Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show. You daily dive into the news. It is Monday. It's been a weekend and there's a lot to talk about today. Starting with this. It seems like all hell's breaking loose in Portland and Chicago. And that is very likely what Trump wants. Because even as both cities are fighting his efforts to send in the military, federal agents already in them, they've been accused of escalating the situation. They're seemingly trying to make them resemble the crime-ridden war-ravaged wastelands that he's made them out to be. So in Portland, for example, what we've seen has been a few months, a pretty small protest based around a building used by ice in the southwest part of the city. But instead, you've got Trump claiming that what's been taking place is the destruction of the city. And with that, he's bound to deploy troops to protect what what he's called war-ravaged Portland, as well as ice facilities under attack by, quote, Antifa and other domestic terrorists. In all this attention, it's reportedly spurred people from outside the city to come there, including right-wing counter demonstrators. And in fact, this weekend, you had what appeared to be right-wing activists and influencers waving, banners, and cheering when federal agents shot tear gas, flashbangs, and pepperballs toward a crowd of more than 100 protesters gathered outside of the ice building, all of which appeared to be a significant escalation by ice on the demonstrators without really anything spurring that on. The reports are doing that agents had previously kept their crowd dispersal efforts to the driveway and the street immediately outside of the building, but this time they extended their efforts by several blocks.

Right, and as that was happening in one small corner of the city, you also had a legal battle playing out.

And with that, on Saturday, you had a Trump-appointed judge issuing a temporary restraining order blocking the administration from sending in Oregon's National Guard.

Or with the judge pointing to what she called substantial evidence at the protests at the Portland Ice Facility were not significantly violent or disruptive in the days or even weeks leading up to the President's directive. And with that, saying that she expected a trial court to agree with the state that the President had exceeded his constitutional authority. And while the administration, they quickly appealed, you also had Trump trying to get around her order by trying to send in 200 members of the California National Guard.

Who notably, one, had already been sent to Los Angeles, and two, a different federal judge already ruled last month that the troops sent to the LA area had been used illegally as a national police force. And actually, in response to Trump's effort to turn them on another state, you had California saying that it would be joining Oregon and suing Trump. suing Trump. But then also you had the judge in the Portland case quickly calling an emergency hearing.

And there, she revised her restraining order to cover the quote, relocation, federalization, or deployment of members of the National Guard of any state or the district of Columbia in the state of Oregon.

But they're also telling lawyers from the Justice Department that the president was in direct contravention of her order.

Then despite all that, you also had Trump on Saturday ordering the activation of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago against the wishes of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. But then Pritzker last night, claiming that the Guard in his state had been informed that Trump had ordered 400 members of the Texas National Guard to be in his state, as well as others, including Oregon, although that was before the judge's revised order. But in any case, the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago are now suing the Trump administration as well. And so you know, we wait to see if they also get the National Guard deployment blocked. We've also seen outlets reporting that federal agents in Chicago have become increasingly aggressive. Right. And with that, you've got videos of agents deploying tear gas, pepper balls, and roughly throwing protests to the ground going viral. And so on Friday, for example, you had federal agents reportedly throwing a tear gas canister at people on a busy street and then leaving the scene with that also happening right in front of an elementary school. Also on Saturday, there was this highly contested thing that happened. You had an agent shooting and injuring a driver who Trump officials claimed rammed her car into a federal law enforcement vehicle.

But then DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin describing the shooting incident as a response to an ambush that was carried out by domestic terrorists who also threw gas rocks and bottles at law enforcement.

Also law enforcement alleged the driver had been armed with a semi-automatic weapon, but charging documents didn't mention a weapon.

And so with that, you had Pritzker saying he wanted more information and didn't really trust the official account. It's really hard to know exactly what the facts are, and they won't let us access the facts. They are just putting out their propaganda, and then we've got to later determine what actually happened. Right. And then with that, you also had Pritzker saying that he had directed state agencies to investigate a recent raid at an apartment building on Chicago's south side. And there he was referring to reports that children had been zip tied and held and that elderly people had been thrown into a U-Haul for three hours. And Pritzker adding that, he believed that some of the people detained were also U.S. citizens. And so, you know, with all that, You had Britsker making the argument that this chaos, it's what Trump wants. They are the ones that are making it a war zone.

They want to create the war zone so that they can send in even more troops. But ultimately, that's where we are with the situation right now. Obviously, we're going to have to wait to see what happens, both legally and on the ground. Especially because in this part's my opinion, it does feel like Donald Trump is like trying to set up the chaos for something to happen really big so it could kind of justify him to do something even bigger. Which also feels crazy to say at this point because essentially it feels like Donald Trump is having Texas invade Illinois. But that's said, you know, that's the news, a little bit of my opinion.

And of course, I'd love to hear from you, your thoughts, opinions, reactions, especially if you're in the states being affected right now. But the next step in the news, let's talk about the continued fallout that we're seeing from the Riyadh Comedy Festival. And while it's generally been kind of a PR nightmare, how different people are managing it is very interesting. Some are doubling down on their choice to perform and others are actually apologizing for it. I mean, you just had Jessica

Kirsten telling the Hollywood Reporter that she's donating her paycheck from the event to a human rights group, saying my mission has always been to help people feel less alone. As an openly gay person, when I was asked to perform in Riyadh, I was surprised. I requested a guarantee that I could be openly out as a lesbian on stage and perform gay

material. I hoped that this could help LGBTQ plus people in Saudi Arabia feel seen and value.

I am grateful that I was able to do precisely that, but then adding at the same time, I deeply

regret participating under the auspices of the Saudi government. With her noting that the government

continues to violate fundamental human rights, and so she decided to donate her money to, quote, an organization that can help combat these severe issues. There, she didn't say which one, but she then addressed her fans saying, I will take full responsibility for my actions and dedicate myself to making amends so that my words and choices reflect the respect and care you deserve. And so what you saw was among a number of the reactions here, you had some comics who have been critical of the festival, now applauding her for donating the money that she earned.

Because in addition to just everyday people and human rights organizations saying, you know,

why are you doing this? Reporting to things like Jamal Khashoggi being murdered, the human rights abuses

in the country, and arguing at these sorts of events, they whitewash those issues.

So then also inside of the comedian community, you had many comedians slamming the event

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