Trump Arrests Journalist Don Lemon As His WH Descends Further Into Total Chaos
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What happened to journalist Don Lemon at the Grammys?
Breaking overnight, our good friend and independent journalist Don Lemon was arrested in Los Angeles while he was covering the Grammys. The New York Times reports federal agents arrest Don Lemon over Minnesota church protests. The former CNN anchor has said he was not demonstrating but reporting as a journalist during the interruption of a service inside a St. Paul church earlier this month. Don Lemon's statement is as follows. Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles where he was covering the Grammy Awards. Don has been a journalist for 30 years and has constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done. The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable.
There is no more important time for people like Don to be doing this work instead of investigating the federal agents who killed two peaceful Minnesota protesters.
Why is Don Lemon's arrest significant for journalism?
The Trump DOJ is devoting its time, attention, and resources to this arrest, and that is the real indictment of wrongdoing in this case. This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand. Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court. A personal note, this is clearly selective prosecution. The gal that really has a bee in her bonnet over Don Lemon was apparently tweeting all weekend and people on Twitter were saying, are you drunk? What's wrong with you? These are very unserious people that are very intimidated by the truth. very intimidated when people put a mirror up in front of their diabolical actions, the pure Nazi evil fascism that exudes from this administration.
Nobody puts a better mirror up to that than Don Lemon. And he has been rigorous in his honesty regarding his reporting in this regime.
How is the Trump administration impacting First Amendment rights?
This is clearly selective prosecution. This is seriously an erosion of the First Amendment. don is a canary in the coal mine right now and they're going to see how far they can take this because make no mistake about it everybody's on the chopping block us all of corporate media is getting gobbled up by trump sycophants and so this is the first spear that they want to attack independent media everybody right now go to don lemon's YouTube page and subscribe to his channels, follow him on social media, promote his posts. There are little ways each and every one of you can resist. Everybody can resist. If you cannot leave your home, share on your social medias, share all of these injustices. Tell people you stand with Don.
Tell people you stand with the First Amendment. And those of you that can protest, always protest peacefully.
What does selective prosecution mean in the context of Don Lemon's case?
My dearest Don Lemon, we adore you. We stand with you. Your fearless journalism is protected. And if you go down, we go down with you. We stand in complete solidarity with you, my brother.
When I look over the last year, I look at the party of freedom, the party of small government, and I look at what they have done to liberties and constitutionally protected right. Free speech, nope, we're gonna censor that. Assembly, nope, because if you say something, we could kill you. freedom of expression, not if we don't like it, not if it's against us. Now they're going after gun owners.
How are federal agents involved in the Minnesota protests?
Well, you can't have a gun here if you're a Republican or a liberal. So I just look in one year, how many constitutionally protected freedoms This administration has taken, and it is right now, Don Lemon, freedom of the press. Are you kidding me? It is not shocking. It is not surprising. It is appalling. And it is just one more block that we are losing in constitutionally protected rights because this man is a fascist.
All right. So what are the Democrats been up to?
What criticisms are being directed at Democratic leadership?
What have they been up to? Remember Chuckles? I showed you where he's like, Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller are fucking liars. We won't fund DHS. Well, Chuckles folds like a cheap suit because Democrats are not meeting this moment.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened to journalist Don Lemon at the Grammys?
0:04–1:04
2
Why is Don Lemon's arrest significant for journalism?
1:04–2:14
3
How is the Trump administration impacting First Amendment rights?
2:14–3:11
4
What does selective prosecution mean in the context of Don Lemon's case?
3:11–4:04
5
How are federal agents involved in the Minnesota protests?
4:04–4:42
6
What criticisms are being directed at Democratic leadership?
4:42–5:45
7
What actions can individuals take to support press freedom?
5:45–6:41
8
What are the implications of the current political climate on civil liberties?
6:41–19:57
Speakers
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