SORD: Q4 Update 14 - Iran/U.S. War, Anti-ICE and Pro-Palestinian protests increase, Israeli propaganda and AI influence.

Across the country; in MA, anti-ICE activists staged a symbolic Boston Tea Party protest targeting deportations; in OR, Antifa and anti-ICE demonstrators clashed with counter-protesters outside an ICE facility in Portland; in NY, anti-ICE riots in Lower Manhattan led to arrests while pro-Palestinian extremists protested at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Christmas Day; in MN, large anti-ICE marches occurred in Minneapolis and agitators interfered with enforcement operations in St. Paul; in NJ, activists conducted coordinated “ice scraper” protests inside a Home Depot in Ewing; in IL, protesters confronted ICE agents during an operation in Elgin, resulting in tear gas deployment; in CA, similar retail-disruption protests targeted a Home Depot in Monrovia; in CO, Antifa-aligned groups continued coordinated actions against a Christian coffee shop in Denver; in TX, an alt-right “Crusader March” in Plano drew Muslim counter-protesters; in DC, far-left activists confronted National Guard patrols; in OH, an Ohio-based firm was identified as a subcontractor in a foreign government digital influence campaign. On a national level, ISIS-aligned media released holiday-timed propaganda encouraging lone-actor attacks against Christian and Jewish targets without claiming specific plots, anti-ICE and pro-Palestinian protests continued nationwide at high weekly volume, Israel expanded its strategic technology footprint while funding a U.S.-focused influence campaign disclosed under FARA, and U.S.–Iran tensions escalated following renewed discussions after earlier strikes on Iranian nuclear and missile facilities and competing claims over the status of Iran’s nuclear program.See more at www.graymanbriefing.com