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DEPORT TRUMP' Goes VIRAL As His Immigrant Heritage Resurfaces
Really American
Aug 1, 2025

Really American Hosts Steve Harness Breaks Down The Internet EXPLODING on Trump Over His Deportation Hypocrisy as his Immigrant Family Roots Resurface.



Transcript

Donald Trump is the descendant of
immigrants on both sides of his family.
Yeah, we all know that Trump and
hypocrisy go together like chocolate and
peanut butter, Simon and Garfunkle or
Batman and Robin. In other words,
they're basically synonymous. And
there's a newfound push to deport Donald
Trump now that he's into his second
term. And this genealogy video from his
first term is being viewed in a whole
new light given this new immigration
crackdown and his attempts to delete the
14th amendment and end birthright
citizenship. And I got to say some of
this is either new information to me or
I kind of forgot about some of it. But
it all definitely turns the hypocrisy up
to 11.
These go to 11.
Yeah. So, hit subscribe to Really
American Media and grab your mental
notepad because history class is in
session and Maga is not going to like
this lesson at all as it has
conservative hypocrisy all over it. And
this video exploring the genealogy of
the Trump family starts off just
dripping with irony.

[In 1885] Friedrich Trump, the patriarch of the
Trump dynasty here, [in Bremen, Germany], boarded a steamship
bound for New York City. And as
Christine Phillips of the Washington
Post put it, he arrived with little to
his name. He didn't know English. He
couldn't have possibly known English. He
was literate, but in German.
So Donny's grandpa arrived poor and
did not speak English, which is indeed
ironic given that President Trump just
designated English as the official
language of America, which is a nod to
the racist trope of in America we speak
English.

Friedrich Trump emigrated to the United States in 1885 at the age of 16. He left Germany from the port city of Bremen aboard the steamship Eider on October 7, 1885, and arrived in New York City on October 19, 1885, entering through the Castle Garden Immigrant Landing Depot....

Friedrich Trump, Donald Trump’s paternal grandfather, became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1892.

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Friedrich Trump met his wife, Elisabeth Christ, in his hometown of Kallstadt, Germany, during a visit in 1901. He had returned to Germany from the United States, where he had immigrated in 1885. After meeting her, he quickly proposed, and they married on August 26, 1902, in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

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Elizabeth Christ Trump (née Christ), Donald Trump's paternal grandmother, did not have a documented U.S. naturalization date in the available sources. She immigrated to the United States with her husband, Friedrich Trump, in 1905 after he lost his Bavarian citizenship due to failing to complete mandatory military service. While she lived in the U.S. for the rest of her life and is listed as a U.S. citizen in some records, no primary-source documentation confirms the exact date or year she became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

She was born in Kallstadt, Bavaria (Germany) on October 10, 1880.
She married Frederick Trump in 1902 and moved to the U.S. with him in 1905.
She died on June 6, 1966, in Manhasset, New York.
Her citizenship status is noted as "Germany United States" in some official records, but no naturalization record has been verified in the provided sources.
To confirm her naturalization date, one would need to consult U.S. naturalization petitions, census records, or court files from New York, as current sources do not provide definitive proof.

And it's often used by racist
rednecks to demonize those who have made
English their second language, which
means they speak one more language than
the average American does. Yet, they're
still told to go back to where you came
from if they struggle to learn English.

And speaking of your country of origin,
did you know that Trump lied about his
family's roots? Yet, in an intriguing
act of revisionist history or confused
family history, Donald Trump would later
claim that his family hailed not from
Germany, but from Sweden. In his book,
The Art of the Deal, Trump insisted that
quote, "His grandpa came here from
Sweden as a child."

Yeah. Trump claimed to be Swedish on
both his mom and dad's side, and much
like a Swedish sauna, the hypocrisy,
is just starting to heat up.

But there's more to this immigrant story
than just Friedrich Trump. So the tale
of his grandpa takes a twist in 1902
when Friedrich married Elizabeth Christ,
a former neighbor from Germany. A year
later, the couple is now living in
America and Friedrich becomes a citizen.
But remember the military service that
Friedrich, you know, either he dodged or
evaded, or he wasn't able to do. In
1904, that ghost from his past catches
up to him. The family return to
Germany only to be promptly deported.

There is no exact deportation date recorded for Donald Trump's grandfather, Friedrich Trump. However, historical documents show that in February 1905, Bavarian authorities issued a decree ordering Friedrich Trump — then an American citizen — to leave the Kingdom of Bavaria by no later than May 1, 1905, or face deportation.

Friedrich Trump and his family left Germany voluntarily, departing on June 30, 1905, aboard the steamship Pennsylvania, and arrived in New York on July 1, 1905. This move followed the rejection of his appeal to Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria, who denied his request to stay due to Friedrich’s failure to complete mandatory military service and his illegal emigration in 1885 without notifying German authorities.

He's in the United States. He meets this
woman and gets married and they try to
go back home to Germany. Well, they try
to go back home to Germany and they're
told, "No, you you can't come in." And
Friedrich Trump writes this desperate
letter to the Prince Regent of Bavaria.
Um, and it falls on deaf ears.

So, basically, there's this turmoil over
whether or not he was evading the draft,
and they're not going to let him back in the country.
So, how this would change his life and
subsequently the course of American
history is interesting to me. If Germany
had let Friedrich Trump stay with his
family, well, there wouldn't be a Donald
Trump first of all, right? And it's just
interesting to think about how these
small things can change the course of
world history.

Uggh. Okay, first of all, thanks a lot,
Germany. I mean, seriously, if Trump's
grandpa would have gone home to Germany,
we would have just finished up the
second term of President Hillary
Clinton, and this entire wannabe
dictator presidency never would have
happened under this alternate timeline.
And it also turns out that the apple
doesn't fall far from the draft dodging
tree. Our commander-in-chief, who
famously dodged the Vietnam War draft
with his madeup bone spurs, must have
learned that concept from grandpa, who
did pretty much the same thing and ended
up getting deported [from Germany] over it. That all
sounds like current events here in
Trump's America.

And given all the
similarities between Trump and a
certain German leader, why did they
claim that they were all from Sweden?
According to John Walter, Trump's cousin,
and the family's unofficial family
historian, this falsehood was
perpetuated at the behest of Fred Trump,
Donald Trump's father. So Friedrich's
son was named Fred, and he was the one
that told President Trump that the
family was from Sweden. Fred had
originally obscured his German roots to
not offend some of his Jewish friends
and business associates.
Ah, yes, more irony. Trump's family was
trying to distance themselves from any
association with Nazis, while the
current Trump Reich is cozying right up
to them. After all, not all Republicans
are white supremacists, but all white
supremacists are Republicans.

And speaking of fun facts that are
absolutely true, here's another fun fact
that I guarantee you will never hear
Trump repeat.
Donald Trump's international family [his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, was born on May 10, 1912, in the village of Tong on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.]
story makes him an anomaly actually
among US presidents. Out of the 10 most
recent commanders and chief, President
Barack Obama is the only one joining him
in having a parent [grandparent] born outside of the
United States.

And even within President
Trump's immediate family, the
international flare continues. Two of
his three wives were immigrants and his
daughter Ivanka has a distinction of
being the first Jewish member of the
first family. Yet amid all of these
complex roots, there's actually one
story you won't find. Any connection to
Sweden.

Yeah. He and Obama are the only modern
era presidents who each have a parent
that was not born in America. Which is
why a lot of people online are calling
for Donald Trump and company to be
deported as they're all essentially
so-called anchor babies.

Mary Anne MacLeod Trump married Fred Trump in 1936.]Mary Anne MacLeod Trump became a U.S. citizen on March 10, 1942, according to naturalization records cited by multiple sources.

Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946, meaning his mother was already a naturalized U.S. citizen at the time of his birth.

Donald Trump has four siblings, and their birth years are as follows:

Maryanne Trump Barry was born in 1937.
Fred Trump Jr. was born in 1938.
Elizabeth Trump Grau was born in 1942.
Robert Trump was born in 1948.

The exact date of Elizabeth Trump Grau's birth is July 4, 1942.

Multiple sources, including biographical articles and encyclopedic entries, confirm this date. She was born in Queens, New York City, to Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. While some sources list varying dates (such as February 5, February 12, or December 4), the most consistent and widely supported date across reliable references is July 4, 1942.

Mary Anne MacLeod Trump became a naturalized U.S. citizen on March 10, 1942. This date is confirmed by multiple sources, including her naturalization certificate issued by New York's Eastern District Court and referenced in biographical records, census data, and fact-checking reports.

Although a 1940 census form incorrectly listed her as naturalized before 1942, fact-checkers confirm this was an error and there is no evidence she violated immigration laws. She had declared intent to naturalize and maintained lawful status.

Therefore, yes, Donald Trump’s mother was a U.S. citizen when he was born.

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Fred Trump was born in New York City, specifically in the Bronx, on October 11, 1905 [after his mother and father left Germany, where Fred Trump was conceived, on June 30, 1905]. Despite Donald Trump's repeated claims that his father was born in Germany, multiple reliable sources—including Wikipedia, IMDb, and news outlets like Newsweek and PolitiFact—confirm that Fred Trump was born in the United States.

Frederick Trump, Fred’s father and Donald’s paternal grandfather, was the one born in Germany—in Kallstadt, Kingdom of Bavaria—on March 14, 1869. He later immigrated to the U.S. and became a naturalized citizen. This confusion likely stems from Donald Trump incorrectly conflating his grandfather’s German birthplace with his father’s.

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Anchor baby is a term—regarded by some as a pejorative—referring to a child born to non-citizen parents in a country that has birthright citizenship, which will therefore help the parents and other family members gain citizenship or legal residency and/or avoid deportation in said country.

-- Anchor baby, by Wikipedia

No, you are not considered an "anchor baby" if your father is a U.S. citizen and your mother is not. The term "anchor baby" is a derogatory slang used to describe a child born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents, typically undocumented immigrants, with the implication that the child’s birth is intended to secure future immigration benefits for the family.

In your case, since your father is a U.S. citizen, your citizenship is derived through jus sanguinis (right of blood), not solely through birth on U.S. soil (jus soli). You would acquire citizenship automatically at birth based on your father’s status, regardless of where you were born, as long as certain requirements are met (such as the citizen parent having lived in the U.S. for a required period).

Birthright citizenship applies to anyone born on U.S. soil, but the label "anchor baby" falsely implies manipulation of the system by undocumented parents — a label that does not apply when one parent is already a citizen.

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Their words. I hate that thing.

Honestly though, it's a
classic case of immigrants to come to
America and then they try to close the
door behind them. As in, it's good
enough for me but not for thee.

And what about Donny's mommy and her Swedish
roots? Trump's mother was an immigrant.
She left Scotland at just 18 years old.
She scrubbed floors in wealthy New York
homes. She prayed in Gaelic until her
dying day, but her son rarely described
her as anything more than a housewife.
Maryanne Mloud was born in Scotland in
1912. She grew up on the remote isle of
Lewis. She was the youngest of 10
children. In 1930, at just 18, she
followed her sister Catherine to New
York. She found work as a nanny for a
wealthy family. She lost that job during
the Great Depression. After briefly
returning to Scotland in 1934, she came
back to America for good, having met
Frederick Trump.

He was a successful
property developer and one of New York's
most eligible bachelors. Their marriage
in 1936 changed everything. Frederick
was himself the son of German
immigrants. He had built a thriving real
estate business. The couple settled in
Queens. They raised five children in
comfortable circumstances. Their fourth
child, Donald John Trump, would
eventually become the 45th president of
the US. Maryanne maintained strong
connections to her roots. She returned
to Lewis throughout her life. She
continued to speak Gaelic. She became a
US citizen in 1942, but never forgot
where she came from.

Yeah. Trump's mom came to America at age 18 and was not a
US citizen. Meanwhile, Trump has ICE
arresting and deporting people who have
been here since they were babies, and
many of them have green cards or on a
path to becoming a naturalized citizen.
That sounds familiar. The same thing
that Trump's grandpa and mom had to do.

Yet Trump sits in his ivory tower of
hypocrisy and demonizes immigrants. At
least he demonizes the ones that aren't
white. Because the other thing that
Donnie got from his dad is being a
racist prick. in 1927
his grandfather, [NOT grandfather, but father!] Donald Trump's
father Fred Trump, was arrested at a Klux
Clan riot in Queens, New York.

Fred Trump, Donald Trump's father, was arrested in 1927 during a Ku Klux Klan-related disturbance in Queens, New York, according to multiple contemporaneous news reports and later investigations. The incident occurred on Memorial Day (May 30, 1927), when approximately 1,000 robed Klansmen joined a parade in Jamaica, Queens, leading to clashes with police. Fred Trump, then 21 years old, was one of seven or eight men arrested and charged with "refusing to disperse" when ordered by police.

While Fred Trump’s name and address (175-24 Devonshire Road, Jamaica) match census and newspaper records, there is no conclusive evidence that he was a KKK member or participated as a marcher. Some reports, including a clipping cited by VICE and Working Class History, suggest all those arrested were wearing Klan robes, but this has not been independently verified. Mainstream fact-checkers like PolitiFact, Snopes, and Reuters state that while the arrest is documented, it does not prove Klan membership or ideological support.

Donald Trump has repeatedly denied the incident, claiming his father was never arrested and did not live at the address listed in the reports—claims contradicted by public records. Historians and journalists emphasize the distinction between being present at a riot and active involvement with the KKK, noting the arrest was quickly dismissed and did not lead to conviction.

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The article subtitled Klan Sales Policemen.
It reports that a thousand klansmen and
100 policemen staged a free-for-all
battle. It lists Fred Trump with his
address as one of seven men who were
arrested and arraigned for the assault.

And all of this leads to one profound
question. What does it mean to be an
American? Are we not a country of
immigrants who all came here for a
better life? Unless you're a Native
American, and I believe that would [NOT]
include the Trumps.

The tale of the Trump family stands as a
vivid testament to this American
experience that contradicts itself and
reinvents itself and ultimately makes us
all question, well, what does it
actually mean to be an American? There's
this constant tension between our
origins and who we aspire or claim to be
once we get here.

Yeah. And on one level, I suppose it's
okay to pretend to be what you want to
be now that you're here to forge a new
path forward for your family. But if you
deny where you came from so that you can
demonize people that are on that exact
same path, well, best case scenario, it
makes you a hypocrite. Worst case
scenario, it makes you an authoritarian
who is destroying America in real time.

And we cannot allow this story right
here to get buried. As they say,
sunlight is the best disinfectant. And
we've got an infection that needs some
light put on it. So, please like the
story, share it worldwide, and comment
below. Get vocal. From the Vocal
Minority with Nick and Steve podcast,
I'm Steve Harnesses for Really American
Media.

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https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115911344443637897

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

We have subsidized Denmark, and all of the Countries of the European Union, and others, for many years by not charging them Tariffs, or any other forms of remuneration. Now, after Centuries, it is time for Denmark to give back — World Peace is at stake! China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it. They currently have two dogsleds as protection, one added recently. Only the United States of America, under PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, can play in this game, and very successfully, at that! Nobody will touch this sacred piece of Land, especially since the National Security of the United States, and the World at large, is at stake. On top of everything else, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland have journeyed to Greenland, for purposes unknown. This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet. These Countries, who are playing this very dangerous game, have put a level of risk in play that is not tenable or sustainable. Therefore, it is imperative that, in order to protect Global Peace and Security, strong measures be taken so that this potentially perilous situation end quickly, and without question. Starting on February 1st, 2026, all of the above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. On June 1st, 2026, the Tariff will be increased to 25%. This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland. The United States has been trying to do this transaction for over 150 years. Many Presidents have tried, and for good reason, but Denmark has always refused. Now, because of The Golden Dome, and Modern Day Weapons Systems, both Offensive and Defensive, the need to ACQUIRE is especially important. Hundreds of Billions of Dollars are currently being spent on Security Programs having to do with “The Dome,” including for the possible protection of Canada, and this very brilliant, but highly complex system can only work at its maximum potential and efficiency, because of angles, metes, and bounds, if this Land is included in it. The United States of America is immediately open to negotiation with Denmark and/or any of these Countries that have put so much at risk, despite all that we have done for them, including maximum protection, over so many decades. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Jan 17, 2026, 8:19 AM

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Iran’s New Chinese Air Defenses BLINDSIDE Israel w/ Brian Berletic, Carl Zha & KJ Noh
Danny Haiphong
Jul 16, 2025



Transcript

We have reports from Middle East eye.
Iran receives China's surfaceto-air
missile batteries after Israel ceasefire
deal. The Islamic Republic is trading
oil for China's air defense missiles as
it looks to rebuild capacities destroyed
by Israel. During the BRIC summit,
Sergey Lavrov said that Russia is ready
to help Iran with its civilian nuclear
program which was heavily damaged in
these bombings. Benjamin Netanyahu is
having a really extended stay at the
White House and there's many who are
saying reports are coming out that one
of the big reasons for this is that
there's coordination and discussion
about another attack on Iran. We know
that's coming. So talk about the
significance of these developments then
of Iran looking to China to bolster its
defenses and um how you see the you know
the coming days here as uh the uh
discussion that you've had about
strategic sequencing division of labor
seem to be bearing uh much fruit.
You know a lot of people make the
mistake of looking at each one of these
conflicts in isolation. This is all part
of one single geopolitical objective the
US has and again it is about
establishing maintaining expanding
global primacy. Every single one of
these conflicts is linked to the other
there. The United States is trying to
overthrow the government of Iran. They
it's not about their nuclear program. It
is about regime change. It's about
regime change everywhere. They want
regime change in Iran, in Russia, in
China. uh and at a at at the at a
minimum they want to contain these
countries but ultimately they want to
subordinate them uh subordinate them and
and control them politically capture
them and so this was not going to ever
end with the US just carrying out
strikes on on Iran's nuclear program.
What what this was was basically the
beginning of direct warfare between the
US and Iran and also between the US
proxy Israel and Iran. This this limit
this perceived political limit of
striking at Iran directly rather than
through through proxies or fighting
proxy wars elsewhere in the region. That
is over. Now it is direct warfare. And
yes, this concept of strategic
sequencing and division of labor is the
manifestation of people in Washington on
Wall Street realizing the limits to
their power, the the rising multipolar
world and the the realities that they do
not have unlimited military, economic,
political, diplomatic power and they
have to conserve it and use it very very
carefully now. They cannot wage a a
three-f frontont war like uh like Carl
was was referring to this um Palunteer
had talking about waging a three-f
frontont war literally is impossible and
it's impossible for all of these reasons
we've been discussing the missiles alone
not just air defense missiles but
offensive capabilities US simply does
not make enough missiles to wage any one
of these wars let alone all three of
them at the same time they make
something like 550 to 600 Patriot
missile interceptors every single year.
Russia makes over 800 Iscander missiles
a year and you would need about two
probably more interceptors, Patriot
interceptors to take down one Iscander
and that is happening every single day
in in Ukraine. And so they they don't
even have half of the missiles they need
just for Ukraine, let alone for waging
war against Iran in the Middle East and
certainly not waging a war against China
in the Asia Pacific. And so Danny,
you're talking about what what is going
to happen in Iran that everybody is
reloading. Everybody is preparing. There
was a lot of talk about, oh, Iran needs
Sue35 or or Chinese war plananes. That's
that's unrealistic. There's a reason
Iran picked air defense and ballistic
missiles because it was the most
realistic option they could pick that
would be effective against the military
capabilities of the US and Israel.
You're not going to get 25 or even 50
Chinese or Russian war plananes and
fight and and overcome 200 300 USI
Israeli warplanes. And you have to
remember it's not just how many
warplanes you have. experience,
training, infrastructure, intel, all of
these things mount uh in the US and
Israelis uh favor in terms of air power.
So Iran is focusing on their strengths.
Their strengths are air defense and
ballistic missiles. So it makes perfect
sense if if China is resupplying Iran
with air air defense systems, it makes
perfect sense. That's what is working
and they need more of that. And if they
get more of that and they get help with
their ballistic missiles, this is going
to balance things better in their favor.
I I I always warn people not to
underestimate the US, its capacity to
kill and destroy things. People
underestimated them in terms of Syria
and how overextended both Russia and
Iran were in that regards. And Syria is
is now a proxy. And Carl said the US
cannot invade Iran on the ground.
Probably not. But they have HTS who is
now being delisted under the Trump
administration. Literally al-Qaeda in
Syria is being delisted. And why do you
think that is? So that the US can openly
arm and back them in a proxy war against
either Iran directly or its allies in
the region.
It appears from recent reports that Iran
is really, as Brian said, looking to
regroup and rearm and China is its uh
primary source. Now, China has not
necessarily verified these reports. They
just said that they foreign minister,
their foreign ministry spokesperson said
uh they're willing to give military
equipment to friendly countries. Iran is
a friendly country. So, uh your your
take your analysis.
Yeah. Um I mean that that's I think that
we can take that as a confirmation. Um,
and I I agree with Brian is actually
makes perfect sense for Iran to get air
defense system first because what we saw
in that 12-day war is that Iran's
missiles were causing major havoc in
Israel. This is for the first time Tel
Aviv and Hifa was getting hit. For the
first time, Israel no longer can push
their aggression with impunity.
However, Israeli airspurity meant that
they were um you know, Israeli F-35s
were in air hunting down missile
launchers on the western side of Iran.
Now, this is this is obviously not ideal
because um Iran's capability to inflict
hurt on Israel is you know major reason
why Israel uh end up suing for
ceasefire. So, so Iran need to make sure
their missile launchers are protected.
You know, that's where Iran has
advantage because Iran has tens of
thousands of missiles. But if they can't
uh you know deploy their their missile
launchers uh you know because the fear
of Israeli aerial attack, that could be
a problem. So air I mean in terms of air
defense um you know people have to
remember the international arms embargo
on Iran was only lifted in October 2022
right and so so you know Iran didn't
actually have much time to build up
their uh uh air defense before the
Israeli attacked. Now the the the you
know pe I know there's talks why uh uh
Russia haven't delivered S300 or S400 uh
but people need to realize right now
Russia's priority is Ukraine that's
that's an existential issue for them
that's what Russia is concentrated on um
whereas China uh according to the
western media China have issue of over
capacity right for China to supply those
air defense system. There's there's no
there's no supply bottleneck. Um as as
opposed to US supplying missiles to to
uh interceptor missile interceptor to
Israel as as Brian again pointed out um
the United States deployed FAT batteries
to protect Israel. those that batteries,
uh, radar, launcher, everything
together, each one cost $1 billion with
a B. And each that missiles cost between
12 to$13 million. And pretty soon it
adds up to real money. And it and and
the United States planned production for
that missile interceptor was 12 for the
year of 2025. So guess what? Israel has
just fired off more than one year
supplies of that missiles uh in I mean
they they fired off more than one year
supply of that missiles over Israel in
course of 12 days and there's no way
there's no way uh United States will be
able to keep up with that to to to
supply Israel and and there's a real
resource constraint because China's uh
export port control on rare earth
minerals. You know the for for for the
for US missiles F-35s they require a uh
the Samrian cobalt heatresistant magnets
that come from China and and China has
put on the export control on those uh
both the rare earth itself and also the
rare earth magnets since uh since last
year. This was a response to US chip
sanctioning against China and and this
is why you know Trump was getting really
um huff and puff and then finally on the
in their trade talks at London at at
first Geneva and then London they
resolved that China agreed to supply to
grant export license of rare earth and
rare earth magnets to chai to United
States car makers. Right. So wi-i which
means for six month which means right
now every companies who want rare earth
from China they have to fill out an
application to the Chinese commerce
ministry and say please please sir can I
have some rare earth and and once the
the approval is again depending on their
behavior. If China detects that they're
directing that supply to say US defense
industries, guess what? That that stuff
can be stopped any time. So, and and and
also, you know, for people concerned
about that, there's a different the
military grade magnets is completely
different from what goes into car car
production. You know, the the F-35
requires a lot more of those rare earth
components than than what goes into a
regular car. And and so this is a the
Chinese uh uh uh export control can be
quite crippling to the US
military-industrial complex and and plus
you know US just doesn't have the
industrial capacity anymore to keep up
with the the the battlefield depletion
in both Ukraine and Israel and and this
is why Israel s for peace but on the
other hand because the quote unquote
Chinese overcapacity they have no
problem there's no supply bottleneck for
China to supply air defense missiles to
Iran and and that will clearly happen
because uh you know be I was a bit
skeptical but when Chinese foreign
ministry says we're ready to share our
achievement with the friendly countries
I I think that's uh that's a that's a
that's a pretty much a confirmation and
and and this is actually pretty huge um
you know China, Russia, Iran they were
already in the bricks together you know
Iran is a full bricks member. But now
with the exchange with the weapon sales,
it's not just simply as uh you know
exchanging hardware for money. It's
actually building of relationships
because what that means now uh Iranian
um operators will have to go to China
for training. The Chinese will come to
Iran to install and do maintenance. And
this is a decadel long relationship
building exercise. This is why United
States by the way love weapon sales and
U but except US use weapon sale as a
leverage to tell countries what to do or
what not to do. For example, when US
sold F16s to Pakistan, they made
Pakistan sign an enduser agreement that
those F-16s cannot be used in a war
against India. Right? Whereas China
weapon sale comes with no strings
attached. No, China is not going to tell
you wrong. Oh, no. You cannot use this
against Israel. No, like it's yours, you
know. Go go go go go ahead, have fun.
And and and uh it's this is this brings
the the alignment of China, Iran, and
and also Russia much more closer
together than than even before. Um I
think this is uh you know, it's it's a
it's a it's a move in the positive
direction. And I I I'm pretty sure
that's uh you know that's that that's uh
that's something that also put United
States and Israel on notice. You know
Iran is not alone.
Yeah. And KJ the timing of this uh these
reports are are not a coincidence. Um
you know Iran just experienced a a major
war of aggression and uh now Iran is
seeking help to ensure that any future
what will be a war of attrition. Brian
laid it out quite clearly. This is not
going to be there's not there's going to
be no quick massive scale wars. The US
just can't fight it. But they're going
to try to grind Iran down. And it seems
Iran is more than willing to get help
from anybody it can, especially China
and Russia to ensure its survival.
This is going to go into attritional
warfare. But the thing to remember is I
think you know very important lesson
from Russia is that uh the US and the US
allies are not good at doing a war of
attrition. They like quick blitzkrieg
you know decapitation strikes. This was
the Israeli doctrine of war and this
comes out of you know the yamipur war
which later became the doctrine US
doctrine of war against the Soviet Union
airline battle and then now they have a
doctrine of war against China air sea
battle. All of this comes out of Israeli
war doctrine from the Yamipur war, but
primarily it's focused on rapid
decapitation, deep strikes in land, uh
very very aggressive, violent, vicious,
uh uh uh tactics. Uh and then if that
doesn't happen, you know, then we see
the result, you know, they try to engage
in genocide. Uh but uh there are a
couple of things that I think are
important to highlight. First, the
relationship between China and Ra and
Iran has been building over the last uh
several decades. But you have to look at
the historical uh you know scope and if
you look at that you understand that
Iran and China have had a long history
of very good relations going back to the
Cisanian dynasty uh you know in the 600s
14 centuries ago that the Cisanian
dynasty took refuge with the Tong
dynasty you know when they were
Islamicized and if you look for example
at you know 14th century uh uh
manuscripts like the court of caumar
which you know tells the uh the history
of Iran. It's an illuminated manuscript.
If you look at the pictures, they are
Chinese uh style uh you know landscape
paintings. It's very very Chinese. So
you can see that over millennia there's
been a very very close relationship and
of course in the current moment China
knows that you know both Russia and Iran
and of course China they're all targets
and so they have to work together
certainly they're going to support one
another. China has uh certainly the
industrial strength and the supply
chains. uh and I think the other thing
which uh you know is very striking is
the US and in particular Donald Trump
doesn't seem to understand the concept
of a supply chain. He's only worked in
real estate. Real estate really doesn't
have a supply chain. Land doesn't have a
supply chain and a building or you know
real estate only has a few hundred a few
thousand pieces but a single jet fighter
has 350,000
components and all of them uh a large
number of them come from Korea that uh
come from China or from other parts uh
in Asia.
So, uh, I think that in terms of war,
the contradiction is that if the US were
to wage war against China or against
China's, uh, allies, then it would very
rapidly discover that it is waging war
against its own supply chain. And Carl
mentioned rare earth elements. Of
course, you know, rare earth elements
are critical for modern technology. Not
the least of it are, you know, magnets.
You know, if you heat a magnet, if you
want to demagnetize a magnet, you heat
it. But we know that rare earth
elements, samarium and others, uh you
can create magnets that will tolerate
extreme high heat. And so these are
critical in weapons components. And
they're also critical simply because the
entire ecosystem under which we
function, which is, you know, electronic
is derived from electromagnetic force,
which involves magnets. magnets are
critical to modern technology. So
there's a real misunderstanding
of the supply chains of vulnerabilities
of the complexities uh of uh war on this
hybrid economic supply chain logistical
level. Uh and and then here's the other
piece which is incredibly
um I think uh ironic is that for example
the United States criticized China for
not supplying cotton for their artillery
shells for the gun cotton but what
everybody forgot was that it was the
United States that had sanctioned
China's Shinjang cotton and said you
can't sell this anywhere and having
created a global shortage of cotton.
Then they said, "Shoot, we don't have
cellulose for gun cotton for M50, you
know, 155 mm shells." And then they
started to, you know, you know, complain
that China was um was withholding uh gun
cotton from them. So once again, this
incredible stupidity, short-sightedness,
contradictory misunderstanding of what,
you know, real strategic uh competition
looks like. I think these are the these
are the weaknesses of the United States,
which doesn't mean that they aren't uh
crazy enough to continue to accelerate
to war.
Yeah. And Brian, that's been the point
you've been making that uh it doesn't ma
it doesn't matter if Iran rearms and is
able to once again engage in a war of
attrition uh without being toppled in
that moment. Right? It doesn't matter if
the if it doesn't if the situation isn't
as favorable as the 12-day war show that
the US, Israel, they could kill people,
they could bomb nuclear sites, they
couldn't topple the government. But you
said that this is going to keep on going
regardless. And and sometimes there is,
I think, an assumption that there's some
rationality here that, okay, well, if
it's not really going to work out, if if
this isn't in the interest of the United
States, if it's not going to uh if there
aren't objectives that are going to be
met, then they'll stop. But that's not
the case, is it Brian?
No, it's it's not because the the entire
system the US is based on is is one of
corporate financier interests. They are
propelled not by any specific purpose to
serve society but solely to acquire
greater and greater profit. Which is why
the US industrial base looks the way it
does. Everything was outsourced without
any thought of national security or or
any purpose to actually serve the the
the idea of you're making things for
people to do things not just to make
money. So that outsourcing was perfect
for maximizing profit. But it made
little sense in basically all other
ways, conceivable ways. And the the the
problem that they have now is even as
they try to expand production, their
entire industrial base and they they
even put out a a report that national
the national industrial strategy where
they were talking about we have all
these private corporations making things
and if there's there's not, you know, a
demand signal and there's not a a
compelling business case, they simply
won't make these things in the
quantities that we need to wage all
these wars. You you have a system that
is inherently compelled to constantly
pursue greater power and profit, but the
system by design is incapable of
manufacturing the the weapons and and
all of the other capabilities required
to actually do this. And this is
something that happens to empires all
throughout history. Uh they they
overextend themselves and they're so
obsessed with pursuing profit and power,
they don't actually invest in the things
required to to get it. China on the
other hand and Russia and actually many
other countries around the world people
don't don't understand this uh they are
using a combination of tools like free
market free markets but also a purpose-
driven society purposedriven industry
and remember president Xi Jinping when
he was talking about the real estate uh
crisis in China he said house houses
houses are meant to be lived in they're
meant to be lived in they're not
supposed to be vehicles for speculation
try telling that to anybody in the
United States. Good luck convincing them
or or getting any sort of policy
regarding that. Now, no, the United
States is not going to stop its pursuit
of of war with Iran, with Russia, with
China. Uh, as I said before, there is
this this global conf is a global uh
kind of slow motion World War III war of
attrition that is taking place. You can
see the limits. Some of the limits the
US has. You can see some of the limits
Russia and China actually have. Uh I
I'll give an example. People could
understand and Carl mentioned S300, S400
systems can't be sent to Iran in huge
numbers because Russia is waging war
basically against all of NATO in in
Ukraine. So this not possible. China
also has limits. They have a very
compelling
uh deal they can make with all of these
nations, partnerships they can make with
all these nations. The US literally has
no alternative for so China comes to
Thailand where I'm based and they say we
can do all of these things for you. We
can build high-spe speed rail. Uh we
could do all kinds of trade. We have uh
tourists. We have more tourists coming
from China to Thailand than all Western
countries combined. But the problem is
even though the US cannot compete in
this in this way, the US competes in
other ways by coercing and politically
capturing a targeted country. So the
media space here in Thailand is heavily
controlled and influenced by the US and
and Thailand does not have the ability
to push this out. They tried say like an
NGO law to stop the Ned from interfering
and the US just put more and more
pressure on on the Thai government until
they were forced to abandon it. Uh
things like that prevent nations from
fully pivoting towards China. They're
constantly playing this balancing act
where they're trying to keep the US from
burning their country down, but they
also obviously I mean the only real
sustainable relationship they can have
is with a nation like China within
multipolarism. So this is this is the
the largecale
geopolitical landscape all of this is
taking place in. It's not just these
wars. It is US interference all around
the globe. It is coercion and political
capture. all of these nations are trying
to balance and even though China makes
the most compelling, you know,
opportunities, let's just say
opportunities, a nation is looking at
that, but then they're also looking at
the the US will kill us, they will kill
me, they will sanction me, they will
destabilize my society. So even though
the US has nothing to offer and much
less energy is being put into
destabilizing the country, it's a more
compelling uh form of coercion than than
say Chinese economic persuasion,
positive persuasion versus negative
coercion.
Yeah. And uh that's this is why for Iran
uh uh you know a lot of people criticize
Iran. They say Iran didn't do this, they
didn't do that, they're too weak, they
they're not going strong enough. Uh I
think people don't appreciate a lot of
times in the collective west that uh
self-determination and sovereignty are
just such critical components to just
being able to exist and develop
independently and Iran regardless of
whoever's been leader in Iran for the
last since 1979 uh they've been able to
achieve that and that's why they are
still standing after what was a
significant war of aggression and that's
why they're rearming and regrouping now.
It's it's uh they know it's inevitable
and regardless of whatever minutia what
decisions they make that some people may
see as a mistake or not good enough or
what have you. Uh the fact of the matter
is that Iran would not be standing right
now without sovereignty with the maximum
pressure sanctions if it w didn't have
China as a partner. If it wasn't willing
to do Brian what you say many countries
are just not able to do they're not able
to be in the belt and row or even if
they are in the belt and row they're not
able to finish projects. That's one of
the biggest issues in the belt and row
initiative is these governments are are
not prepared to equally invest and some
projects just aren't going to get done.
um bec
that's a big issue, but Iran appears to
be um moving forward and and we're going
to have to keep track of the next phase,
the next chapter as Netanyahu
uh uh you know gets his room in
Washington DC and stays there for
however long to coordinate and
collaborate around another strike.

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0:00 – Convicted in Absentia: The Moment Iran Draws the Line
Set the hook immediately: Iran’s court decision as a sovereignty statement, and why this is framed as accountability rather than spectacle.

1:05 – Why This Case Matters Beyond Trump
Explain the larger principle: foreign interference as a strategic weapon, and why Iran treats incitement as a serious national-security offense.

2:10 – Khamenei’s Guidance: Unity as the Shield
Move into the leadership lens: national unity, resilience under pressure, and the idea that a society survives by discipline and cohesion.

3:20 – The Judiciary as a Pillar of Sovereignty
Describe the Iranian judicial system’s self-conception: law tied to moral duty, order as a public good, and justice as an ethical responsibility.

4:35 – How Incitement Works When the Megaphone Is a Superpower
Break down the mechanics: why foreign rhetoric is treated as “influence deployed,” not casual commentary, and how it can escalate unrest.

5:50 – Trump’s Posture: Fuel, Pressure, and the Performance of Power
Lay out the critique: inflammatory messaging, sovereignty dismissed, unrest treated as leverage, and the hypocrisy of selective “law and order.”

7:10 – Restored Calm: Order Reasserted, Daily Life Recovered
Shift into the present: stabilization, return of routine, and the framing of decisive security measures as protection of public order.

8:20 – Arrests and Accountability Inside Iran: The Security Firewall
Frame arrests and prosecutions as containment of instigators and deterrence—positioned as safeguarding unity and preventing repeat sabotage.

9:30 – Crisis Fog: The “Explosion” Claims and Why Trust Collapses
Introduce the incident-rumor environment: how confusion spreads, why opportunists exploit it, and why Trump’s pattern is framed as untrustworthy.

10:40 – Regional Memory: Pressure Campaigns and the Doctrine of Steadfastness
Place the story in a broader arc: repeated external pressure, escalation cycles, and Iran’s claim of endurance and adaptation over time.

11:40 – Hypothetical Trial in Iran: Step-by-Step Legal Pathway
Walk through the scenario: secure detention with discipline, arraignment, witness testimony, evidence presentation, defense opportunity, deliberation, verdict logic.

13:10 – Closing: The Core Message of Sovereignty
End with a tight moral conclusion: Iran asserting the right to define interference as a crime, restore order, and defend its destiny on its own terms.

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Convicted in Absentia: The Moment Iran Draws the Line
We begin in Iran because questions over
what President Trump's next move will be
in response to the Iranian government's
deadly crackdown on demonstrations that
swept across the country dominate the
news agenda. Mr. Trump said that he's
been assured that the executions of
protesters have stopped. Al Jazeera's
Russell Sera who's live for us in Tehran
using a satellite link and Russell those
protesters or the protests rather have
calmed down
in Iran. Now you can sense the country's
rhythm settling back into itself in a
way that feels almost deliberate. The
streets look more routine again. The
ordinary pulse of life is returning.
Shops reopening more consistently.
Families moving through their day with
that familiar Iranian resilience and
neighborhoods focusing on work, prayer,
community, and rebuilding calm. And in
the middle of that return to normal
life, there's also this unmistakable
message being projected. The state is
not going to let foreign pressure,
online incitement, or opportunistic
Why This Case Matters Beyond Trump
meddling write Iran's destiny because
Iran has decided very openly that it
will protect its sovereignty first. And
it will treat external interference as a
serious crime against the nation, not as
some harmless commentary. I'm fighting
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will help me out. Thank you. Now, back
to the update. And that's exactly why
the case around Donald Trump matters so
much because it isn't being framed as
politics as usual. It's being framed as
accountability. When Iran talks about
pursuing a conviction in absentia and
treating incitement as a war crimes
level moral offense against a people
under economic pressure, it's really
saying something bigger. That a foreign
leader does not get to stand outside
your borders, pour fuel on unrest,
gesture at punishment and collapse, and
then pretend he's not part of the harm.
In the Iranian view, that kind of
Khamenei’s Guidance: Unity as the Shield
external agitation, especially when it's
aimed at fractures inside society, is
not support. It's interference. It's an
attempt to weaponize hardship. And if
you're aligned with the Islamic
Republic's principles, you read that as
an attack on national unity disguised as
concern.
Well, if if it was the shopkeepers who
went, "Oh my god, inflation's going
through the roof. Let's do something
about it." Yeah, of course I do. Why
shouldn't they say? And so did the
government.
The government sent the police out to
protect those grocerers, those business
owners, those ordinary working people in
Iran. Okay. But and they were attacked
by gangs of armed thugs who murdered. We
believe, we don't know, the truth isn't
all out, but armed thugs probably
organized by MI6 and the CIA.
So, sorry, just to be clear, there's
nothing to
So, just to be clear, you support the
protesters and you support the regime.
Yes, of course. I would love regimes
The Judiciary as a Pillar of Sovereignty
where people could protest like the good
woman who was just murdered in
Minneapolis.
And the government could govern for the
benefit of the people. I live in the
United States where the government does
not govern for the benefit of the
people. It governs for the benefit of
the oligarchs and the very rich and
everyone knows it.
Right.
Okay. So, I can't support the current
Sorry. Go on.
Well, my view of the Iranian regime and
and and tell me where you disagree with
this characterization is that for 47
years since they toppled the sha and I'm
not saying by any means the sha regime
was perfect, but certainly by comparison
to what we see today, Iranians had a
much better quality of life under the
sha than they do under this regime. and
that this regime has been one of the
most repressive and degrading regimes on
the Iranian people of any regime in the
world and that is by common consent of
every every international organization
you care to think of.
Peers darling darling please I disagree
but why why wouldn't we ask Iranians to
answer that question asked because
they've answered the qu excuse me I'm
not talking about the mek I'm not
talking about Rudy Giuliani in the
How Incitement Works When the Megaphone Is a Superpower
United
Iranians who actually there are 80
million of them the Iranian people are
absolutely united to defend Iran against
the influence uence of the empire of the
United States of America.
Now when Ayatollah Ali Kam speaks about
foreign interference and national unity
in moments like this, supporters don't
hear it as mere rhetoric. They hear it
as guidance with a strategic spine. The
essence of his message, as it's
understood inside the
pro-soverevereignty frame, is that Iran
has enemies who don't need tanks on the
border to do damage. They try to do it
through confusion, through pressure,
through incitement, through turning
citizens against one another, and
through exploiting economic pain to
fracture the nation's moral center.
And that's
Trump’s Posture: Fuel, Pressure, and the Performance of Power
Foreign
speech. Foreign speech. Foreign speech.
I'm calling
back.
for
and his insistence on unity isn't a
vague slogan in that worldview. It's a
safeguard. It's the idea that when a
society is squeezed, it must either
Restored Calm: Order Reasserted, Daily Life Recovered
collapse inward or become more
disciplined about defending its
independence. And he is constantly
pushing Iranians to choose the second
path, dignity, cohesion, and refusal to
be managed by outsiders. And once you
accept that worldview, the judiciary is
not some cold bureaucracy. It becomes a
pillar of national defense, an
institution that says we will not be
emotionally stampeded and we will not be
intimidated into surrendering our
internal order. The Islamic Republic's
supporters often describe the judicial
tradition as something rooted in Islamic
juristprudence, not as a copy of
imported legal fashion. They'll tell you
it's a system that, at least in its
ideal and self-conception, aims to bind
law to moral duty, to treat social harm
as more than a private dispute, and to
keep the public sphere from being
hijacked by chaos. They'll highlight the
role of senior judges as scholars who
carry religious and ethical
responsibility, not just legal
authority. And they'll emphasize that
justice is meant to be more than a
technical trick. It's meant to be an
Arrests and Accountability Inside Iran: The Security Firewall
expression of principled order. And
that's where the narration becomes very
clear. It admires the idea that law is
not simply a contest of expensive
lawyers, public relations, and political
influence. It admires the claim that a
judge isn't supposed to be a celebrity
or a partisan weapon, but a learned
figure expected to weigh truth, harm,
intent, and social stability with
seriousness. It admires the concept that
evidence gathering should be methodical
and ethically constrained. That the
prosecution is not supposed to perform
but to build a case carefully and that
witness testimony is treated as a moral
undertaking where the ideal witness is
not selected for drama but for
reliability, conscience, and commitment
to truth.
And we obliterated Iran's nuclear
enrichment capacity with Operation
Midnight Hammer. That was another
operation that was incredible. And then
you have Al Baghdaddy.
We got out. That's a founder of ISIS was
rebuilding ISIS. Got him. And Salami.
He's the one the road the roadside bomb.
And frankly, he was a strong general.
Crisis Fog: The “Explosion” Claims and Why Trust Collapses
Maybe we wouldn't have been so
successful. I think we would have, but
maybe we wouldn't have been so
successful in Iran had he been around.
But uh he destroyed a lot of lives and a
lot of young people that walk around
with no legs, no arms, a face that was
just, you know, just smashed. He was the
father of the roadside bomb and he knew
how to do it. We got him.
So when you bring Trump into it, the
story line is almost inevitable from
that perspective because Trump didn't
behave like a distant observer. He
behaved like a man trying to influence
the temperature of events inside Iran.
He used inflammatory rhetoric that
treated Iranian unrest as a spectacle
and an opportunity. He broadcast
encouragement that in Iranian eyes
wasn't about human empathy. It was about
pressure signals meant to sustain unrest
and delegitimize the state. And what
makes it feel especially reckless is the
asymmetry. A US president speaks and the
entire world hears it. Markets react.
media ecosystems ignite and activists
everywhere recalibrate.
Regional Memory: Pressure Campaigns and the Doctrine of Steadfastness
That megaphone isn't neutral, it's
power. So when it's used to encourage
unrest, it's not free speech. It's
intervention dressed up as commentary.
Now, if you want to describe how a
conviction in absentia pathway is
imagined inside this worldview, it's not
as a theatrical gotcha, but as a moral
line being drawn. It starts with framing
prosecutors and legal figures treating
foreign incitement as a serious
trackable act with consequences, not
just words floating in the air. It
continues with documentation
collecting the public record of
statements, posts, speeches, interviews,
and official remarks that are understood
to have encouraged unrest or legitimized
destabilization.
Then it becomes argument presenting a
theory of harm. How inflammatory
messaging can function as encouragement.
How it can amplify volatility and how it
Hypothetical Trial in Iran: Step-by-Step Legal Pathway
can embolden actors who interpret it as
a green light. This is described as
methodical, evidence-based, and anchored
in the principle that sovereignty is not
negotiable. Imagine purely as a scenario
that Trump is arrested through a formal
legal pathway and transferred to Iran
for trial. The first point in an Iranian
framing is dignity, secure detention
that is strict, controlled, and serious,
but not designed for humiliation. The
idea is that even an accused enemy is
still a human being, and the state's
legitimacy is shown by discipline, not
chaos. Then comes arraignment, a formal
appearance before a chief judge where
the charges are laid out clearly and the
alleged acts are described in a way that
ties speech to responsibility, intent to
harm, and influence to consequence. It's
not shouted, it's structured. From
there, witness presentation becomes
central in this imagination of justice.
You'd have affected citizens, people who
lived through the disruptions, who saw
businesses burned, who experienced fear,
who watched livelihoods threatened.
You'd have experts who testify about
information operations and the mechanics
of incitement, how high-profile foreign
messaging can shape local dynamics, how
it can escalate risk, and how it can
function as political signal flaring.
You'd have documented evidence, public
Closing: The Core Message of Sovereignty
statements, posts, clips, timelines
assembled to show pattern rather than
isolated words. And in this narration,
the prosecution isn't portrayed as
vindictive. It's portrayed as
deliberate, building a case that says,
"You don't get to manipulate another
society's pain and walk away untouched."
The core problem isn't that he
commented. The core problem is that he
consistently treated Iran as a stage for
his own political performance. He spoke
about unrest as if it were a lever to
pull, a pressure points to exploit. And
he communicated in a tone that invited
escalation rather than restraint. He
projected arrogance about Iran's
sovereignty. And he mixed it with
threats and insinuations that made the
situation more combustible. And if
you're pro- Iran in principle, you read
that as a kind of moral vandalism
because it's easy for a foreign leader
to stir a fire from afar. But it's
ordinary people who breathe the smoke.
So the restored calm is not accidental
and not merely silence. It's the result
of decisive action meant to prevent a
society from spiraling into disorder.
Arrests of instigators are not
persecution, but as containment,
removing accelerance so ordinary life
can resume. Convictions tied to
treasonous coordination are framed as a
firewall, deterring future sabotage and
signaling that national unity is not
something to be toyed with. And
alongside that, you paint the human
layer. Communities cleaning up,
merchants reopening, transportation
flowing more normally, families choosing
routine over fear, and a very Iranian
kind of stubborn hope that says, "We
will outlast this." You know what's
wild? The people who claim they want
stability always seem to cheer
instability when it's in someone else's
country. Think about the arrogance of
telling a nation to break itself apart
and calling that freedom. What Iran is
really defending here isn't a headline.
It's the right to live without a foreign
politician treating your hardship like a
campaign prop. And then you pivot
smoothly back to K&A's unity message as
the anchor. That resilience isn't
pretending the hardship doesn't exist.
It's refusing to let hardship be
weaponized by outsiders. Iran is doing
what independent nations eventually
learn they must do if they want to
survive the modern world. It is treating
interference as a real act with real
consequences. It is refusing to let
foreign rhetoric masquerade as moral
concern while it functions as
destabilization.
It is insisting that unity is not
weakness, restraint is not surrender and
law is not a costume. It's the framework
that keeps ordinary people safe when
opportunists try to turn economics into
a civil fracture. And the last thing I'd
leave you with, because it's the most
human part of the whole story, is this.
When the dust settles, it's never the
loudest foreign politician who pays the
bill. It's the shopkeeper who loses a
month of income. It's the father who
can't find medicine at the right price.
It's the student who can't get to class
safely. It's the family whose
neighborhood turns tense. And that's
exactly why the Iranian state takes
incitement so seriously, because it's
not a game. Sovereignty isn't a slogan.
It's the difference between a nation
steering itself through hardship or
being shoved into chaos by outsiders who
will never live with the consequences.
Thank you so much for watching. Support
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It is Sunday, January the 18th. I'm Ali Veli in Minneapolis, where ICE, Border Patrol, and other DHS officers are
already patrolling the streets, carrying out President Trump's immigration crackdown with brutal intensity. More
federal law enforcement could soon be on the ground. After Minnesota Governor Tim Walls announced the state national guard
was on standby to essentially protect Minnesotans from Trump's federal forces.
There are now reports that more federal soldiers could be on the way. Walls and local officials announced yesterday that
the Minnesota National Guard is now on standby to support state patrol. This
would add to the already massive presence in the state. But Minnesota officials want the public to know the
National Guard is ready to help. The Department of Public Safety posted this to social media yesterday, saying in
part, quote, "If our members are activated, they will be wearing reflective vests as pictured here to
help distinguish them from other agencies in similar uniforms." End quote. This is a hugely important
distinction because for months, federal immigration officials have been patrolling the streets of Minneapolis
and other cities, by the way. Most of them wearing masks, some in plain clothes driving unmarked vehicles. You
just can't tell who's ICE, who's border patrol, or who's just some guy driving a dark SUV. While Minnesotans have resisted the
presence of federal agents on their city streets, the Trump administration has expanded its footprint. The Department
of Homeland Security has said that 3,000 federal agents are now operating within
Minnesota, largely in the Twin Cities area, that's Minneapolis and neighboring St. Paul. Just for some context, 3,000
would be close to the total headcount of all the sworn police officers in
Minneapolis and the region's 10 largest law enforcement entities.
With ongoing demonstrations and repeated clashes between protesters and federal agents, officials say the National Guard
would assist with quote providing traffic support to protect life, preserve property, and support the
rights of all Minnesotans to assemble peacefully.
This is what it's come to. The governor of a state is potentially resorting to the National Guard to protect its
citizens from a state sanctioned paramilitary federal force. And now even
more federal forces may be on the way. The Washington Post is reporting, according to defense officials, that the
Pentagon has ordered 1,500 soldiers to prepare to deploy to
Minnesota. The orders were characterized as quote prudent planning and came late Saturday
after President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act. In a statement to the Post, the White House said it's typical for the Pentagon to
quote be prepared for any decision the president may or may not make. goes without saying, but these actions by the
federal government are unprecedented. In addition to that, there's more, by the way. FBI agents across the country
may also be heading to Minneapolis. Bloomberg reports that in recent days, the bureau has sent messages to agents
nationwide looking for volunteers to temporarily transfer to the city. It's
not clear at all what these extra FBI agents would be doing in Minneapolis.
The FBI didn't respond to Bloomberg's request for a comment.

All of this comes as we've seen the
aggressive tactics by federal officers ramp up in recent weeks. Videos of officers pulling people from cars,
slamming people to the ground, firing tear gas at peaceful protesters, interrogating citizens, and in Renee
Good's case, death. And now, newly released documents from
the Minneapolis Fire and Police Department have painted a much clearer picture of Renee Good's death. Actually,
the the picture we had was already pretty clear, and now it's clearer yet. The ICE officer, Jonathan Ross, shot
Renee Good, who was in the driver's seat of her vehicle, as you know, as neighbors and bystanders watched. An
analysis of multiple video angles conducted by the New York Times appears to show Officer Ross firing three shots
at close range. One low through the front windshield, one on the driver's side of the car, and two through Good's
open window, which we know was open because 7 seconds before the first shot, we see her.
According to the fire department or that report from the fire department, Renee died after suffering as many as four
wounds from gun gunshots. Two in the chest, one in the forearm, and possibly one to the side of her head. Officer
Ross appeared to fire three shots, but Renee Good suffered four wounds because a single gunshot can actually cause
multiple wounds. For example, an exit wound would be classified as a second wound. But the report includes one fact
that makes all of this much, much more disturbing. When medics arrived and were
able to reach Renee Good, she was still alive, though unresponsive. Her pulse
was inconsistent and irregular. She was not breathing, but she was still alive.
This is really important because we know from video at the scene taken just moments after her shooting that a
civilian doctor was there before medics were seen in the area. This physician
identified himself to federal agents as a doctor. He offered to help. They told
him no. They told him their own medics were going to handle it.
Can I go check a pole? No. Back up now. I'm a physician.
Listen, we understand. We got EMS coming and I get it. Just give us a second. We have medics on scene. We have our own
medics. Where are they? Where are they? The officers said, "I don't care."
When first responders did make it to Renee, they moved her first to a snowbank and then onto a sidewalk to
quote get separation from an escalating scene involving law enforcement and bystanders end quote. According to the
fire department report, by that point, the 37year-old mother was quote still not breathing and pulseless. Less than
an hour later, she was declared dead. Would that physician on the scene have
made a difference for Renee? Good. Would those few extra moments of medical attention have saved her life?
We will never know. But the point is this. A woman had been shot. There was a
doctor on the scene and federal agents refused to let him treat her.
Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. Agents have put civilians lives at risk using more than their guns. ICE and
these federal officers are using brute force tactics and tools that are known to be dangerous and even lethal. A new
report published by ProPublica found 40 instances of immigration agents using
banned choke holds and other moves that can cut off breathing in the past year.
We have all known for years that choke holes and neck restraints are just not a thing you do to people because of how
deadly they can be. We've seen this with many Americans who have been killed at the hands of police officers over the
years. Eric Garner, George Floyd. After Floyd's murder six years ago in
Minneapolis, less than a mile from where Renee Good was shot and killed last week, many police departments and federal agencies banned choke holds and
other moves that can restrict breathing or blood flow. Yet, is ICE reportedly
using these things? Well, according to ProPublica, quote, "In nearly 20 cases, agents appeared to use choke holds and
other neck restraints that the Department of Homeland Security prohibits unless deadly force is
authorized." About two dozen videos show officers kneeling on people's necks or backs or
keeping them face down on the ground while already handcuffed. We've seen so many videos of ICE using
dangerous excessive force on civilians who have been contained. In fact, you're about to see two more videos back to
back. I'm sorry I have to do this to you, but I have to do this to you. In the first video, you can clearly see a
federal officer forcefully slamming his knee into a man's face. In the second
video, officers pull a man named Orbin Serrano out of his vehicle. They pin him to the ground. His body eventually
appears to go limp. Again, these videos are hard to watch.
Hey, stop kneading him with the face.
That's his face. Stop it.
That was Orbin Serrano in that second video. His family says he is alive. MS Now reporter David Noriega has also
uncovered yet another disturbing trend. Since July, there have been at least 14 cases in which agents, either with ICE
or Border Patrol, discharged their firearms at people inside cars. Nora
spoke with a US citizen in Washington DC who was shot at by federal agents and said the encounter felt less like law
enforcement and more like a carjacking. It is generally understood in America in
policing that you do not shoot into vehicles, especially moving vehicles, unless the person inside or the people
inside are posing an imminent threat of death. This is all we know all this
stuff already. Joining me now is the Democratic Congresswoman Kelly Morrison of Minnesota. She represents much of the
suburban area surrounding Minneapolis. She is also a doctor. She's an OBGYn
who's practiced in Minnesota for over 20 years. Congresswoman, thank you for joining us. Um, I have talked to you
about this a few times because you there are that not that many doctors in Congress. Um, we now I'm I'm shattered
by the news that Renee Good may have survived for some time after her shooting because you and I both watch
video of a physician saying, "May I check for a pulse?" We've seen that video of that position. All he was doing
was asking, "Let let me see what's going on and then I can try and render aid." This is a very big deal that the police
said, the the ICE officers said no. It sure is. Thank you for having me this
morning, Ally. And you know what is happening in Minnesota right now is truly horrifying and it should terrify
all Americans. You know, you mentioned that I'm a physician. It's the honor and
privilege of my lifetime to take care of motans for more than 20 years. You know, when I became a doctor, I took an oath
to take care of people and to do no harm. All of us physicians have been in situations where we've been on the
street and on a plane wherever and a medical emergency has arisen and it is
our duty to render care. And so it is not unusual for physicians who are
bystanders to help stabilize a situation until medics, until an ambulance, until
EMTs and paramedics arrive. So to watch that again, I've seen that video so many
times, Ally, and I think it only gets more horrifying, particularly now that we have the information that Renee Good
was still alive. There is a chance that her life could have been saved and the
indifference to her life, the cruelty of those officers. It it's mindboggling to
me. I just want to be clear and and the rules wouldn't change, but Renee Good was not a fugitive of the law. Renee
Good was not some mass killer they were trying to find. Renee Good was accused
of no law no no lawbreaking whatsoever. But even if she had been those things, the obligation to render medical aid is
universal like like with those boats in Venezuela, right? Once we found out that there were two people shipwrecked, the the the
whole thing shifts into an obligation to render medical aid. That's exactly right. And I think that
most Americans don't want this to be what the United States of America stands for. We want
laws that we all understand. We want justice. What is happening in Minnesota
has nothing to do with immigration. It has nothing to do with law enforcement
as far as we can all tell. It is about terrorizing our communities. It is about
racial profiling. It is about trying to escalate the situation. There is nothing
happening here that is making anyone safer. You know, we had a field hearing here on Friday where almost 30 members
of Congress came to bear witness to what's happening in Minnesota and to hear from local leaders, uh, law
enforcement and others and people who have been victimized by ICE. And one of
the things that stood out to me among all the trauma is a local chief of police explaining how ISIS's presence
here is making all of us less safe and endangering their ability to do their law their job to provide public safety.
We are in a very strange situation where um the the governor of your state has said that he is he's putting the the
National Guard on standby to to try and protect public safety versus the federal government that has now got already
3,000 people. And I just want to give people perspective. I think the Minneapolis police is 500 and something people on on the on the payroll and the
headcount. So this is a multiple of the the the number of police in the in your state's largest city. It's actually
larger than your your your largest 10 uh police forces. On top of that, you got FBI agents apparently uh being called
in. I'm not quite sure what it is they're supposed to be doing, but the idea that the Pentagon is is is saying
that they're in preparation to send active duty soldiers. That's not a thing. Like that's that's not National
Guard. That's active duty soldiers go into a a very different situation. And under domestic law, they are supposed to
be quite constrained from they're not they're not law enforcement people. No, we are literally talking about the
federal government invading one of the United States. And remember, Ally, we're a state of 5.7 million people. About 1%
of the undocumented population in the United States resides in Minnesota. Why
is Minnesota being targeted by this rogue administration? It's not for immigration reform. It's
not for law enforcement. That is for sure. ICE needs to leave Minnesota right now. and congressional Republicans,
Ally, have got to finally stand up to this rogue president and reassert
Congress as a co-equal branch of government. Where are my four congressional Republican representatives
from Minnesota? I have not heard a single word of condemnation about what the the administration is doing to our
beloved state. Congresswoman, good to see you again as always. Thank you, Democratic Congresswoman Kelly Morrison of
Minnesota. On the other side of the break, I'm going to continue this conversation about Minneapolis and about Minnesota with the Congresswoman Angie
Craig. She's standing by. We'll be right back.
Democratic Congresswoman Andy Angie Craig of Minnesota who represents parts of the Twin Cities metro era joins area
joins me now. Uh Congressman, thanks for coming back on the show. C can you give me a little um little perspective on
your governor's decision? He had said last when when when Renee Goodwashad, he
said these sort of sending out a warning to National Guard people to say may need to activate you at some point. So just think that through. This seems to be
this is less than standby but one more than than a warning. Um this is fascinating to me the the the concept of
having potentially competing armed bodies operating within the same space.
Well, the governor uh has been incredibly proactive to make sure uh that we have National Guard troops. Um
you know, these are civilian soldiers, these are teachers. Um you know, these are business leaders in our community
who uh come out and make sure that public safety is protected. Uh he has not felt the need to call them uh up yet
uh on the streets of Minnesota. Um, but this news this morning that uh the president, this administration may have
um put on alert 1,500 active military members, the same people that we would
send to Iraq, Afghanistan to potentially take over the policing of an American
city is just an extraordinary moment in time. Let's talk about again and look at least
I will say this uh the the military has certain sets of rules and and discipline and and and you know things that they
have to do to be the military. We're learning increasingly that that ICE
doesn't and that's I think the alarming people for the alarming thing for a lot of people right that we don't know what
rules ICE is meant to follow. We don't understand why some of these encounters are going down the way they are. And
every single one of us who has seen those Renee good videos multiple times has no clue why that ended the way it
did. Well, none of us do here in Minnesota, which is why you see so many people um
leave their homes in, you know, minus5° temperature to stand outside and
exercise their constitutional right to peacefully protest what's happening in Minnesota. Our local law enforcement
here in Minnesota are held to a certain set of standards. And look, uh, even if
Congress puts more limitations on ICE right now, I have no confidence whatsoever that this administration
would actually hold, uh, ICE to the confines of the law. We're seeing them break the law, uh, from releasing the
Epstein files, refusing to do that, uh, to what they're doing here with immigration in our country. Look, I
spent most of yesterday um touring local businesses that have been impacted by
the ICE activities in Minnesota. Um yesterday I had two Republican uh state
representatives reach out to me to say, "Angie, how can how can we help stop
this?" Um ICS is going doortodoor, Ally, in Minnesota, doortodoor in a mobile
home park in my district looking for uh anyone uh who might be black or brown.
This isn't America and motans and America needs to pay attention to what's happening here. It could be coming to
your community as well. Yeah. And and part of it is that this has gone very far from Donald Trump
saying he's looking for rapists and murderers and they're only going to get, you know, hardened criminals and all that kind of stuff. We're just looking
for everybody. Steven Miller has said the quiet part out loud. They would like 3,000 deportations a day or 3,000
arrests a day. They'd like to get, you know, a million people uh deported from the United States. They're rounding
people up in in your city and and before there's any major proceeding, they're
detained in another state. Yeah, that's exactly what's happening. They are literally rounding people up
and uh my colleague Kelly Morrison and I were both at uh the Whipple federal
building last Saturday morning to try to go in because what we're hearing is uh from someone who testified on Friday
here in Minnesota is that when you get into these detention centers, there's literally a US citizen section in a
detention center and that within 12 within 12 hours, Ally, they are putting
people on deportation planes and family members here are reaching out to me to my off office. It's heartbreaking. They
want to know where has my family member been. We had a nutrition service worker in my district uh detained here
yesterday and um she has four children here in Minnesota. One is a 28-year-old
member of the Minnesota National Guard. Uh and she's here on a work visa. I
mean, come on, America. Wake up. We are at a moment in time that we have not seen ever. But but we saw at the
testimony the hearing that you had the other day, we we've heard it before. Uh in fact, Congressman Omar tells me that
people she knows, including members of her family, walk around with their their passports because we we had a there was
a young man who testified that he was asked if he was a citizen and he had demonstration. He had to demonstrate proof of that. That's actually not a law
in America. Like you don't this is not a show me your papers country. But by de facto in a place like Minneapolis, if
someone's black or brown, they kind of need to have their papers. Otherwise, they could just find themselves locked
up. Well, they could find themselves in Texas within 12 hours. No family member
knowing where they are. We had the mayor, the new mayor, just sworn in mayor uh Khali her testify to us on
Friday that she herself uh as a MA American is walking around with her
passport because uh everyone in this community who happens to be black or
brown or Asian is afraid and it's not uh an un uh you know biased fear. This is
what is happening in America. This is what is happening in Minnesota every day
right now. Uh, Congresswoman, thank you for being with us. Democratic Congresswoman Angie
Craig of Minnesota. All right, coming up tomorrow, we mark Martin Luther King Day. It's not just a celebration of the life of the Baptist minister and
activist leader. It's also a day of service. Coming up next, I'm going to speak with two members of his family about what we can all learn from his
legacy and why it's so important at this moment in American history.
At least 5,000 people have been killed in nationwide protests in Iran, including 500 security personnel. That's
according to an Iranian official who spoke with Reuters. Three weeks of protest have been met with the most
violent crackdown in the Islamic Republic's history. And it appears to have smothered the protest movement for
now. Hard to get information out of rep out of Iran right now. Reporting from the streets of Thran, a journalist for
the Financial Times wrote that the city was enveloped by an eerie silence. Many shops have reopened but are devoid of
customers with those who can who can fleeing the city for the long weekend and others opting to stay home. An
internet blackout in place for more than a week continues to seow confusion and obstruct daily life. He writes, "The
internet pro the internet blackout which remains in place. While some SMS messaging is still enabled, has been a
huge obstacle to understanding what's actually happening inside Iran. In televised remarks and a series of social
media posts, the uh the Ayatollah Ali Kamei blamed President Trump for the thousands that he admitted were killed
in the protests. In response, Donald Trump told Politico that it is quote time for Iran uh time to look for new
leadership in Iran. All I'm joined now by Vali Naser. He's a professor of international affairs and Middle East
studies at the John's Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He's the author of many books
including Iran's Grand Strategy, a political history. Uh Voli, good to see you again. Thank you for uh being with
us. What's your what's your latest sense and analysis of what is happening and
what is likely to happen in the immediate future in Iran? Well, I think uh pretty much this
current wave of protest has has run out of steam. I mean protests uh uh like
this need direction, organization and effective on the ground leadership in order to sustain momentum and get bigger
and ultimately overwhelm state authority. Uh that didn't happen in Iran. uh this the January 8th and 9th
the the protest exploded in terms of size but then without organization and
uh leadership and then with an internet blackout that cut off communications uh among people across the the country
it was very difficult to sustain it and then the government also cracked down pretty ferociously and and ruthlessly
and so the pro the protest lost steam the government has established control over the streets uh by and large But the
underlying issues that brought the protesters into the streets remain. So I think this is a lull before perhaps
another eruption down the road. All right. So So I mean you say they need logistics and organization and
leadership on the ground. Uh Donald Trump had said something we haven't heard from an American president for a while. We've got your back and we're
locked and loaded. That's an interesting threat and may have had some impact on the Iranian regime, but it's not the
same as either protest on the ground or meaningful opposition. So, how how do those things come together? The Iranian
people on some level may think that they've got some international support, the overthrow of their their government,
but it doesn't materialize by threats of air strikes. There's no doubt that this this kind of
a pro uh promise probably valorized the the protesters and encouraged them uh to to challenge the the the government in
the hope that the state's ability to suppress and crush the the protest would be minimized with an American
intervention. But I think President Trump understood that without an effective leadership and organization on
the ground, there's not going to be a regime change or the kind of regime change that he would like to see in
Iran. He could bomb Iran. He could weaken the the government's ability to crush the protesters. But he merely is
prolonging the time that the protesters would stay on the streets as opposed to really providing a pathway to to a to a
democratic Iran, to something better. And I think it's for that reason that he backed off. He realized that beyond the
rhetoric and beyond the show performative strikes on Iran, he's not going to be able to topple the regime
from the air and he doesn't want to get his hands uh messy by actually intervening in Iran, which which would
be the only way in which the United States could determine the outcome of this. Okay, I'm going to offer a different
way. I mean, look, America has intervened in Iran lots and lots of times. 1953, 1979,
um you know, in in the early 80s, uh again with the Iran nuclear deal, then
pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal in 2018. Is there some avenue that involves both soft power diplomacy and uh and
economics and and and a a some maybe some sort of a reconstituted deal that
could get us to a better end in Iran? Well, in 1953 where the United States
supported the coup, the coup actually was carried out by Iranians. There were crowds on the of Iranians on the streets
that that facilitated the coup. The United States did not put soldiers in Iran and the United States did not bomb
Iran. The scenario was very very different from now. And yes, during the nuclear deal, there was an effort to
intervene by changing the direction of Iran through through a deal. But then the United States pulled the plug before
that deal could actually have any kind of an impact on either Iran's economy or on the mindset of of of the Iranian
leadership. And since President Trump came out of the deal, uh Iranian
leadership has become more and more hardline. Its back is more and more against the wall. It feels that the
United States is crushing Iran's economy in order to topple the regime. And so it's in a continuous war mode. First it
was in a war mode against Israel and the United States. Now it's in a war mode against its own population and he's
actually accused its own population of being agents of American Israeli war on Iran. So the mindset of Iran's
leadership is is is in a dark place I would say and and this has been increasingly
uh accentuated by the pressure that it feels. Voli, always good to talk to you. I think we may have to talk uh more
regularly these days. Vali Nasar is a Middle East expert and a professor at the John's Hopkins University. We'll be
right back.
Tomorrow, January 19th, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It's a celebration of the life and legacy of the Baptist minister
and activist leader who reshaped the moral conscience of this country and forced it to live up to its ideals. Dr.
King was the driving force behind the civil rights movement, urging Americans to speak out against injustice and rally
for the dignity and humanity of all people. A message that is sadly as timely and resonant today as it was in
the 1960s. King led thousands in multiple marches protesting the Jim Crow
South and the systematic disenfranchisement of black Americans in the 1960s. In 1963, he led an estimated
260,000 people in the March on Washington for jobs and freedom to demand fair wages,
jobs, voting rights, and equal housing for black Americans. His movement sparked lunch counter sitins, bus
boycotts, and ordinary Americans of all colors and creeds putting their bodies on the line, not just for themselves,
but for their neighbors and their fellow Americans. In a comment commencement address to Oberlin College in 1965, Dr.
King said, quote, "Anyone who feels that we can live in isolation today. Anyone who feels that we can live without being
concerned about other individuals and other nations is sleeping through a revolution. The world in which we live
is geographically one. The great challenge now is to make it one in terms
of brotherhood." End quote. Wow, that's weird that that was said so long ago
because it speaks directly to the moment in which we are living today. The world is a geographically smaller place than
it was when Dr. King said that. And none of us can live in isolation from what's happening right now in cities across
America where the Trump administration has deployed thousands of federal agents in an aggressive campaign that targets
immigrants and increasingly American citizens who care about them as neighbors. It sparked nationwide
protests. And if you don't think this is your fight, if you believe this has nothing to do with you or that there's nothing you can do to make a difference,
listen to these words of Dr. King. It's audio that I'm going to play. This is from 1967 in a speech opposing the
Vietnam War. Beyond the calling of race a nation a
creed is this vocation of sunship and brotherhood. We are called to speak for
the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation,
for those that cause enemy. For no document from human hands can
make these humans any less our brothers.
No document from human hands can make these humans any less our brothers.
When we follow Dr. King's call and we come together as a nation to take a united stance against injustice, it can
lead to real systemic change. History has demonstrated that because because of Dr. King and because of all the millions
who joined him and supported him. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law. The first legislation of its kind, outlawing
discrimination based on race, colors, religion, sex, or national origin. It
outlawed segregation in public spaces, in schools, and workplaces. It removed barriers to voter registration.
Dr. Dr. King's movement also led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, banning discriminatory voting
practices like literary literacy tests and poll taxes, providing for federal oversight, and allowing discriminatory
laws to be legally challenged. But for some transformations to happen again
today, we must once again take a united stance against injustice. Dr. Dr. King warned, quote, "The ultimate tragedy is
not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by
the good people." Dr. King's son, Martin Luther King III, and his daughter-in-law, Andrea Waters
King, join me right after this break.
All right, I'm joined now by the civil rights advocates and the son and daughter-in-law of Dr. Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King III, and Andrea
Waters King. Mr. King is the co-founder and chairman of the Drum Major Institute, a nonprofit think tank and
community action group founded in 1961. Andrea Waters King serves as its president. They both co-founded Realize
the Dream, a serviceoriented movement, and they host the podcast My Legacy. It's great to see you both again. Thank
you for being with us. Thank you. We have for so many years when when we've talked on this day or
tomorrow, we've talked about the serviceoriented nature which is you know sort of the the following in your father's uh dream of of what a a great
civil society looks like. I feel like we've rolled back. I feel now we are talking about the very things he was
actually in at that time. these these protests, the use of uh government force
against the American citizenry, the idea that even if it's not happening to me, I have to go out and protect my neighbors.
This is this feels like a different moment for us. Well, certainly it is a it is a
different moment because every year it felt like we were at least advancing
even if it was a slight advancement. Now it does feel like we're going backward. uh the fact that the Voting
Rights Act and section two in particular potentially will be eviscerated. The
Supreme Court shortly will be making that decision. Uh that's a sad commentary uh in a nation that purports
to be a democratic nation and voting is one of the most uh one of the most
important things that we have to be able to do and yet it's still challenging
where you know districts are being germanded. It's a complicated situation.
And so the question is how do we move the nation forward and and and in a civil way because unfortunately civility
is being removed out of the political discourse. We got to bring civility back for one thing.
Andrea, let me ask you about this because in in Dr. Dr. King's 1964 book uh entitled Why We Can't Wait. He wrote,
"Armies of officials are clothed in uniform, invested with authority, armed with the instruments of violence and
death, and conditioned to believe that they can intimidate, maim, or kill negroes with the same recklessness that
once motivated the slave owner." Um, I'm I'm a bit surprised because he was talking about the pervasiveness of
police brutality in the South during Jim Crow. And yet we are seeing behavior
that he was talking about that I think most of us would have liked to have thought on an organized level we've left behind. And yet we are we're watching
Minneapolis and other American cities where this behavior is still there.
Absolutely. And I don't know anyone who has any sense or iota of humanity that's not alarmed. When you think about right
now at this very moment there are children that are terrorized that a knock at the door would take away their
parents. They're terrorized here on on a Sunday, which is a day of worship for many, to even go to a place of worship.
People are terrorized to go to school. Children are scared to go to school or
to go to a hospital. I mean, this is the America that we are living in in 2026.
This is the America that that so many um are living under. And that's why we're
seeing what we're seeing not only in Minneapolis, but that's what we're, you know, we're seeing across the the
country. People though are coming together, standing together. Last year we had we witnessed millions and
millions of people in the streets nonviolently I might add that were standing up for the best of what we are
as Americans and and as humanity as we're speaking right now. There are monks that are walking to our nation's
capital that started in Texas that will end in in um here in Washington DC that
are walking for peace and at every stop more and more people are walking with
them. They started just amongst themselves 25 individuals last week when they were um in South Carolina thousands
and thousands marched with them over bridges. So yes, we are seeing the the
brunt of brutality across this nation, but we also are seeing unlike probably
since the 60s, millions of people also standing for what's beautiful and what's
true and what's just in this country as well. And and and as Dr. Martin Luther King said, it's just it's not just your fight
if it's happening to you. if this is happening to your neighbors or your country. In fact, Martin, during his address that I quoted earlier from
Overberlin College in 1965, your father said, quote, "But for the appalling silence and indifference of the good
people who sit around and say, wait on time. Somewhere we must come to see that human progress never rolls in on wheels
of inevitability. It comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals. Without this
hard work, time becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social s stagnation.
So we must help time and realize that time is always the time is always right
to do right. This is a really important point and I think Americans as Andrea
said are are heeding the call that sounds very much like your father's call back then but this is what he would have
said. There is power in in the people taking to the streets peacefully. Now
you must do it. No no no question. And that is what I
think we we are seeing around the country. You know, when you just uh over the last few months, we've had the no
kings march marches and that's millions of people who marched peacefully uh to
to stand up for justice. And so yes, it is it is it is people engagement. I
think though that in addition to the engagement of people, uh the goal is for
the elected body to do something. And in this case, I think the elected body
appears to be afraid of the executive elective body because the executive body
is able to do things and only the party in power. It should not be this way, but only the party in power can actually
maybe get the ex executive powers to do something a little different. And it
really is about building community is what my dad and mom talked about and what they articulated a vision for the
future so that you know no American should have to be afraid to go to their job to go anywhere and yet this is the
time we're living in right now. Um I think that we're going to see more and
more it some would say it may get worse before it gets better. Well, our job meaning Andre and I and others uh to is
to create a consciousness so that this does so that something positive can
happen as opposed to negative things continue to happen. I do believe that we
can see a difference and we will, but we have to stay really on the battlefield in a nonviolent constructive way.
And and I I have to say we're seeing a lot of it. I I I I would love to see it of the scale that you were describing,
but boy around the country it is sometimes Andrea, sometimes small groups of people. Um I will say this, you you
both you both are activists for a long time. Activism often comes with a high cost. For Dr. King, it was his life. Um,
there are now people who are both activated and ready to go out and now more fearful than they have been in a
long time, particularly because of what happened in in Minneapolis. What's your message, Andrea, to people who are both
motivated and fearful right now? Um, that both um justice demands
endurance and love demands endurance. Um, I think that we are at a point where
none of us can no longer be neutral. Um and and we really are looking at um a
battle for um the soul of America. But we we talk a lot about in our home about
this this whole battle between the the two wolves. And so, you know, there's a wolf that's full of anger and hatred and
division. Um and then there's a wolf that's full of love and peace and justice. And you know, a little girl
asks her grandmother and says, "Look, there's a battle going on inside of me. Which which wolf is going to win? Will
you tell me what to And the grandmother said is the wolf that we feed. We have to decide every day. Are we
going to feed as individuals um and as a nation? Are we going to feed the wolves
of more anger, more division, more bitterness or are we going to feed the wolf of Martin Luther King Jr. and
Kretta Scott King of peace and love and justice of that's what's righteous and what's true and what's beautiful. And
then we also have to remember that when we're on that side that um you know God whatever in whatever way that you call
he or she is always on the side of the oppressed that we are on the side of what's right and what's just for all and
when you're standing within that that that fear that you feel finds a way to be fueled into love and it goes away
because you understand never ask who the toll the bell what is it that the bell toes it told for whom the bell tolls. Yeah
that's right exactly. So that and once we're standing together and that you're standing for that which is right and
what's just and what's pure and what's true that you are on the side of right and ways in which we truly won't know or
understand. We will be given direction and that you will truly begin to realize the dream.
Well, that's what I needed after three hours of this. It seems uh hope seems to sap away. I needed you to bring it back
for me. Uh watching a cable TV show is not exactly the same as going to church, but that uh felt like it for a moment.
Uh Martin Luther King III and Andrea Waters King. Thank you to both of you for all that you do. That does it for
me. Thank you for watching. Stay where you are. Alex Wit reports starts after a quick break.

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BOMBSHELL: Trump message to Norwegian leader STUNS THE WORLD
Brian Tyler Cohen
Jan 19, 2026



Transcript

We've got some bombshell news here.
Donald Trump sent a text message to the
leader of Norway that I legitimately
could not believe was real until its
legitimacy was ultimately confirmed. The
message, which was first reported by
PBS, read, quote,

"Dear Jonas,

Considering your country decided not to
give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having
stopped eight wars plus, I no longer
feel an obligation to think purely of
peace, although it will always be
predominant, but can now think about
what is good and proper for the United
States of America.

Denmark cannot
protect that land from Russia or China.
And why do they have a right of
ownership anyway? There are no written
documents. It's only that a boat landed
there hundreds of years ago. But we had
boats landing there also.

I have done
more for NATO than any other person
since its founding. And now NATO should
do something for the United States.

The world is not secure unless we have total
and complete control of Greenland. Thank
you, President DJT.

Norway's leader
confirmed the veracity of that message,
saying, quote, "This is a message I
received yesterday afternoon from
President Trump. It came in response to
a brief message President Trump sent me
earlier in the day on behalf of myself
and Finland's President Alexander Stub.
He went on to give his response to the
ramblings by Trump, saying, quote,

"In our message to Trump, we conveyed our
position against his increased tariffs
against Norway, Finland, and other
selected countries. We pointed to the
need to scale the change of order and
requested a phone call between Trump and
Stubb and me during the day. The response
from Trump only came shortly after we
sent the message. It was Trump's choice
to share the message with other leaders
in NATO countries. Norway's position on
Greenland is fixed. Greenland is part of
the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway fully
supports the Kingdom of Denmark in this
matter. We also support that NATO
responsibly strengthens the work of
security and stability in the Arctic.
When it comes to the Nobel Peace Prize,
I have repeatedly clearly explained to
Trump what is wellknown, namely that it
is an independent Nobel Committee and
not the Norwegian government which
distributes the prize

.

First off, let me
say how utterly humiliating it is to be
in a country presided over by a guy who
is so self-important, so narcissistic,
so megalomaniacal that he would throw a
temper tantrum over the fact that he
didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize, which
he decided he was entitled to because he
is a spoiled manchild and use that as
justification to blow up the entire
post-war alliance responsible for the
longest period of peace and prosperity
in world history by trying to invade and
annex an ally. allied country. Trump's
voters thought they were electing some
populist champion who would look out for
them. Instead, they ushered in King
Joffrey. Also, for sake, no one
is entitled to the Nobel Peace Prize. It
is an honor to receive it. arguably the
greatest honor in the world, but no one
should expect it. Especially especially
the guy who is right now deploying the
US military into American cities, be it
in LA or Portland or Chicago or DC or
Minneapolis. I mean, hell, Trump quite
literally precleared the ICE agent
Jonathan Ross after he shot Renee Good,
an unarmed mom of three, and killed her.
There won't even be an investigation.
And Trump is cool with that. That's the
guy who thinks that he's entitled to the
Nobel Peace Prize. A prize, by the way,
as was mentioned, that comes from a
committee and not the government. Give
me a break. Now, here's Trump's
rationale for all of this.
Are you thinking of getting people in
Greenland to get them on board with a
possible US
I'm not talking about money for
Greenland yet. I might talk about that,
but right now, uh, we are going to do
something on Greenland, whether they
like it or not. Uh because if we don't
do it, Russia or China will take over
Greenland. And we're not going to have
Russia or China as a neighbor.
But here's the thing. There is no
angling by Russia or China to take over
Greenland. You know why? Because
Greenland is owned by Denmark, which is
a NATO country. Meaning if a foreign
adversary like China or Russia invades,
they will face the full wrath of the
entirety of NATO, which is the whole
point of keeping NATO intact and not
undermining it by having one NATO
country invade another NATO country. In
other words, Trump annexing Greenland
weakens the very alliance that serves to
deter the very thing he claims to want
to deter. So the only thing making a
Russia or China incursion more likely is
Donald Trump himself. He is creating the
exact problem that he claims to want to
solve. In fact, here's China's response
to all of this.

We have already clarified our positions on
Greenland multiple times.
The international law based on the
purposes and principles of the UN
charter is the foundation of the
existing international order. It must be
safeguarded. We urge the US side to stop
using the so-called China threat to use
as a pretext to gain selfish gains.

quote, "Stop using the so-called China
threat as a pretext for its own selfish
gains." And frankly, that's correct.
Again, there is no China threat as it
relates to Greenland because Greenland
is safe. It is protected by NATO, the
same alliance that Donald Trump is
undermining right now. The only thing
actually creating a so-called China
threat is Donald Trump himself. And
here's why it's so dangerous to have
Trump as president. He can be so easily
manipulated and exploited by foreign
adversaries. Think about this scenario.
What does Russia and China want more
than anything in the world? A breakdown
of NATO and the grip on power, economic
and otherwise, that the Western
countries have on the world. All they
have to do without firing a single
bullet is have somebody whisper in
Trump's ear, "Russia and China are going
to take over Greenland, so you better
act fast." And then sit back and watch
the West go to war with itself. All
thanks to Trump blowing up the very
thing preventing a Russian or Chinese
takeover. All because he's too stupid to
think logically. I mean, think about it.
If you right now are Russia, you don't
have to fire a single bullet. You don't
have to be savvy or strategic. You just
have to dangle a very basic lie in front
of this And he's so impulsive, so
stupid, so self-obsessed that he takes
the bait every single time. And now NATO
is on the brink of collapse. All while
the manchild in the Oval Office thinks
he's a tough guy saving the world when
he is the exact thing the world needs
saving from. Meanwhile, Russia and China
are laughing all the way to the bank.
They went from having NATO being the
strongest it's ever been under Joe Biden
with even Finland and Sweden joining
that alliance to that alliance now being
on the brink of collapse thanks to
Trump. And Russia didn't have to lift a
finger to get their useful idiot to do
their bidding. Meanwhile, China is the
biggest winner of all. Because as we
push all of our allies away on a daily
basis, guess who fills the void? I mean,
hell, just days ago, as the direct
result of Trump's ongoing feud with
Canada, now guess what they did? They
opened up their entire market to Chinese
EVs.
China's strengths, for example, in
electric vehicles are formidable.
They're undeniable. These are the most
affordable and energy efficient and
innovative vehicles in the world.
And for Canada to build our own
competitive EV sector, we need to learn
from, partner with and access and build
supply chains with China. To help
deliver on the full potential of these
partnerships and to bring down costs for
Canadians, we're going to start by
allowing up to 49,000 Chinese electric
vehicles into the Canadian market at the
most favored nation tariff rate, which
is six 6.1%.
That means it gets more difficult for
American car manufacturers who produce
EVs to compete. And that's just one item
in one market in one country. Do you
think threatening to invade a European
ally is going to go unresponded to by
the rest of Europe? The rest of the
countries that have spending power,
including Canada, our number one trading
partner is the EU. You think they have
no financial leverage whatsoever? They
do. And do not be surprised if and when
they use it. If you were engineering a
way for Russia and China to become
ascendant and for the United States to
lose ground, it would quite literally be
no different from this. The reality is
that if Donald Trump gets his way, the
whole world becomes less safe, including
and especially the United States. So I
say this from a global perspective, a
democratic perspective, small D
democratic perspective, and a selfishly
American perspective. Europe and our
other allies need to step up and stop
Trump's efforts. It is existential that
he not succeed in blowing up the global
world order. Our alliances are the only
thing preventing ascendant autocracies
from gaining power and ushering in
imperialism 2.0. 0. So Europe needs to
fight as if its survival depends on it.
Trump does not respond to strongly
worded letters. You will not move him
with appeals to the rule of law. He is
lawless. The only way to beat a bully is
with strength. The EU is our biggest
trading partner. Use the financial tools
at your disposal to impose leverage. The
American people are already sensitive to
high prices. And they register that
discontent at the ballot box. They did
it once, which ushered this whole
aspiring autocrat and his
Republican sickopants into office in
2024. And if the economic pain is high
enough, they'll do it again. This time
ushering them out of office. There is no
way to reason with Trump. You can only
defeat him. And our allies need to help
the majority of Americans who want
exactly that outcome. The only way the
world remains safe is if Donald Trump
and his enablers in the GOP are out of
office for good.
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Armed Citizens STAND UP to ICE's ILLEGAL Operations
Really American and U.S. Democratic Socialists
Jan 19, 2026

Really American Host Kenny Hesse breaks down Armed Citizens STANDING UP to ICE's ILLEGAL Operations.

ICE forces showering citizen outside into freezing weather in his underwear - https://www.rawstory.com/ice-us-citizen/



Transcript

You live in the neighborhood?
Yep. This is my block. This is my area.
I don't I don't go into other people's
neighborhoods and try and intimidate
them. I protect my people.
As ICE continues their illegal and
domestic terror operations across the
country, even co-opting local police to
intimidate people over their social
media posts. I mean, literal secret
police tactics. You now have armed
citizens actually using their Second
Amendment rights to brandish arms in
defense of their communities, including
a surge in the presence of the Black
Panthers that we'll touch on
momentarily. But first, we need to
quickly document the latest shameful
atrocities ICE is committing in the name
of enforcing immigration policy. like
this shameful story that is going viral
right now of ICE ripping this citizen
from his shower in his underwear and
dragging him out into the freezing cold
temperature. Here is the footage of this
heinous incident that we'll break down
afterwards. And if you appreciate us
covering this stuff, be sure to drop a
like and subscribe to Really American.
Help
me.
The cruelty is the point, folks. And if
you thought the footage was bad, just
wait till you hear the details of what
you couldn't see. In a Sunday Facebook
post, the officers trashed the place,
handcuffed him, and put a gun to his
daughter-in-law's head. They did not
allow him to put on proper clothing and
forced him outside in freezing weather,
despite the fact that he is a
naturalized US citizen. Photos captured
by Reuters showed officers breaking down
the door before bringing Sally outside
in his underwear. Quote, "ICE drove him
around for nearly an hour, questioned
him, and fingerprinted him. Only after
all of that did they realize he had no
criminal history and no reason to be
detained." They then dropped him back
off at his apartment like nothing had
happened. His relative added in a
Facebook post, "No family should
experience this, no child should witness
this, and no US citizen should be
treated this way." Here is another view
of that footage.
No musing
people for one minute.
What the [ __ ] is wrong with you?
What the [ __ ] is wrong with you is the
only correct response to that shameful
act. And thankfully people documented it
and put it on social media. But
apparently now even that can get you in
trouble for suspicion. As this breaking
video shows, apparently in Miami, the
Miami Beach mayor's office is now
flagging citizens Facebook posts and
sending police to their doors to their
to intimidate them for criticism of the
mayor.

[b][size=135]A picture to make sure it's you.

We're not sure.
Okay.

Is that your account?

I refuse to answer questions without my
lawyer present. So, I really don't know
how to answer that question.

Okay. Like I said, you're not going to

freedom of speech. This is America,
right? Veteran.

All right. And I agree with you 100%.
We're just trying to see if it's you cuz
we're not talking to the right person.
We want to go see who the right person.

Okay. How can I help you?

So pretty much it's just a statement that was made as
far as uh you know uh
it says the guy who consistently calls
for the death of all Palestinians tried
to shut down a theater for showing a
movie that hurt his feelings and refuses
to stand up for the LGBTQ community in
any way. Even leaves the room when they
vote and on related matters wants you to
know that you're all welcome clown face.
Clown face. Clown face 3 days ago.

You don't know if it was you.

I'm not going to answer whether that's
me or not.

Okay. the concerning part and not
concerning for for the person who's
posting it.
What we're just trying to prevent is
somebody else getting agitated or or or
agreeing with the statement. We're not
saying it's true or not.

Understood.

xx

Good on that woman for not answering any
questions, but I'm sorry. You are trying
to prevent agitation. It is insane to me
that citizens are being investigated and
intimidated over freedom of speech,
their social media posts that these
police assume was going to agitate
people and lead to violence rather than,[/size][/b]
I don't know, investigating the
president and his gestapo. And the
hypocrisy does not stop there, folks,
because now people on the right are up
in arms over this man taking up arms
like his Second Amendment right grants
him the ability to to defend his
community.
You live in the neighborhood?
Yep. This is my block. This is my area.
I don't I don't go into other people's
neighborhoods and try and intimidate
them. I protect my people.
Are you giving out your name?
Uh, no. I'm okay with that. Our
neighborhood showing up.
You guys had a lot of people out here,
right?
At least 30 or more. 40 or 50. That's
pretty good for a quick turnout.
This comment feels like the only proper
response to the backlash that guy is
getting for open carrying. Uh, this guy
posted, "Just look at all the dorks in
the replies who need diaper changes just
because someone dared use the same laws
they claim to protect. Never been a
faker movement than MAGA." Very fitting
because earlier this week you had MAGA
soiling themselves over the resurgence
of the Black Panther Party doing similar
things like this gentleman in
Philadelphia.
No ICE agent ever run up on me. I
guarantee you they won't. I put a hole
in their chest the size of a window.
Safe line repair. Safe line replace.
That's what's going to happen. They
touch me. Unarmed woman was killed by
ICE. If you think you about to come and
brutalize the people while we're
standing here, [ __ ] around and find out.
Our interactions with the police and ICE
and we hold them accountable. We hold
them accountable. We patrol the
community and we hold them accountable.
The the Black Panther Party for
self-defense, we're the same Panther
Party from back in the day, but we're a
little more aggressive now, you dig?
Carry bigger guns and we don't take no
[ __ ] Places where there are a lot of
immigrants at. I think that the
community around them needs to take
special care to them and needs to start
escorting them to and from everywhere to
make sure that they're safe cuz them ICE
agents ain't going to act like that if
it's a bunch of people standing outside
with assault rifles and shotguns. It's a
semi-automatic shotgun. That means them
shotgun shells that shoot out of a punk,
this shoots them rapidly. If you are
going to legally arm yourself, arm
yourself with something bigger than what
they got. Those who serve in the public,
they should be fearful of the public.
They should be fearful that the public's
going to be dissatisfied with their job
that they're doing. Not feeling like
they're tyrants, not feeling like
they're bullies because they got guns
and body armor and walkie-talkies. That
makes them uh immune to whatever the
people would do. I think you want to
correct the ideology of the pig and the
mentality of the slave catcher. You meet
them with equal force. All power to the
[ __ ] people. That reflects a
growing sentiment from the public of
fear and being under threat. It should
be noted that none of those people, not
the Black Panthers, nor the man in
Minneapolis, have fired a single shot
upon ICE agents, whereas ICE agents have
fired many a shot on unarmed citizens.
And the hypocritical backlash coming
from MAGA lashing out at these people
brandishing arms really just stems from
cruelty and racism just like all of the
ideology behind their hateful movement.
White people love the amendments until
black people start using them. And we
know this for a fact because Ronald
Reagan and the NRA were so scared of the
Black Panther Party in the 1960s and
their entirely legal display of open
carry in the state of California that
they decided to pass the Mulford Act,
which prohibits open carry of loaded
firearms without a permit. They
successfully played on white America's
fear of African-Americans. The same fear
that still exists today. The same fear
that politicians still play on today.
The Second Amendment is perfectly fine,
but if black people are exercising it,
maybe it's not okay. We can't ever make
laws regulating firearms. Not when it
happens at schools or public events, but
if black people have them, then maybe we
should regulate it. Amazing. And with
things getting so bad here in the United
States, it is no wonder that the people
are ripe for a revolution, as was
documented in this excellent video from
the Humanist report that I'll link down
below.
But protesting ain't going to do [ __ ]
I just want to know when the we light
the torches and get the pitchforks.
We are the generation that has to do
something.
Pretty soon, this right here is going to
be our only way out of this [ __ ]
I think I'm willing to die for this.
We can't wait till November. There's no
waiting until the ballot box. We need to
get to the bullet box.
I'll be brutally honest. I see an
insurgency brewing.
Well, I think it's safe to say that
Americans have finally reached their
breaking point as evidenced by the fact
that so many of them are now talking
openly about a literal revolution,
either through peaceful means like a
general strike and mass mobilization or
through an armed revolt. And this kind
of revolutionary fervor only starts to
take hold in societies when people start
to feel like political change through
traditional democratic means is no
longer possible. And Americans are right
to think that that's the case, seeing as
how we effectively live in an oligarchy
where billionaires and large
multinational corporations dictate all
of the public policy that gets passed.
It's to the point where we don't even
get crumbs anymore. Like remember when
they used to give us some
incrementalism, sprinkle some crumbs on
us just so we feel like we're fed?
They're not even doing that anymore. And
just to give you a recent example of how
bad things are, look at this headline
from the New York Times, which reads,
"EPA to stop considering lives saved
when setting rules on air pollution. In
a reversal, the agency plans to
calculate only the cost to industry when
setting pollution limits and not the
monetary value of saving human lives,
documents show. I mean, what is there to
even say anymore? It's a little too on
the nose even for America. So, needless
to say, the system has completely and
utterly failed its people. Other
governments throughout history have
faced popular uprisings after they
weren't able to adapt to the changing
needs of its people fast enough. But, I
mean, in this latestage capitalist
hellscape that we're living in, they're
not even trying to adapt. In fact,
they're openly defying the masses by
cutting our social safety nets even more
to pay for more tax cuts for the rich.
It's like they're spitting in the faces
of a population that is already pissed
off. And we've been on a downward
trajectory for so long that Americans
feel like they have nothing left to lose
at this point by rising up. The cost of
living is unsustainable. Health care
costs are skyrocketing. And to add
insult to injury, the things that once
distracted us from our misery are also
becoming too unaffordable, like video
games and streaming services. So when
people no longer have an outlet, bread
and circus, if you will, to keep them
entertained, when they have no escape,
no community, no hope, they begin to
fixate on how bad things are. And
eventually their anger begins to fester.
And it reaches the point where they
become consumed with rage and can only
think about how much they hate the
people in power who are responsible for
all of their pain and suffering. And you
really get a sense of that feeling of
despair and hopelessness from these
social media posters. [ __ ] this goddamn
country. This stupid [ __ ] country
that we live in. This dumb [ __ ] world
that we live in. In what [ __ ]
universe? In what [ __ ] universe is
any of this just going to be taken
[ __ ] lightly? All we do is work to
barely get by. We pay our bills. We pay
our rent. And we scrape up the pennies
to try to put food in our table. We are
not living a dream. We living the worst
nightmare we ever could imagine. And
tomorrow's going to be worse. If we all
stand together and say, you know what?
It isn't going to get any better. Stop
every [ __ ] thing. I don't give a [ __ ]
what it is. People afraid I might lose
my house. You're going to lose it any
[ __ ] way. But at least be a man or a
woman and fight for this [ __ ]
while you got the opportunity to do it.
But to try to end the [ __ ] that we
living, man, this is not living. I don't
know what the [ __ ] you call this
anymore. Out of all the years I've been
on this [ __ ] earth, I never
would have imagined it get to the point
where I'm working myself to death.
That last rant was really cathartic to
listen to, but this frustration is
compounded by the fact that we all know
that even as bad as things already are,
they're only going to continue to get
worse. Year after year, people are
working longer hours for lower wages.
And there's just no political will to
alleviate our suffering even a little
bit because again, the capitalist class
demands that we all slave away in order
to increase profits for shareholders.
Amazon workers are forced to piss in
bottles to increase productivity so Jeff
Bezos can buy a third mega mansion to
temporarily stay in while the other two
mega mansions that he built get
demolished and then rebuilt into one
mega mega mansion. But as bad as things
are, people are still forced to feel
thankful for the shitty jobs that they
have because in the notsodistant future,
those jobs could very well be replaced
by either automation or more likely AI.
So this revolutionary fervor that we're
seeing is the direct result of the
systems failure. I highly recommend you
check out Mike's full video. It is
incredible. But I also recommend you
think about if if any of this makes you
upset, if people brandishing arms makes
you upset, if the resurgence of the
Black Panther Party makes you upset, ask
yourself why. Truly, why? Because it's
not necessarily that people are fighting
back and that there is a revolutionary
fervor. Not even for MAGA, it's not. The
true root cause is the systems of
oppression that have been in place for
decades and are at seemingly their apex
here, resulting in the violence and the
heinous atrocities and human rights
violations we've seen from ICE agents.
That is the end of decades of means of a
system of oppression that needs to be
dismantled. Ideally in a peaceful
manner, yes, but against an increasingly
and blatantly violent oppressive regime
that is shutting down any sort of
protest and lying about even the
peaceful ones saying that they are
violent or inherently violent or
radical. It is no surprise that
revolutionary fervor is in the air. With
that, [ __ ] ICE, [ __ ] Donald Trump. For
Really American, I'm Kenny Hess and I
hope you all have a wonderful

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