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Truce without talks: What room for diplomacy between US and Iran?

Account from a resident of #Isfahan, #Iran whose friend was killed in protests on Jan 8. Below shared with permission "It was around 10.30-11pm. There was shooting towards the people. We got separated from the others. Then I saw that he [my friend] took a hit. 1/

There is evil and then there is this

On Monday, January 12, Tavaana published a letter from a doctor living in Tehran, revealing the scale of the mass killing of civilians and protesters during Iran’s total internet shutdown:

Just got word that now at least 3000 people have been killed in the crackdown on the ongoing pro-democracy protests in #Iran. Internet is still down in the country. #humanRights

In Iran, “it has become essentially impossible for the majority of the population to make ends meet,” Fatemeh Shams, an associate professor of Persian literature at the University of Pennsylvania, tells Isaac Chotiner. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/KbpEdX

I have been very careful about opining on what is happening in Iran right now. But omg omg omg! This is exciting and scary. I am dead afraid for these people & shudder at thinking what might happen. They must succeed & I am mot brave enough to go there & help them.

Make it viral.

He’s right!

BBC is reporting that the same ICE officer who murdered Renee Good was involved in another violent incident in June.

The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University. (And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.) /

On that last point: the car only suddenly accelerated after they shot her. The vehicle wasn't a danger to anyone until they made it one by killing the driver. It was only dumb luck that it crashed into a pole and not a person.

ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.

In the video in the post, you can see that the officer can clearly get out of the way of the vehicle, at first doesn't, pulls his firearm and continues to shoot as the driver has already driven past him. bsky.app/profile/bnon...

Three video angles of the ICE goons shooting a woman in Minneapolis, all slowed down and zoomed in. The Department of Homeland Security says the officer acted in "self-defense".

“They just killed that lady right there. They shot her in the head, bro.” A neighbor films the aftermath of Trump’s ICE goons murdering an innocent woman in Minneapolis.

what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me" you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist

“Do you have no decency? Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever... Enough. Enough is enough.” —Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.

Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Today, I spoke with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer. In April, when I met with him in El Salvador, Trump said he would never set foot in the U.S. again. This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.

60,000 is the *low end* estimate.

every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades

Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25 President Trump approval Disapprove 60% (+6) Approve 36% (-5) news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...

The media treated Biden's pardon of Hunter for trumped-up gun possession charges as more scandalous - far more scandalous - than Trump's pardon of war criminal serial killer Eddie Gallagher. And here we are:

A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing. And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.

This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...

Iran : le régime lâche du lest sur les libertés individuelles tout en intensifiant la répression politique

Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist? MAMDANI: I've spoken about-- TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.

For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...

80 people. Basically, Trump and Hegseth are prolific serial killers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9

Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"

Stay classy Larry

Our leading news organizations turned a cache of ultimately-innocuous emails into a scandal-coded weeklong series of front page stories leading into the 2016 election. If they do not cover the "emails from notorious pedophile implication the President" emails with the same fervor, it's curious!

Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

This story comes out the same day the architect of this monstrous policy gets approval for a near-trillion-dollar payout from his government-subsidized company. Utterly despicable.

These are so routine now that I sometimes miss them. We murdered three more people in the Caribbean.

I spent today visiting with healthcare workers in Uganda. The situation caused by the United States is grim: the clinic I visited has gone from one positive HIV case every two to three months to one a week. But the ppl doing the work (whose salaries were cut by 50%) were beautiful & funny & precious