Don Lemon’s Arrest Escalates DOJ Crackdown on Black Journalists and Activists
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FilmthepoliceLA streaming live from downtown Los Angeles.
https://www.youtube.com/live/7jRjc6wpdQI?si=bNZcqvGN_RML0IL_
Oooh, stuff getting spicy down in downtown LA. They're going to start lobbing tear gas and use munitions/horses on people very soon, if not already.
"LAPD: Avoid the area of Alameda between Union & 1st. Unlawful assembly declared"
Businesses close, students walk out as SF joins national ICE protest and strike
Cole Ambrocente and his classmates can’t stop thinking about ICE aggression in Minneapolis. “The young people, at least…
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I reckon I’m 3 days behind here, but Jon Stewart’s Daily Show’s well worth watching on YouTube at the moment. He pretty much nailed everything regarding Trump, ICE, and the Alex Pretti murder.
Here you go if you haven’t seen it…
I'd like to see Iranian protesters carrying signs saying, "USA stay out! You are not needed here"
“Abolish ICE!” and “No ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA!” the crowds chanted. They also chanted, “Chinga la migra” – which is a colloquial way to say “fuck immigration enforcement” in Spanish.
The demonstration in New York was part of a nationwide day of action advocating for “no work, no school, no shopping” to protest the Trump administration’s brutal immigration crackdowns."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/new-york-city-ice-trump-protest #ICE #Trump #fascism #protests #resist #fightfascism #ICEout #abolishICE
Downtown Los Angeles today -- the biggest protest I've seen recently. People seemed more defiant than usual too. Lots of folks on the roofs of park buildings, climbing up traffic light poles, etc.
I don't know when I started getting weepy at protests but the beautiful people of this city coming together are so moving. Whose streets? OUR STREETS! gets my tears flowing every time. I love my fellow angelenos...
Demonstrators across metro Denver joined the national Ice Out protests and general strike – “no work, school, or shopping” – that was disrupting ...
Demonstrators across Denver joined the national ICE Out campaign – “no work, school, or shopping” – as people across the U.S. protested the federal government’s immigration crackdown tactics in Min…#adams14 #adamscountyschooldistrict14 #aurorapublicschools #bouldervalleyschooldistrict #camjohnson #cherrycreek #coloradoeducationassociation #coloradopolitics #davidadelman #denverpublicschools #departmentofhomelandsecurity #douglascounty #douglascountyschooldistrict #dps #education #football #immigration #immigrationandcustomsenforcement #johnhickenlooper #mentalhealth #michaelbennet #minnesota #protests #quinnmeinerz #reneegood #restaurants #schools #shootings #teachers #twitter #usimmigrationpolicy #news #politics #colorado #denver #denvermetro #frontrange #coloradonews #latestheadlines #nationalnews
Nationwide general strike leads to ICE Out protests, school and business closures across metro Denver
Dozens of San Francisco businesses closed their doors Friday as the Bay Area joined a national general strike protesting federal immigration ...#Protests #DoloresPark #Immigration
ICE protests: San Francisco businesses, students join national strike
ICE protests: San Francisco businesses, students join national strike
Saw a LOT of (middle or high school?) kids with signs that said 'Fuck ICE' etc walking along the sidewalk during the day today right near where I live. A walkout protest maybe? This is spreading. Love to see the kids involved. Communities are going to protect their own. They are NOT going to allow this shit.
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump
ABC7: SoCal businesses joining nationwide anti-ICE protests. Here's what to know
Several Berkeley businesses are closed Friday in solidarity with the "no work, no school, no shopping" protest.#Home:highlight #Home:lead #Immigration #Protests
Berkeley businesses close, protests planned as part of 'ICE Out' national strike
Berkeley businesses close, protests planned as part of 'ICE Out' national strike
DrWeb’s Domain Report – Project 2025 (DHS Chapter 5) vs. What We’ve Actually Seen Since Trump Took Office (Jan 20, 2025) – Department of Homeland Security
Project 2025 (DHS Chapter 5) vs. What We’ve Actually Seen Since Trump Took Office (Jan 20, 2025)
Editor’s Note: I prepared this report with assistance from Gemini AI. The chapter 5 on Department of Homeland Security is included below as PDF, for your own review. See the summary at the end. Links for sources are embedded within. –DrWeb
My summary and thesis statement: “The protests of 2025–2026 did not emerge spontaneously. They followed the collision of a long-shelved enforcement blueprint with real communities — implemented faster than the protocols needed to keep it lawful, humane, and trusted.”
AI Gemini_Generated_ImageThis section compares the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025’s Chapter 5 (“Department of Homeland Security”) against major, publicly reported DHS/immigration actions and controversies since Trump returned to office on January 20, 2025.
The goal is not to “prove” causation, but to evaluate whether observable policy moves and outcomes mirror the chapter’s agenda and recommended operational levers. And what about the blueprint has not been implemented (like “training”). And like this quote below, it is a right-wing, conservative outline or blueprint of “their views:
2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-05DownloadUnfortunately for our nation, the federal government’s newest department became like every other federal agency: bloated, bureaucratic, and expensive. It also lost sight of its mission priorities. DHS has also suffered from the Left’s wokeness and weaponization against Americans whom the Left perceives as its political opponents.
Chapter 5, DHS
1) Where Chapter 5 aligns strongly with reported DHS actions
A. Expanded use of “Expedited Removal” (fast-track deportation)
Chapter 5 urges DHS/ICE to make full use of Expedited Removal (ER)—and criticizes prior internal limitations (including limiting ER to within 100 miles of the border) as unnecessary because they are not mandated by statute.
In the current Trump term, DHS issued guidance consistent with an expanded ER posture, and independent immigration-policy analysis has described the administration’s approach as widening the scope of fast-track deportation tools.
- Chapter 5: Project 2025, Chapter 5 (PDF)
- DHS policy artifact: DHS ER/Parole Guidance (PDF)
- Independent analysis: Migration Policy Institute overview
B. Rollback of “protected areas” / “sensitive locations” constraints
Chapter 5 also recommends rescinding “sensitive zones” policies that limit where immigration enforcement may occur. In public reporting and policy tracking, the administration’s early term posture includes rescinding protected-area guidance and triggering state-level pushback where schools, hospitals, jails, prisons, and other sites are concerned.
- Chapter 5: Project 2025, Chapter 5 (PDF)
- Policy tracking: NILC summary of rescission impacts
- State pushback example: Axios (Boston): Healey moves to get ICE out of schools and hospitals
C. Detention expansion toward the chapter’s “100,000 beds” benchmark
Chapter 5 calls for Congress to require and fund a major increase in detention capacity—explicitly naming 100,000 beds as a target. Since early 2025, major reporting has described detention capacity pressures and administration interest in expanding detention at scale (including coordination with other federal agencies).
- Chapter 5: Project 2025, Chapter 5 (PDF)
- Reporting: Reuters: Detention maxed out; administration seeks expansion
- Context: American Immigration Council: detention expansion analysis
D. Interior enforcement posture (nationwide operations + fewer “self-imposed limits”)
The chapter frames ICE/ERO as responsible for civil arrest, detention, and removal anywhere in the United States and urges removal of “self-imposed limitations” on enforcement reach. Current reporting reflects a heightened interior enforcement posture, including tactical guidance changes and political pushback tied to public demonstrations.
- Chapter 5: Project 2025, Chapter 5 (PDF)
- Reporting: Reuters: ICE guidance and demonstrations (Minnesota)
2) Where Chapter 5 is only partially reflected (directional alignment, not a 1:1 match)
A. Pressure on states/localities via data-sharing and eligibility leverage
Chapter 5 advocates a posture of aggressive federal leverage over state/local compliance, including requirements involving information-sharing and eligibility conditions. While the public record includes controversies around DHS data use and state-level responses, the visible pattern is better described as “directionally aligned” rather than a clean implementation of a single, explicit “grant conditions” mechanism described in the chapter.
- Chapter 5: Project 2025, Chapter 5 (PDF)
- Reporting: Wired: DHS data and voter roll impacts
3) What appears “missing,” underdeveloped, or not publicly evidenced
A. The chapter’s headline structural agenda (dismantle DHS; relocate FEMA/CISA; privatize TSA)
Chapter 5’s flagship recommendation is a sweeping reorganization: dismantle DHS and relocate or restructure major components (including FEMA, CISA, TSA, Secret Service). Since January 2025, the most visible DHS story has been immigration enforcement intensity—not a publicly documented, Congress-driven dismantling campaign of DHS itself.
That does not mean internal planning is absent; it means that the publicly evidenced pattern (from major reporting) is far clearer on enforcement levers than on structural re-architecture.
B. Operational detail beyond big levers
The chapter provides strategic direction and major levers (ER, detention, policy rescissions) but offers less detail on practical implementation challenges at scale—logistics, diplomatic repatriation pipelines, adjudication bottlenecks, and safeguards to reduce mistaken identity harms and due-process failures.
C. Civil-rights and community-impact analysis
The chapter argues for removing constraints but does not deeply address chilling effects and public safety concerns that become salient when enforcement enters spaces like schools, hospitals, and churches—precisely the sites that have prompted state-level “keep ICE out” efforts.
D. “Urban” or city-specific training
The DHS chapter does not present an “urban training” initiative or metro-specific preparedness plan. The closest relevant portion is the FEMA/grants discussion, where the chapter criticizes Washington for funding local law enforcement training and argues for terminating most FEMA grant programs. In short: Chapter 5 does not emphasize city-focused training; it leans toward reducing DHS grant making that often supports local preparedness and training.
4) Bottom line: How much of what we’ve seen is mirrored by Chapter 5?
High mirroring (core enforcement levers): ER expansion, rollback of protected-area constraints, and a push toward major detention expansion align closely with the chapter’s recommendations.
Medium / partial mirroring (pressure + data + leverage): some reported patterns of federal pressure and data-driven controversy echo the chapter’s posture, but the public record does not show a neat one-to-one match to every specific “grant eligibility” mechanism described.
Low or not publicly evidenced (structural dismantling of DHS): the chapter’s sweeping plan to dismantle DHS and relocate FEMA/CISA/TSA is not the dominant visible story line of the term so far; enforcement intensity is.
One-sentence takeaway: Since January 2025, DHS actions in immigration enforcement and removal mechanics track closely with the tools and priorities outlined in Project 2025’s DHS chapter—while the chapter’s more radical plan to dismantle and rebuild DHS has not yet shown the same level of public, documentable implementation.
Protests like in Minnesota and around the Nation don’t arise in a vacuum; they emerge when policy blueprints meet lived reality without guardrails.
Additional Points to Ponder…
- Project 2025 as a revealed blueprint, not a conspiracy.
What Chapter 5 shows is intent: removal of internal restraints, maximization of enforcement tools, and de-prioritization of community impact. When similar actions appear in real-world policy, people recognize the shape of what’s happening — even if every element isn’t implemented verbatim. - Absence of protocols is the accelerant.
The chapter is heavy on what to do (ER, detention, location access) and light on how to do it safely. That gap is exactly where protests tend to ignite: schools, hospitals, city centers, and workplaces become pressure points because no credible safeguards were articulated or trusted. - “Conservative administration” ≠ uniquely responsible.
The long-delayed immigration overhaul is a long-standing bipartisan failure. Multiple administrations expanded enforcement authorities while deferring comprehensive legislative reform. Project 2025 doesn’t invent the tools — it proposes removing the brakes. - Why protests look urban, loud, and immediate.
When policy emphasizes interior enforcement without parallel investment in training, coordination, or due-process clarity, urban areas absorb the shock first. Cities become the stage not because they’re ideological, but because they’re where systems intersect.
Summary: The protests of 2025–2026 did not emerge spontaneously. They followed the collision of a long-shelved enforcement blueprint with real communities — implemented faster than the protocols needed to keep it lawful, humane, and trusted. A conservative author wrote a blueprint, and Trump’s zeal and ignorance led him and his people to implement a blueprint without engineering drawings –no training plans, no protocols, no realization of urban cities realities for massive enforcement efforts, ignoring civil rights and due process. This is a major failure, and has resulted in unwarranted, illegal deaths, for which crimes there will be justice. –DrWeb
And last word. Gemini spoke up after our work together and was insightful. “And yes — sometimes you really do have to look backward to understand why people are suddenly in the streets.”
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Don Lemon’s Arrest Escalates DOJ Crackdown on Black Journalists and Activists
Don Lemon, the prominent journalist and former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents Thursday in Los Angeles on charges that he violated a law while reporting on a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota earlier this month. The saga represents a startling, if not new, turn in the Trump administration’s attacks on […]Trump’s Back-and-Forth Threats on Iran Are Psychological Warfare
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The Guardian: Anti-ICE protests to be held across US as organizers urge national strike
Activists call for Friday ‘blackout’ in protest against administration’s violent immigration crackdown
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/ice-protests-friday-strike
Common Dreams: From Business Closures to Student Walkouts, Communities Across US Demand: ‘ICE Out!’
“It is time for us to all stand up together in a nationwide shutdown and say enough is enough!”
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