Iran: The Center Ring in Today's Kayfabe Politainment Circus

PT Barnum Quotes:

• "Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung".
• "The bigger the humbug, the better people will like it".
• "Without promotion, something terrible happens... nothing!" 
• "The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music or the drama...

The De-Evolutionary History of the Motto of the United States of America:

1782: E Pluribus Unum

1956 - In God We Trust

2022* - I Support the Current Thing (Official Adoption pending)

from Google AI:

The United States adopted "In God We Trust" as its official motto in 1956 (replacing the de facto E Pluribus Unum) primarily to differentiate itself from the atheist Soviet Union during the Cold War. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill, seeking to solidify the U.S. as a nation rooted in religious faith, a move fueled by anti-communist sentiment.

• Cold War Ideology: The 1950s saw a rise in religiosity as a direct counter-response to Soviet Communism, which promoted state atheism.
• Legislative Action: Congress officially adopted the phrase to emphasize a "spiritual atmosphere" and reliance on a higher power, reinforcing America's religious heritage.
• Expansion of Religion in Public Life: The change was part of a broader effort, following the 1954 addition of "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Currency Mandate: The 1956 law officially mandated the phrase appear on all U.S. paper currency.

Before this change, E Pluribus Unum ("Out of many, one") had served as the nation's unofficial motto since the American Revolution.

Was this a 1st Amendment Violation?  You be the Judge.

Democrats Desperate to Keep Race a Political Issue - SPLC as Costumer for Racist/ Anti-Racist Cosplayers

Their whole Identity of Anti-Racism REQUIRES Racists,

REAL or INVENTED.

*Coming Soon to an SPLC Sponsored Protest Near You...

...the QAnon Shaiman!

...IN the General Lee!

*from the SPLC and  Panem et Circenses Productions

How MAGA became controlled by MIGA Gatekeepers

Salem Media and the Trump Family

Press Release: "Salem Media Group Announces Landmark Deal with Donald Trump Jr. and Lara Trump, Signaling a Bold New Era in Conservative Media"

CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Salem Media Group, Inc. (OTCQX: SALM), fresh off eliminating all corporate long-term debt and growing the #1 conservative news show in America, is making its boldest move yet. Today, Salem announces a historic, multi-dimensional deal that not only adds two of the most influential voices in American media, Donald Trump Jr. and Lara Trump, but launches the company into an entirely new era of scale, relevance, and cultural power.

This strategic transformation cements Salem’s emergence as the upcoming platform for conservative content across broadcast, podcasting, digital, and on-demand streaming, a full-spectrum media ecosystem built for today’s America.

Pursuant to the deal, Salem acquired a 30% stake in MxM News, a mobile news aggregation app co-owned by Mr. Trump Jr., and entered into a long-term services agreement under which Mr. Trump Jr. and Salem will work together to develop a series of high-impact promotional and growth initiatives. With this historic deal, Mr. Trump Jr. becomes a key stakeholder of Salem and a strategic force behind its future.

“Salem Media is positioned to become the home for fearless, unapologetic conservative content,” said Donald Trump Jr. “I’m excited to help grow its audience and commercial footprint while building something that pushes back against legacy media with real reach and authenticity.”

“Conservatives are hungry for media that reflects their values, faith, freedom, and family,” said Lara Trump. “I believe in what Salem is building, and I’m proud to contribute content that speaks truth without apology and builds real cultural influence.”

In tandem, Salem has entered into a strategic agreement with Lara Trump to collaborate on business growth in the digital podcast space, advertiser partnerships, and content innovation. As part of the relationship, Ms. Trump becomes a significant stakeholder in Salem Media and will support select initiatives that align with the company’s expansion goals. Separately, Ms. Trump has renewed her exclusive podcast agreement and will continue to produce and host her show on the Salem Podcast Network.

“These aren’t just partnerships, they’re power moves,” said David Santrella, CEO of Salem Media Group. “Donald Trump Jr. and Lara Trump bring credibility, energy, and the kind of megaphone that moves markets and shapes public opinion. Their alignment with Salem signals a massive leap forward in our ability to lead the next era of conservative media. Donald Trump Jr. and Lara Trump aren’t just becoming business partners with Salem, they now also have significant ownership stakes in the company with a major incentive to grow shareholder value which in turn will drive the stock price. It’s definitely an exciting time to be a Salem shareholder.”

With a revitalized balance sheet and unmatched cultural firepower, Salem Media is uniquely positioned to define the future of conservative content in America. This is not just growth—it’s a reinvention. And it’s only the beginning.

About Salem Media Group, Inc.:

Salem Media Group is America’s leading multimedia company specializing in Christian and conservative content, with media properties comprising radio, digital media and book and newsletter publishing. Each day Salem serves a loyal and dedicated audience of listeners, readers and viewers numbering in the millions nationally. With its unique content focus, Salem provides compelling audio and video programming, text content, fresh commentary and relevant information from some of the most respected figures across the Christian and conservative media landscape. Learn more about Salem Media Group, Inc. at www.salemmedia.com.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250403021482/en/

Company Contact:
Sara Broadwater
publicity@salemmedia.com
1 (219) 263-8946
Source: Salem Media Group, Inc.

Released April 14, 2025

How Salem Media = Israel. 

from Google AI:

Salem Media Group is a prominent American conservative and Christian multimedia company that maintains a strong, active partnership with Israel through content creation, broadcasting, and strategic media campaigns.

Pro-Israel Media Initiatives 

Salem Media frequently produces and distributes content that aligns with pro-Israel narratives and religious Zionism.

• The Dragon's Prophecy: In September 2025, Salem and D’Souza Media released this film based on Jonathan Cahn's book, which connects the October 7 attacks to biblical history and features interviews with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
• On-the-Ground Broadcasting: Host Mike Gallagher has broadcast his show from Jerusalem, touring the "Gaza envelope" and interviewing survivors of the October 7 attacks to encourage audience support for groups like the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ).
• SRN News Reporting: Salem’s news branch, SRN News, regularly syndicates reports from The Media Line, a news agency covering Middle East developments like Independence Day ceremonies and military operations.

Strategic Partnerships and Campaigns 

Salem Media is a key platform for Israeli public diplomacy (Hasbara) efforts in the United States.

• Clock Tower Project: Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reportedly utilized a firm called Clock Tower to integrate pro-Israel messaging into Salem Media Network properties as part of a multi-million dollar campaign to influence American public opinion.
• Evangelical Outreach: The Israeli government targets Salem’s audience because of the strong historical and theological support for Israel within the American Christian Right.
• Political Connections: Recent FARA filings indicate that figures close to the Trump family have financial ties to Salem Media, which has been contracted to distribute information regarding Israeli interests.

Key Point: Salem Media serves as a bridge between the Israeli government and the American Evangelical community, often framing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a biblical and conservative lens.

Google AI on Havas Media Network:

Havas Media Network has been identified as a key intermediary in a major digital influence campaign conducted by the Israeli government, particularly following the start of the war on Gaza in October 2023. As of late 2025, the firm is involved in managing and coordinating campaigns aimed at shaping online narratives and public opinion in the United States, including targeting younger demographics. 

Key details regarding Havas Media Network and its work with Israel include:

• Role in Digital Campaigns: Havas Media Network has been used to channel business for Israeli government-sponsored initiatives, including the use of social media influencers to present a pro-Israel narrative.
• Targeting and AI: The campaign, implemented by Havas Media Network and others, focuses on digital platforms like TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook, aiming for 50 million monthly impressions. It involves efforts to influence how AI systems, such as ChatGPT, generate responses about Israel.
• Partnership with Clock Tower X: Havas Media Network has partnered with Clock Tower X, a firm run by Brad Parscale, which was contracted for digital influence campaigns.
• FARA Registration: Documents filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in the U.S. indicate that Havas Media Network works with Israel to develop campaigns in the United States.
• Extent of Operations: Reports suggest this is a significant, well-funded effort by the Israeli government to counter negative perceptions and influence public opinion in Western countries, particularly among Gen Z. 

Reports mention that the campaign includes a $6 million contract for digital influence work, with Havas involved in the operational aspects.

P-O-L-I-T-I-C-A-L_P-A-T-R-O-N-A-G-E...

...the nice way that Democrats spell "Graft and Corruption" in Baltimore City (NYC's Tammany Hall were Pikers).

Brandon Scott, Livin' Large on the Taxpayer's Dime!

More 'Muh Russia' from the Uni-Party's Cold War Obsessed Deep State...

 

...on the "Mysterious" Putin-directed timing coordination of America First's attacks on President Trump that Peter Zeihan talks about on the 11th of April... because  President Trump didn't, and without explanation to MAGA, break his previous pledge to start no new wars subsequently join with Israel to attack Iran on March 30????

The Mysterious Truth...the Half Truth... and Nothing but the Mysterious Other-Half Truth:

Who's Evil Plan can it possibly be to Isolate and then Eradicate MAGA's America First Moral Compass and Break Up the MAGA Movement?  Who could it possibly be...?  Putin!  It's a Mystery No Longer! Thanks Peter!

I'm Somehow Reminded of George Kennan's Long Telegram Analysis of the moral failings of the USSR as they now apply to the current American Deep State...

Walk away from Omelas, Peter!  Show us that you have what it takes!

On Dervy's Guilt-Pride Denialism...

Dervy repeatedly claims that since he feels no "guilt" for America's historical enslavement of African-Americans, he can have no guilt-pride associated with it.  But does he also believe that white Americans like himself have no historical "debt" to black people for their former enslavement?  Does he feel no "obligation" to make restitution (or pay reparations) for their social suffering in the form of social justice?  If he does, Dervy's "guilt/ schuld" is simply manifesting itself to his own mind as a "debt", a debt that is still owed and which must be repaid (with interest).  And this is an obligation that he is proud to acknowledge.  It's what obsessively compels him to behave in the manner of a Woke Social Justice Warrior zealot, and constantly virtue signal the fact that unlike other whites who refuse to acknowledge their social debt, and that he is a loyal ally in Black's quest for restitution.  And Black History Month serves as a perpetual reminder of this historic American debt , a debt that must be repaid, can NEVER be repaid, and NEVER be forgotten!  "Never Forget!"  ...slavery (and white racists)... or in the case of Germany and Jews, the Holocaust and anti-Semitism!  And for this reason alone (acknowledgement of a debt), RACE must perpetually remain an ESSENTIAL feature of American (and German) life.

Slavoj Žižek and Alenka Zupančič, "Debt Inc.: Guilt, Credit, and the Algorithmic Future" (an excerpt)

Debt, Guilt, and Their Ambiguity

As Freud shows, for example, in his analysis of obsessional neurosis (the case study of the “Ratman”), debt plays a key role in this structure: obsessional subjects experience themselves as always indebted to the Other—be it the father, the Law, God, or the analyst. They are trapped in a paradox: on the one hand, they want to pay their debt, to be free; on the other, they endlessly postpone payment, because if the debt were ever settled, the Other’s desire would be extinguished—and that is unbearable. The obsessional solution, therefore, is to keep the debt alive. This gives them a sense of control over the Other’s desire (“I still owe, so the Other still wants (something from me)”), albeit at a very high cost, which can almost completely paralyze life, as we vividly see in the case of the “Rat Man.” Freud extends the fundamental logic of this compulsive structure to the functioning of religion in general, understanding the latter as a kind of “universal obsessive neurosis”: religion is not simply a set of beliefs and intimate faith; it operates as a system of practices and rituals aimed at managing anxiety and guilt in relation to the Other. Since, for Freud, there is at the same time no such thing as a completely non-pathological psychological structure, obsessive neurosis can be understood as one of the possible structures of “normality.”

In a slightly different register—one in which debt also resonates with guilt (as it does directly in the German language, where Schuld means both debt and guilt, though this connection is culturally more universal)—it is interesting to observe how this plays out in classical tragedy, and later in modern tragedy. As Hegel notes in his Lectures on Aesthetics, the force of the great tragic characters of antiquity lies in the fact that they have no choice: they are what they will and accomplish from their birth onward, and they are this with all their being. For this reason, Hegel continues, they do not in any way claim to be innocent of their acts. On the contrary, the greatest offence one can commit against a great tragic hero is to regard him or her as innocent; for great tragic characters, it is an honor to be guilty.[1]

To be guilty—to carry one’s particular symbolic debt—is to be, in the emphatic sense of the term. In this configuration, guilt pertains to being in a double sense: not only are we already guilty by virtue of existing (like in the tragedy of Oedipus), but guilt/debt also serves as the proof—the manifestation—of our being. Roughly speaking, we can see this logic at work later as well, in most of the classical tragedies.

In this respect, one of the most significant shifts that takes place with modernity is the idea that this symbolic debt, which once equaled (and justified) our being, can be taken away from us. In his reading of modern tragedy, as exemplified by Paul Claudel, Jacques Lacan points out that this is precisely what befalls his tragic heroines—particularly Sygne de Coûfontaine from the Coûfontaine trilogy.

“We are no longer guilty just in virtue of symbolic debt. … It is the debt itself in which we have our place that can be taken away from us, and it is here that we can feel completely alienated from ourselves. The ancient Ate doubtless made us guilty of this debt, but to renounce it as we can now means that we are left with an even greater misfortune: destiny no longer applies.”[2]

This possibility that arises with modernity is a possibility of a more radical alienation, which can lead to something like the sacrifice of the sacrifice itself: we can be asked or expected to sacrifice everything we have for a cause, but the next level, so to speak, is when we are then asked to sacrifice/betray this cause itself, the very thing for which we were willing to sacrifice everything. In this case, we don’t just lose everything we have; at the horizon looms the loss of everything we are.

In all these examples, debt functions as our attachment to the Other, who also bestows upon us our being. Yet we can also look at this from the other side: although the relation is not simply symmetrical, the Other too seems to depend on our debt—or guilt—for its own existence and prosperity. This, for instance, is something Nietzsche repeatedly exposed in his writings, taking Christianity as the model par excellence of this dynamic

Christianity, and particularly its Catholic strain, devised a complex system for forgiving and atoning for our sins, while simultaneously maintaining our debt to the Father and the Son who made such forgiveness possible. A sin that is forgiven, in this logic, amplifies rather than abolishes our debt.

This is the reason what Nietzsche insisted on the importance of the distinction between forgiving and forgetting: forgiving is a way of sustaining a bond—and with it, a debt. Forgiveness has a perverse way of entangling us even further in indebtedness. To forgive always somehow implies “paying” for the other, and thus turning the very act of injury and its forgiveness into a new kind of “engagement ring.” God forgives our sins by paying for them—by paying for them with his own flesh.

This, for Nietzsche, constitutes the fundamental perversity of Christianity: while forgiving, it simultaneously waves before us the cross—the instrument of torture, the reminder of the one who suffered and died so that we might be forgiven, the memory of the one who paid for us. Christianity forgives, but it does not forget.

One could say that, with the eyes of the sinner fixed on the cross, forgiveness creates a new debt in the very act of forgiving. It forgives what was done, but it does not forgive the act of forgiving itself. On the contrary, the latter establishes a new bond and a new debt. It is now infinite mercy—understood as the capacity for forgiveness—that sustains the infinite debt, the debt as infinite. The debt is no longer brought about by our actions; it is produced by the act of forgiving those actions. We are indebted for forgiveness.[3] This is the reason why Nietzsche counters the concept of forgiving with the concept of forgetting (“a good example of this in modern times is Mirabeau, who had no memory for insults and vile actions done to him and was unable to forgive simply because he – forgot”).

Christianity thus invented a singular way of maintaining and amplifying our debt—through the Savior paying for it, and through the Church forgiving our sins in His name. At the same time, for doctrinal reasons, the Catholic religion long struggled with—and resisted—the idea that today appears as an entirely natural precondition of debt, or its internal moment: namely, interest. More precisely, it resisted the monetary expression of the increase of debt, which it nevertheless very much practiced on the symbolic level.

Credit means that when we receive or borrow something—especially when we borrow money—our debt grows with time, and we must return more than we were lent. We pay for the time during which the Other holds us “in credit,” and we pay, so to speak, for the very access to debt. The notion that money could generate (more) money—that value could emerge from nothing but time—stood in deep conflict with theological orthodoxy. For this reason, in the Middle Ages only non-Christians (Jewish, and later Lombard or Florentine bankers) were permitted to lend at interest, often acting as intermediaries. Of course, this also meant that Christians could use them to lend money at interest without themselves being held accountable—thus giving rise to the classical antisemitic topos of the usurious “Jew.”

Post-Orban Hungary