Joanne in Boston

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

🤔 Deputy AG Todd Blanche: “Men that abused these girls? What does that mean?”

Incredibly, the Trump regime now pretends they don’t even understand that Epstein survivors were victimized by powerful men.

A jaw-dropping insult to everyone’s intelligence. #TrumpEpsteinCoverup

Epstein survivor Haley Robson on CNN just now, after Todd Blanche news conference:

"You're not going to gaslight me into thinking this Administration has prioritized the survivors"

Trump couldn’t get a judge to issue an arrest warrant for Don Lemon, so he had Bondi do it.

Because of fucking course he did.
And of fucking course she did.

They know that the charges against Don Lemon can’t stick. The arrest and the outrage are the points. Performative harassment.

Amen.

Illinois Accountability Commission Should Probe Senior Trump Administration Officials, Pritzker Says “For too long, Gregory Bovino and his rogue federal agents have terrorized communities in Illinois and across the country, violated our people’s constitutional rights and unleashed violence at every t...

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and Donald Trump’s other lackeys should find lawyers because they must be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to our country.

Bondi: "At my direction" feds arrested journalists.

At direction of AG may be because:

"Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved...The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges." (per @kylegriffin1.bsky.social re @carolleonnig.bsky.social)

The Lesson of Greenland: Standing Up to Trump Works Europe drew a line. Trump blinked. The lesson is bigger than the Arctic.

Europe stood up to Trump over Greenland—and he backed down. Appeasement emboldens bullies. Confrontation constrains them. There’s a lesson here for Europe and for America.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Illegally arresting journalists before releasing the Epstein Files.

Falsifying Georgia voting records before releasing the Epstein Files.

Tying to destroy the independence of Federal Reserve before releasing the Epstein Files.

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

Alex Pretti doesn't have "stock," he isn't alive. CBP agents shot him in the back 10 times and killed him after disarming and pepper spraying him because he tried to protect a woman they were assaulting.

Mass movements force change. ICE has committed human rights abuses and those responsible must be prosecuted.

As people protest all across the country today, our office is a third space. We are open for mutual aid support, free posters, and bracelet-making for anyone who needs community.

24 hours later: Trump has two journalists arrested

The protection racket regime Bondi's letter puts the quiet part on paper.

"Bondi is a buffoon for sending this letter, but it represents nothing less than a complete fracturing of federalism. The administration is saying in no uncertain terms that it will rain violence, financial deprivation, and sham investigations on a state unless it does what Trump wants."

More like a bribe.

Solidarity with every single person participating in today’s general strike against ICE’s terror campaign.

You’re changing the world ✊🏽❤️

Uhhhh this file magically disappeared from the dump after being up for a while apparently

Chains… my god.

The winds of public opinion are at our back. We will press this Administration until we see impartial investigations, the departure of federal forces, and an end to this campaign of retribution.

DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:

Absolutely disgusting.

These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée

The arrest of Don Lemon is textbook fascism—a brazen attempt to silence reporting on a criminal regime. Stand up for Don, because our rights stand and fall with those of courageous journalists throughout this country.

I’m guessing that is the game.
Make Maduro an offer he can’t refuse.

I doubt it’s a coincidence that Tulsi Gabbard was at the Georgia election office raid and Maduro is in custody. Her presence signals they could fabricate a foreign election interference claim. But not against Russia, of course.

Source familiar with Don Lemon's arrest tells me DOJ went to a grand jury to secure an indictment (DOJ's effort to get a criminal complaint had already been rejected in court twice).

This is ugly. More soon.

there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content

Attorney General Pamela... * @AGPamBondi X.com At my direction, early this morning federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. More details soon. 8:09 AM • 1/30/26 • 35K Views 384 0 565 2K 49

interested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”