Mike O’Brien
@obwankenobi.bsky.social
Left Wing Nut: Loves America, Democracy & Football. Empathy and compassion are virtues MAGA lacks.
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Mike O’Brien
@obwankenobi.bsky.social
· Feb 15
There are two simple truths about the liberty of a democratic people.
The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself.
The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself.
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He wants to replace the name "Kennedy" in the American lexicon 🙄
January 1, 2026 at 5:39 AM
He wants to replace the name "Kennedy" in the American lexicon 🙄
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Watching the USA in the news reminds me of the time I taught my dog to drive
December 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Watching the USA in the news reminds me of the time I taught my dog to drive
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Highlights from Jack Smith deposition.
December 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Highlights from Jack Smith deposition.
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Millions of peoples' health insurance skyrockets in a few hours. Let's check in on the president.
Trump, celebrating New Year's at Mar-a-Lago, bids $100,000 for a painting
January 1, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Millions of peoples' health insurance skyrockets in a few hours. Let's check in on the president.
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As you read both the Jack Smith testimony about Trump inciting the Jan 6 terrorist attack and the WSJ report on Trump providing young women to Jeffrey Epstein it reminds us that Donald Trump should right now be in a prison cell--where he would remain for the rest of his unnatural life!
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
As you read both the Jack Smith testimony about Trump inciting the Jan 6 terrorist attack and the WSJ report on Trump providing young women to Jeffrey Epstein it reminds us that Donald Trump should right now be in a prison cell--where he would remain for the rest of his unnatural life!
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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If Marjorie Taylor Greene *really* cared about the Epstein victims, she would read the names of the perpetrators on the House floor (where she would have immunity) before she leaves office.
December 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If Marjorie Taylor Greene *really* cared about the Epstein victims, she would read the names of the perpetrators on the House floor (where she would have immunity) before she leaves office.
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CNN becomes the first US outlet to confirm Trump's attack on the Venezuelan mainland. He apparently did report it to Congress. This is an act of war and a violation of the UN Charter. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
CNN becomes the first US outlet to confirm Trump's attack on the Venezuelan mainland. He apparently did report it to Congress. This is an act of war and a violation of the UN Charter. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
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Every move Trump made to consolidate power in 2025 reminded me of something I have seen before. So I decided to investigate the historic parallels, and what I found will shock you.
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Why Trump's regime will fall
YouTube video by Randahl Fink
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December 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Every move Trump made to consolidate power in 2025 reminded me of something I have seen before. So I decided to investigate the historic parallels, and what I found will shock you.
Watch my new video in beautiful 4K on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLwH...
Support me at patreon.com/@Randahl
Watch my new video in beautiful 4K on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLwH...
Support me at patreon.com/@Randahl
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Trump commuted the sentence of a convicted healthcare fraudster who was serving 20 years for a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme, one of the largest in U.S. history, and that person has since been arrested again on new criminal charges.
Health care fraudster Philip Esformes is latest Trump clemency recipient to be arrested
Philip Esformes is among several people granted clemency by then-President Donald Trump who have since been charged with new crimes.
www.nbcnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trump commuted the sentence of a convicted healthcare fraudster who was serving 20 years for a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme, one of the largest in U.S. history, and that person has since been arrested again on new criminal charges.
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🚨BREAKING information in the Epstein File Archive🚨
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Yesterday there was another enormous drop to the DOJ's Digital Archive of the Epstein case of Epstein files.
One case reported by a victim involved sex trafficking and infantcide in 1984.
The POTUS was allegedly involved in 2 capacities.
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Yesterday there was another enormous drop to the DOJ's Digital Archive of the Epstein case of Epstein files.
One case reported by a victim involved sex trafficking and infantcide in 1984.
The POTUS was allegedly involved in 2 capacities.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🚨BREAKING information in the Epstein File Archive🚨
🧵
Yesterday there was another enormous drop to the DOJ's Digital Archive of the Epstein case of Epstein files.
One case reported by a victim involved sex trafficking and infantcide in 1984.
The POTUS was allegedly involved in 2 capacities.
1/
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Yesterday there was another enormous drop to the DOJ's Digital Archive of the Epstein case of Epstein files.
One case reported by a victim involved sex trafficking and infantcide in 1984.
The POTUS was allegedly involved in 2 capacities.
1/
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ICE has long used the latest spy tech to pursue immigrants — but now it’s also targeting anti-ICE protesters.
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
ICE has long used the latest spy tech to pursue immigrants — but now it’s also targeting anti-ICE protesters.
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Chicago Public Schools has formally challenged the Service Employees International Union’s petition to represent 1,600 miscellaneous workers — stalling the union’s push to increase membership across the district.
CPS says ‘miscellaneous’ school workers shouldn’t be allowed to unionize
Chicago Public Schools is challenging the Service Employees International Union’s petition to represent 1,600 miscellaneous workers, stalling the effort.
trib.al
December 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Chicago Public Schools has formally challenged the Service Employees International Union’s petition to represent 1,600 miscellaneous workers — stalling the union’s push to increase membership across the district.
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Trump commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, behind a $1.3B Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Florida Senator Rick Scott led a company that paid $1.7B for Medicare fraud. This is the party pretending to care about Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
December 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Trump commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, behind a $1.3B Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Florida Senator Rick Scott led a company that paid $1.7B for Medicare fraud. This is the party pretending to care about Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
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I encourage folks to read this and then ask themselves (1) whether Lash’s transcription “break through” even makes sense and (2) what historically oriented scholar would treat documents like this? I’d encourage junior profs to read this, but I would not recommend replicating this analysis at all.
Lash on Lyman Trumbull’s Letter to Andrew Johnson
Kurt Lash (University of Richmond School of Law) has posted "Lyman Trumbull's Letter to Andrew Johnson": Authorship, Transcript and Artificial Intelligence on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Somewhere in the Library of Congress, in a box of papers…
Kurt Lash (University of Richmond School of Law) has posted "Lyman Trumbull's Letter to Andrew Johnson": Authorship, Transcript and Artificial Intelligence on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Somewhere in the Library of Congress, in a box of papers…
Lash on Lyman Trumbull’s Letter to Andrew Johnson
Kurt Lash (University of Richmond School of Law) has posted "Lyman Trumbull's Letter to Andrew Johnson": Authorship, Transcript and Artificial Intelligence on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Somewhere in the Library of Congress, in a box of papers donated by the estate of President Andrew Johnson, is an unsigned and undated document titled “The Civil Rights Bill.” Written sometime in March 1866, it appears to be a letter describing a draft version of the 1866 Civil Rights Bill then pending before Congress.
legaltheoryblog.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I encourage folks to read this and then ask themselves (1) whether Lash’s transcription “break through” even makes sense and (2) what historically oriented scholar would treat documents like this? I’d encourage junior profs to read this, but I would not recommend replicating this analysis at all.
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SENATOR TRUMBULL on Johnson's civil rights bill veto: "Even the child of a foreigner-- the infant child of a foreigner-- born in this land, is a citizen long before his father."
Again, this letter is a distraction.
Again, this letter is a distraction.
December 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
SENATOR TRUMBULL on Johnson's civil rights bill veto: "Even the child of a foreigner-- the infant child of a foreigner-- born in this land, is a citizen long before his father."
Again, this letter is a distraction.
Again, this letter is a distraction.
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Here's a letter to the Hartford Current, May 10, 1862, celebrating the battlefield achievements of Irish Yankees and declaring that "The American, the Irishman and the German" are "united in the bonds of free citizenship."
December 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Here's a letter to the Hartford Current, May 10, 1862, celebrating the battlefield achievements of Irish Yankees and declaring that "The American, the Irishman and the German" are "united in the bonds of free citizenship."
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There is a devastating report in the NYT this afternoon that one the US-destroyed fishing boats washed ashore in Columbia and contained only evidence of marijuana.
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There is a devastating report in the NYT this afternoon that one the US-destroyed fishing boats washed ashore in Columbia and contained only evidence of marijuana.
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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Trump’s fortune jumped $3B in nine months. Biden’s grew $3M in four years. The disparity is shocking. Adam Mockler walks through the numbers.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
December 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trump’s fortune jumped $3B in nine months. Biden’s grew $3M in four years. The disparity is shocking. Adam Mockler walks through the numbers.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
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New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver tries again to toss assault charges stemming from ICE facility visit https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jersey-rep-lamonica-mciver-tries-195803707.html
New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver tries again to toss assault charges stemming from ICE facility visit
The Democrat was charged following a May oversight visit to a recently reopened migrant detention facility.
www.yahoo.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver tries again to toss assault charges stemming from ICE facility visit https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jersey-rep-lamonica-mciver-tries-195803707.html
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My last blog post of the year: “Goodbye and Good Riddance to 2025: Let's Stop Accepting Frivolous Constitutional Arguments.” www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/12/good...
Goodbye and Good Riddance to 2025: Let's Stop Accepting Frivolous Constitutional Arguments
2025 is almost in the books and it cannot end quickly enough. Our country has descended into a nation that looks more like Biff’s domain fro...
www.dorfonlaw.org
December 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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There’s a word I like to use. Impunity. Big word. Not many people have heard of it. What a word, impunity. More and more people are acting with it. Big people. The best people.
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
There’s a word I like to use. Impunity. Big word. Not many people have heard of it. What a word, impunity. More and more people are acting with it. Big people. The best people.
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The Trump administration says it arrested 4,500 people in a mission targeting “the worst of the worst.” The reality is most of them were people with brown skin who were at the right place —their landscaping jobs, the hardware store, a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru— at the wrong time.
December 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Trump administration says it arrested 4,500 people in a mission targeting “the worst of the worst.” The reality is most of them were people with brown skin who were at the right place —their landscaping jobs, the hardware store, a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru— at the wrong time.