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Jane Rosenberg LaForge
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Poet, novelist, book reviewer, former adjunct professor, former journalist, blah blah blah blah blah
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My first remarks since being arrested last night.
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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This is Georgia Fort as she’s being arrested by federal agents. Apparently, they had a grand jury indictment in hand. She was arrested for being an independent journalist who filmed the Cities Church protest.
January 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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🚨 CPJ strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arrests which mark a serious escalation of attacks on the press in the United States.

Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
January 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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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 2:44 PM
Wondering if the arrests of #journalists #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort are a sign the Trump administration knows it's flailing & they're searching for new targets &/or distractions but man oh man what a burden to place on two of our fellow Americans. #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Who is #GeorgiaFort? She's the #journalist arrested today in Trump's fascist America. #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Who Is Georgia Fort, the Other Journalist Arrested Over a Church Protest?
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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FOUR journalists were arrested. Proving again that this administration isn’t “pivoting” or “turning down the temperature.” By targeting independent journalists instead of the murderers of Pretti and Good, this is ramping up. Not winding down. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Don Lemon arrested by federal authorities after protest at Minnesota church service
Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a Friday post on X that Lemon was arrested alongside three others "in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."
www.nbcnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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This is from Georgia Fort’s video.

DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.

This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.

They must be released immediately.
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Never thought I'd be living in a country w/ethnic cleansing AND the arrest of #journalists at the same time but here we are. #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress oh yeah that applies to #protesters too #GeorgiaFort #DonLemon www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/p...
Journalist Don Lemon taken into custody after Minnesota church protest | CNN Politics
Lemon and another independent journalist, George Fort, have been taken into federal custody in connection to a protest at a church earlier this month in St. Paul, Minnesota.
www.cnn.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Late stage capitalism and or capitulation comes for @washingtonpost.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
Washington Post Plans Cuts to Reshape Newsroom
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Posting this trailer for "Network," the 1976 movie my mother absolutely loved and I think foretold the future....at least where the #CapitulationBroadcastingSystem #CBS Evening #News is concerned. Do you think #BariWeiss has seen it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAwQ...
Network (1976) Trailer | Faye Dunaway | William Holden
YouTube video by Film Trailer Channel
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Some good ( #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech ) news about teachers reading #books to school children: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
Educator Who Read ‘I Need a New Butt!’ to Students Wins Job Back in Court
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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US history can only truly be understood with a warts-and-all approach.

"We can't not talk about enslavement in the United States. These are simply historical facts. They are integral to understanding aspects of our shared history."

“History is not a Hallmark card.”

www.usnews.com/news/u-s-new...
January 29, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Five #rejections of #poetry #poems this morning. Feeling dejected.
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"@washingtonpost.com leaned further into anti-Trump coverage than @nytimes.com did and was more discernibly left-wing — perhaps 'woke'...But then in November 2024..." @natesilver.skystack.xyz looks at what happened to The Washington Post. #journalism www.natesilver.net/p/the-sad-an...
The sad and self-inflicted decline of the Washington Post, in one chart
Under Jeff Bezos, the paper retreated from the adversarial, anti-Trump posture that helped fuel its growth. And now its influence has fallen sharply.
www.natesilver.net
January 28, 2026 at 5:09 AM
More dire news @washingtonpost.com: " long-rumored cuts now appear to be close, with staffers expecting the ax to drop in early February." #journalism www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
‘No one knows anything’: Washington Post staffers fear major cuts
Members of foreign staff send letter to billionaire owner Jeff Bezos urging him to change course
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 AM