John Thurow

Retired. Married 50 yrs+ 40 year career in sales and marketing,
primarily in computer services. Veteran.

[John Thurow @ThurowJohn]

@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

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

A message for MAGA Trump voters.

[Shaun Pinner @ShaunPinnerUA]

Putin claims “the West is openly preparing for war with Russia.”

This from the man who launched the largest war in Europe since 1945, invaded a neighbouring country, illegally annexed territory, threatened nuclear escalation, and spends every day accusing others of what he is doing himself.

There is only one country routinely firing nuclear-capable missiles in Europe and warning of nuclear Armageddon whenever events do not go its way.

That country is Russia.

[Michael Embrich @MikeEmbrich]

Trump, Stephen Miller, and Markwayne Mullin have shut down the office responsible for investigating misconduct and abuse inside immigration detention centers.

Yes, you read that correctly. Even after 49 detained immigrants died, these facilities will continue operating—and profiting—with even less oversight.

The message is clear: reform is not enough. Congress must stop funding DHS, pass the Melt ICE Act, and dismantle this abusive system.

[Common Sense 🇺🇸💙 @commons96055467]

Prove me wrong. We now know that FBI was told that Trump Tower was a “hunting ground” for “recruiters” to find young women for him to have sex with. We now also know according to papers in Florida, that trump golf course was used to hold parties with Epstein for underage girls to recruit for sex for them. It’s time we Americans bring a class action lawsuit against trump for misrepresentation. He’s a rapist criminal presented himself to us as a decent, successful American. That’s good enough reason to return the product.

[NY AG James @NewYorkStateAG]

By hiding their faces and refusing to wear identification, federal immigration officers endanger New Yorkers and evade accountability.

@GovKathyHochul and I are suing this administration to defend our immigration protection laws and ensure safety.
https://t.co/7HZzMkqolk

[John Thurow @ThurowJohn]

You can’t blame what you don’t count.

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

The CDC is ending all testing for measles and mumps.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

With his country under siege, a visibly agitated Putin rewrites history, ignoring that Moscow was in partnership with Germany's Nazi regime in the joint invasion of Europe, and claiming not only that Stalin tried to unite the allies, but that when Germany invaded, the USSR was prepared.

The part about USSR being prepared is the most hilarious part. Stalin was shocked and even in disbelief as the Germans began bombing Russian territory. Ask @simonmontefiore

[Dorothy Knable. @dorothyknable]

@AttorneyCrump It's not ancient. I'm grandma of three vibrant kids' and very much alive with clear memories of thinking MY beloved Grandpa hdhd a grandpa from the Civil War era. He lived in t'south, then, and knew well and told us he wdhv fought4 their voting rights if he'd had Lincoln asPres

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

James Dorsey is 94 years old. Born on Ellerbe Plantation in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1931. He still does not have a birth certificate because the plantation never recorded his existence. The effects of slavery did not end with emancipation. They followed our people into the most basic records of identity. This is NOT ancient history.

[John Thurow @ThurowJohn]

Trump’s number one!! You hoo!! He started history’s most unpopular war and ended it with the biggest payment to the other side!!!

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: It's official — Trump's Iran war is now the MOST UNPOPULAR war in American history. And he's about to hand YOU the bill.

Donald Trump just achieved something no president in American history has ever managed: he started the single most unpopular war the country has ever fought — and now he's sending YOU an $80 BILLION invoice for it.

According to a detailed analysis of 153 public opinion surveys across SEVEN major U.S. conflicts, Trump's Iran war is the most unpopular war in American history — in not one, not two, but THREE distinct ways.

First: it's the ONLY war in U.S. history to BEGIN with negative public support. At -13% net support, Americans opposed it before it even started.

Second: at -32% net support today, it is now LESS popular than the Vietnam War was at its lowest point.

Third: at NO point — not for a single day — have more Americans supported this war than opposed it. It's the first U.S. war fought ENTIRELY underwater. World War II started at +95%. Afghanistan started at +80%. Trump's Iran war started in the negatives and only sank from there.

And now comes the bill.

The Wall Street Journal reports the Pentagon told lawmakers it needs roughly $80 BILLION to recoup its Iran war costs — money Trump will formally request from Congress this week. That's ON TOP of the $1.1 TRILLION military budget Congress already approved this year.

Even more infuriating: that $80 billion figure is NEARLY THREE TIMES the $29 billion that Pete Hegseth claimed in a Senate hearing — a number he offered with NO documentation and NO methodology, and which establishment media dutifully parroted for five weeks. Independent journalists who actually did the math estimated $72 billion. They were right. Hegseth was off by tens of billions of dollars.

So, let's tally it up:

The most unpopular war in American history? Check.
Started by a president who deliberately chose it? Confirmed.
Roughly 150 dead at a bombed Iranian school? Yep.
Gas at $6 a gallon? Absolutely.
Iran's nuclear program still intact? Check.
And an $80 billion bill landing on YOUR doorstep. Certainly, if Congress agrees to Trump’s budget request.

It’s perfectly clear that the vast majority of Americans never wanted this war. Now they're paying for it anyway.

Please like and share if you never wanted a war with Iran!

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

Hey MAGA, do you have answers??

[Hedgeye @Hedgeye]

Oil crashed. Crypto crashed. The same process that called every U.S. crash since 2008 is flagging a shift. Is your portfolio ready?

[Sandi Bachom 📹 @sandibachom]

Jesus Christ. All roads lead to Epstein. Release the 1700 photographs the FBI seized from his mansion and young girls tapes.

[Richard Smith @Richard_ezio]

Trump’s DOJ just stabbed 8.4 MILLION disabled Americans in the back!

Denying home care isn't "policy"—it's a DEATH SENTENCE for the vulnerable.

You're forcing them into cages while pretending to "save" money. SHAME on you!

Disabled lives are NOT disposable!

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

These assholes drove right over the coating. It's not even a vehicular traffic coating (which is meant to be driven on), and they're wondering why it's pealing? Was it even cured? These people are fucking stupid and can't own up to their own mistakes.

[Reggie B. @reggiebblue]

PA voter reacts to Trump's visit today:

"He's just here for something that's gonna benefit him not us. I don't think he cares about high prices and cost of living. Taxpayers have to pay for all the police. It's not really necessary for him to come. If he did what he's supposed to do in the office, we wouldn't need him to put on a big show."

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: Some members of the Jewish community, including Democratic Congressman Josh Gottheimer, were alarmed by the language you used at the rally last week, calling AIPAC monsters who move dark money.

Mamdani: I want to be very clear. We’re talking about a status quo where children are being killed on a daily basis. More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military since the so-called ceasefire.

Even an Al Jazeera journalist, Ahmed Wishah, was killed this past Saturday by an Israeli strike. And when I am speaking about AIPAC, I’m speaking about an organization that has been supportive of the status quo, that has fought any attempt to actually deliver safety to people not just in Palestine but, frankly, throughout much of the region.

And it is a status quo of immorality. It is one that I will not accept. And when it comes to the way in which they defend the status quo, oftentimes they defend it through direct contributions, as we are seeing right now in New York 13.

Oftentimes they also support the status quo through dark money, by funneling money that would have previously come directly from AIPAC through other organizations whose contributors’ identities are only made clear after an election.

And I think it is important that when we ask ourselves how such death and destruction is happening overseas, we also name those who allow it to take place.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

Susan Collins has accomplished a lot in the 21st century.

Stupid foreign wars: 3
Republican Supreme Court justices: 4
Tax cuts for billionaires: 4
Illegal stock trades: 24
Increase in her personal net worth: almost $10 million

Town halls: zero.

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨59-year-old Charles “Bart” Lucas, a registered Republican, Church employee, and self-described youth mentor has been arrested for recording girls and women changing for baptisms and using the church bathroom.

Lucas served as an “Overseer” at Heritage Community Church in Fruitland Park, FL — a role the church describes as providing “spiritual oversight, direction, and leadership.”

He was also VP at RoMac Building Supply, and boasted of running a home Bible study group for over 12 years, hosting hundreds of youth in his home.

Lucas is facing five counts of video voyeurism after his employer’s IT team discovered disturbing material on his work computer and cloud storage.

Investigators found videos of adolescent girls and adult women — taken with a hidden camera installed in a church bathroom and a room where girls changed after baptism services.

Voter records indicate Lucas is a registered Republican — making him the usual suspect in cases like these.

Lucas was released from Lake County Jail on just a $25,000 bond. 

These are the people screaming about “protecting” girls and women from a non-existent “threat” of trans women in bathrooms.

They are always projecting their predatory nature on the most vulnerable members of society.