Everything posted by Hank Kingsley
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What's happening in Iran?
Yes, very educated, but I get the sense the country now is VERY different than what we think or remember. Most of the diaspora left in the 70s and early 80s. The country's population was 37 million in 1979, and grew to 60 million by 1994. The "village" that my dad grew up in (Karaj) was probably 25k people in the 1960s, it is now around 1.6 million. Khomeini urged people to have more children, they experienced a huge population boom, and the other ethnic group populations in Iran have dramatically increased. The Islamic regime has ruled for almost 50 years. The amount of rot that needs to be removed will be significant and take many, many years to excavate. The loudest and most important Iranian voices trying to influence the country's future don't even live there anymore. tl,dr: No one really knows the right answers or path for a peaceful and prosperous Iran. There is no real vision.
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What's happening in Iran?
Good lord. This is a lose-lose situation for the United States, no matter who is POTUS. You make a deal, the status quo continues. You try to enact regime change from the outside, it will spectacularly fail.
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The Democratic Party
These are a couple of tweets from Kamala's HQ account today since going live. Their strategy is apparently to shitpost.
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The Democratic Party
Trying to find some way to be positive... This Kamala HQ rollout will be an absolute disaster. People have no patience for this bullshit and want Dem leaders to act like they understand the national emergency upon us. Hopefully there will be enough backlash to wake up other potential candidates and their campaign strategies.
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The Democratic Party
This is the "Digital Strategist for Democrats" https://x.com/parkerpbutler/status/2019406216980754546 Designed to "compete with MAGA" and "win the internet". The Democratic Party is cooked. augie.mp4
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The Democratic Party
The @ is headquarters_67 "Gen-Z led progressive content hub" Dems are gonna blow it, aren't they?
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2026 Midterms ...
JFC. That ad could have been made 10 years ago.
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2026 Midterms ...
- What's happening in Iran?
- What's happening in Iran?
LOL- What's happening in Iran?
Driving the news: The U.S. and Iran had agreed to meet on Friday in Istanbul, with other Middle Eastern countries participating as observers. But the Iranians said on Tuesday that they wanted to move the talks to Oman and hold them in a bilateral format, in order to ensure that they focused only on nuclear issues and not other matters like missiles that are priorities for the U.S. and countries in the region. U.S. officials considered the request to change the location, but decided on Wednesday to reject it. Friction point: "We told them it is this or nothing, and they said, 'Ok, then nothing,'" a senior U.S. official said. The official said that if the Iranians are willing to go back to the original format, the U.S. is ready to meet this week or next week. "We want to reach a real deal quickly or people will look at other options," the senior official said, alluding to Trump's repeated threats of military action. "We tried to reach an accommodation but the Iranians refused. There is a good chance the talks won't happen now at all this week," a second U.S. official said. The Iranian mission to the UN did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Behind the scenes: The U.S. officials said the U.S. and Iran had initially agreed to hold talks in Istanbul on two tracks: Direct U.S.-Iran talks on a nuclear deal. Multilateral talks on issues like Iran's missile program, support for proxy groups, and human rights violations in the violent crackdown on protesters. What's next: The U.S. officials said that White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner are expected to travel to Qatar on Thursday for talks on Iran with the prime minister. From there, they currently plan to return to Miami rather than traveling to meet the Iranians. The U.S. officials said that considering Iran's behavior in recent days, and the lack of a breakthrough in previous talks, they're skeptical a deal is possible. "We didn't want to be flexible here because if there is a deal it has to be real. We didn't want to go back to the old way of doing things," one U.S. official said. The bottom line: "We are not naive about the Iranians. If there is a real conversation to have we will have it but we are not going to waste our time," the second U.S. official said.- Nancy Mace: Sexual assault survivor or cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs?
I love mess. And then this from Mace's former comms director:- What's happening in Iran?
What is all the talk about a nuclear deal? Did we not "destroy" and "wipe out" their nuclear program when we bombed them last year???- 2026 Midterms ...
I have zero patience for these bullshit tactics. I wasn't paying much attention to this primary yet, but I'm out on Crockett.- 2026 Midterms ...
Wonderful. Now we have Dem politicians willing to play the MAGA-esque game of lies and bullshit. Fuck you, Colin Allred. What an embarrassment. Shame on you.- What's happening in Iran?
One of the tenets of the Bahai Faith is to never get involved in politics. I get it, I understand the reasoning. But since you depend on people outside the Faith to fight your battles, you're stuck with almost 50 years of unfettered persecution. My grandfather's unmarked grave would still be desecrated today if the regime ever found it.- 2026 Midterms ...
This is a badass result. I'm so cynical about the state of everything, but this is a true glimmer of hope and I'm gonna enjoy it. Hey MAGA and Trump, FUCK YOU. Eat fucking shit. You fucking traitors. The people are coming for you.- 2026 Midterms ...
Posting just for the precinct map visuals. - What's happening in Iran?
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