‘On Wednesday, it was reported a French scientist was denied entry to Houston after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found messages criticizing President Donald Trump’s cuts to science funding. Photos on another visa holder’s phone allegedly showing support for Hezbollah saw her denied reentry into the U.S.

Immigration attorneys have also reported increased scrutiny of visa holders’ messages and social media accounts at official ports of entry, including airports.

“I’ve told my clients to be very careful about their use of electronic devices and bringing electronic devices like phones and laptops through the border, to make sure they haven’t unintentionally saved photos to their phone that might be controversial, even though they don’t think they are,” Elissa Taub, a partner at immigration law firm Siskind Susser in Tennessee, told Newsweek.…’

(via Newsweek)

‘New research from the CDC is exposing surprising new culprits behind a growing meat allergy.…’

(Ed Cara via Gizmodo)

Trump bashes Dem Gov. Polis over “bad” portrait of himself — even though Republicans commissioned it

‘A rabid Donald Tr*mp unleashed his fury at Colorado Gov. Jared Polis last night for allowing a “bad picture” of himself to hang in the state Capitol — even though the portrait was commissioned by Republicans in 2018, before the governor took office.…’

(Carla Sinclair
via Boing Boing)

‘It’s not a “do not track” request, it’s a set of terms you demand from sites.…’

(Kevin Purdy via Ars Technica)

Pete Hegseth accidentally texts U.S. war plans to Atlantic editor, says new report

‘On March 15, the U.S. bombed Houthi rebels in Yemen — but Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg knew specific details about its “secret” war plans hours beforehand, thanks to an extremely careless text he received by controversial Trump-pick Pete Hegseth.

“The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen. I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming,” Goldberg explained today.

“The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing,” he said.

And it wasn’t just the incompetence of Hegseth — a former Fox News host before Donald Trump thought him worthy enough to become U.S. Secretary of Defense — that led to the security breach. It was more of a group effort, that started with Trump’s National Security Adviser Michael Waltz.…’

(Carla Sinclair 
via

Boing Boing)