Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal in Philadelphia (Reddit).
Attacking Minnesota instead of Texas is about provocation to invoke the insurrection act to suppress voter turnout or to cancel elections.
Somehow this video interested me, of a veteran insulting ICE on Reddit.
Blocking ICE in Vermont (Reddit)
They cut off the internet January 8th, to try and dampen the protesting. It hasn't worked.
Saw a video. People in Iran hate Israel and USA. USA is said to have led to the 1979 revolution, which is why things are the way they are now.
Wall Street Journal (Archive) account of the death of Robina Aminian. Another martyr for Iran.
In the Guardian Iranian director Jafar Panahi says this:
“In other dictatorships around the world, you will see that there will be at least a few people who will act based on rationality and who will not let it get to this point,” he said, speaking via his interpreter Sheida Dayani. “But unfortunately in this system there is no rationality. All they can think of is crackdown and how they can stay in power even just one more day. The last thing they’re thinking about is the people.”
Trump is trying to insert himself, even though 70% Americans say leave them alone (skeet).
Supposedly the Center For Human Rights In Iran is in NYC, so they're not going to know much, and responsible for bloated claims of deaths.
Iran charges for the return of bodies they have killed (BBC). I've also read they include a rape charge of the virgins they rape so they can kill them. That's a particularly nasty detail.
Politico: "...anyone who expects Iran’s next regime to be democratic or peaceful may be very disappointed."
"...a coup d’état carried out by existing officials who want to put a stop to the country’s political and economic crisis. Whatever system they set up next is unlikely to be free — coups rarely lead to democratic transitions."
"Iran has no single, unified opposition movement that can slide in and take charge if the regime’s leaders are suddenly assassinated. Instead, Iran’s opposition is divided, and its leadership is largely in jail. What’s more, Iran would lack a clear head of state if the entire regime were to suddenly disintegrate from just domestic pressure." (Politico op cit)
Vali Nasr: “There is no force out there that can actually take over in a day-after scenario.” (Politico op cit)
"...the regime has ruthlessly snuffed out its competition, making it impossible to cleanly replace. What comes next may therefore not be better. In fact, it could be worse." (Politico op cit)
"The American Revolution produced a democracy. But it was something of an exception. The French Revolution was followed by an era of violent turmoil and mass executions now known as the Reign of Terror. The Russian Revolution followed a similar path: The Bolsheviks ended the Romanov dynasty, only to replace it with the even-more repressive Soviet Union. None of the Arab Spring revolutions have produced a lasting democracy (although Syria’s fate is still uncertain). Iran’s 1979 revolution downed the Shah, but it created the Islamic Republic." (Politico op cit)
"(It has been just under three years since the “Women, Life, Freedom” uprisings swept across the country in late 2022 and early 2023.) The Iranian regime has displayed remarkable unity in response to all these demonstrations, which is one reason why it has endured previous predictions of its demise. But when annual inflation exceeds 50 percent, as it is now, it is reasonable to wonder how many times the government can call upon security forces to fire into crowds." (Politico op cit)
There are positive and negative scenarios. They go over many in the Politico article.
"A senior Iranian health ministry official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the Times that about 3,000 people had been killed across the country since the protests began in late December." (New York Times Gift Article)
Demonstration in NYC (Reddit).
Restorative justice:
The first order repealed all executive orders issued by former Mayor Eric Adams following the day Adams was federally indicted. Mamdani said the move reflected a moment when “many New Yorkers decided that politics had nothing for them but more of the same.”
The judicial system has sort of turtled, with some notable exceptions. I see multiple system failures in our democracy that enabled lots of wrongs going on. To me it's leadership to step over to another branch's role, and do some justice by an executive.
Adams, who was buyable, was bought by Israel. Mamdani is staunchly against prejudice against anyone, but he's not going to carve out special protections for Israel the way Adamas does. So right wing people interested in Israel might be upset. He's upsetting the right people in my opinion.
There's a post on Reddit that suggests saying Hamas was funded by Iran is a PR fib of Israel. It links an article.
So I asked Gemini the evidence that Hamas got money from Iran:
To say Iran didn't give Hamas money is the more sinister unfounded comment:
Hamas officials have openly acknowledged receiving significant financial and military support from Tehran:
Ismail Haniyeh: In 2022, the former head of Hamas’s political bureau stated the group received $70 million annually from Iran to support its "defense plan" and rocket development.
Ali Baraka: A senior official confirmed in 2023 that Iran is the group's primary source of money and weapons.
Yahya Sinwar: In 2017, Sinwar identified Iran as the largest financial and military backer of Hamas's military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
2. Seized Documents and Intelligence
Military operations in Gaza throughout 2024 and 2025 led to the discovery of internal records detailing the flow of funds:
Payment Ledgers: Documents found in Hamas tunnels reportedly detail $154 million in transfers from Iran over a six-year period (2014–2020).
Strategic Budgets: A letter dated December 2022 from Hamas military chief Marwan Issa to Yahya Sinwar revealed an agreement for a special Iranian budget of $7 million per month to prepare for confrontation with Israel.
Recent Totals: By 2025, Israeli intelligence estimates indicated Iran's funding had surged to approximately $350 million per year, accounting for a vast majority of the group's total budget.
3. Financial Tracking and Sanctions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has identified and sanctioned multiple networks used to move Iranian money to Hamas:
The "Oil-for-Terror" Scheme: In 2018, the U.S. uncovered a network where Iranian oil was shipped to Syria, with profits laundered through Russian companies and then distributed to Hamas and Hezbollah.
Middlemen and Exchange Houses: Sanctions have targeted Lebanese and Turkish money exchange companies, such as Nabil Chouman & Co, which served as conduits for transferring tens of millions of dollars from the IRGC-Quds Force to Gaza.
Crypto and Shell Companies: International investigations in 2024 and 2025 targeted Hamas-affiliated financial facilitators using cryptocurrency and sham charities in countries like Algeria and Sudan to bypass sanctions.
4. Military and Technical Support
Evidence of funding is also visible in Hamas's physical arsenal:
Local Manufacturing: Iran provided the technology and technical training for Hamas to locally manufacture rockets, drones, and precision-guided munitions.
Training Programs: Intelligence officials confirmed that Hamas militants received tactical training in IRGC-run camps in Iran and Lebanon, including training for the October 7 attacks.
Now I know personally that AI gets things wrong, and can have a political slant, but this answer was pretty convincing to me.
Additionally I have an Iranian friend, and you have to separate the regime and the people, I don't think Iranian people personally wish to be baited into scapegoating Israel for their misery. My friend is a little anti-Israel, because Israel isn't perfect either. Indeed, the continuation of the erasure of Palestinians is an ongoing genocide, and the easy dismissal that it's not a genocide by pro-Israel people is weird to me. You don't have to pick a falsity to embrace. You don't have to participate in spin. Both sides did some bad stuff. You can be on the side of human lives, and against needless slaughter.
"Anti-semitism" and "Zionism" has been ripped away from the common meaning and I have seen post decrying the Wikipedia definitions by Jewish people who don't want to admit it's a genocide.
A stage of unintegrated recovery is to go from victim to victimizer, that's just basic psychology. Watch Altered Carbon, first season.
The Jewish people haven't taken back the 5 million killed by killing Palestinians, but of the thousand they lost in the bombing, they have killed a thousand fold more in retribution. Not an eye for an eye any more, they have gone beyond, and continue to go beyond. They need their own people to stop the murderers who are still going. I don't think they can erase any blowback by keeping going.
The wind shears from the spin are so fierce, Massad saying they with the protesters in Iran proves that they "are behind" the protests (Reddit).
I'm banned from r/Iran for pointing out that the attack on Iran wasn't unprovoked, there were missiles shot at Iran. Nobody sees any provocation, only opportunity for revenge, in a sick never ending loop.
In the information age we can see all the moving parts. In Israel the far right warring government has decreased women's rights (CNN). War is all about making women unsafe and need protection. In a safe world, women don't need men, and therefore the association would be their option, not a matter of survival.
Rights are about freedom. The right to vote, to own property, to control over your body. Inequality is about trying to get more for me, by being in the in group. White men supposedly do well. I'm not doing the best, but actually I am quite lucky. It's not really luck, though is it?
You want us to release all the file? Well here's all the people he hates. Not sure why he's against Clinton, since he's a centrist, practically a Republican. Just hated his wife, perhaps he's trying to hurt her.
Trump could have the people who love him spontaneously name things for him, but he's not going to wait for that, he's putting his name on everything he can. He's thinking about his legacy, it's just these things aren't going to stick. Kennedy center is going back to it's old name after he's gone. He's going to die soon and his name is going to be erased because he's just not an American president we respect.
The leadership thing is that you lead by example, and Trump breaks all the laws, and somehow gets away with it, but his followers are surprised they are caught. Malicious noncompliance isn't great.
