Well folks, as you may have heard the Klepto Kaiser bombed Iran on Saturday night. This in turn means that we are now living in wartime America again; assuming we weren't already. As if on cue swarms of imperialist propagandists have dominated our mainstream discourse; rallying to justify both what Trump has just done, and further military action pointing towards an obvious regime change operation in Iran. I'm not a fortune teller, but everything I know about American culture and MENA wars tells me that the manufacturing consent machine is in full operation already and you're about to be buried in propaganda, bullshit, and motivated reasoning on the subject of US imperialism and military action against Iran; in fact, it's kind of already happening.

At this point, in what seems like the beginning to folks who don't know America's long history of attempting to control the political and economic fortunes of Iran, I thought I'd take a moment to review what just happened, how we got here, and why the American forever war on Iran is already older than almost everyone who might actually read this. Given that I do not have high hopes that the Pig Empire establishment is going to do anything to reign in our nazi president, I'm probably going to be writing a lot about US imperial violence in and against Iran going forward on this blog, and I feel like this essay is a good, concise version of where I stand, given the history of American imperial ambitions in the MENA.

https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/06/22/forever-at-forever-war-with-iran/

Forever At Forever War With Iran

"So, we’re clearly at war with Iran, right? Not according to the Kelpto Kaiser’s couch-curious Vice President JD Vance; who gifted Trump’s war in Iran with its first Bushism when he confidently informed NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” moderator Kristen Welker that we’re only at war with Iran’s nuclear program. Why that isn’t a difference without a distinction, remains unclear. This naturally won’t be the last lie the Trumpenreich regime utters to justify this illegal war, nor is it the first. After all, the entire premise of the attack, to shut down the nonexistent Iranian nuclear weapons program, is a lie. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been claiming Iran is on the verge of building a nuclear weapon without evidence for over thirty years. In March, Trump’s own Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard publicly told Congress that Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon and wouldn’t be capable of doing so for at least three years. This has put the United States in the precarious position of bombing a country we claim we’re not at war with, while simultaneously declaring we’re at war with a nuclear weapons program that does not exist; that faint clapping sound you hear is Dick Cheney applauding the Trump regime’s chutzpah."

#Imperialism #War #Iran #Israel #Trump #PigEmpire #RegimeChange #IllegalWar #WarCrimes #BenjaminNetanyahu #WarOnTerror #MohammadMosaddegh #1953 #CIA #MENA #ForeverWars #IraqInvasion #DickCheney #JDVance #Propaganda #ManufacturingConsent

Whether domestically on the streets of LA, or internationally in the skies of Iran, everything was coming up war this June in the Pig Empire, and the The Skinny as usual was there to break it all down for you.

https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/06/20/the-skinny-to-live-and-lie-in-la/2/

The Skinny: To Live and Lie in LA

“The fascist Trumpenreich regime is actively working to criminalize its political opposition, and acclimatize the American public to images of Democratic officials being led away in handcuffs for opposing the mighty God Emperor Trump or his fascist agenda. This isn’t about conviction rates, or whether or not any of these cases go to trial; although I should point out that the absurd assault charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver are still outstanding. This is about sending a message to both Democrat politicians opposing the fascist mass deportation program, and the American people, and that message is “do not cross the Swine Emperor, because anyone who does is definitely a criminal.”

Both #GEC & #RFIMI, its pared-down successor office, focused on tracking & countering foreign #disinformation efforts from #Russia, #China, & #Iran, among others, but GEC was frequently accused—& was even sued—by *#conservative* critics who claimed that it enabled *censorship* of conservative Americans’ views. A judge threw out one of those claims against GEC in 2022 (while finding that other parts of the Biden admin did exert undue pressure on tech platforms).

"None of these governments believes #Trump will keep his word. How could they? The man broke every commitment he ever touched.

The #Iran deal. The #Paris Agreement. #NATO cooperation. #WTO norms. Trade deals with #Mexico, #Canada, and #China. He walked away from each of them. Because #chaos creates attention, and attention is the only currency he respects."
https://www.theindex.media/trust-is-dead-trump-keeps-selling-the-corpse/

#Iran journalist Nazila Maroufian, serving 2-year sentence, released from prison

Her "crime" was interview of father of #MahsaAmini, whose death in police custody sparked #IranProtests2023

Maroufian on release, in photo w/o #hijab: “Don’t accept slavery. You deserve the best"