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NEWS: Trump Judge Defies Trump Again, Warns Military Moves Are Pushing America Toward Martial Law

Trump appointed Judge blocks deployment of National Guard from all 50 states to Portland, South Carolina Judge's home burns down, Millions on the verge of losing WIC benefits, and more

Aaron Parnas Oct 6

Good morning, everyone, and Happy Monday. We’re now entering Day Six of the government shutdown — one day closer to military families missing paychecks and mothers across America losing access to life-sustaining nutrition for their children through the WIC program. And still, no end in sight.

This is a critical crossroads in Trump’s second term. Federal judges, including those appointed by Trump himself, are now pushing back against this administration’s moves. Judges have warned that with each new military deployment on U.S. soil, we inch closer to martial law, even as the White House brands its own Trump-appointed judges as “insurrectionists.”

This is not normal. It cannot be normalized.

That’s why I remain independent: free to tell you the truth, without censorship, without spin, and without fear. I don’t have a network boss to please or a political narrative to serve. I’m here to call it as it is. If you value independent journalism that refuses to look away, please subscribe and support this work. Your support keeps the truth alive — and the lights on.

With that, here’s what you missed:

• Overnight, a Trump appointed federal judge in Oregon again blocked the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops to Portland, siding with California and Oregon officials who called the move an unconstitutional overreach; the rulings escalated clashes between Trump and Democratic governors as multiple states condemned the president’s use of state troops for federal law enforcement operations.

• The U.S. government shutdown entered its sixth day with no resolution, as Democrats and Republicans remain deadlocked over extending Obamacare subsidies, President Trump avoids taking a clear stance, and political tensions escalate amid accusations, canceled House sessions, and partisan blame over health care and spending priorities.

• Nearly 7 million pregnant women, mothers, and young children risk losing WIC food assistance within weeks as the U.S. government shutdown drags on, with federal funding halted and states warning of imminent shortfalls that could cut off access to vital nutrition benefits like milk, eggs, and produce for low-income families.

• Meanwhile, Trump is celebrating that prices are allegedly falling in time for the upcoming holiday season.

• Donald Trump is either trying to take credit for knowing that Osama Bin Laden was going to do 9/11 or take credit for killing Bin Laden.

• A South Carolina judge’s $1.1 million home burned down in a suspected arson attack that injured her husband and son, prompting backlash against MAGA figures accused of inciting violence toward judges who ruled against Trump; Stephen Miller lashed out at critics after being tagged by Rep. Daniel Goldman, who demanded he condemn the attack.

• Donald Trump announced plans to celebrate his 80th birthday with a UFC fight event on the White House lawn, tying the spectacle to festivities for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

• Three scientists — Americans Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, and Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi — won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering how the body prevents its immune system from attacking itself through peripheral immune tolerance, pioneering research that has advanced treatments for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and organ transplants.

• An unseasonable snowstorm during China’s Golden Week stranded about 200 hikers on Mount Everest’s Tibetan side, forcing a massive rescue effort after “extreme” weather buried campsites and cut power, with at least 350 trekkers already rescued and nearby Nepal also hit by deadly landslides and floods.

• Dozens of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, including Greta Thunberg and several New Zealanders, alleged harsh and degrading conditions while detained in Israel after the flotilla was intercepted en route to Gaza; Israel denied the accusations as deportations of foreign nationals continued amid diplomatic tensions and calls for government action in New Zealand.

• Israel deported 171 activists, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, to Greece and Slovakia after detaining them during the interception of an aid flotilla last week carrying about 450 participants.

• French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu abruptly resigned just two weeks after taking office and a day after naming his cabinet, deepening France’s political crisis and triggering sharp declines in French stocks and the euro amid backlash over his government lineup and continued parliamentary gridlock.

• At least 49 students were killed and 14 remain missing after a prayer hall at Indonesia’s Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school collapsed due to illegal construction of additional floors without a permit, sparking national outrage and a criminal investigation into negligence and unsafe building practices.

• As Texas prepares to execute Robert Roberson for the 2002 death of his daughter, experts are questioning the courtroom use of the 1970s-era “psychopath test,” which helped secure his death sentence despite growing evidence it can bias juries; critics say the test is often misused in capital cases and may have wrongly influenced Roberson’s conviction amid disputes over shaken baby syndrome and his claims of innocence.

Good news:

• In Australia, a man was stunned to find his Golden Retriever giving a baby koala a piggyback ride after it fell from a tree, a heartwarming moment of cross-species kindness that ended with the joey safely reunited with its mother.

• After suffering a devastating spinal cord injury that doctors said would leave him paralyzed, Minnesota teen hockey player Jackson Drum defied the odds—regaining movement, breathing on his own, and returning to the rink just nine months later in what his family calls a “one-in-a-trillion” recovery.

• In a historic medical breakthrough, scientists have successfully slowed the progression of Huntington’s disease for the first time using a one-time gene therapy called AMT-130 — reducing disease advancement by 75% over three years and offering hope that the fatal brain disorder may finally be treatable.

See you this evening.

— Aaron