Bill O’Brien💎
@billobrien.bsky.social
Avid Corespondent✍🏼 / Advocate👨🏽💼 / Reformer - writing about all things in National Affairs & Culture, Texas Elections Judge, recovering catholic turned agnostic, happily married / Pronouns: calm | nurture | 🏠🇺🇸🏳️🌈 #notAfootballcoach🏈
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February 18, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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It should terrify us when networks silence voices to appease regulators. This isn’t about fairness; it’s about fear. Credit to Stephen Colbert for refusing to play along. That’s the kind of courage democracy depends on.
Stephen Colbert Slams CBS On-Air for Banning Interview With Democrat Candidate
The late-night host blasted FCC chairman Brendan Carr.
www.tvinsider.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
It should terrify us when networks silence voices to appease regulators. This isn’t about fairness; it’s about fear. Credit to Stephen Colbert for refusing to play along. That’s the kind of courage democracy depends on.
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Tomorrow, I’m leading a deposition of Les Wexner for oversight dems. Wexner was Epstein’s largest benefactor and contributor of wealth. Why? And what does he know?
I have a bunch of questions, and I bet you do too.👇🏾
I have a bunch of questions, and I bet you do too.👇🏾
February 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Tomorrow, I’m leading a deposition of Les Wexner for oversight dems. Wexner was Epstein’s largest benefactor and contributor of wealth. Why? And what does he know?
I have a bunch of questions, and I bet you do too.👇🏾
I have a bunch of questions, and I bet you do too.👇🏾
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More gov’t waste, where’s team DODGE! All for nothing more than vanity🤓
February 17, 2026 at 9:11 PM
More gov’t waste, where’s team DODGE! All for nothing more than vanity🤓
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Exposed his dick to a 13 yr old, who bit it. Then he punched her in the head.
That’s the evil child rapist that the entire GOP are protecting.
That’s the evil child rapist that the entire GOP are protecting.
February 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Exposed his dick to a 13 yr old, who bit it. Then he punched her in the head.
That’s the evil child rapist that the entire GOP are protecting.
That’s the evil child rapist that the entire GOP are protecting.
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The Permian Basin defied expectations over the past year by weathering low crude prices with record-breaking production. But big drillers are preparing for a slowdown.
Resilient U.S. Oil Production Is a Boon to Trump. How Long Will It Last?
The oil patch defied expectations over the past year by weathering low crude prices with record-breaking production. But big drillers are preparing for a slowdown.
on.wsj.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The Permian Basin defied expectations over the past year by weathering low crude prices with record-breaking production. But big drillers are preparing for a slowdown.
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Our public lands are our shared inheritance, and that includes the Boundary Waters.
Stand with Teddy Roosevelt’s family – speak out to protect what belongs to all of us.
Stand with Teddy Roosevelt’s family – speak out to protect what belongs to all of us.
February 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Our public lands are our shared inheritance, and that includes the Boundary Waters.
Stand with Teddy Roosevelt’s family – speak out to protect what belongs to all of us.
Stand with Teddy Roosevelt’s family – speak out to protect what belongs to all of us.
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Colbert, Cooper, and how CBS' capitulation campaign may be coming to CNN. www.mediamatters.org/cnn/paramoun...
Paramount is mangling CBS — and CNN may be next
www.mediamatters.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Colbert, Cooper, and how CBS' capitulation campaign may be coming to CNN. www.mediamatters.org/cnn/paramoun...
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Q: “The president didn’t like the videos he was seeing in Minnesota…Are we not going to see that kind of surge in Los Angeles and New York?”
Vance: “None of us like those videos. We don’t want immigration enforcement to be chaotic.”
Vance: “None of us like those videos. We don’t want immigration enforcement to be chaotic.”
February 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Q: “The president didn’t like the videos he was seeing in Minnesota…Are we not going to see that kind of surge in Los Angeles and New York?”
Vance: “None of us like those videos. We don’t want immigration enforcement to be chaotic.”
Vance: “None of us like those videos. We don’t want immigration enforcement to be chaotic.”
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@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on former Dilley employee who served in the military:
“They said if they knew what…the government machinations were like inside, they never would have served.”
“They said if they knew what…the government machinations were like inside, they never would have served.”
February 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on former Dilley employee who served in the military:
“They said if they knew what…the government machinations were like inside, they never would have served.”
“They said if they knew what…the government machinations were like inside, they never would have served.”
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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When I picked up Liam from Dilley to go home, he was scared. He was taken away from his home, family, school, and was imprisoned. Liam is home now, but so many children remain. ICE must be disbanded and Dilley must close. #FreeOurChildren.
Rep. Joaquin Castro, who escorted 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos from a Texas immigration detention facility back to Minneapolis last week, said ICE’s enforcement tactics should lead to the agency being disbanded.
https://www.notus.org/democrats/castro-ice-dhs-funding-liam-conejo-ramos
https://www.notus.org/democrats/castro-ice-dhs-funding-liam-conejo-ramos
Rep. Joaquin Castro Says Congress Should ‘Disband’ ICE
“I think that we have to build up a separate organization from scratch,” the Democrat from Texas said.
www.notus.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
When I picked up Liam from Dilley to go home, he was scared. He was taken away from his home, family, school, and was imprisoned. Liam is home now, but so many children remain. ICE must be disbanded and Dilley must close. #FreeOurChildren.
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ICYMI: In 24 years, only 77 “illegals” have voted — representing 0.00000764% of total votes…
And the research comes from the far-right Heritage Foundation
electionfraud.heritage.org/search?combi...
And the research comes from the far-right Heritage Foundation
electionfraud.heritage.org/search?combi...
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
ICYMI: In 24 years, only 77 “illegals” have voted — representing 0.00000764% of total votes…
And the research comes from the far-right Heritage Foundation
electionfraud.heritage.org/search?combi...
And the research comes from the far-right Heritage Foundation
electionfraud.heritage.org/search?combi...
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Hondas 2013 Presidents Day TV Commercial Very Funny
YouTube video by TheNewsthatmatters1
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February 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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While the senate candidates share traditional GOP principles, their records differ on issues like foreign policy, guns and the January 6 riot.
How Cornyn, Paxton and Hunt compare in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate
While the senate candidates share traditional GOP principles, their records differ on issues like foreign policy, guns and the January 6 riot.
bit.ly
February 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
While the senate candidates share traditional GOP principles, their records differ on issues like foreign policy, guns and the January 6 riot.
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Frustration, Despair Mount in Tucson Over Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance on.wsj.com/4az4S8r
Frustration, Despair Mount in Tucson Over Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance
Frustration, Despair Mount in Tucson Over Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance
on.wsj.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Frustration, Despair Mount in Tucson Over Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance on.wsj.com/4az4S8r
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150 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1876 - A collection of images showing events and sights from around the world in 1876—the year the United States celebrated its 100th anniversary with the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
February 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
150 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1876 - A collection of images showing events and sights from around the world in 1876—the year the United States celebrated its 100th anniversary with the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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We are the champions! With nearly 50 out athletes competing, the Milan Cortina Games are the gayest yet.
https://mrf.lu/zkB0
https://mrf.lu/zkB0
February 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
We are the champions! With nearly 50 out athletes competing, the Milan Cortina Games are the gayest yet.
https://mrf.lu/zkB0
https://mrf.lu/zkB0
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The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found about two miles from Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door the night she vanished. n.pr/4tF2ANO
FBI: DNA from glove near Guthrie home appears to match glove worn by suspect
The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found about two miles from Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door the night she vanished.
n.pr
February 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found about two miles from Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door the night she vanished. n.pr/4tF2ANO
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Europe’s vegetable garden yields 3.5m tonnes of produce all year round, enough to feed half a billion people. 1843 goes inside Spain’s plastic sea of greenhouses
The plastic city that feeds half a billion
Inside the greenhouses that serve as Europe’s vegetable garden
econ.st
February 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Europe’s vegetable garden yields 3.5m tonnes of produce all year round, enough to feed half a billion people. 1843 goes inside Spain’s plastic sea of greenhouses
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"In at least 4,421 cases, more than 400 federal judges ruled since the beginning of October that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding people illegally as it carries out its mass-deportation campaign."
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.
www.reuters.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"In at least 4,421 cases, more than 400 federal judges ruled since the beginning of October that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding people illegally as it carries out its mass-deportation campaign."
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
