About this episode
Ken and Josh discuss various legal and political issues including Trump's ballroom construction injunction and media funding controversies.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss Anthropic's big win, the injunction on Trump's ballroom construction, and what to make of the block on Trump's executive order defunding PBS and NPR since Congress has rescinded their funding. That's for all subscribers. Paying subscribers will also hear our conversations about: * Covington & Burling warned its client, ActBlue, that some statements ActBlue made in a 2023 letter to congressional leaders may have been misleading, and that ActBlue’s CEO probably needs her own lawyer to deal with her legal exposure around that fact. ActBlue responded by firing Covington & Burling. It’s a big old mess, and Ken describes how this kind of thing can happen when you represent an entity, and the entity’s legal needs don’t always line up with the legal needs of its executives. * A Colorado appeals court threw out Tina Peters’ nine-year sentence for voting machine tampering , saying the judge raised her sentence in response to her constitutionally-protected speech. * After his car accident, Tiger Woods issued a statement saying he will step away and “seek treatment.” It’s an…
People in this episode
Hosts: Josh Barro, Ken White
Topics covered
- legal issues
- politics
- media funding
- executive accountability
- court rulings
- public relations
Keywords
- Trump
- PBS
- NPR
- ActBlue
- Tina Peters
- Tiger Woods
- legal issues
- Covington & Burling
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Anthropic, PBS, NPR, Covington & Burling, ActBlue
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