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Like which Bible passage he'll pray during the attack. Last week he shared his Venezuela operation passage: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-sh...

If Lemon or Fort were part of planning or leading protest, that would be different. Given Trump's poor track record on press freedoms, I suspect this is more about targeting someone (Lemon) who he's long disliked. That said, I strongly disagree with many of Lemon's comments on air during & since.

There's definitely a line that can be crossed that moves one from journalism. Key word in your Shirley hypothetical is "lead." I've not seen evidence Lemon or Fort led the group. If they merely followed protesters in to record what happened, that's not same as organizing or leading protest.

I agree the link is important. And I think the fact that nation's largest Protestant denomination is getting closer to Wilson/Hegseth world is also alarming. I grew up Southern Baptist (am still Baptist, but different group now) & it's wild to see Wilson move from fringe to center.

The church has ties to Wilson & his people but is not formally part of CREC. It's in Southern Baptist Convention. Of course, growing ties between SBC & Wilson is important to highlight. Most preachers at Hegseth's worship services have been SBC not CREC (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/government...)

Also, it's frustrating to see mainstream media failing to connect the dots here. Lots of reports note legal ruling criticizing David Easterwood for not following court order but no others point out he's the pastor targeted last week in protest last week: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/protesters...

Criticizing protesters while defending ICE as it breaks law & ignores court rulings shows evangelicals don't care about "rule of law." This is same trick enslavers pulled, invoking "law & order" only when it helped uphold white supremacy. Some things haven't changed: wordandway.org/2026/01/23/t...

So while evangelicals invoke "law & order" while falsely blaming Pretti & Good for their own murders & criticize protesters at Cities Church for breaking law, they also defend the ICE pastor accused by GOP judge of violating court orders & failing to comply: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Last night, a GWB-appointed federal judge in MN accused Noem, acting ICE director, & acting St. Paul ICE field office head of not complying with rulings. And who is the St. Paul ICE leader accused of not following rule of law? A pastor at Cities Church (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/protesters...).