09/25/2026
The President has the power to pull a media outlet's White House press pass. Anyone telling you a judge just took that away is spinning more than a Maytag machine...
I went on LiveNOW from Fox this morning to break down the TRO in CNN v. Trump.
Here's what the eight-page order actually says, and what it doesn't:
What it says: the White House shuffled the sequence. Revocation post on Friday. Badges dark by the weekend. Explanation letters a couple of days later, after the lawsuit was filed. (The notice and opportunity has to come first...)
What it doesn't say: not one sentence questions the President's authority to grant or deny press credentials. This isn't a First Amendment ruling. The judge never got there. The power is still his.
What the outlets actually won: a badge that gets them through the gate and into the briefing room. That's it.
Not a chair.
Not a seat on Air Force One, a spot in the pool, or a guaranteed question.
Hundreds of hard passes, fewer than fifty seats.
The White House assigns them.
Nobody owns one.
The fix takes less than 14 days: send notice to these three outlets, take a written response, issue a decision, revoke. No courtroom. No judge.
This was a paperwork issue dressed up as a constitutional victory.
Don't buy it.
Thanks to Bowen Kedrowicz and the LiveNOW from FOX team for having me on.