Mike O'Brien
@mikeobrien1492.bsky.social
M.Ed., lifelong Cubs fan, sometimes writer, US Navy vet, animal lover, Ohio University Scripps & Patton College alum.
Ohio is The ❤️ Of It All!
Opinions are my own.
Ohio is The ❤️ Of It All!
Opinions are my own.
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Trump's promise to "drill, baby, drill" has led to less drilling.
One culprit: tariffs
“The Liberation Day chaos and tariff antics have harmed the domestic energy industry. ‘Drill, baby, drill’ will not happen with this level of volatility.”
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
One culprit: tariffs
“The Liberation Day chaos and tariff antics have harmed the domestic energy industry. ‘Drill, baby, drill’ will not happen with this level of volatility.”
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Promised to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ The New Rigs Are Nowhere to Be Found
With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering.
www.wired.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Trump's promise to "drill, baby, drill" has led to less drilling.
One culprit: tariffs
“The Liberation Day chaos and tariff antics have harmed the domestic energy industry. ‘Drill, baby, drill’ will not happen with this level of volatility.”
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
One culprit: tariffs
“The Liberation Day chaos and tariff antics have harmed the domestic energy industry. ‘Drill, baby, drill’ will not happen with this level of volatility.”
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
In the midst of Trump's Epstein scandal, it's easy to forget about his concentration camps.
AP — The U.S. government is building an immense 5,000-person detention camp in west Texas, government contract announcements said.
AP — The U.S. government is building an immense 5,000-person detention camp in west Texas, government contract announcements said.
The concentration camp system in 1930s Germany was initially created to hold Communists, Socialists, gays, Catholics, people with disabilities, and people declared to be enemies of the Reich.
By the mid 1930s the focus shifted to Jews and anyone declared to be physically or mentally inferior.
By the mid 1930s the focus shifted to Jews and anyone declared to be physically or mentally inferior.
July 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
In the midst of Trump's Epstein scandal, it's easy to forget about his concentration camps.
AP — The U.S. government is building an immense 5,000-person detention camp in west Texas, government contract announcements said.
AP — The U.S. government is building an immense 5,000-person detention camp in west Texas, government contract announcements said.
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TXGOP = cheating and intimidation
They “invite” the public to testify against their rigged gerrymandering, praying for a moment like this.
But they chose the wrong man.
@isaiahrmartin.bsky.social is a beloved Texas leader!
What he’s NOT is trespassing, disrupting or resisting.
🎥👇🏽
#FreeIsaiah
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They “invite” the public to testify against their rigged gerrymandering, praying for a moment like this.
But they chose the wrong man.
@isaiahrmartin.bsky.social is a beloved Texas leader!
What he’s NOT is trespassing, disrupting or resisting.
🎥👇🏽
#FreeIsaiah
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July 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
TXGOP = cheating and intimidation
They “invite” the public to testify against their rigged gerrymandering, praying for a moment like this.
But they chose the wrong man.
@isaiahrmartin.bsky.social is a beloved Texas leader!
What he’s NOT is trespassing, disrupting or resisting.
🎥👇🏽
#FreeIsaiah
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They “invite” the public to testify against their rigged gerrymandering, praying for a moment like this.
But they chose the wrong man.
@isaiahrmartin.bsky.social is a beloved Texas leader!
What he’s NOT is trespassing, disrupting or resisting.
🎥👇🏽
#FreeIsaiah
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The Scottish press reacts to a visit by a felon.
July 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Scottish press reacts to a visit by a felon.
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Trump has actually been remarkably successful in implementing his agenda and at the six month mark he's hit a low point in Gallup approval ratings. That's because the agenda is fundamentally unpopular! Something we tried desperately hard to communicate in 2024.
July 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Trump has actually been remarkably successful in implementing his agenda and at the six month mark he's hit a low point in Gallup approval ratings. That's because the agenda is fundamentally unpopular! Something we tried desperately hard to communicate in 2024.
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NEW: Consul Warns Mexicans Must Take ‘Extreme Precautions’ in Florida as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Leads to Diplomatic Tensions talkingpointsmemo.com/news/consul-...
Consul Warns Mexicans Must Take ‘Extreme Precautions’ in Florida as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Leads to Diplomatic Tensions
Citing conditions and legal issues at Governor Ron DeSantis’ “Alligator Alcatraz” facility...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
NEW: Consul Warns Mexicans Must Take ‘Extreme Precautions’ in Florida as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Leads to Diplomatic Tensions talkingpointsmemo.com/news/consul-...
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It never ceases to amaze me how people who claim to follow Christ and are trying to get into heaven use some of the nastiest, most vile language I have ever heard.
They're gonna try and kiss Jesus with that mouth?
They're gonna try and kiss Jesus with that mouth?
July 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how people who claim to follow Christ and are trying to get into heaven use some of the nastiest, most vile language I have ever heard.
They're gonna try and kiss Jesus with that mouth?
They're gonna try and kiss Jesus with that mouth?
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For literally decades climate hawks and progressives have warned that internal combustion will die off and the tech of the future is electric + battery power and that if we didn’t seize the initiative China would eat our lunch and…welp!
China is probably going to pass 50% EV new car sales this year. ICE technology is a dead man walking www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
China Is Poised to Buy More EVs Than Gas-Only Cars This Year
Affordability, charging advances and subsidies are supporting the inexorable rise of electric cars in the world’s biggest auto market.
www.bloomberg.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For literally decades climate hawks and progressives have warned that internal combustion will die off and the tech of the future is electric + battery power and that if we didn’t seize the initiative China would eat our lunch and…welp!
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#FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From #Flood Survivors, Documents Show.
Two days after deadly #Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended. | NY Times 🎁 article www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
Two days after deadly #Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended. | NY Times 🎁 article www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From #Flood Survivors, Documents Show.
Two days after deadly #Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended. | NY Times 🎁 article www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
Two days after deadly #Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended. | NY Times 🎁 article www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
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This was always the plan. Try anti-immigrant laws out in Alabama. Put in place enhanced requirements for voter ID. It’s why nothing under Trump has surprised people down here. I call it the Alabamization of America. Looking forward to reading this book!
My friend, David Pepper of Ohio, wrote a book called Laboratories of Autocracy . This is what he was talking about.
Our states have been run as authoritarian proving grounds for decades. What they’ve done to us, they plan to do to the entire country.
Our states have been run as authoritarian proving grounds for decades. What they’ve done to us, they plan to do to the entire country.
July 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This was always the plan. Try anti-immigrant laws out in Alabama. Put in place enhanced requirements for voter ID. It’s why nothing under Trump has surprised people down here. I call it the Alabamization of America. Looking forward to reading this book!
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Instead of immediately sending vital swift water rescue teams to Texas. Kristie Noem spent the weekend running online polls about what photo she should use for her official Governors photo.
Puppy Killer Kristie is now Child Killer Kristie
This disgusting POS allowed Texans to die
#ProudBlue
Puppy Killer Kristie is now Child Killer Kristie
This disgusting POS allowed Texans to die
#ProudBlue
July 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Instead of immediately sending vital swift water rescue teams to Texas. Kristie Noem spent the weekend running online polls about what photo she should use for her official Governors photo.
Puppy Killer Kristie is now Child Killer Kristie
This disgusting POS allowed Texans to die
#ProudBlue
Puppy Killer Kristie is now Child Killer Kristie
This disgusting POS allowed Texans to die
#ProudBlue
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Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this?
Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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June 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this?
Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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"I love fireworks," said no pet ever, or Veteran with ptsd ever, or wild animal ever, or person with asthma ever, or person who lost a hand and/or eye from fireworks, or person iburned n a fire started by fireworks, or child labor in fireworks factory.
🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasVeteransAgainstFireworks
"I love fireworks," said no pet ever, or Veteran with ptsd ever, or wild animal ever, or person with asthma ever, or person who lost a hand and/or eye from fireworks, or person iburned n a fire started by fireworks, or child labor in fireworks factory.
🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasVeteransAgainstFireworks
June 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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"I love fireworks," said no pet ever, or Veteran with ptsd ever, or wild animal ever, or person with asthma ever, or person who lost a hand and/or eye from fireworks, or person iburned n a fire started by fireworks, or child labor in fireworks factory.
🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasVeteransAgainstFireworks
"I love fireworks," said no pet ever, or Veteran with ptsd ever, or wild animal ever, or person with asthma ever, or person who lost a hand and/or eye from fireworks, or person iburned n a fire started by fireworks, or child labor in fireworks factory.
🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasVeteransAgainstFireworks
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Crocodile Concentration Camp flooding already… that was fast…
July 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Crocodile Concentration Camp flooding already… that was fast…
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This is a concentration camp
July 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is a concentration camp
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Paramount+ cancelled! Fuck you, @paramountpictures.bsky.social Cowards.
July 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Paramount+ cancelled! Fuck you, @paramountpictures.bsky.social Cowards.
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🧵 Get the word out.
Here's the link for the new ICEblock app that's free. www.iceblock.app
It's an early warning system that lets users know when the masked thugs are within a 5 mile radius of their location.
Here's the link for the new ICEblock app that's free. www.iceblock.app
It's an early warning system that lets users know when the masked thugs are within a 5 mile radius of their location.
July 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🧵 Get the word out.
Here's the link for the new ICEblock app that's free. www.iceblock.app
It's an early warning system that lets users know when the masked thugs are within a 5 mile radius of their location.
Here's the link for the new ICEblock app that's free. www.iceblock.app
It's an early warning system that lets users know when the masked thugs are within a 5 mile radius of their location.
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#RepublicansHateVeterans and #GopHatesVets when they shootoff fireworks.
Like sex, fireworks is a very personal act. Enjoy exploding them in the privacy of your own bedroom...
--Norman Bussel, WWII former POW in Germany, PTSDandYOU
🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasVeteransAgainstFireworks
#RepublicansHateVeterans and #GopHatesVets when they shootoff fireworks.
Like sex, fireworks is a very personal act. Enjoy exploding them in the privacy of your own bedroom...
--Norman Bussel, WWII former POW in Germany, PTSDandYOU
🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasVeteransAgainstFireworks
June 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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#RepublicansHateVeterans and #GopHatesVets when they shootoff fireworks.
Like sex, fireworks is a very personal act. Enjoy exploding them in the privacy of your own bedroom...
--Norman Bussel, WWII former POW in Germany, PTSDandYOU
🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasVeteransAgainstFireworks
#RepublicansHateVeterans and #GopHatesVets when they shootoff fireworks.
Like sex, fireworks is a very personal act. Enjoy exploding them in the privacy of your own bedroom...
--Norman Bussel, WWII former POW in Germany, PTSDandYOU
🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasVeteransAgainstFireworks
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I’m sorry but shouldn’t it be an inviolable journalistic rule that if you’re writing about someone who calls himself “Big Balls,” that nickname must appear in the headline and the first graph? What happened to standards smh
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
June 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I’m sorry but shouldn’t it be an inviolable journalistic rule that if you’re writing about someone who calls himself “Big Balls,” that nickname must appear in the headline and the first graph? What happened to standards smh
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
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To be clear, the LAPD just escorted ICE into the parking lot. I do not know where they are going. Probably 100 protestors here at Gate E. It’s possible they are escorting them to another gate to exit to avoid a clash with protestors.
The Dodgers are saying ICE is not allowed in their parking lot
The Dodgers are saying ICE is not allowed in their parking lot
June 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
To be clear, the LAPD just escorted ICE into the parking lot. I do not know where they are going. Probably 100 protestors here at Gate E. It’s possible they are escorting them to another gate to exit to avoid a clash with protestors.
The Dodgers are saying ICE is not allowed in their parking lot
The Dodgers are saying ICE is not allowed in their parking lot
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Since I shot this video 10 minutes ago they have kept shooting almost continuously
June 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Since I shot this video 10 minutes ago they have kept shooting almost continuously
For anyone concerned about weather in DC for the military parade, here's the latest forecast.
Parade starts at 6:30 p.m. EDT, complete with aviation flyovers
Fireworks are scheduled for around 9:30 p.m. EDT.
Parade starts at 6:30 p.m. EDT, complete with aviation flyovers
Fireworks are scheduled for around 9:30 p.m. EDT.
June 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
For anyone concerned about weather in DC for the military parade, here's the latest forecast.
Parade starts at 6:30 p.m. EDT, complete with aviation flyovers
Fireworks are scheduled for around 9:30 p.m. EDT.
Parade starts at 6:30 p.m. EDT, complete with aviation flyovers
Fireworks are scheduled for around 9:30 p.m. EDT.
POLITICAL ASSASSINATION IN MINNESOTA!
Democratic Minnesota state Rep Melissa Hortman was ASSASSINATED early this morning in Brooklyn Park, MN
Democratic MN state Sen John Hoffman and his spouse were shot and seriously wounded in 2nd targeted assassination attempt.
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Democratic Minnesota state Rep Melissa Hortman was ASSASSINATED early this morning in Brooklyn Park, MN
Democratic MN state Sen John Hoffman and his spouse were shot and seriously wounded in 2nd targeted assassination attempt.
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June 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
POLITICAL ASSASSINATION IN MINNESOTA!
Democratic Minnesota state Rep Melissa Hortman was ASSASSINATED early this morning in Brooklyn Park, MN
Democratic MN state Sen John Hoffman and his spouse were shot and seriously wounded in 2nd targeted assassination attempt.
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Democratic Minnesota state Rep Melissa Hortman was ASSASSINATED early this morning in Brooklyn Park, MN
Democratic MN state Sen John Hoffman and his spouse were shot and seriously wounded in 2nd targeted assassination attempt.
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Trump is using National Guard troops and Marines as bait.
He's hellbent on instigating a violent confrontation.
He's hellbent on instigating a violent confrontation.
LA is a testing ground. He's trying to force a confrontation, and as Tom Nichols, he's using the National Guard as bait. I lived 16 years in LA and what Trump's doing makes me sick.
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Trump Is Using the National Guard as Bait
Don’t give him the pretext he wants.
www.theatlantic.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Trump is using National Guard troops and Marines as bait.
He's hellbent on instigating a violent confrontation.
He's hellbent on instigating a violent confrontation.