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

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Trump didn’t rake in billions from crypto because he’s talented. He made that haul because he’s president. A column on Trump, crypto and corruption — and why no one is doing anything about it:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

bloomberg.comTrump Is Laughing All the Way to the Crypto Bank“Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam. I don’t like it because it’s another currency competing against the dollar.” — Donald Trump, six years agoThe US president raked in at least $1.4 billion from cryp...
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Trump: "The Fake and Artificial News is out there trying to say that I’m inviting the enemy to bomb San Diego and LA when what I was talking about was that a temporary increase in the price of Gasoline is a small price to pay for Iran not having a Nuclear Weapon &, if you want to see a big price..."

Trump: "The Fake and Artificial News is out there trying to say that I’m inviting the enemy to bomb San Diego and Los Angeles when, in actuality, what I was talking about was that a temporary increase in the price of Gasoline is a small price to pay for Iran not having a Nuclear Weapon and, if you want to see a big price, can you imagine what it would be like if they bombed San Diego and/or Los Angeles? All I was doing was making a comparison between paying a little more, for a short time, for Gasoline, versus the bombing of our Major Cities. Everybody knew that, the Fake News knew it as well, but they continue to go out and say that I am asking the enemy to bomb two Cities that I love. It’s totally clear what I say but, these people are Degenerates, and think they can continuously get away with Fake News! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

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wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor

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Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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Jack Smith says he stands by his decision to bring charges against Trump in the classified documents case. "If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat."

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“In every poll, in every race, the undecided…are conservative Trump critics at this point,” says Democratic strategist Pete Giangreco. “Some of them will hold their nose and vote Republican; some of them will hold their nose and vote Democrat. But I bet a big chunk of them just stay home.”

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(Bloomberg) -- “The US Supreme Court reinstated President Donald Trump’s expansion of a federal database to help verify voter eligibility for the midterms, putting on hold a judge’s finding that the government is misusing Social Security information and violating privacy rights.”

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Education staff are being scattered across several other federal agencies. Despite the Trump administration's claims, employees say it's adding bureaucracy and making it harder to serve students. n.pr/3TS9SAR

n.prThe Education Dept. hasn't been dismantled. It's become more inefficient, staff sayEducation staff are being scattered across several other federal agencies. Despite the Trump administration's claims, employees say it's adding bureaucracy and making it harder to serve students.
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