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The State Department announced this weekend that it is
suspending visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza to enter the U.S.
after right wingers raged about children entering the country to receive medical care
— often for injuries caused by Israel with the U.S.’s backing.
“All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitaria…

Trump Admin Halts Visas for Gazans as Children Arrive for Medical Care
The decision was announced after Laura Loomer posted a video of injured and ill Gaza children arriving in the U.S.

At a farm in Carpinteria,
Salud Carbajal,
a Democratic congressman, was denied entry to the area by federal agents,
in a scene captured on video by the Santa Barbara Independent.
“ICE was conducting a raid using disproportionate displays of force against local farm workers and our agricultural community,”
Carbajal said in a statement after the incident.
“As a member of Congress and representative of the Central Coast,
I have the right to conduct ove…

Waterfront near the Ithaca Farmer's Market looking north up the Inlet, to the left you can see the dock where boats can dock to visit the farmer's market or conduct tours of the lake
#ithaca #farmersmarket

Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster, has enjoyed rare access and promotion from the Trump administration.
“Clearly we’re dealing with an administration that’s far more focused on narratives than truth,
and this conduct is consistent with that,”
said Seth Stern, director of advocacy for the Freedom of the Press Foundation,
a First Amendment nonprofit.
“It is awful that real journalists who attempt to report real news and feel constrained by the pursuit of trut…

Benny Johnson Was Fired for Plagiarism. At the White House, He’s Embraced.
Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster, has enjoyed rare access and promotion from the Trump administration.

Experts are condemning the U.S. military strike that killed 11 people on a boat in the Caribbean on Tuesday,
saying that the bombing was in violation of international law.
The Trump administration has claimed
— without providing evidence
— that the casualties of the strike were members of Tren de Aragua,
a Venezuela-based gang that it has designated a foreign terrorist organization

Experts Say Trump Administration’s Deadly Boat Attack Amounts to Extrajudicial Killings
“Trump is claiming the right to conduct extra-judicial assassinations,” a civil rights attorney posted on X.