in my comments throughout the net, the very first my eyes saw that creature i.e. him (if he's a human, at all) "courtesy of" cable and dish TV apprentice-shit commercials trailer clips of a couple of minutes duration - I knew he was one of the worst creatures in humanoid shape that I've ever seen. As an averagely perceptible person, I heard his verbal demeanor, his body language, his looks.... and I thought at first the commercials were advertising a comedy gone wrong. it was sufficiently grotesque to me that I categorically refused to watch that shit-show, I'd rather watch jerry springer show (which also disgusted me), at least it could be laughable and Jerry tried to make a sensible message at the end of his freakshow. But when I found out tRump actually had a nerve to demand to be taken seriously, respected and revered, I knew that apprentice-shit was too bizarre to be watched and needed to be boycotted by me and was really dismayed that more Americans couldn't/didn't want to do the same or similar as I did re: that shitshow!! All that was in 2004-2005 before I even knew what a filthy rotten spoiled rich crooked and bizarrely powerful pos tRump was. The more I found out about him, the more my blood curdled of horror. I guess I need not continue....Although not having a very high opinion of USA's choices for President (considering g.w. bush-"christian" right regime of 2000-2009 when we thought worse than that couldn't possibly even be), I still hoped Americans weren't that crazy to elect tRumputin in 2016, yet, I was proven wrong..... I know he&his cult incurred a form of post-traumatic stress disorder on us all who are different, one way or the other, from him&his.
You could do a service for your readers. If you were to out who in the Trump administration is spearheading the charge against the lawyers - and other institutions of civil society, The product managers of this dystopian campaign. Trump is out playing golf. We need to out the actual actors behind the scenes who are pushing the dystopian initiatives. Name names.
Good idea 💡 I'm betting DOJ and Bondis ilk.
Don't forget Stephen Miller, Nazi in chief since childhood.
My guess is Stephen Miller and Russel Vought. If we could get the previous chats from Signal, and I am sure there were many but they've probably been deleted, we'd probably know the answer.
I vote for Russell Vought's malignant hand behind so many of these executive orders.
No, these people are too high-level to be involved in the ground level details, though they will sign off on them.
Bravo! Great to hear that some major law firms are showing courage. Hope others—large and small—take notice and stand up as well.
Emailed Mr. Peters yesterday thanking him for his firm standing up to Trump's extortion. Hurray for you both! We NEED attorneys willing and able to sue on our behalf and to defend us after we are attacked or impugned by this regime.
We also need to emails the traitorous firms. I sent an scathing e-mail to Paul Weiss.
Good move! I had not thought of that.
Good for them! It's good to see law firms showing some backbone. Aren't good lawyers supposed to be tough?
They're supposed to uphold the rule of law; I'm writing all the firms who are being bought and paid for by our Nazi dictator to remind them of that.
Thank you for calling DjtRuMp who he is “Nazi Dictator”!
I wish everyone would stop calling him ‘king’… that simple noun can NOT be who a man charged and found guilty of a multitude of crimes, is. A man who is being allowed by those leaders We The People Elected to represent us, to destroy our a government. A man who is bullying our Neighbour Countries. A man who admires and now has been given the green light to emulate dictators, autocrats, fascist rulers. He is NOT a King. DjtRuMp is NOT our King. He IS a TRAITOR and the Supreme Court should be ashamed not to ask ‘dictator wanna be DjtRuMp’ to step down. Our Elected Leaders (there are a few true servants of The People!), should be ashamed… they are nothing but Spineless mollusks who eat away the innocent creatures who trusted they would be cared for. These men and women are excellent at talking and promising come election time. How quickly they forget after being elected that it is We The People who are paying the $174,000.+ yearly + health insurance for life + paid travel, office, expenses. + their work week is close to two days a week with several vacations each year. + most have their own businesses. DjtRuMp is Not king of the United States of America.
Excellent distinction. I've sometimes referred to him as King Bone Spurs or the emperor with no brain/heart, not because I see him as a king, but because I'm poking holes in his own deluded image of himself.
If you haven't already seen it, Sam Stein (of the Bulwark) recently posted this missive on the Paul Weiss capitulation and its fallout in the legal world. There are so many parallels to the enablers who paved the way for Hitler's rise to power, about which I've been reminding the law firms who are kowtowing to The Dictator, along with how well it worked out for Hitler and his minions. You can find Sam's article here FYI: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/disgusted-betrayed-paul-weiss-extortion-executive-order-trump-lawyers-firm-karp-perkins-coie-rachel-cohen?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Thank you. I appreciate your sharing. We can’t know everything. Substack makes life easier for me.
Me too. I've never subscribed to or posted one thing on "social" media, but I trust the Substack community and their privacy policy.
Great piece Ben, one of the best yet - great to see those men stand up like that. They have our backs and we, the Meidas Mighty have theirs.
Those who cave have lost the fundamental faith that right will win in the end, and those who are standing firm will put the country back together when the incompetent regime self-destructs. Those who capitulated will be lost in the rubble.
I'm a Canadian so I likely don't understand. Are you saying the while Trump/ Musk are running amuck of the constitution and the law, that they are using tax payer money to fight their transgressions in court, and losing most of the time? Then they discredit the very law firms that could beat them so they have to fight only the weakest? This is beyond corrupt. There has to be a way to stop this lunacy. WTF.
Yes. The entire DOJ budget is funded by the taxpayers. His DOJ lawyers have complained in court (when a judge scolded them for their lack of preparation) that they had so many cases they didn't have time to prepare; and they have so many cases because the Administration is breaking laws right and left. It's a disgrace, all part of their playbook to destroy our Constitution and the rule of law.
We are currently living under a coup and our law firms, corporations, media empires, and big tech Nazis are acquiescing in advance when they should be standing up to a bully, whom your Canadian winner Carney is showing will back down if you just stand up to him. We love what you and your leadership are doing. We love Canada and are horrified at how our dictator is treating our allies. So very sorry!!
This presidency has highlighted a lot of areas that need attention or revision. Starting with elections and voting, and ending with presidential power.
There is nothing right about it. I blame our Supreme court. They decreed that as president of USA he could not be held liable by any thing he does, because he presidential immunity. He asked if he could use Seal Team 6 against his personal enemies and the answer was yes. My opinion there is alway a time to change the baby when it has a dirty poopy diaper. Our Supreme Court's diapers are full. Of course it is time for a change. There seems to be a lot of corruption in that court, but with the power it has in hand, it is very hard to change the poopy diaper, when the babes are kicking screaming and bigger than you are and more powerful. The framers of our constitution left out a way for us to change the baby's power. So year 2025 we have a powerful president, backed by a powerful supreme court, both running amuck making enemies of our friends namely Canada and Mexico, Playing Russian roulette with our country. God Bless America and please, God give us some help in changing our country back to clean politicans and clean Supreme Court Judges. The majority of us are still dedicated to God and Country and we ask for your help as quickly as you can. I am an 84 year old great grandmother I want to go back to better days please.\
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[anyone has the right to reproduce this to any audience. At my age I've got nothing to lose.]
Amen, and amen
Great comments.
Yes, and no doubt your “commander-in-chief” has a ver poopy diaper, as we speak!
Excuse mebut his correct title is COMMANDER AND THIEF
Thank you to this strong, law abiding law firm.
I hope they keep fighting 🙏 Bring Trump down!
Thankfully, there are ethical law firms who have the courage to speak out against the Trump administration and take action to protect democracy.
You would imagine that trying to destroy America would be treason.
Every time he opens his mouth, he’s lieing!
Absolutely! Still don’t understand why people don’t see this.
Trump should be impeached.
They should back out of those embarrassing agreements and fight the Nazi in court. If they’re any good, they’ll squash him!
It's good to hear this. Thank you.
Watch this undercover interview
Russell Vought - Project 2025s man on the inside - and Micah Meadowcroft admit they are
☄️not following rules to avoid FOIA requests (4.45minutes )
☄️ have a second secretive phase
https://youtu.be/UQjdwsZhE_Q?si=U-LqrB2WiZoIQUYc
👍🏼👍🏼
Russia Russia Russia wasn’t a hoax. He’s Putin’s bitch without a doubt
I still remember the golden showers tape.
Wish that tape would surface!!
Thank God, finally some push back to stop this mania. Our democracy is so important not only for us ,but for all the people around the world who need help.
John Keker and Elliot Peters - thank you for standing up to this corrupt regime! You give me hope! 💙
Hi Ben
Thanks for your analysis -- you are so on the mark on everything.
They need to stand up to his bullying tactics --
When attorneys give in it makes the rest of us feel even more powerless. It is truly disturbing and every day it just gets worse!!
Thank you! excellent reporting! Yeahnfor the Bold and the Brave!! Stand up to this Bully/Coward.
As a post I read..someone explained, these “are executive” orders are not laws. He explained..it was liken to a memo he sends out. 😡
Great to hear that the lawyers are standing up to DT’s executive orders and his ‘extortion demands’ for pro bono in the future! He’s trying to place law firms to defend him in court when the American people finally impeach the SOB
Don't count on impeachment. The red party has shown us they're all in and we need them to impeach him. They wouldn't even do it after Cap'n Bone Spurs LOST in 2020 and instigated a violent coup on J6. Why would they grow a spine now?
One can only hope that he will royally screw up for impeachment. Many in the red party need to grown a spine and start thinking with their brains instead of kissing ass because their states constituents are finally waking up to their he harsh realities of the executive mandates that flying of the resolute desk!
Next time you start to criticize lawyers, remember this time.
The American people need the legal community to help us stand for our democracy and give the Trump regime a smack out of our country.
I would upgrade if I could afford it. not all of us on social security and nothing else can afford it.
I am in the same boat. Every senior dollar counts. Thanks
I can’t even fathom how any of those law firms that caved could ever get any legitimate customers from here on out. They sold themselves for what 4 yrs or whenever Vonshitzinpants has a massive heart attack?
Yes - one of the things they all tout constantly in their marketing is that they "fight" for their clients. Why would you want someone as your lawyer who wouldn't even fight for themselves or the rule of law? From what I've read, the administration didn't even ask the one firm for anything. The firm *offered up* those things in a "discussion" with officials, including throwing their own former partner under the bus.
Hey Ben! The country appreciates your hard work and relentless energy to give the American public this kind of info.
So glad I’m with MTN.
Big shout outs to your bros too.
Stay safe and strong. 🫶
Thank you to those lawyers for standing up!
It is a nightmare. It goes so quickly... Hope the juges will stop this madness!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This law firm sets a great example of standing up to a Bully. More law firms should take a stand against Trump and his personal vendetta against lawyers.
03-29-25 Ben I never thought in my 86 years, of seeing this government hammer lawyers in revenge/retribution for the clients the lawyers represent. I am a California lawyer practicing 55years, and excelled in constitutional law , having studied under the former Justice Anthony Kennedy. I am sickened by the facist behavior of this government and worried about disappearing of people off the streets as is going on now, of persons such as students and professors who have a right to be here; and when law firms start entering agreements with the government, they become complicit in the facist behavior of the government. Thank you for you, your brothers Popok for starting your reporting firm, and remaining independent and free of corruption/ corruption. Victor Waid
We should each have the Law Firms and their partners who are speaking out and confronting the bully which if DjtRuMp. Keep these names on our virtual Rolodex we just might need their help. Thank you for giving us hope and showing there are people of Principles willing to fight for our country and the Rule of Law. 🙏🏼🌸
Damn! What is wrong with these chicken-liveried law firms!! They are part of the problem!! Idiots!
This past weekend on an American Airlines flight “The Apprentice” movie was a choice. Based on the tactics Roy Cohn taught him, I’m starting to think that any of the firms or companies where we’ve been severely disappointed to see cave to this ignorant toad, that they have “something” on them. Just like the MAGAs in the House and Senate. They are willing to pay Trump said amount of money in lieu of being exposed for whatever Trump’s team has uncovered. I obviously can’t excuse it, but I feel sorry for them. Not only do they have this personal “something” they are trying to keep under wraps that would topple their company, family, etc., their willingness to bow to that godless hog and sell out democracy and their fellow Americans can also be added to their list of misdeeds. Not a position I envy.
I’m with the person who posts daily about tracking the obituaries looking for “good news.” Awful but honest.
To these lawyers: reach out to universities under attack who want to fight back. Maybe you can work together?
He's so full of sh*t so tired of this regime. Seems like he's been in office for years already. Hope his ass ends up in jail. We who laugh last laugh best.
Thank you for standing up for principle, rule of law. Bullies need to be confronted.
This is awesome! Glad this law firm is taking a stand and asking other firms to stand with them. We all need to fight back otherwise we will never get the chance to do so again! This is no joke and we cannot stand by and watch.
MeidasTouchNetwork - My wife and I live in WI. A pretty red pocket. We’re scared. Elon deleting his X post and WI Governor Evers beginning to take legal action against the post and the money bribe isn’t enough to calm us.
We are begging and pleading with your network to please do some phone and email canvassing for WI Candidate Susan Crawford. Please ask Susan Crawford back on Midas. Please volunteer and donate to Crawford if you can.
Brad Schittel is such a big toe. But he has Elon and $$$ on his side, and MAGA triple downers are brainwashed. Any minute you take even if it’s reading this post is appreciated from me (molly), my wife (public defender), and our pitty mix pablo.
Who is going to stop this mad man? We the people? Somebody, please!
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You need to talk to Marc Elias. He was the FIRST lawyer and law firm (Elias Law Group LLC) to school PINO Trump.
Agree, Marc is brilliant and has been doing a great job defending democracy.
How do we support this law firm and others so they can stand firm against Illegal government actions?
I'm thinking maybe these law firms that are giving pro-bono time know that MAGAs aren't going to trust their work and won't use them. If it's pro-bono for people who have been arrested by masked ICE agents and shipped off to parts unknown, then that will be a good thing. It's like giving free meat to vegetarians?
Thank you...Thank you!!!!
I totally agree that every law firm should stand strong against the bully thug, who can’t get any legal firms to represent him, so he uses his position to bully and threaten them! The only way to deal with this bully is to knock him down every time with the word ‘NO’ and threaten to sue HIM!
Thank you, two lawyers, and your Firms, for standing up for the rule of law and letting Trumpy know your Law firms are standing tall for it. Great work!!!
I'm so sick of his 💩.
You two gentlemen are heroes! Thank you for your bravery. You are so inspiring yet humble. I’m proud of both of you representing your corporate without the fear of the president. 😊❤️
Trump continues to lie and will never ever admit he did something wrong, which we all know he did. We all know he did , but he is in a delusional state always for a president of the United States is full of💩!!
It's just that simple when dealing with a bully and especially one who's being catered to by a bunch of delusional sycophants who are building up his confidence to do so. We have the rule of law on our behalf, but ONLY if we stand up for it and give the lawyers and justices the backing of the population. We cannot surrender to the criminal constitutionally ineligible president irregardless of what mistakes are made by SCOTUS in giving him immunity from prosecution. We have the numbers and the democracy says that counts for more than an extremist cult leaders ranting from the oval office.
Don't forget the national day of protest on the 5th and have your signs ready to go. SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦
Ben,just saw you on YT and you were on man! What a great job . Magalardo is golfing again, while the country tanks. Lots n of truthful info delivered rapid fire. Awesome. Keep it going. Love it .
Capitulating to Trump, and then agreeing to provide legal representation for his "initiatives" creates a conflict of interest for the law firms in representing clients with claims against the government. I mean based on what I've read Paul Weiss appeared to emphasize representation of individuals with claims against the government. If Paul Weiss was worried about their business being negatively affected by Trump's Executive Order, this may be worse. In addition to the conflict, from a practical perspective who would want to hire them to advance your claim when you just saw them fold on the big stage? They are compromised.
Excellent! Professional attitude. What a terrific example of strong principles. Stay strong
I just watched Hawk’s Podcast at a Tesla showroom in San Francisco today March 29.
It was amazing. They figured over twelve hundred people there along the street with a lot of people honking. It was very heartening and helped bring me out of my blue funk, somewhat. Resist!
This is extortion, pure and simple. Happy to say that Perkins Coie in Seattle is the law firm handling our family trust.
Shame on those firms agreeing to work under trump’s thumb. $40 million/$100 million today, but he’ll likely up the ante and they’ll never be free of him.
America is heading down the road of Nazi Germany. ELBOWS UP AMERICA BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
Good for you...standing up to the unwarranted and unfair pressure...standing ovation!!
I hope everybody starts standing up to the orange thing on democracy before he destroys it
So tired of his lies and pointing fingers.
THANK YOU to any law firm or lawyer who stands tall, stands for the rule of law, stands for the rights of people and companies. THANK YOU! I write an email to one of the firms that ultimately caved to the demands of djt: I asked WHY they felt they had to do that? Have not gotten a response back. Figures.
Money!
I am very proud to be a part of this fantastic media network.
It’s insane that he can revoke privileges to suit his own whims.
Absolutely amazing response, lawyer must uphold their rules and work!
Be a wall!!
Be sure to go to WhiteHouse.gov every day and tell Trump how much he sucks. Flood the site with emails!
John hit the nail on the head. I want a lawyer that is going to stand up for what is wrong and not bend the knee. Thank you to these men.
Trump is a bully. And as children, we have vs all faced bullies. But when someone stands up to them, they run away. What do we do to make this horrible, greedy, stupid bully run away???
UP AND UP
YES.
Wake up!
Sit up.
Rise up.
Clean up.
Dress up.
Grow up.
Show up.
Stand up.
Speak up.
Give up???
NO!
We are many, they are few. No capitulation!
Thank you!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaau!!!!!
Is there a way for the law firms that already cut a deal with Trump to get out of it given the pending lawsuit from the law firms that are suing him and pushing back? Can their "deals" be deemed illegal as a result?
🔥 This gave me chills. Huge respect to Keker, Van Nest & Peters for standing tall when others caved. We need more lawyers — and leaders — who refuse to be bullied into silence. Rule of law must come before fear or favor. Appreciate MeidasTouch for spotlighting true courage. Let’s rise.
Please keep
The momentum going , we need to stand firm , against this dictatorship
Remember how people used to say insult lawyers? Now these lawyers are my heroes. They’re one of our biggest assets in protecting America!
My good friend is an attorney at WilmerHale and they also are standing up to Trump - they sued him the morning after the EO targeting them and already have some initial wins.
Thank you guys for giving us hope in standing up and NOT being cowards. It's so depressing watching people cave from fear.
🇨🇦What did you expect electing this repugnant gangster and rapist? You get raped!
I am boycotting every business that backs t rump. I will do without before I give them 1 cent of my money!
THANK GOD FOR LAW FIRMS THAT ARE UPHOLDING JUSTICE!
DERANGED, DEMENTED CLOWN ONLY WANTS VENGEANCE!
My admiration for these lawyers standing up for justice is enormous.
Other firms must stand together for the rule of law and Democracy ...Heroes !
When the powerful Law firms don’t back down, and take cases for people who need to be powerfully represented.
We can get this out of the dumpster if we have the attorneys stand strong, who will also help the judges stand firm.
Our job is to keep the news moving and help republicans see the voters want them to break rank…
Trump is a convicted felon, rightfully so.
All Trump does is lie, lie and lie again.
I pray you will stay strong and many others will join you.
This is all part of Project 2025. They've planned this for years and are carrying this out very precisely.
A veritable groundswell of support for such a suit. MONEY is all he understands. This is the basics of jungle brain power of course, which is what we are dealing with here. His DRIVE is at the primal level as well, ME, the power of ME to drive .... we knew that, before....but we never felt that such a force would bring USA down???? I keep thinking about PARALLAX VIEW (Warren Beatty) where Big $ is similarly sinister. These things do matter. It's hard to think it's real....isn't it? But I've long been fond of this justification: JUST BECAUSE I'M PARANOID DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE NOT OUT TO GET ME... good night all. Peace
We need more law firms fighting back! Two steps forward and three steps back is not going to cut it.
Went after him violently, huh? 😂 He's going to hell for lying so much.
Thank you for all you are doing!! You are a breath of fresh air!!!
Thank you Meidas. Your analysis and insight and courage to broadcast this information to us is strong and relentless. I support you without equivocation.
Thanks to them for standing up to him! Bullies can’t take push back! They will escalate for a short period but then they disappear because they become irrelevant! Keep up your push back!!
I'm so sick of his 💩
Thank you for standing up to a tyrant!!
All of us can do something to bring attention to this , anything we can do no matter how small can make a big difference.
These are the kinds of lawyers I’d want. Checking I use.
Law firms that bend the knee aren’t worth a shit. Worse they perpetuate fascism.
Yes!! Stand up!
When the trump administration admits that lawyers go after trump because he's a serial law breaker, a miracle will have occurred.
MEIDAS STRONG..... Meidas compatriots, you have your ASS on line....continue to take this next step to a better outcome. We all know right from wrong. These lawyers have their ASS on the line. Let's support these patriots and let them, know we are behind them.
Paul Weiss will find out very quickly that Trump will never stop humiliating thrm, and seeking other ways to neuter that law firm.
Stand firm and stay strong.
Yes Stand Up and Resist the orange lunatic.
Thank you Keker, Van Nest & Peters for a stiff spine and standing up against the orange bully and his band of subservient monkeys. Your client base just grew.
We don't need to see clips of Trump. All he does is lie as he is a rapist and a felon and every legal case against him was not only legal but likely would have prevailed on the evidence (from what we have seen) if he didn't have 77 million cultists/collaborators.
Stand the fuck UP! Lawyers fight!!!
Besides, trumps lawyers have a shite track record.
Let's GO!!!
Can’t even listen to this poorly put together monster.
So proud of the attorneys who are fighting back!!
It seems Trump is viewing the behavior of lawyers that defend him personally as having the same integrity as those in the general public, thus assuming all lawyers are shifty like his bought lawyers.
NOT!!
Submitting to that absolute piece of garbage only increases his need to inflict more pain
Mental health experts have been sounding the alarm about Orange Hitlers narcissism for a long time. Now the poster baby for Narcissitic Personality Disorder is the leader of America. Inflicting pain on others is the crack cocaine for NPD cases.
Bravo to Keker and Peters, good on them. The head of the Regime and entire incompetent people under him are trying to bully the legal profession and the rest of us.
The key is to stand up immediately to tyranny!
People who cowtow to this criminal have no conscience, do they call themselves Christian’s?
Maybe this is the Christian way!
Fake Christians=Christian Nationalism=Prosperity Gospel=MAGA Satanic Cult
How would you feel if your trusted friend began talking trash about you?
Americans need to stand up for our allies who are being disgustingly denigrated by the Nazi regime Absolutely distrustful actions that the Orange Nazi strongman bully has made toward our friends Canada, Denmark, and states in Europe In general our allies have begun to cut ties with America with hurt feelings SHAME SHAME SHAME ON AMERICA These countries love and respected us and now they are being disrespected and cultural ties are being severed The fraying of human trust is becoming obvious
Our allies thick and thin are disheartened and dispirited by how their “friend” has treated them and are confused and disappointed Their trust has been breached and it will be hard to ever it get back if ever But the Nazi regime could care less about those who have stood by us through thick and this because they have no loyalty to anyone and are basically immoral Now our allies see America as an adversary
The American people need to WAKE UP and show their outrage at this immoral depravity the the Nazi regime is showing to our once loyal friends who have stood by and with us for 7 decades
Complacency is the enemy to holding onto democracy Protest Donate Encourage friends family neighbors to get involved
We are so tired of and disgusted with the cowards in the law profession. Thank goodness for those who believe in the rule of law, who have principles, standards, values, honor.
All of this evil man’s “Executive Orders” are absolute Decrees!! I’m 77 years old; my husband served in Vietnam. Afterwards, came Pharmacy and Medical Schools, followed by 42 years of practicing Family Medicine. We never saw at least 25 percent of what he earned; he paid FICA and 401Ks for 7 employees. Not a high-paid specialist; a “family doctor” in the trenches. I’m enraged by Elon Musk’s comments about Social Security being a “Ponzi scheme”. We’ll never get back what we paid into it, but that’s okay; we had a duty, especially after getting the GI Bill. I’m certain that the cretins in Washington will try to shut that down, too. I appreciate your listening to my concerns, and you guys keep up the good work!!!
Standing up to the bully is the only way to show their strength. These law firms did nothing wrong. Just because their clients were people Trump does not like is no reason to extort them which is what he is doing. Extortion is a felony in some states.
"Republican Booed During Fiery Town Hall, While Mentioning DOGE." (Newsweek)......
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-booed-during-fiery-town-hall-while-mentioning-doge-2052475?link_id=2&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-rubio-sics-government-dogs-on-college-kids&email_referrer=email_2676203&email_subject=gop-town-hall-crowd-explodes-with-rage-at-trump-and-elon&&
Lawyers did this when they faught without ethics for corporations over the people, both parties, creating this oligarchy. I am with Bernie!!
Attorneys need to file a class action law suit claiming that Trump lied & misled his supporters. Millions will come forward. The fact that Trump admitted the election was manipulated by Elon Musk messing with the voting machines, he should be removed from ever being involved in US politics again.
I will never understand why it’s fine for politicians to lie to the American Public!
The democrats need to stick together and not turn on each other. The law firms that “ made a deal”had a draconian choice…fold, lay off loyal employees, etc. Those firms have fought the good fight for decades. I applaud them, and will not shame them for making the best choice they felt they could, given what was forced on them.
I disagree. They unethically helped corporate America fuck regular people. They are the elite that TRumps elite are owning. We are casualties of no matter to them on either side. It's an oligarchy either way. I'll take AOC
It is food to the soul to know that there are people that aren’t going to kneel down. Stay strong!
Support the ACLU monthly for the next four years. We need an army of 1000 top notch lawyers to get this done.
The first month I don't get my social security check, I'm suing trump administration/musk through the Popok firm!!!!! I'm sure it will turn into a class action lawsuit including each of the 50 states.....................................................
Good to hear. \(^o^)/
In our country everyone is entitled to a strong defense, Even felonious 47 who is a convicted felon.
HE HAS HAD HIS DEFENSE AND HE LOST. NOW SOMEBODY DEFEND US SUPREME COURT WON'T DO IT.
So if he manages to destroy Medicare my only sources of income . Can I sue for damages and fraud?
He makes me sick. What a whiny baby
SOLIDARITY FREED POLAND AND THE SOVIETS FELL.
Love 💕 your moxy!!!
Thank you for continuing to stand up to upholding the law!
40million bribe
Thank you for standing up to a bully !
Important watch!
Anytime I hear trump STILL rattling on with all his bullshit lies about Biden, Hillary, attorneys who stand up to him, etc. I want to bash his face with a bottle.
* How do the powerful Law firms not band together? Same with the media as with the British reporter psycho/ bad body mtg refused to answer a question from and an American reporter asked the question!?
Also, on 3/27/2025 (?) apartheid nepo baby muck & the doge bags were interviewed on fake news brut bare show. Is anyone checking on their backgrounds? Maybe there is some information to be used for public exposure or reason for a lawsuit ? Thank you for ALL you do!
This is the most important issue, hands down.
There needs to be some serious rallying to back these guys up.
How do we do that?
If we don't have the rule of law, we don't have freedom.
Disgusting commentary by Trump. He is obviously acting stupidly like the vindictive maniac that he is.
If they would band together. They could get through this,
This is exactly what I needed to hear today. Thank you gentlemen and MTN!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👍
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!
Yes, they did because your a criminal!
Earlier in this discussion, I posted about the amount of SS paid by undocumented workers. I neglected to mention the many (my guess is millions) of working people like my dad who didn't live to draw any benefits. He was old enough to begin paying when SS was established. He worked his whole life. At 63, he learned that he had cancer and died within 3 months. My mom was too young to qualify for benefits and then remarried. While I'm sure he hadn't paid in a huge amount of $$, based on wages during those years, none of it was removed by him or dependents.
These outstanding players give me so much hope!!
Can you comment on this bill that Comer is trying to get passed? Sounds like they are giving FFOTUS and IL Dodgy even more power! https://substack.com/@kristenstaffordhowe/note/c-104252025?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=52k7g2
I am so elated because so many law firms have bowed to him!!
Thank you so much for this interview! Even though I'm determined to fight for this country in any way I can find to do so, it's greatly encouraging to not only read their written response, but to see and hear them speak out with courage.
I truly believe that the Trump regime thought they had the majority of Americans too cowed to fight back. Well, surprise to you, magacultists! More and more of us are learning where and how to fight back and how to keep going, not losing faith in our laws and our Constitution.
About time lawyers team up and flipped the bird to trumps vengeance
Lawyers PLEASE you are the last line of defense to save democracy and the rule of law!!!! Shame on the lawyers that bent the knee shame on them. I think a list of all the lawyers who caved should be distributed and known to us all. These are not lawyers for the rule of law but to prop up fascism.
We need more lawyers to take a stand against this corrupt administration that has shown how willing they are to break the law. I am ashamed of this administration.
I applaud all those law firms who are standing up for democracy!
When law firms give in and give Trump millions of dollars of free pro bono work, it looks like extortion to me. It looks like a protection racket.
OMG. I'm so proud and grateful for the law firms standing up for the survival of democracy. Thank you so much!!! You laws firms and judges are our hope. 🗽 🙏
wonderful to hear from these two legal patriots
When we stand up to bullies, they back down because all they have are threats. Bravo to those law firms who are actually standing up rather than bending the knee. Once you bend the knee, you are owned and that doesn't mean protected.
Thank you so much.
Whiney ass biatch
He is a jealous vengeful petty little man…a child!
The law firms that caved to trump will surely see their business suffer. Who would chose to be represented by a firm( one that is known for litigation) to crumble rather than litigate? Disgusting!!! Sorry if there are typos; my eyesight is failing
Bravo.... thankk you so much for all of these interviews... it helps calm me to find my strength to keep fighting..
I wouldn’t hire any law firm who surrenders like that. I wouldn’t trust them to represent me forcefully. What’s to stop them from being bought to lose a case? I find this far more damaging to their reputation than fighting a lawsuit from this administration.
Thank you gentlemen! 💙⚔️💙
I typed in my browser WHAT IS THE MENTAL ILLNESS IN WHICH THE ILL PERSONALLY CHRONICALLY LIES? This is what came up. I thought this would apply to Trumplestiltskin :
While there isn't a specific, formally recognized mental illness called "chronic lying," the behavior is often associated with conditions like pathological lying (also known as mythomania or pseudologia fantastica), which is a compulsive pattern of lying, sometimes without apparent gain or purpose.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
Pathological Lying:
This term describes a pattern of lying that is excessive and often without a clear motivation, going beyond occasional dishonesty.
Mythomania/Pseudologia Fantastica:
These are other terms used to describe the same behavior, emphasizing the compulsive nature of the lying.
Underlying Conditions:
Pathological lying can sometimes be a symptom or characteristic of certain mental health conditions, such as antisocial personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, or borderline personality disorder.
Not a Formal Diagnosis:
It's important to note that pathological lying itself isn't a mental health diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR), but rather a behavior that may be associated with other conditions.
Motivation:
In some cases, individuals may lie to make themselves look better or to gain attention, while in others, they may lie for no apparent reason or gain.
Compulsive Nature:
The lying can become a strong urge that is difficult to overcome, similar to compulsions seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Is it possible your President falls within the parameters of these behaviours?
Everything negative thing trump says about anyone else is a confession.
Trump clearly lacks the mental acuity and multi-tasking abilities to scheme this attack on democracy, so who is the brain behind it? "Mein Kampf" is an unreadable hodgepodge of whining and fantasizing about Hitler's wet dreams for society, and whether, as is being said, Trump reads it or not [I personally don't think he ever read anything] that boring tome isn't the architect of Trump's new fascist world, so does he get his orders from Russia?
Rotting in hell is too good for these monsters. But I do hope they rot.
Law firms fight back.. The felon is coming after you because he believes he can break our justice system. I say fight on, you have nothing to loose, everything to gain.
Cong rates to any legal firm who stands up to the little dictator. Good for them.
The ones who are bending knee need to lose every client and go bankrupt.
They are money hungry old men who don't give a dam about their clients and are only in it for the money.
Popok has a right to feel betrayed and let down. The first firm he worked for have now bent the knee and kissed the ass of the biggest traitor the country has ever seen.
Bravo! 👏👏👏 Glad to hear there's a firm not bending and doing what they DO... use the rule of law to fight this Man-Baby.
This is a powerful piece Ben.
I think anyone who is looking for legal representation needs a lawyer to stand up and fight for them. Clients are not going to choose a law firm that just folds under pressure from Trump because they are proven cowards who are putting self-interest ahead of the constitution, ahead of the rule of law and ahead of the wider interests of all their clients.
Bravo! Thankful we are that you are standing up! Here is another Lawyer who is standing up, after being targeted by Trump, Andrew Weissmann—add your support:
“But the legal profession cannot afford to remain silent. The threats to the rule of law, if not to our democracy, are not theoretical. We have seen efforts to undermine elections, to use the law as a tool of retribution, to erode foundational constitutional protections. In such times, lawyers — especially those in positions of influence — have a responsibility to represent those being victimized and to speak up. Not to accommodate.”
The Legal System under Siege, Andrew Weissmann, 3/23/25)
https://weissmann.substack.com/p/the-legal-system-under-siege?r=7w2nz&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=audio-player
Thank You All!!
Bravo! Thankful we are that you are standing up! Here is another Lawyer who is standing up, after being targeted by Trump, Andrew Weissmann—add your support:
“But the legal profession cannot afford to remain silent. The threats to the rule of law, if not to our democracy, are not theoretical. We have seen efforts to undermine elections, to use the law as a tool of retribution, to erode foundational constitutional protections. In such times, lawyers — especially those in positions of influence — have a responsibility to represent those being victimized and to speak up. Not to accommodate.”
The Legal System under Siege, Andrew Weissmann, Video 3/23/25) Substack and YouTube—
https://weissmann.substack.com/p/the-legal-system-under-siege?r=7w2nz&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=audio-player
Thanks, Elliot & John. Great discussion. Why is no one else reporting on this?
Maga says, we don't need no stinking constitution, we make our own .
Thank you for your integrity and your courage. THIS is what we need. People UNWILLING to cower under the pressure of a dictator's wrath. Good for you. To Law Firms unwilling to hold your ground ... you''ve not only humiliating yourself and drawing attention to your lack of character, but you are setting the stage for America to cower. STAND UP. STAND FIRM. DO IT FOR AMERICA Sweet Jesus.
"Sunday thought. Comedy and tragedy." (Robert Reich, Mar 30, 2025)......
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=160133034&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Watch: "Group Chat Cold Open - SNL" on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/hLtI9mvgSro?si=-jJjxmzjyOVdNCuL
Trump does not care. All he does is eat and play golf. He delegates everything, so when something goes awry, he claims not knowing about it, or blaming someone else. He doesn't accept responsibility or accountability that the buck stops at him. He is a weak, feloneous, vile, lying piss poor definition of a man, let alone a president. He is the devil incarnate.
Watch: "🚨 Donald Trump CRASHED the Stock Market 📉, how’s your 401k? SHARE THIS!", on YouTube. (Occupy Democrats)......
https://youtube.com/shorts/Tcyr_fSCCiE?si=AidWsLK1E50pMene
"OMG! JD Vance Just Attacked Meidas Contributor!!" (MeidasTouch Network, FPWellman, and Ben Meiselas, Mar 29, 2025)......
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/omg-jd-vance-just-attacked-meidas?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=160158202&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Watch: "Elon Tries To HIDE EVIDENCE, After Being Caught By Dems", on YouTube. (Tennessee Brando)......
https://youtu.be/cCqVYqBeMd4?si=bonRSA9SA7-gQMoB
Watch: "LIVE: Legal AF Responds to MAJOR LEGAL Updates - 3/29/25", on YouTube. (Meidas Touch).......
https://www.youtube.com/live/XzlX37_24Ag?si=1RneB6iy4LTUemFT
"These Lawyers Aren’t Backing Down to Trump — And Neither Are We. In a time of cowardice and capitulation, one law firm just set the gold standard for courage." (MeidasTouch Network and Ben Meiselas, Mar 29, 2025)......
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/these-lawyers-arent-backing-down?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=3078900&post_id=160096625&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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New poll shows where Trump stands among Americans 9 weeks into his 2nd presidency
President Donald Trump's current poll position is an improvement from his 1st term in the White House
Paul Steinhauser By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published March 27, 2025 11:43am EDT
Hegseth blasts Atlantic article: 'Nobody was texting war plans'
President Donald Trump repeatedly touts that America is "back" as he spotlights his accomplishments - some of them controversial - since returning to power in the White House nine weeks ago.
Trump has been moving at warp speed in his second tour of duty as president, flexing his political muscles to expand executive powers as he has upended long-standing government policy and made major cuts to the federal workforce through a flurry of executive orders and actions.
Trump has signed roughly 100 executive orders since his Jan. 20 inauguration, according to a count from Fox News, far surpassing the rate of any recent presidential predecessors during their opening weeks in office.
The president touts that "a lot of great things are happening," but the latest public opinion polling indicates that many Americans do not agree with Trump's rosy outlook on the job he is doing in office.
WHERE TRUMP STANDS IN THE LATEST FOX NEWS NATIONAL POLL
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President Donald Trump signs an executive order (Getty Images)
Forty-five percent of those questioned in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted this past weekend (March 21-23) gave Trump a thumbs up, with 51% saying they disapproved of his performance steering the nation. The survey questioned just over 1,000 adults nationwide.
The poll was conducted mostly before the controversy over top White House national security members discussing sensitive operational details of a U.S. military strike in Yemen, on the messaging app Signal, possibly in violation of some federal laws, dominated news coverage.
I'm so proud of these two lawyers, we need your help to make the rules of law against Trump, he's destroying you and all Americans. He's so evil to have no empathy. He acts like a spoiled brat bc someone hurt his feelings?
Besides we need you and other lawyers to represent every single person to keep what we have, our social security, Medicaid Medicare, everything that was the same before this misogynist, fascist treasonous pathology liar, druggie came into the Whitehouse and taking our freedoms. PLEASE HELP AMERICANS PUT HIM IN PRISON AND ALL THAT WERE HIRED DURING HIS TIME IN OFFICE, FIRED. KAMELA HARRIS WON. RUSSIA AND ELON BOUGHT VOTES, RUSSIA CHANGED THE VOTES AS HE SAID HE COULD DO. WE HAVE TO PROTECT EVERYONE AND GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE PRISONS IN EL SALVADOR. MY UNCLE WAS WITH A WOMAN FROM THERE 20YRS AGO. IT'S A HORRIFIC COUNTRY THAT HURT ALL PEOPLE THERE, THAT'S WHY THEY FLEED TO THE UNITED STATES FOR FREEDOM. TRUMP DOESN'T DESERVE FREEDOM. WE DON'T WANT A DICTATOR.
DO YOU? THEN TAKE HIM,(TRUMP )ELON, VANCE AND THE WHOLE HOUSE OUT.
MEND OUR ALLIES BACK, WE NEED MEXICO AND CANADA. WE DON'T WANT WAR, WE ( WOMEN WANT OUR FREEDOMS BACK. IT'S OUR BODIES, YOU MEN SHOULD BE ANGRY TOO! YOUR WIVES & DAUGHTERS CAN DIE FROM COMPLICATIONS HAVING A BABY. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR NOT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TOO?
JUST RESIST AND STAND TOGETHER AND GET AMERICA BACK. WE STAND TOGETHER WITH YOU,
WE DON'T WANT WARS. STOP TRUMP AND GET HIM LOCKED UP.
Pride needs to make a come back. Thank you gentlemen.
A lot of valid points, equally as much meandering off topic. The law firms that don't cave are the one's we support, the one's that do are the one's to keep under the magnifying glass. We've already seen what happens when the rule of law fractures into partisanship or caves to pressure. Look no further than the current Supreme Court. They are wholly responsible for this cacaphony of errors and by all rights are the first one's who should be forced into accountability. No one's so naive to think that it's solely the Conservatives, but I'd lay even money that if Thomas, Alito or Kavanaugh is the first one under impeachment that things would start to clear up. It's worth keeping SCOTUS in the news cycle even if they dodge it. This time. This court was Trump's "end game" all along. Interpose your own judges and you get rid of the guardrails. And the Constitution.
Then the Trump morons start their wailing and gnashing of teeth (really bad optics) over the coverage of the courts ... so let it drag on right up to the mid-terms (the GOP is sooo good at delaying things, like appointments). By the time they quit trying to spin it then it may be too late. That puts a vast amount of pressure on the GOP to try to save the House and who knows what could come of that. The Senate won't flip, but the House is enough. There will be lawsuits. Lots. How far is that pro bono money gonna stretch?
Even if we can't get impeachment started, Trump, Musk and company aren't even close to being finished screwing up and there will be another "last straw" moment that maybe they can't escape this time. Even with all the pro bono work they've already extorted. Maybe the law firms will see the light, start charging them $500k an hour. Pretty soon he won't be able to play golf on the weekends LOL.. Never Let Them Rest. Squeeze them until they shit roses and bury them face down. And let's see how "big law" tends to THAT garden after they cave.
Lawyers fight corruption, and DT gives them plenty of that to fight.
We’re with the lawyers, not the bully!!
Thankful that there are firms/attys fighting this grifting criminal administration. Bravo, cheers, kudos, hell yes!!! 💪🏻💪🏻
The law firms are going after you because you are a crook and a convicted Felon that should not be president of the United States!!! 🇺🇸 Please fight on👊
Don't forget Marc Elias From Democracy Docket…another TARGET by trump
This was a powerful reminder that resilience in the face of pressure is what strengthens the foundation of any just society. Regardless of where one stands politically, the courage to uphold principles, defend truth, and protect accountability matters. True progress depends not on power, but on integrity. When people and institutions stand firm, even against overwhelming force, it echoes a deeper truth: lasting change begins with unwavering values—often from just 1% of those willing to lead with courage
Thank you for this interview and to those two men. They showed bravery that we haven't seen much of. The lawyers are the experts who can do the most to save our democracy. I see them as a branch of the Armed Services.....they are armed with the rule of law. I implore all law firms to join these men, band together, to form a brigade to support and defend our democracy. Thanks again.