NonilexOct 14

The #Trump admin has revoked the #visas of 6 foreigners deemed by #US officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist #CharlieKirk last month.

The #State Dept said Tuesday it had determined they should lose their visas after reviewing their online #socialmedia posts & clips about Kirk.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-charlie-kirk-visas-revoked-455f43467c0c50e84d3857c1e9c81458?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-14-Politics

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last month. The State Department said it had determined they should lose their visas after reviewing their online social media posts and clips about Kirk. The administration and its supporters have targeted people for their comments about Kirk, leading to firings or other discipline of journalists, teachers and others, and raising free speech concerns. The announcement came Tuesday as Trump was posthumously awarding Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Show threadNonilexOct 14

The announcement came as #Trump was posthumously awarding #CharlieKirk America’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The administration & its supporters have targeted people for their comments about Kirk, leading to firings or other discipline of journalists, teachers & others, & raising #FreeSpeech concerns.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #USpol

Show threadNonilex

The 6 unidentified foreigners who had their #visas revoked were from Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay & South Africa.

#Trump & Secy of #State #MarcoRubio “will defend our borders, *our culture*, & our citizens by enforcing our #immigration laws,” the State Dept said. “*Aliens* who take advantage of America’s hospitality while celebrating the assassination of our citizens will be removed.”

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny

Oct 14 at 10:16pmWeb
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Oct 14

@Nonilex

#USpol #Histodons

👉I report on the recurrence of #Totalitarianism👈

“We, the survivors, are not authorised to draw the moral: that no totalitarian movement can ever recur.
We have only the duty to report: that it did occur.”

— #HannahArendt, The Origins of #Totalitarianism

(New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1951), Part Three, Conclusion.)

Show threadRandall LeeOct 14
@Nonilex It's a good thing Kirk got what he deserved. Come at me little Marco.
Show threadDana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝‍♂️Oct 14
@Nonilex being indifferent to a piece of shit getting his totally foreseeable conclusion, is not the same as celebrating someone’s shooting.
Show threadSolithaOct 15

@DanadasGrau Constitutionally, they are the same. Free speech.

@Nonilex