Jake Kaplan
@jakekaplanny.bsky.social
lawyer, writer, producer stay tuned w/ Preet @ vox media/cafe jakestakes5.substack.com
“You should never buy the myth that a slow count means that there’s fraud going on.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social . On a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod, @preetbharara.bsky.social & Joyce discuss the SCOTUS decision blocking Trump’s mail-in voting EO. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/g6SGtd
Trump’s Voting Loss, $5K Promise & a DOJ Resignation
Preet and Joyce break down why SCOTUS blocked the Trump administration’s mail-in voting restrictions for the midterms
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“The democratic problem here is a much deeper one than whatever partisan effect this new order might have if it went into effect.” - @kateshaw.bsky.social discusses Trump’s EO limiting mail-in voting. Listen to a new Insider podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/QohWH_
Trump’s Push to Reshape the 2026 Election
New Insider podcast featuring Kate Shaw
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“The First Amendment [is] a cornerstone of our democracy, and we don't want the government dictating content coverage or editorial choices.” - Former FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel reacts to ABC’s lawsuit against the FCC. Listen to new pod w/ Preet Bharara & Joyce Vance: cafe.visitlink.me/1UIJux
The Weaponization of the FCC
New Insider podcast featuring former FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel
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Why did Luigi Mangione plead guilty to federal stalking charges in connection with the killing of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson? @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social discuss on a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/ZGXW-E
Luigi Mangione’s Guilty Plea—and What Comes Next
Listen now | Preet and Joyce break down the double jeopardy questions raised by Luigi Mangione’s guilty plea
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“The mere act of testifying, even with a pardon in your back pocket, is dangerous.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social on Dr. Fauci’s decision to take the 5th & the Senate cmte vote to hold him in contempt of Congress. Listen to a new Insider pod w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/hWp9D2
Fauci Pleads the Fifth
Listen to a new episode of the Insider podcast
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“What’s not been explored about the impacts of the SAVE Act is how it’s actually going to hurt Republicans.” - Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg joins @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast: cafe.visitlink.me/e-y6fk
Are the Midterms Safe?
Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg joins the Insider podcast
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New York Times subpoenas, Jack Smith, and Todd Blanche. @mimirocah1.bsky.social joins @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social to discuss. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast: cafe.visitlink.me/VAYJpp
Former Prosecutors Break Down New York Times Subpoenas
Mimi Rocah joins a new episode of the Insider podcast
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“Based upon these illegal redactions and withholdings, I am unable to do my job.” - @katiephang.bsky.social on her lawsuit against acting AG Todd Blanche over the Epstein files. Listen to new Insider podcast with @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/9UNWIN
This Lawsuit Could Force a Full Epstein Files Release (with Katie Phang)
Breaking down Katie Phang's lawsuit against Todd Blanche over the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files
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“This is not a DOJ that behaves in the way that we’re all entitled to expect DOJ to act.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to a judge’s ruling that Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS was illegitimate. Listen to a new Insider podcast w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/XqIsUQ
Trump Sued Himself and… Lost?
Preet and Joyce discuss a federal judge’s ruling that Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS was illegitimate
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“The Court’s continued pattern of giving the president more power while incapacitating Congress and...empowering themselves is…fundamental reallocation of separation of powers.” -@leahlitman.bsky.social on @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/tb2zrL
How the Supreme Court Is Reshaping American Government (with Leah Litman)
Joyce Vance and Leah Litman examine what made the Supreme Court’s latest term so consequential
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“The Court has decided it and made clear that this is a crank theory.” - @profmmurray.bsky.social reacts to SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling on new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/NTvc44
The Supreme Court’s Biggest Day of the Year (with Melissa Murray)
Listen now | SCOTUS expert Melissa Murray joins Preet & Joyce to break down the end of the Court's term.
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“This is a Court deeply invested…in disempowering Congress.” - @stevevladeck.bsky.social joins @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social pod to discuss SCOTUS latest rulings on gun possession and religious freedoms. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/I7R49w
SCOTUS is Making It Harder to Fight for Your Rights (with Steve Vladeck)
Listen now | Preet and Joyce are joined by Supreme Court expert Steve Vladeck to discuss under-the-radar opinions that could have a big impact on Americans’ rights.
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“Democrats, with some...clear-eyed, unafraid…Republican senators can band together & prevent a bad consequence.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to Trump nomination of Jay Clayton as DNI after pushback against Bill Pulte. Listen to new pod w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/l6T3EL
Trump Picks a New Director of National Intelligence
Preet and Joyce discuss Trump’s appointment of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence
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“You often see a rally-around-the-flag effect, both in Congress and in the general public; with respect to the Iran war, you have not seen that at all.” - @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org joins @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on a new Insider pod: cafe.visitlink.me/ILzYQe
Iran, Bolton, Pulte & Blanche (with Ben Wittes)
Preet and Joyce are joined by Ben Wittes to examine how Congress is pushing back against President Trump’s war in Iran
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“What comes next? Are we going to have the Donald Trump and Vietnam War Memorial?” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s Kennedy Center meltdown. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/E3aMFK
Trump Blocked: Slush Fund & Kennedy Center
A new episode of the Insider podcast is now out.
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“[Trump is doing] something that no one has ever done because it’s so stupidly undemocratic. But technically, there’s an argument that it’s not unlawful.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on DOJ “anti-weaponization” fund. Listen to Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/Mw71-D
Trump’s Revenge Fund
Will taxpayers be forced to fund President Trump’s “revenge tour”?
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“The Court is fighting internally about something." - @maryrziegler.bsky.social reacts to Justice Alito delaying SCOTUS order on abortion pill, Mifepristone. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod with @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/LjWbZQ
The Abortion Pill on SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket (with Mary Ziegler)
Will the Supreme Court restrict access to abortion pills nationwide?
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“As a practical reality, it’s going to be nearly impossible to enforce the [Voting Rights Act].” - NAACP @legaldefensefund.bsky.social President @janainelson.bsky.social joins @joycewhitevance.bsky.social to discuss the SCOTUS decision in Louisiana v. Callais. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/uh2knz
Is the Voting Rights Act Dead? (with Janai Nelson)
Has the Supreme Court dismantled the Voting Rights Act?
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“A lot of what this administration does is about giving permission to people…to do things that they might otherwise hesitate to do.” - @mimirocah1.bsky.social on the OLC opinion declaring the PRA unconstitutional. Listen to a new Insider pod w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/HJvCvy
Swalwell, Blanche, Bondi & Presidential Records Act (with Mimi Rocah)
Can the Department of Justice declare a law unconstitutional?
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“You can’t look at this case in isolation as a speech case. This is..the Court...going after vulnerable populations of LGBTQ kids.” -@dahlialithwick.bsky.social on SCOTUS conversion therapy case. New Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/HC6os6
Bondi, Birthright & Conversion Therapy (with Dahlia Lithwick)
Why did the Supreme Court side with a therapist challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors?
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Today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a therapist who challenged a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy” for minors. The therapist argued that the law violated the First Amendment. Read my case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...
Case Brief: SCOTUS Ruling Dooms “Conversion Therapy” Ban — Chiles v. Salazar
Only Justice Jackson dissents
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“Trump again and again and again…has selected targets of investigation out of malice or an intent to harass.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to a judge’s decision to quash subpoenas in the probe of Fed Chair Powell. Listen to a new pod w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/Qm-B2T
Court to Trump: Drop Fed
Why did a federal judge quash subpoenas targeting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell?
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.@barbmcquade.bsky.social lays out key questions to ask AG Pam Bondi about the Epstein investigation ahead of her next appearance before the House Oversight Committee. Take notes, @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social. Read: cafe.visitlink.me/FZUwE1
Bondi Testimony Questions Congress Must Ask
Trial lawyer tips to force real answers
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“I would have been embarrassed to have to sign this brief.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to DOJ’s reversal and decision to defend President Trump’s EOs targeting law firms. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/_QzX32
Kristi Noem, Law Firms & No-Knock Warrants
Why did the Justice Department move forward with defending Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms after abandoning its appeal just one day earlier?
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Did we learn anything from the Clintons' testimony about Jeffrey Epstein? @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social discuss on a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/PIayIQ
Clintons Testify About Epstein — Will Trump?
What did House Republicans hope to gain by calling Hillary Clinton to testify about Jeffrey Epstein?
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Will there be tariff refunds? On a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast, former US Solicitor General Don Verrilli joins @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social to discuss the SCOTUS decision striking down Trump’s tariffs. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/r1_SKM
Trump Tariff Takedown (with Don Verrilli)
Can a president unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs under the guise of a "national emergency"?
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“What’s missing here is any sense of shame.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to AG Pam Bondi’s defiant congressional testimony about DOJ’s mishandling of the Epstein files release. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/lKZr85
Oversight v. Overreach at DOJ
When does defiance in a congressional hearing cross the line into dereliction of duty?
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“[It’s] not good for public safety, not good for justice, [and] not good for the reputation of the Department.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to DOJ struggles to retain and recruit prosecutors. Listen to a new Insider pod w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/L62sdz
DOJ in Crisis
How might justice, public safety, and the rule of law suffer as the Justice Department struggles to retain and recruit prosecutors?
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“We should be careful about taking what this administration is offering as evidence of good faith in Minneapolis at face value, because often it’s fluff with no real substance.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social. Listen to a new Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/5S-Wgd
Political Retribution: From Minnesota to Georgia
Why did DOJ reverse course and step in to investigate the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minnesota?
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“The sanctity of life need[s] to be at the center of any use of force by law enforcement.” -Fmr Assoc Attorney General Vanita Gupta joins @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social to discuss shooting of Renee Good. Listen to new @cafedotcom.bsky.social pod: cafe.visitlink.me/RQBRqW
Breaking Down the Renee Good Shooting
When a federal agent uses deadly force, who decides if it was justified, and what does accountability look like?
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