The Intersection with Michael Popok Full Episode - 8/12/2025

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Why did Trump hold a press conference to announce a military take over of DC while a federal trial started about a military take over of Cali? Why did a federal judge just use a federal order to effectively tell Trump—release the damn files!? What do new independent financial numbers tell us about the failing Trump economy, and who is this MAGA economist that he hired to “cook” the job reports books? Popok tackles it all, on The Intersection podcast. Support Our Sponsors: Soul: Go to https://GetSoul.com and use code LEGALAF to get 30% OFF your order! Miracle Made: Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to https://TryMiracle.com/LEGALAF and use the code LEGALAF to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF. Check out The Popok Firm at: https://thepopokfirm.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF by MeidasTouch podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're at the intersection with Michael Popak here on the Midas Touch Network,
0:04.4	and do I have a lineup for you of things you need to know
0:07.4	at the intersection of law and politics inside and outside the courtroom?
0:12.2	Let me just give you the rundown, the lineup for today,
0:15.7	the Posse Comitatist Act,
0:17.6	Donald Trump's phony press conference
0:19.9	in order to step on the news story about
0:22.4	Epstein scandal and the cover-up related to it, and the start of a three-day trial against
0:29.0	the Trump administration, the first of its kind in San Francisco in front of Judge Breyer.
0:34.7	That we've got developments in the Epstein case because it's important to the victims.
0:40.3	It's important that we understand it's sometimes it's the crime and the cover-up.
0:45.0	And we've got a federal judge and New York, Judge Engelmeier, who sets the record straight in support of the victims.
0:52.5	To remind people that Maxwell, Galane Maxwell, is not a saint.
0:57.1	She's a convicted sinner and other things in his 38-page decision.
1:01.9	Then we've got to turn to Trumponomics and the economy.
1:06.2	Every day, first video on legal AF YouTube channel that I also curate starts with a Trumponomics
1:12.9	analysis. And here we've got the phony pick by Donald Trump to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
1:20.4	He's trying to create new numbers, manufacture numbers, cook the books, and he's hired a chief chef
1:26.3	and Dr. E.J. Antony. Who's that guy? You're
1:30.4	going to know by the time the intersection is over. In addition, we've got new numbers coming out of
1:35.3	the Congressional Budget Office. We can't rely on anything coming out of the executive branch.
1:39.4	We have to get our economic data from independent sources, you know, visitors and tourism bureaus from
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