Tweets Of The Day

You want your favorite political candidate to be the second coming of MLK, because it makes you feel important. But it's just a campaign.

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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 18, 2016

If your first thought regarding transgender people using the bathroom is "That's a great way to molest a kid!", that says way more about you

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Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) May 17, 2016

12 Million Reasons To Say Thank You, President Obama

These new overtime rules are huge for 12M people earning below $47K but they're not about Trump or Hitler so whatev. whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/05/1…

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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) May 18, 2016

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: First Lady Michelle Obama hands a diploma to a graduating senior during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School for Health Sciences and Engineering at Historic Pearl High commencement ceremony, at the Howard C. Gentry Complex in Nashville, Tenn., May 18, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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Today

3:50 EDT: The President participates in a DNC fundraiser