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The Intersection with Michael Popok

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The Intersection with Michael Popok is a weekly one-hour podcast focused on trusted, topical commentary exploring how the law intersects with and shapes people’s daily lives—including their Constitutionally protected rights and their civic, economic, and political worlds. The Intersection is hosted and curated by Michael Popok, co-founder of the top-ranked Legal AF podcast and YouTube channel. Popok is one of the most viewed and downloaded independent content creators, with over 50 million monthly

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50:06

The Intersection with Michael Popok Full Episode -...

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/09

Michael Popok is back at the Intersection with breaking news at the hot corner of law and politics and tackles: 1) Trump's Big Beautiful Bill's attempts to defund and put Planned Parenthood out of business being blocked by a Big Beautiful Temporary Restraining Order; 2) Judge Xinis telling the DOJ, effectively, that they can't be trusted and ordering that they go under oath in the witness box this week about the Abrego Garcia case; 3) how one Federal Judge in Boston is single handily blocking the

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15:04

Trump's BIG BEAUTIFUL DISASTER Instantly SHUT DOWN in...

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/08

Big Beautiful Bill meet Judge Talwani's Big Beautiful Temporary Restraining Order in favor of protecting Planned Parenthood from destruction by the Trump Administration. Popok explains why the Supreme Court's recent rulings in the last 10 days against Planned Parenthood and against federal judges using nationwide injunctions are irrelevant to the new case and won't stand in the way of the Court making sure PP is not put out of business.Subscribe:

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17:47

Trump DOJ Lawyers GET GRILLED in OPEN COURT

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/08

A pissed-off Judge Xinis closely questioned and then scolded new Trump DOJ lawyers who flipped-flopped for the 4th time in the case and now said that they would effectively abandon the manufactured criminal case against Abrego Garcia and just remove him in 2 weeks to a third country, not named El Salvador. Popok reports on the judge blurting out that getting answers that aren't "illogical" from the DOJ is like "stapling jello to the ceiling" as she denied 2 Trump motions to dismiss the case, and is

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19:04

Trump HIT with MASS EXODUS as TERM IMPLODES

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/08

The worm has finally turned, as the Hispanic Vote comes crashing down around Trump's feet, a vote he desperately needs to win support at the midterms. Popok looks at the mass defection away from Trump of Hispanic Independent, Woman, GenZ, and even Biden Voters who switched to Trump, as new polling says Trump's disastrous Economic and Deportation Policies will likely be his ruin.

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16:55

SCOTUS Ruling HAUNTS Trump as JUDGE STRIKES HIM DOWN

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/07

Now that the smoke has cleared, there is a federal injunction out of Massachusetts in favor of 28 states against Trump's deranged anti-birthright citizenship executive order that remains standing in the smoldering ashes of the recent Supreme Court decision on nationwide injunctions. Popok sees Judge Sorokin's injunction protecting birthright citizenship in 28 states as the blueprint for how federal judges can beat Trump and the Supreme Court at its own game.

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17:36

Trump White House in PANIC as They SCRAMBLE to CLEAN...

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/07

Trump is f'n with the US Economy again, and his mental slide makes it so he can't even get basic facts right about his own Tariff deadlines, a fact so obvious that his own commerce secretary had to bail him out and cut him off to answer a reporter's question. Popok looks at the fact that the Administration has signed a total of 2 deals, not the more than 90 promised, and even one of those with China looks imaginary as the world ignores Trump and his Tariff threats once again.

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16:54

Trump CUTS INSTANTLY Comeback to HAUNT White House

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/07

The blood of those who have tragically died in the Texas "Guadalupe River" flood disaster, including a dozen little girls, is on the Trump Administration who callously cut funding to the National Weather Service, to research and prevent global warming natural disasters, and attacked, undermined FEMA, which also led to a brain drain at all of these agencies imperiling our national security. Popok takes a hard look at who is to blame for this horrific tragedy and sees it as a natural extension of

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19:15

Trump ADMIN Hit MASSIVE Lawsuit at PERFECT TIME

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/04

Democracy Forward's Skye Perryman joins Popok to brief our audience on the brand new lawsuit filed on behalf of several cities and public health groups against Trump's Department of Health and Human Services and RFK Jr. to block more than 3 million people from being thrown off the Obamacare health insurance rolls.Democracy Forward: https://democracyforward.org/ https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mrzkurwfkul52ofdvpp7esgf Skye's

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14:51

Trump Admin DISTURBING EVIDENCE Laid Out in OPEN COURT

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/03

In a new bombshell filing, Abrego Garcia tells a federal judge that he was beaten and tortured in the El Salvador prison the Trump Administration sent him to. Judge Xinis will decide monday whether he stays in Maryland under her jurisdiction. Popok reports on the latest developmentss. 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

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12:42

Trump HIT with NEW LAWSUIT as Disaster BILL BACKFIRES

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/03

Cities and Public Health Officials have banded together to try to stop Trump from throwing 3 million people off of Obamacare in a new suit just filed in Maryland federal court. Popok reports on Democracy Forward's latest effort to block Trump from harming every day Americans and taking away their dignity. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky:

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13:44

HUGE Election Win INSTANTLY Destroys MAGA in Wisconsin

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/03

Popok reports on the stunning decision by the liberal majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to uphold a woman's right to choose, striking down a 176 year old abortion ban on the books of Wisconsin, and dealing a defeat to MAGA for good measure. 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:

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14:45

Trump MEETS His NIGHTMARES as Judges REUP SCOTUS CASES

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/03

In breaking news, we have our first federal court judge issuing an injunction against the Trump Administration and its Department of Health and Human Services and RFK Jr., blocking from destroying the Department and its agencies through defunding and reorganization. WIll this new injunction survive Trump's challenge based on Friday's Supreme Court decision about nationwide injunctions? Popok explains why it does. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack:

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56:57

The Intersection with Michael Popok Full Episode -...

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/02

Michael Popok on his new podcast The Intersection is back to brief the audience on breaking legal and political news. Join him as he tackles: 1) how the Trump budget bill can be used offensively to make Trump and MAGA pay for their policies; 2) how federal judges are crafting new injunctions to do an end run around the Supreme Court's decision, including a new injunction to stop the destruction of our public health services; 3) a federal judge who does not believe the Trump Administration when it

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19:38

Trump CAUGHT Burying SECRET Provision in DISASTER BILL

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/01

Buried within Trump's budget bill is a little covered provision to undermine people obtaining justice in the court system, by taxing litigation funding companies that support cases against Big Business. Senator Doug Jones joines Popok to brief our audience on what can be done about it. 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

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30:31

SCOTUS SHREDDED as Liberal JUSTICES Reveal Their...

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/01

Strict Scrutiny host and Constitutional scholar Leah Litman joins Popok to brief our audiences on what just happened over the last 9 months at the Supreme Court, how to interpret Trump's winning streak on emergency cases at the Court; the rise of Ketanji Brown Jackson and the importance of dissents, and so much more at the intersection of law, politics, and the Supreme Court. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow

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16:34

Trump CUT OFF by Federal Judge Before HE EVEN TRIES?!?

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/01

A federal judge is moving closer to certifying a class of all "babies born since February 2025" to protect their birthright citizenship especially based on the Trump DOJ's new filing in which they basically told the judge they are going to start deporting US baby citizens as early as the end of this month. Popok reports. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky:

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18:39

Trump SCHEME Meets CONTEMPT from Federal Judge

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/01

A federal judge has found the "brains" behind the inhumane, cruel and unusual "Alligator Alcatraz" -- Florida's Attorney General -- in contempt for undermining her order stopping the enforcement of criminal immigration statute. Popok from Miami reports on the nearby detention center planned for the swamps of the Florida Everglades and what public interest groups like the ACLU can do about it. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack:

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14:50

Trump SCHEME gets SMOCKED OUT and SHUT DOWN by Judge

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/01

In breaking news, a federal magistrate judge, who doesn't trust the Trump Administration, is stashing Abrego Garcia in protective federal detention to make sure Trump doesn't deport or remove him out of the country and away from Federal Court jurisdiction before a hearing before the District Court Judge on 7/16, Popok reports on this extraordinary turn of events of a federal judge jailing someone to protect him from the Trump Administration! Subscribe:

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35:49

Trump’s LIFETIME Pick Under FIRE as DEMS Fight BACK

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/07/01

Senator Doug Jones joins Popok and Legal AF to brief our audience on the rise of MAGA violent political rhetoric and why Trump's pick for life time appointment to the federal appellate court, his criminal defense lawyer Emil Bove is "disqualified" from being confirmed. 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:

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13:40

Trump BEGS for APPEAL after COURT SMACKDOWNS

The Intersection with Michael Popok ·

2025/06/30

Will Trump be successful in overturning a federal judge's order declaring his attack on law firms to be unconstitutional? Popok looks at the new appeal Trump filed against Perkins Coie and why it is a likely loser. 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

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