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Bethania Palma

Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to local government to national politics. She has written for a variety of publications as a staffer and freelancer, including the Los Angeles News Group, the LAist, LA School Report, the OC Weekly and Raw Story. She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Irvine and an M.A. in history from California State University at Northridge. When researching bizarre phenomena, she's holding out for the day when the conclusion will be, "Aliens did it."

Immigrant Who Was Arrested Accompanying His Wife to Give Birth Appears in Court

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 28, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 4, 2018)

Joel Arrona-Lara attracted widespread attention when his heavily-pregnant wife was left alone at ...

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Did Mollie Tibbetts' Family Make a Statement Condemning the Politicization of Her Death?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 27, 2018

Various members of Tibbetts' family have weighed in, but none has spoken on behalf of the entire ...

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Did a Milwaukee Police Officer Say He Pointed His Gun at a Black Driver Because 'You're Not White'?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 27, 2018

Police say the comment was made, but by a civilian bystander and not by one of their officers.

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Hundreds of Children Taken Under 'Zero Tolerance' Policy Await Reunification

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 27, 2018

The judge overseeing the case has expressed optimism on the ongoing reunification process.

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Is a 'Large-Scale Killing' of White Farmers Underway in South Africa?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 24, 2018 (Updated: May 16, 2022)

A tweet by former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018 invoked the "white genocide" conspiracy th ...

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Did Vladimir Putin Rescue an Injured Donald Trump from the Viet Cong During the Vietnam War?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 22, 2018

An example of how no meme can be so over-the-top ridiculous that it won't at least prompt some q ...

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Did Michael Cohen Tweet at Hillary Clinton That Room and Board Will Be Free When She Goes to Prison?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 22, 2018

President Trump's long-time personal attorney deleted the tweet after pleading guilty to multipl ...

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Facts Behind the Arrest of an Immigrant Accompanying His Pregnant Wife to the Hospital Remain Unclear

Written by: Arturo Garcia Bethania Palma

Aug. 21, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 4, 2018)

After making a controversial arrest in San Bernardino, ICE said Joel Arrona-Lara was wanted in M ...

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Did African-American Drivers Comprise 100% of the Traffic Arrests in Polk County, Iowa?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 21, 2018

An activist organization mistakenly reported a Des Moines police officer's 2017 traffic arrests ...

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Did Brett Kavanaugh Argue That People with Disabilities Could Be Forced to Undergo Elective Surgeries, Including Abortions?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 15, 2018

Advocates for the disabled community largely oppose Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee f ...

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Was a 'Muslim Extremist' Granted Bail by a 'Liberal Democrat' Judge After Training Children to Shoot Up Schools?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 15, 2018

Despite Internet outrage saying otherwise, New Mexico "compound" defendant Siraj Ibn Wahhaj has ...

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Was a 'My Little Pony' Animator Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography Part of '#PedoGate'?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 14, 2018

An animator for the children's cartoon has been sentenced to prison for possessing child pornogr ...

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Alex Jones's InfoWars Conspiracy Website Is Down

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 14, 2018

The page infamous for spreading "crisis actor" conspiracy theories has been offline for as yet u ...

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'Unite the Right 2' Rally Whisked Away Before Scheduled Start Time

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 11, 2018

White supremacist rally-goers attempting to hold a Charlottesville anniversary event in D.C. wer ...

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Does This Photograph Show ICE Arresting Small Children?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 10, 2018

Although a photograph of handcuffed children is shared with the claim the youngsters were arrest ...

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Did Saudi Arabia Crucify a Man During a Human Rights Dispute with Canada?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 9, 2018

News accounts juxtaposed the grisly form of punishment with Saudi Arabia's umbrage over Canadian ...

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Trump Administration Proposal Could Punish Legal Immigrants If Their Family Members Use Public Assistance

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 8, 2018

The proposed change to "public charge" rules would assess members of "immigrant households" in d ...

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Did a Michigan School District Ban Students from Wearing the American Flag?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 6, 2018

A year-old Facebook post about a school dress code became a source of reanimated outrage in 2018.

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Did Bank of America Freeze a Customer's Account to Demand Proof of Citizenship?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 4, 2018

A Kansas City news photographer said his account was suspended until he told a bank representati ...

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Did a Racist Who Followed a Black Man Home to Call Him a Racial Slur Have His Business Destroyed?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 2, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 5, 2018)

Jeffrey Whitman told a local newspaper columnist he'd gone out of business after being caught on ...

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