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They lost their Nepalese citizenship years ago and are now living in a ‘stateless limbo’ amid Trump’s deportationsAasis Subedi, a Bhutanese Nepali refugee, finds himself back in the same Nepal refugee camp he spent part of his youth, once again stateless.Last month, Subedi and two dozen community members from across the US were deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers to Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan country where they had never previously set foot. At least four, including Subedi, were immediately rejected by Bhutanese authorities and then expelled to India, where they fled to a refugee camp in Nepal. Continue reading...

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CNN anchor Brianna Keilar pressed Rep. Jimmy Patronis (R-FL) over the issue of a proposed a Medicaid work requirement as Republican lawmakers consider making cuts to pay for President Donald Trump's mega spending bill. Trump met with Republicans on Capitol Hill Tuesday to motivate them to iron out their differences over the bill since he can only afford to lose three GOP votes in order to pass it. Keilar noted that almost 140,000 of Patronis's constituents received Medicaid, which worked out to "roughly one out of every six people." She asked if any of them would "lose Medicaid coverage" if the new work requirement for "able-bodied" people went into effect before 2029, as the congressman preferred. And she asked for clarification on who constituted an "able-bodied" person. "For example, should a young adult male in your district who is in the throes of addiction be expected to meet those requirements while in rehab?" Keilar asked. EXCLUSIVE: Trump accused of new grift that puts Qatari plane in shade "Right now, a young adult male in the state of Florida is not eligible for Medicaid unless he's disabled or has some other type of disability that's given that pathway," Patronis answered. "Well, I'm asking if he should be eligible, facing a medical issue like that," Keilar said. "So, that individual does not have access to expanded guaranteed Medicaid health benefits if he's an able-bodied male, because it's not part of Florida's acceptance into that program," Patronis answered. Keilar then asked about the nation as a whole, not just Florida. Patronis said, "When you've got able-bodied males that have the ability to go out and seek employment in order to maybe secure health insurance to the private sector, that frees up dollars for disabled, for elderly, for women. So again —" Keilar interrupted, "Is that person abled-bodied, though? Sir, that's my question! But, congressman, that's my question. Is that an able-bodied person, someone who is in rehab dealing with addiction?" After a lengthy debate, Patronis concluded, "I definitely want to make sure that the elderly or seniors are women or children — that they always have a robust safety net that always takes care of them. That is the purpose of Medicaid." Watch the clip below via CNN.

Democrats are demanding to hear from Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), who defied his party to become the only Democrat voting to confirm Charles Kushner as ambassador to France.Booker joined 50 Republicans to confirm Kushner, with 45 Democrats voting "no."Kushner is the father of Ivanka Trump's husband, Jared Kushner. The family patriarch was sentenced in 2005 to "two years in prison after pleading guilty to 16 counts of tax fraud, witness retaliation, and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission."The New Jersey Globe noted that Booker and Charles Kushner have a "long-standing relationship" that saw Kushner donate to Booker's unsuccessful Newark mayoral bid in 2002. He went on to become mayor in 2006.On Bluesky, attorney @bigesqbae.bsky.social‬ posted to her 23K followers, "So why did Cory Booker vote yes to confirm Charles Kushner to be US AMBASSADOR to France??? @booker.senate.gov EXPLAIN PLEASE."Commentator Molly Ploofkins wrote, "Cory Booker should spend 24 hours on the Senate floor explaining why he voted to confirm a convicted felon as the U.S. ambassador to France."EXCLUSIVE: Trump accused of new grift that puts Qatari plane in shadeJournalist David Atkins wrote, "I do not understand what possible benefit Cory Booker derives from voting to confirm Charles Kushner. Why???? What is the motivation here?"Liberal commentator @lebergerdavid.bsky.social‬ wrote, "Cory Booker voted to confirm NJ convicted felon Charles Kushner, the father of Jared Kushner, who was sentenced to prison for tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering to be our ambassador to France. WTF? I really don’t get this."Others asked what the point was of Booker's all-night filibuster on the Senate floor last month, in protest of the Trump administration."Imagine doing a 24 hour filibuster to 'Save Democracy' and then being the only Democrat voting for the financial criminal Kushner bc he raised you a bunch of cash Booker is such a fraud. He's even worse than the openly corrupt because he pretends to be some kind of better angel," wrote political strategist Conor Rogers.Gabrielle A. Perry, founder of a Louisiana-based nonprofit, wrote, "Cory Booker is riding that sh---- speech as cover for cozying up the fascists." Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, whose bio described her as a theoretical physicist and Black feminist theorist, compared Booker with the recent ICE protest of Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)."Like LaMonica McIver is being charged for protesting an ICE facility and Cory Booker is supporting the ambitions of the Kushner family."Fellow Democrat, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) explained her "no" vote."Charles Kushner was convicted of making false statements to the FEC and pleaded guilty to tax evasion & witness tampering. And Trump pardoned him. Of course, I voted NO to advance Kushner’s nomination as AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE. We don't need any more Kushners in government."‪@aniceburrito.bsky.social‬26KCory Booker voted to confirm a convicted tax cheat & sextortionistCory Booker is yet another reminder that no one will save us or this country. We must save ourselves and the country. Resist. Act. Protest.‪@benusa.bsky.social‬

Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) over the Trump administration's attempt to deport student activists who support Palestinians.During a Tuesday Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Van Hollen criticized Rubio and President Donald Trump for failing to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. He also slammed Rubio for wrongly deporting a Maryland man to El Salvador."Clearly, you don't care about the Fifth Amendment right to due process, and you don't care about the First Amendment either since you've been very busy snatching students off of college campuses for exercising their right to free speech," Van Hollen said. "You dredged up a relic from the McCarthy era to claim that student protesters posed a threat to the foreign policy of the United States.""It's about punishing free speech," he continued. "And you know that in America, the government doesn't get to use its power to punish speech it doesn't like. Yet in March, you boasted about revoking student visas, saying, and I'm quoting, we do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa, unquote."Van Hollen observed that one student, Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk, was targeted for co-authoring an op-ed about the war in Gaza."Your own department found zero links to terrorism, no anti-Semitic statements, but you still yanked her visa and shipped her off to detention in Louisiana," he explained. EXCLUSIVE: Trump accused of new grift that puts Qatari plane in shade"And I have to tell you directly and personally that I regret voting for you for Secretary of State," Van Hollen added.Rubio responded: "Well, first of all, your regret for voting for me confirms I'm doing a good job based on what I know.""That's just a flippant statement, Mr. Secretary!" Van Hollen shot back."The bottom line is if you're coming here to stir up trouble on our campuses, we will deny you a visa," Rubio opined. "And we're going to do more. There are more coming.""Writing an op-ed to the school paper is disruptive to the foreign policy of the United States of America?" Van Hollen remarked. "That's pathetic!" Watch the video below or at this link.

Speaker Mike Johnson mostly stood by and nodded as President Donald Trump pitched his spending bill to reporters on Capitol Hill Tuesday, but when he did speak, his praise of Trump was effusive."I think this was a tremendous session — you might want to say something," Trump prompted Johnson after the president met with Republican lawmakers."It was a great meeting, the party was unified, the House Republican Conference is excited — multiple standing ovations, they love this president, and everybody back home loves what he's doing. It's historic," Johnson said.EXCLUSIVE: Trump accused of new grift that puts Qatari plane in shadeOn X, journalist Aaron Rupar commented, "Mike Johnson goes full North Korean and claims that House Republicans gave Trump 'multiple standing ovations' this morning."The account of @LucasSa56947288 posted a gif of a North Korean news anchor under Rupar's post, while @ChidiNwatu posted, "The groveling is next level. Even North Korea would be jealous."NBC News's Gabe Gutierrez seemed to confirm at least one standing ovation. "He's right now speaking to the Republican conference behind closed doors," Gutierrez said. "We're just getting some video of the ovation that he got as he entered the room. And the president is also saying that he does not expect there to be any meaningful cuts to Medicaid in this one big, beautiful bill that he's touting."