I’ll See You In Court! w. Akilah Hughes

<p>The House passed a GOP budget framework, Elon Musk attended the first White House Cabinet meeting, and Alyssa Mastromonaco and guest host Akilah Hughes have a LOT of opinions. They also discuss the trickle-down effect of Trump’s executive orders on a state level, the Republican obsession with transgender athletes in the NCAA, and the modern resistance at town halls across the country. Luckily, Jane Fonda’s SAG Awards speech and a heartwarming story about The Metropolitan Museum of Art are keeping them sane.</p><p> </p><p>For a closed-captioned version of this episode, <a href="https://youtu.be/NkKpDoqzfUI">click here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.</p><p> </p><p>The Singular Charm of Parker Posey (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/magazine/parker-posey-white-lotus.html">NYT 2/24</a>)</p><p>Musk to join Trump’s first White House Cabinet meeting (<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5163375-musk-trump-cabinet-meeting/">The Hill 2/25</a>)</p><p>Texas wants the NCAA to start ‘sex-screening’ its student athletes (<a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/02/texas-ncaa-lawsuit-athlete-sex-screening/">The 19th 2/21</a>)</p><p>Missouri Bill Would Create Registry of Pregnant Women "At Risk" of Having An Abortion (<a href="https://jessica.substack.com/p/missouri-bill-would-create-registry">Abortion, Everyday 2/18</a>)</p><p>GOP lawmakers seek to remove rape, incest exemption from West Virginia’s near total abortion ban (<a href="https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/02/21/gop-lawmakers-seek-to-remove-rape-incest-exemption-from-west-virginias-near-total-abortion-ban/">West Virginia Watch 2/2</a>1)</p><p>At Testy Town Halls, Republicans Take Heat for Trump’s Bold Moves (<a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/at-testy-town-halls-republicans-take-heat-for-trumps-bold-moves-e711a799">WSJ 2/21</a>)</p><p>What to Know About Janet Mills, the Maine Governor Who Told Trump, ‘See You in Court’ (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/politics/janet-mills-maine-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare">NYT 2/22</a>)</p><p>He’s a Security Guard at the Met. Now His Work Is Showing There. (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/nyregion/egyptian-artist-metropolitan-museum-exhibit.html">NYT 1/8</a>)</p>