🚨🚨 Former Democrat Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich, who has known Barack Obama for over 30 years, has come forward in a tell-all to reveal that Obama never really was a community organizer, weaponized his Justice Department to throw Blagojevich in prison for 8 years because he viewed him as a political threat and ABUSED HIS OFFICE to DEMAND a six figure salary job on the board of a prominent Chicago hospital for his husband Michelle and a million dollar mansion for the two of them from Governor Blagojevich the moment that Obama was elected US Senator from Illinois.
Blagojevich says that longtime Obama advisor and ally David Axelrod asked Blago to consider running for the Democratic nomination for President in 2008 and upon learning this, Obama used his lapdogs in the media to slander the Governor and drag his name through the mud and had him “set up” by the FBI and criminally charged in order to get rid of one of his leading political opponents.
It turns out that it was actually Obama who approached Blagojevich about the infamous sale of his Senate seat and then framed him discussing it on tape. Blago says that Obama is not in fact “pure like the driven snow” and is in fact one of the more selfish, corrupt people in politics.
Governor Blagojevich has now been found innocent of all charges, pardoned by President Trump and has decided to put country over party by coming forward to EXPOSE the evil deeds of Barack Hussein Obama. Democrats accuse President Trump of weaponizing the DOJ against his political enemies but that is exactly what Obama did to Blago.
Blagojevich was Obama’s original victim…
Thank you to this patriot for coming forward to reveal THE TRUTH to the American people: Barack Obama was the most corrupt President in the history of our country.
Blago was not a popular governor in Illinois; however, everyone in Illinois knew that Obama orchestrated this to silence Blago. Blago knows so much and needs to talk to the DOJ and tell them everything.
Obama has been dirty since he entered IL politics. He went after Alice Palmer for the IL state senate seat by challenging her signatures.
When he wanted the US Senate seat and he was being beat by Blair Hull in the primary polls, he had Blair Hull’s sealed divorce records opened.
Then he had Jack Ryan’s sealed divorce records opened. Jack was no longer in the race after that, abandoned by Illinois Republican Party.
Barack Obama is the most detestable politician in modern history.
Michelle worked for the City of Chicago and their “rabbi”, Valerie Jarrett got Michelle hired by U-Chicago. When Barack took the US Senate seat, Michelle’s salary more than doubled and U-Chicago received a multimillion-dollar federal grant. The raise was justified because Michelle’s work was invaluable. It was so invaluable that when she left, the position was eliminated.
The Hyde Park house was bought at market but convicted felon, Tony Rezko, bought an adjoining piece of land and “sold” a strip of it to the Obamas at far below market price.
The Obamas were barely making ends meet until he was elected to the US Senate. Michelle bitched about it often His net worth was $70 million when he left office in 2017. Today his net worth is just shy of $100 million.
Illinois Democrats are pushing for a “Free cash“ handout program statewide – “guaranteed income”. Money would be provided to families and individuals without any work requirements whatsoever.
[Q: Should Illinois provide free money, without the requirement to work? ]
Advocates in Illinois are campaigning for a permanent statewide program that would give no-strings-attached cash payments to low-income people, similar to what’s already happening in Cook County (which includes Chicago).
Groups like Community Change and the Union for a Guaranteed Income (U4GI) want this expanded across the whole state to help around 100,000 eligible Illinoisans.
They held a meeting in early March to get input on finalizing Cook County’s version, which started as a temporary pilot in 2022 (using federal COVID relief money to pay $500 a month to 3,250 families for two years) and is now being made permanent with $7.5 million set aside starting in 2026.
Payments for the program are expected to begin later this year.
Supporters say this direct cash helps struggling families cover basics, avoid skipping meals, and invest in themselves without work requirements or restrictions.
Critics say the state should focus on growing the economy, creating jobs, and offering things like more apprenticeships instead of handing out checks that might discourage people from climbing the economic ladder.
Guaranteed income advocates in Illinois are pushing to have the state adopt a permanent guaranteed income program, modeled after Cook County’s policy.
“Our long-term vision, our North Star, is to win a statewide permanent guaranteed income program for 100,000 eligible Illinoisans,” said Byron Hobbs, director of organizing for the economic freedom team at Community Change, according to the Chicago Tribune.
“This economy has not worked for poor and low-income folks in the city of Chicago, across Illinois and across this country,” Hobbs continued.
Hobbs spoke to residents at an event hosted by the Union for a Guaranteed Income (U4GI) on March 7. The purpose of the meeting was to gather feedback about finalizing the rules and regulations around Cook County’s guaranteed income program. The first round of payments will begin by late summer or early fall of this year.
Cook County’s permanent guaranteed income program came after a national trend of cities across the U.S. launching pilot programs using federal COVID relief funds.(Getty Images)More
U4GI, an organization that advocates for “direct cash payments,” played a pivotal role in securing $7.5 million to launch a permanent guaranteed income program in Cook County starting in 2026.
Cook County, which includes the city of Chicago, established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after a pilot version of the program was launched in 2022 using $42 million from the American Rescue Plan Act. Payments began rolling out in December 2022, providing 3,250 low-to-moderate-income families $500 a month with no strings attached for two years.
Cook County commissioners previously told Fox News Digital they decided to make the program permanent based on findings from a survey.
Community Change, U4GI’s partner organization, posted details on Instagramabout the March 7 event a few days before it occurred.
“Now, it’s time to make sure these funds reach the people who need them most — fairly, swiftly, and without unnecessary barriers,” Community Change posted.
“We see guaranteed income as a program to help lift folks up who are struggling, but also, its no strings attached cash allows people to invest in themselves,” Hobbs said during the meeting.
Cook County, which includes the city of Chicago, established a permanent guaranteed basic income program, after a pilot version of the program was launched in 2022 using $42 million from the American Rescue Plan Act.More
Other organizers that attended the meeting on Mar. 7 were affiliated with the Workers Center for Racial Justice and Equity and Transformation.
As advocates and officials discussed the structure of Cook County’s permanent guaranteed income program during Saturday’s meeting, the groups shared statistics and testimonies from recipients on the benefits of the program.
One recipient, Santresa Harris, 45, shared how the extra income helped her family of four by not being forced to “skip meals” and afford “daily necessities.”
A powerful scene in the Odyssey happens when Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca after twenty years of war and wandering.
You would expect the story to end with celebration, with the hero coming home, the family reunited, and order restored.
Homer does something far stranger.
Odysseus arrives disguised as a beggar, because Athena warns him that the palace has been taken over by more than a hundred suitors who have been living there for years, eating his food, drinking his wine, and pressuring his wife Penelope to marry one of them.
Power reveals itself last
They believe Odysseus is dead and in their minds the kingdom is already theirs.
So the king of Ithaca walks through his own halls dressed in rags while the men stealing his house sit comfortably at his tables. They mock him, throw scraps at him, and one of them even strikes him, and Odysseus takes it. That is the remarkable part, because the same man who blinded the Cyclops and survived twenty years of disasters now stands quietly while strangers insult him in his own home. Homer tells us his heart burns inside his chest and that he wants to attack them immediately, yet he restrains himself and waits.
Instead of striking, Odysseus studies the room carefully. He counts the men, watches their habits, and quietly observes which servants remain loyal and which have betrayed him. The hero of the Odyssey does something most people cannot do, which is delay revenge until the moment is right.
Eventually Penelope announces a contest and brings out Odysseus’ great bow, declaring that she will marry the man who can string it and shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads lined up in a row. One by one the suitors try and fail, because none of them can even bend the bow. Then the beggar asks for a turn. The suitors laugh at first, but the bow is eventually handed to him.
Odysseus takes it in his hands and strings it effortlessly. Homer says the sound of the bowstring tightening rings through the hall like the note of a swallow. Then he places an arrow on the string and sends it cleanly through all twelve axe heads.
In that moment the beggar disappears. Odysseus turns the bow toward the suitors and reveals who he is.
What follows is one of the most brutal scenes in Greek literature. The doors are sealed and the suitors realize too late that they are trapped inside the hall. Odysseus, his son Telemachus, and two loyal servants begin killing them one by one. There is no escape, no mercy, and no negotiation. The men who spent years consuming another man’s house die inside it.
It is a violent ending, but Homer wants you to understand something important. The real danger to Odysseus was never just the monsters and storms on the long journey home. It was the possibility that someone else might take his place while he was gone. When Odysseus finally returns, he reminds everyone in Ithaca of a simple truth: a man’s home is not truly his unless he is willing to fight for it.
Terrifying Moments of the Odyssey:
The most terrifying moment in the Odyssey begins when Odysseus and his men encounter the Cyclops Polyphemus.
At first the situation does not seem especially dangerous.
They land on an island, discover a large cave filled with food and livestock, and begin helping themselves.
Odysseus even says they should stay and wait for the owner of the cave, because he expects the man to follow the Greek custom of hospitality.
In the ancient world a traveler could rely on that custom almost anywhere. The host feeds the guest, gives him shelter, and only afterward asks who he is. Odysseus assumes the Cyclops will do the same.
Instead something very different happens.
When Polyphemus returns, he is not interested in hospitality at all. He blocks the entrance to the cave with a massive stone and begins asking questions.
Odysseus explains that they are travelers and reminds him of the sacred duty to treat guests well. Polyphemus laughs at the idea. He tells Odysseus that the Cyclopes do not care about the gods or their laws. Then he reaches down, grabs two of Odysseus’ men, smashes them against the ground, and eats them.
The horror of the scene is not just the violence but the calm way Homer describes it. Polyphemus eats the men as casually as someone might eat bread and cheese. The message is clear: Odysseus has wandered into a world where the rules of civilization no longer apply.
Now Odysseus faces a serious problem. He cannot simply kill the Cyclops. The stone blocking the entrance is so large that only Polyphemus himself can move it. If the giant dies, everyone in the cave will remain trapped there forever. So Odysseus does what he does best. He starts thinking.
The next evening Polyphemus returns again and devours two more men. This time Odysseus offers him wine that he brought from the ship. The Cyclops has never tasted wine before and drinks it greedily. When Polyphemus asks for Odysseus’ name, Odysseus gives one of the cleverest answers in all of Greek literature. He tells the giant that his name is “Nobody.”
Soon the wine takes effect. Polyphemus collapses into a drunken sleep, and Odysseus and his men put their plan into motion. They sharpen a massive wooden stake, heat it in the fire until it glows, and then drive it straight into the Cyclops’ single eye. Homer describes the sound of the burning wood hissing inside the eye like iron plunged into cold water.
Polyphemus screams so loudly that the other Cyclopes come running to the cave and ask what is wrong. The giant shouts that “Nobody” is attacking him. Hearing this, the other Cyclopes assume he must be sick or mad, and they leave him alone.
In the morning Polyphemus rolls the stone away from the entrance so his sheep can leave the cave. He runs his hands over their backs to make sure the men are not escaping. What he does not realize is that Odysseus has tied each man underneath the sheep, hanging beneath their woolly bellies. The animals walk out of the cave and carry the Greeks with them.
It is a brilliant escape. But Odysseus makes one final mistake.
Once the ship has sailed safely away, he cannot resist shouting back at the Cyclops. He reveals his real name and boasts about what he has done. Polyphemus then prays to his father, the sea god Poseidon, asking him to punish Odysseus for the injury.
That single moment of pride ends up shaping the rest of the Odyssey. Poseidon hears the prayer, and from that point on the sea itself seems determined to keep Odysseus from ever reaching home.
His intelligence saves him and his men from certain death, but his pride creates new dangers that follow him for years. Even the cleverest man can ruin his own victory if he cannot resist the temptation to boast..
HERE’S WHAT NO CASH ACTUALLY MEANS: A cashless society means no cash. Zero. It doesn’t mean mostly cashless and you can still use a ‘wee bit of cash here & there’. Cashless means fully digital, fully traceable, fully controlled.
I think those who support a cashless society aren’t fully aware of what they are asking for. A cashless society means:
If you are struggling with your mortgage on a particular month, you can’t do an odd job to get you through.
Your child can’t go & help the local farmer to earn a bit of summer cash.
No more cash slipped into the hands of a child as a good luck charm or from their grandparent when going on holidays.
No more money in birthday cards.
No more piggy banks for your child to collect pocket money & to learn about the value of earning.
No more cash for a rainy day fund or for that something special you have been putting $20 a week away for.
No more little jobs on the side because your wages barely cover the bills or put food on the table.
No more charity collections.
No more selling bits & pieces from your home that you no longer want/need for a bit of cash in return.
No more cash gifts from relatives or loved ones. What a cashless society does guarantee:
Banks have full control of every single penny you own.
Every transaction you make is recorded.
All your movements & actions are traceable.
Access to your money can be blocked at the click of a button when/if banks need ‘clarification’ from you which will take about 3 weeks, a thousand questions answered & five thousand passwords.
You will have no choice but to declare & be taxed on every dollar in your possession.
The government WILL decide what you can & cannot purchase.
If your transactions are deemed in any way questionable, by those who create the questions, your money will be frozen, ‘for your own good’. Forget about cash being dirty. Stop being so easily led. Cash has been around for a very, very, very long time & it gives you control over how you trade with the world. It gives you independence. If you are a customer, pay with cash. If you are a shop owner, remove those ridiculous signs that ask people to pay by card. Cash is a legal tender, it is our right to pay with cash. Banks are making it increasingly difficult to lodge cash. Please open your eyes. Please stop believing everything you are being told. Almost every single topic in today’s world is tainted with corruption & hidden agendas. Pay with cash & please say no to a cashless society while you still have the choice. By Dave Ramsey
The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was sold as the definitive solution to the Iranian nuclear threat, yet it contained a fatal flaw: it placed no restrictions on the ballistic and cruise missiles required to deliver a nuclear warhead.
New “Supreme Leader” Mojtaba Khamenei is deeply entrenched in the UK 🇬🇧, owning luxury properties in the most expensive parts of London and regularly coming to London for private healthcare And the UK allowed this for years
For Tehran, this omission was critical, as decades of sanctions have left it with an aging air force incapable of penetrating regional defenses, making ballistic missiles the only viable delivery system for its strategic ambitions.
Exploiting this diplomatic gap, China emerged as Iran’s primary external supplier, providing everything from solid rocket fuel precursors to satellite guidance via its BeiDou-3 navigation network, which replaced American GPS in Iran’s military.
U.S. intelligence tracked massive shipments of Chinese chemicals and supersonic anti-ship missiles destined for the IRGC, while a 2025 raid on a merchant vessel confirmed that Beijing was actively industrializing Iran’s arsenal.
By the start of Operation Epic Fury, Iran possessed the Middle East’s largest missile force—2,000 projectiles housed in hardened bunkers—rebuilt and sustained through Chinese industrial networks.
The Obama administration’s decision to exclude missiles from the JCPOA was a deliberate act of deferral, driven by a desire for a landmark deal and the refusal of Russia, China, and Iran to negotiate on the matter.
To secure the agreement, the U.S. watered down UN enforcement language, replacing binding prohibitions with weak suggestions that Iran merely be “called upon” to limit its missile activity.
Unconstrained, Iran spent the following decade perfecting guidance systems and solid-fuel propulsion, building a mass-produced arsenal that technically violated no provision of the nuclear deal.
The strategic goal was to make military action against Iran’s nuclear sites prohibitively expensive; today, the math remains stark, with Iran able to build 100 missiles for every few interceptors produced by the U.S.
During Operation Epic Fury, these missiles were used as coercive instruments against Arab capitals, with strikes hitting civilian areas in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Manama, effectively holding the Gulf states hostage.
The Gulf allies, who were not consulted during the JCPOA negotiations, had long warned that ignoring the missile program would eventually endanger their populations—a warning now validated by the falling debris in their streets.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently collapsed the decades-old diplomatic distinction between the nuclear and missile files, stating that the objective of current operations is to destroy Iran’s ability to hide a nuclear program behind a missile shield.
The urgency of this shift was driven by projections that Chinese assistance would expand Iran’s arsenal to 10,000 missiles by the end of the decade, with every warhead bearing a “Chinese fingerprint.”
From Beijing’s perspective, this investment serves a triple purpose: it drains American interceptor stockpiles, provides a live laboratory to study U.S. defense performance, and signals to Pacific allies that American protection has material limits.
The twelve-day war in 2025 saw the U.S. burn through years of missile production, forcing a choice between Middle Eastern stability and Pacific deterrence—a dilemma Beijing carefully engineered.
Operation Epic Fury represents the American refusal to accept that choice, seeking to turn years of Chinese strategic investment and transferred technology into ash by eliminating the missiles once and for all.
Beijing’s unusually muted response to the recent U.S.–Israeli military strikes on Iran was the result of a severe strategic miscalculation, according to insiders within China’s diplomatic system. Chinese authorities reportedly dismissed the possibility of a direct U.S. kinetic offensive, mistakenly believing that the conflict would remain purely rhetorical and leave Iran’s core power structure intact.
This shock was directly reflected in the Chinese foreign ministry’s initial statement, which took seven hours to release and contained just over 80 words. Sources revealed that early drafts heavily criticized the United States and Israel, but panicked officials hastily deleted these condemnations line-by-line during internal meetings, ultimately deciding not to mention either nation by name once the missiles actually hit Tehran.
The extent of this intelligence failure was highly evident on the ground. Because Beijing relied on outdated diplomatic frameworks assuming Iran would never face a full-scale attack, the Chinese government evacuated fewer diplomatic personnel from Tehran than it did during a recent raid in Caracas, Venezuela. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning later confirmed that Beijing received absolutely no advance notice of the military operation.
Following the confirmation of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s death a day later, Beijing’s tone shifted slightly toward condemnation, with Mao labeling the targeted killing a violation of international law.
Analysts suggest that the sudden and violent elimination of a long-standing “old friend” has deeply unsettled Chinese Communist Party officials, sparking internal fears about their own vulnerabilities to similar strikes.
Despite the devastating blow to a key strategic and energy partner, analysts note that Beijing is primarily taking a cautious, wait-and-see approach to avoid any direct confrontation with Washington. With an upcoming meeting between U.S.
President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping set to address critical domestic issues like trade, technology restrictions, and economic sanctions, Beijing appears entirely willing to sideline its Iranian partnership to protect its own core economic interests. theepochtimes.com/world/china-ma…
The US hopes for a diplomatic offramp in Iran are over!
Mojtaba Khamenei the son of former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been elected as the Supreme Leader, taking over from temporary Supreme Leader Arafi.
This is bad.
Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, an Iranian politician, cleric, and eldest son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been elected the next Supreme Leader of Iran under pressure from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to Iran International.
Initially considered dead, Mojtaba is a former member of the IRGC and the Basij, with combat experience in the Iran-Iraq war.
While he is not as extremist conservative as Arafi, he believes in enforcing the regimes beliefs through an iron fist.
Mojtaba was the key figure that leveraged IRGC forces and secret police to crush down 2009 protests against his father’s regime.
These crackdowns were ones where reports included protestors beaten to death, dragged through the streets, hung from public cranes, and where rape was used as a weapon of compliance.
Majtoba strongly believed in his father’s regional ambitions and believed Iran should leverage the Basij paramilitary group, as well as its proxies in Hezbollah and Yemeni Rebels to expand Iranian influence.
He has a deep hatred of America who has been in a long sanctions battle with him.
Unlike other potential Supreme Leaders who would be more ideologically driven in a religious sense, and hands off on the secular, Mojtaba is more likely to consolidate power and control the other branches of Iran like his father did, but by pushing them forward instead of reigning them in.
He is also more likely to push the message of his father as a martyr and frame this as a religious fight for revenge.
Iran’s New Supreme Leader: Mojtaba Khamenei Takes the Throne Under IRGC Pressure
In a move that reeks of dynastic power-grab, Iran’s Assembly of Experts has named Mojtaba Khamenei—son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—as the Islamic Republic’s next Supreme Leader. The decision, rushed amid ongoing war with Israel and the U.S., came heavy pressure from the powerful Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), according to informed sources.
Mojtaba, a mid-ranking cleric long rumored to pull strings from the shadows, now inherits absolute authority over Iran’s theocracy, military, and nuclear ambitions. His ascent marks a sharp departure from the regime’s anti-monarchical founding principles—ironic for a system born from revolution against hereditary rule.
While some hardliners celebrate continuity and IRGC dominance, critics inside and outside Iran see nepotism fueling instability. The late Khamenei reportedly opposed turning leadership into a family business, favoring non-hereditary figures like judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i or Hassan Khomeini (grandson of the revolution’s founder). Yet with key rivals eliminated in recent strikes and the Guards calling the shots, Mojtaba prevailed.
This isn’t stability—it’s a regime doubling down on hardline control at its most vulnerable moment. Expect tighter repression at home and escalated defiance abroad. The mullahs’ grip tightens, but cracks are showing.
The fact the IRGC pushed the clerics in this vote highlights the control they’ve seized in this process, and that they expect Mojtaba Khamenei to uphold his father’s ambition through strength.
The US can expect this fight to expand regionally, and be deeply insurgency focused.
Carter didn’t just watch, he helped the Ayatollah overthrow the Shah.
He watched the Islamic Republic take power, watched American diplomats get seized and paraded on television for 444 days, spent the rest of his presidency negotiating with people who had already told us exactly what they were.
Reagan facilitated it.
October 23rd, 1983. A Hezbollah truck bomb funded and directed by Iran killed 241 United States Marines in Beirut while they slept. The deadliest single day for the Marine Corps since Iwo Jima. Reagan’s response? Tehran was heard clearly and never forgotten kill enough Americans at once and America will leave.
I don’t know how this Iran fight will end, but I have never forgotten how it began…
That lesson became the operational blueprint for every Iran-backed proxy attack for the next forty years.
Clinton ignored it.
1995 — a car bomb in Riyadh kills five Americans.
1996 — Khobar Towers. A massive truck bomb kills 19 United States Air Force personnel in Saudi Arabia. Nothing.
1998 — Embassy bombings in Africa.
2000 — USS Cole. Seventeen sailors killed. Clinton launched missiles at an empty training camp and an aspirin factory. Eight years. Hundreds of Americans dead or wounded. Zero consequences for Tehran.
Bush handed them the keys.
He called them the Axis of Evil correctly. Then invaded two countries simultaneously and handed Iran the greatest strategic gift in its history. Iranian Quds Force operatives flooded across the border funding, training, and arming the militias killing our soldiers.
And the response was to continue the war while avoiding direct confrontation with the country killing our people.
By the time Bush left office Iran had deeper influence in Iraq than we did.
Obama funded it.
This is where failure becomes unforgivable. The Green Revolution of 2009 where millions of Iranians in the streets begging for American support ignored.
The protesters were crushed. The regime survived. Then came the $150 billion in sanctions relief, sunset clauses that expired within a decade, zero restrictions on ballistic missiles, and zero restrictions on funding proxy terror networks.
Then came the cash. $1.7 billion. On pallets. On an unmarked plane. In the middle of the night. Delivered simultaneously with American hostages.
The regime used the imagery as propaganda for years and used the money to fund Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthi expansion in Yemen, and the proxy militia networks in Iraq and Syria that spent the next decade killing Americans.
Obama literally funded the apparatus that put the drone into Tower 22.
Biden surrendered to it.
160-plus attacks on American forces from October 2023 forward. American soldiers killed in Jordan. Two Navy SEALs lost at sea intercepting Iranian weapons shipments to the Houthis.
Houthi missiles disrupting global shipping lanes.
Iranian proxies running operations across five countries.
Three Georgia soldiers died in their beds.
Then came Trump.
He looked at forty-five years of this record and did something no president had done since the hostages came home.
He said no.
Maximum pressure. IRGC designated as a foreign terrorist organization. Sanctions reimposed. The JCPOA abandoned. Soleimani the architect of Iranian proxy violence across the entire Middle East, personally responsible for hundreds of American deaths killed in a precision strike in January 2020.
The regime paralyzed.
The proxies recalibrated. The nuclear program set back. For the first time in four decades the regime faced a president it genuinely could not predict.
Then Trump left office. Biden came in. The pressure evaporated. The appeasement resumed. And the regime, patient as it has always been, went back to work.
And now we’re here.
So the next time someone tells you this is Trump’s war tell them they are brainless twats.
This isn’t Trump’s war.
This is forty-five years of American presidents refusing to finish it and one president finally deciding that the bill comes due.
If you are not capable of comprehending that move to Iran and defend the regime personally.
Israel and the US are rapidly dismantling Iran’s entire leadership structure which will cause much chaos within what’s left of the regime. Hopefully, this will allow the protesters to overthrow what’s left of the regime in the coming days.Israel has now started striking the Islamic regime’s anti-riot structures and forces dealing with crowd control.
Targeting internal security and command structures shows a clear strategic shift not just military, but systemic pressure. But real change ultimately depends on the Iranian people themselves, not external narratives or timelines. Moments like this are complex, and outcomes aren’t as simple as ‘one signal and everything changes. 🇺🇸🇮🇱
These strikes will help the Iranian people topple the regime once Crown Prince @PahlaviReza gives the signal to take to the streets.
🔴🔴The IDF says it decapitated the upper tier of Iran’s military command in its opening salvo, killing 40 senior commanders in under 60 seconds.
Among the dead, according to the military, is Iran’s chief of staff Abdolrahim Mousavi, who had stepped into the role after Bagheri was killed in the June 2025 war. The IDF now says it can definitively confirm Mousavi’s death.
The military states Mousavi directed Iran’s security apparatus and oversaw the launch of hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israeli cities, attacks that killed Israeli civilians.
In its assessment, the IDF says most of the highest ranking figures in Iran’s security leadership were eliminated in the strike, describing it as a sweeping blow to Tehran’s command structure.
Replacing the flag of the regime with the Lion and Sun flag on state administration building will be the first sign of the revolution.
Israel’s new targeted campaign against the Iranian regime’s key institutions responsible for anti-riot operations is the start of strategic shift to support the Iranian people’s uprising against decades of dictatorship.
Central to this effort are the new strikes on headquarters overseeing suppression forces, in particular the Special Units Headquarters of FARAJA (Law Enforcement Forces), which commands elite brigades like Amir al-Momenin for patrols and Imam Hossein for riot prevention.
These forces heavily rely on motorcycle units, armored pickups, and weapons from tear gas to Kalashnikovs and RPGs to crush protests.
Israel is now striking FARAJA Enforcement Command, across Iran but particularly hard in the Tehran region.
Similarly, Israeli airstrikes are now increasingly focused on Tharallah Headquarters (“God’s Blood”), the IRGC’s premier corps-level command for defending Greater Tehran.
Tharallah oversees all security bodies, including FARAJA, the Ministry of Intelligence and the Basij militias during crises.
It has historically directed brutal crackdowns on protests from the 1999 Student Protests to the Green Movement in 2009 and the 2022 Mahsa Amini uprising.
Israeli jets are today striking Tharallah-linked facilities and IRGC command centers focused on internal security, including Basij training sites used for protest control.
These precision operations aim to dismantle the regime’s tools for stifling dissent. By degrading command structures, morale, and operational capacity of these anti-riot forces, Israel is creating openings for Iranians to take to the streets, seize institutions and pursue democratic transition.
The strikes are also demoralizing the regime’s security forces, with sign of a wave of defections and security forces refusing to follow orders given by their commanders.
Israel wants to empower the Iranian people and give them a path to overthrowing the regime.
Once Crown Prince @PahlaviReza gives the command, millions of Iranians will take to the streets. It will be crucial that the Israeli Air Force will be there in that moment to provide them with the cover needed before they can seize enough weapons to arm themselves and send the Mullahs packing.
A proposal introduced by two Democrats would raise the minimum wage up to $27 an hour in Illinois.
Are you ready to pay $25 for a Big Mac? 
[Q: Do you favor an increase to $27.00 in Illinois’ minimum wage?]
The Legislation was filed by State Senator Kimberly Lightford (4th District) and Representative Norma Hernandez (77th District).
Small businesses in Illinois are concerned that this could force them out of business and make them to raise prices dramatically.
SB 3821/HB 5367 would incrementally increase the statewide minimum wage, jumping to $17/hour on July 1, 2026. It would hit $27/hour on January 1, 2032, and then every year afterwards increase with the consumer price index.
Here is how the rates would increase:– July 1, 2026: $17/hour – January 1, 2028: $19/hour – January 1, 2029: $21/hour – January 1, 2030: $23/hour – January 1, 2031: $25/hour – January 1, 2032: $27/hour – January 1, 2033, and all future years: Increase to match the consumer price index (capped at 2.5%)..
Illinois Politicians 2026 slogan: “We’re not happy, until you’re not happy” – Here are 5 new tax increases that Democrats in Springfield are proposing to make Illinois more ‘unaffordable.’
Fire Pit / Campfire Tax: Rep. Amy Murri Briel (D) Ottawa – HB4459 would fine Illinoisians $100,000 for failing to obtain a permit to use their backyard fire pit or start a campfire.
Grocery Bag Tax: Democrat State Rep Laura Faver Dias want you to pay 25 cents Per plastic bag (including re-usable bags), with all the money going to the State of Illinois. Failure to comply would result in a $1000 fine. #carryoutbagtax HB5112
1.5 cent per mile tax. State Sen. Ram Villivalam (D‑Chicago), Senate Bill 3566 would establish a new Road Usage Charge Program. The per mile charge would require tracking devices to be installed in EV vehicles or self report mileage.
New Gasoline tax. This tax would be on top of all the other taxes Illinois motorists pay. Democrat State Rep. Will Guzzardi introduced new law that will grant authority for all Illinois counties to increase gasoline taxes as much as they want.
$20.00 Big Macs – Democrats State Senator Kimberly Lightford (4th District) and Representative Norma Hernandez (77th District) sponsoring a measure to increase the minimum wage to $27.00. It is estimated this measure could more than double prices you pay for everyday items.
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Bad Outcome for USA with Mojtana Khamenei Chosen as Supreme Leader of Iran
The US hopes for a diplomatic offramp in Iran are over!
Mojtaba Khamenei the son of former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been elected as the Supreme Leader, taking over from temporary Supreme Leader Arafi.
This is bad.
Initially considered dead, Mojtaba is a former member of the IRGC and the Basij, with combat experience in the Iran-Iraq war.
While he is not as extremist conservative as Arafi, he believes in enforcing the regimes beliefs through an iron fist.
Mojtaba was the key figure that leveraged IRGC forces and secret police to crush down 2009 protests against his father’s regime.
These crackdowns were ones where reports included protestors beaten to death, dragged through the streets, hung from public cranes, and where rape was used as a weapon of compliance.
Majtoba strongly believed in his father’s regional ambitions and believed Iran should leverage the Basij paramilitary group, as well as its proxies in Hezbollah and Yemeni Rebels to expand Iranian influence.
He has a deep hatred of America who has been in a long sanctions battle with him.
Unlike other potential Supreme Leaders who would be more ideologically driven in a religious sense, and hands off on the secular, Mojtaba is more likely to consolidate power and control the other branches of Iran like his father did, but by pushing them forward instead of reigning them in.
He is also more likely to push the message of his father as a martyr and frame this as a religious fight for revenge.
Iran’s New Supreme Leader: Mojtaba Khamenei Takes the Throne Under IRGC Pressure
In a move that reeks of dynastic power-grab, Iran’s Assembly of Experts has named Mojtaba Khamenei—son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—as the Islamic Republic’s next Supreme Leader. The decision, rushed amid ongoing war with Israel and the U.S., came heavy pressure from the powerful Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), according to informed sources.
Mojtaba, a mid-ranking cleric long rumored to pull strings from the shadows, now inherits absolute authority over Iran’s theocracy, military, and nuclear ambitions. His ascent marks a sharp departure from the regime’s anti-monarchical founding principles—ironic for a system born from revolution against hereditary rule.
While some hardliners celebrate continuity and IRGC dominance, critics inside and outside Iran see nepotism fueling instability. The late Khamenei reportedly opposed turning leadership into a family business, favoring non-hereditary figures like judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i or Hassan Khomeini (grandson of the revolution’s founder). Yet with key rivals eliminated in recent strikes and the Guards calling the shots, Mojtaba prevailed.
This isn’t stability—it’s a regime doubling down on hardline control at its most vulnerable moment. Expect tighter repression at home and escalated defiance abroad. The mullahs’ grip tightens, but cracks are showing.
The fact the IRGC pushed the clerics in this vote highlights the control they’ve seized in this process, and that they expect Mojtaba Khamenei to uphold his father’s ambition through strength.
The US can expect this fight to expand regionally, and be deeply insurgency focused.
This is one of the worst possible outcomes.
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