Some breaking news out of New Mexico: a judge has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and make changes to the way young users and teens can use its social media platforms, including Instagram and Facebook. This comes after a jury in March found Meta liable for enabling sexual predators and pedophiles to access their platforms to engage in child sexual exploitation and ordered the company to pay $375 million in civil penalties. Katie Phang explains these major rulings & their bigger impact on the thousands of similar pending lawsuits. Subscribe to Katie Phang's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews Subscribe to Katie's Substack here: https://katiephang.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BREAKING: Sen. Bill Cassidy is voting YES on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be the Attorney General. Katie Phang on how Cassidy’s legacy will now forever be marked as the deciding vote for lawlessness, the weaponization of the DOJ, and the death of any independence of that agency. Lean: Visit https://takelean.com and enter code PHANG for your discount Subscribe to Katie Phang's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews Subscribe to Katie's Substack here: https://katiephang.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russell Vought, the architect of Project 2025, is playing petty partisan politics with tragic consequences. He’s taking American taxpayers’ money out of Blue states that supported Kamala Harris. Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove introduced articles of impeachment against Vought to stop his illegal conduct & she joins Katie Phang to explain why we need a Democratic majority to clean house. Subscribe to Katie Phang's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews Subscribe to Katie's Substack here: https://katiephang.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EXCLUSIVE: The latest filings in Katie Phang’s lawsuit against Acting AG Todd Blanche reveal he blew through a major deadline and now is begging the court for more time. Katie Phang walks through her motion to compel Blanche to respond to her complaint and Blanche’s own motion, where he asks the Court to accept his “excusable neglect” and to further delay having to answer. Find the filings here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246595/phang-v-blanche/ OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PHANG at https://www.oneskin.co/PHANG #oneskinpod Subscribe to Katie Phang's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews Subscribe to Katie's Substack here: https://katiephang.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BREAKING: New Mexico has sued the Trump DOJ and Acting AG Todd Blanche for “stonewalling” its criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his Zorro Ranch. The lawsuit alleges the DOJ is intentionally withholding the unredacted Files that would help New Mexico find witnesses, victims, and co-conspirators. Katie Phang was at the press call with New Mexico Attorney General, and she shares the details, including a breakdown of the lawsuit and its claims. OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PHANG at https://www.oneskin.co/PHANG #oneskinpod Subscribe to Katie Phang's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews Subscribe to Katie's Substack here: https://katiephang.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Sidebar with Katie Phang, Katie is joined by Ret. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling to break down the latest developments in the escalating conflict with Iran, including concerns over dwindling U.S. missile stockpiles and the military strategy behind the conflict. Katie also unpacks the latest on Todd Blanche after the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced his attorney general nomination, explaining why the fight for accountability, especially surrounding the Epstein files, is far from over. Plus, drawing on her background in family law, Katie examines Rep. Max Miller's abuse allegations and the political fallout, including the response from his former father-in-law, Sen. Bernie Moreno. Thanks to our sponsors: OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PHANG at https://www.oneskin.co/PHANG #oneskinpod Lean: Visit https://takelean.com and enter code PHANG for your discount Subscribe to Katie Phang's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews Subscribe to Katie's Substack here: https://katiephang.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the fossil fuels/oil/gas industries rake in BILLIONS of dollars, Convicted Felon Donald Trump is also making MILLIONS. It is an “unholy alliance,” as former Washington Governor Jay Inslee calls it, between the Trump Regime and the companies that are profiting off of Americans’ pain at the pumps and in their pocketbooks. Gov. Inslee joins Katie Phang to talk about these latest numbers, as well as how Trump is politicizing disaster aid to Blue states. Subscribe to Katie Phang's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews Subscribe to Katie's Substack here: https://katiephang.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NEW: Todd Blanche’s nomination seems to be back on track after he posts on X that he has allegedly “rescinded” the $1.8 billion slush fund and limited the scope of the tax immunity provision in the bullshit “settlement agreement” in Trump’s collusion lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury Department. Katie Phang explains why there is no enforceability to what Blanche has declared. Subscribe to Katie Phang's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews Subscribe to Katie's Substack here: https://katiephang.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A BIG disclosure in a lawsuit brought by Trump against Capital One reveals that the bank closed more than 300 of Trump’s accounts in 2021 after a months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience. Katie Phang explains the lawsuit’s details and why Trump outed himself and the money laundering concerns by filing his dumb lawsuit in the first place. Subscribe to Katie Phang's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews Subscribe to Katie's Substack here: https://katiephang.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world is on fire, and the cause is climate change. But Convicted Felon Donald Trump and his fossil fuels/oil/gas buddies don’t want you to know the truth. That’s why we’re lucky to have Professor Michael Mann, who joins Katie Phang to explain the real causes of these unprecedented wildfires and what you can do to help slow down climate change. Subscribe to Katie Phang's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews Subscribe to Katie's Substack here: https://katiephang.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices