Masih Alinejad had just finished gathering tomatoes and cucumbers from the backyard garden of her Brooklyn home when she spotted a “gigantic” man mulling about.
At first, he seemed “like a normal guy”, the Iranian-American dissident writer recalled in court this week of a fateful day in late July 2022. “He was walking and then he had a phone in his hand.”
Alinejad saw him talking and said “what?”, thinking he was trying to speak with her. When Alinejad realized that he was speaking on the phone, she said “sorry” and grew worried. “I was like, the guy is a little bit suspicious so I got panicked. I ran to my entrance door,” Alinejad recalled. She scrambled to get the key and then saw him in her front garden.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday took away security clearances for former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others in his latest move against his Democratic opponents.
The Republican president, who has also revoked the security clearance for former President Joe Biden, defeated Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and Harris in last year's election.
"I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information," Trump said in a late Friday memorandum that also included former Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
While the revocations may not have immediate impacts, it is another sign of the growing political rift in Washington as Trump seeks revenge on his perceived enemies.
The memorandum was issued hours after Trump arrived at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf property for the weekend.
Katharine “Kitty” Dukakis, the former first lady of Massachusetts who became an inspiration for others through her public battles with alcoholism and depression, has died from complications of dementia, according tonews reports. She was 88.
She was surrounded by her family when she died Friday, according to a statement her son, John Dukakis, released to The Associated Press.
“She was loving, feisty and fun, and had a keen sensitivity to people from all walks of life,” the statement said. “She and our dad, Michael Dukakis, shared an enviable partnership for over 60 years and loved each othe
Her husband, Michael Dukakis, served as governor from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. He was the Democratic presidential candidate against Republican George H.W. Bush. in 1988.
Her husband, Michael Dukakis, served as governor from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. He was the Democratic presidential candidate against Republican George H.W. Bush. in 1988.
Michael Dukakis’ response to a campaign debate question about his opposition to the death penalty, even if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, was blamed as part of the reason for his loss. Dukakis said he was against the death penalty and that he didn't see any evidence that it was a deterrent.
Kitty Dukakis became an advocate educating youths about the perils of drug and alcohol abuse.
She revealed during the presidential campaign that she had overcome an addiction to amphetamines, which she blamed in her 1990 book “Now You Know” on her mother. She entered a treatment program for alcoholism after the election.
Her 2006 book “Shock” described her treatment with electroconvulsive therapy in 2001 that she credited with relieving her depression.
“I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend Kitty Dukakis, a woman whose dedication to public service, to uplifting others, and to human rights was fueled by her indomitable spirit,” Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said in a statement. “Kitty was open about her battle with depression and addiction when few others were, and her grace and humility in the face of an intensely personal struggle inspired countless people to better understand these diseases and to extend assistance and understanding instead of recrimination and judgment.”
The shooting happened at about 10 p.m. at Young Park, police in Las Cruces, in the southern part of the state, said on Saturday. The deceased victims were two men, 19 and 18, and a 16-year-old boy. The injured ranged in age from 16 to 36 years old.
The shooting began as an altercation between two groups of people at an "unsanctioned car show" that escalated into gunfire between the groups, Police Chief Jeremy Story said at a news conference. Bullet casings were found mostly in the parking lot at the park, but some were found throughout the park and toward the street, police said.
Seven of the injured were sent from area hospitals to El Paso for further treatment and four have been released after being treated, Fire Chief Michael Daniels said.
"Our values on diversity remain unchanged," MLB said a statement Friday. "We are in the process of evaluating our programs for any modifications to eligibility criteria that are needed to ensure our programs are compliant with federal law as they continue forward."
"Our values, particularly our values on diversity, remain unchanged. But another value that is pretty important to us is we always try to comply with what the law is," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said last month after an owners' meeting.
TVNL Comment: Sniveling cowards. 'Diversity' is now a dirty word? What law requires you to change anything on your website? Laws are passed by Congress. The country is crumbling in its ingratiating hurry to kowtow to the narcissist in the White House.
The IDF will permanently seize parts of the Gaza Strip if Hamas doesn't release the hostages held in captivity, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday.
"I have instructed the IDF to seize additional areas in Gaza, evacuate the population, and expand security zones around Gaza to protect Israeli communities and IDF soldiers. The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release the hostages, the more territory it will lose, which will be annexed to Israel," Katz said.
"If the hostages are not released, Israel will continue to take more and more territory in the Strip for permanent control," he concluded.
On Thursday, Katz approved the continuation of military operations in Gaza.
Katz highlighted the importance of continuing the military pressure on Gaza until the hostages are released.
When Donald Trump met President Zelensky in New York last September, the then US presidential candidate exuded confidence he could bring the war in Ukraine to an early end. "If we win, I think we're going to get it resolved very quickly," he said.
How quickly he meant varied over time. In a TV debate a few days earlier, Mr Trump had promised he would "get it settled before I even become president". This was an escalation on his previous commitment in May 2023 to stop the fighting in the first 24 hours of his presidency.
Mr Trump has now been in office for more than two months and the penny may be beginning to drop in the White House that trying to end a conflict as bitter and complex as this may take time.
The Department of Homeland Security said on Friday that it would revoke the temporary legal status of more than 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans welcomed into the US under a Biden-era sponsorship process, according to a notice posted to the Federal Register and signed by the homeland security chief Kristi Noem.
The order cuts short a two-year “parole” program – known as CHNV – under Joe Biden that allowed 532,000 people who had arrived in the US since October 2022 with financial sponsors to obtain two-year work permits to live and work in the US. Noem’s notice said they will lose their legal status on 24 April.
Nasa has dropped its longstanding public commitment to land the first woman and person of color on the moon, in response to Donald Trump’s directives to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at federal agencies.
The promise was a central plank of the space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027 for the first time since the final Apollo mission in December 1972.
The Artemis landing page of Nasa’s website previously included the words: “Nasa will land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the Moon using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before.”
TVNL Comment: Trump is dragging the US into depths not seen anywhere in the world since 1932. Shame on Nasa for giving in. Shame.
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