West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy
Oct 13, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 19 segments
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See, Todd Blanche was serious when he said he would not comply with certain orders, and the Department of Justice wouldn't if they didn't agree with them.
Prime example, the over, um, I don't know, 100 times, 1,000 times that they violated since 6:46 PM last night.
Judge Rochon of the Southern District of New York's order, temporary restraining order in favor of Common Cause and a couple of labor unions to stop those Trump ads, the Love Me ads, the Maduro ad, all the ads that have been barning the airways to shore up Donald Trump's failed administration and sway voters 21 or so days until the midterms.
She said, "Stop." She said, "Block." She said, "I block the funding.
I block the ads.
Get them off the air.
Let the advertising agency know that who you've hired about this order, and report back to me by 6:46 PM the next day." That is all from Sunday night over to Monday night.
But the, the Common Cause wanted the judge to know that she'd been had.
See, when the Department of Justice came in, to- she-- they tried to first argue to the judge before the injunction was, um, entered, "Judge, you have no jurisdiction.
See, these ads are coming down.
They were only gonna be running on October 11th.
It's over.
You can't enjoin something in the future that's not gonna happen in the future, and this is past acts.
We can't do an injunction with nothing to see here." And of course, based on the rep- uh, information supplied by Democracy Forward and, um, the Public Integrity, uh, Project, which are two public interest groups that have brought these cases, the judge says, "Yeah, I think these are gonna continue.
I'm gonna keep my TRO in place.
There is irreparable harm, likelihood of success on the merits, um, inadequate remedy at law, and the public interest tips in your favor." You're gonna win this case, is what she's basically saying at the temporary restraining order ph- uh, phase.
Just before the deadline, when the Department of Justice had to tell the judge and maybe mislead the judge about how they're complying, here comes the plaintiffs to tell the judge they're not complying.
Here we go.
"Dear Judge, we respectfully submit this letter to bring to the court's attention information relevant to the defendant's compliance with the court's temporary restraining order.
Plaintiffs nevertheless believe that the court should be aware of developments suggesting that the conduct addressed by the order may be continuing." Judge said, "Stop it.
Cut it out by 6:46 PM Sunday night Eastern Time." Here's what they say specifically.
You'll find this on Legal AF Substack, so you can review it on your own.
On October 12th at 1:31 Eastern Time, that's the day after the judge entered the injunction, The Washington Post reported that two ads continued to air after the court issued the order and into the early hours of Monday, October 12th on 60 Minutes, ABC World News Tonight, and America's Funniest Home Videos.
I assure you, the judge in this case, Judge Rochon, will not find this to be one of America's Funniest Home Videos.
By the way, I'm back in my home studio.
See, Todd Blanche was serious when he said he would not comply with certain orders, and the Department of Justice wouldn't if they didn't agree with them.
Prime example, the over, um, I don't know, 100 times, 1,000 times that they violated since 6:46 PM last night.
Judge Rochon of the Southern District of New York's order, temporary restraining order in favor of Common Cause and a couple of labor unions to stop those Trump ads, the Love Me ads, the Maduro ad, all the ads that have been barning the airways to shore up Donald Trump's failed administration and sway voters 21 or so days until the midterms.
She said, "Stop." She said, "Block." She said, "I block the funding.
I block the ads.
Get them off the air.
Let the advertising agency know that who you've hired about this order, and report back to me by 6:46 PM the next day." That is all from Sunday night over to Monday night.
But the, the Common Cause wanted the judge to know that she'd been had.
See, when the Department of Justice came in, to- she-- they tried to first argue to the judge before the injunction was, um, entered, "Judge, you have no jurisdiction.
See, these ads are coming down.
They were only gonna be running on October 11th.
It's over.
You can't enjoin something in the future that's not gonna happen in the future, and this is past acts.
We can't do an injunction with nothing to see here." And of course, based on the rep- uh, information supplied by Democracy Forward and, um, the Public Integrity, uh, Project, which are two public interest groups that have brought these cases, the judge says, "Yeah, I think these are gonna continue.
I'm gonna keep my TRO in place.
There is irreparable harm, likelihood of success on the merits, um, inadequate remedy at law, and the public interest tips in your favor." You're gonna win this case, is what she's basically saying at the temporary restraining order ph- uh, phase.
Just before the deadline, when the Department of Justice had to tell the judge and maybe mislead the judge about how they're complying, here comes the plaintiffs to tell the judge they're not complying.
Here we go.
"Dear Judge, we respectfully submit this letter to bring to the court's attention information relevant to the defendant's compliance with the court's temporary restraining order.
Plaintiffs nevertheless believe that the court should be aware of developments suggesting that the conduct addressed by the order may be continuing." Judge said, "Stop it.
Cut it out by 6:46 PM Sunday night Eastern Time." Here's what they say specifically.
You'll find this on Legal AF Substack, so you can review it on your own.
On October 12th at 1:31 Eastern Time, that's the day after the judge entered the injunction, The Washington Post reported that two ads continued to air after the court issued the order and into the early hours of Monday, October 12th on 60 Minutes, ABC World News Tonight, and America's Funniest Home Videos.
I assure you, the judge in this case, Judge Rochon, will not find this to be one of America's Funniest Home Videos.
By the way, I'm back in my home studio.
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