In short, 24 headlines from the last 24 hours… [breath in DEEP for this…]
1. TMZ video shows a heckler yelling “pedophile protector” at DJT during a Ford Dearborn factory tour; DJT mouths “f— you” and flips him off; WH says response was “appropriate and unambiguous;” worker TJ Sabula suspended, says he has no regrets
2. Protester permanently blinded after DHS agent fires nonlethal round at close range as immigration agents have shot more than a dozen people in DJT’s second term; DJT warns MN Dems on Truth Social: ‘THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING’
3. TX Observer reports ICE prosecutor Jim Rodden ran a white supremacist X account praising Hitler, white supremacy; despite probes and promises of review, he was seen back prosecuting cases in Dallas immigration court this week
4. In CBS interview with Tony Dokoupil, DJT confronted with his comments calling Renee Good a ‘domestic terrorist’ from her grieving father - an alleged DJT supporter; DJT said “under normal circumstances, [she] was a very solid, wonderful person,” but defended ICE and criticized her actions
5. Joe Rogan criticizes ICE tactics: 'Are we really going to be the Gestapo?’; says people now see ICE as ‘murderous military people’ and calls fatal shooting of Renee Good ‘horrific’
6. At least 6 career prosecutors in MN have resigned after DOJ leaders pushed them to investigate Renee Good’s widow and frame the fatal ICE shooting as an assault on the agent Johnathan Ross instead of a civil-rights investigation into his actions
7. DHS Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents after Renee Good’s death; leaks personal information of 4,500 ICE and BP agents online in huge data breach
8. 2 US teen citizens/employees violently detained by ICE in MN Target; forced to the ground, then into SUV, then dumped in different parking lot as clashes rise in Minneapolis and agents use teargas on protestors throughout the city
9. I’m disabled!' woman screams on video as masked ICE agents pull her through car window, arrests her for trying to pass them to get to the doctor on a street where ICE was conducting a raid
10. House Dems allege DJT admin is ‘courting’ J6 rioters for ICE employment; sends 3-page letter to Kristi Noem and AG Pam Bondi requesting 'all records regarding the solicitation and hiring of anyone in connection to the J6 attack on the Capitol"
11. Clintons say 'now is that time' to 'fight for this country’ after refusing to testify in Epstein investigation as House Oversight GOP threatens to hold them in contempt
12. DOJ blasts Trump-appointed judge for questioning Lindsey Halligan's role as Halligan doubles down on US attorney title and DOJ says Halligan is still a US attorney, despite a judge disqualifying her
13. Denmark and Greenland ministers to meet Vance, Rubio at WH today despite repeated rebuffs to be acquired by US and Greenland PM Nielsen saying ‘We choose Denmark’ over joining US
14. 1 of 3 court challenges to 'Alligator Alcatraz' has ended as detainee agrees to leave US, asks that lawsuit be dismissed; plaintiff M.A. arrived “entered the facility able to walk, but he is now in a wheelchair,” his lawsuit said; 2 others still pending
15. LA indicts anothe doctor [CA] for mailing abortion pills to a resident escalating a clash with shield-law states like CA and NY over cross-state abortion care; Gov Landry says he would sign the extradition order against the doctor, Rémy Coeytaux of Sonoma County, CA
16. WH to end temporary protected status for Somalis, must leave by March 17; DJT threatens to revoke citizenship of naturalized immigrants convicted of fraud in Dearborn factory speech repeating xenophobic remarks about Dem congresswoman Ilhan Omar
17. BBC wants DJT’s defamation lawsuit over the way they edited his 2021 speech thrown out of court; warns DJT may have to disclose details about assets as part of the lawsuit
18. After Renee Good’s death, Stephen Miller falsely claimed on Fox News that ICE agents have “federal immunity” and anyone who stops them commits a felony; “he is not a lawyer…the law and constitution are clear. States can arrest federal officials who violate their laws,” says experts
19. 2 top aides to DJT’s Labor Sec Lori Chavez-DeRemer were placed on leave as the Labor Dept’s IG probes allegations of an extramarital affari with a subordinate, travel fraud, and workplace misconduct like stashes of alcohol in the office, personal trips disguised as work trips, etc
20. DJT drops appeal, ending bid to withhold transportation funds from states that won’t aid ICE enforcement; ACLU dismisses lawsuit after DJT quietly restored tens of millions to Planned Parenthood after claims they did not comply with his DEI policies
21. Another ex-NY Mayor Eric Adams official charged in another corruption case; Anthony Herbert federally charged with bribery and kickbacks, pressuring officials to hire companies for public housing contracts, and committing PPP loan fraud
22. Some Dems want to withhold DHS funds after fatal ICE shooting in MN of Renee Good unless Congress adds rules on ICE conduct — like showing ID, staying at the border, and needing warrants
23. Secret grand jury transcripts show senior MAGA die-hards like Lindsey Graham, Brian Kemp, and David Ralston, found DJT’s 2020 election fraud claims baseless, calling his push for fake electors ““unnerving,” “fruitless,” and “the craziest thing I’ve heard”
24. Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, 15 when she refused to give up her bus seat in 1955—months before Rosa Parks—has died at 86; her protest is what inspired and helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott movement that followed - RIP 🕊️
📌 Yes, all of these crazy 24 headlines really happened in the last 24 hours.
As a former history teacher, educator, and now lawyer, I’m constantly struck by the patterns that repeat across time, politics, and culture.
Yesterday, I posted a side-by-side of BP Chief Bovino and Colonel Steven Lockjaw from the Golden Globe–winning movie One Battle After Another. I want to unpack that so lock in for this next part.
For those who haven’t seen it yet, spoiler alert ahead: the film is a dark satire that exaggerates one enforcer’s obsession with proximity to power and order, using immigration enforcement as its backdrop.
Lockjaw isn’t just a villain — he’s a magnifying glass for a real-world logic, showing what happens when law becomes spectacle, dissent is delegitimized, and harm is reframed as necessity.
Let me explain.
The movie isn’t about immigration policy in a technical sense.
It’s about power, and enforcement is the vehicle.
One of its sharpest satirical targets is “law and order” absolutism.
Lockjaw claims legality as moral justification, treats enforcement as inherently righteous, and frames dissent as treason.
The satire of it all flips the law itself into the punchline: if law authorizes cruelty, cruelty becomes virtue.
By exaggerating the logic, the film highlights a pattern we see today: when enforcement is framed not as policy but as a civilizational battle, brutality becomes normalized.
Lockjaw’s militarized units underline the absurdity.
They move like an occupying force, with heavy gear, total operational secrecy, and even applying “enemy” language to civilians.
The film asks: what happens when border logic is applied everywhere, not just the border? Sound familiar?
It’s a direct commentary on modern immigration politics, where borders are imagined into cities, federal enforcement operates far from any boundary, and civilian spaces effectively become zones of control.
Exaggeration here isn’t just for laughs — it reveals dynamics that are already playing out in real life.
Moral inversion is another key tool.
In the film, protesters are treated as threats, victims are suspected, and violence is framed as restoring order.
Real-world rhetoric mirrors this: enforcement equals patriotism, resistance equals criminality, and harm is necessary.
By pushing this inversion to extremes, the satire of the movie makes the underlying logic visible.
This is where the comparison to Bovino began to mean something to me.
It’s not about intent or personality — it’s about the role both occupy.
Think of it as an archetype: the “boundary enforcer.”
Enforcement in both cases is a performance.
Lockjaw stages power theatrically, while Bovino’s operations are highly visible, publicly defended, and rhetorically aggressive.
It isn’t quiet administration; it’s demonstration: watch us enforce the law.
Both also stretch the boundaries of authority.
Lockjaw expands from borders into neighborhoods and from criminals to anyone nearby.
Critics of real-world immigration operations see the same logic in broad stops, sweeping raids, and collateral targeting.
Civilian harm is minimized or dismissed, framed as “operational necessity” or “unavoidable.”
Dissent is treated as illegitimate, attempting to strip moral standing from anyone who challenges it.
I don’t see Bovino as Lockjaw.
I see Lockjaw as what this logic looks like with the brakes removed.
That’s the power of satire — it indicts systems, not individuals, and makes visible the trajectories of unchecked authority.
The difference is crucial: Lockjaw operates without accountability, while Bovino exists in a system with courts, media, law, and resistance — for now. The film functions as a cautionary mirror, not a literal comparison.
And that brings us back to the headlines you’ve been reading with me every day.
Patterns like these aren’t just in films — they’re in real decisions, public statements, and actions that make today’s news cycle feel both chaotic and familiar.
Each of the 24 headlines you’ve seen me share — whether about enforcement, politics, or public spectacle — reflects the same forces: power, authority, and the ways systems amplify or normalize it.
That’s why this side-by-side resonates.
The satire helps us see the logic behind the headlines, the forces shaping them, and why accountability — even small checks like documenting it for history as we are doing here with the #24in24 — matters more than ever.
One Battle After Another reminds us that when enforcement becomes about dominance rather than governance, the enforcer stops being a public servant and becomes a symbol of power itself.
Figures like Bovino feel familiar because they occupy the same intersection of law, force, and ideology — a space where rules are applied performatively, dissent is delegitimized, and harm is normalized.
This isn’t just a cinematic exaggeration; it’s the logic behind many of the stories we cover in the 24-in-24 headlines.
Each headline — whether it’s about high-profile enforcement actions, political spectacle, or the public theater of authority — is another reflection of this structural pattern.
Taken together, they aren’t isolated events but threads in a tapestry that shows how systems of power operate, replicate, and escalate.
Recognizing this pattern is crucial: it allows us to see beyond the immediate drama of the news cycle and understand the underlying dynamics that shape policy, rhetoric, and action.
The film’s satire, in other words, gives us a lens to read headlines like this critically — to see that what looks like chaos is often logic applied without brakes, and what feels shocking in the last 24 hours is part of a much longer story about how power asserts itself, how authority performs, and how societies choose which rules and values to uphold.
Mostly, what the movie shows us is that the patterns we see in these headlines aren’t random; they are a blueprint for the future, a glimpse of what our world could look like if we allow authority to operate without accountability.
Meaning… unless we act now, these headlines are not just stories we document — they are prophecy we are fulfilling day by day.
As always…links to sources will be📌’d in the comments below for each.
I will also 📌 my Substack for easier readability for those interested.
See you tomorrow!
~Ms. G, J.D.
