The Joyce Kaufman Show 7/16/26 - President Trump fires Judge Roger Rogoff , Leaking of information to the media, ICE operations, Serbia's partnership with Israel

This is the Joyce Kaufman podcast, honest, straight, and unapologelic with your host, Joyce Kaufman. Ah, the devil in the G3C. Oh, my goodness. Can you imagine? Man, they selected Madonna as one of the halftime performers this weekend during the World Cup finals. You can... Pretty much rest assured one of my listeners said to me, take it to the bank. Madonna will be unable to resist the temptation to make some politically motivated comments during her performance. Having a washed-up entertainer blurt out a negative comment about the president on the very stage he helped bring to America. As you say on the show, you can't make this stuff up. That's true. You can't. But it certainly does keep it interesting, doesn't it? That's all I know is that I never wake up in a morning and say, oh, my goodness, there's nothing to talk about. Then within seconds, I'll have plenty, plenty to talk about. So we may have a new record. Yeah, less than an hour after Judge Roger Rogoff was appointed as the top federal prosecutor in Seattle, President Trump fired him. Yeah. He's a former King County Superior Court judge sworn in as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington in the early morning hours at the federal courthouse in downtown Seattle. And in his social media post shortly, after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that Rogoff was out of the position, district court judges can appoint a temporary U.S. attorney and the president can fire them, he wrote on X. WDWA judges abandoned the time-honored process of consultation with the administration so that the selected U.S. attorney is qualified to serve in the administration. Todd Blanche, who was testifying before the Senate in his confirmation hearing, said Roger Rogoff has been fired by the president. Hey, listen. He had gone into the U.S. Attorney's Office and met with Charles Neil Floyd, who was the Trump's preferred choice for the job, whose 120-day interim term expired in February. And while Rogoff waited in the lobby, he received an e-mail notifying him that Trump had removed him from office. After all 17 active and senior federal judges in this deep blue district appointed Rogoff to the vacancy. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

The judges had been appointed by five presidents, ten by Democrats and seven by Republicans, had opened an application process after the administration did not send Floyd's nomination to the Senate and instead kept him in place by making him first assistant U.S. attorney while leaving the top job vacant. Well, it's an interesting way to run the Department of Justice. I may not, he thought he wasn't going to last in the position, but gee, one hour. He said, I'm really proud of my career, the fact that the judges of this district, most of whom I've spent my career appearing in front of or trying cases against or working with, believe that I was the right person to do this work, is just really humbling and amazing. A class act. Good, but not the right guy. And that's what they don't understand. If you're not going to run these things through the administration, through President Trump, then you may very well see this happen over and over again. And that's a, and that's just legit. And I got to tell you, I'm watching this ice stuff. And it makes me furious that these guys and gals who work for ICE, the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, continue to do their jobs in spite of the fact that they're demonized and literally attacked by members of the left, the far left, the radical left. They just announced a record number of arrests made in Harlingen, Texas, resulting in 238 illegal aliens being detained in a single day. And these are aliens who have been convicted, not just accused, convicted of things like kidnapping, sexual battery, drug possession. That's the mission that ICE was set out on to take care of the public, enhance public safety and just restore some integrity to the immigration system. If you have not been listening to my No Restraint Podcasts, you might want to listen to the last two because it is the fair report and my analysis on... What exactly the founding fathers, here we are, at the 250th birthday anniversary of our country, what was their intention about immigration and what kind of rules did they think should be placed in terms of our immigration and naturalization processes? So I break it down, fair did a phenomenal job, and you might want to listen to the two. most recent No Restrain podcast, because it will show you clearly how we have gotten so far afield of what the original founder's intent was. Because all I need ICE to do is keep the public safe. And I don't want them to stop doing what works, whether it's traffic stops or anything else.

They need to remove criminal illegal aliens from our country one at a time. And the ICE mission has always been the same. You know, public safety, public safety. The ICE Harlingen field office director is Juan Agadello. I love when they accuse him of racism, right? These guys are Hispanic. He said, I'm not going to stop. We'll stop in nothing. to keep America safe. And that's a good thing. There's a whole controversy, of course, right now, because ICE was told to temporarily pause traffic stops because there were two illegal aliens who ended up getting shot during operations. And the president said, Absolutely not. You cannot give up one of the most important and effective crime fighting tools that you have, which is the traffic stop. The D.H. Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, he gave a pause order, not a stop order, but he can get any input from the president. He's got it now. He heard the president loud and clear, and he reiterated that the number one goal is to keep our officers safe and get criminals off of our streets. As officers carry out operations to enforce our nation's law, they are facing, listen to this number, a more than 1,300 percent increase in vehicle attacks. So, of course, they have a right to protect themselves and the public. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of course, she's hosting webinars now with tips for illegal aliens to evade arrest at home, at workplace, or in the public. Dan Goldman, the one that they basically knocked out, the far-left socialists, knocked him out in a primary. He wasn't liberal enough, but in the meantime, he posted a video online telling illegal aliens to have a plan in place in case they run into ice. You know, how is it that elected representatives are telling criminals... How to evade arrest? That's crazy. The L.A. Mayor, Karen Bass, she put out flyers in all kinds of languages. Again, advising illegal aliens on how to avoid getting arrested. Gavin Newsom's done that. He tells the illegal aliens what the sanctuary laws are. How to recognize ICE. How to block entry and how to defy. That's literally the words being used. Defy arrest. So I don't understand. If that's not treasonous, I don't know what is. This is unbelievable. What are you going to do about all this interference? Let's start pulling buses into these sanctuary cities and loading them up.

and then dropping them off at airports. You know, we need to get some more updated numbers on deportations. And that's a crime. It really, all we ask is that you enforce the laws. Why is that even controversial? Congress makes these laws. The law enforcement agencies enforce the laws, and now we have Congress advising criminals how to avoid the laws. Does that make sense to anybody? Any person, by the way, eight U.S. Code 1324, my favorite, says any person who encourages or induces an alien to come to this country, to enter this country, or to live in this country, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to will be in violation of law should be punished. Imprisoned. I don't know. Not more than five years, I think, is the U.S. Code. In the case of a violation in which the offense was done for the purpose of commercial or financial gain, put them in jail for 10 years. In the case of a violation, during and in relation to which the person causes serious bodily injury to ICE officers or other members of the public, 20 years. In the case of a violation resulting in the death of anybody, then life. That's all. It's time to start enforcing these laws for real, for real. And there are a lot of places in the country where we know there's enormous amount of violations of our laws. You've got chicken plants. You've got people doing deliveries, whether it's Uber or Walmart deliveries, you've got the poultry processing plants, all kinds of construction companies. They have people working for them who can't even speak the language. And they give them a driver's license and a truck, which is a deadly weapon. It's time. It really is. So let's see. Let's see if anybody can get Markwayne Mullin. to at least consult with Tom Homan and President Trump before he issues, pauses, or stops, or any such thing. Anyway, don't forget to download that 850 app. You can put it on your phone, your laptop, your cell phone, whatever you want, and you can get breaking news. You can listen to the podcast. You can join in on our contests, all that good stuff. And if you don't want to do that, if you're not in the mood to add an app, just check out our website, 850WFDL.com, and you'll have the same access. Let me take a quick break. Please stay right where you are. We had that case in Minnesota where Governor Tim Walz had decided that he was going to pardon this piece of garbage.

You hate to even call someone like this a human being, a convicted child rapist. So a reporter asked him whether or now, of course, they've deported him. The immigrations and customs enforcement have deported him. And they asked the governor if he thought that... now his state would somehow be safer with this criminal sex monster out of it. Because between 2002 and 2004, this guy repeatedly sexually assaulted the victim right there in St. Paul. The first assault occurred when she was in the fourth grade. I want you to think about a fourth grader that you know. And after his conviction, federal officials said he lost his legal status and was placed under a final removal order. And so then the governor decided, oh, no, I'm not okay with that. But last week, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, he revoked. the status and ordered his immediate deportation. Marco Rubio made a brilliant speech today, too. I'm going to have to get the actual transcript so I can talk about it, but I was very impressed, and it kills me when he does these things. But he is turning out to be probably top three secretaries of state in my lifetime. And, you know, I think he's on the fast track for the nomination. I really do. I think JD Vance is, he's not, he hasn't got the gravitas that Marco Rubio has. He doesn't really get the right kind of press because he just doesn't command. A lot of respect when he speaks, he kind of guffaws and it's cheesy. But the president paid a nice compliment to Iran, believe it or not, because they released a woman who was apparently wrongfully detained since 2024 in Iran. Her lawyer... Jared Genser had put out a post on X, which I saw this morning, saying that his client would have never been released if President Trump hadn't gone to extraordinary, this is his words, extraordinary and relentless efforts. So she's now free on her way, you know, back to America. an American citizen who was wrongfully detained two years ago under, let's see, who was the president? Oh, Joe Biden was the president. She's now out of Iran. She's safely out. And she's apparently in good condition. And the president said, the United States of America appreciates this gesture of goodwill by Iran. It's not going to be enough to save you, though.

gets caught and that it doesn't happen again. And then the White House slammed the Times with subpoenas over its reporting on this, you know, jet case. Several Times guys, I hate calling them journalists because they're really, you know, journalism is an art. And these guys are not very good at it. And, you know, the Times is fuming. The President's fuming? Well, the Times is fuming. Who cares? You know, that a couple of journalists were subpoenaed? First and foremost, you're lucky that I would even allow you to use the term journalists. Reporters who are covering Air Force One security concerns, if they've been told that there's a problem, of course they should be compelled to testify before a Manhattan grand jury. And if the feds turn up at their homes, oh well. It's not a brazen act. It's not a president and his safety. We know there's, you know, death warrants against him. Some fatwas have been issued. You know, the appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters does not shock my confidence, and I believe in the Constitution, and I believe in the freedom of the press. But guess what? Talking about the safety of the president. So the public should know who's making these, who's leaking this information because it's dangerous. But the left of them. Never, never see it that way. Anyway, let me take a quick time out. Please. I got a lot I got to talk about. And I need you to hear it. So don't touch that dial. So there's a summit that's going on in Serbia right now with Israel and some European nations and us, the U.S. And all of these security experts, political leaders, and business executives, all kinds of academics, Holocaust scholars, and faith leaders from all of these players gathered in Belgrade this week for this international conference, which is designed to make the cooperation among Serbia, Israel, and the United States relevant. and appropriate for this changed global situation we're in. It's called Partners in a Changing World. It's a three-day conference hosted by the Serbian American Friendship Congress at Serbia's National Assembly. And it's really interesting to me that, you know, you think about it. There's really nothing more natural or more logical. than Serbia, Israel, and the U.S. being allies. Serbia could be that bridge connecting the Eastern European countries with Israel and the United States, actually central European countries as well. Serbia is unique. It's the only European nation.

that has maintained a formal strategic partnership both with Israel and the UAE. And that's pretty amazing. It's a milestone, really. So the conference is there to look at what kind of cooperation? Between the three, Israel, America, and Serbia, what kind of partnerships, what kind of technological innovation and all of that? Can they put together and redefine the relationship? And a big part of the focus was on helping. Israel have better relations with Central and Eastern Europe. Look, this is getting real dicey now. You know, the hate Israel movement all over the world is scary to me. You know, former APEC president, Lee Rosenberg, he was there and he told the people at this conference that this is a very important. and very strategic partnership, the one between the United States and Israel, which, thanks to their intelligence cooperation, we've had some pretty successful military sequences just in the last few months. And when it comes to technological innovation, come on, we're talking about, I think back to when Israel had all the beepers blowing up. in the terrorist pockets. You know, there really need to be more members of Congress who see this as important. You've got to find the right players. And Serbia may very well be one of the right players. I think so anyway. Because first and foremost, I think they're the closest partner Israel has in Europe. Because... They have always maintained diplomatic and defensive cooperation with the Jewish state. Serbia was the first European country to even provide Israel with offensive military equipment after October 7th. Because they said that's a terrorist attack. And even though a lot of the European partners didn't want any part of it, Serbia said, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. We need to have this posture, this defensive cooperation with Israel. And it's like a $2 billion partnership with their defense company. And, you know, a lot of European governments have spoken out very, very much. about the military operations in Gaza, not Serbia. So there were video messages from all the senior Israeli leaders at this conference. And they talked about the shared history of suffering that's been experienced by both the Jews and the Serbian people. A true friendship, by the way, is shown in difficult times.

And the Israeli people found out a lot about who their friends were after October 7th. And I think this is great news. I really do. If you could have stronger partnerships like this. Maybe we could actually not see another Holocaust because there are a number of countries and not just Middle Eastern countries that would be okay with the annihilation of the Jewish state and maybe of the Jewish people. You know, I try not to think that that's true, but you'd be hard pressed to ignore it, wouldn't you? So that's a big conference. You see any reporting on it, by the way? I'm just asking. You know, I've seen a ton of reporting on, I don't know, Caitlin Clark's most recent bullying incident. And while that's relevant on some levels, particularly if you're a sports nut, how does that compare with the Serbian summit? trying to improve the ties between Europe and Israel and the United States. Somehow, maybe it's just me, but I don't think you can compare the two stories. Then why should you? Ben Shapiro had an interesting piece, too. Another story that nobody wanted to talk about. The way Zohran Mamdani just eliminated Little Italy, like it didn't exist. Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York, released a map of immigrant communities, and little Italy wasn't there. Instead, they had little Pakistan, little Senegal, little Yemen, even little Palestine. And they defended the project by saying, oh, well, we weren't intending to identify religious enclaves, just neighborhoods with large foreign-born populations from around the world. Well, wait a minute. The obvious question is, if the goal was to recognize immigrant communities, how do you leave out one of the most iconic immigrant communities neighborhoods in New York City? Little Italy is more than a tourist destination. It represents one of the defining chapters in the city's history. Millions of Italian immigrants came to America, endured discrimination, and they went ahead and built businesses and eventually became woven into the fabric of American life. So when you leave it out and you highlight little Senegal, you have a political purpose. But it fits his pattern. You know, Zohran Mamdani, this is a guy who, back in 2020, put a photograph of himself shooting the middle finger towards a statue of Christopher Columbus with a caption that said, take it down. You know, Columbus is the big lightning rod in the culture wars, right? So leaving little Italy off the map, I don't think that was an oversight.

No, it's another way that this mayor literally is distancing New York City from its own history. Now, his priorities are pretty clear to me, and they're not acceptable. That's all. And there are a lot of legitimate questions about the role that a city government should play on the international stage. New York has good reason to have relationship with foreign governments. I mean, we do have the United Nations in New York, but you don't conduct diplomacy based on your ideological like or dislike of a particular group, unless you're Zohran Mamdani, or any other democratic socialist out there. They're getting a lot of attention, the DSA, aren't they? Good. You know, wake up and smell the coffee. That's all I want to say. Don't forget, coming up after me is Guy Benson, followed by Will Kane. Then it's Joe Pags, Lars Larson, the overnight guys, until 6 a.m. when Jennifer Ross and Stephen Deiner come back with the South Florida Morning Show. Followed by Brian Kilmeade at 9, Eric Erickson at noon, and I get to come back at 3 p.m. And boy, we're looking tomorrow's Friday. We're going to be ushering in the weekend. But I still have a segment left in today's show. So do me a favor. Don't touch that dial. I'll tell you. Some days I just, there's so much that I can't get to that I really believe is important. And then I'm grateful that I can do a podcast about them. Maybe I'll put out another one this week because there's just too much, too much information. And... It's my job, you know, and I love my job. I'm going to leave the show on this note, though, because I think this is fascinating. There's a new study out, a major international study that's going to be testing an experimental Alzheimer's drug, which they're saying may delay or even prevent the disease before the memory loss begins. And if it's successful, we would be transforming Alzheimer's care by treating people at high risk years before they even have any symptoms. You know, for people like me who have a family member, in my case it was my mom, who suffered from Alzheimer's, there's a lot of fear that any one of us could experience that. And if you have, many of you have family members, and so you're intimately aware of the cost to everybody in the family, not just the patient, primarily the patient, but everyone who has to care, who has to care for the patient. The caregivers struggle with it. So the drug is called trontinameb.

and it's being compared to the way statins are used to lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes before they occur. And all the early research suggests that it can clear the toxic amyloid plaques from the brain in as little as three months. The new phase three clinical trial will determine whether that translate into preventing or delaying dementia. You know, I just connected with an old friend, someone I hadn't talked to in years. She kind of basically fell off the face of the earth. I didn't know what happened to her. And she recently contacted me. And this was what was going on. A brain tumor, early stage Alzheimer's and dementia. But she found a doctor who was able to treat it. And I haven't had an opportunity to talk to her a great length about it. I will this upcoming weekend. But this is tremendously important to families who consider Alzheimer's an impending threat. The studies known is called Preventron, and they're going to enroll about 1,600 cognitively healthy adults between 55 and 80 from countries around the world, including the UK and USA. And participants don't have memory problems, but will test positive for elevated blood levels of p-tow-217, which is a biomarker that's associated with Alzheimer's disease, and it identifies people at higher risk. And this could be a game changer. I mean, if there was a possibility that one day, people like me who are at increased risk for Alzheimer's could get preventative treatment the way statins are used to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, it's huge. Not just for me, but for just about every family I know. So. I'm looking forward to this study. Thank you for your time this time until next time. I've got a plan and that plan is to be back here on tomorrow at 3 o'clock if it be his will and he delays his coming. What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are is a tiny matter is compared to what lies within us. So wherever you are, just be yourself. Everybody else is taken. And then may God bless you. May God bless Israel and Serbia. And may God bless the USA. See you tomorrow at 3. This has been the Joyce Kaufman podcast, available everywhere you get your podcasts.