2nd Amendment Brief: National Summary
BLUF: The Supreme Court heard Wolford v. Lopez on whether states can broadly bar carry on private property open to the public; DOJ signaled major reinterpretations and rollbacks affecting handgun transfers and federal gun rules; the Supreme Court continues to weigh United States v. Hemani on drug-user possession bans; Tennessee advanced a tenant gun-rights bill limiting landlord restrictions; and New Mexico lawmakers introduced a new gun-control proposal that could expand purchase and possession restrictions.
》In HI on January 20th; the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez, which challenges Hawaii’s “express permission” law that makes it illegal for licensed carriers to bring firearms onto private property open to the public unless the owner affirmatively allows it. The petitioners argue that this creates default "sensitive places" akin to government restrictions, lacking historical precedent under Bruen, while Hawaii defends it as respecting private property rights. Debrief: If upheld, the law effectively creates large “gun-free” z...
》Nationwide on January 15th; the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel issued a memorandum concluding that the federal ban on mailing handguns under 18 U.S.C. § 1715 is unconstitutional as applied to handguns, citing no historical tradition of such postal restrictions on protected arms post-Bruen. Debrief: This interpretation co...
》Nationwide on January 19th; reporting indicated the Department of Justice is reviewing and considering rollbacks of certain federal firearm regulations, including rules affecting private sales, shipping requirements, and purchase paperwork, as part of efforts to ease Biden-era ATF measures like those on pistol braces and ghost guns. Debrief: If impleme...
》Nationwide, ongoing as of late January; the U.S. Supreme Court continues to consider United States v. Hemani, a case challenging the federal prohibition on firearm possession by unlawful controlled-substance users under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), with oral arguments scheduled for March 2. The case stems from Ali Danial Hemani's indictment for possessing a firearm while using marijuana, cocaine, and promethazine; lower courts dismissed it as unconstitutional under Bruen for lacking historical analogues disarming non-violent users. Debrief: A ruling narro...
》In TN on January 20th; lawmakers advanced Senate Bill 350, which would prohibit landlords from banning tenants from possessing or storing lawful firearms in rental housing, subject to existing safety and storage laws. The measure applies to both residential and commercial leases, prevents eviction for firearm-related reasons, and provides tenants a cause of action for violations. Debrief: If enacted, t...
》In NM in late January; state lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 17, sponsored by Senators Micaelita Debbie O’Malley, Andrea Romero, and Heather Berghmans, that would expand restrictions on firearm sales and possession, with provisions to ban gas-operated semiautomatic firearms (including many popular AR-15 style rifles), .50 caliber rifles, magazines exceeding 10 rounds, and rate-increasing devices like bump stocks. It also imposes tighter dealer requirements such as mandatory video surveillance, annual inventory audits, secure storage mandates, employee age minimums of 21, and enhanced record-keeping with broader state enforcement authority. Debrief: (CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
BLUF: The Supreme Court heard Wolford v. Lopez on whether states can broadly bar carry on private property open to the public; DOJ signaled major reinterpretations and rollbacks affecting handgun transfers and federal gun rules; the Supreme Court continues to weigh United States v. Hemani on drug-user possession bans; Tennessee advanced a tenant gun-rights bill limiting landlord restrictions; and New Mexico lawmakers introduced a new gun-control proposal that could expand purchase and possession restrictions.
》In HI on January 20th; the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez, which challenges Hawaii’s “express permission” law that makes it illegal for licensed carriers to bring firearms onto private property open to the public unless the owner affirmatively allows it. The petitioners argue that this creates default "sensitive places" akin to government restrictions, lacking historical precedent under Bruen, while Hawaii defends it as respecting private property rights. Debrief: If upheld, the law effectively creates large “gun-free” z...
》Nationwide on January 15th; the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel issued a memorandum concluding that the federal ban on mailing handguns under 18 U.S.C. § 1715 is unconstitutional as applied to handguns, citing no historical tradition of such postal restrictions on protected arms post-Bruen. Debrief: This interpretation co...
》Nationwide on January 19th; reporting indicated the Department of Justice is reviewing and considering rollbacks of certain federal firearm regulations, including rules affecting private sales, shipping requirements, and purchase paperwork, as part of efforts to ease Biden-era ATF measures like those on pistol braces and ghost guns. Debrief: If impleme...
》Nationwide, ongoing as of late January; the U.S. Supreme Court continues to consider United States v. Hemani, a case challenging the federal prohibition on firearm possession by unlawful controlled-substance users under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), with oral arguments scheduled for March 2. The case stems from Ali Danial Hemani's indictment for possessing a firearm while using marijuana, cocaine, and promethazine; lower courts dismissed it as unconstitutional under Bruen for lacking historical analogues disarming non-violent users. Debrief: A ruling narro...
》In TN on January 20th; lawmakers advanced Senate Bill 350, which would prohibit landlords from banning tenants from possessing or storing lawful firearms in rental housing, subject to existing safety and storage laws. The measure applies to both residential and commercial leases, prevents eviction for firearm-related reasons, and provides tenants a cause of action for violations. Debrief: If enacted, t...
》In NM in late January; state lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 17, sponsored by Senators Micaelita Debbie O’Malley, Andrea Romero, and Heather Berghmans, that would expand restrictions on firearm sales and possession, with provisions to ban gas-operated semiautomatic firearms (including many popular AR-15 style rifles), .50 caliber rifles, magazines exceeding 10 rounds, and rate-increasing devices like bump stocks. It also imposes tighter dealer requirements such as mandatory video surveillance, annual inventory audits, secure storage mandates, employee age minimums of 21, and enhanced record-keeping with broader state enforcement authority. Debrief: (CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
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Field Notes - Government Oversight: In the latest tranche of U.S. Department of Justice files regarding the Jeffrey Epstein’s investigation, one document is a draft federal announcement of Epstein’s death prepared by prosecutors that is dated August 9, 2019. Unless the data was typed in error, the document was written the day before Epstein was allegedly found unresponsive in his Manhattan jail cell on August 10th at approximately 6:30 am on Saturday. That draft, attributed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, recorded his death a full 24 hours earlier than the official discovery, and even listed Friday as the death date, raising questions about why such a statement existed before the event it purported to describe. For context, federal prison records and Department of Justice disclosures indicate that in the weeks before Jeffrey Epstein’s death in federal custody, prison staff ignored recommendations from the facility’s warden that he not be housed alone and that he receive 30-minute welfare checks and unannounced rounds. Epstein’s cellmate was transferred out the day before his death, and on the night of August 9, 2019, prison guards failed to perform two scheduled checks at about 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. The surveillance cameras in his unit were also not operational that night. Epstein was later found unresponsive in his cell shortly after 6:30 am on August 10, 2019 and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter after a transport. Psychological evaluation records from the period show that on July 24 and July 25, 2019, Epstein explicitly stated to a psychologist that he had no intention of killing himself, describing the idea as “crazy” and saying he was “too vested in my case” and wanted to continue living. These statements were documented prior to his death. For reference, the document read in part, "IMMEDIATE RELEASE...Friday, August 9, 2019 STATEMENT OF MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY ON THE DEATH OF DEFENDANT...Earlier this morning, the Manhattan Correctional Center confirmed that Jeffrey Epstein, who faced charges brought by this Office of engaging in the sex trafficking of minors, had been found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead shortly thereafter." There were also vari...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
FYSA - Privacy / Commercial Oversight: Ring has deployed a new feature called “Search Party,” which uses machine learning and AI-powered computer vision to analyze footage from residential and commercial Ring cameras and the Ring Neighbors app network to assist a requesting party in locating lost pets. When a user reports a missing pet, the AI looks for visual matches from nearby participating cameras, and owners of those devices receive notifications and can choose to share clips and opt into the feature. Ring highlighted this capability in a Super Bowl LX commercial, which reached a large television audience and illustrated the feature’s use in reuniting pets with owners while emphasizing its AI-driven search functionality and community scope. Debrief: This technology raises privacy and surveillance concerns around Search Party related to aggregating and scanning video feeds at scale. The infrastructure also intersects with Ring’s data-sharing arrangements, such as the partnership with Flock Safety, which enables law enforcement to request footage through integrated platforms. Even voluntary systems can create pressure toward broader access and the normalization of continuous monitoring, and default opt-in or network participation settings increase the reach of AI scanning. Framing lost-dog recovery as a user benefit may lower resistance to activating and relying on this technology, which could later be applied or extended to other search or identification tasks, raising qu...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
FYSA - Government Oversight: Interview summaries dated August 12, 2019 and March 12, 2020 describe surveillance failures at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) where Epstein was held, including an FBI agent knowingly deleting footage and a media-diversion decoy transport of Epstein’s body. These excerpts come from FBI FD-302 interview report continuation pages. An FD-302 is the FBI’s standard form for summarizing what a person said during an interview, written as an agent narrative rather than a verbatim trannoscript. The excerpts state that MCC’s video surveillance system was not functioning properly at the time of Epstein’s death and that some staff operated under the assumption someone was always watching, while only lieutenants could view the live feed. One highlighted passage says only one hard drive of the camera system was working on August 10, 2019, that when a DVR went bad none of the cameras recorded, and it describes failures involving “DVR 2” on July 29, a motherboard failure on August 8, and a hard drive failure on August 10. Another highlighted excerpt states that after the incident there were two new hard drives available, but installing them would mean prior data would be lost, and it further claims an FBI agent was the one who “pulled out the DVR,” with the interviewee saying he understood replacing both drives would wipe the system and that personnel at MCC had been advised of that. Separately, the page text notes that an employee was not aware the surveillance system was not functioning properly at the time of Epstein’s death. A separate FBI FD-302 interview report states that due to the large media presence outside MCC, an OCME official called and said he would arrive at the loading dock with a black vehicle. The document then says that in order to “thwart the media,” staff used boxes and sheets to create what appeared to be a human body, placed that decoy into a white OCME vehicle that the press followed, and this allowed the black vehicle to depart “unnoticed” with Epstein’s body. The passage presents this as a delibera...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Brief: Grid Reliability
BLUF: Poland’s grid cyberattack and CISA’s edge-device directive show how cyber intrusions and aging infrastructure could compound rising U.S. blackout risk by 2030.
On February 10th, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that a recent grid attack on Poland has brought rising concerns to the vulnerabilities in the U.S. power grid saying "operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) in Poland’s Energy Sector...highlights the need for critical infrastructure entities with vulnerable edge devices to act now to strengthen their cybersecurity posture". The late-December 2025 cyberattack affecting elements of Poland’s power sector highlighted how insecure, internet-facing edge devices can be exploited to access operational technology. The intrusion disrupted visibility and control systems even without an immediate nationwide generation collapse. In the wake of that incident, CISA warned utilities and critical infrastructure operators to harden defenses. CISA also issued a binding operational directive requiring federal civilian agencies to inventory and replace unsupported “end-of-support” edge devices.
This cyber-driven reliability risk ties directly into the Department of Energy’s broader “100x blackout” prior warning. Essentially, the DOE projected power outages could become up to 100 times more frequent by 2030 as reliable generation retires, demand rises, and weather-dependent power increases. The July of 2025 DOE report specifically noted grid dependability could deteriorate sharply within the next 4 years. DOE’s assessment suggests outages may shift from rare emergencies to more routine instability. Rolling blackouts could become more common during peak demand and extreme weather.
Debrief: The attack on Poland’s grid led to CISA assessing that perimeter-facing systems are a “substantial and constant risk.” According to CISA, persistent threat actors increasingly exploit unpatched hardware and software to gain initial access, move laterally, disrupt operations, and exfiltrate sensitive data. CISA advised agencies to identify affected devices and decommission at-risk equipment within 12 months. The “100x grid warning” further highlighted that if grid planners cannot replace retiring firm generation with equally reliable capacity while demand accelerates, the likely outcome is more localized and recurring instability rather than a single catastrophic collapse. More frequent outages, voltage fluctuations, and cyber-enabled disruptions would have second-order impacts on water access, refrigeration, heating, communications, and emergency response. These conditions would also increase demand for backup power, storage, and fuel. That would place additional strain on su...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
BLUF: Poland’s grid cyberattack and CISA’s edge-device directive show how cyber intrusions and aging infrastructure could compound rising U.S. blackout risk by 2030.
On February 10th, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that a recent grid attack on Poland has brought rising concerns to the vulnerabilities in the U.S. power grid saying "operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) in Poland’s Energy Sector...highlights the need for critical infrastructure entities with vulnerable edge devices to act now to strengthen their cybersecurity posture". The late-December 2025 cyberattack affecting elements of Poland’s power sector highlighted how insecure, internet-facing edge devices can be exploited to access operational technology. The intrusion disrupted visibility and control systems even without an immediate nationwide generation collapse. In the wake of that incident, CISA warned utilities and critical infrastructure operators to harden defenses. CISA also issued a binding operational directive requiring federal civilian agencies to inventory and replace unsupported “end-of-support” edge devices.
This cyber-driven reliability risk ties directly into the Department of Energy’s broader “100x blackout” prior warning. Essentially, the DOE projected power outages could become up to 100 times more frequent by 2030 as reliable generation retires, demand rises, and weather-dependent power increases. The July of 2025 DOE report specifically noted grid dependability could deteriorate sharply within the next 4 years. DOE’s assessment suggests outages may shift from rare emergencies to more routine instability. Rolling blackouts could become more common during peak demand and extreme weather.
Debrief: The attack on Poland’s grid led to CISA assessing that perimeter-facing systems are a “substantial and constant risk.” According to CISA, persistent threat actors increasingly exploit unpatched hardware and software to gain initial access, move laterally, disrupt operations, and exfiltrate sensitive data. CISA advised agencies to identify affected devices and decommission at-risk equipment within 12 months. The “100x grid warning” further highlighted that if grid planners cannot replace retiring firm generation with equally reliable capacity while demand accelerates, the likely outcome is more localized and recurring instability rather than a single catastrophic collapse. More frequent outages, voltage fluctuations, and cyber-enabled disruptions would have second-order impacts on water access, refrigeration, heating, communications, and emergency response. These conditions would also increase demand for backup power, storage, and fuel. That would place additional strain on su...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
Field Notes - Major Crime: In Pawtucket, RI, at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena on February 16th; a targeted shooting occurred during a high school boys' hockey game. The transgender shooter opened fire in the stands, killing two people (including possibly family members, with one report of a young girl among the dead), critically injuring three others, then died by self-inflicted gunshot or as a result of a bystander who intervened to defend others (neither claim has been verified, but police suggested in one address that they believe the suspect shot himself). Police described it as a domestic/family dispute incident with no ongoing threat; players and spectators fled the ice amid the chaos. The suspect was identified as 56-year-old Robert K. Dorgan (legal name) from North Providence, who identified as a female named Roberta Esposito and was identified in media reports as a transgender woman. The suspect was the parent of a senior hockey player on the ice and was dressed in women's clothing at the time of the attack. A passing questioning of a female leaving the arena claimed to be the suspect's uninjured daughter, who said, "My father was the shooter. He shot my family, and he's dead now... He had mental health issues... [He was] very sick." The suspect's social media contained reposts of alt-right content as well as anti-Semitic, pro-LGBT and comments that threatened violence against those that do not support transgenders including one that read, "keep bashing us. but do not wonder why we Go BERSERK". The RI shooting comes less than a week after a transgender shooter killed 8 and injured 25+ others in a school shooting that followed a domestic incident.
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》In Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, on February 10th; a transgender (male identifying as a female), 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, carried out a mass shooting. He first killed his 39-year-old mother and 11-year-old half-brother at their family home, then went to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School (a former school he dropped out of four years earlier), killing five students and one teacher before dying by self-inflicted gunshot. Eight people were killed, with about 27 injured, some critically. The suspect was identified by RCMP as a trans woman (transgender female), born biological male but having transitioned and identified as female socially/publicly for about six years (starting around age 12). Police used fema...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
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》In Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, on February 10th; a transgender (male identifying as a female), 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, carried out a mass shooting. He first killed his 39-year-old mother and 11-year-old half-brother at their family home, then went to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School (a former school he dropped out of four years earlier), killing five students and one teacher before dying by self-inflicted gunshot. Eight people were killed, with about 27 injured, some critically. The suspect was identified by RCMP as a trans woman (transgender female), born biological male but having transitioned and identified as female socially/publicly for about six years (starting around age 12). Police used fema...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
Supply Chain Brief: Agriculture
BLUF: 2026 DOJ warnings highlight growing threats to U.S. farmlands as MO introduces laws to preserve croplands.
Agroterrorism remains a credible threat to U.S. agriculture because it involves the deliberate use of biological, chemical, or radiological agents to undermine crop production, livestock health, and the food supply chain, with key vulnerabilities including ease of access to pathogenic agents and the economic impact of disease outbreaks. A February 1st FBI report advised that “terrorists consider America’s agriculture and food production tempting targets.” The report comes after two 2025 attempts by Chinese nationals to possibly introduce bioweapons into the U.S. food supply. Those threats led to the 2025 introduction of the Preventing Lethal Agricultural and National Threats (PLANT) Act, which creates a new criminal offense for knowingly and recklessly importing high-risk agricultural biological agents. The February FBI report described such agroterrorism attacks as “the deliberate introduction of an animal or plant disease for the purpose of generating fear, causing economic losses, or undermining social stability.” The FBI defines this risk as arising from groups capable of infecting livestock or contaminating food to cause economic and social disruption. A February 13th Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing included congressional testimony that warned that “adversaries could cripple the heart of our homeland without ever firing a single shot” by targeting agriculture with biological or chemical agents. Debrief: For the U.S. food supply, the main danger from agroterrorism is not immediate nationwide starvation but targeted disruption that creates major economic and logistical shockwaves. A single outbreak affecting livestock or a key crop can force quarantines, mass culling, processing shutdowns, and trade restrictions, leading to rapid price spikes and regional shortages. Because the U.S. food system depends on concentrated industrial production and just-in-time distribution, even localized biological incidents can cascade into broader supply chain instability and public loss of confidence. The strategic appeal for adversaries is that agriculture remains comparatively open and difficult to fully secure, meaning low-cost biological attacks or smuggling attempts could impose high downstream costs on farmers, industry, and government response systems.
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Separately, Missouri lawmakers are advancing multiple bills that would impose new restrictions on commercial-s...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
BLUF: 2026 DOJ warnings highlight growing threats to U.S. farmlands as MO introduces laws to preserve croplands.
Agroterrorism remains a credible threat to U.S. agriculture because it involves the deliberate use of biological, chemical, or radiological agents to undermine crop production, livestock health, and the food supply chain, with key vulnerabilities including ease of access to pathogenic agents and the economic impact of disease outbreaks. A February 1st FBI report advised that “terrorists consider America’s agriculture and food production tempting targets.” The report comes after two 2025 attempts by Chinese nationals to possibly introduce bioweapons into the U.S. food supply. Those threats led to the 2025 introduction of the Preventing Lethal Agricultural and National Threats (PLANT) Act, which creates a new criminal offense for knowingly and recklessly importing high-risk agricultural biological agents. The February FBI report described such agroterrorism attacks as “the deliberate introduction of an animal or plant disease for the purpose of generating fear, causing economic losses, or undermining social stability.” The FBI defines this risk as arising from groups capable of infecting livestock or contaminating food to cause economic and social disruption. A February 13th Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing included congressional testimony that warned that “adversaries could cripple the heart of our homeland without ever firing a single shot” by targeting agriculture with biological or chemical agents. Debrief: For the U.S. food supply, the main danger from agroterrorism is not immediate nationwide starvation but targeted disruption that creates major economic and logistical shockwaves. A single outbreak affecting livestock or a key crop can force quarantines, mass culling, processing shutdowns, and trade restrictions, leading to rapid price spikes and regional shortages. Because the U.S. food system depends on concentrated industrial production and just-in-time distribution, even localized biological incidents can cascade into broader supply chain instability and public loss of confidence. The strategic appeal for adversaries is that agriculture remains comparatively open and difficult to fully secure, meaning low-cost biological attacks or smuggling attempts could impose high downstream costs on farmers, industry, and government response systems.
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Separately, Missouri lawmakers are advancing multiple bills that would impose new restrictions on commercial-s...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
Civil Unrest / Societal Collapse / Citizen Actions / Extremism Brief: National Summary
BLUF: Nationwide "spring surge to melt ICE" protests drove student walkouts and rallies against ICE enforcement; most actions were peaceful, with isolated escalations including assaults in Los Angeles and armed activism in Indianapolis; Activists further protested outside Trump Tower, marched against ICE in TX while youths conducted violent takeovers in NY.
》In Los Angeles, CA on February 13th; thousands of high school students walked out and marched downtown near City Hall and the Metropolitan Detention Center. Tensions escalated when rioters threw rocks and objects, injuri...
》In Baltimore, MD on January 24th; about 150 protesters rallied at War Memorial Plaza against IC...
》In Indianapolis, IN on February 14th; Strong Neighbor organized an armed anti-ICE demonstration at University Park, separate from school walkouts. Video showed several participants openly carrying firearms (semi-automatic rifles); organizers stated it was peaceful and non-violent, and police reported no arrests. LGBT and Ant...
》In Fort Worth, TX on Feb 13th, far-left activists protested outside Tarrant County Jail in support of a North Texas Antifa cell. Next week, several members face federal trial for a July 4, 2025, shooting ambush at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center, where an officer was shot in the neck. Seven co-defendants already pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges, admitting the group w...
》In Chicago, IL on February 13th; hundreds of high school and college students walked out and rallied at Federal Plaza unde...
》In New York, NY on February 13th; students gathered at Foley Square in Manhattan to oppose ICE operations and share concerns about family safety. Some reporting noted brief tensions, though no major violence was confirmed in primary coverage. Video footage that appears to be form thw date and location shows disputes and altercations wi...
》In Minneapolis, MN area (early February, ongoing); protests persisted near Target headquarters and other s...
》In Green Bay, WI on February 11th; 200–500 students from the city’s four public high schools walked out, marched downtown, and gathered with signs including “Abolish ICE.” The coordinated action remained peaceful wit...
》In Missouri City/Houston area, TX on February 3rd; thousands of students at Elkins High School walked out to protest ICE enforce...
》In Portland, OR anti-ICE and counter-protestors gathered outside of City Hall as clashes between anti-ICE protesters and civilian ICE supporters/counter-protest...
》In San Antonio, TX on February 16th; pro-Palestinians and anri-ICE students from more than 50 schools held a press conference, mutual aid drive, and march organized by San Antonio Students for Peace. They protested local cooperation with ICE and the Trump administration's immigration enforcem...
》In the Bronx, NY at The Mall at Bay Plaza on February 16th; a large group (400+) of teens carried out a planned "takeover" starting around 2 p.m. The disorderly crowd caused panic among shoppers, with people running, stores closing doors, NYPD responding to 911 calls, issuing dispersal warnings, helicopters overhead, and multiple teens taken into custody for disorderly conduct. Vi...
》In Midtown Manhattan, NY, outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue on February 16, 2026 (Presidents' Day); 500+ protesters organized by Rise and Resist blocked the road in a flash-mob-style event. They repeatedly gave the middle finger to the building to symbolically protest Trump's policies, especially on immigration and ICE, while aiming to set a r...
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Debrief: Early February saw a surge in student-led anti-ICE protests nationwide, mostl...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
BLUF: Nationwide "spring surge to melt ICE" protests drove student walkouts and rallies against ICE enforcement; most actions were peaceful, with isolated escalations including assaults in Los Angeles and armed activism in Indianapolis; Activists further protested outside Trump Tower, marched against ICE in TX while youths conducted violent takeovers in NY.
》In Los Angeles, CA on February 13th; thousands of high school students walked out and marched downtown near City Hall and the Metropolitan Detention Center. Tensions escalated when rioters threw rocks and objects, injuri...
》In Baltimore, MD on January 24th; about 150 protesters rallied at War Memorial Plaza against IC...
》In Indianapolis, IN on February 14th; Strong Neighbor organized an armed anti-ICE demonstration at University Park, separate from school walkouts. Video showed several participants openly carrying firearms (semi-automatic rifles); organizers stated it was peaceful and non-violent, and police reported no arrests. LGBT and Ant...
》In Fort Worth, TX on Feb 13th, far-left activists protested outside Tarrant County Jail in support of a North Texas Antifa cell. Next week, several members face federal trial for a July 4, 2025, shooting ambush at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center, where an officer was shot in the neck. Seven co-defendants already pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges, admitting the group w...
》In Chicago, IL on February 13th; hundreds of high school and college students walked out and rallied at Federal Plaza unde...
》In New York, NY on February 13th; students gathered at Foley Square in Manhattan to oppose ICE operations and share concerns about family safety. Some reporting noted brief tensions, though no major violence was confirmed in primary coverage. Video footage that appears to be form thw date and location shows disputes and altercations wi...
》In Minneapolis, MN area (early February, ongoing); protests persisted near Target headquarters and other s...
》In Green Bay, WI on February 11th; 200–500 students from the city’s four public high schools walked out, marched downtown, and gathered with signs including “Abolish ICE.” The coordinated action remained peaceful wit...
》In Missouri City/Houston area, TX on February 3rd; thousands of students at Elkins High School walked out to protest ICE enforce...
》In Portland, OR anti-ICE and counter-protestors gathered outside of City Hall as clashes between anti-ICE protesters and civilian ICE supporters/counter-protest...
》In San Antonio, TX on February 16th; pro-Palestinians and anri-ICE students from more than 50 schools held a press conference, mutual aid drive, and march organized by San Antonio Students for Peace. They protested local cooperation with ICE and the Trump administration's immigration enforcem...
》In the Bronx, NY at The Mall at Bay Plaza on February 16th; a large group (400+) of teens carried out a planned "takeover" starting around 2 p.m. The disorderly crowd caused panic among shoppers, with people running, stores closing doors, NYPD responding to 911 calls, issuing dispersal warnings, helicopters overhead, and multiple teens taken into custody for disorderly conduct. Vi...
》In Midtown Manhattan, NY, outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue on February 16, 2026 (Presidents' Day); 500+ protesters organized by Rise and Resist blocked the road in a flash-mob-style event. They repeatedly gave the middle finger to the building to symbolically protest Trump's policies, especially on immigration and ICE, while aiming to set a r...
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Debrief: Early February saw a surge in student-led anti-ICE protests nationwide, mostl...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
Field Notes - Global Conflict: The Trump administration is expected to enter a war with Iran in the “coming weeks” after observations indicating the U.S. has amassed military forces in the Middle East, including two aircraft carriers, 12 warships, 100+ fighter jets, 50+ F-35, F-22, and F-16 aircraft deployed in the last 24 hours, and multiple air defense systems amid the potential action against Iran. This follows nuclear talks in Geneva that made “some” progress but left gaps, with Iranian proposals expected in two weeks (such proposals likely being the decision point for the U.S. to strike or halt). A U.S.–Israeli operation against Iran would involve a weeks-long campaign targeting nuclear and missile sites while threatening regime survival, unlike the limited Venezuela strike last month. A Trump advisor speaking under anonymity stated, “The boss is getting fed up. Some people around him warn him against going to war with Iran, but I think there is a 90% chance we see kinetic action in the next few weeks.” Israeli offi...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)
Field Notes - Terrorism / Extremism / Major Crime: In Meridian, ID, on February 19th; an unidentified suspect stole a Canyon County Paramedics ambulance from St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center, then retrieved staged gas cans hidden in nearby vegetation. The ambulance was rigged as an apparent VBIED and driven to a federal building that houses Department of Homeland Security offices, including those for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The suspect crashed the vehicle into the Portico North office building. No immediate explosion occurred. The suspect then poured accelerant inside and around it in an apparent arson attempt that was disrupted as first responders arrived. The suspect fled the scene on foot. Debrief: The building was likely targeted due to the presence of ICE facilities, as evidenced by the premeditated staging of accelerants and the direct ramming into the entrance, which occurred after far-left activists (and Wired magazine) shared the bui...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)