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Let’s be clear: Providing resources to protect U.S. Supreme Court justices isn’t a partisan issue. @KatiePavlichNN @NewsNation

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says the state needs to move on redistricting. “We don’t have a choice but to act, particularly when we’re watching the greatest assault on Black voter representation ... that we have seen in generations," he tells our @jmart. 🔗 politi.co/4fiRbP0

NEW DEAR COLLEAGUE FROM HAKEEM JEFFRIES "Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives in November." On Thursday, May 14, at 11:00 a.m., in partnership with House Administration Committee Ranking Member Joe Morelle, we will host a Caucus-wide briefing to discuss the steps Democrats are taking to advance the largest voter protection effort in modern American history. punchbowl.news/jeffries-5_11-… @PunchbowlNews text subscribers had it first.

As Republicans carve up Black districts, Democrats pivot to a new midterm message dlvr.it/TSVKRS

Virginia asks Supreme Court to restore Democrats’ congressional map thehill.com/regulation/cou…

Welcome back to Canada, President @BarackObama. Thank you for joining us in Toronto for important conversations on how we can build a better and more just future — and empower more people to build with us.

The decision by the Virginia Supreme Court to overturn the will of more than three million voters will not stand.

Barack Obama’s presidential "library" may be the last normal one, writes @Philip_Elliott for The D.C. Brief time.com/article/2026/0…

Obama just said what every Democrat needs to hear: “Can you talk in plain English? Not a bunch of gobbledygook. Just talk like normal people talk. ‘The rent is too high.’” Mamdani fixed 100,000 potholes and taxed empty billionaire penthouses. He didn’t need a focus group to explain why. Never stop connecting the dots.

FBI raids office of Dem state lawmaker in Virginia who led redistricting efforts dlvr.it/TSPfG5

TOP in @PunchbowlNews ☀️ AM: House Democrats are lining up behind Hakeem Jeffries as the next speaker if Dems win the majority in November, according to interviews with dozens of insiders. @maxpcohen has the details: punchbowl.news/article/house/…

Ted Turner, the billionaire media entrepreneur and philanthropist who launched the 24-hour cable TV news revolution when he founded CNN in 1980, has died. He was 87. cnn.it/4d7tcQ2

Michelle and I can’t wait for you to visit the Obama Presidential Center! Starting on June 19, the Center will be open to the public, and you’ll be able to check out the Museum along with public spaces like a new branch of the Chicago Public Library with a reading room, a two-acre playground, a fruit and vegetable garden, and more. Tickets available at tickets.obama.org.

Stephen Colbert asks Barack Obama if his soon-to-open presidential library/museum commemorates The Tan Suit.

Barack Obama speaks out against Donald Trump after a racist AI-generated video depicting him and Michelle Obama as apes was shared on Trump’s Truth Social account: "I don’t take it personally. I mean, I’m always offended when my wife and kids get dragged into things, because they didn’t choose this…That’s a line that even people whose politics I deeply reject, I would expect them to care about. I would never talk about somebody’s family in that way." According to the New Yorker article, Obama said he was more concerned about AI-generated videos Trump has posted that treat war “like a video game” and show “excrement dumped on ordinary citizens.” “I mean, I’m a fair target in the sense of, yeah, you can feel free to pick on me, because I’m your own size,” he said. “You know, it is true that it gets attention. It’s true that it’s a distraction. But, you know, as I’m traveling around the country, as you’re traveling around the country, you meet people. They still believe in decency, courtesy, kindness. And there’s this sort of clown show that’s happening in social media and on television. And what is true is that there doesn’t seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum. And a sense of propriety and respect for the office, right? So that’s been lost.” variety.com/2026/politics/…

Beyoncé's full interview with VOGUE on the MET Gala carpet. 💎

Met Gala faces protests, calls for boycotts over Jeff Bezos thehill.com/blogs/in-the-k…

Exclusive: In private briefings, the White House Counsel’s Office is reminding staff members how congressional oversight works as staff braces for the likelihood of Democratic victories in the November midterms, according to people briefed on the topic. wapo.st/4d33k7X

If Democrats win the House majority, the members in line to lead committees are largely the same figures who led panels four years ago — an awkward reality for a caucus grappling with generational shifts. @maxpcohen has the details: punchbowl.news/article/house/…

BREAKING NEWS - The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act, undercutting more than a century of progress towards strong multi-racial democracy. Here’s what this means:

"Our troops have preformed incredibly well in the past 15 months... the problem is the strategy that has been put before us. ... I've heard you give speeches about how realism is our strategy, and I find that absurd." - Ranking Member @RepAdamSmith to Secretary Hegseth