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[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Sen. Jon Ossoff accused what he called the "Mar-a-Lago mafia" of profiting from Middle East tensions, citing reports involving Pete Hegseth's broker, Jared Kushner's Saudi-backed fund, and suspicious oil trades before a Trump post moved markets.

He's calling for investigations and promising subpoenas if Democrats win back Congress.

The SEC just got mentioned in a campaign speech for a reason. 👀

[ABC News @ABC]

Fewer than 49% of Americans can afford healthcare, the lowest rate since tracking began in 2021, according to Gallup data released Thursday. https://t.co/U0BQq4QXtA

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Reminder as you're traveling this summer:

Trump reversed a rule that required airlines to automatically refund you with CASH—not vouchers, not points—for canceled or severely delayed flights.

United Airlines and Delta Airlines each gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund.

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

The most dangerous idea in America right now isn't a conspiracy theory.
It's the belief that nothing can be done.
Once people believe they're powerless, the game is over.
That's the lie I tackle in today's piece.
"The future belongs to the people who keep acting long after everyone else gives up."
https://t.co/77NeBziyWQ

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Trump ended free admission to national parks on Juneteenth.

To celebrate Juneteenth and America's 250th birthday, California is giving away FREE Historian Passports for unlimited visits to 32 state historic parks through the end of 2026 🏛️🌲

https://t.co/VnRWLNG5wD

[Nicole Minét @mouvement33]

The Obama Presidential Library is absolutely beautiful. I love the walking paths on the roof of the buildings on the ground, and the landscape architecture has very modern Frank Lloyd Wright vibes. Just gorgeous. 💙

For those who want to know what it says on the Museum Tower:

“You are America. Unconstrained by habit and convention. Unencumbered by what is, ready to seize what ought to be. For everywhere in this country, there are first steps to be taken, there is new ground to cover, there are more bridges to be crossed. America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone. Oh, what a glorious task we are given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours.” 🇺🇸

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Sen. Elissa Slotkin plans to introduce a bill that would ban the president from sending armed military or federal agents to polling sites during American elections. https://t.co/VCrMXUJItG

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

The Trump administration has sent eminent-domain letters to roughly 400 landowners in the Big Bend region of West Texas to build a border wall. Adan Madrid, 65 — whose family helped found his town — was offered $2,500 for a "right of passage" across his property, including the home he lives in.
Joe Carrasco, a 71-year-old retired oil-field worker, and Yolanda Alvarado, 38, got similar letters.
Here's what makes it absurd: Big Bend is 517 miles — about a quarter of the entire southern border — but saw just 3,096 migrant encounters in FY2025, a 74% drop, and only 1.3% of all border traffic.
They're seizing generational family land for a wall across the emptiest stretch of the border.And the Texas Republicans who built a 20-year brand on "private property is sacred"? Silent.
Eminent domain was tyranny right up until it was pointed at a rancher's home for a wall.
Watch: https://t.co/dpAJ7Gq6uV

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

NYT: A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas weeks after Defense Secretary Hegseth announced that U.S. troops would no longer be required to be vaccinated for the flu, defense officials said.

https://t.co/fFIt8Mhyzg

[Amazon Piss Jugs @JeremyWard33]

This will destroy fifty nine million acres of national forest. 75 percent of Americans are against this. We have no representation y'all

[Ann Johnson @VoteAnnJohnson]

There are two people who know Ken Paxton best: his wife and his defense lawyer.

Both have walked away from him.

That tells you everything you need to know about Ken Paxton.

[Mike Madrid @madrid_mike]

That face when you realize you sold your soul only to be remembered as Secretary of State during the worst foreign policy move in living memory

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, the Republican Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Roger Wicker, just slammed Donald Trump's Iran deal saying it made President Obama's deal "look like a pittance by comparison." Woah.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

The scariest thing about this is that there's no way to know whether he's even aware that he spent the last 4 months saying exactly the opposite

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

Those of you who didn't listen to the frighteningly incoherent and bizarre press conference Trump gave today will think I'm making this up, but there was actually a part of it in which he seemed to be doing a commercial for investing in Iran.

The humiliation is *utter*, friends.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

I've been covering Trump as a presidential historian for a decade.

The presser he just gave was the most incoherent he's ever given.

It's clear he knew that if at any point he answered any question—or conceded a single fact—he'd admit that he just surrendered to Iran.

My God.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

BREAKING: The MOU is so much worse than you realize. It approaches an unconditional surrender. This is well beyond the defeat we experienced in Vietnam. Read below for a full breakdown and analysis of every horrifying term in the Trump-Iran Surrender.

🔗: https://t.co/6i8G8cKBve

[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.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

And once again, I am compelled to formally apologize to the rest of the world. As an American, I am again terribly sorry that my country - a great, good, decent country - put this pathologically-lying, idiotic, sociopathic madman in power. I’m sorry. Most of America is sorry.

[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.