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EPISODE · May 9, 2026 · 28 MIN

Trump’s War on the Press Backfires as Trump Loses Big

from The Court of History · host Sidney Blumenthal, Sean Wilentz

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz interview Angelo Carusone, president of Media Matters, about how Media Matters defeated the Trump administration lawsuit to shut it down, Elon Musk’s effort to destroy the group, the failed appeasement by major media of Trump that has corrupted their integrity and reporting. 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: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

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Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz interview Angelo Carusone, president of Media Matters, about how Media Matters defeated the Trump administration lawsuit to shut it down, Elon Musk’s effort to destroy the group, the failed appeasement by major...

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