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Last week, we watched something deeply alarming unfold.

Federal agents arrested Don Lemon — a journalist with 30 years of experience — for covering a protest. That's it. That's what they're calling a crime now.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi didn't hide it. She announced the arrest publicly, charging him with interfering with First Amendment rights while he was literally exercising his First Amendment rights.

Here's what makes this even worse: a federal judge had already reviewed the case and refused to authorize the arrest, finding "no evidence" of criminal behavior. So the administration simply went around that judge and got what they wanted anyway.

If you're not alarmed yet, you should be.

When the government can arrest journalists for reporting the news, we're not just losing press freedom. We're losing the ability to know what our own government is doing. We're losing accountability. We're losing democracy itself.

This is exactly why PODF exists.

We fight back when those in power try to dismantle the constitutional protections that hold our democracy together. But we can only do this work with your support.

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The guardrails are failing. The question is whether we'll let them collapse entirely — or whether we'll fight back.

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