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Friday, January 16, 2026

The images that trickled out of Iran showed a country gripped by chaos: tens if not hundreds of thousands of protesters; body bags laid outside morgues; gunfire ringing in the streets.

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Moscow continues to provide the key military equipment and sophisticated internet suppression technology that the Iranian regime is using today.

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-- Foreign Policy (@foreignpolicy.com) Jan 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM

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Armed goons with masks...hmmm....

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-16 02:02 PM | Reply

How?

Easy.

The Iranian military have machine guns and the protestors have sticks and rocks.

Not that the 2nd amendment has done anything to protect America from Trump's fascist actions.

But in theory ...

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-01-16 02:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Related ...

Graham contradicts Trump on Iran executions stopping
www.newsnationnow.com

... Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says the Iranian regime is still killing protesters at an alarming rate, contradicting President Trump's statement Wednesday that Iran has stopped indiscriminate executions of anti-government demonstrators.

"Every indication that I've seen says that the Iranian regime's killing of protesters is still very much in full swing. The death toll is mounting by the hour. Hoping that help is on the way," Graham wrote in a post on the social platform X.

Graham, who has become increasingly influential with the Trump administration on foreign policy, signaled he wants to see the president move forward with plans to strike Iran to deter the brutal crackdown on protesters.

Trump on Wednesday said Iran was stopping the executions in the face of potential military action.

"We've been told that the killing in Iran is stopping -- it's stopped -- it's stopping," Trump told reporters.

"And there's no plan for executions, or an execution, or execution -- so I've been told that on good authority." ...



#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-16 04:13 PM | Reply

Let Trump believe that, Miss Lindsey.

Why are You so Eager to Kill?

#4 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-16 05:04 PM | Reply

Let [Dummkopf] Trumpf believe that, Miss Lindsey.
Why are You so Eager to Kill?

#4 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-16 05:04 PM | Reply: One Million Dollars From AIPAC, That's Why


#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-16 05:30 PM | Reply

This is what happens to terrorist nations. As they get progressively weaker, they start slaughtering their own people.

#6 | Posted by Monkeybars at 2026-01-16 05:39 PM | Reply

So, US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) cares about the Muslim demonstrators getting killed in Iran, but is quiet as a church mouse about the Muslims getting killed daily in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Death Forces (IDF), an organization that receives hardworking American taxpayer dollars every year.

As of 16 Jan 2026, the enormous charnel house in Gaza now holds 71,455 corpses.


#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-16 05:41 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#6 Where America finds itself now.

#8 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-16 05:42 PM | Reply

#6

But enough about Trump's America.

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-16 05:51 PM | Reply

They're just getting Warmed Up.

My honest belief is that a great Bloodletting is coming.

#10 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-16 05:59 PM | Reply

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