Variation 1: The News Dispatch (Substack)
The Mutilation Doctrine: The New Face of Federal Order By Janet Kira Lessin with Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2026 — Across American metro zones, “law enforcement” has been replaced by a grim tactical reality: the Mutilation Doctrine. As the administration’s “Metro Surge” intensifies, federal “Unit 7” agents are no longer merely dispersing crowds; they are permanently disabling them.
The dossier of casualties from the first two weeks of January reads like a war-zone triage report. In Santa Ana, 19-year-old Kaden Rummler was blinded after a high-velocity projectile shattered his car window, spraying shards of glass and plastic into his eye. In Los Angeles, Britain Rodriguez suffered a catastrophic “globe rupture” from a rubber-coated round. These are not accidents; they are the intended results of a policy that prioritizes maiming over mediation.
The violence has now crossed the threshold of the American home. Reports are surfacing of 3:00 a.m. “no-knock” raids in apartment complexes, where masked agents drag residents from their beds in their pajamas. This state-sponsored “Home Invasion” serves a single purpose: to inflict mass-scale PTSD. By shattering the “Right to Quiet Enjoyment,” the administration is crumbling the American spirit like a dry cracker.
The Names of the Mutilated:
- Renée Nicole Good: Killed in her vehicle, Minneapolis.
- Kaden Rummler: Blinded, Santa Ana.
- Leo Vance: Killed by “Knee-to-Neck” asphyxia, Minneapolis.
- Maya El-Amin: Fractured hyoid bone/voice loss, Detroit.
The architects—J.D. Vance and Stephen Miller—dismiss these injuries as “necessary friction.” For the elderly and those with respiratory issues like Bronchiectasis, the chemical clouds deployed in these raids are not friction; they are potential death sentences. We must name the names and sue the bullies into insolvency.
Variation 2: The Digital Feature / Op-Ed
(Best for: The Economist “Leader” style, The Guardian Opinion, The Intercept, Truthout, or your primary Substack feature)
Headline: The Blinding Light of Order Sub-headline: Why the 2026 “Metro Surge” is an Exercise in Mutilation, not Management.
The air in the American Midwest this Saturday morning is thick with more than just the January frost. It carries the acrid tang of CS gas and the heavy silence of a population under siege. While the administration in Washington issues righteous condemnations of foreign autocracies, its own “Unit 7” hybrid agents are perfecting a “Mutilation Doctrine” on home soil.
This is no longer the America of 50 years ago. We have become the very “oppressive regime” we once criticized. The transition is visible in the emergency rooms where the victims of the “Metro Surge” are currently being treated. These are not rioters; they are citizens—people of all races and creeds—who stood up to do their civic duty, only to be met with state-sponsored brutality.
The Ocular Front Line The primary weapon of the Mutilation Doctrine is the “less-lethal” projectile, often fired at point-blank range or into crowded vehicles. The results are visceral. In Los Angeles, Britain Rodriguez, 24, described his “eyeball exploding” after being struck. In Santa Ana, Kaden Rummler’s surgeons spent hours picking plastic shards out of his ocular cavity. These injuries serve as a visual warning to others: dissent will cost you your sight.
Battering Rams and Broken Sleep Perhaps more terrifying than the street violence is the invasion of the sanctuary. The “Right to Quiet Enjoyment”—a cornerstone of American property law—is being dismantled by 3:00 a.m. raids. Masked agents, often lacking name tapes or identifiable badges, are “bashing in” the doors of apartment complexes.
“They take your spirit and crumble it up like a cracker,” says Janet Kira Lessin. For a citizen watching Netflix or a parent sleeping beside their child, the sudden crash of a battering ram is a life-changing trauma. This is the “Gaza-fication” of the American suburb—the use of military-grade psychological warfare against tax-paying citizens.
The Architects of Atrocity We must look past the vapid press briefings and name the architects. Vice President J.D. Vance and Senior Advisor Stephen Miller have framed this surge as a restoration of order. But what order is restored by crushing the trachea of Leo Vance or fracturing the hyoid bone of Maya El-Amin? What order is found in spraying toxic chemicals into the homes of the elderly, for whom one breath of OC gas can be fatal?
Variation 3: The Investigative Deep-Dive
(Best for: The Nation, Mother Jones, The New Republic, Rolling Stone, or a multi-part long-form Substack series)
The Siege of the Soul: Inside the 2026 Mutilation Doctrine By Janet Kira Lessin with Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2026 — For over a century, the United States has positioned itself as the global arbiter of human rights. But as the winter sun rises over the “Metro Surge” zones of 2026, that beacon has been replaced by the strobe light of a flash-bang grenade.
I. The Mechanics of Mutilation The current escalation is not a matter of “bad apples.” It is a systemic policy: the Mutilation Doctrine. Kinetic Impact Projectiles (KIPs) are being used as surgical weapons of terror. We see this in the case of Kaden Rummler, 19, whose left eye was decimated by a projectile that shattered his car window. The trauma was not just physical; it was an amputation of his future. Then there is Britain Rodriguez, whose “eyeball exploded” in Los Angeles—a catastrophic globe rupture that mirrors injuries seen in international war zones.
II. The Death of Quiet Enjoyment The “Bully Paradigm” has now entered the home. In legal theory, the “Right to Quiet Enjoyment” ensures that a resident can occupy their property without interference. In the 2026 reality, that right is a fiction.
“Unit 7,” a hybrid force of ICE and tactical agents, has initiated a series of nighttime raids. These are not “arrests”; they are psychological operations. When agents pound on doors at 4:00 a.m. and drag citizens into the hallways, they are inflicting a mass-scale PTSD. For those living with Bronchiectasis, these raids are life-threatening. The chemical saturation of residential halls is an act of biological warfare against the most vulnerable.
III. The Architects and the Historical Decline Who justifies the “Knee-to-Neck” restraint that ended the life of Leo Vance?
- J.D. Vance: The Vice President has dismissed casualties as “necessary friction.”
- Stephen Miller: The chief architect of the “Metro Surge,” treating American cities as occupied territories.
We have reached this point through a 50-year erosion of civil rights. What began as militarization has evolved into paramilitary occupation. We are witnessing the “Gaza-fication” of America.
IV. The Sovereign Response “They are taking our spirits and crumbling them up like crackers,” says Janet Kira Lessin. This is the ultimate goal: the destruction of the American soul. They want us to be afraid to drive to the store or speak at a town hall.
The response must be as systemic as the abuse. We must sue the bullies into insolvency. We must name the agents. As long as we name the names—Renée, Kaden, Britain, Leo, Maya—the soul of the nation remains intact.
