We Asked Chefs To Name the Best Olive Oil and These Are Their Favorites

Credit: Getty Images A mere decade or two ago, most Americans thought of EVOO (aka extra-virgin olive oil) as the starting ingredient for a salad dressing…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #BrookeGil #ElaineGordon #evoo #ExtraVirginOliveOil #Gutierrez #Mediterranean #Olive #oliveoils
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2545228/we-asked-chefs-to-name-the-best-olive-oil-and-these-are-their-favorites/

Reports emerged this week of
the ⛔️death of two more immigrants in the custody of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Emmanuel #Damas, 56,
a Haitian asylum seeker,
reportedly died from an infection linked to a toothache that his family said went
untreated for two weeks while Damas was incarcerated at the Florence Correctional Center in Arizona.

Damas’s death was first reported by the Arizona Daily Star on March 4.

That day, ICE announced that 48-year-old Alberto #Gutierrez-#Reyes had died in a California hospital on February 27 after falling ill at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center,
-- where the population has skyrocketed in recent months.

Damas appears to be
the 👉tenth person to die while in ICE custody in 2026,
which would bring the total number of people to die while incarcerated by the agency under Donald Trump to 💥at least 39.

“Nobody should die from a toothache,”
Chandler City Councilwoman
Christine Ellis, a Haitian American and registered nurse representing the Arizona community near the prison where Damas was incarcerated told the Arizona Daily Star.

“Something has to be done."
https://truthout.org/articles/kristi-noem-is-leaving-a-trail-of-death-behind-her-in-ice-jails/

Kristi Noem Is Leaving a Trail of Death Behind Her in ICE Jails

Two more deaths in ICE custody were reported this week, including a refugee who died after an untreated toothache.

Truthout
The two federal immigration agents who fired on #Minneapolis protester Alex #Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus #Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo #Gutierrez #JesusOchoa #RaymundoGutierrez shot and killed #AlexPretti

Two CBP Agents Identified in A...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

ProPublica

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as
Border Patrol agent #Jesus #Ochoa
and Customs and Border Protection officer #Raymundo #Gutierrez.

The records viewed by ProPublica list Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, as the shooters during the deadly encounter last weekend
that left Pretti dead and ignited massive protests and calls for criminal investigations.

Both men were assigned to Operation Metro Surge,
an immigration enforcement dragnet launched in December
that sent scores of armed and masked agents across the city.

CBP, which employs both men,
has so far refused to release their names and has disclosed few other facts about the deadly incident,
which came days after a different immigration agent shot and killed another Minneapolis protester,
a 37-year-old mother of three named Renee Good.

Pretti’s killing, and the subsequent secrecy surrounding the agents involved, comes as the country confronts the consequences of Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown.

The sweeps in cities across the country have been marked by scenes of violence,
against immigrants and U.S. citizens,
by agents allowed to hide their identities with masks
— an almost unheard of practice in law enforcement.

As a result, the public has been kept from one of the chief ways it has to hold officers involved in such altercations accountable:
their identity.

Both Democratic and Republicanlawmakers have called for a transparent investigation into the killing of Pretti,
a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse working at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital.

“We must have a transparent, independent investigation into the Minnesota shooting,
and those responsible
—no matter their title
—must be held accountable,”
Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah wrote on X on Monday.

https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-gutierrez

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

ProPublica

As Donald Trump ramped up his threats against the people he is supposed to be working for,

his administration’s extreme immigration enforcement led Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to admit that anyone
— U.S. citizen or otherwise
— should be prepared to have to prove their citizenship to DHS agents.

Asked Thursday about U.S. citizens being asked to provide proof of citizenship in Minnesota
and whether that is “targeted enforcement,”
Noem said the following:

"In every situation, we’re doing targeted enforcement. If we are on a target and doing an operation, there may be individuals surrounding that criminal that we may be asking who they are and why they’re there and having them validate their identity. That’s what we’ve always done in asking people who they are, so that we know who’s in those surroundings, and if they are breaking our federal laws, we will detain them as well until we run that processing."

Importantly, Noem did not reject the premise of the question or reassure Americans that such a question is ridiculous.

Instead, she merely tried to limit when and under what circumstances it is happening
— and, presumably, will continue to happen
— under her leadership.

But, with a closer look, even that falls apart.

First of all, there is a mountain of evidence that the first sentence of Noem’s statement is a lie.

Ask #Frank #Miranda or #Maria #Greeley,

ask #Jesus #Gutiérrez or #Mubashir,

ask any of the “more than 50 Americans who were held after [immigration] agents questioned their citizenship’ during 2025”
who were identified by Pro Publica.

But, for a moment, let’s set that to the side.

The secretary of Homeland Security on Thursday said that if you are found in the vicinity of a person subject to DHS’s “targeted enforcement” operations,
you are likely to be detained if you cannot prove your citizenship or legal status
— if you cannot prove that to whatever agent might be involved in the operation
https://www.lawdork.com/p/noem-says-anyone-can-face-a-kavanaugh-stop

Noem says that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop

Trump started off the day with an Insurrection Act threat. Noem followed up by saying that anyone "surrounding" any DHS target has to prove their legal status.

Law Dork

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Now it’s official! Miguel #Gutierrez to #Napoli from #Girona for €20M. Contract until 2030 (€2,3M/year). No surprise here and confirmed since the last May 7! #transfers
Medicals ongoing for Miguel #Gutierrez at Villa Stuart for #Napoli. Then he will sign the contract until 2030 (2,3M/year). #transfers
Today it will be Miguel #Gutierrez’s Day for #Napoli. Expected medicals at Villa Stuart in Rome this morning. Then he will sign the contract until 2030 (€2,3M/year). #transfers