Steve O'Donnell
@steveodonnell.bsky.social
NYC native living in Oklahoma. I'm retired now from a career that included teaching high school, staying home to raise my infant daughter (that was work, I can assure you), and managing internal communications for some big U.S. companies.
Is a framework of a future deal on Greenland anything like a concept of a plan on health care?
January 22, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Is a framework of a future deal on Greenland anything like a concept of a plan on health care?
There is no strategy, just pathology.
There is no strategy
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January 20, 2026 at 1:15 PM
There is no strategy, just pathology.
Chilling opinion piece by Lydia Polgreen in The New York Times this morning.
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Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
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January 20, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Chilling opinion piece by Lydia Polgreen in The New York Times this morning.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
You know how all Google search results start with an "AI overview" these days? I asked Google what eight wars Trump has ended, and its AI, Gemini, wouldn't even touch the subject. All I got in response was links to the official White House social media posts on the subject.
January 19, 2026 at 8:59 PM
You know how all Google search results start with an "AI overview" these days? I asked Google what eight wars Trump has ended, and its AI, Gemini, wouldn't even touch the subject. All I got in response was links to the official White House social media posts on the subject.
Little-known fact: In 1979, Mother Teresa texted Norwegian Prime Minister Odvar Nordli threatening to give up her humanitarian work for a position with a major hedge fund if she wasn't awarded the Nobel Prize.
January 19, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Little-known fact: In 1979, Mother Teresa texted Norwegian Prime Minister Odvar Nordli threatening to give up her humanitarian work for a position with a major hedge fund if she wasn't awarded the Nobel Prize.
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Trump’s persecution of Jerome Powell and his political opponents must end.
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Trump’s persecution of Jerome Powell and his political opponents must end.
Trump wants to increase defense spending by 50%. In 1953, Eisenhower said:
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
1/5
January 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Trump wants to increase defense spending by 50%. In 1953, Eisenhower said:
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
1/5
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
1/5
Please consider listening to the Jan. 10 episode of the Amicus podcast, where Mark Joseph Stern lays out the frightening implications of an ICE agent's shooting and killing of Renee Good.
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January 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Please consider listening to the Jan. 10 episode of the Amicus podcast, where Mark Joseph Stern lays out the frightening implications of an ICE agent's shooting and killing of Renee Good.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
This leader is stating a significant issue: ICE is damaging the work done by exemplary police departments around the country to strengthen the ties between themselves and the communities they serve.
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
This leader is stating a significant issue: ICE is damaging the work done by exemplary police departments around the country to strengthen the ties between themselves and the communities they serve.
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Conway: This man is violating his oath in myriad ways each and every day. Impeachment is not an option. It is mandatory. It is required. It is morally, constitutionally, and legally obligated.
January 9, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Conway: This man is violating his oath in myriad ways each and every day. Impeachment is not an option. It is mandatory. It is required. It is morally, constitutionally, and legally obligated.
Rumor has it that Trump decided to depose Maduro because he was jealous of Maduro's dance moves.
January 7, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Rumor has it that Trump decided to depose Maduro because he was jealous of Maduro's dance moves.
I'm waiting for the Trump administration to start talking about all the cocaine flowing into the U.S. from Greenland.
January 5, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I'm waiting for the Trump administration to start talking about all the cocaine flowing into the U.S. from Greenland.
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Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
If a web designer can refuse to make a website for a same-sex couple (see: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis), then a performer can refuse to perform at the [still not "The Donald J. Trump and"] The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.
December 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If a web designer can refuse to make a website for a same-sex couple (see: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis), then a performer can refuse to perform at the [still not "The Donald J. Trump and"] The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.
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Keeper of the Flame (1942), starring Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy.
December 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Keeper of the Flame (1942), starring Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy.
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Someone please explain to me the difference between Vladimir Putin's coveting of Ukrainian territory and Donald Trump's coveting of Venezuelan oil fields (or all of Greenland, for that matter).
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Someone please explain to me the difference between Vladimir Putin's coveting of Ukrainian territory and Donald Trump's coveting of Venezuelan oil fields (or all of Greenland, for that matter).
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It cannot be overrated enough the extent to which the president of the U.S. has absolutely lost touch with all reality and who consistently speaks of events that never occurred, will never happen or that could never happen. If an intervention doesn’t happen, the risk to the country is incalculable
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It cannot be overrated enough the extent to which the president of the U.S. has absolutely lost touch with all reality and who consistently speaks of events that never occurred, will never happen or that could never happen. If an intervention doesn’t happen, the risk to the country is incalculable
Calling for someone in Congress to stand up and say, "This guy is nuts!" Those exact words. Bonus points if it's a Republican.
Trump: We need Greenland for national protection. They have a very small population. They say Denmark, but Denmark has no military protection. They say that Denmark was there 300 years ago with a boat—well, we were there with boats too I’m sure.
December 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Calling for someone in Congress to stand up and say, "This guy is nuts!" Those exact words. Bonus points if it's a Republican.
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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December 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) calls out executives at CBS News and parent company Paramount Skydance (where Larry Ellison’s son is board chair). 60 Minutes story was spiked to appease the Mad King at the expense of shareholders.
#CorpGov $PSKY
#CorpGov $PSKY
December 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) calls out executives at CBS News and parent company Paramount Skydance (where Larry Ellison’s son is board chair). 60 Minutes story was spiked to appease the Mad King at the expense of shareholders.
#CorpGov $PSKY
#CorpGov $PSKY
Perfect summary of the semantics ruling the moment. This is in response to another post (itself wonderful and succinct) by Mueller, She Wrote saying that we should "Get ready for the 'Trump was a young playboy' propaganda, even though he was 50 and the girls were 14."
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amazingly the men are boys and the girls are women
December 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Perfect summary of the semantics ruling the moment. This is in response to another post (itself wonderful and succinct) by Mueller, She Wrote saying that we should "Get ready for the 'Trump was a young playboy' propaganda, even though he was 50 and the girls were 14."
bsky.app/profile/muel...
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Hello, Elon Musk!
Just a couple of questions for you:
Just a couple of questions for you:
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Hello, Elon Musk!
Just a couple of questions for you:
Just a couple of questions for you: