"It's official. In what is probably the most significant achievement of his first four months in office, Donald Trump has acquired a fancy new plane. For him, it's a personal triumph. For the rest of us, it's a national embarrassment." bit.ly/My-Column

I’m back from Italy with first Roundtable in 6 weeks! The panel and the news did not disappoint. With @EmilyLGoodin, Senior White House Correspondent Daily Mail, @JasonJDick, Editor-in-chief of CQ @RollCall and @DCDufour, Editor-in-chief @NationalJournal. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

From a $400 million used 747 to 200 fat cats paying $1 million for dinner with Orange Man. The Trump Crime Family. Check it out on this week’s Reporters Roundtable. apple.co/4jle4zZ

“Ending the war in 24 hours has turned into four months of futility and false assurances from Putin that he was serious about peace."- Joe Cirincione bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

"Putin's gambit here is to pretend he's interested in peace and then to propose conditions that are so harsh that Ukraine can't possibly agree to them."- Joe Cirincione bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

"For a comedian, Zelensky has proved to be one of the world's great political strategists and leaders."- Joe Cirincione

"There are people in [Netanyahu's] extremist government that speak the plain truth, and one of them is Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich … ‘Gaza will be completely destroyed simply because it is one big terror infrastructure.’"- Joe Cirincione bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

"What this does, the second Trump administration, is show that you cannot depend on the United States. Trump represents not an aberration, but the reality of what America's really about."- Joe Cirincione bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

"The military shield [Trump’s ’Golden Dome’] clearly doesn't work. It is technologically impossible to build a defense against ballistic missiles that can protect the United States."- Joe Cirincione bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

"Trump has turned the presidency from the highest form of public service to the most disgusting display of personal enrichment. He’s replaced the revered title 'commander-in-chief' with the disgraced 'grifter-in-chief.'” thehill.com/opinion/white-…

"For would-be criminals, the message could not be more clear. If you're even thinking about committing a crime, don't worry about the police. Just make sure you send a big check to Donald Trump first." bit.ly/My-Column

A lively, feisty, well-reported one this morning. With @Linda_Feldmann, White House Correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, @PBump, Columnist @WashingtonPost and author of the How to Read This Chart Newsletter and Evan McMorris-Santoro, Reporter @NOTUSReports bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

TACO! It’ll stick with Trump because it’s true! Wrap up a wild week with Philip Bump, Linda Feldmann, and Evan McMorris-Santoro. Reporters Roundtable. apple.co/45x62R2

"The only people left now [in the Republican Party] fit into two categories: either full-blown cultists or moral cowards."-Norman Ornstein bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

The latest Bill Press Pod with the great Norm Ornstein. Here's a sample. There's more where this came from. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

"If we turn into a full-blown authoritarian autocracy, when we write the list of villains, John Roberts is going to be up near the top of that list."-Norman Ornstein bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

"Mike Johnson is first of all the worst Speaker of the House in the history of the country." -Norman Ornstein bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

The latest Bill Press Pod with the great Norm Ornstein. He does hold back. Here's another sample. There's a lot more where this came from. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

"Mitch McConnell was willing to risk the country for that goal. [GOP Senate majority] So he should be condemned in the strongest terms: party over country." -Norman Ornstein bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

"What we have is nihilism—it’s about blowing things up without any particular goal other than to destroy."-Norman Ornstein bit.ly/Click-2-Listen