Karim

Sunday thought: Trump’s Real Reason for War Friends,

What's the real reason for this war in Iran? Trump and Netanyahu are using the same authoritarian playbook. A big part of that playbook is using war to blot out your failures and any criticism you are facing at home.

Some thoughts...

The "speech" last night by the orange dude had so many lies but one hit personally, the price of prescription drugs! Checking the gimmicky website for the "reduced" priced drugs you will see this! So, the most vulnerable citizens on Medicare and Medicaid will still pay higher prices!

Report on the Arrest of Six Citizens by Security Forces in Sari - Hrana HRANA – Hoda Fori, Maryam Mirzaei, Nika Mahmoudi, and Meysam Yazdani were arrested on Sunday, February 22, and Omid Zabihi was arrested on Saturday, February 21, by IRGC Intelligence agents in Sari an...

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#Iran

Amazon dropped $75M on the Melania doc — with a big chunk going into the Trumps' pockets.

Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.

And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.

Always follow the money.

The brilliant Mana Neyestani!

The spread of violence starts here.
Trump boosted Pentagon budgets and pushed NATO allies to spend more — and buy American weapons. That cycle fuels global arms sales, locks countries into U.S. war supply chains, and strengthens the military-industrial complex.

Charlie Hebdo

Hypocrites!

#Iran

YouTube video by Robert Reich Did Trump Keep ANY of His Campaign Promises?

The Trump regime started the week by telling lies about Alex Pretti's murder.

Now, Trump has pivoted back to telling lies about the economy in order to change the subject.

But on both fronts, Trump's year back in office has been filled with broken promises. Watch. youtu.be/AcefFTXUcxU?...

Pretti Good!

The brilliant Mana Neyestani #Iran

I wrote about Iran's protests for @theatlantic.com: how AI manipulation and the suspicion of it is being weaponised to dismiss real footage of protests.

This piece draws on work from my stellar team at WITNESS and years of studying information controls in Iran and beyond.

The Islamic Rethuglit of Iran and its favorite number: 3,117

2020: 3,117 new COVID cases
2020: 3,117 alcohol poisoning victims
2026: 3,117 killed — labeled “martyrs”

Coincidence, or a pattern?

We’re missing the forest for the trees.
When a legally armed nurse can be labeled a “domestic terrorist,” anyone can.
Emergencies become tools. Power expands. Democracy erodes quietly.

Wake up. Pay attention. Be a witness.

#Iran

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

Berlin

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Free Iran!

I'm old enough to remember when CBS News and journalists like Edward R. Murrow held power to account, instead of capitulating to it.

WATCH: Anti-War Protester From Viral Video Speaks With Zeteo After Michigan Arrest A 22-year-old preschool teacher spoke with Zeteo about being arrested after a TV interview, following a protest against

Trump's escalation in Latin America will likely serve as a pretext to further suppress dissent at home.

We must resist his efforts to launch more international wars and stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.