Federal Agents Turn Weapons on Police, Journalists, and Reality Itself

James Comey’s arraignment marks the transition Olga Lautman identified months ago—from installing loyalists to deploying them. The former FBI director pleaded not guilty to charges even legal observers consider fabricated, but conviction isn’t the point. The spectacle is the point. The chill on everyone watching is the point. The message to current government employees, to Democrats in Congress, to anyone considering speaking out: this could be you.Olga’s assessment cuts through the noise: Comey will likely prevail because the judiciary still holds. But the damage is already done. The process is the punishment—the legal fees, the emotional bandwidth, the public humiliation of a perp walk. Every liberal-minded person in government is calculating right now whether their next statement is worth this treatment.When Federal Agents Attack Their OwnChicago delivered the most visceral evidence of how far operational lawlessness has spread. Twenty-seven Chicago police officers were hit with tear gas deployed by federal agents after those same agents called for backup. The officers responded to what was reported as a shooting situation involving ICE agents.But body camera footage tells a different story. According to attorneys who obtained the video, ICE agents were aggressive with a woman who had been released pending court proceedings. The agents screamed obscenities, pulled over, and shot her five times. When protesters gathered and local police arrived to assist, federal agents deployed chemical weapons while officers were still on scene, leaving them coughing and disoriented.DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s initial story painted the woman as armed and dangerous, boxing in ICE agents. The body cam footage shows ICE agents realized they were being recorded and started choosing their words more carefully. This pattern—government officials fabricating the initial story, reality emerging later through leaked footage—is what Olga describes as operating like Russia, except Russia maintains more systematic control. What we’re seeing is lawless thuggery without even the veneer of procedure.Texas Governor Abbott sent his National Guard to Chicago in a theatrical display of red state versus blue state conflict, despite Texas having higher crime rates than Illinois across all categories. Trump threatened to arrest Governor Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson. Federal-state warfare is no longer theoretical—it’s playing out in real time with chemical weapons.Targeting the WitnessesThe violence in Chicago triggered a federal lawsuit from journalists, unions, and protesters documenting extreme brutality against credentialed reporters and clergy. The 52-page complaint details pepper balls and tear gas attacks on people exercising First Amendment rights outside an ICE facility.Olga documented this pattern in Los Angeles and Georgia—federal agents specifically targeting journalists to prevent documentation of their actions. The strategy is transparent: make covering these operations dangerous enough that media stops showing up. Combined with friendly billionaires buying up news organizations, the information space comes under control from both ownership and street violence.Erasing Inconvenient Laws and FactsWhile Chicago burned, the Office of Management and Budget quietly deleted references to the 2019 law guaranteeing back pay to furloughed federal workers—a law Trump himself signed. Six hundred twenty thousand workers could lose protections because the administration simply erased the statute from guidance documents.This follows the pattern of pulling down inconvenient data. After the Charlie Kirk shooting, DHS removed reports showing far-right domestic terrorism resulted in over 500 deaths compared to 17 from far-left actors. When facts don’t serve the narrative, delete them.Olga’s warning about fabricated data