If the threat has supposedly been “imminent” for years, the sudden urgency doesn’t add up. Nothing on the ground shifted in a way that demanded an immediate response. That’s why so many people describe this as a war of choice rather than a reaction to a new danger. And if it turns into another situation where Americans are drawn into a conflict framed around regime change, history shows that those ventures have rarely delivered the outcomes the United States hoped for.
SO ask yourself why choose to go to war so suddenly?
Because more information about Trump and Epstein keeps coming out and the big orange rapist needs a distraction from his perversions going public
Some people seem to have forgotten the regime shooting thousands of their own people simply protesting
what we really needed to focus minds was thousands marching every weekend in support of the repressed Iranians and the Iranian flag everywhere, sadly we never got that ...
No Queers for Iran etc
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'put a bit of lippy on and run a brush through your hair, we are alcoholics, not savages'
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Originally Posted by Beso
Livelier than Izaaz, and hes got 2 feet.
my take is that a series of events lined up. Intelligence pointed to a window where the leadership could be taken out, talks were going nowhere and it was a good distraction from Trumps troubles at home. I think it will be less of a distraction than Trump thinks
Emergency Protest Notice... (yes, this is a thing):
Spoiler:
Introducing The People's Forum... because they all pretty much do the exact same thing...
Quote:
We are a movement incubator for working class and marginalized communities to build unity across historic lines of division at home and abroad. We are an accessible educational and cultural space that nurtures the next generation of visionaries and organizers who believe that through collective action a new world is possible.
Translation: We are here to stoke divisions here and abroad.
The People's Forum Home Page... notice Palestine and "ICE out"... (why would that be related, I wonder???):
Spoiler:
Interests who possibly fund them (US Government website/2025):
Chairman Smith’s letter details how The People’s Forum has:
Justified Hamas’ October 7th terrorist attacks against Israel, including within hours of the massacre that killed over 1,200 innocent civilians.
Incited protests and riots across the U.S., including violent demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and disruptive occupations of college campuses across the U.S.
Admitted to receiving over $20 million in funding from Neville Roy Singham, a wealthy U.S. expatriate living in Shanghai with long-documented CCP ties, which was funneled through shell companies and donor-advised funds.
Hosted events and courses pushing CCP propaganda, glorifying the Chinese revolution and partnering with pro-PRC groups.
EXCLUSIVE — A charity in Manhattan pushing pro-China talking points and organizing protests against Israel in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terrorist attack saw its revenue soar in 2022, financial disclosures reveal.
The People’s Forum, which has been linked to an international Chinese Communist Party propaganda network funded by wealthy American businessman Neville Roy Singham, a self-identified socialist reported to be living in Shanghai, is, as of late, helping to lead Hamas-sympathetic protests across the United States in favor of a Middle East ceasefire. That same nonprofit group raked in a staggering $4.4 million in 2022, up from just $486,900 in 2021, a roughly 803% increase year-over-year, according to the People’s Forum’s newly filed tax forms obtained by the Washington Examiner.
The flood of cash to the People’s Forum underscores how far-left organizations boosting China and other overseas interests have gained significant footing in the U.S. in recent years. On Wednesday, the GOP-led House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing that, in part, focused on foreign money flowing through nonprofit groups. David Chung, general manager for the People’s Forum, did not respond by email to questions from the Washington Examiner about the source of the charity’s enormous 2022 revenue spike.
“Our country is increasingly polarized in many ways, but we possess near-universal agreement that foreigners and foreign money should not meddle in our politics,” Scott Walter, president of Capital Research Center, a conservative investigative think tank, testified on Wednesday before the Ways and Means panel. “The overwhelming consensus in this area should make improvements possible.”
The People’s Forum has hailed China’s “new era led by Xi Jinping,” the CCP’s general secretary, and held events backing China’s “revolutionary struggle.” The nonprofit organization, which gained IRS tax-exempt status in 2017 and claims to be intent on “bringing socialist ideas to the new generations of organizers and activists,” is behind rallies “in solidarity” with Palestinians after the Oct. 7 attack, which saw Hamas and other terrorist factions murder more than 1,200 people in Israel.
In late October, the People’s Forum even reposted a video on social media of Leila Khaled, a convicted Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist, discussing “the unbreakable resistance of the Palestinian people to the Zionist project,” the Washington Examiner reported. The People’s Forum shared flyers on social media on Wednesday encouraging the public to attend a “March for the Martyrs” rally in New York City on Saturday to oppose “genocide in Palestine.”
The Saturday event is also being organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement, an anti-Israel group that has hosted a scholarship named after assassinated PFLP terrorist Ghassan Kanafani, and National Students for Justice in Palestine, which has chapters on college campuses in the U.S. that have supported the PFLP, Hamas, and other terrorist factions for years, according to a 2017 report by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
On its 2022 tax forms, the People’s Forum disclosed receiving roughly $4 million in contributions and grants, $331,000 in program service revenue, and $52,000 in investment income. The charity’s expenses were $3.8 million, and its assets reached $18.5 million, compared to the $13.6 million it had in assets at the start of the year.
The People’s Forum, like other charities, is not required to report its donors to the public upon sharing copies of its tax forms. The China-allied group also hosts “an accessible educational and cultural space” featuring conference rooms, a coffee shop, and a library in New York.
In 2022, the People’s Forum said on tax forms that it granted “office/studio space” to both BreakThrough News, an anti-Israel website, and Justice and Education Fund, which, like the People’s Forum and groups such as Code Pink and Dongsheng News, have been reported as part of the Singham-backed Chinese propaganda network. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) requested in August that Attorney General Merrick Garland investigate this network.
The People’s Forum calculated that the office and studio space lease contracts were valued at over $343,000 combined, tax forms show.
Foreign policy experts and members of Congress have recently raised concerns about the People’s Forum having tax-exempt status, particularly as it boosts Hamas.
“I support immediately investigating the People’s Forum and organizations like it to determine what level of funding and coordination these pro-Hamas rallies have received from America’s adversaries,” House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) told the Washington Examiner.
Image on the "answercoalition.org/iran" website, description and list of protest locations (up until Mar 2nd at least on this one.. there's several of these "actions"-related sites):
Spoiler:
Quote:
Earlier today, the Trump administration along with Israel launched an unprovoked, illegal war on Iran. Immediately, people hit the streets to express the majority sentiment in this country: we reject another endless war for regime change! Continue this anti-war outpouring this Monday as part of a coordinated day of action.
Initial co-sponsors of this day of protest include: ANSWER Coalition, The People’s Forum, National Iranian-American Council, Democratic Socialists of America, Palestinian Youth Movement, American Muslims for Palestine, Black Alliance for Peace, CODEPINK, Center on Conscience and War, About Face
This conflict has the potential to quickly expand into a devastating regional war which will bring unthinkable death and destruction. Already, other countries in the region have been drawn into the war. Trump is lying when he says that Iran poses any kind of threat to the United States. And he has made it clear that he is willing to sacrifice the lives of U.S. servicemembers in this regime change war, along with an unlimited number of Iranians and others in the region.
But a mass anti-war movement can put an end to this destruction! Take to the streets on Monday, March 2 to demand: stop the war on Iran now!
February 28 actions
Akron, Ohio
Pack Square
5pm
Albuquerque, NM
Louisiana and Gibson
2pm
Aliquippa, PA
Beaver County Courthouse
1:00 p.m.
Aliso Viejo, CA
Aliso Creek Road and Enterprise
11am
Anchorage, AK
MLK Memorial (L St. and 10th Ave)
6pm
Athens, GA
The Arch
5pm
Atlanta, GA
190 Marietta St NW
3pm
Asheville, North Carolina
Pack Square
5pm
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore City Hall - 100 Holliday St
6pm
Bangor, Maine
Peirce Park
2pm
Berkeley, CA
University Ave I-80 pedestrian overpass. Access from Brickyard Cove Park
3:00 pm
Bend, Oregon
Peace Corner Bend
2:30 p.m.
Boise, ID
Boise City Hall
6:30pm
Boston, MA
Park Street Station
1pm
Brainerd, MN
Intersection of Sixth and Washington Streets, across from the historic Brainerd water tower
1:00 p.m.
Burlington, VT
Burlington City Hall
4pm
Canandaigua, NY
US-20 & S Main St.
3:00 p.m.
Canton, NY
Canton Village Park
4:00 p.m.
Charlotte, NC
Romare Bearden Park
4pm
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Cincinnati City Hall - 801 Plum St
4pm
Chicago, IL
Federal Plaza
5pm
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati City Hall - 801 Plum St
5pm
Cleveland, OH
Market Square (w. 25th st.)
2:30 pm
Columbus, OH
Goodale Park
4:00 pm
Columbia, South Carolina
SC State House (1100 Gervais St.)
3:00 pm
Davis, CA
Davis Farmer's Market (Central Park)
10:00 am
Dayton, OH
Dayton Courthouse Square
3:30 p.m.
Decorah, IA
Water Street Bridge
12:00 pm
Denver, CO
Colorado State Capitol
3:00 pm
Des Moines, IA
Neal Smith Federal Building (210 Walnut St)
4:00 pm
Dothan, AL
Houston County Courthouse
3:00 pm
Duluth, MN
Lake and Superior Street
5:00 pm
Fort Lauderdale
Huizenga Park, 32 E Las Olas Blvd
7:00 pm
Fresno, CA
Corner of Blackstone and Nees
3:00 pm
Frisco, CO
Triangle Park
11:00 am
Hagerstown, MD
1730 valley mall road
3:00 pm
Harrisburg, PA
Capitol Steps
2:00 pm
Holyoke, MA
Holyoke City Hall
3:00 pm
Houston, TX
Post Oak & Westheimer
5:00 pm
Kapolei, HI
Kapolei Regional Park
4:00 pm
Kansas City, Missouri
5 W 3rd Street (City Market Park)
4:00 pm
Indianapolis, Indiana
Military Park
5:30 pm
Las Vegas, NV
333 S Las Vegas Blvd
6pm
Lincoln, Nebraska
63rd and O St
5:30pm
Long Island, NY
Nassau County Legislature (1550 Franklin Ave, Mineola)
2pm
Los Angeles, CA
City Hall
2pm
Lowell, MA
Lowell City Hall
12pm
Madison, WI
Forward Statue, State Capitol
3pm
Manchester, NH
1 City Hall Plaza, Manchester NH
3pm
Miami, FL
Torch of Friendship, 301 Biscayne Blvd
2pm
Minneapolis, MN
Lake St. & Chicago Ave
5pm
Milwaukee, WI
Cathedral Square Park (520 E Wells St)
3pm
Monterey, CA
717 del monte ave
2pm
Nashville, TN
Centennial Park
2pm
New Haven, CT
New Haven Green - Church St and Chapel St
3pm
New Orleans, LA
550 Poydras St.
4pm
New York, NY
Times Square
2pm
Newport Beach, CA
PCH & Jamboree
10:00 am
Northampton, MA
Intersection of Main & King
12pm
Norwalk, CT
East Avenue, I-95 Bridge off Exit 16
1pm
Orlando, FL
615 N Alafaya Trl
5pm
Pensacola, FL
Palafox & Garden Street
4pm
Phoenix, AZ
Wesley Bolin Plaza (1700 W Washington St)
5pm
Phoenixville, PA
Bridge St & Main St
4pm
Pittsburgh, PA
Schenley Plaza
6:00 pm
Providence, RI
1 Exchange Terrace
2:30 pm
Pullman, Washington
Cougar Plaza
12:00 pm
Raleigh, NC
Moore Square
4:00 pm
Richmond, VA
Maggie Walker Plaza
2:00 pm
Sacramento, CA
16th & J St
1:00 pm
Saint Louis, Missouri
Koplar Fountains
12:00 pm
Saint Petersburg, FL
Williams Park
5:00 pm
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio City Hall
5:00 p.m.
San Diego, CA
Waterfront Park, 1600 Pacific Highway
2:00 p.m.
San Francisco, CA
Federal Building (90 7th St.)
3pm
Santa Rosa, CA
Old Courthouse Square, 3rd. St. and Santa Rosa Ave.
5pm
Seattle, WA
Pike Place Market 85 Pike St
2:30pm
Spokane, WA
B.A. Clark Park
2pm
Syracuse, NY
Clinton Square
6pm
Toledo, OH
Secor and Central
5pm
Tucson, AZ
Golf Links Rd/Craycroft Rd
5pm
Ventura, CA
Ventura County Government Center (Victoria & Telephone)
3pm
Washington, D.C.
White House
2pm
Worcester, MA
Worcester City Hall
2pm
March 1 actions
Albany, NY
Townsend Park
3:30 pm
Ellensburg, WA
5th Ave & N. Main St.
12:30 pm
Chattanooga, TN
Miller Park
5pm
Davenport, IA
VanderVeer Park - Brady St. Side
12pm
Decorah, IA
Water St Bridge
2pm
Flagstaff, AZ
City Hall lawn
2pm
Fort Worth, TX
Burnett Park
6pm
Gainesville, FL
Corner of 13th and University
2:00 PM
Springfield, MO
Battlefield and Glenstone
2:00 PM
March 2 actions
Akron, OH
Highland Square : 867 W Market St
5:30 PM
Anchorage, AK
MLK Memorial (L St. and 10th Ave)
6:00 PM
Atlanta, GA
Georgia State Capitol, 262 Capitol Ave SE
6:00 PM
Boston, MA
Park Street Station
6:00 PM
Burlington, VT
University Heights & Main St intersection (UVM)
5:00 PM
Charlotte, NC
First Ward Park
6:30 PM
Chicago, IL
Ida B. Wells & Michigan
5:30 PM
Cleveland, OH
W 25th Market Square
5:30 PM
Columbia, SC
Richland Library St. Andrews Meeting Room (2916 Broad River Rd.)
6:00 PM
Columbus, OH
Bricker Federal Building, 200 N High St
5:00 PM
Dayton, OH
120 W Third St
6:00 PM
Des Moines, IA
Iowa State Capitol, 1007 E Grand Ave
5:30 PM
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles City Hall
6:00 PM
Lowell, MA
Lowell City Hall
6:00 PM
New Orleans, LA
Armstrong Park
5:30 PM
Newark, NJ
Military Park
6:00 PM
Phoenix, AZ
Wesley Bolin Plaza
6:30 PM
Portland, OR
SW 10th and W Burnside
5:00 PM
Providence, RI
Providence City Hall
5:30 PM
Richmond, VA
Monroe Park
7:00 PM
San Antonio, TX
281 & Hildebrand
5:30 PM
San Francisco, CA
Embarcadero Plaza, SF
5:30 PM
San Jose, CA
San Jose City Hall
5:30 PM
San Marcos, TX
San Marcos Historic Courthouse
6:00 PM
Tempe, AZ
Arizona State University
12:00 PM
Ventura, CA
Ventura Government Center
6:30 PM
They already have several actions (aka pop up protests) listed up until Mar 2nd and this is very unlikely to be organic interest...
Friedman has been talking to people at protests for over a year, and now works to uncover professional protesters. He first came across Chung at a “Hands Off Iran” protest in NYC, he told The Jerusalem Post in an interview on Thursday. Friedman was trying to speak to a man with a flag that read, “There is no god but Allah,” but just “two sentences into the interview, another man interrupted and pulled the guy aside, and told him they were getting ready to march.” The other man was Chung.
Friedman flagged this as “paid behavior” as the man with a flag had consented to speak, so there was no reason for the interview to be interrupted.
"Paid behavior" is an amusingly vague term. What other "paid behaviors" have we seen in society? Is this maybe just called having a job?
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