March 9th – Content to Amplify
Horrors and war crimes in Iran, Americans pay the price of war, people unite on International Women’s Day, Trump is a pedophile
TL/DR; Amplify these narratives (content below):
The Trump regime is committing crimes against humanity, bombing children, and terrorizing Iranians in Americans’ name.
Americans are paying the price for the Trump regime’s crimes against humanity.
Protesters around the world demanded justice for survivors and accountability for Epstein criminals on International Women’s Day.
Trump sexually abused a 13-year-old child.
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Over the last several days, we’ve witnessed growing horrors from the Trump regime’s war on Iran - hellish scenes that would honestly be unimaginable without the footage: massive walls of fire engulfing Iranian cityscapes; acid rain falling on civilians from black, smoky skies; and grief-stricken Iranian families losing their loved ones. The Trump regime’s war crimes are rapid and egregious. And it’s all being committed in our name. While Iranians die and suffer, and everyday Americans pay the costs of the war at home, the Epstein class lines their pockets with defense contracts and oil money.
As difficult as it is to watch scenes from Iran, we must share them. Imagery helps turn the vague concept of war into a visceral outrage for everyday Americans and builds defiance against it - and draws attention to the Trump regime’s crimes and failures at home and abroad.
That defiance was out strong this weekend on International Women’s Day. Across the country and the world, we collectively took to the streets to protest against violent wars, ICE terror, and Epstein criminals - including the pedophile-in-chief himself. While our movement grows stronger and more united, the Trump regime’s failures only become more glaringly obvious, so much so that even the MAGA base is jumping ship. These are the shifting dynamics that you all have made possible, and that we must continue to get loud about.
TOP THREE THINGS TO AMPLIFY
1. The Trump regime is committing crimes against humanity, bombing children, and terrorizing Iranians in Americans’ name.
Lots of disturbing footage emerged from the Trump regime’s war on Iran over the weekend, with hellish scenes of fire, smoke, and black acid rain pouring over Tehran. While it’s hard to look at, it’s very important that we share the painful reality of what is happening on the ground - particularly when we have footage that makes it feel very real for people.
Without visual documentation, war can feel like just a concept. In reality, the Iranian people - and American troops - are experiencing unimaginable horrors day in and day out. The Trump and Netanyahu regimes continue committing endless war crimes, bombing schools, hospitals, and residential areas. We now have confirmation that the strike on the Minab girls elementary school was likely intentional as the U.S. bombed it not once, but twice within an hour. Children make up 30% of those killed so far in Iran. Our own government is using our tax dollars to murder children en masse. WE ARE NOT ANGRY ENOUGH.
U.S.-Israeli bombing oil depot causes fiery apocalyptic scenes in Tehran
Oil depot bombing leads to black acid rain in Tehran - an ecological and health disaster
Investigations show it’s likely the U.S. was responsible for bombing the Minab girls elementary school twice, 40 minutes apart
U.S. and Israel have hit at least 13 hospitals and 4 schools so far — children comprise about 30% of those killed
Iran’s Education Ministry says U.S. and Israeli attacks have killed 192 students and teachers and injured 154 others
Children injured in strikes receive care at a Tehran hospital
Video of the primary school after the attack in Iran
Panic as a strike lands next to a boys’ school in Iran
War is an attack on children
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Faces of the school girls killed in the Minab elementary school strikes
The last photo of Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, a third-grade student killed in the US strike on a primary school
Iranian mother comforts child as US and Israeli bombs rain down
“Killing of a single child should make us stop cold,” says UNICEF spokesperson
Ms. Rachel: “The children being bombed are the same children as the ones in your home.”
2. Americans are paying the price for the Trump regime’s crimes against humanity.
While the Trump regime commits heinous war crimes abroad in our name, Americans are paying the price at home. They want us to think things are going well. But they’re not. Military bases that American tax dollars have spent decades to pay for are getting destroyed in the Middle East, and they’re actively trying to hide that from us. As if everything wasn’t already too expensive, gas prices in the U.S. have skyrocketed by 14% in the last week. And when gas prices increase, the cost of everything increases. Americans are less safe, and risks of attack only increase as the war goes on. Meanwhile, the Trump regime is floating a military draft trial balloon that we must loudly and clearly denounce. No one wants to send their loved ones overseas to die for a pedophile waging a violent, greedy war that murders school children and bombs hospitals. And while the war only leads to suffering for both Iranians and Americans, defense contractors in the Epstein class will be getting richer.
Gas prices surge nationwide
Diesel gas prices going up means cost of goods will also go up, making life more expensive for everyday Americans
War drives inflation and costs up
Comedian Cassie Willson’s war tradeoff skit shows U.S. prioritizes war over everything else
Karoline Levitt says Trump admin is not ruling out potential military draft
White House posts videos of the war in Iran mixed with Call of Duty, treating war as a game
Our tax dollars are making defense contractors rich
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Tax dollars going to missiles, bombs, and warplanes instead of universal healthcare, paid maternity leave, paid sick leave, schools, childcare, and more
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3. Protesters around the world demanded justice for survivors and accountability for Epstein criminals on International Women’s Day.
People all around the world took to the streets on International Women’s Day yesterday calling for justice for survivors and demanding that the Epstein class of sexual abusers, criminals, and billionaires be held accountable. From mobilizing outside Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico to marching in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors through the streets of Minneapolis, together we are fighting back against war, pedophiles, and ICE. These moments of collective defiance are important to share - both to show our power and keep building social proof for the resistance.
We’re also continuing to see MAGA defections and fallout over the Trump regime’s failures and Epstein crimes. As our movement grows more unified and powerful, the Trump regime only grows weaker, and their MAGA base is splintering under the weight of Trump’s endless letdowns. We should be highlighting both sides of the spectrum: our wins and their real-time decay.
Women’s March mobilized hundreds at Zorro Ranch to demand justice for survivors
Protest in Minneapolis
Rihanna protests outside Trump Tower
Sex offender PSA signs with Trump’s face posted around D.C.
MAGA defections from the war on Iran
Epstein fallout has implicated over 40 people in business, politics, and academics
Highway signs by Visibility Brigade call out Iran war as distraction from Epstein files
BONUS: Trump sexually abused a 13-year-old child.
We can’t let this story get lost in Trump’s barrage of horrific distractions. After initially trying to hide this evidence, the DOJ finally released the Epstein file interviews containing allegations that Trump sexually abused a 13-year-old girl. New reporting suggests the FBI deemed this witness credible (she testified in the DOJ’s own criminal trip against Ghislaine Maxwell). This is huge and sickening and we won’t take the distraction bait. We have to continue amplifying this one until our pedo president is held accountable.
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MORE CONTENT + CLIPS
Stories of Defiance
(showcase the movement to fight back from everyday people to institutions to build social proof)
Protesters play live music outside a Hilton in NYC to protest Hilton housing ICE
Minneapolis cafe makes pay-what-you-can policy permanent
Ms Rachel: “When will NOT speaking out for kids getting killed be controversial?”
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Veteran Daniel Lakemacher urges U.S. soldiers to “refuse this illegal and immoral war” on Iran and object to illegal orders
Veteran Dylan Blaha tells troops they can disobey illegal orders
Fox News’ Laura Ingraham calls for transparency from U.S. military
Podcast host Jennifer Welch used GLAAD Media Awards speech to say: “F*ck ICE, f*ck Donald Trump, free Palestine, and save trans kids!”
Ben Stiller denounces White House using clip of “Tropic Thunder” for Iran propaganda video
Pokémon rebukes White House for using new game Pokopia’s font in MAGA post
Nintendo sues U.S. government over Trump tariffs
Steve Downes, “Halo” voice actor, demands to be removed from Trump post
Costco wants tariff refunds to pay back customers
OpenAI Head of Robotics Caitlin Kalinowski quits over Pentagon deal, unwilling to build robots for surveillance and war
ICE / Military Escalation
(show the reality of fascism and widespread impact on communities)
ICE deports Bay Area family, including 6-year-old deaf boy without his cochlear implants
ICE detains Sunny Naqvi for two days, moving her from O’Hare to WI and lying to family about her whereabouts
ICE staff at the largest detention facility, Camp East Montana in TX, place bets on detainee suicides
911 calls reveal pain and despair for detainees at Camp East Montana
It’s on all of us to stop ICE detention centers in our backyards
Lifestyle creator shares stories and drawings of kids in ICE concentration camp
Outdoor creator shares story of Linda Davis killed by ICE from his canoe
Fascism + Corruption
(showcase corruption and rising fascism in U.S. government)
ProPublica investigation reveals a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries and companies they regulate
DHS and U.S. Secret Service want to build a tool to surveil U.S. travelers
Thank you, Jiggy! Much appreciated. 💙