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(1) Dan Wolken, Yahoo! Senior Reporter, on Top 25 CFB, Miss St, Florida & more (2) J&J are not optimistic about Tiger Hoops non-con & Protect Coll Sports Act

NFL Week 4: Calvin Austin III, Giants WR/Tigers great, with J&J on the NFL and more on 92.9 FM ESPN Wed 9/30/26

(1) Sam Acho from ESPN and then J&J discuss this weekend's SEC FB wins (2) Grind City's Jessica Benson on Grizz expectations, Lebron, Ja & USC x CFB

DARKNIGHT | SESSION LIVE Welcome to the real world ! Produit par JÜJÜ sur MAX FM 94.5 entre 2004 et 2005. Aujourd'hui, DARKNIGHT revient en podcast, chaque lundi. Diffusée sur MAX FM 94.5 de septembre 2004 à juillet 2005, DARKNIGHT était une émission visionnaire explorant la transmission des musiques électroniques vers un nouvel espace de curiosité sonore et intellectuelle. Partant du principe que les musiques électroniques ne sont pas réservées aux soirées du week-end, DARKNIGHT ouvrait une fenêtre inédite sur une culture électronique plus réfléchie, sensorielle et intemporelle. Diffusée dans toute la région grenobloise, avec plus de 500 000 auditeurs potentiels, l'émission proposait chaque semaine un programme éclectique et hors du commun, mêlant découvertes musicales, ambiances immersives et voyages sonores. DARKNIGHT | SESSION LIVE Welcome to the real world! Produced by JÜJÜ on MAX FM 94.5 between 2004 and 2005. Today, DARKNIGHT returns as a weekly podcast, every Monday. Broadcast on MAX FM 94.5 from September 2004 to July 2005, DARKNIGHT was a visionary radio show exploring the evolution of electronic music into a new intellectual and sonic space of curiosity. Built on the idea that electronic music is not limited to weekend parties, DARKNIGHT opened a unique window onto a more thoughtful, sensory, and timeless electronic culture. Aired across the Grenoble area, with a potential audience of more than 500,000 listeners, the show delivered an eclectic and unconventional weekly program blending musical discoveries, immersive atmospheres, and sonic journeys.

Joseph Vuke of J=J infamy joins the battle once more to discuss our first SNES title: Super Mario World and what an incredible title to start with. One of the best platformers of all time, Super Mario World holds a special place in both our hearts and should in yours too!Manual:https://archive.org/details/dr.-mario-nes-hiresscans/Dr.%20Mario%20-%20Manual%20%28Searchable%29/Check out Joseph Vuke on J=J!:https://youtube.com/@j-equals-j?si=v9ecft1tCBZ0MykyTimestamps:00:00 Intro02:05 Board the Platform: SNES/Super Famicom18:51 The Game01:01:07 Training01:10:41 Challengers Approach: Yoshi01:25:14 Final SmashSpecial Thanks:-Our Patron: Mitchell Sheffield!All music and sounds belong to Nintendo and are licensed under fair use. Credit to the new Super Smash Cast Logo goes to friend of the show Drew Dodgen. Thanks Drew, keep Smashing!Help us grow! Subscribe to our Patreon:patreon.com/SuperSmashCast

J&J Show--Hour 3 Friday 9/25/26--Packers woes, ATL, Kyle Juszcyk, and more + Anthony Sain previews the Grizz season with J&J/talks rotation

Week 2: Calvin Austin III live with J&J on Jaxson Dart injury, Giants and more on 92.9 FM ESPN

(1) Liza Fletcher new $8-Million Dollar U of M Women's Soccer Stadium (2) J&J end of Week 2/Week 3 NFL Power Rankings... Who's in? and who's out? (3) Jessica Benson, Grind City Media, joins J&J on Grizz Media, Cam, Wells 901

DARKNIGHT | SESSION LIVE Welcome to the real world ! Produit par JÜJÜ sur MAX FM 94.5 entre 2004 et 2005. Aujourd'hui, DARKNIGHT revient en podcast, chaque lundi. Diffusée sur MAX FM 94.5 de septembre 2004 à juillet 2005, DARKNIGHT était une émission visionnaire explorant la transmission des musiques électroniques vers un nouvel espace de curiosité sonore et intellectuelle. Partant du principe que les musiques électroniques ne sont pas réservées aux soirées du week-end, DARKNIGHT ouvrait une fenêtre inédite sur une culture électronique plus réfléchie, sensorielle et intemporelle. Diffusée dans toute la région grenobloise, avec plus de 500 000 auditeurs potentiels, l'émission proposait chaque semaine un programme éclectique et hors du commun, mêlant découvertes musicales, ambiances immersives et voyages sonores. DARKNIGHT | SESSION LIVE Welcome to the real world! Produced by JÜJÜ on MAX FM 94.5 between 2004 and 2005. Today, DARKNIGHT returns as a weekly podcast, every Monday. Broadcast on MAX FM 94.5 from September 2004 to July 2005, DARKNIGHT was a visionary radio show exploring the evolution of electronic music into a new intellectual and sonic space of curiosity. Built on the idea that electronic music is not limited to weekend parties, DARKNIGHT opened a unique window onto a more thoughtful, sensory, and timeless electronic culture. Aired across the Grenoble area, with a potential audience of more than 500,000 listeners, the show delivered an eclectic and unconventional weekly program blending musical discoveries, immersive atmospheres, and sonic journeys.

Memphis Tigers--"Know Before You Go" from J&J on Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium GAME 2 Fan Notes for UT-Martin vs. Memphis FB

Mark Schlereth---Stinkin' Truth Pod, former NFL star, Fox TV NFL Analyst--- with J&J on Week 2 of the NFL and more

DARKNIGHT | SESSION LIVE Welcome to the real world ! Produit par JÜJÜ sur MAX FM 94.5 entre 2004 et 2005. Aujourd'hui, DARKNIGHT revient en podcast, chaque lundi. Diffusée sur MAX FM 94.5 de septembre 2004 à juillet 2005, DARKNIGHT était une émission visionnaire explorant la transmission des musiques électroniques vers un nouvel espace de curiosité sonore et intellectuelle. Partant du principe que les musiques électroniques ne sont pas réservées aux soirées du week-end, DARKNIGHT ouvrait une fenêtre inédite sur une culture électronique plus réfléchie, sensorielle et intemporelle. Diffusée dans toute la région grenobloise, avec plus de 500 000 auditeurs potentiels, l'émission proposait chaque semaine un programme éclectique et hors du commun, mêlant découvertes musicales, ambiances immersives et voyages sonores. DARKNIGHT | SESSION LIVE Welcome to the real world! Produced by JÜJÜ on MAX FM 94.5 between 2004 and 2005. Today, DARKNIGHT returns as a weekly podcast, every Monday. Broadcast on MAX FM 94.5 from September 2004 to July 2005, DARKNIGHT was a visionary radio show exploring the evolution of electronic music into a new intellectual and sonic space of curiosity. Built on the idea that electronic music is not limited to weekend parties, DARKNIGHT opened a unique window onto a more thoughtful, sensory, and timeless electronic culture. Aired across the Grenoble area, with a potential audience of more than 500,000 listeners, the show delivered an eclectic and unconventional weekly program blending musical discoveries, immersive atmospheres, and sonic journeys.

If you or a family member has a case in Talc, Roundup, Hernia Mesh, or the social media litigation, you've probably heard a settlement number in the news and wondered what it actually means for you. On this episode of Climate Change Environment Science & the Law with Gregg Goldfarb, host Gregg Goldfarb sits down with Steven Smith, Vice President of Broughton Partners, to unpack four major mass tort campaigns that are all reaching critical moments at once. Smith explains why J&J's $5.5 billion Talc settlement is really a floor, not a ceiling — with total payouts from this first wave expected closer to $8 billion, and no cap on what the company pays over time. He breaks down why a recent Supreme Court preemption ruling gutted the "failure to warn" claims in the Roundup litigation, while "design defect" claims may survive, and why the proposed class action's roughly $50,000 average case value has some claimants better off staying out of it. On Hernia Mesh, he details the split between Bard (which resolved lower-value cases early while holding back its biggest claims for a separate, stricter fund) and Covidien, where a recent verdict topped $66 million. And on social media, he walks through how Meta's $16.68 billion settlement with 29 state attorneys general is actually a step toward compensating individual families, not the end of the road. Throughout, Smith and Goldfarb stress that "qualified" is doing a lot of work in every one of these settlements — and that claimants should be talking to their own firm about where their specific case stands before assuming a headline number applies to them. What You'll Learn Why J&J's $5.5B Talc settlement is a floor, not a final number What "qualified" actually means — and why it changes as a case matures How the Supreme Court's preemption ruling reshaped the Roundup litigation Why some Roundup claimants may be better off outside the class action How Bard and Covidien ended up handling hernia mesh cases so differently What the $66 million Covidien verdict signals for pending cases Why Meta's $17B settlement is with states, not the injured kids themselves How to tell if your case is being handled by the right firm What "opting out" of a settlement means, and when it makes sense   Time Stamps: 0:00 – Cold open: $17 billion Meta settlement 0:27 – Intro: Steven Smith joins to break down mass tort settlements 1:22 – Talc / Johnson & Johnson (baby powder settlement, $5.5B+) 12:02 – Roundup (Bayer, Supreme Court ruling, class action) 17:37 – Hernia Mesh (Bard, Covidien, $66M verdict) 22:38 – Social Media (Meta, TikTok, Snapchat — $17B settlement explained)    Steven Smith is Vice President of Broughton Partners, a mass tort marketing and consulting firm, where he has spent nearly 20 years advising law firms and claimants across major litigations including Talc, Roundup, Hernia Mesh, Social Media, Camp Lejeune, PFAS, NEC, and Depo-Provera. Known industry-wide as "The Mass Tort Mentor," he works to help claimants get connected with qualified representation and to help law firms navigate complex, evolving litigation.    Contact / Follow Stephen Smith:  Firm: https://www.broughtonpartners.com/ Phone: 954-224-1733  Email: steve@broughtonpartners.com   Want more conversations that cut through the noise on science, climate, and the issues shaping our future? Subscribe to Climate Change Environment Science & the Law with Gregg Goldfarb for new episodes every week.

Ole Miss vs LSU- ESPN's Stanford Steve live with J&J from Oxford on Wed 9/16/26 Jason Smith & John Martin

Drew Hill joins J&J in-studio to preview Lane's return to Oxford, Grizz stream deal with DAZN and J&J discuss end of Knowledge Bowl TV show on Channel 3

Week 1 NFL Chiefs show out, injuries, Jessica Benson talks to J&J about Texas, Arch and Simmons Bank Game 2 on Saturday

DARKNIGHT | SESSION LIVE Welcome to the real world ! Produit par JÜJÜ sur MAX FM 94.5 entre 2004 et 2005. Aujourd'hui, DARKNIGHT revient en podcast, chaque lundi. Diffusée sur MAX FM 94.5 de septembre 2004 à juillet 2005, DARKNIGHT était une émission visionnaire explorant la transmission des musiques électroniques vers un nouvel espace de curiosité sonore et intellectuelle. Partant du principe que les musiques électroniques ne sont pas réservées aux soirées du week-end, DARKNIGHT ouvrait une fenêtre inédite sur une culture électronique plus réfléchie, sensorielle et intemporelle. Diffusée dans toute la région grenobloise, avec plus de 500 000 auditeurs potentiels, l'émission proposait chaque semaine un programme éclectique et hors du commun, mêlant découvertes musicales, ambiances immersives et voyages sonores. DARKNIGHT | SESSION LIVE Welcome to the real world! Produced by JÜJÜ on MAX FM 94.5 between 2004 and 2005. Today, DARKNIGHT returns as a weekly podcast, every Monday. Broadcast on MAX FM 94.5 from September 2004 to July 2005, DARKNIGHT was a visionary radio show exploring the evolution of electronic music into a new intellectual and sonic space of curiosity. Built on the idea that electronic music is not limited to weekend parties, DARKNIGHT opened a unique window onto a more thoughtful, sensory, and timeless electronic culture. Aired across the Grenoble area, with a potential audience of more than 500,000 listeners, the show delivered an eclectic and unconventional weekly program blending musical discoveries, immersive atmospheres, and sonic journeys.

Tenn Collegiate Academy's Rasheed Wallace (NBA Champion), along with Travis King & Coach Patrick Cole in-studio with J&J

SF？ファミリー？恐竜もの？ 多様な要素の盛り込まれた今作 / 2000年代初頭の映画を想起する単純さ / 盛り込まれた現代性 / J・J エイブラムスの秘めた回帰メッセージと漏れ出る老い

J&J Show---Hour 1 Friday 9/4/26--J&J's Over / Unders - Memphis home opener, Tiger attendance, LSU v courts + ALREADY 36,000 seats. Memphis has a chance to sell out Simmons Bank Lib Stadium

Clippers hammered for Kawhi Leonard report---J&J discuss it on Thursday 9-3-26

(1) 901 Day, Memphis FB, Huff next move? LSU/Clemson, injunction, Les Smith (2) History of Tiger FB Songs from J&J, Memphis Tigers go national, new stadium

J&J Show--Hour 3 Tuesday 9/1/26--Dr. Ed Scott, Memphis AD, live in-studio with J&J on Mem win, Ark St, Stadium

(1) Memphis wins!!!! Play My Song!!!!! Memphis 27 UNLV 21 - J&J Celebrate (2) J&J take celebratory calls on the Memphis win - Gabe Kuhn joins the show!

Hour 1--J&J Show Wednesday 8-26-26--- J&J start the show with a tribute to Dolly Parton & break down Gabe's interview with Coach Huff on 92.9 FM ESPN

(1) Steven Ruiz, Fox Sports NFL, joined J&J to discuss QB Watson and more NFL (2) Kim Mulkey at LSU brought in a 6-5 Russian Player. A Uranian Player left

(1) Rundown on Breece Hall, Field of Dreams game ratings, & Top Baseball Movies (2) Jessica Benson, Grind City / Grizz Radio Net, on dancing talent & Grizz (3) J&J on NFL longevity & Najee Harris

(1) Latest Preseason CFB Poll, FedEx St Jude Championship, JJ Watt, Jayden D (2) Breece Hall injured today + J&J on Kawhi Leonard news & Pablo Torre reports (3) AP Preseason Top 25 College Football Poll

J&J Show--Hour 3 Friday 8/14/26--J&J on the Grizzlies schedule and more + Sain joins the show to discuss the Grizz schedule & Tiger FB/Stadium

(1) Ja Morant return to Memphis. What will that be like? Grizzlies schedule (2) J&J discuss Joe Theismann drop, Lionel Hollins lol +Preseason NFL x Mendoza

FedEx St Jude Championship Update from J&J on Friday 8/14/26 at 11AM

Hour 1--J&J Show Wednesday 8/12/26--J&J start off discussing the 240 construction, Lakers SOLD Breaking News + Sammy P on the NFL and catch with a nun on 92.9

(1) Keeper Jackson, Georgia State Basketball commit, joined J&J in-studio (2) Lakers Sold, Ark HS FB Snake story, Bear advice, & NBA Cup news (3) NBA TV Deals and Grizzlies / NBA Cup Schedule

(1) NBA opening night, Romo Future, Vikings QB, Prince Mongo passed away (2) Jessica Benson from Grind City talks about hosting J&J and Don Nelson (3) Don Nelson on 92.9 back in the day & John reminises about Memphis Hoops

(1) Memphis FB Fan Fest, RIP Don Nelson, Brandon Clarke cause of death (2) Hitmen Hoops joins J&J discuss a possible new Memphis roster addition+ more (3) Memphis Football Combo Meal includes an ALL BEEF HOT DOG accord. to sources

(1) Kevin Sweeney, Sports Illustrated, joins J&J on sports act, Mem & Penny etc (2) Local Pro Athletes -- Baseball compared to Basketball & Football in Memphis

Kaelen Culpepper called up-- Former SBA Memphis star discussed by J&J + more on Memphis pros

(1) J&J discuss Memphis' Golf Tourney becoming a lower level event in '28 (2) J&J talk LIVE with callers about the PGA and the Memphis Golf Tourney

Jessica Benson with J&J on GG Jackson and the Grizzlies Preseason Schedule (8/4)

(1) Cap or No Cap- Protect College Sports Act affect on Memphis, ESPN x WWE, BB (2) J&J on the WNBA moves

Jeff Goodman--Field of 68--joined J&J to congratulate the guys on 929's Marconi Nomination & to talk hoops with the guys

Church Health Giving Day 2026--- Reached Goal of $400K-- INTERVIEW WITH DR. SCOTT MORRIS with J&J on 7/28/26

This Day in Legal History: Sonia Sotomayor Advances to the Supreme CourtOn July 28, 2009, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, sending her to the full Senate, which confirmed her the following week. With that confirmation she became the first Hispanic justice—and only the third woman—ever to serve on the Court.Her path to the bench was the stuff of American mythology, and it was central to her nomination. Born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, raised in a housing project, diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at seven and losing her father at nine, she went on to Princeton and Yale Law School, then worked as a Manhattan prosecutor before becoming a federal trial judge and later a judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. As a district judge, she famously issued the injunction that ended the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike. Her confirmation fight, though, turned heavily on a single phrase from an earlier speech—her remark that a “wise Latina” might, with the richness of her experiences, sometimes reach a better conclusion than someone without them. Critics called it bias; supporters called it an honest acknowledgment that lived experience shapes judgment.In the years since, Sotomayor has become one of the Court's most forceful liberal voices, known for pointed dissents on race, criminal justice, and—fittingly for today—the very “shadow docket” at the center of our lead story. She has been among the sharpest critics of the Court deciding major questions through emergency orders with little briefing and no argument. The significance of July 28, 2009 is both symbolic and substantive: symbolic, in that a woman from a Bronx housing project reached the pinnacle of the American legal system and expanded who Americans see reflected on their highest court; and substantive, in that she has spent her tenure insisting the Court explain itself and show its work—an insistence that lands with particular weight in a week when the justices are again being asked to make consequential law on the emergency docket.The Trump administration has escalated its fight over mail-in voting all the way to the Supreme Court, asking the justices on an emergency basis to let its executive order take effect nationwide. This is the direct sequel to yesterday's story: after the First Circuit refused on Saturday to lift the injunction blocking key parts of the March order, the Justice Department went straight to the high Court, asking it to put that injunction on hold while the litigation continues. The order directs federal agencies to build voter-eligibility lists and to restrict Postal Service delivery of ballots not tied to those lists; a coalition of 23 states and D.C. argues the President simply lacks authority to impose federal rules on elections that the Constitution assigns to states and to Congress. What's notable here is the vehicle. This is an emergency application—part of what critics call the “shadow docket,” where the Court decides consequential questions quickly, often with little briefing and no full argument. Regular listeners will remember the shadow docket as a recurring concern precisely because it lets the Court make major law in the shadows. The justices have told the states to respond by August 3, so a decision could come fast. The significance is that one of the most consequential election-administration questions in years—decided against the administration twice below—is now in the hands of a Supreme Court being asked to act on an emergency timeline, months before the midterms.Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow mail-in ballot restrictions | ReutersWashington Post · CNBCJohnson & Johnson has announced a $5.5 billion settlement to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits claiming its talc products caused ovarian cancer—a deal that could finally close out more than a decade of litigation. The settlement would cover roughly 69,000 cases consolidated in New Jersey federal court plus related state cases, amounting to about 99.75% of the remaining talc claims. If you were with us last week, the timing is impossible to miss: just days ago, the federal magistrate judge overseeing those 69,000 cases cast serious doubt on whether the plaintiffs could even prove specific causation, ordering them to explain why their claims shouldn't be dismissed. Days later, J&J puts $5.5 billion on the table. That sequence is a lesson in how litigation leverage works—a favorable evidentiary signal can push a defendant toward a global resolution on its own terms, or embolden it, depending on the read. The mechanics matter: the deal needs acceptance by 95% of the ovarian-cancer claimants and approval from the judge overseeing the federal litigation. And notably, J&J isn't conceding anything—its litigation chief called the claims “meritless,” and the company still denies its talc caused cancer, though it pulled talc-based baby powder from U.S. and Canadian shelves back in 2020. The significance is that after years of trials, appeals, and two failed attempts to offload the liability through bankruptcy, J&J is choosing certainty and closure over continued combat—paying billions to make a decade of litigation risk go away, without ever admitting its product was dangerous.Johnson & Johnson announces $5.5 billion settlement of talc lawsuits | ReutersCBS News · Bloomberg LawA major trial has opened in Nashville, where the state of Tennessee is telling a jury that Meta knew its Instagram platform was harming teenagers and buried the evidence to protect its profits. In opening statements for what's expected to be a seven-week trial in state court, Tennessee's lawyers said Meta's own researchers repeatedly flagged that some teens were using the platform compulsively—linked to eating disorders, depression, and self-harm—yet the company declined to disable engagement features like autoplay, notifications, and infinite scroll, which the state says were designed to keep teens hooked and maximize the ads they saw. Meta's lawyer countered that the company has been transparent about the risks teens face and about the dangerous content it works to find and remove. The legal theory here should sound familiar—it echoes the playbook used against Big Tobacco: the argument that a company's own internal research proves it knew about the harm and chose profit anyway. That's powerful evidence if the jury believes it, which is likely why, according to reporting, there's already been a fight over whether Meta's lawyers tried to keep some of that internal research out. This connects to threads we've followed all month, from the multistate suit seeking enormous penalties to the individual bellwether cases. The significance is that these harm-to-teens claims are now being tested in front of an actual jury, and the outcome will shape how Meta and its peers value the risk—and how aggressively other states and plaintiffs press similar cases.Meta disregarded its own research on teen harm, Tennessee tells jury | ReutersAnd finally, in my column for Bloomberg Tax this week, I use a striking data point—the Miami metro area's cost of living has reportedly now surpassed greater New York City's—to make a case about how we misunderstand what it means to call a state “low tax.” My core argument is that focusing on a single, highly visible tax like the income tax gives you a badly incomplete picture of whether a place is actually affordable, and for whom.Here's the logic. Florida markets itself relentlessly on having no personal income tax, and rankings like the Tax Foundation's competitiveness index put Florida near the top and New York dead last largely on that basis. But I argue that conflates three very different claims: that Florida collects less through income taxes, that households there bear lower total costs, and that residents end up better off. Only the first is clearly true. The costs a state doesn't cover through an income tax don't vanish—they get shifted, recovered through other levies, or pushed into the private market. It's the same principle as a restaurant that offers “free” parking: the cost of that parking is just baked into the price of the food. When Florida forgoes an income tax, residents still pay—through sales and property taxes, fees, sky-high insurance premiums, and services they have to buy privately that other states provide publicly. And because the income tax is the most progressive major revenue source a state has, replacing it with all of that tends to shift the burden down the income ladder.The comparison I keep coming back to is the everyday cost that a public system absorbs in New York but a family pays out of pocket in Florida. New York guarantees every four-year-old a free, full-day pre-K seat; Florida's program funds about 540 instructional hours—roughly three hours a day—leaving working parents to cover the rest. New York's subsidized transit lets many households skip a car entirely. None of these private substitutes—an insurer, a toll road, a childcare provider—charges you less because you earn less, the way an income tax does. So here's the distributional punchline of my piece: Florida's model is a genuinely great deal if you make ten million dollars a year, because avoiding the income tax dwarfs everything else. But for the merely affluent professional making a few hundred thousand—and certainly for middle- and lower-income households—those insurance bills, tuition payments, and housing costs can quietly eat the whole “tax savings.” My bottom line is that any honest discussion of tax competitiveness has to start with comprehensive household-burden metrics across income levels, not a single headline rate—because “low tax” and “affordable” are not the same thing, and treating them as if they were lets officials sell breaks for the wealthy as broad affordability wins.Miami's Cost of Living Shows Income Tax's Limits as a Metric | Bloomberg Tax This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

This Day in Legal History: Congress Shrinks the Supreme CourtOn July 23, 1866, Congress passed the Judicial Circuits Act, and in doing so did something that sounds almost unimaginable today: it shrank the Supreme Court. The Act provided that the Court would gradually contract from ten justices down to seven, as sitting justices died or retired and their seats simply went unfilled. Yesterday we talked about Franklin Roosevelt's failed attempt to enlarge the Court to overpower it; today's anniversary is the mirror image—Congress reducing the Court's size for pointedly political reasons.The politics were about President Andrew Johnson. Johnson, who had ascended to the presidency after Lincoln's assassination, was locked in a bitter struggle with the Radical Republicans in Congress over Reconstruction. Congress did not trust him, and one thing it was determined to deny him was the power to shape the Supreme Court. By legislating that upcoming vacancies would go unfilled until the Court shrank to seven, Congress effectively stripped Johnson of any Supreme Court appointments. It was court-unpacking as a weapon of inter-branch warfare—using Congress's control over the Court's size not to change its rulings directly, but to lock a distrusted president out of influencing it.The size of the Supreme Court has never been fixed by the Constitution—it's set by statute, and it has ranged from six at the founding up to ten and back down over the country's first century. After Johnson left office, Congress promptly passed the Judiciary Act of 1869 and settled the number at nine, where it has remained ever since. The significance of July 23, 1866 is that it's the clearest historical example of Congress manipulating the Court's very size for immediate political advantage—and, paired with the 1937 court-packing fight, it bookends the story of how the number nine came to feel sacrosanct even though it never actually was. The Court's independence, it turns out, has always rested partly on a political truce about not touching its structure.A Manhattan federal judge is set to weigh today whether to throw out the Justice Department's subpoenas to New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns about President Trump flying on a Qatari-donated Air Force One. This is the next chapter of a story we covered when the subpoenas first landed: they were issued July 10 by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney, and U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian has paused their enforcement pending this afternoon's hearing. The two sides want very different things. Prosecutors have asked the judge merely to put the subpoenas on hold for a couple of weeks, saying the investigation's next steps could shape his decision; the Times wants them quashed outright, arguing they're designed to harass and intimidate journalists in violation of the First Amendment. The legal backdrop is genuinely unsettled. There is no absolute reporter's privilege under federal law—prosecutors correctly note the First Amendment doesn't categorically excuse reporters from testifying in criminal investigations—but courts have long been wary of subpoenas that function as fishing expeditions to unmask sources. The significance is that this hearing is a concrete test of where that line falls, and it lands amid a broader pattern we've tracked all month of friction between the administration and the press. However Judge Subramanian rules, it will be an early data point on how much protection newsgathering gets when the government wants to know who talked.US judge to weigh New York Times subpoenas over Trump plane reporting | ReutersThe teenager at the center of a closely watched lawsuit blaming social media for his depression and anxiety has dropped his claims against Meta just days before trial. The plaintiff, a 15-year-old known in court papers as R.K.C., had originally sued four companies—Google's YouTube, Meta's Instagram, Snap's Snapchat, and ByteDance's TikTok—alleging their platforms were engineered to be addictive and harmed his mental health. YouTube, TikTok, and Snap all reached confidential settlements earlier, which would have left Meta as the lone defendant when the case went before a Los Angeles jury on July 27. Instead, R.K.C. withdrew, ending the case. Here's why this matters beyond one teenager. His was a “bellwether” case—one of a small set of representative lawsuits chosen from a huge pool of similar claims and tried first, so both sides can see how juries react and use those signals to gauge settlement values across the whole litigation. When a marquee bellwether evaporates right before trial, it sends a message, though an ambiguous one: it could reflect a quiet settlement, a weakness in this particular plaintiff's proof, or simply strategic repositioning. The significance is that the sprawling social-media-harm litigation against these platforms rolls on, but this particular test balloon won't be inflated—depriving both the companies and the thousands of other plaintiffs of a data point they were watching closely.Teen plaintiff suing Meta over mental health harms drops his claims against company days before trial | ReutersA federal judge has cast serious doubt on roughly 69,000 lawsuits claiming that Johnson & Johnson's talc products caused ovarian cancer, warning the plaintiffs they must come forward with better evidence or risk having their cases dismissed. U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh in Trenton, New Jersey, zeroed in on a problem at the heart of the litigation: causation. In a mass tort like this, plaintiffs generally have to show not just that a product can cause harm in the abstract—”general causation”—but that it caused this particular plaintiff's disease—”specific causation.” Judge Singh noted that two of the plaintiffs' own expert witnesses, testifying in preparation for a set of bellwether trials, conceded they could not rule out other possible causes of the women's cancers. That's a serious admission, because it goes to whether the experts can offer an opinion that's admissible at all under the rules that make judges the “gatekeepers” of scientific testimony. If you've been listening, this should ring a bell—it's the same expert-gatekeeping battleground we saw in the Tylenol-autism case, just cutting the other direction. Here the judge ordered plaintiffs to explain, by November 19, why their cases shouldn't be tossed for lack of an admissible expert opinion tying J&J's talc to their specific cancers. The significance is that after years of litigation, settlements, and failed bankruptcy maneuvers, the whole edifice of these 69,000 claims may hinge on a question of scientific proof—and the judge just signaled the plaintiffs have a real problem.US judge casts doubt on 69,000 cases alleging J&J talc caused cancer | ReutersAnd finally, in a piece I wrote for Forbes this week, I make an argument that runs underneath a lot of the tax stories we've covered lately: the tax code is only as real as its enforcement. My core claim is that defunding the IRS doesn't actually shrink the tax code—it quietly splits it into two.Here's the framing I start with. Washington has a strange way of talking about tax enforcement. Money to help the IRS collect taxes that are already legally owed gets described as spending, waste, or bureaucratic excess—but when Congress cuts that funding and less revenue comes in, the shortfall gets treated like weather, as if it just happened. I think that's exactly backwards. Congress can write whatever rates, deductions, partnership rules, and anti-abuse provisions it likes, but without skilled auditors and functioning technology, a big chunk of those rules becomes purely aspirational.And crucially, that aspiration isn't evenly distributed. For most wage earners, there's almost no room to maneuver: your income is reported by your employer, your taxes are withheld before you ever see the paycheck, and a computer can flag a mismatch without a human ever looking at your return. But wealthier filers and large businesses often operate through partnerships, closely held entities, cross-border transactions, and complex securities arrangements that take specialized expertise and real time to unwind. So my point is that defunding the IRS doesn't create a smaller tax code—it creates two codes: a statutory, basically inescapable one for people whose income is visible, and a negotiated one for people whose finances are complicated enough to delay, obscure, or contest what they owe. Strip out the enforcement capacity, and the nominal rule stays on the books while its practical effect on the highest earners quietly weakens. That's regressive—a backdoor tax cut for the taxpayers best positioned to resist enforcement.There's a new bill, the Stop CHEATERS Act, that would restore enforcement funding, and I think its sponsors are right about the underlying problem. But I argue they should retire the “fair share” language they've wrapped around it. “Fair share” is subjective—reasonable people can argue forever about whether capital gains should get preferential treatment or whether the top rate is too high or too low, and those are legitimate legislative questions. But that's not the issue here. Congress already wrote the laws; taxpayers are already obligated to follow them. The case for funding the IRS isn't about inventing a new standard of fairness after the fact—it's about consistently administering the standards we already have. By leaning on “fair share,” Democrats risk making basic enforcement sound like a partisan redistribution project when the stronger, harder-to-dismiss argument is simply this: if Congress imposes a tax, the government should be funded well enough to collect it. Anything less isn't restraint or a considered policy choice—it's a quiet exemption for those who can afford to fight.The Tax Code Is Only As Real As Its Enforcement | Forbes This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Roster Crunch---Drew Hill from the Daily Memphian joins J&J to discuss the Grizz roster crunch... odd men out?

The Open Championship is underway at Royal Birkdale. How important is legacy and should more consideration be given to what superstar athletes leave behind when they're done with their respective sport? :30- ABC's of the Mariners - K is for Killer: it would feel like a killer if the Mariners can't come out of the All-Star break and win these first two series with the way the schedule has lined up. - L is for Laz Montes: No one is jumping to get the trades going and this will give J & J some time to evaluate Montes in Tacoma and how could he affect trade deadline decisions? - M is for Michael: Michael Arroyo got called up to Tacoma with Montes and he isn't struggling with the transition at all. :45- More lists are out, including a ranking of the NFL's top wide receivers- did they get it right? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

J&J Show--Hour 2 Wednesday 7/15/26--Trysta Krick joins J&J live to discuss the Ja Morant trade to the Blazers + info on the FedExForum lease

Two years. One million doughnut samples. And a masterclass in brand stewardship. For National Donut Day, the Talking Marketing podcast goes behind the scenes of one of the most anticipated sweet-treat collaborations in recent history. In this exclusive episode, we sit down with Charlie Hodges(Krispy Kreme) and Shannon Salzano (Milk Bar) to unpack the strategic, messy, and brilliant realities of bringing two iconic culinary giants into the same room. From non-traditional career pivots to the intense operational pressure of a global rollout, this conversation moves past the standard marketing playbook to look at the real tension between creative nuance and massive scale. What you'll learn from this episode: The Non-Linear Path to Brand Love: How Charlie's journey (Chick-fil-A, J&J, Krispy Kreme) and Shannon's path (Editor to Milk Bar Creative Director) shaped their philosophies on building consumer devotion.   The Anatomy of a 2-Year Collaboration: A candid look at where the partnership nearly fell apart, who blinked first, and the unexpected lessons learned from managing high-stakes brand equity.

(1) J&J's Over/Unders - # of games in the NBA Finals, Wemby vs. Kat (2) Memphis Tigers Hoops "Profile" Athletic Assessment Testing. Will it work?

One of the largest mass tort litigations in U.S. history is heating up, and this episode breaks down exactly what you need to know. From the collapse of Johnson & Johnson's third bankruptcy attempt to the current push for bellwether trials and remands, attorney Cameron Stephenson of Levin Papantonio gives a candid, insider look at where the talc litigation stands and what plaintiffs, attorneys, and affected individuals can expect in the months ahead. Host Greg is joined by Cameron to unpack the science behind asbestos contamination in talc, the latency period for ovarian cancer and mesothelioma diagnoses, why J&J's litigation tactics have drawn fierce criticism, and what a realistic path to settlement actually looks like.   Join Gregg and Cameron on Cut to the Chase as they explore: Why J&J's three bankruptcy attempts were rejected and what that means for plaintiffs The science behind asbestos in talc and how it causes ovarian cancer and mesothelioma What "latent disease" means and why recent diagnoses can still qualify for claims How the MDL remand process works and why it matters for case resolution The current state of state court trials and why plaintiffs have been winning Why J&J attacked Beasley Allen — and what it reveals about their litigation strategy   KEY MOMENTS Intro: Talc mass tort litigation overview Post-bankruptcy update: Back in the MDL How the 3 bankruptcies froze all cases Bellwether trial target: Q3/Q4 + active state court cases Can recently diagnosed patients still file? What is a latent disease & why it matters The asbestos-talc connection explained How asbestos gets into talcum powder (the mining process) J&J's defense vs. the evidence against them MDL, remand & Daubert explained in plain English Wave remand strategy: How to pressure J&J Why plaintiffs' attorneys need to coordinate now The $8.9B offer and why it wasn't enough Hope for plaintiffs: Strong science, angry juries How to contact Cameron Stevenson The attack on Beasley Allen, J&J's scorched earth tactics Closing: Don't wait, justice is coming   Cameron Stephenson is an attorney at Levin Papantonio, one of the country's leading plaintiffs' litigation firms. With a track record of significant courtroom victories, Cameron holds leadership positions in several of the largest mass tort litigations in the U.S., including the talc/ovarian cancer MDL and the Ozempic litigation. Stephenson is an active advocate for coordination among plaintiffs' counsel in the talc litigation, offering trial school resources, deposition packages, and case preparation support to attorneys across the country.   Contact Cameron Stephenson: Phone: (850) 435-7176 Email: cstephenson@levinlaw.com Website: https://levinlaw.com/   Want more insights on leadership, crisis, and the decisions that define careers and companies? Subscribe to Cut to the Chase with Gregg Goldfarb for new episodes every week.