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Trump Has NEVER Faced a Mess Like Iran | The Next Level

2026-06-02 News & Politics
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Tim Miller, Sam Stein, and JVL talk about the week's biggest stories: Trump installs a meme stock grifter as acting Director of National Intelligence, the $1.8 billion weaponization slush fund may be dying (or just hibernating), Tina Peters walks free and heads straight to Steve Bannon, Scott Pelley goes out swinging at 60 Minutes, and the leaked Trump-Netanyahu call reveals a president trapped by his own unworkable coalition of MAGA, Iran hawks, and Mark Levin all turning at once. Get 25% off select mattresses PLUS an extra $50 off during Leesa’s extended Memorial Day sale. Go to https://Leesa.com, promo code THENEXTLEVEL. Go to https://GreenChef.com/50NEXTLEVEL and use code 50NEXTLEVEL for 50% off your first month, then 20% off for your next two months. Read JVL’s Triad, here: https://www.thebulwark.com/s/thetriad Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join

Top Comments (10)

@petern6359 2026-06-03

Thank you JVL with the correct answer on Tina Peters.

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@deekay5594 2026-06-03

POLIS is now out as a future democratic anything. he is toast. JVL is the only one of the lot of you who understands what a mistake it was to reward this evil malevolent woman.

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@BuckTurgidson-vl1uk 2026-06-03

JVL is absolutely correct. That disgraceful person should still be in the slammer and serve the whole 9 years.

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@ExarKun543 2026-06-03

I think Tim is letting his personal friendship with Polis color his view on this. Peters betrayed the public trust, her crime was more serious and damaging to our democracy than a few thousand people trying mushrooms could ever be. Upon being released, she immediately started doing more to undermine our elections and citing her commutation as evidence. The most frustrating thing to me in the US right now is how little accountability people face for abusing their power. This is just one more example of that same problem.

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@edwardbrugel1631 2026-06-02

DNI without a security clearance… what could go wrong?

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@kjack2019 2026-06-03

Tina Peters pissed off the judge, called her the most defiant defendant she’s ever seen. Judicial discretion, baby.

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@kevinwasserburger3119 2026-06-03

I'm with JVL on Tina Peters. I'd just as soon she rot in prison.

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@rickdaddario4138 2026-06-02

These are the things that will happen when you fail to hold anyone accountable for a coup and the perpetrators manage to take power. Every crisis we are facing is a direct result of our legal systems refusal to hold the wealthy and powerful to the same standard of the law that ordinary citizens are held to.

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@justinkayce-k2p 2026-06-03

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime, Peters.

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@archon9383 2026-06-03

The Polis/Peters situation is why these people will never have the balls to do what is necessary to defeat a movement this outrageous. The other side is willing to seize whatever tools they need to to achieve their ends, and we hand them propaganda victories as if respecting their free speech is some sort of winning play. You will persuade _zero_ people with this argument, and if you _really_ care about winning, you would shove Peters into a deep dark hole from which there is no escape. Every single trick that is capable of being used in the legal system to draw out, to obstruct, to delay her release should be used. These people are _throwing men and women into cages to die_ and we're worrying about whether or not we're being nice enough to the enemies of democracy.

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