John Thurow

@DeadlineWH time to redefine “deep state” to mean what it really is namely a deep foundation to support the structure that delivers what the people need while minimizing corruption. Eliminating the Deep State does two things. 1) reduces the ability of the government to… more

"This isn't really about politics. It's about the moral, constitutional and legal obligations of Congress. The Framers didn't intend for us to just sit back and say, 'Well we just have to wait out a criminal president who's acting continually in derogation of his duties, undermining the country and running it for his own ego and benefit.'"

Every day gives us a new reason to love this man. Yesterday, Mayor Mamdani was a commencement speaker at the graduation ceremony at Riker's Island where 57 incarcerated people completed their high school education.

Former President Joe Biden will also be in attendance for the opening of the Obama Presidential Center along with former presidents Clinton and Bush. President Trump will not attend.

Sen. Jon Ossoff accused what he called the "Mar-a-Lago mafia" of profiting from Middle East tensions, citing reports involving Pete Hegseth's broker, Jared Kushner's Saudi-backed fund, and suspicious oil trades before a Trump post moved markets. He's calling for investigations and promising subpoenas if Democrats win back Congress. The SEC just got mentioned in a campaign speech for a reason. 👀

This didn't happen because Mainers decided they don't care about the Platner allegations. This happened because Mainers are well-educated, did extensive research on whether the allegations were true, and discovered nearly all of them weren't. As local journalists have confirmed.

The Iran Deal: Trump has officialy lost the US-Iran War. Trump authorized up to $400 Billion to end a war he started. He signed the instrument of surrender at Versailles palace just like the Germans did in 1919 ... at Versailles palace. At Hegseth's insistence, America wasted thousands of stealth missiles and advanced air defense weapons only to make the IRGC stronger and give them uncontested control of the Strait of Hormuz and by extension the entire Persian Gulf region. Obama didn't do any of that.

Rep. @BGThompsonMS: Since taking office, the Trump administration has unleashed the most cruel, inhumane, and unlawful immigration policy in history. Congressional Republicans have chosen silence. They have said nothing when ICE and CBP agents shot and killed Americans or when children were deported. They are not bystanders, they are enablers.

It’s game on in Alabama, where two military veterans are challenging Senator “Coach” Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for governor because he’s not actually an Alabama resident. joycevance.substack.com/p/can-you-be-a…

Charlton Allen is Trump’s pick to lead the office responsible for protecting federal workers from discrimination. Every worker. Black, Jewish, LGBTQ, all of them. In college, he ran a magazine that put a Jewish candidate for student body president on the cover, depicted with horns and a pitchfork. I gave him the chance to say plainly that it was antisemitic. He wouldn’t. If you can’t recognize and condemn antisemitism when you see it, you have no business deciding whether someone was discriminated against in the workplace.

🚨 Republican Neil DeSanti voted illegally in 16 elections over the last 13 years. He is now under criminal investigation.

🚨 WOW! Secretary Blinken confirms a massive Pentagon disaster. He reveals Trump halted the war because Washington literally ran out of munitions! He exposes how US stockpiles are severely depleted. Trump's aggression resulted in a total strategic failure for the empire.

“My son got five days of out-of-school suspension for beating up the kid who has been tormenting and bullying him since middle school. 😔👊 As a parent, I know I’m supposed to be upset with him for resorting to violence or getting suspended, but I’m not. Not even a little bit. For years, the school has failed Drew. When this kid constantly threatened to beat Drew up, along with several of his friends, the school did nothing. When this kid followed Drew down the hall threatening him and making fun of him—and it was all captured on video—the school did nothing. 📹 When other kids told teachers and administrators that this kid was threatening Drew, the school did nothing. When this kid took to social media, voicemails, and texting threats, the school did nothing. 📱 When this kid threatened Drew over and over in every class they had together, the school did nothing. Not once has the school ever punished the kid who threatened and bullied Drew repeatedly. In middle school, Drew was afraid to walk down the halls because a swarm of this kid and his minions would make fun of and threaten him. 😞 He quit talking to adults about it because they never disciplined the bully, and it only made the situation worse. I sent the school a lengthy email at the beginning of the year begging them to do something because Drew refused to talk to adults at school anymore. He knew it would do him no good. Drew had four classes with this kid, and he would not leave Drew alone. Their solution? A “no contact” contract between him and his bully. Seriously? 🙄 I’m pretty sure I rolled my eyes. And, like Drew, I gave up trying to get the school to actually do something that would stop this kid from bullying him. So… When this kid threatened Drew on the bus, then moved on to making fun of his dad and threatening Jackson—his 11-year-old brother—Drew decided he was done relying on the school and the adults who were supposed to protect him. 🚌 He decided HE would do something. Three punches later, the bully screamed like a baby, his minion friends shut up, and this morning the bully wouldn’t even look at him. Problem solved. As a parent, I know I’m supposed to be upset with him for resorting to violence or getting suspended, but I’m not. Not even a little bit.” 💯 Written : Allison Davis

Thom Hartmann: “The 5th Amendment says nobody can be held in jail or deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. 95% of those people have never been in front of a judge. Every state that there’s one of these concentration camps in, the governor and the AG should be going in and making arrests”

Moscow is burning, and that's how it should be. The comments from Muscovites are particularly interesting. The most common ones are: “What is this?” and “Why us?” This is that uncomfortable moment when Muscovites come face to face with objective reality—and they don't like it. The fact is simple: if your country is at war, you can die at any moment because that's what war is. Russians, and Muscovites in particular, spent a very long time not understanding this. The war was being fought in Ukraine, far away from them, and when they supported it, they were supporting the deaths of Ukrainians, not their own. Dying for the goals of the “special military operation” is not something Muscovites are prepared for. Their first encounter with reality has been shocking, so now they stand in front of cameras asking in confusion: “Why are we being bombed?” You're being bombed because you wanted this war, lived through it, and enjoyed the news from Ukraine and the videos of destroyed cities like Mariupol, Avdiivka, Bakhmut, and Pokrovsk. But war has its own laws, and now what is happening to you is what you wished upon us. After the spectacular fire show at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin received another loud slap in the face—this time in Moscow. Dozens of drones breaking through Moscow's air defenses are a sign of his inability to protect even his own capital. I think that from today on, many fewer Muscovites will be cheering for the “special military operation.” People tend to start thinking when they get hit in the face. Of course, not everyone learns the lesson. That's why there will likely be more strikes on Moscow and across the territory of this aggressive petrostate. Thank God Ukraine has its Defense Forces, which provide far stronger security guarantees than any Trump ever could. We will win.

@BohuslavskaKate HA! GOOD $90B just from the EU NO ONE is forgetting contributions from Saudi Arabia Japan & South Korea Canada This is spectacular for world peace!! Under Pete Hegseth & Trump the USA has fallen behind China and India who both continue backing Vladimir Putin UKRAINE CONTINUES!!

Trump endorses Collins—a man under ETHICS INVESTIGATION for stealing $10K+ in taxpayer funds to pay his chief of staff's girlfriend for a fake internship. Collins kept staff with assault records & ties to neo-Nazis. Trump's "winner" is just another corrupt grifter.

OMB nominee Hal Duncan: “This administration is committed to gold standard science and wants to advance the best cancer research that we possibly can.” Sen. Slotkin: “Slashing cancer research…is not a way to uphold a gold standard for cancer research.”

He took America to war - killing 13 soldiers, thousands of Iranian civilians and costing taxpayers $60 billion - to get rid of Iran’s missile program. And now that he’s lost the war, he pretends like it’s no big deal. Just unforgivable. What a charlatan.

My friend Jamie Raskin is one of the most careful and principled people in Congress. So when he says the director of the FBI may be running a taxpayer funded slush fund, I pay attention. Here is what he found. Kash Patel directed more than $1 million in bonus payments to a small circle of agents in his inner circle and on his security detail. Some were getting nearly $8,000 every two weeks on top of salaries that were already maxed out at the federal ceiling. A number of them collected close to $40,000 over consecutive pay periods. The payments came so fast that the FBI’s bonus reserve accounts ran dry and some checks bounced. So who got the money? Agents on Patel’s so-called "director’s advisory team." That is the unit created in 2025 and described internally as a payback squad, built to dig up dirt on the law enforcement officials who investigated Trump and his allies. Raskin has given Patel until June 29 to account for every payment, every recipient, and any internal review of whether this was even legal. Patel should answer for all of it. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

🇺🇸🤔🧐🇺🇸Epstein case revelations: U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert stunned Newsmax after reviewing the unredacted Epstein documents: “It’s far darker than anyone could have imagined: emails about torture, constant references to ‘consumption,’ a place literally called the ‘Cannibal Restaurant,’ and code words like ‘jerky’ and ‘human meat’ being tossed around as if it were nothing.” Yes. She directly asked whether we are dealing with cannibalism. With literal human consumption. This is no longer some fringe theory. A sitting member of Congress is openly saying what no one else dares to say: these monsters not only abused and trafficked children — they may have eaten them as well. And the women? Ghislaine Maxwell, Rachel Chandler, and an entire network of female predators were deeply involved in delivering children into this nightmare machine. This isn’t “elite pedophilia.” This is satanic depravity. This is ritualized evil in suits and private jets. The documents are so horrifying, she warns, that the public may not be ready for them. But you know what? We are more than ready. We are furious. Enough redactions. Enough excuses about “national security.” Enough protecting these flesh-eating demons. Release every page. Name every name. Burn their world down. The American people deserve the truth — even if it makes us sick. Especially if it makes us sick.