Grayzone: before Mossad assassinated Iranian professor Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, they forged elaborate documents to frame him as "Iran's top nuclear scientist" when in reality he was not involved at all

When confronted on a statement that seemed to indicate Zohran Mamdani doesn't think billioniares should exist:

The vision that I'm speaking of, it's a vision that I want everyone to enjoy and benefit from, including billionaires....

So you weren't proposing that your policies would ultimately lead to a New York with no billionaires?

No. That's not what I was proposing.

— Zohran Mamdani on Morning Edition (NPR), July 1, 2025

Hong Kong Proposes System to Recognize Same-Sex Partnerships Bloomberg

Hong Kong has proposed a framework to grant legal recognition for same-sex partnerships, marking a major step forward for the LGBTQ community.

The city’s top court ordered the government to establish laws for such relationships two years ago. Legal recognition would allow same-sex couples rights including participation in each other’s healthcare matters and handling of post-mortem affairs, according to a proposal dated on Thursday and submitted earlier to legislature.

To gain recognition, couples must first register for legal marriage, partnership or other forms of union outside Hong Kong, according to the proposal. Registration in the city would also require at least one of the partners to be a resident.

Establishing a legal framework for same-sex unions could help Hong Kong improve its reputation. The financial hub saw an exodus of capital and white-collar workers after pro-democracy protests in 2019 followed by three years of Covid isolationist policies. Multinational companies in the city are increasingly showing support for LGBTQ rights, widely seen crucial in attracting talent.

But the government’s proposal noted that society still holds differing views on the matter. “We must carefully consider these perspectives and judiciously strike a balance to avoid division and maintain harmony in the society,” it said.

The top court had told the government to comply with its ruling by October 2025. The original case was brought by jailed pro-democracy activist Jimmy Sham, who has been seeking to have his New York-registered marriage recognized in the former British colony. It was the first time the city’s highest court directly addressed the issue of same-sex marriage.

The judgment followed a series of court rulings in the past several years that helped advance LGBTQ rights. The government recognized the overseas unions of couples in specific circumstances, including foreigners seeking spousal visas, in a Court of Final Appeal decision in 2018.

I haven't seen much reporting on this, but it seems like in addition to killing the $7,500 EV mandate (federal subsidy) at the end of 2025Q3, the BBB also immediately kills the state-level ZEV credits that companies that make lots of EVs (like Tesla) can sell to other car companies for pure profit. I'm not sure how/if this is true, since ZEV is a state thing. If true, it would explain why Elon is so mad at the BBB.

HTS security forces have arrested former Syrian Arab Army officer 'Adel Al-Rayhan', who led a unit of Syrian paratroopers in the legendary recapture of Jabal Al-Sheikh (Mount Hermon) in the 1973 Yom Kippur war against Israel. Major Adel Al-Rayhan was arrested alongside his son, Anwar, in Syria's western Latakia Province, on suspicion of 'working with the Assad regime'. No evidence was presented

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Yemen struck a boat, presumably trying to get to the zionist colony.

🚨 BREAKING: The UKMTO confirms that the vessel which was targeted off the coast of Hodeida, Yemen, was hit with multiple projectiles and has caught fire.

https://t.me/PalestineResist/79848

Israel has bombed Yemen again, the boat sinking may have ruffled some feathers

Liberal Zionist "solidarity" organization throws Palestine Action under the bus.

Electronic Intifada's Asa Winstanley reports:

While Palestine Action is fighting for its life against proscription, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign threatens its branches with consequences if they support them. I’ve obtained an internal PSC email which shows its director Ben Jamal has ordered his branches:

“We will not allow any branch to jeopardise the organisation … Please DO NOT share your own statements or comment on this issue… Branches SHOULD NOT be signing public statements or open letters on this or any other issue… Putting out content framed such as ‘we are all Palestine Action’ which may be legal to say now but could be illegal by next week, puts your members and followers at risk”

Samidoun commented on the leak:

After becoming the US/Canada equivalent of this, this is the least surprising memo we've ever seen. There's nothing unique about this, unfortunately -- it's the standard large Western imperialist based NGO approach to designations, proscriptions and political bans.

An enormous amount of time and energy is spent on isolating groups subjected to such measures, and even on trying to do so with the actual resistance leading the movement, as they are also designated & proscribed, in the apparent belief that this provides some form of protection.

There is no shortage of "wise" and "smart" advice about how you should never: attend international events if someone or a group designated by the US/Canada/UK/EU will be there; speak to people from such groups as it may be "coordination"; doing otherwise is "putting ppl at risk."

People will even hold briefings about how to engage in compliance management most efficiently, and re-label this a service to the movement. Never mind all the advice about how you should never mourn Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, let alone Mohammed Deif.

This isn't a matter of alienating allies at a dangerous time, when the proscription of @Pal_action requires the organizing of all to fight. It's that every time the reaction is as described above, the imperialist powers learn that surely, they can get away with it.

If we don't rally - for real, even w/ risks - behind those who are targeted, and especially @Pal_action w/ its leadership in direct action materially resisting the Zionist-imperialist war machine, we encourage the state to do this MORE. So let's learn the lesson this time & act.

Yesterday a fog "Tsunami" washed over the portuguese coast, shit looked so crazy my first thought was that it was AI

Anyway, the weather has been quite fucky lately, last year we had an very long summer, lasting nearly into october, then this year a very long winter, barely any spring, right now an already extremely hot summer (part of a southern european heat wave that ends tomorrow) and to top it all off this Silent Hill ass weather event.

⭕️ Iran opts for Chinese J-10C jets instead of Russian Su-35 jets

Following the 12-day US-backed Israeli war on Iran, the Islamic Republic, which had initially set its sights on the twin-engine Russian Su-35, is now shifting toward the Chinese single-engine J-10C, a jet priced around $40–60 million less per unit, due to delays in Russian deliveries.

Of the 50 Su-35 jets promised under a 2023 agreement, only four have been delivered so far, prompting Iran to turn its attention to the Chinese J-10C, the same model operated by Pakistan.

The J-10C is a single-engine, multi-role fighter that Chinese manufacturers market as a more affordable alternative to Western aircraft like the F-16 and Gripen. Its cost ranges from $60 million for the base version to $90 million for fully equipped variants that include weapons, spare parts, pilot training, and warranties.

The Military Balance 2025 report states Iran’s air force had as many as 150 fighter jets prior the the US-backed Israeli war on Iran.

(Khorasan News) Source: The Cradle

anyone with more military expertise able to weigh in on the implications of this?

my questions:

• why hasnt russia delivered jets
• how much does this strategically change the equation for iran
• is iran having a strong airforce feasible economically for them

THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL PT1 VOTE IN THE HOUSE IS IN; All Republicans yes, all Democrats no. Full attendance, excluding all the empty seats from the Dem representatives who died and haven't been replaced.

The vote was to move forward with the Senate version of the BBB, with no changes allowed. There will be one hour for debate and then a straight yes/no vote on the bill.

[edit] nevermind, looks like the vote is still open, the rule now has 4 Republicans no votes. Probably just some public theatrics?

Stop Using the Term “Islamism”: A Call to Social Justice Movements

You know you're in wartime production when your machinist friends are too busy to hang out. There has been an astronomical spike in defense production the last few weeks based on word of mouth.

Wow republicans are destroying the country we will against them after 4 years.

The Gaza Ministry of Health published an infographic on the victims of the US-Israeli "aid distribution centers" in Gaza.

Looks like Canada always chickens out unsurprisingly. (Canada rescinds digital services tax as part of the 51st state appeasing USA).

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tariffs/article/canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax-in-a-bid-to-advance-trade-talks-with-us/

Apparently Netanyahu is gonna meet trump much earlier (says next week) only Israeli media is reporting this though

Cuba thanks China for its support against blockade and terrorist designation - Prensa Latina

Tex@$$ flood death count now over 50

Brazilian government considering cutting relations with Israel after meeting with MPs and Palestinian federation. President of the Palestinian Arab Federation in Brazil (Fepal), Ualid Rabah, comments on the meeting with Lula's special advisor, Celso Amorim: “We appreciate his vision and position”.

Amorim defends a minimal relationship with Israel and says Brazil should not accept a new ambassador by Israel due to the military offensive in the Gaza Strip and the thousands of Palestinian victims. Amorim, Lula's main advisor on international issues, also advocated that Brazil formally join the lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

“The correct position today, in my opinion, is for us to join as a party to South Africa's lawsuit for genocide; to keep relations [with Israel] to a minimum and to be very strict on the free trade agreement, perhaps even suspending it,” said Amorim.

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whoops

https://xcancel.com/grok/status/1941730038770278810

Billionaire-funded CATO Institute is very upset that the Brazilian government expects foreign tech companies to obey their laws while making billions of dollars a year operating in Brazil. But most of their worries can be easily resolved.

Problem: Platforms must, "discover items not against their policies but against the laws of Brazil. Moderators and AI enforcement tools will be expected to be experts in Brazilian law [...]that simply isn’t realistic..." Solution: Hire lawyers. Avg salary in Brazil: US$1000/month

For a fresh take on Brazil's landmark court ruling that is not hopelessly mired in ideological dogma created by American billionaires, read my explanatory piece on Brazil's New Internet Civil Framework. There are no new laws, just more corporate liability

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The Militarized Communist Party of Peru is a political party and militant group in Peru that follows Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and participates in the communist insurgency in Peru. It is considered a terrorist organization by the government of Peru. Comrade José has been the leader of the MPCP since its official creation in 2018 after its final split from the declining Shining Path guerilla group.

The MPCP has maintained contact with Andean ultranationalist groups tied with the ethnocacerist movement. In 2018, the MPCP formed an alliance with the Plurinational Association of Tawantinsuyo Reservists, an ethnocacerist group, called the United Democratic Andean Revolutionary Front of Peru.

Diverging from other Maoist parties, the MPCP has voiced support for the modern-day Chinese Communist Party and its General Secretary Xi Jinping. The group has distanced itself from the Gonzalo Thought ideology and anti-religious stance of the Shining Path.

The MPCP regards itself as a communist and Marxist–Leninist–Maoist party, though it explicitly denounces the Gonzalo Thought ideology of the original Shining Path. In 2022, it proclaimed its allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping.

In March 2022, the MPCP publicly announced their embrace of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), writing that "the militarized Peruvian communists [have] reorganized ourselves as militants of the glorious and victorious Chinese Communist Party, under the leadership of CCP general secretary Xi Jinping."

In an audio message recorded by high-ranking party member Comrade Vilma, Vilma called on the party's militants to support China against "the United States and its NATO allies through the unjust fifth super-imperialist world war" and stated that Xi and the CCP had "never abandoned Maoism."

Peru has some really strange left-wing movements. Recently, the Ethnocacerist (Left-wing Inca Ultranationalists) were winning all the electoral polls until the Supreme Court banned them. And of course White USians want to use the Ethnocacerist movement as proof that Reverse Racism/Anti-White Racism exists, ignoring the origin and the reason why such a movement exists in Peru.

Four House Republicans changed their votes to YES on Trump's BBB bill – after Trump gave them signed MAGA hats and selfies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/politics/trump-bill-holdout-republicans.html

The America Party is a proposed political party in the United States. It was first proposed on June 5, 2025, and announced by Elon Musk on July 5, following his feud with U.S. president Donald Trump.

Musk has stated that the America Party is focused on deficit reduction and has advocated for the party to be fiscally conservative. The New York Times's Nate Cohn stated that the party's ideology "may be recognizable by the labels its critics on both the left and right have already assigned", referring to neoliberalism and globalism, respectively. According to Cohn, it also supports deregulation, free trade, and immigration of "high-skilled" workers.

No one is going to vote for Elon Musk's party, this party literally appeals to no one but some techbros.

Joska Tito, grandson of the Marshal himself, passed away weeks ago. I had no clue https://balkaninsight.com/2025/06/04/grandson-of-yugoslav-leader-tito-dies-in-serbia/

The “Israel”-Singapore connection

I would have written a much longer post, but I was brought to attention by this nifty post (archived link) by the “Israeli” trade mission to Singapore which sums it all up quite well:

Singapore has a remarkable story to tell, and paradoxically this south east Asian city-state has quite a lot in common with [the Zionist Entity], a small nation with a history of struggle and resilience. The two small nations have populations comprised of immigrants [the Zionists admitted it themselves which is somewhat hilarious] with different cultures and customs, surrounded by large countries with their own political and ethnic tensions. Both of these small nations have managed against all odds to turn themselves in a single generation from poor, underdeveloped markets to global economic powerhouses with advanced infrastructures, skilled and highly educated workforces and ambitious entrepreneurs. Singapore has grown to become a global financial hub and an Economic giant in a single generation.

The thing to realize is, what the anglophone Chinese bourgeoisie in Singapore hate more than sinophone Chinese people, are the Muslims, but especially Malay-Muslims, who rejected their liberal secular capitalism. Their nation-building myths are quite similar, which justifies Singapore’s hefty military budget - larger than every other Southeast Asian country, both in per capita and absolute terms.

A true liberation of the peoples of Southeast Asia necessitates the fall of the financial capitalists, chiefly represented by the largest banks in Southeast Asia, all based in Singapore. That’s why a lot of hysteria historically propagated here are based on “Indonesian” and “Malaysian” terrorists and supporters who’d like to see the downfall of “Singapore”. Nowadays, the rhetoric is a bit more muted, but echoes of this Islamophobia show-up from time to time.

Christmas Eve, 1965, is the unofficial date of the start of the ‘love story’ between Israel and Singapore, an affair that was kept a deep, dark secret. The international press, like the Israeli media, tried to bring the tale to light. Occasionally, scraps of information leaked out; some were published, some were denied, many were disregarded. The fear that the ties would be terminated if they became public knowledge had its effect. Israel imposed a total blackout on the story and the secret was preserved.

But ultimately the mysterious history between Israel and Singapore came to light. In his book, “From Third World to First: The Singapore Story 1965-2000,” published in 2000, Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding father and its first prime minister, disclosed the secret that had been kept for almost 40 years: It was the Israel Defense Forces that established the Singaporean army. Lee wrote, “To disguise their presence, we called them `Mexicans.’ They looked swarthy enough.”

To link it to a current news article: S’pore increased its security posture amid rising tensions from Iran-Israel conflict: Shanmugam

People in this region, other regions, or extremist organisations might want to make a point against Israeli, American or other Western assets, he said, adding that there could be attacks from the far right on Muslim assets..

If Singapore is ever attacked, it will make international headlines, he said. There is a possibility of attacks on both sides, he said, either by the far right attacking Muslims, or representatives of Muslim countries including Iran, and attacks on Western assets – American, European or Israeli.

“So we have increased our security posture, working off different scenarios, but you know, you can never be absolutely sure,” he added.

Israel-Hamas conflict a 'reminder' for Singapore that it has national interests at stake: Vivian Balakrishnan

This quick ejaculation of “terrorism” when it comes to West Asian or Islamic related foreign policy remains a defining motto of the Singaporean government’s continual targeting of (Malay-)Muslim people, in a “we care about terrorism, but especially from the muslims” sense and also that of it would be “bad for business” since it would harm the hard-fought “social harmony”.

"This episode is also a reminder to all Singaporeans that we do have our national interests at stake ... We must reject terrorism in all its forms. No excuses, no ifs, no buts, no short-term political advantage. Reject terrorism. If attacked, all of us here must give the government of the day the ability to exercise the right of self-defence," said Dr Balakrishnan, supporting the motion.

"But even when it does so, we will expect the government of the day to uphold international law. And as Singaporeans, we will continue to extend humanitarian assistance and protection to all civilians. We should support the peaceful resolution of disputes. And we must nurture and protect our own precious cohesion and harmony."

The misused word “harmony” crops up again. Wonder if they’ll stop using this tired phrase. Clearly the harmony didn’t apply to those that didn’t fit into their vision of Western Modernity.

And a quick note about the current Foreign Minister:

I would say it is expected, and it is, but still embarrassing.

PLANE CARRYING 13 PEOPLE CRASHES NEAR WILLIAMSTOWN, NEW JERSEY

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/syrian-forces-massacred-1500-alawites-chain-command-led-damascus-2025-06-30/

Finkelstein giving his thoughts on many things including Palestine & Mamdani. There's one section where he discusses the degree of evil with which Israel is committing genocide that he contemplates whether they are more evil than the Nazis, who were more scientific/methodical in their approach to committing genocide while Israelis are doing so gleefully. He connects Mamdani to popular support for Palestine's struggle for liberation and urges him to remain true to his message.

https://youtu.be/JADy940qXHY