The DOJ won’t investigate the ICE agents who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
But now they’ve arrested journalists like Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and others for filming and reporting on an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church.
This is an attack on the First Amendment like we’ve never seen.
But now they’ve arrested journalists like Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and others for filming and reporting on an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church.
This is an attack on the First Amendment like we’ve never seen.
January 30, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Note: this is another way large corporate and billionaire-owned media institutions oppress and suppress independent media... no citations .... where an internet search with good intent would find LawDork (🤭) had the scoop! 😠😡🤬
#IndependentMedia
#UniteFor1A
#UniteForDiversity
#IndependentMedia
#UniteFor1A
#UniteForDiversity
Which is better than I got last week from the Post or CBS News when I reported first on the DHS refugee memo — and had been reporting on and even tried to intervene in the case at issue.
We’re both longtime journalists, and people know us. There’s no excuse for not giving appropriate credit.
We’re both longtime journalists, and people know us. There’s no excuse for not giving appropriate credit.
February 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Note: this is another way large corporate and billionaire-owned media institutions oppress and suppress independent media... no citations .... where an internet search with good intent would find LawDork (🤭) had the scoop! 😠😡🤬
#IndependentMedia
#UniteFor1A
#UniteForDiversity
#IndependentMedia
#UniteFor1A
#UniteForDiversity
Portland City Councilor Sameer Kanal says he’ll push ahead with a proposal to ban tear gas citywide after ICE goons unleashed it on protesters last weekend. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Portland lawmaker pushes tear gas ban after ICE protest crackdown
Sameer Kanal will move forward with a citywide tear gas prohibition after children and elderly people were met with clouds of gas, pepper balls and rubber bullets outside the ICE facility in South Por...
www.oregonlive.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
"Weinstein served for seven years as a military lawyer..and later..in the Reagan White House. He said this invocation of the Hatch Act was.. a willful misinterpretation of the law. “Restricting the First Amendment rights of VA chaplains is what you would expect from a full-throttle fascist regime.."
February 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Stop making excuses for those with massive amounts of power harming those with very little power
Children were exposed to tear gas because kops shot gas at a family-friendly protest
Families gave the right to protest lops harming other families
#UniteForDiversity
#ProtectTheVulnerable
#UniteFor1A
Children were exposed to tear gas because kops shot gas at a family-friendly protest
Families gave the right to protest lops harming other families
#UniteForDiversity
#ProtectTheVulnerable
#UniteFor1A
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stop making excuses for those with massive amounts of power harming those with very little power
Children were exposed to tear gas because kops shot gas at a family-friendly protest
Families gave the right to protest lops harming other families
#UniteForDiversity
#ProtectTheVulnerable
#UniteFor1A
Children were exposed to tear gas because kops shot gas at a family-friendly protest
Families gave the right to protest lops harming other families
#UniteForDiversity
#ProtectTheVulnerable
#UniteFor1A
Looks like we have our first broad-based lawsuit challenging the ICE memo authorizing home invasions that violate the Fourth Amendment.
Filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston on behalf of two nonprofits serving Latino and immigrant communities. lawyersforcivilrights.org/wp-content/u...
Filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston on behalf of two nonprofits serving Latino and immigrant communities. lawyersforcivilrights.org/wp-content/u...
lawyersforcivilrights.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 PM
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 7:14 PM
So:
Of 535 Members of Congress, 67 are Black, so 3% of all Black MoCs were attacked this week.
Of all journalists in the country, ~6% are Black; hard to know the actual number, but I feel like arresting four of the 6% of allllllllll journalists who are Black comes out to p big proportion of them!
Of 535 Members of Congress, 67 are Black, so 3% of all Black MoCs were attacked this week.
Of all journalists in the country, ~6% are Black; hard to know the actual number, but I feel like arresting four of the 6% of allllllllll journalists who are Black comes out to p big proportion of them!
January 30, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Important: Georgia Fort is President of the Center for Broadcast Journalism and was “one of two journalists in the courtroom when Derek Chauvin was sentenced.”
Her arrest, and the others, are a targeted assault on journalism by a white supremacist hate group that has infiltrated the US government.
Her arrest, and the others, are a targeted assault on journalism by a white supremacist hate group that has infiltrated the US government.
Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
January 30, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Please join me in donating to Georgia Fort theough her website so she gets all of the $$$
www.georgiafort.com/support
www.georgiafort.com/support
January 30, 2026 at 6:32 PM
"The arrests of Lemon and Fort are part of a serial pattern of Trump attacking free speech, which is protected by the Constitution." www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Journalists arrested as Trump team sets fire to First Amendment
Independent journalist Don Lemon, formerly of CNN, was arrested by federal agents Thursday night for reporting on an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minnesota, making him a target in President ...
www.dailykos.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
January 30, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The party of free speech is at it again.
Also remember Florida was the first to pass its (unconstitutional) law suggesting that no political speech could ever be removed from social media, and desantis did a whole big thing about how Florida had the strongest free speech protections.
Also remember Florida was the first to pass its (unconstitutional) law suggesting that no political speech could ever be removed from social media, and desantis did a whole big thing about how Florida had the strongest free speech protections.
A nurse is banned from working in Florida following an expletive-filled social media post wishing President Trump’s press secretary a painful child birth.
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Federal agents fired pepperballs on journalists and peaceful protesters in Eugene, OR on Tuesday.
Check out my interview with student journalist Agostinho Da Silva. Despite clear press identification, he was shot six times.
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Check out my interview with student journalist Agostinho Da Silva. Despite clear press identification, he was shot six times.
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"They're Clearly Targeting Us": DHS Attacks Press at Protest in Eugene, OR
A peaceful vigil and protest turned dark after DHS opened fire with less-lethal weapons on the crowd, including student journalists
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Two Black journalists — Don Lemon and Georgia Fort (president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter) — were arrested by federal agents days after both filmed an anti-ICE protest inside of the Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn. thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...
Journalism organizations condemn the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort as vindictive attacks on press freedom • The TRiiBE
Two Black journalists were arrested by federal agents days after both filmed an anti-ICE protest inside a Minnesota church.
thetriibe.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:26 PM
the practical effect of arresting lemon et al is to spark widespread condemnation, especially since these arrests will certainly be thrown out. this doesn't mean the action isn't a dangerous escalation, it does mean the white house doesn't know what to do but spam its only attack
January 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
you are the 4th estate...
and gender non specific daddy... it's time for you to get to "estating"
and gender non specific daddy... it's time for you to get to "estating"
January 30, 2026 at 5:18 PM
They are abducting and arresting journalists, witnesses, and truth tellers.
So we must ALL become journalists, witnesses, and truth tellers.
So we must ALL become journalists, witnesses, and truth tellers.
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The national Press Club released the following statement on the arrest of Don Lemon:
"The world is watching closely, and the implications of this case extend far beyond any one reporter."
"The world is watching closely, and the implications of this case extend far beyond any one reporter."
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The freedom of the press is literally inscribed into the constitution. The arrests of Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, layered atop the raid of that WaPo journalist's home earlier this month are clearly political acts designed to silence journalists, and create a chilling effect on free speech.
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
An article about this political moment, the role of journalism, and the very real dangers of state repression—told as a cheeky guide to buying a gas mask.
I’ve been sending it to everyone; it both delights and horrifies me.
Well done @sarahjeong.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
I’ve been sending it to everyone; it both delights and horrifies me.
Well done @sarahjeong.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
www.theverge.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The fact that they are arresting Black journalists… is because they are counting on many of you to not make a stink.
Prove them wrong
Also NOTE: Freelance journalists, esp Black independent journalists, have a tradition of exposing corruption & abuse of power
What do you think Ida B Wells was?
Prove them wrong
Also NOTE: Freelance journalists, esp Black independent journalists, have a tradition of exposing corruption & abuse of power
What do you think Ida B Wells was?
January 30, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In an era of rapid media outlet ownership changes, consolidations, & shutdowns, and subsequent journalist layoffs and transition to freelance/pitch work for multiple outlets and/or self-published work, it will be easier than ever to arrest known journalists if they don't have a W-2 job.
“Independent” is doing too much work in this first wave. They are arresting journalists and just like everything else they’ve done, they’re testing the limits of our resistance by starting wt vulnerable margins.
January 30, 2026 at 5:06 PM