May 14, 2026 • 8 mins
Mimi Brown breaks down the day. The Trump DOJ is subpoenaing journalists. The FBI Director and a U.S. Senator just turned a Senate hearing into a bar fight. And six years later, Louisiana pays the family of Ronald Greene.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Trump administration is now issuing subpoenas to journalists, and
the Attorney General says this is just the beginning. The
move marks one of the administration's most aggressive efforts yet
to uncover national security leaks. The FBI director just challenged
the you as Senator to take an alcohol test.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
The ivery person that ran up a director found out
Dollar BARTTEV in Washington, DC.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
And Louisiana is preparing to pay five million dollars to
the family of Ronald Green. Grease stricken. Hasn't the word
it's terrific, It's it's it's so evil. It's Thursday, May fourteenth,
from the Black Effects Podcast Network. I'm Mimi Brown. This
is front page and here are today's biggest stories. Plus
(00:45):
today on the headlines we didn't take seriously how we
ended up paying more for streaming than cable ever cost us.
Stay with me. The Trump administration is going after journalists.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that reporters in
this country quote should not be surprised if they receive
(01:07):
a federal subpoena. He said it in response to The
Wall Street Journal, which revealed Monday that the paper had
already received subpoenas from the Department of Justice dating back
to March. Let me walk you through how we got here.
Back in February, the Wall Street Journal ran a story
It said top military officials had quietly warned of President
Trump before he ordered military action that going to war
(01:29):
with Iran was a bad idea. In other words, his
own people inside the administration were trying to stop the war.
That story set everything off. According to the Wall Street
Journal's own reporting, on Monday, Trump personally urged Acting Attorney
General Blanche to aggressively pursue the leakers. At one point,
and this is in the journal's piece, he slid Blanche
(01:51):
a list of recent articles. Stuck to the top of
the list was a yellow sticky note one word on it, treason.
The next month, the subpoenas went out, and here's where
the story sits today. Blanche held a press conference Tuesday
and defended what his department is doing. He said prosecuting
leakers of a priority for the Trump administration. He framed
(02:12):
it as a national security issue.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Well, look, first of all, we have thousands of ongoing
investigations and prosecutions going on in this country right now,
and it is true that some of them involve men, women,
and entities that the President in the past has had
issues with, and the belief should be investigated. That is
his right, and indeed it is his duty to do that.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
The Wall Street Journal and many other major news outlets
are pushing back First Amendment. Lawyers say what Blanche is
doing breaks sharply from recent precedent. The new standard is
whatever the administration decides it is. Without sources, journalists cannot
expose the power people would rather hide. This is the
system this administration is moving to dismantle. If you've ever
(02:58):
read a story that mattered about war, about a cover up,
about a government doing something it didn't want you to know,
that story had a source, and that source had a
reporter willing to protect them. The sticky note said treason.
The Constitution calls it pre press. The FBI director just
challenged a US Senator to take an alcohol test. It
(03:21):
happened during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. FBI Director Cash
Battel and Democratic Senator Chris van Holland of Maryland got
into a public exchange that ended with the two of
them comparing bar tabs.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
The person that ran up a director dollar bartab in Washington,
dco drinking on tax paired dime during the day. Director
Patel come on.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Earlier this month, the Atlantic magazine published a story alleging
that the FBI director Cash Battel had been drinking heavily
on the job and that at times his own staff
couldn't reach him during work hours. But Hell denies the report. Wednesday,
at a Senate oversight hearing, Senator Van Holland brought it
up directly.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
These are serious allegations that were made against you.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Fall diled.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
You drink at Margarito's with a youang guy just running
a seven thousand dollars bar tab at the lobby bark,
but has been filed by your own aufit to show
during the.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Day you He then challenged the senator to take an
alcohol screening test. Van Holland accepted the challenge. He took
the alcohol screening test, he posted the results publicly online,
and now he's challenging Patel to release his own. The
FBI has not commented further, and Pateel maintains the original
Atlantic allegations are false. But here's the bigger picture. This
(04:44):
is the FBI director of the United States, the most
powerful law enforcement officer in the country and a public
argument with a sitting US Senator about bar tabs. Whatever
the allegations are, whatever the responses are, the fact that
this is what the Senate Oversight hearing looked like Wednesday,
in itself is the story. The hearing was supposed to
be about the FBI. It ended up being about who
(05:04):
had more drinks last week? Every Thursday on front page,
this is what we do. We pull an old story
that ended up shaping the world we live in right
now because some headlines we read once and we move on,
and we shouldn't have today's pick the cable bill. Back
(05:27):
in twenty thirteen, when Netflix announced it was going to
start making its own original shows, the trade press left
House of Cards was a vanity project. Industry analysts said
streaming was a side dish cable was forever. One time
Warner executive said it on the record. He said the
streaming world quote would never replace the bundle. Thirteen years later.
(05:49):
Let's check the math. The average American household now pays
for between four and five streaming services Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, Max, Peacock,
maybe Apple TV. That bill on average runs about eighty
nine dollars a month. A traditional cable package in twenty
thirteen costs about eighty bucks. We didn't escape the cable bill.
(06:09):
We rebranded it. Now we paid across five different apps.
The commercials are back, the bundles are back, and watching
one show with a friend on a Sunday night now
requires a spreadsheet. The lesson. When something looks like a
fat and the headline tells you you'll never replace something,
pay attention. Sometimes the future is hiding in the joke.
That's the throwback. The State of Louisiana has reached a
(06:36):
tentative settlement with the family of Ronald Green four point
eight million dollars back in twenty nineteen. On May tenth,
Ronald Green was a forty nine year old black man
driving near Monroe. Louisiana State troopers tried to pull him
over for what police described as an unspecified traffic violation.
He didn't stop, a high speed chase began. When that
(06:57):
chase ended, Louisiana State Police told Ronald Green his family
one story. They told his mother, Mona Harden, that her
son had crashed his car into a tree. That was
the official cause of death. I was in total shock.
I know I'm still in shock, just trying to I
don't even know if absorbing it is bringing it into
(07:19):
reality that this has happened to my son Green. Stricken
isn't the word. It's horrific.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
It's so evil.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
For nearly two years, that story held until reporters at
the Associated Press got their hands on body camera footage
and forced it into the open. What was on that
footage was not a car crash. It was Louisiana State
troopers beating Ronald Green, shocking him with stun guns, pinning
his face on the ground. That was when he died.
And here's where the story sits today. Five officers initially
(07:50):
faced state charges. Several have since been dropped or reduced.
In January of last year, the Department of Justice told
the Green family it would not pursue federal charges. The
four point eight million dollars settlement still needs final approval
from the Louisiana State legislature. Six years later, this is
what the Green family is getting. The officers will not
(08:11):
face federal charges, but the State of Louisiana is writing
a check. That's your front page. I Mimi Brown. This
podcast is brought to you by the Black Effect Network.
The Trump administration is now issuing subpoenas to journalists, and
the Attorney General says this is just the beginning. The
move marks one of the administration's most aggressive efforts yet
to uncover national security leaks. The FBI director just challenged
the you as Senator to take an alcohol test.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
The ivery person that ran up a director found out
Dollar BARTTEV in Washington, DC.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
And Louisiana is preparing to pay five million dollars to
the family of Ronald Green. Grease stricken. Hasn't the word
it's terrific, It's it's it's so evil. It's Thursday, May fourteenth,
from the Black Effects Podcast Network. I'm Mimi Brown. This
is front page and here are today's biggest stories. Plus
(00:45):
today on the headlines we didn't take seriously how we
ended up paying more for streaming than cable ever cost us.
Stay with me. The Trump administration is going after journalists.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that reporters in
this country quote should not be surprised if they receive
(01:07):
a federal subpoena. He said it in response to The
Wall Street Journal, which revealed Monday that the paper had
already received subpoenas from the Department of Justice dating back
to March. Let me walk you through how we got here.
Back in February, the Wall Street Journal ran a story
It said top military officials had quietly warned of President
Trump before he ordered military action that going to war
(01:29):
with Iran was a bad idea. In other words, his
own people inside the administration were trying to stop the war.
That story set everything off. According to the Wall Street
Journal's own reporting, on Monday, Trump personally urged Acting Attorney
General Blanche to aggressively pursue the leakers. At one point,
and this is in the journal's piece, he slid Blanche
(01:51):
a list of recent articles. Stuck to the top of
the list was a yellow sticky note one word on it, treason.
The next month, the subpoenas went out, and here's where
the story sits today. Blanche held a press conference Tuesday
and defended what his department is doing. He said prosecuting
leakers of a priority for the Trump administration. He framed
(02:12):
it as a national security issue.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Well, look, first of all, we have thousands of ongoing
investigations and prosecutions going on in this country right now,
and it is true that some of them involve men, women,
and entities that the President in the past has had
issues with, and the belief should be investigated. That is
his right, and indeed it is his duty to do that.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
The Wall Street Journal and many other major news outlets
are pushing back First Amendment. Lawyers say what Blanche is
doing breaks sharply from recent precedent. The new standard is
whatever the administration decides it is. Without sources, journalists cannot
expose the power people would rather hide. This is the
system this administration is moving to dismantle. If you've ever
(02:58):
read a story that mattered about war, about a cover up,
about a government doing something it didn't want you to know,
that story had a source, and that source had a
reporter willing to protect them. The sticky note said treason.
The Constitution calls it pre press. The FBI director just
challenged a US Senator to take an alcohol test. It
(03:21):
happened during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. FBI Director Cash
Battel and Democratic Senator Chris van Holland of Maryland got
into a public exchange that ended with the two of
them comparing bar tabs.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
The person that ran up a director dollar bartab in Washington,
dco drinking on tax paired dime during the day. Director
Patel come on.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Earlier this month, the Atlantic magazine published a story alleging
that the FBI director Cash Battel had been drinking heavily
on the job and that at times his own staff
couldn't reach him during work hours. But Hell denies the report. Wednesday,
at a Senate oversight hearing, Senator Van Holland brought it
up directly.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
These are serious allegations that were made against you.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Fall diled.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
You drink at Margarito's with a youang guy just running
a seven thousand dollars bar tab at the lobby bark,
but has been filed by your own aufit to show
during the.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Day you He then challenged the senator to take an
alcohol screening test. Van Holland accepted the challenge. He took
the alcohol screening test, he posted the results publicly online,
and now he's challenging Patel to release his own. The
FBI has not commented further, and Pateel maintains the original
Atlantic allegations are false. But here's the bigger picture. This
(04:44):
is the FBI director of the United States, the most
powerful law enforcement officer in the country and a public
argument with a sitting US Senator about bar tabs. Whatever
the allegations are, whatever the responses are, the fact that
this is what the Senate Oversight hearing looked like Wednesday,
in itself is the story. The hearing was supposed to
be about the FBI. It ended up being about who
(05:04):
had more drinks last week? Every Thursday on front page,
this is what we do. We pull an old story
that ended up shaping the world we live in right
now because some headlines we read once and we move on,
and we shouldn't have today's pick the cable bill. Back
(05:27):
in twenty thirteen, when Netflix announced it was going to
start making its own original shows, the trade press left
House of Cards was a vanity project. Industry analysts said
streaming was a side dish cable was forever. One time
Warner executive said it on the record. He said the
streaming world quote would never replace the bundle. Thirteen years later.
(05:49):
Let's check the math. The average American household now pays
for between four and five streaming services Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, Max, Peacock,
maybe Apple TV. That bill on average runs about eighty
nine dollars a month. A traditional cable package in twenty
thirteen costs about eighty bucks. We didn't escape the cable bill.
(06:09):
We rebranded it. Now we paid across five different apps.
The commercials are back, the bundles are back, and watching
one show with a friend on a Sunday night now
requires a spreadsheet. The lesson. When something looks like a
fat and the headline tells you you'll never replace something,
pay attention. Sometimes the future is hiding in the joke.
That's the throwback. The State of Louisiana has reached a
(06:36):
tentative settlement with the family of Ronald Green four point
eight million dollars back in twenty nineteen. On May tenth,
Ronald Green was a forty nine year old black man
driving near Monroe. Louisiana State troopers tried to pull him
over for what police described as an unspecified traffic violation.
He didn't stop, a high speed chase began. When that
(06:57):
chase ended, Louisiana State Police told Ronald Green his family
one story. They told his mother, Mona Harden, that her
son had crashed his car into a tree. That was
the official cause of death. I was in total shock.
I know I'm still in shock, just trying to I
don't even know if absorbing it is bringing it into
(07:19):
reality that this has happened to my son Green. Stricken
isn't the word. It's horrific.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
It's so evil.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
For nearly two years, that story held until reporters at
the Associated Press got their hands on body camera footage
and forced it into the open. What was on that
footage was not a car crash. It was Louisiana State
troopers beating Ronald Green, shocking him with stun guns, pinning
his face on the ground. That was when he died.
And here's where the story sits today. Five officers initially
(07:50):
faced state charges. Several have since been dropped or reduced.
In January of last year, the Department of Justice told
the Green family it would not pursue federal charges. The
four point eight million dollars settlement still needs final approval
from the Louisiana State legislature. Six years later, this is
what the Green family is getting. The officers will not
(08:11):
face federal charges, but the State of Louisiana is writing
a check. That's your front page. I Mimi Brown. This
podcast is brought to you by the Black Effect Network.
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