Podcast
Investigative audio journalism on legal ethics, attorney discipline, and accountability in the legal profession.
The Kill Switch, The Lone Dissenter, and the Government That Watches You Drive
In 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — a 1,100-page bill that almost no one read. Buried inside Section 24220 was a federal mandate requiring all new vehicles to be equipped with technology that monitors your driving behavior and can slow or stop your car without your consent. No opt-in. No warrant. No notice. Just government-mandated surveillance installed in every American automobile. This episode investigates how it got there, who voted for it, and why almost no one in Washington has said a word about it — except one man. Thomas Massie, Republican congressman from Kentucky, has cast more lone dissenting votes against government overreach than nearly any member of Congress in modern history. He has voted alone against warrantless surveillance of American citizens, against NDAA provisions expanding military detention authority on U.S. soil, against the so-called Big Beautiful Bill's hidden gutting of Medicaid and SNAP benefits, and against the kill switch mandate while 434 of his colleagues voted yes. He gets attacked by his own party, mocked by mainstream media, and threatened by presidents. He keeps showing up anyway. This is a deep investigation into congressional corruption, civil liberties, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and what happens when the people elected to protect your freedom become the greatest threat to it. Independently reported. No advertisers. No corporate sponsors. Just the truth.
NY Ethics Chair Linked to Corrupt Judge
An in-depth look at the troubling connections between New York's ethics oversight chair and a judge embroiled in corruption allegations. We examine the evidence, the institutional failures, and what it means for legal accountability in the state.