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[Strictly 4 My X’ers @Lizzs_Lockeroom]

Remembering Ed Bradley on what would’ve been his 85th Birthday (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006)

I miss journalists..... Ed was one of the best.

[Ballers In God @BallersinGod]

🇧🇪🗣️Jeremy Doku on Instagram: “Welcoming my son into the world is one of the greatest blessings God has ever given me.”

[Jesus Chrysler @JesusChryslerII]

Five Mexican guys could have fixed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in one weekend, but we deported them.

[Toronto Police Operations @TPSOperations]

MISSING:
Tia, 31
-last seen on June 6, 2026, in the University Ave and Dundas St West area
- described as 5'3", 119 lbs with long straight red hair
-last seen wearing a black leather jacket, burgundy pants, and a white hoodie
#GO1286317
^ma

[Brooke 🥀 🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇬🇱Proud Canadian @FairplayDesigns]

I do not give a flying F%@K if Carney missed Question Period 100 days. Question Period has become a clown show created by Conservatives. Slogans do not run a country

[Lancesico 🇱🇨 @Bornakang]

President Obama looks just like his grandad

[Toronto Police Operations @TPSOperations]

MISSING:
Rachel, 15
-last seen on June 21, 2026, at 1 a.m., in the St. Clair Ave W & Dufferin St. area
-described as 5'6", thin build, with brown eyes & brown hair in a high ponytail
-last seen wearing a black vest, black shorts, camouflage Crocs, with white, red & blue socks, a nose ring, and a gold watch on her left wrist
#GO1295415
^ma

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

It was such a joy getting to spend time with Joe and Jill, George and Laura, and Bill and Hillary last week. Barack and I will always be grateful for your constant friendship and support of our family over the years. 

(And George, thanks for the mints!)

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

📲 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Statement from Jeremy Doku after the birth of his child.

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Statement from Belgium on Jeremy Doku:

"Congratulations to Jeremy Doku and his family on the birth of their first son, Praise. With the approval of and accompanied by one of our team doctors, Jeremy travelled to London to be with his wife for this unique occasion."

"Jeremy will rejoin the squad tomorrow evening in Seattle as preparations continue for next match against New Zealand."

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️NEW: Eden Hazard on the Doku controversy: ‘A World Cup comes every four years. Your first child comes once’

“People are acting like Doku is abandoning his country. For what? To witness the birth of his first child? Football has lost its mind. A World Cup comes every four years. Your first child comes once. There will be another tournament, another trophy, another headline. There will never be another first breath from your son.

Some journalists call it ‘disgusting.’ No, what’s disgusting is a world where a player is praised for missing his child’s birth but criticized for being a father. We celebrate loyalty to a badge and mock loyalty to blood. That’s backwards.

You don’t postpone the first cry of your son because a tournament is on. You don’t negotiate with life the way you negotiate with a defender. This is not a friendly. This is not a game you can replay.

Your first child… bringing them into this world… it is a blessing. It only happens once. Everything else — the jersey, the crowd, the cameras — that is noise.
Important noise, yes. But still noise.

A man who turns his back on that moment to chase another trophy is not strong. He is empty. I have lifted everything there is to lift in this game. I know what stays when the final whistle blows and the stadium goes dark. It is not the medal. It is the eyes that look at you like you are their entire world.

Let the boy go home. Let him hold his wife’s hand when it matters. The World Cup will still be here in four years. His son’s first breath will not wait for anyone.

Football teaches you to fight. Fatherhood teaches you why you fight. Some people confuse the two. That is their problem, not Doku’s.”

—ZackNani/ YT

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Since Trump doesn't want this portrait of President Obama displayed in the White House, let's make this photo of our President go viral here!

RETWEET if you love @BarackObama!

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

Michelle Obama had a problem.
She was standing in Buckingham Palace, about to sit down to a state dinner hosted by Queen Elizabeth II — one of the most formally dressed women in the world, wearing jewels that had adorned British royalty for centuries — and the gift she had brought was a $50 brooch from an antique shop in Washington D.C.
It was May 2011. President Barack Obama and the First Lady were on a state visit to the United Kingdom — only the second time in history a sitting American president had been granted that honor. The palace had pulled out all the stops. Chandeliers blazing. Footmen in livery. The Queen in full regalia, diamonds catching the light.
And Michelle's gift was a small moss agate brooch from a vintage store called Tiny Jewel Box.
Barack Obama would later recall the moment with a smile. "The Queen was dressed up quite a bit for the state dinner," he said. "It was a little bit concerning for Michelle, because as a gift to Her Majesty, Michelle had selected a small, modest brooch of nominal value."

The brooch was beautiful, in its quiet way. Made in 1950 in America, crafted in fourteen-karat yellow gold, set with diamonds and pale green moss agate in the shape of a small flower. Delicate. Personal. The kind of thing you find when you're not looking for something grand — when you're just looking for something true.
Michelle presented it to the Queen that evening, alongside the official state gift — a carefully assembled album of photographs and memorabilia from King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's historic 1939 visit to the United States, something the Queen was said to have been visibly moved by as she turned the pages.
But it was the little brooch that told a different story.
The following evening, the Obamas hosted their own reciprocal dinner at Winfield House — the official residence of the American Ambassador in London. It was a room full of heads of state and royalty, an evening of its own formality and grandeur. The Queen arrived.
And on her lapel, she was wearing Michelle's brooch.
Not one of her legendary pieces. Not a diamond parure gifted by a Commonwealth nation or a sapphire set that had passed through generations of the royal family. The small American flower from a Washington antique shop — worn the very next night, in front of everyone.
Obama said: "The one thing we immediately noticed is that she was wearing the brooch that Michelle had given her. It was an example of the subtle thoughtfulness that she consistently displayed. Not just to us, but to everybody who she interacted with."

The Queen understood something that is easy to forget in rooms full of expensive things: the value of a gift has nothing to do with its price. It has everything to do with what it says. That brooch said — I chose this for you. I thought of you when I saw it. I wanted you to have something made by American hands, something personal, something that wasn't pulled from a state inventory.
The Queen heard every word of it.
She kept the brooch. It became known in royal circles as the American State Visit Brooch, and it appeared on her again on notable occasions over the years — a quiet signal, each time, of the warmth she carried for the people who had given it.
The exchange, it turned out, went both ways. The Queen gave Michelle a gift of her own that visit — an antique brooch of red coral and gold, shaped like a rose. Two women, surrounded by all the machinery of state protocol, quietly giving each other flowers.
When Queen Elizabeth died in September 2022, Barack Obama released a video tribute. He talked about how she reminded him of his grandmother — the same wry humor, the same no-nonsense grace, the same ability to make everyone around her feel genuinely seen. And he told the brooch story. The $50 antique. The state dinner. The moment the next evening when they walked in and saw her wearing it.
"She could not have been more kind or thoughtful to me and Michelle," he said.
Queen Elizabeth II owned jewels that belonged to empires. Pieces that had passed through the hands of kings and queens across centuries of history. Stones worth more than most people will ever see in a lifetime.
And when she wanted to tell someone that their gift had mattered — that the thought behind it had reached her — she pinned a small moss agate flower to her lapel and walked into the room.
That is the kind of person she was.
Kindness, when it comes from a genuine place, doesn't need to be expensive.
It just needs to be worn.

[Covie @covie_93]

Love how they're just minding their business instead of trying to take over protected land in Albania to build a billionaire retreat.

[Emma Larimar @ViralWavesX]

The Rainy Day Moment That Showed Obama’s True Character ❤️🇺🇸

[🇨🇦 @GrayMarker99]

A wonderful afternoon with the puffins at the viewing site in Elliston, NL.

@weathernetwork

#ShareYourWeather #Newfoundland #puffins

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Going forward, we can't have Obama AND Mamdani giving speeches in the same week or we'll start to get spoiled by literacy.

[🇨🇦 @GrayMarker99]

Unfortunately, this iconic shed fell victim to one of our winter storms and exists no longer. I used it for many of the photos I have taken of sunsets, icebergs and boats leaving or returning.
Here’s one I took last year on this date.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET to wish @BarackObama a Happy Father’s Day! 💙

[Renee @PettyLupone]

Michelle and Barack personally greeting visitors to the Obama Library today. 🥰