It's Tax Day! Are we happy about now that we know what the government has been doing with our tax dollars? I feel like going to steal a pen in a post office but I won't so don't turn me in.
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🤝 Hamas says that it has received a new ceasefire proposal from Israel and will respond soon.
⛳ Rory McIlroy has now completed that Grand Slam of Golf, which means that he has won all four master's champions including the Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and Open Championship. He won The Masters on Sunday. Only six golfers have completed a Grand Slam.
🇸🇻 El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele says that he will not return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States who the Justice Department said was deported due to an “administrative error” but now says was a convicted gangmember.
*Stock data as of market close, cryptocurrency data as of 5:00 AM.
Lead: Negotiations with Iran
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The U.S. and Iran will hold a second round of talks this upcoming weekend on April 19. The initial talks last Saturday appeared to be productive. No one was bombed. No nuclear sites were launched or destroyed. We'll take that as progress.
The U.S. and Iran are trying to renew a nuclear agreement after President Trump withdrew from the last one during his first term.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Iran and the U.S. “got very close” to reaching what CNN calls a "framework for negotiations." He said that the talks were "Constructive and promising" and "conducted in an atmosphere of mutual respect."
The White House called the talks “positive and constructive” and a “step forward in achieving a mutually beneficial outcome.”
Axios reports that the two sides could even meet in the same room rather than hold discussions through a mediator.
Meanwhile, the U.S. has continued to launch airstrikes in Yemen, the most recent was reportedly a ceramic factory, resulting in at least six deaths. The U.S. says that it will wipe out the Houthis but the Houthis are more resolved than ever, continuing to launch attacks on U.S. drones and warships.
Deporting Almost Citizens
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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Palestinian man at his citizenship hearing on Monday to deport him to the West Bank. His name is Mohsen Mahdawi and they call him a Hamas supporter.
Does this sound like a Hamas supporter? In December of 2023, he said this to 60 Minutes: "The fight for freedom of Palestine and the fight against antisemitism go hand-in-hand because injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
He organized protests at Colombia University and spoke about losing his relatives in violent deaths at the hands of the Israeli military. What about this speech says "Jew-hater" as Zionist activist group Betar Worldwide claims?
Mahdawi reportedly invited pro-Israel Columbia professor Shai Davidai to coffee but Davidai left the coffee abruptly and posted this on X about Mahdawi. Mahdawi was also featured on StopAntisemitism.org as the Antisemite of the Week in 2024. They accuse him of antisemitism for chanting "from the river to the sea" and calling Israel occupied territory and speaking about "right of return," which means that Palestinians would return to the homes that Israel took from them. He called for freedom for the Palestinians "by any means necessary" and said that he can empathize with why Hamas would have launched an October 7 attack.
All of this would be allowed had Mahdawi been able to naturalize as an American but ICE made sure that he could not.
Is this doing anything to prevent antisemitism? It sure doesn't seem like it. According to a new Pew survey, more people than ever before have an unfavorable view of Israel.
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President Trump said that he would like to deport U.S. citizens to El Salvadorian prisons but "we have to obey the laws."
The President said this in a visit with El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele. The two leaders got on quite well, don't you think?
The law is clear. You cannot deport an American citizen from U.S. soil. In rare cases, the U.S. has revoked passports of citizens while they were abroad such as Adam Gadahn, an American who became an al-Qaeda spokesperson, and Edward Snowden, NSA whistleblower, but not Americans who were on home soil.
This sentiment from President Trump is worrying given that legal residents of the U.S. have been denied due process and free speech. If this can be done to residents, can it be done to citizens?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this about the idea: “there are obviously legalities involved." He continued: “We have a Constitution. But it’s a very generous offer … obviously, the administration will have to make a decision."
Does he interpret citizenship laws to be at the digression of any one administration? Yikes!
News By The Numbers
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15. That is how many new stores per year that Sam's Club plans to open in the next few years. The company announced bold new plans to expand to compete with Costco. I'm listening.
Starbucks is trending because the company announced a new dress code requiring baristas to wear black shirts and black, khaki or blue denim pants under their aprons.
Leslie Odom Jr. is trending because he will return to Broadway to play Aaron Burr in Hamilton, the role he pioneered in the original Broadway cast in 2015. It is a limited engagement this fall.
Jeopardy is trending because the show had Cole Escola on Monday. Escola plays Mary Todd Lincoln in the play Oh, Mary! and it seems that people didn't like the former First Lady being portrayed as a man.
MRIs and Forever Chemicals
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A new study shows that MRIs can leave toxic rare-earth minerals in your body for years.
When a patient goes for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, they sometimes get an injection of a fluid called gadolinium. The dye is like a highlighter around your organs, blood vessels and tissues to help the doctors see it all better.
Scientists found that oxalic acid, an organic compound found in humans and plant-based foods, can contribute to a buildup of gadolinium nanoparticles and contribute to complications and disease. Likewise, a previous contrast agent called Omniscan was also associated with complications "including nephrogenic systemic fibrosis."
Patients with kidney failure are also at high risk for these highlighting agents. My grandfather's health declined precipitously, accelerating his death after being exposed to one.
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