Critically Thinking about Iran: The importance of this issue is hard to overstate…

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Iran is yet another matter that screams out for Critical Thinking. Regretfully, like with many things, much of what you read and hear will be devoid of that, as it’s a lot easier to spew political talking points, disguised as journalism.

This short commentary will try to put some parts of this concerning matter into perspective. As readers know, accurate perspective is a necessary ingredient of Critical Thinking.

Brief History of Iran —

Most of us know very little about the long history of Iran. Here is a recent overview. This is a reasonable (but somewhat more detailed) history.

How we have confused Iran —

It’s understandable that Iran may not take any President at face value, as the last three have had radically different Iran policies…

Despite claims that Iran was a terrorist state, etc, President Obama gave them $1.7 Billion in cash, plus freed up $50+ Billion more for them.

In President Trump’s first term, he stated that he was exerting “maximum pressure” on Iran. One consequence of this was that their annual oil reserves went from $122 Billion in 2018 to $4 Billion in 2020 (see here).

President Biden’s Iran policy was vague and non-descript, which translated to that it was about appeasement. This led to Iran being enriched by tens of billions of dollars (e.g., here, here, and here).

What’s at Stake —

Three things are clear about the current Iranian regime: 1) it hates Israel and America, 2) it has funded deadly terrorist activity in many areas, and 3) it has been aggressively working towards developing nuclear bomb capability.

The ruse of the JCPOA —

JCPOA = Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. See here, here, and here.

What Israel has done recently —

In the last week or so, Israel has made multiple very targeted (military only) strikes on Iran. For sample reporting see here and here. In response, Iran has made several non-military attacks on Israel (e.g., see here).

What the US has done recently —

Iran was given numerous warnings by President Trump in hopes of getting them to be serious about a diplomatic solution, but their responses indicated that there was no hope for that. No citizens know exactly what stage Iran was at regarding a nuclear bomb. The President and his team (who do have access to such confidential intelligence), decided that we needed to quickly undermine their nuclear bomb progress, which was done (see here and here).

What Iran may do —

This, of course, is unknown. This article opines: Seven Options for Iran After US Attacks. Another: Here’s how Iran could retaliate after US strikes on its nuclear program.

The short-range impact on US citizens —

There are multiple possibilities, from cyberattacks to oil price increases. There will also be incessant political dissent from never-Trumpers — like calls for his impeachment. [Note that complaining Dems forgot that the prior U.S. Secretary of State publicly stated that military intervention to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons could not be ruled out — e.g., here.]

The long-range impact on US citizens —

One potentially positive outcome is that other bad actors will appreciate that President Trump is willing to step up if necessary. Hopefully that will lead to less bad behavior on their part…

China and other players —

China is an ally of Iran, and what they will do is undetermined. One recent reported development is that they sent five 747’s to Iran. These may be to:

a) replenish Iran’s missile stockpile,

b) remove and safeguard some of what Iran has developed regarding a nuclear bomb, or

c) something else.

The Bottom Line —

The short answer is that no one knows what the total fallout will be here. This was not a zero-sum matter, as doing nothing also had the real potential for catastrophic results. In effect, the U.S. was between a rock and a hard place.

Praying is a good idea, and getting your own affairs in order also makes sense.

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UN Secretary-General, Obama Officials, Chuck Schumer Condemn Operation ‘Midnight Hammer’

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All the right people.

President Trump’s strikes quickly took out Iran’s nuclear program without risking any American lives or further involvement. Despite that the strikes were greeted with outrage not only by Iran, but by social media influencers, the former Obama officials who empowered Iran, and by Democrats, including Sen. Chuck Schumer who claimed that he would, rather late in the game, move for a War Powers vote.

Schumer had spent multiple elections running on promises to push back on Iran only to now campaign for Iran.

Tommy Vietor, Obama’s NSC spokesman, warned that, “Iran might retaliate today, tomorrow or in months. Or a year from now, Iran or its proxies might blow up a bus filled with American tourists in Cyprus.”

True. Would that ongoing state of affairs be better with or without nukes?

Obama chose to make Iran more of a threat, President Trump chose to shrink the threat.

“I am gravely alarmed by the use of force by the United States against Iran today. This is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned.

Iran has promised to complain to the UN. Unfortunately it may find out, as we already have, that the UN is entirely useless.

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‘NO Kings 2.0’ Protests Set for July 4th Because the First One Was a Bust

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After the first “NO Kings” protests fell flat and failed to gain traction, organizers are doubling down with plans for a second demonstration.

The protests are scheduled for July 4th, as anti-ICE activists once again aim to disrupt America’s Independence Day celebrations and advance their agenda.

We think these paid for by CCP; other Communist groups funded by Soros; pro-illegal alien NGOs which are anti-American; anti-ICE; anti-Trump falderal’s will fail again.

Great how Marxists Democrats and their legacy sycophants keep picking these hills to die on.

No Kings 2.0 Protests Set for July 4 Because the First One Was a Bust

Sarah Arnold  | June 21, 2025 1:30 PM

After the first “No Kings” protests fell flat and failed to gain traction, organizers are doubling down with plans for a second demonstration. 

The protests are scheduled for July 4th, as anti-ICE activists once again aim to disrupt America’s Independence Day celebrations and advance their agenda. According to a Facebook post, the second No Kings protest promises to deliver “No Kings” and “reclaim” freedom for the nation. The first demonstrations occurred earlier this month during President Donald Trump’s 250th celebration of the U.S. Army. Still, the far-left organizers failed to seize control or remove the president from office, so now they’re making another attempt.

Despite protests planned across the country, many critics have dismissed them, expressing frustration with the far left’s repeated disruptive tactics.

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An Iranian in Exile: Military Defeat Not Enough, Regime Change Must Follow

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Iranians in exile are wishing and hoping, and hoping and wishing, that Israel will succeed in its demolition derby, taking apart bit by bit every aspect of the Islamic Republic’s military machine, so weakening it that the rulers can only with great difficulty suppress their domestic enemies should those enemies begin to demonstrate against them, and so humiliated in the eyes of the world that the number of those domestic enemies grows, as people have taken to saying, “exponentially.”

One of those Iranian exiles, hoping that the end is nigh for the Iranian regime, is Saeed Ghasseminejad, whose appeal to Israel to keep on fighting, and to include regime change as one of its war aims, can be found here: “Israel cannot settle for a temporary military win, it must topple the Islamic regime — opinion,” by Saeed Ghasseminejad, Jerusalem Post, June 16, 2025:

The calls for restraint will come, as they always do. As Israeli military successes against the Islamic Republic of Iran mount, a chorus of international voices will urge Jerusalem to “take the win” and seek a diplomatic off-ramp. They will argue from a well-worn script, advising Israel to consolidate its victory from a position of strength. It is a tempting and logical-sounding argument that would be a catastrophic mistake.

For Israel, this is not a conventional conflict that can be concluded with a ceasefire and a treaty. It is a confrontation with an ideologically driven regime whose very identity is predicated on Israel’s destruction. To settle for anything less than the removal of the Islamist regime in Tehran is to merely pause a clock that is ticking towards a more dangerous future: a defeat in disguise.

A remarkable consensus is forming across the Israeli political spectrum on this critical point. When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks directly to the Iranian people, urging them that “your light will defeat their darkness,” he is doing more than scoring rhetorical points.

His words, echoed by key opposition figures like former prime minister Naftali Bennett, who has long expressed a desire to see the Iranian people freed from their oppressors, signal a fundamental shift. The debate in Israel is no longer about whether to confront Iran, but how to ensure the confrontation yields a permanent solution. The answer is clear: the regime must go.

Israel has degraded critical threats, it must do more

Israel’s immediate military actions have, by all accounts, been successful in degrading Tehran’s most critical threats. The three pillars of the regime’s threat – its nuclear program, its ballistic missile arsenal, and its global terror network – have been shaken. But to believe these setbacks are permanent is to ignore decades of history….

Israel has accomplished a great deal militarily since October 7, 2023. It has systematically weakened every one of Iran’s proxies in the region. It has destroyed Hamas in Gaza, and brought Hezbollah to its knees in southern Lebanon. Neither terror group now poses much of a threat to Israel. Israeli strikes have destroyed 80-90% of the arsenals of both groups — missiles, rockets, and drones. Half of the fighters Hamas had on October 7 have been killed, and many more wounded. Hezbollah has lost thousands of its combatants, including 3,800 who were so seriously wounded by those “exploding pagers” prepared and distributed by Mossad, that they are no longer able to fight. By having destroyed Assad’s main ally, Hezbollah, Israel facilitated the victory of the Sunni Arab rebels over Assad’s Alawite-dominated regime, turning Syria from a firm ally of Iran into an enemy of the Islamic state. Syria is now run by Sunni Arabs who will never forget or forgive Iran’s support for the Assad regime. The IDF hasn’t forgotten the Houthis, either, and has managed to destroy in Yemen most of the airbase at Sanaa and the ports of Hodeidah and as-Salif.

In Iran, the Israelis have struck a dozen sites housing various components of the country’s nuclear program. These include two of the three main sites for uranium enrichment, at Natanz and Isfahan; the third, Fordow, has so far been spared as the IDF waits to see what assistance, if any, Washington will provide so that the facility built 300 feet deep inside a mountain can be destroyed. In addition, the IDF has severely damaged military airbases at Tabriz and Hamadan, destroyed a nuclear reactor at Arak, killed 13 of the most senior generals in both the IRGC and the Iranian army, and assassinated the nine most important nuclear scientists, all of whom — sleeping in apartments all over Tehran — were killed at the exact same moment by Israeli missiles. Israel has destroyed Iran’s state television. It has destroyed the last F-14 Tomcats in Iran’s arsenal. It has destroyed both ballistic missile factories and ballistic missiles, as well as missile launchers. Hundreds of ballistic missiles have been fired at Israel in the first week of the war but fewer the 10% have avoided interception, and even those that did have mostly fallen in open areas. Instead of its former barrages of 100 ballistic missiles in a single night, the Iranians are down to a few dozen. Every day brings fresh news of Israeli successes: more nuclear sites hit, more ballistic missiles and more missile launchers destroyed, more generals killed, more government offices, from internal security to the broadcasting authority, destroyed.

Saeed Ghasseminejad is grateful for Israel’s destruction of the Islamic Republic’s airbases, ballistic missiles, nuclear facilities, and its assassination of generals and nuclear scientists. But he insists that the war would have been in vain unless there is regime change.

The regime that has ruled Iran for 46 years will not change its spots. If it is not overturned, it will still have the power to suppress dissent and oppress its people. It will try to resurrect its nuclear program and to rebuild its ballistic missile factories. It may call on its ally Russia — so eager to re-establish a major presence in the Middle East, or perhaps its other ally, China — for help with both the nuclear program and the production of ballistic missiles. Of course the IDF will be watching, but may not want to risk hitting Russian or Chinese soldiers and defense technologists. The only way to finally put paid, permanently, to the Iranian threat is to overturn the present regime and hope that its replacement, ideally a government of technocrats uninterested in continuing a jihad against Israel, will see the folly of wasting more tens of billions of dollars on waging war against the Jewish state, which has no quarrel with the people of Iran and, furthermore, has been the most significant force in overturning the despotism that has been oppressing them for almost half a century.

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What’s the Point?

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Greetings, everyone, I am typing this missive from the Holiday Inn Express in Del Rio, Texas. Yep, the same Del Rio, Texas, that was practically in the news daily during the Biden administration, evidencing the droves of tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who were flowing into our Nation.

I am here in several Texas border counties recognizing outstanding constitutional law enforcement officers from Kinney, Sutton, and Kerr Counties as part of the American Constitutional Rights Union Defender Initiative.

As I drove through Kinney and Val Verde counties, there was an absolutely noticeable difference.

You did not see a law enforcement vehicle every 800 meters. There are no more high-speed chases down US Hwy 90. And the children in Kinney County have not had a lockdown in over six months due to illegal immigrant bailouts and pursuits.

I stood there at the International bridge in Del Rio, and there was no chaos, no mass throngs of people polluting and trashing the area, awaiting their turn to illegally enter America.

Just so you know, Texas shares some 1,249 miles of border with Mexico…and it appears we have regained operational control of our southern border.

So, when I flip on the news and watch all these insidious riots being waged by the progressive socialist leftists, my question is simple. What’s the point?

Saturday was the 250th birthday of the US Army. However, for the left it was a day to remind people why their party symbol is a jackass.

This so-called “No Kings” protest leaves me scratching my head.

I find it quite laughable that leftists do not consider mandating people what type of car they can drive, food they can eat, dishwasher and stove they can have, shower head they can use, and the amount of toilet water they can flush as tyrannical. Nope, controlling your life is just fine. Telling you that you cannot own a firearm and defend yourself while illegal immigrants are obtaining firearms and committing acts of violence against Americans is perfectly acceptable.

I just want to know, what delusional, deranged Democrat strategist came up with the chucklehead idea that they should riot in the streets to protect criminal illegal immigrants. Ya know, the murderers, rapists, child sex offenders, those who assault, set women on fire on subways, kill female college students and mothers.

What person said, “This is a grand idea, and we can win back the American people?”

And to have useful idiots and mindless lemmings, like Maxine Waters, tell us this is all peaceful? Only leftists would believe that an illegal immigrant tossing a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement or dropping cinder blocks from overpasses is peaceful.

Again, what’s the point?

The point is simple to comprehend. The progressive socialist leftists care more about their open borders agenda to “fundamentally transform” America than YOU and your safety and security.

They care little about the Constitution, the rule of law, and, actually, it appears they embrace foreign criminality and terrorist organizations.

I mean, why else would a United States Senator, Chris Van Hollen, make an utter fool of himself and go to El Salvador and plead for the release of an El Salvadoran citizen who entered our Country illegally, and is now facing charges of human and sex trafficking and conspiracy to murder. One can only deduce that Van Hollen, who shared a margarita with Abrego Garcia, thinks of him as just a fine, cheeky fellow.

Yes, the leftists want more young American U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets, like 18-year-old Ava Moore, to die at the hands of a criminal, illegal immigrant female from Venezuela. Ava Moore was kayaking on Lake Grapevine in North Texas when she was struck by this cretin on a jet ski. Heck, maybe that is the point, leftists are rioting because they want more illegal immigrants to have a jet ski.

The bottom line is simple: leftists, Marxists, and their compatriots, Islamic jihadists, cannot win you over with reason.

They cannot advance their ideological agenda through a logical debate.

What they believe in does not stand scrutiny by anyone with a functional brain. Therefore, they must foment fear, promote coercion, forcibly intimidate, and ultimately enact violence to advance their ideals.

By the left’s own definition of an insurrection, this is really one. And President Trump has every right to put down this insurrection by the means he commands. Attacking federal law enforcement agents is a crime. Purposefully destroying federal property is a felony. And all these leftists decrying states’ rights would not do so when a State stands against dismembering unborn babies in the womb.

President Trump is acting “in pursuance thereof” in regards to our Constitution, protecting our national sovereignty, and “insuring domestic tranquility”.

For four years, leftists watched the Biden administration autopen undermine our border security, and remember, “the border is secure”. They said nothing while millions poured into our Country illegally, including single military age males, non-state non-uniform belligerents, and Chinese operatives.

Now we are taking action to rid this Country of criminal illegal immigrants, and the leftists, along with the jihadists, are rioting.

What’s the point? The progressive socialist left, the Democrat party, hates America.

They hate anyone who stands in the way of their totalitarian control.

They hate you for being a Patriot and believing in this Nation.

They happily prefer to allow criminal illegal immigrants to murder you, rape our women, commit heinous acts of depravity against our children, and will gladly burn this Nation down…just to have domination and complete power.

What’s my point? I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And I will honor my oath and take insurrectionists to the woodshed.

Steadfast and Loyal, not just words, but a calling by which I live.

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DNC Reportedly May Need To Borrow Cash To Keep Lights On

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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has been grappling with infighting and a decline in donations in recent months, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

DNC Chair Ken Martin, who was elected in February, has overseen slowing fundraising from major donors, the NYT reported. Some top DNC officials have even floated the idea of whether it may be necessary to start borrowing money to continue paying the bills, according to the NYT.

Six anonymous sources told the NYT that major Democratic donors have been extremely slow to donate to the party this year. Additionally, two anonymous sources told the outlet that senior DNC officials have even floated the idea of potentially borrowing money in the coming months.

Rufus Gifford, who served as the finance chairman of former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign, told the NYT that Democrats “need to come together and focus on the issues at hand.”

“What they are seeing is headline after headline of incompetence and infighting, and I think that is a real problem not just for the DNC but for the larger Democratic brand,” Gifford told the outlet. “We need to come together and focus on the issues at hand. That’s got to happen now. And I mean today. And if that can’t happen, we need to shift course.”

Democratic Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan told the NYT that the recent drama in the DNC was “worse than some high school student council drama.”

Martin told the NYT that he believes many major Democratic donors were “frustrated” by the results of the 2024 elections.

“People invested more money than they ever had before, they dug deeper than they ever had, and they are quite frustrated by the result,” Martin told the outlet. “They want answers. I don’t take it personally. I wasn’t in charge.”

“I know there’s a lot of people that are carrying grudges, that are still litigating the campaign that their person didn’t win,” Martin told the NYT. “I am not one of those people. There’s no sense of living in the past. I have no enemies other than Donald Trump and the Republican Party.”

The NYT’s report comes shortly after David Hogg, a gun control activist who was elected to serve as one of the DNC’s vice chairs in February, sparked massive backlash in the Democratic Party after he announced in April plans to primary incumbent Democrats. On June 11, the DNC voted to remove Hogg from his vice chair position and require him to run again due to a procedural complaint, Politico first reported.

On June 8, leaked audio revealed that Martin expressed concern about Hogg’s ability to lead the party due to the infighting his decisions had ignited, according to Politico. Martin notably paused twice and appeared to choke up during the recording, according to the outlet.

Moreover, Randi Weingarten, the longtime head of the American Federation of Teachers, and Lee Saunders, the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, announced they were leaving the DNC, the NYT reported on Sunday. Both of the union leaders had backed Martin’s main opponent in the DNC chair election earlier this year, Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler, according to the NYT.

Still, some Democrats have defended Martin’s leadership, including Maria Cardona, a longtime DNC member, who told the NYT that he “does the work” and “rolls up the sleeves.”

“Everything that Ken has done, regardless of the drama that it has caused, has been the right moves,” Cardona told the outlet. “He does the work. He rolls up the sleeves.”

A DNC spokesperson did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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PODCAST: FBI Reports China Mass Produced Fake U.S. Driver’s Licenses in 2020 for the Purpose of Voting Fraud

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FBI Director Kash Patel announced the declassification of documents alleging Chinese involvement in producing fraudulent driver’s licenses intended for fake mail-in ballots supporting President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Mr. Patel made the announcement on X and immediately turned the documents over to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley for review.

The FBI intelligence report, originally from the Albany, New York field office and dated September 25, 2020, detailed concerns that Beijing mass-produced fake American driver’s licenses to influence the 2020 election through phony mail-in ballots. The report was subsequently recalled with instructions to destroy all copies and remove it from computer systems, reportedly to re-interview the source.

According to the allegations, the Chinese Communist Party planned to create voter identities for Chinese residents in the United States, enabling them to vote via fraudulent mail-in ballots supporting former President Biden. The FBI learned of this effort in August 2020, but intelligence reports were recalled for unspecified reasons. The plot allegedly involved manufacturing fake driver’s licenses and shipping them to the United States specifically to facilitate election fraud.

Sen. Grassley has requested additional documentation from the FBI, including records related to the report’s recall and re-interview process. He also questioned why former FBI Director Christopher Wray ordered the report’s destruction. The Iowa Republican had previously raised concerns about fake driver’s licenses in the 2020 election and pressed for further FBI investigation.

Customs and Border Protection data supports concerns about fraudulent documents, reporting 1,513 seizures containing fake documents in the first half of 2020, including nearly 20,000 counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Most shipments originated from Hong Kong and China, with many licenses designed for college-age students.

Some fake Michigan licenses were particularly sophisticated, featuring working barcodes.

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PODCAST: Missiles, Assinations, Riots, Parades, Nukes, NO Kings but a Duly Elected President!

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“Will Not Settle For a Bad Nuclear Deal With Iran…UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.” — President Donald J. Trump

President trump has made it clear that U.S. policy is a nuclear Iran is not acceptable. Now is not the time to negotiate any deal with this brutal regime, and all sanctions must be fully enforced — no sanctions relief. The committee will work to ensure Iran’s full compliance with IAEA investigation into undeclared nuclear sites. Combat Threat of Iran Drones and Missiles. Iranian drones are fueling conflicts around the world, including attacks on U.S. servicemembers in the Middle East, Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine, and the conflict in Ethiopia.

Protect Americans.. The Trump administration will take significant action to deter Iranian a plots against Americans and Iran-backed proxy attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East. Iran must immediately release American citizens being held hostages, and the administration must prioritize freeing these hostages as soon as possible.

‘No Kings’ protest fliers found in car of man suspected of shooting Minnesota lawmakers…

Fliers associated with Saturday’s nationwide protests of President Trump were found in the car of a man accused of killing Minnesota’s former House speaker and her husband and wounding two others. The Minnesota State Patrol warned residents to avoid “planned demonstrations” across the state Saturday, “out of an abundance of caution” as they hunt down the shooter. Police warned residents in the area not to open their doors for a cop impersonator as they hunt for the man they said is armed and dangerous. Rep. Melissa Hortman, the former speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, were killed, Gov. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, were shot multiple times in a separate attack by the same suspect and are undergoing surgery.

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EXCLUSIVE: How Chinese Intel Infiltrated LA Mayor Karen Bass’ Camp

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An official in Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ administration is the son of a Chinatown powerbroker and Democratic donor who has praised the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and works with foreign intelligence agencies, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.

Adam Ma has held multiple positions in Bass’ office, his LinkedIn profile states, and now serves as both the city’s liaison for Asian-Americans and director of commission appointments, according to the Los Angeles government website. His father, who raised tens of thousands of dollars for Bass’ mayoral campaign, previously lauded the Communist Party for creating a “strong China” and is listed as an official by multiple arms of a Chinese government influence and intelligence service called the United Front Work Department (UFWD).

“If China didn’t have the CCP, there’d be no strong China today, overseas Chinese compatriots send the highest praise and admiration to the CCP,” Adam Ma’s father, Ma Shurong, said in July 2021 to commemorate the Party’s 100th anniversary, according to a DCNF translation of a Chinese government announcement.

“The Communist Party’s UFWD has, in fact, penetrated Karen Bass’s office,” Gordon Chang, China expert and author of “Plan Red: China’s Project To Destroy America,” told the DCNF. “There is a high probability that, wittingly or unwittingly, she is implementing Chinese Communist plans to take down our country. She may be a loyal American, but she has almost certainly become a danger to America.”

Bass, Adam Ma and Ma Shurong did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Bass has risen to national prominence as a central figure in the Democratic Party’s resistance to President Donald Trump’s deportation policies as Los Angeles struggles to grapple with a series of riots opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids that began in the city on June 6.

Although the Trump administration’s “targeted enforcement operations” in Los Angeles have apprehended illegal aliens previously convicted of homicide, drug trafficking and lewd acts with a minor, Bass called for ICE to “stop the raids” during a June 9 press conference, saying she felt her city was “part of an experiment that we did not ask to be a part of.”

‘Overseas United Front’

Ma Shurong, whose English name is Derek Ma, has extensive ties to high-ranking CCP leaders and has served as an official within multiple UFWD agencies, according to Chinese government reports.

The UFWD’s operations are a “unique blend of engagement, influence activities, and intelligence operations that the [CCP] uses to shape its political environment, including to influence other countries’ policy toward the [People’s Republic of China] and to gain access to advanced foreign technology,” according to the House Select Committee on the CCP.

Among other positions, Ma Shurong is listed as an “overseas committee member” by the All-China Federation Of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC), which is a UFWD agency, according to the Department of Justice. Ma Shurong was one of 20 ACFROC officials who delivered speeches alongside that agency’s chief, Wan Lijun, during the group’s August 2018 conference within Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, according to the UFWD agency.

Over the last 10 years, Ma Shurong has met with leaders from at least 10 regional ACFROC branches including officials from Anji, Foshan, Jiangmen, Kaiping, Shantou, Taishan, Wuyi, Yunfu, Guangzhou and Guangdong, during which he repeatedly promised to strengthen cooperation with ACFROC, a DCNF translation of Chinese government documents found.

Image created by DCNF with pics from Chinese government, ACFROC and Sing Tao

In addition to his ACFROC positions, Ma Shurong is also listed as a “director” by the China Overseas Friendship Association (COFA), which is “an important platform through which the UFWD co-opts and interacts with overseas United Front figures,” according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), a legislative branch commission created by Congress to monitor and investigate the national security implications of the relationships between the U.S. and China.

Ma Shurong has attended COFA conferences in China as well, including in 2019, with Chinese state media footage showing him smiling as General Secretary Xi Jinping greeted the UFWD agency’s top operatives. Four years prior, Ma Shurong was also among a group of select overseas Chinese leaders invited to meet with Xi Jinping when he visited Seattle in September 2015. Ma Shurong clapped for the dictator during his speech, Chinese state media footage shows.

Other UFWD arms have also identified Ma Shurong as a director, including the related China Overseas Exchange Association (COEA), which was an organization operating under the UFWD in its final years until it was subsumed by COFA in 2019, according to the Chinese government. As with ACFROC and COFA, Ma Shurong also attended COEA conferences in China, including one September 2017 meeting in Beijing, Chinese state media footage shows.

Image created by DCNF with pics from Huarenone

‘CCP Influence Campaigns’

Adam Ma and his parents, Ma Shurong and Daisy Ma, all supported Bass’ 2022 mayoral campaign through fundraising and other activities, according to Chinese language news reports.

Ma Shurong and Adam Ma held a press conference endorsing Bass’ mayoral campaign in Los Angeles at the Golden Dragon Restaurant on Sept. 10, 2022, Chinese language news outlet ChineseNewsUSA.com reported. Daisy Ma also attended.

Several Chinese American lawmakers, including California Democratic Rep. Judy Chu, endorsed Bass during the event, footage shows. One photo from the event that Bass posted to X shows her standing beside Ma Shurong, Daisy Ma and other supporters.

The next month, Ma Shurong held a fundraiser for Bass at the Golden Dragon Restaurant on Oct. 13, 2022, which netted over $40,000 for her campaign, Chinese language news outlet Huarenone.com reported. Adam Ma and his mother both donated $1,000 to Bass around this time, according to records on the California Secretary of State’s website.

After Bass won the mayoral election, Ma Shurong and his wife attended her inauguration on Dec. 12, 2022, according to a Huarenone.com report. Bass was photographed at the event with both Ma Shurong and his wife, images accompanying the article show.

“From the start we decided to support her and feel happy that she will become the new mayor of Los Angeles,” Ma Shurong told reporters, before adding that he was also happy his son would be joining her team, according to a DCNF translation of the report.

Daisy Ma did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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Adam Ma joined Bass’ team in December 2022 as a director of both her transition office and commission appointments, according to his LinkedIn profile.The next month, Bass served as the grand marshal during the Los Angeles Chinese Lunar New Year parade in January 2023, ABC News reported. During the parade, Adam Ma rode with the mayor in the city‘s vehicle, photos Bass included in an X post reveal.

Ma Shurong also participated in the parade, footage from the event shows, and was photographed by Sing Tao in a group photo with Bass, Chu and a former Los Angeles Police Department reserve commander named Chester Chong, who has also held multiple positions within UFWD arms like COFA and COEA, the DCNF previously reported.

As a representative for Bass, Adam Ma also attended another Chinese Lunar New Year banquet in Los Angeles in February 2023 held by the Chinese American Unity Alliance, according to ChineseNewsUSA.com. The Chinese American Unity Alliance is a nonprofit that is run by Ma Shurong and his wife, according to business records filed with the California Secretary of State.

Two officials from the Los Angeles Chinese Consulate also attended that banquet, including An Mingshuan, according to ChineseNewsUSA.com, whom the UFWD identifies as its consul. On behalf of Bass, Adam Ma presented his father and the nonprofit with a framed congratulatory award during the banquet, according to the ChineseNewsUSA.com report and accompanying photos.

Several months later, Adam Ma began working as Bass’ liaison for Asian Americans and the “LGBTQIA+” community in May 2023, his LinkedIn profile states. Adam Ma again rode with the mayor in the city’s vehicle during the June 2024 Los Angeles gay pride parade, footage Bass posted to X shows.

Adam Ma remains active in the Los Angeles mayor’s office and was recently photographed with Bass and others commemorating “Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month” on May 2, 2025.

The City of Los Angeles paid Adam Ma $129,534.10 in 2024, according to the California State Controller’s Office.

“CCP influence campaigns target local elected officials just like our national leaders,” New York Times bestselling author of “Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win,” Peter Schweizer, told the DCNF. “In many ways they can be even more effective there. Mayor Bass needs to come clean about her ties to these funders.”

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Minnesota Assassination Suspect Had Flyers Reading ‘NO Kings’ In Vehicle

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Newsweek reports,

The suspect in the assassination of a Democrat lawmaker in Minnesota Saturday morning had a stack of flyers reading ‘No Kings’ in their vehicle, Minnesota State Patrol said on X.

“Given the targeted shootings of state lawmakers overnight, we are asking the public to not attend today’s planned demonstrations across Minnesota out of an abundance of caution,” the MSP said, adding, “The photo is of flyers inside the vehicle of the suspect in today’s shootings.”

‘No Kings’ refers to the thousands of demonstrations scheduled to take place throughout the United States Saturday in protest of President Donald Trump as he holds a military parade on his birthday.

They are advising people to stay away from planned ‘No Kings’ Protests throughout the state following the assassination of a Democrat lawmaker and her husband.

Minnesota Democratic state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed early Saturday morning in an act of “targeted political violence,” Governor Tim Walz said during a press conference Saturday.

Hortman and her husband, Mark, were pronounced dead Saturday morning after a gunman posing as law enforcement arrived at their home in the early hours and shot them. Walz called the shooting “a politically motivated assassination.”

The gunman, who remains at large, had targeted the home of Hortman after shooting Senator John Hoffman and his wife at their home.

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We reported in a column titled “Donald Trump’s Hilarious Response to the laughable ‘NO-Kings’ Protests“:

NO Kings’ CCP Connection

The Daily Caller’s Philip Lenczycki reported,

The leader of a Chinese American political action committee involved in organizing upcoming protests against federal immigration enforcement under the “No Kings” banner is also a director of a taxpayer-funded group with extensive ties to Beijing’s intelligence network, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has discovered.

Asian Americans For Progressive America (AAPA) is a California-based political action committee promoting an upcoming national protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) targeted enforcement operations, according to announcements and flyers. AAPA’s president, Elaine Peng, also serves as an executive for United Chinese Americans (UCA), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that has received U.S. government grants worth roughly $370,000 for a mental health program it runs called WAVES, for which Peng is the “director of training.”

UCA claims to be focused on “enriching and empowering Chinese American communities through civic engagement” and has often invoked racial discrimination as the reason it holds protests against U.S. national security initiatives and immigration enforcement. However, translated Chinese government and state media reports reveal a significant number of the nonprofit’s leaders have also served as members of the Chinese government, Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and/or Beijing’s intelligence arms, raising concerns among analysts about foreign influence.

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The leader of a Chinese American political action committee involved in organizing upcoming protests against federal immigration enforcement under the “No Kings” banner is also a director of a taxpayer-funded group with extensive ties to Beijing’s intelligence network, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has discovered.

Asian Americans For Progressive America (AAPA) is a California-based political action committee promoting an upcoming national protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) targeted enforcement operations, according to announcements and flyers. AAPA’s president, Elaine Peng, also serves as an executive for United Chinese Americans (UCA), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that has received U.S. government grants worth roughly $370,000 for a mental health program it runs called WAVES, for which Peng is the “director of training.”

UCA claims to be focused on “enriching and empowering Chinese American communities through civic engagement” and has often invoked racial discrimination as the reason it holds protests against U.S. national security initiatives and immigration enforcement. However, translated Chinese government and state media reports reveal a significant number of the nonprofit’s leaders have also served as members of the Chinese government, Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and/or Beijing’s intelligence arms, raising concerns among analysts about foreign influence.

Michael Lucci, founder and CEO of State Armor, a nonprofit focused on countering the CCP, told the DCNF he believes UCA is “associated with the CCP’s sprawling worldwide network of CCP loyalists.”

UCA president Haipei Shue denied his organization has Chinese government ties, telling the DCNF “UCA’s work has always been fully compliant with U.S. laws and policies, and our efforts are aligned with the national interest of the United States.”

“I am proud of [UCA], an organization made up of Chinese Americans who love this country and contribute to it in countless ways — through scientific achievement, military service, healthcare, entrepreneurship, and more,” said Shue, who has worked for the Chinese government and state-run media outlets, according to UCA’s website and state media reports.

AAPA and Peng did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.

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‘NO KINGS’

AAPA is sponsoring and organizing planned protests in Oakland, California, on June 14 against the Trump administration, as Los Angeles and other cities across the nation struggle to grapple with riots opposing ICE deportation raids, according to a mobilize.us announcement.

“[W]e rise up to say NO KINGS!!” the announcement reads.

A website for the “No Kings” protests states: “They’ve defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services. The corruption has gone too. far. No thrones. No crowns. No kings.”

Peng is also promoting the upcoming Oakland protest on social media.

ICE’s “targeted enforcement operations,” which began in Los Angeles on June 6, have apprehended illegal aliens previously convicted of homicide, drug trafficking and lewd acts with a minor. Several of the arrested have been apprehended while looting or assaulting law enforcement officers. In one case, the Department of Homeland Security announced the arrest of Emiliano Garduno-Galvez — an illegal alien from Mexico — for attempted murder after he threw a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement during the Los Angeles riots.

‘CCP Loyalists’

The DCNF identified more than 10 individuals listed as UCA personnel who have been members of the CCP, Chinese government and/or Chinese intelligence front groups, according to Chinese government and state media reports.

UCA’s founding honorary advisory board included two individuals who are CCP members, as well as officials within fronts for both the intelligence arm of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and China’s premier civilian intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), Chinese government reports reveal.

One of those former advisors, Wang Jisi, has belonged to four MSS front groups, the DCNF previously discovered, and is also listed as a director by the China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies (CFISS), which is controlled by the “Intelligence Bureau within the PLA’s Joint Staff Department,” according to ex-CIA officer Peter Mattis.

UCA’s president, Shue, told the DCNF that Wang has “no affiliation” with UCA, but refused to discuss an archived UCA website link listing Wang as an honorary advisory board member. Wang could not be reached for comment.

Six UCA personnel have also held positions with arms of the United Front Work Department (UFWD), a Chinese influence and intelligence service, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC). The USSC is a legislative branch commission created by the United States Congress in October 2000 to monitor, investigate and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the relationships between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.

One UCA board member, who also heads the nonprofit’s Utah chapter, serves as the deputy director of the Salt Lake City Overseas Chinese Service Center (OCSC), according to the Utah Chinese Civic Center, which hosts that OCSC. The UFWD runs 60 OCSC branches worldwide, all of which have met with China’s Ministry of Public Security to learn how to operate unsanctioned, overseas courts, the DCNF previously reported.

UCA has also promoted UFWD initiatives, nonprofit announcements show, including one food-drive program run by a UFWD agency called the All-China Federation Of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC), according to ACFROC.

Counting Shue, six UCA executives and advisors have also worked for the Chinese government, the DCNF determined after a review of publicly-available documents.

UCA board member Stephanie Sun previously held Chinese “government roles,” local news outlet City & State Pennsylvania reported, including working for the China Cultural Center in Seoul, which is run by China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, according to the Chinese government.

Shue told the DCNF it was “simply incorrect” Sun had worked for China’s diplomatic system, but refused to answer questions about her ties after being sent links to multiple posts, such as one University of Pennsylvania announcement, stating she “worked for government diplomatic agencies in both China and South Korea.”

However, Sun’s profile was subsequently scrubbed from UCA’s website sometime between May 25 and May 27 after the DCNF sent Shue a link to Sun’s UCA profile stating she “worked for both governments and 3 Fortune 100 international corporations in 3 countries, China, South Korea, and the U.S.” Shue did not respond to questions about why the profile was deleted and Sun did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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‘Talking Points’

UCA and its subsidiaries, UCA Action and UCA Political Action Committee (UCA PAC), have repeatedly protested U.S. national security initiatives, claiming such policies will foment racial discrimination, according to announcements from the nonprofits.

In one instance, UCA published an open letter in December 2020 demanding the removal of a “paranoid and xenophobic” section within the Senate’s “Fairness For High-Skilled Immigrants Act” that would have blocked “any alien affiliated with the military forces of [China] or the [CCP]” from “ever becoming permanent residents or citizens.”

In another instance, UCA filed an amicus brief on July 13, 2020 supporting a lawsuit brought by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology against an ICE directive that would have stripped visas from foreign students enrolled in fully-online programs. The directive was rescinded the following day, court records show.

More recently, UCA sent a June 1 newsletter condemning the U.S. State Department’s May 2025 decision to revoke visas for Chinese students with “connections to the [CCP] or studying in critical fields.”

“Haipei Shue, President of UCA, expresses deep concern over rising discrimination against Chinese students and communities in the U.S., including visa revocations,” the letter states. “Warning of a resurgence of Cold War-style bias, UCA urges Chinese Americans to unite, engage civically, and defend their rights and the American dream.”

UCA has also organized several other demonstrations against U.S. national security programs, including a January 2022 protest opposing a Department of Justice (DOJ) initiative to counter Chinese espionage, which the nonprofit alleged was aligned with “racist and xenophobic tropes.” That DOJ program, known as the “China Initiative,” was terminated in February 2022.

The nonprofit has also held protests against state bills in Florida and Texas prohibiting citizens from “countries of concern,” like China, from purchasing land, for the sake of securing critical infrastructure and U.S. military sites, according to UCA announcements.

AAPA was among 71 organizations, including UCA, which sent a joint letter to the Texas legislature opposing two such bills: HB 17 and its companion SB 1. UCA likewise organized multi-city protests in March 2025 against the bills, which they characterized as “discriminatory,” UCA announcements reveal.

The nonprofit’s members also testified at hearings against the legislation that month and the next, a review of witness lists found.

Chuck DeVore, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel now serving as the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s chief national initiatives officer, testified in support of the legislation in March and told the DCNF that during the hearing opponents submitted “remarkably consistent talking points that focused on racism.”

“I quickly found on my phone a statement from the Chinese Embassy in 2023 that appeared in the Washington Post in opposition to Texas’ 2023 version of the measure,” DeVore said. “The claims in this statement were echoed by those testifying that day. It was pretty apparent to me what was going on.”

A Chinese Embassy spokesperson had claimed that prohibiting Chinese nationals from purchasing land in the U.S. “may also fuel Asian hatred in the U.S. and racial discrimination, thus running counter to American values,” in the Aug. 21, 2023 Washington Post article cited by DeVore.

Beijing tasks its operatives with opposing policies deemed hostile to its objectives, Dr. Lawrence Sellin, a national security and United Front expert, told the DCNF.

“It is an indisputable fact that China, through its proxies, has been trying to acquire property near U.S. military bases and critical infrastructure,” Sellin said. “It was thus necessary for UCA to frame [opposition to] those state laws as ‘Asian discrimination.’”

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Philip Lenczycki

Daily Caller News Foundation senior investigative reporter, political journalist, and China watcher. Twitter: @LenczyckiPhilip.

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Trump Reveals What Would Cause Him To Invoke Insurrection Act To Put Down LA Riots

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President Donald Trump said that he would invoke the Insurrection Act in response to the Los Angeles riots if “there’s an insurrection.”

As riots broke out across the streets in L.A. in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the area, Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to deploy to the city. Hundreds of Marines were then deployed to downtown L.A. to help control the riots, raising the question of whether Trump would consider using the Insurrection Act, which allows the deployment of U.S. troops to ease domestic unrest.

“Will you invoke the Insurrection Act to deal with the situation in California?” RealClear Politics White House correspondent Phil Wegmann asked Tuesday.

“If there is an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it, we’ll see. Can I tell you, last night was terrible. The night before that was terrible as you have seen on your networks,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

“People were with heavy hammers pounding the concrete, pounding the curbs and handing these big chunks of concrete to people and they were taking that concrete going up to bridges and dropping it into the roof of a car. They were throwing it at our police. They were throwing it at our soldiers that are there, and we got it stopped and we have them in custody right now. Look, if we didn’t get involved, right now Los Angeles would be burning just like it was burning a number of months ago with all the houses that were lost. Los Angeles right now would be on fire. We have it in great shape. We’re not playing around.”

“How will you determine whether or not there is an insurrection?” Wegmann followed up.

“Well you take a look at what is happening. I could tell you there were certain areas of Los Angeles last night you could have called it an insurrection. It was terrible these are paid insurrectionists,” Trump began.

“These are paid trouble makers. They get money. When you take a look at what they do, when they show up … everyone is like, ‘what is he doing?’ The one guy is pounding the curb, breaking the curb and handing big pieces of granite, in some cases it’s granite, and concrete to other people and running out with it and watch the other people and they try to throw it into the face of the soldiers, throw it into the face of the police and they hurt people badly,” he continued.

The Insurrection Act of 1807 gives the president the authority to use the National Guard and military in order to combat “unlawful obstruction or rebellion” within U.S. borders. It was first signed into law by Former President Thomas Jefferson after it was believed that then-Vice President Aaron Burr was plotting to acquire the Louisiana Territory and other land in the Southwest. Former President George H.W. Bush was the last to use the act in 1992 to quell Los Angeles riots. Before him, Eisenhower used the act in 1957 to enforce school desegregation in the south.

The unrest began over the weekend after ICE agents arrested 100 illegal immigrants, including drug traffickers and gang members, in raids across the city. The protests eventually turned into violent riots where some anti-Trump protesters burned cars and threw Molotov cocktails, rocks and fireworks. Some property was defaced with slogans like “KILL ICE.”

There were nearly 1,000 rioters that descended on the city as they caused damage to federal buildings and assaulted ICE agents, slashed tires and destroyed government property Friday night, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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President Trump: China Trade, Tariff Deal ‘DONE’

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President Trump confirmed early Wednesday that the US reached a “deal” with China following intense, marathon trade negotiations in London.

“Our deal with China is done, subject to final approval with President Xi and me,” Trump announced on Truth Social Wednesday in full capitalization. “Full magnets, and any necessary rare earths, will be supplied, up front, by China.”

“Likewise, we will provide to China what was agreed to, including Chinese students using our colleges and universities (which has always been good with me!). We are getting a total of 55% tariffs, China is getting 10%. The relationship is excellent! Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

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“FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL BE SUPPLIED, UP FRONT, BY CHINA,” President Trump said.

By Natalia Mittelstadt, Just The News, June 11, 2025:

President Trump on Wednesday announced that the deal with China “is done,” and is awaiting his and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s approval.

“OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

“FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL BE SUPPLIED, UP FRONT, BY CHINA. LIKEWISE, WE WILL PROVIDE TO CHINA WHAT WAS AGREED TO, INCLUDING CHINESE STUDENTS USING OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD WITH ME!). WE ARE GETTING A TOTAL OF 55% TARIFFS, CHINA IS GETTING 10%. RELATIONSHIP IS EXCELLENT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!”

The U.S. and China reached a framework for a looming trade deal on Tuesday, which came on the second day of negotiations in London.

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Group Stoking Anti-ICE LA Riots Tied To Pro-Chinese Communist Millionaire

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A socialist group that promoted the chaotic anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles that began Friday is tied to a network of groups bankrolled by a pro-China millionaire.

The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) spoke out in support of the mob rioting against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the weekend, posted to X to call for more action on Sunday and created signs that protesters were seen carrying. The PSL shares personnel overlap with groups funded by American tech mogul Neville Singham, whom The New York Times described in August 2023 as sitting at the center of a “lavishly funded influence campaign” promoting pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda.

“The people of Los Angeles and surrounding areas have taken a courageous stand against [President Donald] Trump’s reign of terror targeting immigrant families,” the PSL said in a Sunday statement. “In response, the administration has falsely labeled those taking to the streets in protest of the brutal war on immigrants as ‘rioters’ and called in thousands of National Guard soldiers for a crackdown.”

Trump mobilized the National Guard on Saturday to quell the riots, which have included crowds blocking traffic, vandalizing property with anti-ICE messages, starting fires and throwing objects at law enforcement in support of illegal migrants. At least 56 people were arrested over the weekend, NBC News reported.

“National Guard go away! ICE out of LA!” reads a Sunday X post from the PSL at 12:45 a.m. that called for “mass mobilization.” The group later posted videos of protesters gathering in the streets with supportive captions, omitting scenes of unrest that reportedly led to more arrests on Sunday. The PSL did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

Singham, the pro-China businessman, has donated tens of millions of dollars to the PSL-linked group People’s Forum through various shell organizations since 2017, the New York Post reported. The People’s Forum was founded by Claudia De La Cruz, who ran as the PSL’s candidate for president in 2024 and was a “central committee member” of PSL.

The PSL is not required to disclose its funding publicly. De La Cruz described the organization as “member-funded” in October 2024.

PSL founding member Ben Becker, along with former PSL candidates Karla Reyes and Yari Osorio, have held leading roles at Breakthrough BT Media Inc, a Singham-funded media organization pushing pro-CCP narratives, according to the Network Contagion Research Institute. Breakthrough BT Media Inc’s 2023 tax filings show Becker as editor-in-chief, Reyes as chair, Osorio as treasurer and De La Cruz as secretary.

The DCNF could not reach Singham directly for comment. Thoughtworks, a software company he founded, did not respond to an inquiry.

The People’s Forum did not respond to a request for comment. The group referred to Singham in 2021 as “a Marxist comrade who sold his company & donated most of his wealth to nonprofits that focus on political education, culture & internationalism.”

“I categorically deny and repudiate any suggestion that I am a member of, work for, take orders from, or follow instructions of any political party or government or their representatives,” Singham told the New York Times in August 2023.

The PSL has praised the late murderous dictator Mao Zedong for his communist revolution that established the modern Chinese communist regime. The group also denied the 1989 massacre of pro-democracy protesters by CCP troops at Tiananmen Square, as the Chinese government does.

The group’s social media posts, however, claimed L.A. protesters were resisting “repression” from the Trump administration.

The PSL’s anti-Israel stances and open support for Hamas terrorism came under scrutiny when former PSL member Elias Rodriguez was charged with killing two Israeli Embassy workers in May to make a statement for Palestinians. The PSL deleted an article featuring Rodriguez and said it had “nothing to do” with him after the murders.

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EXCLUSIVE: Chinese Communist Party Intel Officials Have Keys To Trump’s Alma Mater

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President Donald Trump’s alma mater was recently sold from one individual with extensive ties to China’s intelligence arms to another, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.

“Allen” Lu Yuzong, CEO of Guanghua Education Group, recently purchased the New York Military Academy (NYMA), which Trump attended between 1959 and 1964, from the CEO of SouFun Holdings, “Vincent” Mo Tianquan, for an undisclosed amount, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Mo initially acquired the bankrupt academy in 2015 for approximately $16 million dollars using a nonprofit he controls called the Research Center on Natural Conservation, Chinese state media reported at the time.

Mo and Lu have both worked for the Chinese government as well as agencies within an intelligence and influence service called the United Front Work Department (UFWD), according to Chinese government and state media reports translated by the DCNF, raising concerns among analysts that NYMA might be used as a staging ground for covert operations, especially given its close proximity and relationship with West Point Military Academy.

West Point denied that it had any relationship with NYMA.

NYMA, Lu and Mo did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.

‘Jackpot’

China’s military and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence networks may view NYMA’s acquisition as a way to forge ties with individuals who will “have interaction, perhaps by proximity or otherwise, with West Point,” Steve Yates, senior research fellow for China and national security policy at the Heritage Foundation, told the DCNF. The acquisition could also be seen as a means to connect with influential alumni, which include filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, composer Stephen Sondheim and now the president of the United States, according to NYMA.

“I have no question that Chinese intelligence and military entities would see that as high value,” said Yates, who previously served as a Chinese language analyst for the National Security Agency and deputy national security adviser to former Vice President Dick Cheney. “Here is a way to try to cultivate connections that may lead to either influence or a potential encounter with the president at some point.”

“They have a lot of people, and they can play the odds, so they can be wrong 999 times, but, if one of these people ends up being the president of the United States one day, that’s jackpot,” Yates said.

Lu and Mo have both held numerous positions with Chinese government and UFWD agencies, according to Chinese government and state media reports.

The UFWD’s operations are a “unique blend of engagement, influence activities, and intelligence operations that the [CCP] uses to shape its political environment, including to influence other countries’ policy toward the [People’s Republic of China] and to gain access to advanced foreign technology,” according to the House Select Committee on the CCP.

Among other roles, both Lu and Mo have served as officials for a UFWD subordinate called the Western Returned Scholars Association (WRSA), which is one of the two “most important” organizations involved in China’s technology transfer efforts, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC).

NYMA’s former owner-turned-board member, Mo, is listed as a “director” by WRSA, according to a DCNF translation of the association’s website. NYMA’s new board chairman, Lu, serves as the deputy chairman of WRSA’s “global liaison work committee,” according to a DCNF translation of a UFWD announcement.

Lu met with high-ranking CCP and UFWD officials at a WRSA branch in Zhejiang province in November 2022 to discuss talent recruitment operations for the region, according to a UFWD announcement. Several years prior, Zhejiang’s city of Rui’an held a conference for the Thousand Talents Plan, during which Lu was appointed to serve as a “talent ambassador,” Chinese state media reported. The Thousand Talents Plan is one of the Chinese government’s many “talent recruitment plans,” all of which incentivize participants to “steal foreign technologies needed to advance China’s national, military, and economic goals,” according to the FBI.

Both Lu and Mo have also served as delegates to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), according to the Chinese government. CPPCC “delegates attend a high-profile annual meeting to receive direction from the CCP regarding the ways its policies should be characterized” and “serve as proxies for CCP interests,” according to USCC.

Chinese government announcements include photos showing both Lu and Mo wearing the CPPCC’s distinctive red, clip-on delegate’s badge during related press events.

‘Bad Deal’

NYMA has taken students to visit the West Point Museum and Chapel, it has held events at West Point’s Eisenhower Hall and Hudson Room, and has used West Point’s campus to “enhance” leadership training programs in recent years, according to NYMA announcements. The academy has also brought visitors from China to tour West Point, NYMA announcements state.

“West Point has no affiliation with the New York Military Academy,” a West Point spokesman told the DCNF. “Entrance to the United States Military Academy grounds is governed by rigorous security protocols. For security reasons, we will not provide further details about security measures.”

Trump appears to have a soft spot for his alma mater, whose cadets marched during his inauguration ceremonies in 2017 and 2025, footage shows.

Trump entered NYMA as a private in 1959, served as a company commander, and ultimately achieved the rank of “Captain, S-4, Senior Staff” by his graduation in 1964, according to NYMA photos and records. While attending NYMA, Trump played a variety of team sports including football, wrestling and baseball, and was named “ladies’ man” by a “popularity poll,” photos show.

“President Trump is proud of his time at the New York Military Academy. He learned important virtues that helped him become one of the greatest businessmen in the world and ultimately President of the United States twice,” Steven Cheung, White House communications director, told the DCNF.

NYMA’s sale to individuals connected to the Chinese government and UFWD is a “bad deal” for the U.S. and presents a national security threat, Michael Lucci, CEO of State Armor, a nonprofit focused on countering the CCP, told the DCNF.

“The CCP and its members should not own property within the U.S., nor should they be involved in our education system. And most importantly, the CCP should be kept as far as possible from any of our key military assets such as West Point,” Lucci said. “The NYMA should be removed from Chinese ownership as soon as possible.”

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include comment from the White House.

AUTHOR

Philip Lenczycki

Senior Investigative Reporter.

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