DJ Trotsky

How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S. snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack-i…

After being released from custody, Georgia Fort asked a question that needs to be answered: Do we have a Constitution? ✊🏿

SHOCKING: Jewish influencer Chef Tova was hired by a brand for an ad campaign. Everything was fine until the brand asked her to remove one word: “Jewish,” claiming it was too political. This is how Jewish identity gets erased in real time: Chef Tova was hired, a contract was signed, the script approved, and the video filmed. The contract allowed three revisions. All three were used. Only then did the brand object to one word: Jewish. The contract was clear: additional changes require payment. The brand refused, arguing that the contract bans political content, and that saying “Jewish” is political. Would they have said the same to a Muslim influencer? Or a Buddhist one? Our religion is not political. Our identity is not a provocation. The issue was never the contract. The issue was Jewish visibility.

This is the closest thing you'll find to a real-time tracker of the uprising in Iran. Keep it open on your browser and check back regularly. fdd.org/analysis/2025/…

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WOW! The biggest newspaper in Germany @BILD just exposed what other media outlets are trying to hide: The deliberate staging of Hamas propaganda by photographers in Gaza, that are later sold for tens of thousands of dollars to western media outlets to create a false narrative to demonise Israel and strengthen Hamas. The article analyses the case of Anas Zayed Fteiha, a so-called “freelance journalist” who works for the Turkish state news agency Anadolu. On paper, he’s a reporter, but in reality, he’s an Islamic propagandist with a camera. That’s obvious from his social media posts, where he proudly poses in combat gear and shares slogans like “Free Palestine” or even “F*** Israel.” Neutrality? Not a chance. The article shows that many of his photos deliver exactly what Hamas needs: suffering, rubble, crying children captured in perfect lighting. The kind of imagery that instantly sparks outrage against Israel in the West. But where are the photos that show the full picture? For example, the scenes where adult men collect food that’s actually being distributed? Those images vanish into obscurity. Instead, the “emotional shockers” end up in outlets like stern, CNN, BBC, Deutschlandfunk—and even in BILD itself. And none of this is a coincidence. The Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) confirms what experts have been saying for a long time: 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁. Historian Gerhard Paul puts it plainly: in southern Gaza, Hamas controls 100% of visual output. In other words, any photographer who doesn’t produce what the terrorists want is out of a job. That’s why the suffering is always portrayed one-sidedly, it’s designed to provoke sympathy in the West and stir anger at Israel. Even historical parallels are drawn: back in 2002, Arafat staged himself in his “fortress” in Ramallah as a tragic hero by candlelight cameras on, spotlights off, pure emotion. Minutes later, he was back under bright lights. Same trick, different setting. The disturbing part? Major news agencies and media outlets play along. They buy these images without questioning who’s behind them. Reuters defends itself by saying, “Our photos meet standards of accuracy and independence”, but it’s clear that in a place where Hamas monitors every pixel, true independence is impossible. And now the key question: Why don’t we see revelations like this in other media? Why doesn’t ARD produce a report on how tightly Hamas controls imagery coming out of Gaza? Why doesn’t the BBC acknowledge that many of its sources are actually activists? The answer is simple: because this truth is uncomfortable. It would disrupt the cherished victim-aggressor narrative,where Israel is always the oppressor, and Palestinians are always the helpless victims. The reality is this: Hamas is waging a double war: with rockets and with images. And in the second war, they’ve already won over half the world, because the media uncritically reproduces their perfectly staged visuals. Anyone who doesn’t see that is blindly walking into a propaganda trap. Credit: @MikhaElTzaDiK @KruizigaW Original article: by Moritz J. Müller, Hans-Jörg Vehlewald and Aaron Deuser m.bild.de/politik/auslan…

There is a very very important panel tomorrow in front of the FDA discussing hormone therapy for women. Please go and sign the petition to change the black box warning on vaginal estrogen. This is so important. letstalkmenopause.org/unboxingmenopa…

'Tehran' star: 'I was told to post "Free Palestine." I refused' ⁦⁩ Catch my interview with @LirazCharhi on The Iran Breakdown. Rage Against the Regime: Music as Rebellion. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… ynetnews.com/culture/articl…

250,000 British girls raped by Muslim grooming gangs, but people at Glastonbury are more worried about a foreign conflict thousands of miles away. I’m telling you, the pro-Palestinian movement is entirely manufactured to distract people in the West from the real enemy within.

🧵Haaretz has a long record of fabricating or distorting news to push an anti-Zionist agenda. Its publisher, Amos Schocken, admitted the paper sees itself not as a journalistic outlet but as a tool to "shape Israel"—especially for foreign audiences. 1/ honestreporting.com/haaretz-admits…

@KeithLarson78 @BenMFreeman True

I’m in the process of facing traumatic experiences from my past, things I buried for years and have only recently begun to confront. As I search for a therapist to support me through this, the first thing I have to ask is whether they’re anti-Jewish or obsessively anti-Israel. That’s how far Jew-hate reaches. Even the space meant for healing isn’t necessarily free from it.

I can't believe it. Siarhei is here—with me and our children. What we’ve dreamed of for 5 years has finally happened. Tonight, I’m taking the evening off to talk with my husband, to let him see his children again, after so many years. Thank you all for the tremendous support!❤️

My husband Siarhei is free! It’s hard to describe the joy in my heart. Thank you, 🇺🇸 @POTUS, @SPE_Kellogg, @JohnPCoale, DAS Christopher W. Smith, @StateDept & our 🇪🇺 allies, for all your efforts. We’re not done. 1150 political prisoners remain behind bars. All must be released.

1. I don’t mean to be *that guy*, but someone has to. Someone has to say things are not getting better, no matter how low Donald Trump’s polling numbers go, no matter how stupid his birthday parade was, no matter how many people (4-6 million) protested him last weekend.

Thx Amy !

Despicable. This "billionaire-first budget" intentionally targets our most vulnerable and betrays the middle class, gutting lifelines that help millions of families put food on the table and keep their kids in school. It is a massive giveaway to the rich, PAID FOR by the middle class – and does NOTHING to lower costs.

The richest man in the world is sitting at the Resolute desk, about to defund your public school. Trump should stop him.

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