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EPISODE · Aug 21, 2026 · 58 MIN

Trump Messed With the Mouse. Now He Gets the Ears.

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OA1289 - Is Disney/ABC’s bold new legal action against the Trump administration one of the most important First Amendment challenges  of our lifetimes, or just another Mickey Mouse operation? Matt explains. Also an explainer on the legally questionable end of Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, a new ICE purchase that will truly shock you, and a footnote on how the lawyer who put himself in a fancy Star Wars-themed Superbowl ad turned to the Dark Side. FCC order to ABC affiliates noting that ABC is under investigation for violations of FCC rules and “discriminatory” hiring (4/28/2026) Complaint in ABC et al v. FCC et al, filed 8/18/2026 User manual for Compliant Technologies’s G.L.O.V.E. The Kentucky Hammer’s 2020 Super Bowl commercial Complaint in White v. Isaacs & Isaacs, filed 6/2/2026 Check out the OA Linktree for all the places to go and things to do!

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