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The Illinois Accountability Commission Demands Testimony from the following Trump Officials: Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino, Tricia McLaughlin, Corey Lewandowski, Todd Lyons, and Rodney Scott

“I established the Illinois Accountability Commission to preserve the truth and document how Donald Trump and his accomplices violated the rights of Illinoisans and terrorized our communities during Operation Midway Blitz. These officials should answer directly to the people of Illinois for the chaos and violence they unleashed,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Regardless of whether these officials are still in their roles or not, the people of Illinois demand accountability from them all.”

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u/NicolasCageFan492 — 11 hours ago
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Trump White House accidentally leaks a private speech given at the White House yesterday before deleting it, primary source, this might be good for analysis by the Bulwark

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u/NicolasCageFan492 — 1 day ago
Letter: To the American Public, from President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran [Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2026]
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Letter: To the American Public, from President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran [Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2026]

In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

To the people of the United States of America, and to all those who, amid a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives, continue to seek the truth and aspire to a better life:

Iran — by this very name, character, and identity — is one of the oldest continuous civilisations in human history. Despite its historical and geographical advantages at various times, Iran has never, in its modern history, chosen the path of aggression, expansion, colonialism, or domination. Even after enduring occupation, invasion, and sustained pressure from global powers — and despite possessing military superiority over many of its neighbours — Iran has never initiated a war. Yet it has resolutely and bravely repelled those who have attacked it.

The Iranian people harbour no enmity toward other nations, including the people of America, Europe, or neighbouring countries. Even in the face of repeated foreign interventions and pressures throughout their proud history, Iranians have consistently drawn a clear distinction between governments and the peoples they govern. This is a deeply rooted principle in Iranian culture and collective consciousness — not a temporary political stance.

For this reason, portraying Iran as a threat is neither consistent with historical reality nor with present-day observable facts. Such a perception is the product of political and economic whims of the powerful — the need to manufacture an enemy in order to justify pressure, maintain military dominance, sustain the arms industry, and control strategic markets. In such an environment, if a threat does not exist, it is invented.

Within this same framework, the United States has concentrated the largest number of its forces, bases, and military capabilities around Iran — a country that, at least since the founding of the United States, has never initiated a war. Recent American aggressions launched from these very bases have demonstrated how threatening such a military presence truly is. Naturally, no country confronted with such conditions would forgo strengthening its defensive capabilities. What Iran has done — and continues to do — is a measured response grounded in legitimate self-defence, and by no means an initiation of war or aggression.

Relations between Iran and the United States were not originally hostile, and early interactions between the Iranian and American people were not marred with hostility or tension. The turning point, however, was the 1953 coup d’etat — an illegal American intervention aimed at preventing the nationalisation of Iran’s own resources. That coup disrupted Iran’s democratic process, reinstated dictatorship, and sowed deep distrust among Iranians toward US policies. This distrust deepened further with America’s support for the Shah’s regime, its backing of Saddam Hussein during the imposed war of the 1980s, the imposition of the longest and most comprehensive sanctions in modern history, and ultimately, unprovoked military aggression — twice, in the midst of negotiations —against Iran.

Yet all these pressures have failed to weaken Iran. On the contrary, the country has grown stronger in many areas: literacy rates have tripled —from roughly 30 per cent before the Islamic Revolution to over 90pc today; higher education has expanded dramatically; significant advances have been achieved in modern technology; healthcare services have improved; and infrastructure has developed at a pace and scale incomparable to the past. These are measurable, observable realities that stand independent of fabricated narratives.

At the same time, the destructive and inhumane impact of sanctions, war, and aggression on the lives of the resilient Iranian people must not be underestimated. The continuation of military aggression and recent bombings profoundly affect people’s lives, attitudes, and perspectives. This reflects a fundamental human truth: when war inflicts irreparable harm on lives, homes, cities, and futures, people will not remain indifferent toward those responsible.

This raises a fundamental question: Exactly which of the American people’s interests are truly being served by this war? Was there any objective threat from Iran to justify such behavior? Does the massacre of innocent children, the destruction of cancer-treatment pharmaceutical facilities, or boasting about bombing a country ‘back to the stone ages’ serve any purpose other than further damaging the United States’ global standing?

Iran pursued negotiations, reached an agreement, and fulfilled all its commitments. The decision to withdraw from that agreement, escalate toward confrontation, and launch two acts of aggression in the midst of negotiations were destructive choices made by the US government —choices that served the delusions of a foreign aggressor.

Attacking Iran’s vital infrastructure — including energy and industrial facilities — directly targets the Iranian people. Beyond constituting a war crime, such actions carry consequences that extend far beyond Iran’s borders. They generate instability, increase human and economic costs, and perpetuate cycles of tension, planting seeds of resentment that will endure for years. This is not a demonstration of strength; it is a sign of strategic bewilderment and an inability to achieve a sustainable solution.

Is it not also the case that America has entered this aggression as a proxy for Israel, influenced and manipulated by that regime? Is it not true that Israel, by manufacturing an Iranian threat, seeks to divert global attention away from its crimes toward the Palestinians? Is it not evident that Israel now aims to fight Iran to the last American soldier and the last American taxpayer dollar — shifting the burden of its delusions onto Iran, the region, and the United States itself in pursuit of illegitimate interests?

Is ‘America First’ truly among the priorities of the US government today?

I invite you to look beyond the machinery of misinformation — an integral part of this aggression — and instead speak with those who have visited Iran. Observe the many accomplished Iranian immigrants —educated in Iran — who now teach and conduct research at the world’s most prestigious universities, or contribute to the most advanced technology firms in the West. Do these realities align with the distortions you are being told about Iran and its people?

Today, the world stands at crossroads. Continuing along the path of confrontation is more costly and futile than ever before. The choice between confrontation and engagement is both real and consequential; its outcome will shape the future for generations to come. Throughout its millennia of proud history, Iran has outlasted many aggressors. All that remains of them are tarnished names in history, while Iran endures —resilient, dignified, and proud.

Masoud P.

Tehran, Iran

Transposed from the original found at: https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1987606

u/NicolasCageFan492 — 2 days ago
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Oral arguments are being heard at the Supreme Court today about birthright citizenship. Last year, JB Pritzker spoke about his family’s history fleeing Ukraine and why birthright citizenship is so important

u/NicolasCageFan492 — 3 days ago
Letter: No Kings Day showed we are not alone and we will only get stronger [Wadena, Minnesota, March 31, 2026]
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Letter: No Kings Day showed we are not alone and we will only get stronger [Wadena, Minnesota, March 31, 2026]

“America, America, 

God shed His grace on thee 

And crown thy good with brotherhood, 

From sea to shining sea.” 

That prayer came to mind during the March 27 rally on Highway 10 and 71 in Wadena. The next day, No Kings Day, I believe the prayer was answered.

More than eight million good people gathered together as brothers and sisters to express our concerns regarding the actions of the current federal administration.

On the same day, similar protests were happening all over the world. I believe there is power in numbers. We are not alone. We will only get stronger.

I believe love will prevail, although some indigenous peoples prophesy that a great cleansing will come first and then a subsequent return to the old ways with grateful respect for all creation and the Creator.

My prayer now is that God bless those people who showed up to promote the rights of all people and that God bless the USA.

Lora F.

Wadena, Minnesota

Transcribed from the original at: https://www.wadenapj.com/opinion/letters/letter-no-kings-day-showed-we-are-not-alone-and-we-will-only-get-stronger

u/NicolasCageFan492 — 3 days ago
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JB Pritzker speaks about his support for a Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution, his disagreements with AIPAC, and his views on who should be a part of the Democratic Party coalition (March 24, 2026)

u/NicolasCageFan492 — 10 days ago
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JB Pritzker speaks to Illinois farmers about why they should vote for him and the democrats this November (March 24, 2026)

u/NicolasCageFan492 — 11 days ago
Editorial: Gov. JB Pritzker gets a big win with Hyundai Translead’s splashy Joliet investment
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Editorial: Gov. JB Pritzker gets a big win with Hyundai Translead’s splashy Joliet investment

With the election and lots of other news last week, you’re forgiven if you missed an announcement that brought good tidings to Illinois and the Chicago area.

Hyundai Translead, North America’s leading semitrailer builder, struck an agreement with the state to establish major new manufacturing facilities in Will County, creating close to 2,500 new Illinois jobs.

There’s more to the deal, of course, including the usual array of tax incentives any state uses to lure such a significant private-sector investment, but to read the comments of Hyundai Translead CEO Sean Kenney, Illinois’ geographic and infrastructure attributes had more to do with the decision than subsidies.

Speaking last week to industry peers at the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council show in Nashville, Tennessee, Lockport native Kenney enthused about Joliet and its environs as he disclosed the news. Remarking that more than 500 of his company’s customers are located within 100 miles of the future facility, he was quoted by industry publication Transport Topics as saying, “Joliet is actually central to all things logistics.”

He told the publication, “For us, this move is about getting closer to our customers.”

Music to our ears.

Hyundai Translead currently makes its trailers in Mexico, so this announcement isn’t good news only for Illinois and the Southland, it’s good news for the country. That the company chose Illinois as its first such operation outside of Mexico is even more of a feather in our state’s cap.

It gets better. Instead of building from the ground up, Hyundai Translead will be converting two mothballed plants, one formerly used by Caterpillar and the other the facility of the ill-starred and now-bankrupt electric bus maker Lion Electric. Just to make the symbolism even more powerful, Caterpillar closed the Joliet plant seven years ago, shifting those jobs to Mexico.

Caterpillar, of course, moved its headquarters four years ago to Texas from north suburban Deerfield, delivering a major psychological blow to Illinois. The state’s economic reputation suffered mightily from the departure of Caterpillar’s headquarters; Caterpillar had been an Illinois company for more than 90 years before that.

Lion Electric’s implosion shortly after Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration negotiated generous tax incentives for the electric school buses that were to be built in Joliet was a different kind of blow — an undermining of Pritzker’s focus on electric vehicles as an industry of the future in reviving Illinois manufacturing.

So the news delivered in Nashville was a most welcome vote of confidence in a state that sorely needs it. Hyundai will invest $450 million to convert the two facilities. Kenney deserves credit for his imaginative (and cost-effective) willingness to split the new operation between two formerly moribund locations and bring them back to life. The state’s $69 million tax-incentive package is in the typical range for such splashy deals and is well worth the long-term payoff.

We’ve criticized the governor in the past for policies we view as holding Illinois back economically, but throughout his seven years in office he consistently has been an enthusiastic cheerleader and marketer for a state that has so many attributes, as attested by Southland native son Kenney. Pritzker deserves credit for this unvarnished win.

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u/NicolasCageFan492 — 12 days ago
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JB Pritzker speaks about how Illinois is the ‘Hollywood of the Midwest’, how the film and TV industry spent over $700M in Illinois in 2025, and how it’s set to continue growing

u/NicolasCageFan492 — 15 days ago