Day: January 2, 2026

*The situation in Iran, brought to you from the front lines. On X, and almost nowhere else.

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Did you know about the revolution taking place in Iran right now? You didn’t? Why might that be? You say there’s nothing on the news about it? Maybe it didn’t fit the approved legacy media narrative. I guess I’ll have to show you. On-the-ground reporting from Iran and its neighbors in the Middle East. https://twitter.com/gghamari/status/2007218514210500719?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ …

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The era of City Socialism has been inaugurated in America

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On January 1, two Socialist elected Mayors took office in America, on the opposite coasts. Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim Socialist took office in New York City, which has the highest concentration of Jews outside Israel. In Seattle, Katie Wilson, a 43-year-old Socialist, who has no experience in the working world or in government and has …

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