About this episode

The episode discusses the firing of Fox News anchor Maria Bartiroma and various political events related to Trump and his administration.

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz delve into the firing of Fox News anchor Maria Bartiroma, the resignation of Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, VP JD Vance’s turn at the press secretary podium, the conservative media denial and cowardice about Kai Brid’s “American Scoundrel” on Roy Cohn and Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s “Regime Change,” in a panoply of blind and bland loyalty to Trump. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off 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 podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sidney Blumenthal, Sean Wilentz

Topics covered

• media
• politics
• Trump
• Fox News
• loyalty
• resignation

Keywords

• Trump
• Fox News
• Maria Bartiroma
• Dan Driscoll
• JD Vance
• loyalty
• politics

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