Tim O’Brien
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Senior Executive Editor, @Opinion.bloomberg.com. Political Analyst, MSNOW. Author: “TrumpNation.” Priors: New York Times, Wall Street Journal. www.timothylobrien.com
And news updates now say the Guards are in critical condition but not dead.
Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in DC have died, the state's governor says:
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Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in DC have died, the state's governor says
Two West Virginia National Guard members shot Wednesday near the White House have died, the state’s governor said.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
And news updates now say the Guards are in critical condition but not dead.
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I don't care what anyone holds as a political position. Violence is never the answer. More senseless gun violence destroying lives and families.
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National Guard members wounded in shooting near the White House
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said two members of the Guard were shot, and police said a suspect is in custody. President Trump is in Florida but the White House was taking extra security st...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I don't care what anyone holds as a political position. Violence is never the answer. More senseless gun violence destroying lives and families.
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Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in DC have died, the state's governor says:
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Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in DC have died, the state's governor says
Two West Virginia National Guard members shot Wednesday near the White House have died, the state’s governor said.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in DC have died, the state's governor says:
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Those electric car doors popularized by Tesla have become hazards — sometimes deadly hazards.
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The Electric Door Tesla Made Famous Is Now a Danger in Other Cars
Electric doors have locked owners out of their cars, or trapped them inside.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Those electric car doors popularized by Tesla have become hazards — sometimes deadly hazards.
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NEW: DOJ identified top US officials involved in the decision not to turn around planes of deported migrants in March per a judge’s order, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Judge Emil Bove (a DOJ official at the time)
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November 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
NEW: DOJ identified top US officials involved in the decision not to turn around planes of deported migrants in March per a judge’s order, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Judge Emil Bove (a DOJ official at the time)
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"“Middle Class”- roughly 45% of the country—is actually the Working Poor. These are the families earning enough to lose their benefits but not enough to pay for childcare and rent. They are the ones trapped in the Valley of Death."
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
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Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
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November 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"“Middle Class”- roughly 45% of the country—is actually the Working Poor. These are the families earning enough to lose their benefits but not enough to pay for childcare and rent. They are the ones trapped in the Valley of Death."
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Admire the restraint of the NYT editor who write this cutline:
“The president appeared drowsy…”
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“The president appeared drowsy…”
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November 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Admire the restraint of the NYT editor who write this cutline:
“The president appeared drowsy…”
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“The president appeared drowsy…”
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“During his call with Ushakov, Witkoff told his Russian counterpart that he had deep respect for Putin and that he had told Trump that it was his belief that Russia has always wanted a peace deal.”
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Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“During his call with Ushakov, Witkoff told his Russian counterpart that he had deep respect for Putin and that he had told Trump that it was his belief that Russia has always wanted a peace deal.”
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Extremely uncomfortable reading www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
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November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Extremely uncomfortable reading www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
“At 7, she bore witness to one of American history’s most violent spasms of racial violence. She was 106 when the nation reckoned with the crime.”
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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
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November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“At 7, she bore witness to one of American history’s most violent spasms of racial violence. She was 106 when the nation reckoned with the crime.”
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Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
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But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
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Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
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But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
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Ursula von der Leyen:
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ursula von der Leyen:
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
The Trump Mobile phone is AWOL: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
The Trump Mobile phone is nowhere to be found after months of delay
Trump Mobile has posted conflicting photos of the phone and scrubbed mention of its “Made in the USA” promise.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Trump Mobile phone is AWOL: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
RIP, Jimmy Cliff
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
RIP, Jimmy Cliff
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During open enrollment for Obamacare, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Americans Googling Obamacare Are Finding 'Junk Insurance' Instead
During open enrollment, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
During open enrollment for Obamacare, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.
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Crypto Crash Is Eroding Wealth for Trump’s Family and Followers
In President Donald Trump’s second term, crypto assets transformed his family’s wealth. Now the Trumps — and their followers — are getting a crash course in the wild volatility ingrained in digital cu...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.
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Trump’s controversial plan given to Ukraine as a take-it-or-leave it proposition was the result of weeks of negotiations behind the scenes between Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart Kirill Dmitriev that excluded Ukraine, its allies and key US officials.
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Secret US-Russia Talks Led to Peace Plan That Blindsided Ukraine
The controversial 28-point plan dropped suddenly by the Trump administration to Ukraine as a take-it-or-leave it proposition mere days ago was mostly the result of several weeks of negotiations behind...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Trump’s controversial plan given to Ukraine as a take-it-or-leave it proposition was the result of weeks of negotiations behind the scenes between Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart Kirill Dmitriev that excluded Ukraine, its allies and key US officials.
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“Patel’s heavy use of taxpayer-funded resources during his first nine months on the job has contributed to growing questions inside the administration about whether it exceeds the bounds of standard practice.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
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November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“Patel’s heavy use of taxpayer-funded resources during his first nine months on the job has contributed to growing questions inside the administration about whether it exceeds the bounds of standard practice.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
When you help preside over economic policy that is both inflationary and nonsensical and tell average Americans struggling with affordability that they should deal with it by finding a new place to live.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When you help preside over economic policy that is both inflationary and nonsensical and tell average Americans struggling with affordability that they should deal with it by finding a new place to live.
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A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
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They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Border Patrol has a surveillance program tracking millions of drivers by name and then gets them pulled over for lies. Listen to the officer admit that he is careful to conceal the reason for the stop so if it ever gets questioned, no one will know that there was NO PROBABLE CAUSE.
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Border Patrol has a surveillance program tracking millions of drivers by name and then gets them pulled over for lies. Listen to the officer admit that he is careful to conceal the reason for the stop so if it ever gets questioned, no one will know that there was NO PROBABLE CAUSE.
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Shaheen: I have made it clear that I believe this is a Russian proposal. I hope that tomorrow’s negotiations in Geneva focus on a real framework that guarantees an outcome benefiting Ukraine rather than Russia.
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Shaheen: I have made it clear that I believe this is a Russian proposal. I hope that tomorrow’s negotiations in Geneva focus on a real framework that guarantees an outcome benefiting Ukraine rather than Russia.
MTG to resign from Congress on Jan. 5
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
MTG to resign from Congress on Jan. 5
The Lutnicks, like the Trumps, are cashing in by mingling Washington access and power with their family businesses and wallets. Flagrant financial conflicts and self-dealing that would have drawn a firestorm of criticism and censure in pre-Trump Washington.
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Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
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November 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The Lutnicks, like the Trumps, are cashing in by mingling Washington access and power with their family businesses and wallets. Flagrant financial conflicts and self-dealing that would have drawn a firestorm of criticism and censure in pre-Trump Washington.
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