Craig Smardan

[Lazar Berman @Lazar_Berman]

Graham said Kushner and Witkoff are "too conflicted" to work with on Middle East diplomacy, per WSJ.

Damning.

[POLITICO @politico]

Troy Jackson, unlike Graham Platner, is staying laser-focused on Susan Collins https://t.co/1raGyY7Bax

[InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022]

CBS POLL: Trump’s policies are making you financially…

🟢 Better off: 13%
🟤 Worse off: 58%
⚪️ The same: 29%

75% say their income isn’t keeping up with inflation
——
Who does the U.S. economic system favor?

The wealthy: 74%
Middle class: 7%
The poor: 3%
—
% who say the U.S. economic system favors the wealthy

By Party
• Republicans: 51%
• Democrats: 91%
• Independents: 80%
—
By Age
• 18-29: 72%
• 30-44: 76%
• 45-64: 76%
• 65+: 71%
—
By Race/Ethnicity
• White: 73%
• Black: 86%
• Hispanic: 75%

[Shane Goldmacher @ShaneGoldmacher]

NEW: Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke DNC

* Ken Martin threw his phone at desk of a junior aide, resulting in HR complaint.
* Vendors asked not to send bills to mask $ woes

Leaks, debt, paranoia and much more w/ Reid Epstein https://t.co/DDEB6JGg8A

[Christian's Court @christianscourt]

The #MubadalaDCOpen men’s draw is out!

Notable R1s:

[8] Fils vs Jodar (!!)
[1] de Minaur vs Tsitsipas
Draper vs Michelsen
[6] Tiafoe vs Atmane
[4] Musetti vs Arnaldi
[2] Shelton vs Quinn

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Six months after the killing of her son, Alex Pretti, his mother is sharing a heartbreaking message about the grief she says has only deepened with time.

In an emotional post marking the six-month anniversary of Alex’s death, she writes that no one has been held accountable and says her family has never received an apology or even a single phone call from government officials, hospital personnel, or the Minneapolis Police Department. At the same time, she expressed profound gratitude for the overwhelming support her family has received from people around the world, urging others to continue speaking out and never forget what Alex stood for.

Her full statement:

“Today marks the six-month anniversary of Alex’s murder. No-one has been held accountable, no apologies, not a single phone call from any governmental official, hospital personnel, or the Mpls police dept. Six-months of pain, a roller-coaster of trauma over and over. Every time another a death, another mention, a picture, a tribute, a sorrow so deep. I wonder how to move forward. Will I ever get over this loss and this pain? Will I ever be able to enjoy life again? How does one live knowing that I have no power to change what has happened?

And yet the out-reach not only from Minnesota, but from around the world has been nothing less than spectacular. Every card, every gift, every heartfelt letter has been read, touched, held, and cherished by us all. The kindness you’ve all shown us is beyond words. Please never forget Alex and what he believed in ~ equality and peace for all. I will remember the things that made you, you. It will never take your memory. As long as I’m here, you will never be forgotten.

For all you asking what you can do. Continue this fight. Never give up your right to speak out, protect your neighbor, your community and don’t forget to spend time with those you love…”

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

Gather 'round children.

It's time to tell the second chapter of the sordid Tale of Two Bridges.

[Acyn @Acyn]

President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Dinner.

📸REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

I thought this was a fake quote but, nope, he actually said it.

This is the most embarrassing person to ever lead any country anywhere in the world in our lifetimes.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Wow. He’s so gullible

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Remarkable camera angle of President Trump as he listens to Wall Street Journal reporters receiving an award for their investigation into Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — which they pursued despite Trump’s threats and lawsuit.

[Lee Merritt @LeeMerrittesq]

Audio call from Nolan Wells’ friends: Nolan arrived at Horn Island on this same boat, with this same group, that morning. Later that day, the boat took on water — this time without him — and his friend sounds panicked, struggling to answer the dispatcher’s questions. “We’re sinking, can y’all please come?”

The caller told dispatch everyone was accounted for. That same boat was towed, then continued under its own power, and made it back to shore that evening — but Nolan Wells was not with the group when it did.

🎥: @tmz

[Yonah Lieberman 🔥 @YonahLieberman]

If an elected official said “don’t just come in here speaking Hebrew, don’t come out with your Jewish music on” it would be a weeks-long scandal and every candidate in the state would have to condemn it.

This anti-Arab racism will go by without a word from the Stevens campaign.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Pete Buttigieg: “The outrageous news that we just got with the Trump administration removed the names of four of our service members who were killed in action, apparently because the fact that they were killed in action goes against his fiction that sometimes he says we are actually not in a war, even though everybody knows we are. What I would say to him is when I was in uniform, when I was deployed, I knew that on some level my life depended on the credibility of the people running our government…American lives depend on him telling the truth even when it's hard.”

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Just insane timeline we’re living in. Not sure how this country ever recovers from this authoritarian far right madness.

[Ben Solis @bensolis1]

Stevens takes on criticisms of her voice, etc. Her supporters here are just electrified.

(Reposting because a typo, excuse me)

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

If President Trump were to ask for my advice on Iran - not that I would expect him to listen - here is what I'd say:

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

"That's almost word for word what they told us when we were sold the war in Iraq. Remember 2003?" -- another Pete Buttigieg masterclass on Fox News. There is no Democrat better at communicating to that audience.

[Robert Elisberg @relisberg]

The depth of cravenness by Mark Walters of the @Dodgers is stunning. But a thought occurred to me, so I checked. And yes:

"U.S. prosecutors and the SEC are investigating Mark Walter's insurance companies and Guggenheim Partners for possible financial improprieties."
-- USA Today

[Emily Davies @ELaserDavies]

A high-stakes meeting in the Oval Office. A governor fielding calls from a vet ER, where his dog was ill from exhaustion.

The inside story of the chaotic days following Lindsey Graham's death — and how his sister, Darline, became Trump's pick for Senate:

https://t.co/kGY388D9rc