It's an early morning writing so the protests in the U.S. haven't started yet. I will update them later tonight.
As I wrote earlier, I don't want this to become a political blog. However, at times, I will express my own opinion and observation of the tyranny being forced by the trump administration.
I stayed up late last night because I wanted to attend the Lantern Service, the lighting of the lanterns in Boston’s Old North Church, which happened 250 years ago last night. It was also an opportunity to hear the keynote speaker, Dr. Heather Cox Richardson.
She talked about Paul Revere and what led up to the time when the lanterns were lit in the belfry of the Old North Church that eventually led to a new nation being born, the United States of America. However, it wasn't just about Paul Revere.
Paul Revere didn’t wake up on the morning of April 18, 1775, and decide to change the world. That morning began like many of the other tense days of the past year, and there was little reason to think the next two days would end as they did. Like his neighbors, Revere simply offered what he could to the cause: engraving skills, information, knowledge of a church steeple, and longstanding friendships that helped to create a network. And on April 18, he and his friends set out to protect the men who were leading the fight to establish a representative government.
And once in a great while, someone will light a lantern—or even two-that will shine forth for democratic principles that are under siege, and set the world ablaze.
Today is our day, each one of us, to light those lanterns and take back our country. It is a national day of protest against the Trump administration. They are taking place in every state capital, the nation's capital in Washington D.C., post offices, federal buildings, representatives' offices, and street corners. We, the People, are pissed,
In Couer D'Arlene, Idaho, in a Republican town hall meeting, a protester was dragged out of the meeting by 5 "security" guards with NO official warrant or standing. This was done while the local sheriff approved and looked on.
The names of those men are:
Paul Trouette: CEO of Lear Asset Management — a private security firm with a track record of militarized tactics and zero regard for the law. He’s been charged with battery, false imprisonment, and violating Coeur d’Alene’s security rules. This wasn’t the first time Trouette and his crew acted like they were above the law — just the first time a city finally pushed back.
Alexander Trouette IV: His presence reeks of nepotism. No badge. No marked uniform. No justification. He’s been charged with multiple violations.
Christofer Berg: Former city employee turned security enforcer. He knew better. He did it anyway. Now he's facing the consequences.
Russell Dunne: Charged with battery and false imprisonment. No license on file. Just muscle and arrogance.
Jesse Jones: Filmed the whole thing like it was a highlight reel. He didn't just participate — he documented his own crimes.
Michael Keller: Not even part of the security team. Just another man who decided that silencing dissent was worth getting violent over. Charged with battery.
Sheriff Bob Norris was not a passive witness. He was an active participant. When Borrenpohl pushed back on his narrative, he told her to leave. She refused — as was her right in a public forum. So he turned to the private muscle, nodded, and let them take over.
Charges have been filed. Affidavits are incoming. But justice doesn’t end with courtroom procedure. It requires clarity. Accountability. And the courage to call this what it was:
An assault on democracy by men who thought they could get away with it.
They were wrong.
