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[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

It means so much to Barack and me to open up the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side of Chicago. This is where I grew up, where Barack got his start, and where we raised our girls. So having a place where kids from our community can see themselves, connect with each other, and channel their hope—there’s nothing more powerful than that.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Who else agrees that The Knicks should reject any invitation to the White House, and visit the Obama Presidential Center INSTEAD? 🤚

[Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley]

HUGE: I just led an “SOS” call on the Senate floor—Save Ocean Sensors—with Senator Lisa Murkowski!

The Senate unanimously passed our bipartisan bill to protect the Ocean Observatories Initiative—critical sensors that are essential for managing our fisheries, forecasting weather, and understanding climate change.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil."

April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil. We have tremendous oil and gas, much more than we need."

June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks...we would really run out, and there'll be a time when you wouldn't be able to get it."

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Jon Ossoff: You're going to get to know Mike Collins very well over the next few months. He is pro-war. He is pro-tariff. He's pro cutting your health care. He's also a notorious bigot and antisemite, and an election-denying extremist who is only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman and is a Trump puppet who will serve Donald Trump's needs and agenda mindlessly if he is elected to the United States Senate.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

One of my favorite lines in the complaint: “At a meeting of the Shoals Republican Club on August 3, 2019, Tuberville candidly conceded that he ‘has property’ in Alabama but is not an ‘everyday resident of Alabama,’ describing himself as a ‘carpetbagger.’”

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

$12 million. That's how much taxpayer money the Trump Administration spent to rehire the same federal workers they'd previously fired.

Talk about waste, fraud, and abuse – this Administration commits all three on a daily basis.

[Native American @_nativeamerica]

Our hearts ache as we announce the passing of John Kinsel Sr., a cherished elder and one of the immortal Navajo Code Talkers. At 107, he leaves behind a legacy of unbreakable bravery forged in the fires of Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. From 1942 to 1946, as a U.S. Marine, he wielded his sacred language, the uncrackable code, to weave the vital communications that defied the enemy and tipped the scales of World War II.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Obama cries when Michelle Obama shows off her dress, featuring a photo of her mother in it.

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

With $300 billion, we could end homelessness, fund cancer research for 40 years, and give every child free pre-K for over 7 years. Instead, Trump is sending it to Iran. This is not America First. Not even close.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

There has been distressing news about the war in #Ukraine, which keeps expanding. There are many innocent victims, rescue workers killed, and churches and cultural heritage sites devastated by flames. I am close to all those who mourn their loved ones, to the wounded, and to those who continue to serve life with courage amid violence. Let us #PrayTogether that this war may end. Let us ask the Lord to open paths of dialogue, extinguish hatred, and make a just and lasting #Peace possible.

[Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @CongressmanRaja]

Todd Blanche’s mishandling of the Epstein files should disqualify him from leading the Department of Justice.
That’s why I sent a letter with my colleagues to Senate Majority Leader Thune urging the Senate to reject Blanche’s nomination for Attorney General.

[Democratic Coalition @TheDemCoalition]

Nothing intimidates them more.

#ResistTrump

[Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal]

Cruelty seems to be the point. Putin’s bombing is taking bloodshed & destruction to new heights—now hitting the sacred, cherished Monastery of the Caves. Ukraine needs air defense to stop his rising reign of terror.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Ossoff: The president has been humiliated on the world stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about his stability and his capacity for the office. It’s deeply distressing to Americans to see a president so incompetent attempting and failing to represent the nation.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The performers for the Obama Presidential Library opening on June 18 have been announced:

Stevie Wonder
John Legend
Jennifer Hudson
The Roots
Bruce Springsteen
Christina Aguilera
Marsai Martin
Common
U2’s Bono and The Edge
Eddie Vedder
Marc Anthony
Tems

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

“Trump’s war has had real costs and our defeat will have real consequences. These are the responsibility of Trump and his party, which voted over and over in Congress to support his war. It is proper to hang the war and the defeat around all their necks.”

https://t.co/RkIDgAHHAR

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Bloomberg has secured a copy of Donald Trump’s peace plan that hands $300 billion to Iran. This arguably could be the biggest scandal of Trump’s entire second term.

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

The full text of the MOU is even worse than I imagined.

Complete surrender

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

ZELENSKYY: We will produce 10 million drones this year. However, we're capable of doubling that amount. We're also making progress on medium and long range strikes. This is all very good news for our defence industry, and €90 billion decision will be very helpful in this regard.