The Frontier

Jeremy Scahill reports that the Iranians added senior psychologists to their negotiating team to craft messages for Trump, whom they believe is mentally ill and operating in an impaired state.

Scahill says Iranian negotiators told him on May 22 they had a basic memorandum of understanding worked out, with Iran's major concession being robust language explicitly renouncing pursuit of a nuclear weapon.

Scahill states Iran demands a minimum of $24 billion in frozen assets be unfrozen and repatriated before any deal, a major sticking point as Trump resists being seen as giving Iran money.

Scahill notes that when Netanyahu knew a deal was moving forward in late May, he escalated Israeli military operations in Lebanon, pushing forces north of the Litani River.

Hunter Biden defended Graham Platner on Gavin Newsom's podcast, stating he is 99.9% certain Platner is not a Nazi or racist, and argued that judging people by leaked private communications would leave few in elected office.

Biden argued the Platner controversy is about consensual leaked material, and that Platner's stated policy positions align with fighting oligarchs and supporting working-class people.

Antonio Reynoso, Brooklyn Borough President and candidate for NY-7, claims the majority of the progressive movement supports him over DSA-backed Claire Valdez, citing endorsements from the Working Families Party and major unions.

Reynoso alleges Claire Valdez broke a pledge by posting a 'red box' to guide Super PAC spending after all candidates committed not to take such funding, directing resources toward affluent, white zip codes.

Reynoso positions himself as the working-class candidate focused on affordability and abolishing ICE, contrasting his legislative record with Valdez's lack of passed bills in the state assembly.

Amy DuCorey, a CAIR Michigan attorney, states the FBI joined Michigan AG Dana Nessel's raids on pro-Palestine protesters' homes over a year ago, but the resulting federal indictments are for conspiracy to threaten using telecommunications, not vandalism.

DuCorey argues the indictment criminalizes political speech, citing tweets about organizing and escalating for divestment as the basis for federal conspiracy charges.

Donald Trump openly threatened to seize Qargh Island, part of Iran, to take control of its oil and gas infrastructure, likening the plan to the US approach in Venezuela, a move he publicly questioned America's 'stomach' for.

Brandon Weichert argues a US invasion of Qargh Island would be catastrophic, as US forces would need to conduct amphibious landings in the highly contested Strait of Hormuz, leaving them vulnerable to massive Iranian drone and missile swarms.

The Strait of Hormuz is a critical global economic chokepoint, with 20% of the world's oil, 18% of natural gas, and one-third of agricultural supplies like urea fertilizer passing through it, all currently disrupted.

Brandon Weichert claims a Sy Hersh report alleges Trump had considered using a low-yield nuclear weapon to destroy Iran's underground missile factories, which Weichert finds plausible given Trump's past, naive inquiries about using nukes.

Weichert argues that for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, prolonging the war is key to his political and legal survival, as its end would refocus attention on the October 7th intelligence failure and his corruption cases.

A Senate intelligence authorization act would permanently elevate Israeli intelligence to a 'trusted partner' level akin to the Five Eyes, forcing future US presidents to share sensitive intelligence and removing their ability to restrict it.

Trump publicly stated 'I love the inflation' and admitted 'I don't think about American's financial situation,' framing economic pain as a necessary step before a post-war boom from seized oil.

Gas price increases alone have now wiped out an entire year's worth of wage gains for Americans, eliminating any political benefit from slightly larger tax refunds.

The upcoming SpaceX IPO is expected to create 4,400 new millionaires and could make Elon Musk a trillionaire, starkly contrasting with the inflation squeezing average Americans.

According to a report from Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, most senior Trump advisors, including JD Vance, wanted maximum transparency on the Epstein files, but Trump himself drove the cover-up, forcing his team to fall in line.

Internal White House schemes to manage the Epstein scandal included JD Vance pitching a Tucker Carlson interview with Ghislaine Maxwell and Attorney General Pam Bondi's failed 'binder' photo-op with influencers.

The show argues the Epstein cover-up and the Iran war both contradicted Trump's core political brand as a swamp-draining outsider and anti-war candidate, making them uniquely damaging crises he cannot spin away.

In Maine, Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner easily won his primary despite a sexting scandal, with hosts mocking MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski for equating his consensual adult behavior with the Epstein child trafficking ring.

President Trump posted on Truth Social that the US will 'be hitting Iran very hard tonight' and declared 'we will be taking Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure points and assume total control of their oil and gas markets'.

The United States fired 49 Tomahawk missiles at targets inside Iran overnight, some as close as 40 miles from Tehran, according to a Fox News report from the White House situation room.

Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all shipping following the US attacks, warning any vessel movement will be targeted and denying the US claim that it controls the strait.

Iran's response to the US strikes included missile barrages targeting a US Air Force base in Jordan and sites in Kuwait and Bahrain, demonstrating its continued military capability despite US claims of victory.

Seymour Hersh reported that Trump previously floated using low-yield nuclear weapons against Iran's underground missile factories, depicting a president 'desperate not to lose' who was later talked out of nuclear escalation.

Mohammad Marandi argued the US has already lost the war, stating Iran defeated a superpower coalition over 39 days and wants to make future conflict with Iran unthinkable for American strategists.