Troy Villalobos

[Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer]

Donald Trump said the GOP will never win another election if the SAVE Act doesn’t pass.

I have some bad news for him…

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Over the past 19 years, I've watched @MichelleObama, who never sought a career in the public eye, become a master orator. Her speech yesterday at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center may have been her very best. Moving, direct and powerful.

[Acyn @Acyn]

CNN: What you think about the president formally signing the Iran deal at Versailles last night?

Moulton: It's an appropriate place to sign a surrender document. And it's too bad that the president is completely oblivious to history to understand the parallels there

[Reuters @Reuters]

Italy's Meloni says Trump 'totally invented' story that she begged him for photo https://t.co/u4VxZjgTKp https://t.co/u4VxZjgTKp

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: The Trump administration awarded a $1.7 million no-bid contract for work on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to a company tied to a longtime Trump donor and Mar-a-Lago neighbor who previously pleaded guilty in a congressional bribery case.

Now the pool is dealing with green water, algae problems, and growing scrutiny over how the contracts were awarded.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Trump just made his first public departure aboard the $400 million Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar that will serve as Air Force One.

The controversy isn’t the flight.

It’s that taxpayers are expected to spend hundreds of millions more upgrading the aircraft, and current plans would allow Trump to retain use of the plane after leaving office.

A gift is usually supposed to save money.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Senate Republicans are finally learning the details of the agreement that President Trump struck with the Iranian government days ago to end the war — and many of them are not happy. https://t.co/5ktFVLmGy1

[Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman]

I’ve been raising the alarm for months about ​​Donald Trump’s efforts to lay the groundwork to rig the upcoming midterm elections. Now I am taking aggressive action that will stop the federal government from interfering with election equipment.

We need Democrats who know how to take on Donald Trump. I beat him before, and I'll do it again.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The Trump administration is arguing that new federal construction projects — including President Trump’s controversial 250-foot arch — are not subject to a federal law that restricts most construction in D.C. to a maximum height of 130 feet. https://t.co/QEO8rNGUaQ

[Matt Maasdam 🇺🇸 @MattMaasdam]

President Obama was the kind of President you want to see in the White House: smart, steady, honorable, and he led with kindness. He’s a good husband, dad, and role model for our country.

One thing that always stood out to me was his magical combination of being both ultra-competitive and really easygoing. It allowed him to surf the waves of politics, and it taught me a lot about leadership. (He also loved playing with my oldest son when he was just a baby!)

It was a tremendous honor to have his trust to carry the nuclear codes and to be by his side to handle emergencies for the country.

It’s incredible to see his legacy celebrated - I can’t wait to visit the new library!

[Acyn @Acyn]

Obama: To Michelle. She did me wrong. She wouldn't let me see her speech. She knew she was going to mess me up and she did it anyway. But she's always made me better. And I could not be more grateful.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: France just threw a major roadblock in front of Trump’s Iran deal.

French officials say they will not approve lifting U.N. sanctions on Iran until they are satisfied with a final agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program. As a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, France has veto power over the process. (Reuters)

Trump may have signed a deal.

That doesn’t mean the rest of the world is ready to sign off on it.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Iran won and Trump surrendered.
Moscow is burning and Ukraine will win.
Treasonous Tulsi is out.
Trumps name is off the Kennedy Center.
The Reflecting Pool is green.
Donald Trump is riddled with dementia and is rotting before our eyes.
MAGA is in a civil war.

Happy Friday!

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

We are suing to prevent Donald Trump from controlling mail-in voting by dictating to the Postal Service of whose ballot they will and won't deliver. All of this is laddering up to Trump trying to dictate who gets to vote and who doesn't.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Today, 161 years since the first Juneteenth celebration, we honor those who fought for freedom and remember the lasting legacy of slavery.

Black Americans continue to face systemic challenges to living in safety and dignity.

Our goal: we must end all forms of bigotry.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

From @WSJOpinion: The MOU gives Iran plenty before securing commitments of substance on the nuclear program, let alone on missiles or proxies. That’s U.S. leverage, given up before it’s needed most.
https://t.co/RrEozFiJsO

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Trump wants you to pay $80 BILLION for his failed Iran war.

Republicans in Congress made health care more expensive for millions of Americans, but somehow there is always money for war halfway around the world.

It’s outrageous.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

African and Caribbean nations call for formal apology for transatlantic slavery https://t.co/pJ3RQspcXg

[ABC News @ABC]

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama surprised the first 100 visitors to walk through the doors of the new Obama Presidential Center, personally greeting them Friday. https://t.co/8Y7ByLGIhV

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Efforts to rebuild the once-warm ties between President Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni imploded, after Trump claimed that she had “begged” to take a photo with him at a G-7 summit in France.

Meloni lashed back and accused him of lying. https://t.co/qUNuQrcQAE