02d Agit-Prop

How Iran became the GOP’s go-to bogeyman– www.dailykos.com

pgnewser April 13, 2026 0

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President Donald Trump spent the last week causing global panic, threatening to wipe out Iranian civilization before walking it back—at least for now.

But his callous threats are nothing new.

This is just the latest example of Republicans indulging themselves in phony masculinity by championing loud and obnoxious aggression. And this type of behavior didn’t begin with Trump, and it isn’t even the first time the right’s saber-rattling has involved Iran.

Trump’s Plans for Tanking the Mid-term Elections– sofrep.com

pgnewser April 13, 2026 0

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Driven by a desire to retain power and avoid political consequences such as impeachment, Donald Trump is pursuing three measures that could influence the upcoming midterm elections.

Late last month, the No Kings Movement conducted over three thousand large protests in all fifty states. As many as eight million concerned citizens made their voices heard, the largest protest in US history, and everyone was watching. This president and the complicit now sense their end and are rightfully frightened. The much-anticipated November mid-term elections risk sweeping a host of Trump supporters from office and Democrats becoming the majority in the House and Senate. Which risks a presidential impeachment process to follow. A third impeachment of a president has no historical precedent. Then again, there has never been a White House resident like this one.

Iran-US war live: US insists conflict went ‘exactly as planned from day one’ despite fragile ceasefire– www.independent.co.uk

pgnewser April 9, 2026 0

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The Australian foreign minister has called for an urgent end to hostilities in Lebanon.

In a statement, Penny Wong said: “Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom remain deeply concerned by the worsening humanitarian situation and displacement crisis in Lebanon.

“We welcome the ceasefire agreed between the United States, Israel and Iran. We call for an urgent end to hostilities in Lebanon.

“Civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected from the effects of hostilities.

House Democrats Are Accelerating Efforts To Remove Trump– www.politicususa.com

pgnewser April 9, 2026 0

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Trump’s behavior surrounding the Iran war has changed the priorities of House Democrats.

For the duration of Trump’s first year in office, House Democratic leadership has stressed that dealing with affordability and inflation are the top issues that they have been focused on, but Democrats are getting an overwhelming number of calls from their constituents, and the members themselves are enraged over Trump’s behavior.

Network Newscasts Pretend Swalwell Allegations Didn’t Happen– www.newsbusters.org

pgnewser April 9, 2026 0

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The Elitist Media are known for hiding significant news that doesn’t align with their liberal agenda or generally naked Democrats look bad. Their ongoing omission of new allegations against U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA) stands as the latest example.

Per the Free Beacon:

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) will “soon” face sexual harassment allegations from a number of “credible women,” including former staffers, according to the leader of the left-wing advocacy group Gen-Z for Change, who said she has been “personally working” with the women to expose a “pattern of manipulation and abuse of power.”

The group’s executive director, Cheyenne Hunt, detailed the impending allegations against Swalwell, who is running for governor of California, in a series of social media posts. Her original video was posted to Instagram in late March and cited a text from a woman who wrote, “You know Eric Swalwell has slept with many of his interns and makes them all sign NDAs so they don’t speak up, right? And when I was 19 he tried hitting on me and sliding into my DMs and I have so many other friends that have similar experiences with him.” Hunt said the message was “not an anomaly” but “part of a pattern.”

New York Times NATO Blunder Exposes Stunning Ignorance– gellerreport.com

pgnewser April 7, 2026 0

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This is a spectacular screw-up—and it implicates the The New York Times newsroom top to bottom. A The New York Times headline ignorantly called NATO the “North American Treaty Organization,” triggering widespread online ridicule and criticism of editorial standards. The error spread quickly on social media, with users calling it embarrassing and questioning newsroom competence. The paper acknowledged the mistake and said a correction would appear in the next print edition.

Press Planning First Amendment Merch to Stick It to Trump at WHCD– www.newsbusters.org

pgnewser April 7, 2026 0

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Writing Sunday night for crazy Oliver Darcy’s site Status, Natalie Korach gushed over an apparel line designed by CNN host Jake Tapper for journalists to don April 25 at the White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD) so they can stick it to the people many of them hate: President Trump (and, by extension, his supporters).

Korach explained the items — which include a fan, lapel pin, notebook, pocket square, phone wallet, or tote bag, all benefitting the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press — will be “bearing the text ‘Congress shall make no law abridging the Freedom of Speech or of the Press’” in “a hand-drawn design by CNN’s Jake Tapper” and serve as a brave way to “rise to the occasion” against the President and his team.

WashPost Lines Up Anonymous CNN Leftists Who Fear Going Soft on Trump– www.newsbusters.org

pgnewser April 7, 2026 0

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Liberal reporters have a funny habit of touting liberal bias as glorious “editorial independence.” When Larry and David Ellison won the bid to take over CNN in February, Washington Post reporters found it sad: “Among power players in politics and media, Paramount’s swoop is also widely viewed as a win for the right amid a broader push to rein in what many conservatives view as a liberal slant in the media and entertainment industries.”

On April 5, Post media reporters Scott Nover and Liam Scott turned to a group of CNN staffers — providing them with anonymity to complain without offending the new owners. How nice of them. Nover tweeted with the “independence” verbiage:

Donald Trump’s desperate descent sparks 37 wild contradictions in 39 days – list IN FULL– www.mirror.co.uk

pgnewser April 7, 2026 0

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Donald Trump’s flip-flopping has been laid bare in the statements he has made over the last six weeks of the war – which culminated today in a chilling threat to annihilate Iran.

Donald Trump has appeared increasingly desperate as the war in Iran continues

Donald Trump’s descent into desperation during the Iran War has been laid bare, with a massive timeline of the president’s public statements capturing his conflicting briefings about the war as it enters its sixth week.

Trump, 79, despite having long insisted that the operation he launched on February 28 was successful from day one, has been accused of constantly U-turning, leaving international allies frustrated as he asks for their aid.

Trump’s deportation push continues, as appalling as ever– www.dailykos.com

pgnewser April 7, 2026 0

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President Donald Trump had a plan to deport the “worst of the worst,” but that veil has long been lifted from the public’s eyes. And over the weekend, two new reminders emerged showcasing how intensely messy the president’s push to remove immigrants has gotten.

A young soldier preparing for deployment is now worried about the safety of his wife who was detained by ICE soon after they arrived on the military base. Matthew Blank and Annie Ramos—who entered the U.S. with her parents from Honduras at just 22 months old—tied the knot just days before she was detained.

 

How Trump’s dream of seizing enriched uranium from Iran could end in catastrophe– www.france24.com

pgnewser March 31, 2026 0

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As the US-Israeli war against Iran entered its second month on Saturday, US President Donald Trump had an urgent message for the American people: turn on Fox News.

Those who followed the president’s advice – delivered through his Truth Social media platform – would have tuned in to see ultraconservative pundit Mark Levin publicly calling on Trump to seize Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium by force.

“We’ve got to get the uranium,” he said. “If it cannot be destroyed, if it cannot be altered, we gotta get it.”

Iran's foreign minister calls on Saudis to 'eject' US forces– thehill.com

pgnewser March 31, 2026 0

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Monday that the Saudi Arabian government should “eject” U.S. troops from its country, three days after the Iranian military attacked a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia. “Iran respects the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and considers it a brotherly nation,” Araghchi wrote on the social platform X. “Our operations…
from thehill.com

Two Young Boys Were Detained by ICE. Then Ms. Rachel Shared Their Stories. – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

pgnewser March 31, 2026 0

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“One woman became so sick from eating the food that she began vomiting blood.”

“My kids are terrified; we are all depressed.”

“I always ask my children for forgiveness for making them suffer through all of this.”

Though the number of families inside Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas has dropped dramatically in recent months, for dozens of children still inside, such brutal conditions remain. Now, at the risk of their stories fading to the background of the Trump administration’s cascading crises, Ms. Rachel, the beloved children’s educator, is calling on the public to fight for their release.

“We have to hold on to hope for families who are locked in Dilley and keep going,” Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, told Mother Jones. “I do believe the public outcries and the people who have come together and worked on this long before I have are making a huge difference.”

“I do believe the public outcries and the people who have come together and worked on this long before I have are making a huge difference.”

Trump Administration Accused of White Supremacy and DEI Rollbacks on PBS– www.newsbusters.org

pgnewser March 25, 2026 0

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Monday’s edition of Amanpour & Co., airing on PBS (and CNN International) showcased eponymous host Christiane Amanpour assenting to the radical view of her guest, Yale University professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Also ahead, “White Supremacy in Donald Trump’s White House.” Princeton Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor speaks to Michel Martin about Trump’s war on DEI.

The above shows the host quoting a featured article by her guest. But Amanpour was also comfortable straight-up saying Trump’s White House was a “white supremacist” house.

AMANPOUR: Since the start of his second term, President Trump has signed a number of executive orders targeting DEI policies, uttered rhetoric deemed racist at immigrants and is generally eroding the, quote, “melting pot identity” the U.S. once prided itself on. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is a Princeton professor of African American studies and she’s the co-founder of the black politics and culture magazine Hammer & Hope. In her recent piece, she describes a white supremacy in Donald Trump’s White House and joins Michel Martin to discuss the rollback of civil rights.

Some Iranians who hoped war would bring positive change tell CBS News they now feel “doomed”– www.cbsnews.com

pgnewser March 25, 2026 0

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Before the U.S. and Israel launched their joint attacks on Iran 25 days ago, many Iranians said they would welcome foreign intervention if it meant the end of the Islamic Republic. The regime, in power for 47 years, had just crushed a huge wave of anti-government demonstrations, with President Trump claiming more than 30,000 were killed and vowing to come to the rescue of the protesters.

Now, two Iranians — one inside and one outside the country — tell CBS News the feeling of optimism has shifted markedly after more than three weeks of war.

‘The US Media Believes the Iranians’– www.newsbusters.org

pgnewser March 24, 2026 0

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The U.S. media instinctively trust Iran, instead of their own country’s president, Co-Host Jesse Watters said on Fox News Channel’s “The Five” on Monday.

Watters said he saw the reports earlier in the day after returning from “a news blackout”:

“And, I get back and I see that Trump’s announced he’s negotiating with the Iranians and the Iranians say, ‘No, we’re not.’”

“And, the U.S. media believes the Iranians. Just like that,” Watters said.

Media Paint Mom Charged With Murder As Victim Of Pro-Life Laws– thefederalist.com

pgnewser March 24, 2026 0

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A Georgia woman is facing murder and drug charges after her born-alive baby died shortly after she used illegally obtained drugs in an attempt to end her pregnancy.

Corporate media want Americans to believe that the charges levied against Alexia Zantail Moore are unprecedented, unfair, and all about abortion, since Moore allegedly tried to abort her baby with mail-order misoprostol, a drug often used in combination with mifepristone to initiate chemical abortions.

Watch Sen. Chris Van Hollen React After CNN Asks If He Trusts Iranian Officials Over Trump– dailycaller.com

pgnewser March 24, 2026 0

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CNN host Kasie Hunt asked Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen Monday whether he believes Iranian officials over President Donald Trump.

Trump said talks had started between the United States and Iran. Iran, however, denied any such negotiations have taken place. During a discussion on “The Arena,” Hunt asked Van Hollen whether he trusts Iranian officials over the president.

“So you believe the Iranian officials over the president of the United States?” Hunt asked.