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[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby — a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist — to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display in the Hope and Change lobby at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

The first official portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama has just been unveiled

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Powerful piece, highly recommend reading. Democrats need people like Platner if they are going to come to terms with the true nature of our country, with what we have done to people at home and abroad, and pull together the coalition needed to heal and reshape it.

“A tiny minority of Americans (6%) ever serve in the military. Of these, only 40% of veterans have ever deployed to a combat zone. And of those deployed, only about 10% participated in actual ground combat. I am one of those, and so is Platner. His pathology: a combination of traumatic stress, substance abuse, impulsive decision-making in the past, and deep anger at the moral injury he sustained wearing the cloth of this nation, is something this country ought to consider when it sends its young men and women to war. The question before Maine is not whether Graham Platner is perfect. The question is whether the United States Senate, the state of Maine, and the country as a whole would benefit from having his voice in the room when decisions are made. The answer is yes…”

“A democracy that insists on perfection will eventually find itself represented only by people skilled at hiding their flaws.”

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.

May God bless America.

[Dave Smith @ComicDaveSmith]

Trump lied to your face after he killed a bunch of little girls.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Totally agree @mcuban.

In no world should one company own the insurer, the drug manufacturer, the PBM, the pharmacy, the clinics, and on and on.

The resulting monopolies price people out of care and people lose their lives.

Healthcare is a right. Break them up.

[trash jones @jzux]

hello companies. if you do this, I will respect you more and will make a deliberate effort to support you in the future!

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

Turns out it was never about meritocracy. It’s just about pushing qualified, patriotic women out of the military.

[Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @repdeliaramirez]

Just so we are clear: ICE went into a day care center—a private business—without a judicial warrant, and unlawfully kidnapped a worker in front of parents and children.

Our taxpayer dollars are being used to violate our rights, terrorize our communities, and traumatize children. It is time to defund ICE.

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

BING BONG

[🆗 @JJJ4Y0_O]

this is what barnes and noble felt like when u were 5

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: Gaza authorities say the Israeli army has committed 47 violations of the ceasefire, killing 38 people and wounding another 143

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/W8S1tVkA8c

[sid @holdyourfork]

@BigCatCountry

[Meg @megannn_lynne]

It doesn’t feel like party rock is in the house tonight. It hasn’t for a long time

[NFL @NFL]

.@Jaguars fans, how we feelin'?!

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

RT if you believe @realDonaldTrump should order a FULL INVESTIGATION into Epstein’s illegal sexual trafficking from the last 30 years and get answers!

[sid @holdyourfork]

@ArizonaDOT Eta?

[sid @holdyourfork]

@ArizonaDOT Looks like it’s closed at sunflower?