2026 Life Logs, Day 115: Protests and Films That Matter
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026
Weather: Partly Sunny, Not Warm; High Temp 53, Low 339 degrees F
Location: At Home with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Today was the ‘Communities Not Cages’ National Day of Action to stop Ice Warehouse Detention. I am sure you are aware that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are trying to expand their existing detention network beyond jails, prisons, and military bases by buying up large warehouse and industrial spaces for mass detention. Current reporting shows that they are actively scouting, purchasing, and planning to convert approximately 23 warehouses across the nation to detain between 1,500 and 10,000 in EACH warehouse. Warehouses are for goods, not people, and citizens are pushing back on this. Some sales have been stopped, and if that hasn’t worked, renovations have been stopped or slowed way down by protesting townspeople. There is no current threat yet here on the Cape, but we protest to increase awareness and in solidarity with others on the frontline of this battle around the country..
Later in the afternoon I headed to the Waquoit Congregational Church to see two Oscar-nominated short documentaries on immigration and hate, A-Lein and Stranger at the Gate. Both are worth the watch. You can watch A-Lein for free on Vimeo and Stranger at the Gate on YouTube.
Then this evening, I had an Indian dinner with the Goldstones. Ollie got home from his spring break in Florida just in time for dinner. He reported that he had a great time and shared photos he took. One of the highlights, and there were many, was getting to watch the night sky light up like sunrise their first night there. At 3 am, they watched a launch at Cape Canaveral from their AirBnB just a few miles away. That is a memory that won’t be forgotten. And Jonah shared thoughts about the colleges he visited in New Hampshire and Rhode Island this week while we watched the first half of the Inter Miamai versus New England Revolutions soccer game.
I left at half-time, but when I got home, I turned on the television to watch the second half of the soccer game. But I never got to the soccer game. When I turned on the television, I found myself watching people hiding under their tables at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Naturally, that caught my attention. I spent the rest of the evening following that story as it developed. When I first started watching, all anyone could report is that the dinner had just begun when security came rushing into the dinner to whisk away the President and First Lady and the Vice President. Then Cabinet members were escorted out and then it was announced that the loud noise heard by some was gunshot and the perpetrator had been caught. Thankfully, no one attending the dinner was hurt and only one agent was shot at, but his vest protected him. It was not clear who fired the shot. There was not a lot of detail tonight, but we will hear plenty more about this tomorrow.
