Trump Furious as WH Hunts for Leakers!

0:00It was a rough night in the courts for the Trump administration. In the span of just a few hours, three separate federal courts dealt significant blows to the administration's efforts to consolidate power ahead of the midterm elections. At the same time, the Pentagon is racing to polygraph its own top military staff. And a new whistleblower complaint says ICE was cutting corners on background checks. Let's get into it. Saturday morning, here's your news. Run down if you can. As always, subscribe, support this work. Even on a weekend, we are working nonstop because the news does not stop. I want to talk about the courts because overnight and into this morning, it was brutal. Brutal for this administration. Three separate federal courts dealt significant blows to Trump's efforts to consolidate power just midterm just months before the midterm elections. First, a federal judge extended her block on an executive order that would try to undermine mail imbalance in November. This came just hours after North Carolina became the first state to start sending out mail imbalance. Judge Andrea Tolwani in Massachusetts warned that states are quote,

1:02unable to pivot this late in this election cycle, nearly guaranteeing significant disenfranchisement for eligible voters. The Trump administration, which has already appealed to earlier blocks the Supreme Court, immediately appealed this one too. But for now, as ballots are being sent out in states like North Carolina, states like Florida, and elsewhere, the election has already begun. And while the election has already begun, they're still fighting over the future of mail imbalance in this election. When you think about it, that could cause major problems, just like the USPS whistleblower warned earlier this week. And while now, a judge says the Constitution does not grant the president any specific powers over elections. The president cannot do this USPS rule, no matter how much he wants to. At the same time, the US Circuit Court for the District of Columbia ruled against the administration. A federal public court refused to let the Department of Homeland Security bring back a voter screening tool built out of a database meant for checking immigrants

2:03legal status. By a two to one vote, the DC Circuit panel found DHS hadn't shown they could use social security data in a way that would not break privacy law. With the majority writing that quote, the public interest is not favor into a restoration of a system that government has not made a strong showing it may lawfully operate. And all at the same time, heading on south to Alexandria, Virginia, a federal magistrate judge ordered the administration to reveal the identities of the people who devise its contentious $1.8 billion slush fund meant to compensate January 6 defendants and other political allies. That plan already drew a rare review from Senate Republicans, nearly derailed Todd Blanche's confirmation as Attorney General. Democracy Forward Attorney, Aman George called the ruling a quote significant step in getting to the bottom of the slush fund. Three courts, three rulings and one clear message. The administration's rush to control the vote and to protect its own continues to run into a major wall. And it comes as we have an extraordinary

3:09story from the New York Times. US investigators have polygraphed roughly 50 members of the military joint chief of staff over leaks to journalists, including reporting on how the Iran War has drained crucial munitions stockpile like long range missiles and patriot interceptors. The tests conducted in August asked officers and civilian employees whether they disclose classified information to the press. Experts say the scope is without precedent. Retired Navy rear admiral Donald J. Gooter, called it unprecedented, saying he'd never seen polygraphs employed this broadly or at this seniority level. It comes as Donald Trump has pressured officials to hunt down leakers, going so far as to label critical media coverage of the war and munitions shortages treasonous. And the leaks have deepened an atmosphere of distrust inside a Pentagon that current informer officials has been fostered by defense secretary Pete Hexeth, who has pushed out or blocked promotions of at least 80 generals and admirals, has a brief depress on the war since May recently fired the publisher and editor in chief of stars and stripes in what journalists

4:14call retaliation for critical coverage and so much more. Donald Trump continues to stand by his secretary of defense, but it is causing problems right now with his administration. This week, there were several immigration stories that flew under the radar. An official who's oversaw vetting for ice recruits warned in a whistleblower complaint that an agency was cutting, short-cutting vetting procedures as a ramped up hiring, calling a quote historic lowering of vetting standards. The complaint obtained by ABC News alleges ice issued final job offers before any preliminary vetting, granting favorability suitability to terminations without fingerprinting identity verification or credit checks. Official also alleged that political appointees received national security eligibility without required background checks, specifically naming DHS senior advisor Corey Lewandowski. At the same time, the Guardian has confirmed that federal immigration officials are quietly receiving permission to force feed detainees. In one instance, a Cuban hunger striker at Texas Attention Center was force-read through a rare

5:14non-concentral surgical procedure that cuts into the abdomen to insert a permanent feeding tube. He's likely the 19th hunger striker since January 2025 for whom ice has won approval for involuntary medical procedures. Advocates say it is torture. At the same time, immigration judges nationwide have instructed in a mandatory training to sharply limit the time given to some of the most vulnerable people in court, including abuse and abandoned children and survivors of violent crime before deporting them. The training discourages judges from giving people more than 10 days to find an attorney and push them to deny continuances, even when more time would let immigrants receive visas or green cards. I do want to go through some of the major headlines that we may have missed overnight, including the fact that this year's rapidly intensifying super El Nino is now on track to be the strongest on record. With UN Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez warning, it is being supersized before our eyes. Tens of millions of the world's poorest people are expected to be plunged into humanitarian crisis, just as well as the countries, including the United States,

6:16the United Kingdom, and others cut foreign aid with the UN's world's food program, just projecting 49 people could be pushed into hunger globally. And it comes as rescuers in the poll, pulled a man and woman alive out of the rubble today, 10 days after devastating floods killed at least 1,300 people. You saw the apocalyptic floods out of Nepal. We're also learning at the same time that the Trump administration actually cut a program that was designed to monitor the incoming potential landslides, specifically in Nepal. This program was cut as part of Doge cuts back in January of last year, and we're now seeing the real-time impacts of those cuts. You have literally floods happening. People are dying in real-time. There are reports that Doge cuts led to millions of people around the globe potentially dying over the next several years. It's real, and it's happening, and it's actually a story that I think isn't being covered enough. The way USAID, specifically the cuts to USAID and cuts to American soft power have impacted America standing

7:19worldwide and have ultimately led to the deaths of many people worldwide. To say it is a major story is an understatement. It really is. And right now we are living through unprecedented times, even on a weekend. We're reporting the news because there's so much news to cover. So today I'm keeping an eye on how the core acting against Trump administration a lot of people say, well, he'll just go to the Supreme Court. I don't know if it'll work this time, especially as it relates to the election issues given the fact that literally people are already voting in November's midterm elections. The states like North Carolina, absentee ballots in Florida, and elsewhere. So if you can, subscribe, support this work, like, comment, share, get the word out, the more you do, the more people see, and I'll have another update for you very soon.