USA administration cannot abandon the Iranian people who're oppressed

Jamie Fly and Katie LaRoque at Freedom House make a vital point why it's wrong for the USA administration to take any steps that would enable a sadistic dictatorship to remain in place and continue subjecting its citizens to horror stories:

In early 2026, when Iranian surgeon Alireza Golchini saw protesters with gunshot and stab wounds from the regime, he did what doctors are trained to do: he treated them. For that, Iranian authorities arrested him, charged him with “waging war against God,” and threatened him with a sentence that can carry the death penalty. His alleged crime was not violence or espionage; it was providing medical care to wounded Iranians.

His story is a reminder of a simple reality: the Islamic Republic is one of the world’s most repressive regimes. Just recently, a woman was sentenced to 74 lashes for singing in a YouTube video without a hijab, and a 17-year-old swimmer and boxer was sentenced to death for participating in a protest. The regime just executed another dissident, bringing the total number of political executions in 2026 to at least 45.

[...] For the Iranian people, however, the US-Iran deal as currently formulated is likely to deepen repression. It will strengthen the authorities that only months ago were imprisoning, executing, and killing Iranians in the streets for demanding basic freedoms and improved living conditions.

Late in 2025 and early 2026, millions of Iranians took to the streets in the most significant challenge the Islamic Republic has faced in decades. Authorities answered with a crackdown that left thousands dead and tens of thousands arrested. The regime also imposed a near-total internet shutdown that lasted for months, cutting Iranians off from one another and from a world that might otherwise have witnessed the scale of the violence. Yet reports indicate that a final agreement could bring this same regime sweeping sanctions relief, access to frozen assets, and billions of dollars in new investment. For Iranians who risked their lives demanding change, the likely outcome is not a more moderate government, but a more entrenched and repressive one.

[...] At a minimum, the United States should make any relief conditional on five things: the release of Iran’s political prisoners, an end to the executions handed down in protest cases, a binding guarantee against another nationwide internet shutdown, and the return of the Americans now imprisoned in Iran or barred from leaving—six by the assessment of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation. Tehran should also be required to come clean about the fate of kidnapped former FBI Agent Bob Levinson and help his family recover his remains. These are among the clearest and most immediate signs of whether Iranian authorities are prepared to act in good faith.

See, these are vital reasons to topple a savage dictatorship, along with exiling monsters from what you would think civilized countries. I notice that Federalist editor John Daniel Davidson, who previously took disturbing positions that put his supposed understandings of reality under question marks, is now seemingly making valid points about the state of Europe while discussing SCOTUS' defeatist positions on birthright citizenship in the USA:

In countries like France and Britain, which have large numbers of Muslim migrants, this means multigenerational communities of non-citizens with a totally different cultural and political worldview — one that’s openly hostile to the host country. They will eventually, as they are beginning to do now, carve out their own insular polities within the nation, Balkanizing the country and destroying the possibility of republican self-government or even the possibility of national survival. An Islamified Britain will no longer be Britain, but something else.

Obviously, this can't go unopposed, but then, why did Dumberson oppose the war against Iran? Considering their Islamic tyrants were financing jihadism overseas, they could also be financing infiltration into the USA through illegal immigration, and does that sit well with Dumberson? Does it sit well with him that an innocent and defenseless woman could already have been tortured over an Orwellian Thoughtcrime? If he's not willing to approve of taking serious action against sadists in Islamofascist countries like Iran, then this current editorial of his rings totally hollow. That's why what he's saying now should be approached with caution, because it's not enough to defend just your home country, and to turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to the plight of innocent foreigners in distress is offensive, morally or otherwise.

If the Trump administration continues to allow the Islamofascist dictatorship in Iran to continue governing, it's always possible that could ruin election chances in mid-term. And if that's what happens, it'll make clear that when serious action isn't put to use, no matter the turnout, you cannot be surprised if the public will ultimately be disillusioned with the notion certain movements like conservatives really support responsibility, and applying equal standards everywhere. Also note how the Daily Caller is writing reports that're potentially hostile to Israel, which seem to be lamenting that Israel's military wanted to terminate "negotiators" from Iran, and you know something's wrong. If those very "negotiators" harbor Islamofascist beliefs themselves and are loyal to the dictatorship, why are they considered valuable? There are no doubt movements in the country that can be considered far better candidates for replacing the tyrants, and refusing to consider them only worsens the situation.

California state assembly takes lenient approach to sex offenders running for office

The California state assembly's Democrats refused to support a bill that would've prohibited sex offenders from running for office. And this was something a Democrat woman had brought in for a vote:

California lawmakers killed a bill that would have barred registered sex offenders from running for office Tuesday after advancing a similar bill allowing candidates who have committed sex crimes against minors.

Bill 2753, proposed by Democratic state Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria in February, would have amended California’s elections code to prohibit all registered sex offenders from running for any state or local office, according to the text of the bill. The bill failed in the California Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee Tuesday after moving through the California State Assembly with bipartisan support, Los Banos Enterprise reported.

Bill 2691, introduced by Democratic State Assemblywoman Dawn Addis in February, is similar legislation that bans individuals convicted of specific felony sexual assault or human trafficking crimes from running for office. It passed the California Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee last week. Unlike Bill 2753, this bill does not cover all offenses requiring sex offender registration.

Before the Senate committee advanced the bill, legislators amended it by defining “sexual assault” so certain criminal convictions would not bar individuals from candidacy. Under the amendment, individuals guilty of sodomy, oral copulation, or sexual penetration against minors under certain conditions are not included under the definition of “sexual assault” and can still run for office.

What's happened in California now is just another reason why not to visit or support anything about the state. They have really brought themselves down to horrific levels with this kind of shunning of vigilance and responsibility.

As the USA celebrates its 250th, socialism is sadly on the rise

Several years ago, there were people who said they didn't want to vote for a socialist in USA elections. Now, as the USA celebrates the 250th year, it sadly appears the negative view on socialism has tragically given way to one that's favorable:

Rep. Matt Van Epps, R-Tenn., told the Daily Signal he will introduce a bill on the House floor Thursday to reaffirm the values of the Declaration of Independence in honor of its 250th anniversary and in response to the sweeping rise of socialism.

“Socialism is antithetical to the principles of the Declaration of Independence,” Van Epps told the Daily Signal in a statement Wednesday. “The idea of private property and entrepreneurship is intrinsic in the Founders’ idea of inalienable rights. In reality, a socialist regime would undermine—not protect—Americans’ rights to ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’” [...]

Schmitt told the chamber that America is forgetting the values that bind Americans to the Founding: “America’s deepest crisis is a loss of memory.”

“Only 28% of Democrats say they’re proud of America’s 250-year history,” he said. “Only 11% say America is the greatest country in the world. Only 27% plan to display the American flag this 4th of July.”

“That is a national forgetting made visible,” Schmitt warned.

Forgetting American values will result in the deterioration of the nation and the character of its leaders, Schmitt argued.

“A people that forgets its heroes will soon be ruled by men who despise them,” he told the Senate.

Darializa Avila Chevalier, who just won the Democrat primary for New York’s 13th Congressional District, calls herself a “democratic socialist” and co-founded Columbia University Apartheid Divest, an organization that pledged itself to the “total eradication of Western civilization.”

The organization also posted “Marg bar Amrika” after American airstrikes in February that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Translated from Persian, the statement reads: “Death to America.”

Chevalier is projected to win her election in November and become a New York member of Congress. Her campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

This is truly horrific. Once, this may not have been considered a serious issue, but now, it's clear the USA does have a problem of socialists/communists as much as Islamofascists becoming accepted by the leftists in America, and dragging down the quality of life that way. Some could say the new communist movement in the USA is serving as a 5th column and aiding the Islamists that way. Worst, the problem can't be solved overnight. And it could get much worse before it gets better, if it ever does. Socialism has sadly taken hold, no thanks to Joe Biden when he was faux-president.

Update: and in a new poll, a majority of Democrats said they're fully favorable to socialism. Another sad sign where things are going now.

Oil can't be the only reason to go soft on Iran

Prof. Eyal Zisser spoke about how Donald Trump appears to have been lenient on Iran simply because of oil/fuel concerns:

Since US President Donald Trump signed the agreement with Iran that will bring the war to an end without achieving any of the goals he had set for himself, and worse, an agreement that strengthens the Iranian regime and grants Tehran the status of a regional power it never had before, Trump has repeatedly justified his surrender to the Iranians by saying that he did not want a "global economic catastrophe," and that because of the agreement, the stock market in New York "soared like a rocket" and oil prices fell dramatically.

Trump's remarks reveal a simple and bitter truth: economic interests dictate American policy, and they are the decisive factor. It is a pity only that Trump did not think all this through before withdrawing from President Barack Obama's nuclear deal from the previous decade, an agreement far better than the understandings he is now seeking to reach with the Iranians, or when he decided to go to war with Iran this past February.

It must be admitted that Trump is not the first president to give absolute priority to the economy and oil. One recalls the famous phrase attributed to an adviser to President Bill Clinton: "It's the economy, stupid." In other words, this is how the American voter makes his decisions, and so does any president who wants to be reelected or is thinking about his legacy.

It's certainly regrettable how everybody's dragging their feet in this whole aggravation, because here, the Bush administration of 2002 rammed Iraq straight through in not too much time, yet here Trump's going much slower, if at all, about battling Iran. And that doesn't bode well at all.

Iran violates supposed agreement

Just a week after the memorandum of understanding that Iran only signed electronically, they attacked a ship in the Straits of Hormuz with a drone, and now, the USA military had to strike back:

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Saturday that American forces carried out another round of strikes on multiple targets in Iran after a Panama-flagged oil tanker was attacked near the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. military launched new strikes against Iranian targets after Tehran allegedly ignored the ceasefire and launched a drone attack on a Panama-flagged oil tanker carrying more than two million barrels of crude oil.

“CENTCOM forces launched strikes today in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping,” Centcom said. “U.S. military aircraft targeted Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities.” [...]

The strike came two days after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps allegedly attacked the Singapore-flagged M/V Ever Lovely in the Strait of Hormuz.

So now, the whole "agreement" - developed on the assumption Iran would actually surrender voluntarily in short order - is falling apart. Following this, will Trump's administration realize that a savage dictatorship built on the Religion of Peace won't cooperate unless they're made to stop following said religion? We can only hope more serious steps will be taken soon against Iran's monsters-in-charge.

Knesset resolution submitted to recognize Armenian Genocide

One of the Likud's members - and the foreign minister - is doing the right thing to take a legal step to recognizing the Armenian Genocide in Israel:

At the upcoming government meeting, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar will propose a resolution for the official recognition by the Government of Israel of the Armenian Genocide.

The proposed resolution states that, based on a moral and historical obligation, Israel will recognize the genocide committed against the Armenian people during the final years of the Ottoman Empire. It further states that any denial, minimization, or distortion of the historical truth of these events must be condemned.

The resolution will subsequently be brought before the Knesset for approval as well.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly recognized the Armenian Genocide for the first time in August 2025.

Every resolution like this brought to the table is a vital step towards improvement of foreign relations.

Mark Levin takes issue with Donald Trump

If there's any conservative commentator who's hugely disappointed with how Trump's handling the Iran issue, it's Mark Levin:

Fox News host Mark Levin criticized President Donald Trump's Memorandum of Understanding with Iran across a series of posts on X, with his sharpest break coming over the deal's soft treatment of Hezbollah.

"On top of this, we do the unthinkable," wrote Levin, a longtime Trump defender who has broken with the president over the agreement. "We capitulate to Iran's demand to protect Hezbollah."

The conservative host argued that the Iran-backed group, which he said has "brutally murdered hundreds of our fellow citizens," would emerge from the ceasefire untouched. Under the terms Levin described, Hezbollah "not only survives but is immunized" and remains "free to continue to kill Americans, Israelis, and others." [...]

The posts come amid broader pushback from conservatives over the deal.

What's disturbing is whether Iran will receive any money at all in their current incarnation as a savage dictatorship. Similar points can be made about Syria under Ahmed al-Sharaa, who should not have been allowed to ascend to autocrat there.

Here's more related news:

Fox News' major MAGA ally Mark Levin slammed US President Donald Trump over the Iran war peace deal, calling on the White House to release details of the accord’s Memorandum of Understanding.

Levin on X/Twitter wrote: “I have asked for days, why can’t we, the people, see the damn MoU? Not through people briefed by an anonymous person. Honestly, I’ve never seen anything like this. If it is a great outcome for peace, then release it.”

“Here’s an idea: if you want people to stop speculating about the MoU, release the MoU. Don’t brief a few anointed ones to control the narrative and expect everyone else to sit silently. That’s not how our country works. It’s going to be signed soon. It takes time for people to digest it all once it is released. Controlling the narrative can only last so long," he added.

Vice President JD Vance said the peace accord was signed electronically over the weekend.

Levin speaks out against Trump's attitude towards Netanyahu

Levin, a pro-Israel hawk, also slammed the president for lashing out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Israel attacked Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

Trump had told a reporter that he questioned Netanyahu’s “f***ing judgment.”

“In a period of two-months, Israel has gone from a great ally and partner in war, fighting by our side against a horrible enemy that has killed thousands of our people, killed tens of thousands of their own people, and was a dire nuclear threat intent on attacking us, to Israeli PM Netanyahu being a difficult person who should be thanking us for saving his country from Iran and should get our permission if he wants to defend his people from Hezbollah and Iran, and stand down when his country is attacked," Levin wrote.

That the MoU was electronically signed can also make a serious point of contention, since the autocrats didn't sign it physically. And Levin's got a valid point that it's in very poor taste for Trump to be referring to Netanyahu with expletives, or make it sound like it's wrong for a politician to stand firm on positions meant to defend his/her country. How can we be convinced Trump has even Europe's best interests in mind if that's how he's going to act? Or even J.D. Vance? And here's more of what Levin had to say about how Trump's been acting toward Israel:

“I want to say to people in and out of the administration: stop trashing, smearing, bullying the little state of Israel. Stop cozying up to and telling us that the enemy regime in Iran is now more rational, more moderate, and a regime that we can deal with,” Levin demanded. “When just a few months ago they slaughtered 50,000 people, they’re still hanging young people today and, if they had a nuclear missile today, they’d fire it into our country as sure as I’m alive.”

Levin argued that Israel should not be pressured into altering its security decisions by outside powers.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but if people think they can bully a little country, Israel — a people that have existed 4,000 years through the Babylonians and the Persians, through the Romans and the Third Reich — into surrendering their defense and their decision on how to secure their country, they get another thing coming,” Levin said. “I think it’s outrageous.” [...]

Levin’s online posts also targeted Trump’s criticism of Israel regarding its responses to Hezbollah attacks originating from Lebanon. Levin wrote that the first item in the MOU mandates an immediate and permanent end to the war, including Hezbollah.

“Iran is Hezbollah,” Levin posted. “What’s the enforcement mechanism? Nothing. Israel defends itself after constant attacks from Hezbollah and is admonished for it. Its interests are not aligned with ours, we’re told. It’s endangering the peace deal. This is beyond nuts.”

In another Saturday post, he claimed, “Apparently as long as Israeli soldiers are killed the ceasefire is holding.”

Of course it's angering, and shows weakness in the face of the enemy. Also note how victims of the Iranian dictatorship's massacres were obscured in all this mess, and that doesn't speak well for how the Trump administration is handling the issues so far. So is he willing to change his approach and apologize for what he's done lately? That remains to be seen, and the sad part is that damage has been done to the USA as much as Israel, and won't bode well for the future.

A wise decision made by the Shin Bet director

The director of Israel's Shin Bet intel movement cancelled a LGBT event, and focus on the core missions of the organization:

Shin Bet Director David Zini has decided not to approve the holding of an LGBT event on behalf of the agency, to cancel invitations that had been sent out, and to remove signs or symbols that were already being prepared, Channel 12 News reported.

The LGBT event, according to sources involved in organizing it, was canceled by an “order from above" without any further explanation.

According to those sources, all of their requests were rejected, including a request to display an LGBT banner on a screen in the Shin Bet building, a request to install a screensaver on computers, a request to hang LGBT flags in the event hall, and a request to use the organization’s systems to distribute designated content.

According to the report, Zini is also working to shut down the LGBT forum within the Shin Bet, and the organization’s Human Resources Division has been instructed to transfer the dedicated budget for LGBT-related matters to the general budget.

The Shin Bet did not provide a response to the claims.

This was the right thing to do, because it was pointless, promoting perverted visions of how to manage life, insulting to what the Torah/Bible stands for, and just like how various businesses are moving away from supporting this wokeism in the USA and other places, Israel obviously has to start doing the same. I remember when a poll was taken 3 years ago where Jerusalemites said the LGBT pride parade should be cancelled, and hopefully, that too will fade away in time. For now, the Shin Bet did the right thing to stop pandering to wokeism. What matters is to focus on more serious issues like combating Islamic terrorism.

Socialism continues to have a terrible effect in New York, this time under Zohran Mamdani

3 Democrat candidates for Congress in NYC who were endorsed by their first Muslim mayor, Mamdani, won primaries, including at the expense of an incumbent who's reportedly pro-Israel:

Zohran Mamdani’s growing influence over the Democratic party was on show in New York City on Tuesday as three congressional candidates endorsed by New York’s democratic socialist mayor won closely watched primaries, while voters in Maryland, Utah and South Carolina cast ballots in primaries and runoffs.

Brad Lander, the former New York City comptroller who also ran for mayor last year before endorsing Mamdani, won his race comfortably, defeating the Democratic representative Dan Goldman.

Another Mamdani ally, Claire Valdez, a state lawmaker and former union organizer, defeated Antonio Reynoso, the preferred successor of retiring Democratic Representative Nydia Velázquez in New York’s seventh district, encompassing parts of Brooklyn and Queens. And in a stunning upset, the public defense investigator Darializa Avila Chevalier toppled Representative Adriano Espaillat, the powerful five-term incumbent who chairs the Congressional Hispanic caucus, in the state’s diverse 13th congressional district, which covers Upper Manhattan and parts of the Bronx.

What makes this additionally disturbing is that Goldman was attacked in a social media post by Poetica Coffee, which is reportedly owned by Uzbek managers, for his pro-Israel positions. The DOJ opened an investigation into this incident, but sadly, the damage is done in more ways than one, given that Mamdani saw success with his repellent endorsements.

It would definitely seem much of NYC's residents are now revoltingly in favor of both socialism, and Islamism, if what Mamdani oversaw says anything. This is another terrible defeat for 911 Families, and also pro-Israel advocates.