Tuesday, August 12, 2025 - Trump's authoritarian control; Voting rights; Environment

Donald Trump's latest stunt to deploy U.S. military troops on American streets against Americans citizens has nothing to do with law and order and everything to do with authoritarian control by a wannabe tyrant. Trump sprung a triple-murderer from prison, lied about crime rates in D.C. to justify deploying the National Guard, and threatens send troops to other Democratically-run cities. Internal Pentagon documents reveal plans to create a 'quick reaction force' of troops to deploy to U.S. cities. Federal judge excoriated the Trump Justice Department for misleading the public about the Epstein Files. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to steal even more seats from voters. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'