Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow:

George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.

SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:

“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."

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IOWA: “It is a complete pleasure to hear somebody speak in complete sentences.”

*Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall* 👏🏽

Let's be clear: North Carolina—and eleven other states—have trigger laws that automatically end Medicaid expansion if federal support drops below 90%. This approach automatically throws over 600,000 North Carolinians off of their coverage.

The Most Memorable Moment Of Trump’s Speech: It wasn’t Rep. Al Green (D-TX) being escorted out of the House chamber or the long list of Trump absurdities. Nope, it was Trump rubbing Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ face in their mutual corruption:

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This current Social Security riff by Trump is completely debunked 100% total made-up BS. No president has EVER lied this baldly from the podium. And Vance, Johnson, and the whole GOP just nod and go along with it.

To be clear, the U.S. is leveling punishing tariffs on its allies while discussing easing sanctions on Russia.

NEW: One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.

The USAID programs were cut anyway.

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This was on the screen as Rod Stewart wrapped up his show tonight.

Trump’s planned Oval Office ambush of Zelensky continues to backfire, as thousands rallied in support of Ukraine in Times Square on Saturday. Zelensky was welcomed to the UK with open arms on Saturday. British PM Keir Starmer greeted Zelensky with a big hug and a massive defense loan worth billions.

If today’s Oval Office meeting was supposed to make Trump look tough, he is sadly mistaken. Trying to extort and humiliate a democratic ally invaded by Russia is a disgusting display of weakness and fealty to Putin.

"Whether this particular allegation is true is irrelevant compared to the broader question of why nothing was done to prevent a known organized crime associate from gaining access to the highest level of political power. Twice."

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This.

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