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Afatwa, or religious decree, issued by senior Iranian clerics calling for the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump has attracted online funding worth tens of millions of dollars, reports say.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lol why so little? Those are rookie numbers. You gotta pump those up!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They should throw at least 100 virgins on top of the payout!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

I'll volunteer my virginity as well!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

So like is there a kickstarter or gofundme for this or what…? Asking for a friend.

[–] [email protected] 285 points 3 days ago (5 children)

That’s it. We found the most 21st century thing ever:

A GoFundMe for a political assassination.

[–] [email protected] 91 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I saw a billboard (in California) for a gofundme for Texas disaster relief. That feels peak 2025 to me.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 days ago

Scams all the way down.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago

I upvoted, but only to raise awareness of this important issue. /s

[–] [email protected] 126 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Is there a GiveSendGo / GoFundMe type of place we can donate to? ;)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Has there ever been an assassination that was motivated by a public bounty? And did the assassin successfully collect?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I’m not asking whether there have been any previous similar bounties—I’m asking whether any of them were the primary incentive for a successful assassination.

The attempt against Rushdie failed, and the attacker claims to have had religious rather than financial motivations (and doesn’t seem to have planned to escape to collect payment in any case).

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Curb your Enthusiasm did a whole season about this. Should be relatively straightforward for him to get them to call it off as long as he follows their blueprint.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 3 days ago

Where do I donate?

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