That MEK has disapproval ratings almost as high as IRGC among Iranian-Americans is what sold me. These are exiles who still have family in Iran and still talk to them. MEK is still ran by the same cult family that it has always been. They just started paying off US politicians.

If you're interested, here's a breakdown of their logo and the Marxist and Islamist symbols embedded in it.

Yep, MEK are Marxist-Islamists. I don't know how else you'd describe their ideology.

One thing I learned while researching this report is that proponents of regime change over negotiation need an honest reckoning with the fact that the MEK has spent years cultivating support in Congress. If a regime-change scenario were to unfold, it would be difficult to prevent the MEK from positioning itself as the interim government.

Pence's disclosure report: citizensforethics.org/wp-con…

Will the Iranian deal work? I don't know yet if it will, and nobody does. I pray it will. But when Pompeo, Pence, and other Never-Trumpers start prematurely poo-poohing the deal - now you know to check and see if money is involved here. THREAD END.

MEK's entire value proposition is regime change. They're selling themselves as "the democratic alternative"; Rajavi is "president-elect" of a government-in-waiting. Trump's current Iran posture is negotiation, not regime change. (Side note - IMO, true regime change is probably impossible without a land war, which is a nonstarter.) That'd explain why Pence, Pompeo, Short, and that entire crew are counter-signaling a peace deal.

Now, you will find reporting from left-wing groups critical of MeK paying Republicans. This is because Communists are aligned with the IRGC, and MeK does oppose IRGC. But "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" mentality is exactly what has gotten us into GWOT and quagmires.

How the denial works: a three-entity structure. NCRI-US (the DC office Jafarzadeh runs) -- FARA registered. The filing reports $0 in speaker fees and $0 in payments to individuals. NCRI Paris/Albania (the foreign principal) -- this is what's listed on Pence's financial disclosure as the source of the $190,000. This entity pays the speakers directly. OIAC (domestic 501(c)(4)) -- organizes U.S. events. No FARA registration was identified for OIAC in the DOJ FARA database. As a 501(c)(4), OIAC is not required to publicly disclose donors. Paid Pence separately. Each entity can deny what the others do. That's how "absolutely not" works.

And for good reason - a RAND Corporation study documented them as Islamist extremists qualifying as cult. MeK was invited by Saddam Hussein to fight on his behalf against US enemies. The list goes on and on. What changed about MeK? Not their leadership or ideology. Money.

So, are MeK actually freedom fighters? The Iranian community doesn't seem to think so. Repeated polling shows unfavorables comparable to the existing regime.

Mike Pompeo has been one of the most prolific speakers on the NCRI circuit. He labels MeK as freedom fighters. Speaking fees have not been disclosed, but AI estimates his payments well into the hundreds of thousands range, taking in comparable speakers.

Elaine Chao - $50,000. John Bolton - $40,000. Many, many politicians involved.

Pence's OGE financial disclosure, filed for his 2024 presidential candidacy, lists $190,000 from "National Council of Resistance of Iran" for a June 2022 speech at the MEK compound in Albania. Can't get more direct receipts than that.

Jafarzadeh is the registrant contact on FARA Registration #6171 for NCRI-US for Iran, on behalf of MeK.

In an interview with @ItsYourGov , National Council of Resistance of Iran director and MeK representative Alireza Jafarzadeh was asked directly: "Is your group involved in any sort of lobbying or payments for speeches to prominent individuals such as Mike Pompeo?" NCRI-US said "absolutely not."

🚨 THREAD: What do Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, and Elaine Chao have in common? They were all paid by a Marxist-Islamist Iran group that was designated as terrorist until 2012. No, this is not a joke. Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) was founded by leftist Islamists to oppose the western-backed Pahlavi, and participated in his 1979 overthrow. Khomeini barred MEK afterwards. MEK was implicated in multiple bombings, including that of Americans, and remained an openly armed group until 2003. Since they got de-listed as a terrorist organization in 2012 on procedural grounds, MEK and their fronts have been actively recruiting US politicians selling themselves as a moderate alternative to Khomeini. But RAND Corporation says MEK meets the qualifications for a cult, citing criteria such as forcing their members to work 16 hour days and forced divorces. Polls of the Iranian-American community shows that they do NOT accept Rajavi, MeK's leader, as legitimate, with a 46-point net disapproval - numbers nearly as bad as the existing regime. As Pence's former Chief of Staff, Marc Short, has already weighed against Trump deal, it's helpful to recall this. Receipts below. As always, patience as I pull the thread together.👇

Wow! She brings the receipts. (No wonder she didn't take time to answer my text message.)

Good Evening @JohnDeere 🧵1/2 I am sad that I even had to see this.... We really need you to understand our disappointment. We know there are qualified US Citizens to fill these positions.

Former TMZ Insider who worked at TMZ and has nearly a decade in New York News experience is speaking out She says the mail in ballots in Los Angeles are very clearly fraud but TMZ won’t cover it because of the ‘TMZ News Directors’ She explains that if Leftist news directors don’t support a story, it won’t get covered “Let me tell you, one thing I've learned is that if a news director does not support what is going on or what needs to be reported for the truth, they're not going to investigate it. They're not going to. It will not be on their network, period” This TMZ insider is telling us to our faces that both news and major shows will not cover stories if the director doesn’t support the story politically So that got me thinking, which shows and news have “left leaning” directors that would ignore stories like voter fraud? Here’s the list • TMZ • People Magazine • Us Weekly • E! News • Access Hollywood • Entertainment Tonight • The View • Extra • BuzzFeed Entertainment • HuffPost Entertainment • Daily Mail US • Page Six • Vibe Magazine • Rolling Stone • The Hollywood Reporter • Variety • IndieWire • Deadline Hollywood • CNN • MSNBC • ABC News • CBS News • NBC News • PBS • NPR • BBC News This needs attention. We can’t survive as a country with this much coordinated misinformation