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[–] dead@hexbear.net 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I think this parody demonstrates that this bit only works for Jiang because he's a Chinese Dissident. He's not a professor. Westerners just think that being Chinese gives him some kind of mystical wisdom.

He's actually a High School English teacher. He lives in Beijing and he said he accesses youtube through VPN. He was arrested by China in 2002 for being suspected of being a spy for the US. He also described himself as being 'far right' politically.

He talked about this stuff in his interview with Mehdi Hasan.

[–] dead@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As someone who has always lived in the US South and very close to the NASCAR industry. I'm going to hard disagree with you about 'conservative values'. I've worked on jobsites owned by NASCAR teams and I can tell you from first hand experience that NASCAR workers do not have particularly good values.

Although, NASCAR history likes to boast that NASCAR originated from outrunning the police with moonshine vehicles, in recent years, NASCAR has been pretty explicitly opposed to police reform movements such as Black Lives Matter. I commonly see NASCAR types using the fascist 'thin blue line' cop flag. Within the past decade, there have been multiple NASCARs painted with memorials to officers who died on duty.

People who come from poor backgrounds may have conservative values but people with conservative values do not have class consciousness. They may hate bankers but not on the grounds of class. Conservatives only hate bankers because of personal grievances or because of a secret third reason. 'Conservative values' means recognizing that societal problems exist and then blaming those problems on the existence of marginalized groups.

[–] dead@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

What is even wilder is that the US grows a lot of soybeans, and the ideal target for MAGA would probably be a soybean farmer.

Zionist-owned CBS News put out a propaganda segment which said that soybean farmers are going to commit suicide because China stopped buying US soybeans due to Trump's tariffs, but framed it as if it was China's fault.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/for-some-us-soybean-farmers-china-trade-deal-may-not-be-enough-to-save-farm-60-minutes-transcript/

[–] dead@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The average American has an entirely incoherent world view of mismatch opinions. Theo Von is a populist but also a manosphere type. For example, he interviewed Trump during the 2024 election and told Trump about doing cocaine and various other drugs. However, he was also outraged when ICE used his face in a video to promote deportations.

In May 2025, Theo Von performed a stand up comedy show at a US military base in Qatar. Around the same time, Theo Von was trying to be a real life friend with Hasan Piker. IIRC, Hasan told him not to go to perform for the US military. They did a podcast episode together before that.

Theo Von seems like the type of person who is well-intentioned but ignorant or uninformed. He's not a great person and a lot of bro-types follow him.

[–] dead@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Here's another article I saw since you say you don't like the New Yorker.

https://www.404media.co/iran-is-winning-the-ai-slop-propaganda-war/

https://archive.is/0bZ0e

[–] dead@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It says on the article in the OP that the memorandum applies specifically to "DOW property within the United States", so it would be case 1.

I archived the article because the article is on a US Government website. I don't want to link directly to a US Government website because then the US government could record Hexbear users who click the article by http referer headers.

[–] dead@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We in the west have troubles of our own and have never known the terror of living under the rule of a paranoid authoritarian regime.

There is an expression that goes like "You can't fool me, I wasn't born yesterday". When people say things like this, I think they are actually born yesterday.

You cannot name a period in US history when the US was not a "paranoid authoritarian regime". From the start, the US regime stole land from the indigenous people and genocided the indigenous people. The US regime had an economy based on slave trade and slave plantations. There was the Jim Crow Era, Red Scare 1, Red Scare 2, Internment of Japanese, Cold War Era, dozens of coups around the world.

The FBI assassinated leaders of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. There is too many things to name. The US Regime has bombed like 10 different countries in the past year.

The terror that Iranians are currently experiencing is not from their own government, it is terror inflicted by the West. If I were to travel to Iran, I would be killed by Israel or the US, not by Iranians.

Paranoia is an illness where people feel anxiety, suspicion, or fear based on irrational reasons or delusions. The anxiety that Iranians have is not irrational. The fears that Iranians have are based on the long history of aggression from the west and colonizers. Iranians do not have paranoia.

Did you even read the letter? There is no way that you read the letter or understand what the letter says.

Also, diaspora who are afraid to return to their home countries are sometimes afraid because they are collaborators with the US or other western nations. The US regime does not respect immigrants, especially not from Iran. The US sometimes gives immigration status to people collaborate with US militancy or espionage. These diaspora would face consequences because they aided crimes by western nations.

 

https://xcancel.com/drpezeshkian/status/2039418009052119190#m

https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/2039421072680882541#m

https://xcancel.com/PressTV/status/2039411024961630432#m

In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

To the people of the United States of America, and to all those who, amid a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives, continue to seek the truth and aspire to a better life

Iran—by this very name, character, and identity—is one of the oldest continuous civilizations in human history. Despite its historical and geographical advantages at various times, Iran has never, in its modern history, chosen the path of aggression, expansion, colonialism, or domination. Even after enduring occupation, invasion, and sustained pressure from global powers—and despite possessing military superiority over many of its neighbors—Iran has never initiated a war. Yet it has resolutely and bravely repelled those who have attacked it.

The Iranian people harbor no enmity toward other nations, including the people of America, Europe, or neighboring countries. Even in the face of repeated foreign interventions and pressures throughout their proud history, Iranians have consistently drawn a clear distinction between governments and the peoples they govern. This is a deeply rooted principle in Iranian culture and collective consciousness—not a temporary political stance.

For this reason, portraying Iran as a threat is neither consistent with historical reality nor with present-day observable facts. Such a perception is the product of political and economic whims of the powerful—the need to manufacture an enemy in order to justify pressure, maintain military dominance, sustain the arms industry, and control strategic markets. In such an environment, if a threat does not exist, it is invented.

Within this same framework, the United States has concentrated the largest number of its forces, bases, and military capabilities around Iran—a country that, at least since the founding of the United States, has never initiated a war. Recent American aggressions launched from these very bases have demonstrated how threatening such a military presence truly is. Naturally, no country confronted with such conditions would forgo strengthening its defensive capabilities. What Iran has done—and continues to do—is a measured response grounded in legitimate self-defense, and by no means an initiation of war or aggression.

Relations between Iran and the United States were not originally hostile, and early interactions between the Iranian and American people were not marred with hostility or coup d’état—an illegal American 1953 intervention. The turning point, however, was the intervention aimed at preventing the nationalization of Iran’s own resources. That coup disrupted Iran’s democratic process, reinstated dictatorship, and sowed deep distrust among Iranians toward U.S. policies. This distrust deepened further with America’s support for the Shah’s regime, its backing of Saddam Hussein during the imposed war of the 1980s, the imposition of the longest and most comprehensive sanctions in modern history, and ultimately, unprovoked military aggression—twice, in the midst of negotiations—against Iran.

Yet all these pressures have failed to weaken Iran. On the contrary, the country has grown before the Islamic Revolution by 30% stronger in many areas: literacy rates have tripled—from roughly 30% to over 90% today; higher education has expanded dramatically; significant advances have been achieved in modern technology; healthcare services have improved; and infrastructure has developed at a pace and scale incomparable to the past. These are measurable, observable realities that stand independent of fabricated narratives.

At the same time, the destructive and inhumane impact of sanctions, war, and aggression on the lives of the resilient Iranian people must not be underestimated. The continuation of military aggression and recent bombings profoundly affect people’s lives, attitudes, and perspectives. This reflects a fundamental human truth: when war inflicts irreparable harm on lives, homes, cities, and futures, people will not remain indifferent toward those responsible.

This raises a fundamental question: Exactly which of the American people’s interests are truly being served by this war? Was there any objective threat from Iran to justify such behavior? Does the massacre of innocent children, the destruction of cancer-treatment pharmaceutical facilities, or boasting about bombing a country “back to the stone ages” serve any purpose other than further damaging the United States’ global standing?

Iran pursued negotiations, reached an agreement, and fulfilled all its commitments. The decision to withdraw from that agreement, escalate toward confrontation, and launch two acts of aggression in the midst of negotiations were destructive choices made by the U.S. government—choices that served the delusions of a foreign aggressor.

Attacking Iran’s vital infrastructure—including energy and industrial facilities—directly targets the Iranian people. Beyond constituting a war crime, such actions carry consequences that extend far beyond Iran’s borders. They generate instability, increase human and economic costs, and perpetuate cycles of tension, planting seeds of resentment that will endure for years. This is not a demonstration of strength; it is a sign of strategic bewilderment and an inability to achieve a sustainable solution.

Is it not also the case that America has entered this aggression as a proxy for Israel, influenced and manipulated by that regime? Is it not true that Israel, by manufacturing an Iranian threat, seeks to divert global attention away from its crimes toward the Palestinians? Is it not evident that Israel now aims to fight Iran to the last American soldier and the last American taxpayer dollar—shifting the burden of its delusions onto Iran, the region, and the United States itself in pursuit of illegitimate interests?

Is “America First” truly among the priorities of the U.S. government today?

I invite you to look beyond the machinery of misinformation—an integral part of this aggression—and instead speak with those who have visited Iran. Observe the many accomplished Iranian immigrants—educated in Iran—who now teach and conduct research at the world’s most prestigious universities, or contribute to the most advanced technology firms in the West. Do these realities align with the distortions you are being told about Iran and its people?

Today, the world stands at a crossroads. Continuing along the path of confrontation is more costly and futile than ever before. The choice between confrontation and engagement is both real and consequential; its outcome will shape the future for generations to come. Throughout its millennia of proud history, Iran has outlasted many aggressors. All that remains of them are tarnished names in history, while Iran endures—resilient, dignified, and proud

[–] dead@hexbear.net 35 points 3 days ago

CNN started doing attack pieces against Hasan because it got bought by Zionists.

[–] dead@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago

Sure but her PR person who spoke with NYPost might be using the infidelity angle.

[–] dead@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Aside from the kink, Kristi Noem could be mad about the infidelity aspect. Messaging other women about sex could be a violation of a monogamous relationship. However, I would bet that Kristi Noem is more mad about the cross-dressing.

Infidelity can also cause someone to lose US Government security clearance. This is because people who are engaged with infidelity are vulnerable to being blackmailed.

The story was originally published by Daily Mail, which is typically very reactionary. I chose to link Them Magazine (LGBTQ magazine) to avoid problematic opinions in the article.

[–] dead@hexbear.net 14 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I get why NB people would not support Platner but why would NB people support Mills? Mills is the Israel-backed candidate and wants to give more funding to Israel. Seems like misleading data.

Keep in mind this is a race between a US War Criminal and Israel War Crime Supporter. There's no correct choice between the two.

https://xcancel.com/TrackAIPAC/status/2036137933372268938#m

 

A few minutes before martyrdom...

‌This is the last image captured by the CCTV camera at the office of the martyred Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei.

https://xcancel.com/PressTV/status/2037284709408117156#m

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