Some bits of the "more social social media" memes I noticed:

The wannabe first husband and dog:

Buddies with mayors, forget that DC swamp shit:

the classic behind the stage shots: where he's "chill"

CHANGE, gotta dig up all the "say change a gazillion times" videos from the Clinton/Gore campaign:

Found retweeted by Rick Wilson (!)

From Jamelle Bouie of NYTimes:

Some of his earlier comments on Israel/Palestine on the occasion of his official launch on Sunday:

PETE BUTTIGIEG TOLD BY PROTESTERS TO "OPEN YOUR HEART TO PALESTINE" AFTER PRO-ISRAEL STATEMENTS

By Jason Lemon @ Newsweek.com, 4/15/19 AT 12:48 PM EDT

[....] Demonstrators said they were not opposed to Buttigieg as a candidate, with some actually voicing general approval of his candidacy. But they hoped to nudge him on his foreign policy, particularly as it relates to Israel and its neighbors in the Middle East. While progressive Democrats in Congress have grown more vocally critical of Israel, with two members supporting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against the nation, Buttigieg has a record of speaking positively about Israel. He has also criticized the lack of unity among Palestinians.

“Seeing the way that a country can be on the one hand very intentional, very serious and very effective when it comes to security and on the other hand not allowing concerns about security to dominate your consciousness,” he said last May after a visit to Israel. “I think that’s a very important lesson that hopefully Americans can look to when we think about how to navigate a world that unfortunately has become smaller and more dangerous for all of us.”

Buttigieg also suggested that the group Hamas, which the U.S. government officially designates as a terrorist organization although it administers Gaza, was to blame for much of the Palestinians’ problems.

“There really is not a unified or single voice for the Palestinian people,” he said. “Most people aren’t aware of the difference between what’s happening in Gaza—run by Hamas in a way that is contributing to a lot of misery there—but also totally different than an environment where you’d have a negotiating partner across the table.”

At the same time, Buttigieg has criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing policies. When Netanyahu announced ahead of his close re-election this month that he would begin annexing the West Bank if he won a fifth term—which he did—Buttigieg slammed the position [.....]

Five former Obama ambassadors back Buttigieg​ @ TheHill.com - 04/19/19 10:26 AM EDT

[....] The Obama diplomats — Timothy Broas (Netherlands), John Phillips (Italy), Tod Sedgwick (Slovakia), David Jacobson (Canada) and Bill Eacho (Austria) — raised millions of dollars for the Obama-Biden ticket in 2008 and 2012. The ambassadors are now planning a fundraiser for Buttigieg in Washington, D.C., in May.

“I am all in with Mayor Pete. No one else. I don’t see anyone else who comes close,” said Eacho. “His ability to come across as authentic, honest, and trustworthy; his ability to connect emotionally with the American people, are qualities I have not seen in the other candidates. And of course I like the way he frames important issues. He is all about making progress without a flame-thrower approach.”

There is building buzz in Obama World around Buttigieg, a military veteran, Rhodes scholar and gay millennial leader [....]