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What A Day

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🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

For the past four months, President Donald Trump has been sending the National Guard into cities that protest his policies. First, it was Los Angeles. Then, it was Washington D.C. And now, it’s Portland, Oregon and Chicago. An Oregon federal judge blocked Trump’s deployment of the state’s National Guard on Saturday — and then also stopped the Trump administration from sending California’s National Guard troops to Portland on Sunday night. But not all of these cities are getting help from the courts. On Monday, a federal judge declined to stop the Trump administration from deploying members of the Texas National Guard to Chicago – over the express objections of Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker, who called the move an “unconstitutional invasion.”So to talk more about the legality and context for sending U.S. military into our own cities, we spoke to Elizabeth Goitein. She’s the senior director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. And in headlines, the shutdown continues with no end in sight, President Trump says he’s going to “take a look” at a pardon for convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, and the Social Security Administration Commissioner will also take on the brand new role of CEO of the IRS.

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, October 7th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day.
0:06.0	The show that would like to congratulate French Prime Minister, Sebastian the Cornu,
0:10.1	on no longer being the Prime Minister of France.
0:12.8	He was appointed to the job less than a month ago.
0:14.8	He formed a cabinet on Sunday, and on Monday, he quit.
0:18.3	The French really take not wanting to do terrible jobs seriously.
0:30.0	On today's show, President Donald Trump says he's going to, quote, take a look at a pardon for a convicted child sex trafficker.
0:37.5	And he's got the time as the federal government shutdown continues with no end in sight.
0:42.1	But let's start with the National Guard.
0:44.3	Specifically, Trump's efforts to federalize the National Guard and send troops to cities that oppose his policies.
0:50.0	Cities like Portland, Oregon, for example.
0:52.2	Here's Trump on Monday, again responding to a judge he appointed,
0:55.7	who blocked his effort to send the National Guard to Portland
0:58.0	in response to protests against immigration and customs enforcement.
1:01.5	I believe that the Portland people are scared.
1:03.8	You look at what's happened with Portland over the years.
1:06.8	It's a burning hellhole, and then you have a judge that lost away that tries to pretend that, like, there's no problem.
1:19.2	On Sunday night, that same judge also stopped the Trump administration from sending National Guard troops from California to Portland.
1:25.4	And, of course, we can't forget about Chicago.
1:28.0	The people of Chicago, so you have black women with MAGA hats on in Chicago all over the place.
1:36.6	They want the guard to come in or they don't care who comes in. They just want to be safe.
1:42.2	Let's stay with Chicago for a second.
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