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BREAKING: We Just Won

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BREAKING: We Just Won

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order requiring Donald Trump to restore press access to the White House for CNN, Politico, and MSNOW, reversing a ban he implemented over disagreements with their reporting. The judge, despite being appointed by Trump, found no credible national security basis for the revocation, dismissing it as a post-hoc excuse for retaliation. The decision emphasizes that the White House acted arbitrarily, without advance notice or due process, violating constitutional principles. The judge ruled that Trump’s public attacks on the media—calling them “sleaze bags” and “demented”—demonstrate personal animus rather than legitimate policy concerns. The administration’s claim that the ban was necessary for a state dinner involving Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen as illogical, as such events are inherently public. While the order is temporary, the ruling strongly supports press freedom and due process. Legal experts welcomed the decision as a critical win for media independence, and the outcome signals a significant legal challenge to Trump’s assertion of executive power over the press. The broader implication is that politically motivated press bans, especially without evidence of national security risks, are legally unsustainable under U.S. constitutional standards.

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All right, folks, so it is two in the morning at the time of me filming this. Yes, I am awake, but I am happy to announce proud to announce that we just won democracy one America won this morning because a federal judge has ordered Donald Trump in the White House to immediately immediately right now restore the press passes for Politico for CNN for MS now, these different media organizations that Trump kicked out of the White House, this federal judge in the middle of the night saying, actually, you got to bring them back saying that Donald Trump's ban punished routine reporting and the White House provided zero evidence for its national security claims. Here's what the judge wrote, quote, the court is skeptical, at least on this record, that defendants interest in safeguarding national security is the actual motivation for or is even advanced by the revocation of plaintiff's hard passes. Even this judge appointed by Donald Trump is saying, you're full of crap. You're not revoking their press passes because you're concerned about national security. You're revoking it because it's retribution because Politico, MS now, CNN, have reported on things that Donald Trump did not want them to report on. That is it. That's why Donald Trump did it. Even this Trump appointed judge is saying that here's more from Kyle Cheney citing the urgent need of a free press, Judge Kelly's restraining order brushed off the administration's national security claims as after the fact justification for a ban that Trump imposed over disagreements with the outlets reporting. Kelly's ruling ensures that the three outlets can resume their White House access, so that they mean that means they go right back into the White House, whether Donald Trump likes it or not, just in time for Chinese President Xi Jinping's state dinner, which the Justice Department cited somewhat bizarrely today as a reason to maintain the ban, which almost seems counterintuitive. Like, isn't a state dinner meant to be public? Like the American people are meant to see that and Donald Trump is citing that as a reason for the press not to be there. It's just a really stupid argument and the judge did the right thing. Now, I will say that this is a temporary restraining order. This is not permanent. There's a lot of things that still need to be worked out in court, but this Trump appointed judge in this order said that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed, that CNN, MSNOW and Politico are likely to succeed and that Donald Trump and his DOJ are likely to fail. Here's some more on this from Politico that I think you should see before I get into the article though. Please make sure to subscribe down below, drop a like on the video, comment, let me know what you think about this story. I'm up at 2 a.m. doing this because I think it's important and let's get into it. So, judge restores the White House access and here's more quotes from the judge early Thursday. US District Judge Timothy Kelly granted this temporary restraining order, sought by all these different media companies as part of this joint lawsuit, setting the urgent need of a free press. The Trump appointed judge suggested that the National Security Grounds, the administration claimed to justify the ban amounted to and after the fact justification of a decision the president appeared to have made over more mundane disagreements with their reporting. As we said, as we read, the court is skeptical at least on the record that the interest is in safeguarding, as opposed to just having disagreements, nothing in the record that pre-dates this suit suggests that the revocation of plaintiffs' hard passes was motivated by national security concerns. Certainly, that is not what Donald Trump said when he announced that he was banning them from the White House instead, he focused on the alleged lack of truthfulness and negativity of their reporting. The Donald Trump's own words, kind of contradicting the argument that the White House went with, which is just such a funny turn of event. It's so funny how Donald Trump's own words constantly shoot himself in the foot. They shoot Republicans in the foot all of the time. For example, all of the Republicans say that Zoran Mamdani is the scary communist who's going to ruin America and things like that. Then you have Donald Trump who's kind of like, well, I think Mamdani's been a great mayor so far. He's off to a great start, kind of ruins their arguments. The judge noted that the administration provided no support for its assertion that any of the disputed stories that they cited in their response contained classified information or actually damaged national security and said some of the reporting once months or years old be lying claims the administration's claim of urgency by the administration. Kelly also said the White House appeared to have violated the constitutional due process rights of the journalists by failing to give them advanced notice that concerns about their reporting could lead to cancellation of their passes, which is the right move. They just completely randomly did it. It was one day Donald Trump woke up and he was pissed off that he saw some stories in the media and political and CNN and whatnot were reporting on and he said, you know what? I'm going to do it. Matter of fact, we actually know what happened. Natalie Harbs showed him a video of people talking about him on air and it pissed him off so much that he banned them. It was random. It was arbitrary. There was no due process given. Theodore Butres. What a name. Theodore Butres. I love this. The elite attorney for the news organizations, welcome Kelly's orders and the speed with which it was issued. Quote, this is a strong ruling, vindicating freedom of the press due process and the rule of law. We greatly appreciate the court's swift action. The judges ruling came after hearing on Wednesday where they argued that it violated the first amendment. And look, it is two in the morning right now, which means a lot of the Trump supporters and probably Donald Trump himself have not seen this order yet at the time of me filming this. So, I don't know their reactions. I haven't seen it online, but I can imagine what it's going to be. They're going to kick. They're going to scream. They're going to have a temper tantrum. But once again, I have no idea how they thought they were in a strong position to argue this when Trump was posting things like this about the ban. Quote, all the sleaze bags like third-rate reporter Caitlin Collins of Fake News CNN, a truly unhappy person, said they weren't going to be covering me. Then why were they ranting and raving like lunatics in the press area at the UN? Why was she there? She's got a Trump addiction and so does CNN and MSDNC. They're all sick, treasonous, and demented. The good news is that they have a great for them and totally disloyal judge. So, this was before the ruling, Donald Trump kind of expecting the judge to rule against him. But in none of this statement, does Donald Trump make it seem like, oh, he's doing this for national security reasons. In all parts of this statement, he's attacking CNN. He's calling them sleaze bags, treasonous, demented. This is a personal thing for Donald Trump. I mean, it's not like, you know, we really have to explain this to anybody, really. Everybody knows what it really is that this is Donald Trump enacting revenge on media companies that he doesn't like. And the idea that it's anything to do with national security is ludicrous. But that's the argument they went with and it's just baffling to me that anybody thought that they were going to succeed. So anyway, I just wanted to break down this story for you and talk about it as soon as I saw it. Thank you so much for being here. Whenever you are watching this video, please make sure to subscribe down below, drop a like on the video, comment, let me know what you think about this story and everything we just talked about. Have an amazing rest of your day and we will talk soon.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. A federal judge ordered Donald Trump to immediately restore press passes for CNN, Politico, and MSNOW after ruling that the ban violated due process and lacked national security justification.
  2. The judge, appointed by Trump, found no evidence that the revocation was based on national security concerns, calling the administration’s claims an “after-the-fact justification” for politically motivated actions.
  3. The ruling emphasized that the White House acted arbitrarily and without advance notice, violating constitutional principles of fair treatment and free press access.
  4. The judge concluded that Trump’s motivations were personal and retaliatory, citing his own statements attacking media outlets as “sleaze bags” and “demented.”
  5. The temporary restraining order is not final, but the judge stated the plaintiffs are likely to succeed in their legal challenge.
  6. The administration’s argument that press exclusion was necessary for a state dinner involving Chinese President Xi Jinping appears illogical, as such events are meant to be public.
  7. Legal experts and media advocates welcomed the decision as a strong affirmation of press freedom and due process under the First Amendment.
  8. Trump and his supporters are expected to react with outrage, but the ruling highlights a clear contradiction between his stated national security claims and his actual actions.

Summary:

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order requiring Donald Trump to restore press access to the White House for CNN, Politico, and MSNOW, reversing a ban he implemented over disagreements with their reporting. The judge, despite being appointed by Trump, found no credible national security basis for the revocation, dismissing it as a post-hoc excuse for retaliation. The decision emphasizes that the White House acted arbitrarily, without advance notice or due process, violating constitutional principles.

The judge ruled that Trump’s public attacks on the media—calling them “sleaze bags” and “demented”—demonstrate personal animus rather than legitimate policy concerns. The administration’s claim that the ban was necessary for a state dinner involving Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen as illogical, as such events are inherently public. While the order is temporary, the ruling strongly supports press freedom and due process.

Legal experts welcomed the decision as a critical win for media independence, and the outcome signals a significant legal challenge to Trump’s assertion of executive power over the press. S. constitutional standards.

FAQs

The judge ruled that the White House's ban on press access was not based on national security concerns but on retaliation for critical reporting. The court found no evidence supporting the administration's claims and determined the revocation violated due process and the First Amendment.

The judge was skeptical that national security was the real motive, stating that the administration provided no evidence that the reported stories contained classified information or threatened national security.

No, the judge concluded that the ban was arbitrary and retaliatory, with no prior notice or justification, and that the White House's claims were after-the-fact excuses for a decision driven by disagreements over media reporting.

Yes, the judge ruled that the White House failed to give journalists advance notice of any concerns about their reporting, violating constitutional due process rights.

The White House claimed the outlets were spreading false or negative stories, but the judge found that these claims were not supported by evidence and that the actions were motivated by personal dislike rather than legitimate concerns.

This is a temporary restraining order. It does not finalize the issue, and further legal proceedings are needed to determine a permanent outcome.

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