As the Trump regime and MAGA sound an alarm about a protest in a Southern Baptist church led by an ICE agent-cum-pastor, Adam Carrasquillo takes us on an instructive stroll through all the times in the past year ICE terrorized worshipers at churches in Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte, Minneapolis, etc.

#Trump #ICE #MaskedThugs #churches #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-was-terrorizing-worshipers-long-before-lemon-church-deportations-immigration-minneapolis-chicago-los-angeles-charlotte

As the Trump regime and MAGA sound an alarm about a protest in a Southern Baptist church led by an ICE agent-cum-pastor, Adam Carrasquillo takes us on an instructive stroll through all the times in the past year ICE terrorized worshipers at churches in Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte, Minneapolis, etc.

#Trump #ICE #MaskedThugs #churches #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-was-terrorizing-worshipers-long-before-lemon-church-deportations-immigration-minneapolis-chicago-los-angeles-charlotte

"The arrest of Don Lemon is a warning. It tells us that this regime has already become very comfortable with surveillance and people-grabbing and is now willing to test whether it can punish those who demonstrate its illegalities. The bottom line is that this is a bunch of criminals. If we just move along, we are empowering Trump and his coterie."

~ Mark Mansour

#Trump #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #media #journalism #authoritarianism #surveillance #FirstAmendment

https://mmansour.substack.com/p/don-lemon-is-just-the-beginning

"The arrest of Don Lemon is a warning. It tells us that this regime has already become very comfortable with surveillance and people-grabbing and is now willing to test whether it can punish those who demonstrate its illegalities. The bottom line is that this is a bunch of criminals. If we just move along, we are empowering Trump and his coterie."

~ Mark Mansour

#Trump #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #media #journalism #authoritarianism #surveillance #FirstAmendment

https://mmansour.substack.com/p/don-lemon-is-just-the-beginning

"We know why journalists are being arrested now. The more lawless governments become, the more they need to control the narrative, which involves silencing some facts and inventing others to fabricate the reality that suits their purposes. The ultimate goal is to gain enough power to have a monopoly on who can tell the stories about the past and the present."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #media #journalism #authoritarianism #FirstAmendment

https://lucid.substack.com/p/arrests-of-independent-journalists

"We know why journalists are being arrested now. The more lawless governments become, the more they need to control the narrative, which involves silencing some facts and inventing others to fabricate the reality that suits their purposes. The ultimate goal is to gain enough power to have a monopoly on who can tell the stories about the past and the present."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #media #journalism #authoritarianism #FirstAmendment

https://lucid.substack.com/p/arrests-of-independent-journalists

"It is a dramatic assault on the First Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the government from curtailing the freedom of the press.

It is also a transparent attempt to change the popular narrative."

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #ICE #CBP #murder #execution #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #WhiteSupremacy
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"At its most basic level, the attack on two independent journalists is undoubtedly designed to intimidate other independent news producers from covering the Trump administration, particularly the violence of ICE and Border Patrol agents."

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #ICE #CBP #murder #execution #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #WhiteSupremacy
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"As the American people continue to express their fury over the violence of federal agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere, officials from the Trump administration today tried to shift the public narrative to shore up their softening base and silence their opponents."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #ICE #murder #execution #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #WhiteSupremacy
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-30-2026

"Members of the media are understandably outraged, as they should be. This is a five-alarm fire. But it is one that has been burning for eight years. Trump attacked, mocked, and sued journalists in his first term. But the media continued to report on Trump as if he were a 'normal' president who deserved to be treated with a presumption of regularity and respect."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #normalization
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/it-is-time-for-the-mainstream-media

"When the Washington Post reporter's home was searched, her computer, her phone were seized, and The owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, said nothing. He still has said nothing. This is the reaction you get from legacy media when their reporters are abused."

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #normalization #JeffBezos #WashingtonPost
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"The fact that independent media now has such a great burden to carry is both our privilege, our obligation, and a sad commentary on what's happened to the legacy media. Now, I want to point something out, the dog that did not bark."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #normalization #JeffBezos #WashingtonPost
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/live-april-ryan-on-don-lemon-arrest

"Trump has employed the chaos strategy for years, doing so many awful things all at once so his political opponents can’t craft a message to address it all or successfully organize to stop his obvious wrongs.

But it’s especially terrifying now, as the strategy is an effort to get away with literal murder, financial heist, and election rigging."

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #ICE #murder #execution #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #WhiteSupremacy
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"Authoritarian systems do not begin by jailing everyone. They begin by isolating voices. They begin by making examples. They begin by teaching the public that speaking up carries a cost.

And journalists are always near the top of that list.

Why?

Because journalists give voice to the people."

~ Dina Doll

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #ICE #murder #execution #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #WhiteSupremacy
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/our-free-press-under-attack

"Authoritarian systems do not begin by jailing everyone. They begin by isolating voices. They begin by making examples. They begin by teaching the public that speaking up carries a cost.

And journalists are always near the top of that list.

Why?

Because journalists give voice to the people."

~ Dina Doll

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #ICE #murder #execution #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #WhiteSupremacy
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/our-free-press-under-attack