Mark Fiore

Former democracy begins rounding up journalists…

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As a Trump-hating visual journalist of Italian & Norwegian descent, it all makes sense now. (And my Irish background is prob why I am drawn to very dark humor.)

Thanks for flagging this! Can't wait for the phrenology addendum.

Trump’s ICE Agents Arrested Don Lemon. Then the Story Got Even Darker. Trump has been raging about the former CNN journalist. Attorney General Pam Bondi just had him arrested, a move one legal expert slammed as “highly irregular.”

Trump's arrest of Don Lemon shows that his "pivot" is an utter farce. As legal experts tell me, this looks appallingly corrupt. Indeed, it's likely this is all about sending a message that Trump isn't deescalating in the slightest.

New piece with fresh details here:
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"At my direction" is faux-legalese for "'cause I said so."

Now they're arresting multiple independent journalists the day after they sent the FBI to raid the Fulton County, GA election office.
(But, hey, Bovino's gone!)

Still feeling pretty authoritariany.

📷 Tips for photojournalists covering U.S. protests:

✅ Have someone watch your back
✅ Look up from your viewfinder every few seconds
✅ Don't wear camera straps around your neck to avoid the risk of strangulation
✅ Minimize time spent in the crowd

More safety resources here⤵️
cpj.org/2024/04/u-s-...

Might want to keep these numbers handy. Thank you, @pressfreedom.bsky.social

Fort filmed this before her arrest--she confirms they did go before a grand jury.

From @freedom.press' @seth-stern.bsky.social: The "arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are naked attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected" prosecuting them for reporting, and "instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down"

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February

"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March

"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

More than a week before his crucifixion by Roman law enforcement, Jesus of Nazareth infuriated other authorities as he overturned vendor tables at the temple farmers market and cursed at an innocent fig tree causing it to wither, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.

How cute, Homan is playing war general.

This is a recurring theme in the administration: pretend you're a tough action hero who uses words you've heard in movies. (And distract from the fact you're a paunchy schlub who accepted a $50,000 bribe in a paper bag.)

Exciting news! markfiore.substack.com/p/exciting-n...

Thank you so much for subscribing, @redrebela.bsky.social Amazing people like you keep the cartoons coming! 😁

Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging

In case you're tempted to think things will get better with Bovino gone: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

YouTube video by wwwyoumarkit 1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial

Hey, Tim Cook, check out this cool ad! I sure wish this had run at the beginning of “Melania” during your White House movie night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXN...
(Spoiler: in this version, the autocrat is the bad guy.)

Super helpful.👇

A war correspondent who says Minneapolis reminds him most of the Arab Spring, which he witnessed firsthand. Vivid portrait of decentralized resistance in the US, & the persistence of community organizing after George Floyd’s murder & the continued hypernormalization of trauma on our schoolchildren.

There is far more outrage from tech leaders over a wealth tax than masked ICE agents terrorizing communities and executing civilians in the streets. Tells you what you need to know about the values of our industry.

OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice

How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids? The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.

A reminder that The Trace has been tracking shootings connected to Trump's immigration crackdowns — Renee Good and Alex Pretti, unfortunately, are not alone: www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...

Dressing & acting like a fascist, is a choice. Being the leader of untrained thugs, is a choice. Working for the terror state, is a choice.
And these choices, have consequences.

God, this guy and his faux-sermonizing.

If it looks like a fascist & talks like a fascist...
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Feels like given DHS making up stories about what we can plainly see in the murder videos, we have to just presume every other death under their purview is also murder.

This is appalling. I can say with certainty that Steve Jobs would be ashamed of Tim Cook at this terrible moment, one of many these days, and he has sullied the last year of his tenure and the Apple brand by his craven need to please shareholders over holding onto some basic values of decency.

There needs to be bigger punishment than this, but it’s a start

Absolutely chilling. Very strongarm thug vibe.

A state government is having to file an emergency lawsuit to be able to ensure that the federal government is not actively obstructing justice.

Declaration – #109 in Tincher v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:25-cv-04669) – CourtListener.com DECLARATION of Witness No. 2 re 108 Declaration in Support by John Biestman, Alan Crenshaw, Janet Lee, Abdikadir Noor, Susan Tincher, Lucia Webb . (Fisher, Caitlinrose) (Entered: 01/24/2026)

These witness statements that are coming out are so powerful and paint a more detailed picture: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.

TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF

JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...