Overview

• In an MSNBC interview, Reiner said the United States has “about a year” before “democracy completely leaves us.”
• He predicted military presence at 2026 polling sites and possible seizures of voting equipment, arguing that such steps would “commandeer” the election.
• He described media influence and street militarization as autocratic tools, citing Apple TV+ delaying a series and ABC suspending Jimmy Kimmel, with reporting also noting Trump’s lawsuits against outlets and a $1.1 billion cut to NPR and PBS.
• U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, issued a temporary restraining order blocking the plan to deploy National Guard troops to Portland.
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the dispatch of 300 California Guard troops to Oregon and reports of federal forces in Chicago as a “breathtaking abuse of the law and power.”