Jennifer Hegseth has drawn attention for the access her husband has given her. #Hegseth brought her into two meetings with foreign #military counterparts in February and early March where sensitive information was discussed, a development first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

#NationalSecurity #Trump #Signal #Signalgate
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-brought-his-wife-to-sensitive-meetings-with-foreign-military-officials-c16db0ea

Parlatore, who has been #Hegseth’s personal atty for the last 8 yrs, was commissioned as a Navy commander in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps about a week before the Yemen strikes were initiated.

In an interview before rejoining the military, Parlatore told NYT that he would work w/Hegseth’s office to improve training for the military’s uniformed lawyers.

Hegseth’s brother Phil works inside the #Pentagon as a liaison to #DHS & as a snr adviser to the #defense secy.

#NationalSecurity #Trump

One person familiar with the chat said #Hegseth’s aides had warned him a day or two before the Yemen strikes not to discuss such sensitive operational details in his Signal group chat, which, while encrypted, is not considered as secure as government channels typically used for discussing highly sensitive war planning and combat operations.

#NationalSecurity #Trump #Signal #Signalgate

The #hepatitis C #virus, which is spread through contact w/infected blood & can lead to #deadly liver #cancer, is notoriously hard to identify. But if anyone could understand what was #happening in FL, it would be the Division of #ViralHepatitis in the #CDC's HQ.
Using samples from the lab's collection of nearly 1M frozen specimens, scientists helped make the initial discovery of the #HepatitisC virus in the 1980s. In 2020, that #research was awarded the #NobelPrize in #Medicine.
#Trump #science

The scientists at the lab knew what they were doing. Quickly, they analyzed the blood from #Florida using their custom software & found that 9 cases were genetically linked to the same pain clinic, where it was later discovered that a doctor was improperly reusing injection vials. By March, ofcls in FL had restricted the doctor's #medical license to limit the spread of the #virus & packaged new patient samples to send to the #CDC for testing…

#Trump #science #medicine #hepatitis #PublicHealth

But on April 1, the #outbreak investigation was brought to a halt. All 27 of the lab's scientists received an email from the #HHS informing them that they were losing their #jobs. Like thousands of other employees who received similar emails that day, the scientists were told they would be placed on administrative leave until June 2, after which they would no longer work for the #CDC.

#Trump #RFKJr #Musk #DOGE #idiocracy #kakistocracy #science #medicine #disease #hepatitis #PublicHealth #law

The email said their duties were "identified as either unnecessary or virtually identical to duties being performed elsewhere in the agency." But the #genetic #tracing that the #CDC's lab performs is not conducted by any lab in the #UnitedStates or the #world….

While it remains shuttered, ongoing investigations of current #hepatitis #outbreaks have been stalled, not just in #Florida, but also in #Oregon, #Pennsylvania, #Massachusetts, #NewMexico, #Wisconsin, #WestVirginia & #Georgia….

#Trump

In the middle of a #hepatitis #outbreak, #CDC shutters the one lab that could help

After people started testing positive for #HepatitisC in a coastal #Florida town in December, state ofcls collected blood from patients, wrapped their specimens in dry ice & mailed them straight to the CDC in ATL, GA.

#Trump #RFKJr #Musk #DOGE #cuts #idiocracy #kakistocracy #law #USpol #science #medicine #disease
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5355131/hepatitis-cdc-lab-outbreak-ghost

David Wilson, a Minneapolis-based atty, said such actions were typically reserved for clear public safety threats.
“They’re doing it because they don’t want #ICE to lose the advantage of surprise,”Wilson said.
He said federal ofcls appear to have expanded the tactic over the past 3 weeks to #students & #visa holders w/minor violations.
“We’re in uncharted territory w/such an aggressive approach w/students & visa holders who are lawfully admitted to the US,”Wilson said.

#Trump #law #immigration

According to court records, the official reason given for Aditya Wahyu Harsono’s detention was that he overstayed his #student #visa, which had been revoked 4 days before his arrest, but he wasn’t notified — a “silent revocation.”

#Immigration lawyers argue Harsono’s arrest exemplifies a concerning shift over the last three weeks.

#Trump #law #Gestapo #authoritarianism #AbuseOfPower
https://www.startribune.com/indonesian-man-details-surprise-ice-arrest-in-minnesota-hospital-judge-denies-release/601332002

The soft-spoken Harsono said in a phone call that he had not been told that his F-1 #student #visa had been revoked before his arrest.

A State Dept memo, dated March 23 & submitted in court, shows #DHS & #ICE requested Harsono’s visa revocation because of a 2022 property damage incident.…

Harsono was charged after spray-painting graffiti on a bridge support & Schwan’s food delivery trailers in Marshall, where the company was based.

#Trump #law #immigration #Gestapo #authoritarianism

To #ICE, the graffiti case meant Harsono “now poses a threat to US public safety,” the govt memo read. [how???]

Harsono originally was charged with a felony, but the charge was downgraded to a misdemeanor in a plea deal, & he served probation.

#Trump #law #immigration #Gestapo #authoritarianism #AbuseOfPower

Federal officials planned to “immediately pursue removal” for Harsono, & the #State Dept agreed not to tell him about his #visa revocation, the memo read.

“Due to ongoing #ICE operational security, this revocation will therefore be silent,” the memo read. [ridiculous]

Harsono said he believes his past participation in #SocialJustice #protests after #GeorgeFloyd’s murder in 2020 may also have been a factor.

#Trump #law #immigration #dissent #Gestapo #authoritarianism #AbuseOfPower

Harsono spoke from the Kandiyohi County jail, where he’s been held since his arrest by #ICE agents.

…#Immigration lawyers & a #medical #labor #union have sharply criticized the manner of Harsono’s arrest at a hospital.

The Minnesota Nurses Association condemned the arrest, which it said occurred at an Avera hospital.

#Trump #law #immigration #dissent #Gestapo #authoritarianism #AbuseOfPower

Harsono said…that he had no idea he was being apprehended until agents placed him in handcuffs in the basement of the hospital in Marshall, where he worked as a supply chain manager.

Harsono said he was asked to go to the basement on March 27, when he saw 2 men standing in front of packages.

He said he assumed they were mail couriers, but when he approached, the plainclothes agents handcuffed him & declared he was under arrest. He said he could only reply, “Why?”

#Trump #law #immigration

“The MNA Board of Directors reaffirms their position that nurses should not & will not serve any role in immigration enforcement,” the association said in a statement.

The group said its directors hope all hospital employees reject assisting #ICE.

#Trump #law #immigration #dissent #Gestapo #authoritarianism #AbuseOfPower

On April 16, 2021, Harsono joined about 1k people demonstrating over #GeorgeFloyd’s murder by Minneapolis #police & the recent death of #DaunteWright by police in Brooklyn Center.

He was arrested for unlawful #assembly after the #protest, though the charge was dismissed. His wife & attorney said agents & lawyers cited Harsono’s protest history during detention proceedings.

#Trump #law #immigration #dissent #Gestapo #authoritarianism #AbuseOfPower

Harsono said he protested because growing up, he had been inspired by the American ideal of #FreedomOfSpeech.

“I was scared to voice my opinion back in #Indonesia,” he said. “Now, you know, I’m in #America, I could do that now.”

…After his arrest at the 2021 #protest, which occurred shortly before his #student #visa expired, he went back to Indonesia. He said he was “surprised” when his application to return to study for a graduate degree was accepted.

#Trump #law #immigration #dissent

Harsono met his future wife in 2022 while studying for his MBA, & they married the next year. They now have an 8-month-old daughter, Adalet, who recently learned how to say “da da” during calls with her jailed father.

“I just wanna kiss my wife on her forehead, & hold my daughter as tight as I can,” Harsono said Wednesday night. “I wanna be there for my daughter.”

#Trump #law #immigration #dissent #Gestapo #authoritarianism #AbuseOfPower #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

#Trump posted a photo of himself holding up a picture claiming to show #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s tattoos that prove he’s MS-13.

The picture he’s holding has obviously been digitally altered to add the characters MS-13.

The source of this BS is a neo-Nazi X user who claims the tattoos are code for “MS-13.”

This is why you try people in court of #law & not on social media.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #gaslighting #propaganda #dehumanization #immigration #HumanRights #CivilRights #DueProcess