Michael Cohen, the President’s former attorney has been sentenced to 3 years in prison after implicating Trump in a hush-money scandal. Standing before the court, an emotional Cohen said that his weakness was blind loyalty to the Donald Trump and felt he had to cover up his dirty deeds. Laura Nahmias, reporter for Politico, was in the courtroom and break down what happened.

Next, we are joined by David McCabe, technology reporter for Axios, to discuss the testimony of Google CEO Sundar Pichai before the House Judiciary Committee. Conservatives on the committee got into heated exchanges with Pichai over what they perceive as political bias baked into Google’s platforms. At the end of it all, Pichai acknowledged that there will be increased scrutiny on Big Tech and regulation on the way.

Finally, just another way that local governments are trying to squeeze more money out of you. State regulators in California want to tax your texts. There is a vote scheduled for next month about charging a fee for text messages on mobile phones to help support programs that make phone service accessible to the poor. John Woolfolk, reporter for the Bay Area Newsgroup, joins us to talk about taxing your texts.

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