Welcome to Axis Pro Radha, a podcast that gets you smarter, faster, on the collision of tech,

business, and politics. I'm Dan Pramak. On today's show, Facebook's new fake news revelations

and why net neutrality opponents are talking about the California wildfires. But first,

All the president's guilty men. That was the Axios headline yesterday afternoon, after President Trump's longtime personal attorney and his

former campaign chair, both became felons within moments of each other. Now, if you've somehow

managed to ignore the news so far, here are the basics. Michael Cohen, who used to handle both

legal and even some PR matters for private citizen Trump, accepted a plea deal in New York for to ignore the news so far, here are the basics. Michael Cohen, who used to handle both legal

and even some PR matters for private citizen Trump, accepted a plea deal in New York for tax

fraud, bank fraud, and campaign finance violations. And it's that last one that's probably

most important, because Cohen said he did so at the direction of, quote, a candidate for federal

office, and we're all kind of guessing that wasn't Bernie or Hillary. And then there was Paul Manafort, who helped Trump seal the GOP nomination. He was found guilty

by a Virginia jury on eight counts of fraud. No direct tie to Trump there, except that the charges

were brought by Bob Mueller, so the White House can't be pleased by it. So why does this all

matter beyond the palace intrigue? One big reason is that it could, and I emphasize could, be the straw that kind of breaks

Trump's hold over what's mostly been a pretty sycophantic Republican caucus in the U.S. Congress.

And if so, that means his broader agenda could be in trouble, things like deregulation, tariffs,

and his growing rhetoric against what he calls censorship by big tech companies.

Remember, today we're entering the longest bull market in stock history, and a big part of

that has been driven by this faith that Trump will ultimately do what's best for big American

business. But what happened yesterday has got to make folks question that faith at least a little

bit. In 15 seconds, we'll go deeper on this with Axio's CEO Jim Vhi. But first, this. Axios chief technology correspondent, Enah Freed, shares breaking news

and analysis on the most consequential companies and players in tech from the Valley to D.C.

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