Tim O’Brien

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...

Shouldn’t Bessent be more worried about about the economy, inflation and trade? www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/b...

The owners of Elvis Presley’s music sued Anthropic, saying it trained its AI models on more than 200 of Presley’s songs without permission, accusing it of copyright infringement. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/a...

(Bloomberg) -- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came from behind to win Brazil’s runoff election, halting a right-wing wave sweeping Latin America and defying predictions that the 80-year-old political veteran had finally reached the end of his extraordinary career.

About 47% of the Brazilian vote is in in the second round of presidential elections and it’s **very tight**

cool, cool

a dog for all seasons but especially fall

I want to single-handedly broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, too.

I guess this is one way to keep young people interested in working for Republicans. "So, yeah, benefits include 401k, FSA, a full pardon, and dental."

Mrs. Miller complains that Dems want to [checks her highlighted passage] prosecute those who committed federal crimes

"So there it is, the morbid phenomenon of late Trumpism on full display: Smearing a survivor of child sexual abuse; running an ad featuring a primary enabler of the abuse; and complaining that some decent people in his party are offended by this." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-monste...

Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...

Tesla-SpaceX is a strange, but certain, marriage @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

86 degrees Fahrenheit: That's the water temperature in the Nino zone of the eastern Pacific at last measuring. And it's still rising.

“The multibillion-dollar project has received secret funding from the same powerful Russian company that was to provide the technology, according to the energy executive who until last month led the U.S. firm and two others involved in company negotiations.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Trump exempted 202 facilities in 39 states and Puerto Rico from clean-air regulations. Some were among the worst industrial polluters, including chemical, copper and coal-burning producers. About 3.3 million people live within 3 miles of at least one affected plant. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

DOJ sent letters to election officials across California demanding that they help identify potential noncitizens on their voter rolls and set aside their ballots.The letter also said local officials would “risk significant federal scrutiny” if they failed to comply. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Lett said Trump must sit for a deposition by Dec. 11, or face sanctions up to dismissal of his lawsuit -– unless the discovery period was extended past Dec. 18. apnews.com/article/trum...

Millions of Americans are expected to receive a settlement check from Amazon credited to “President Trump’s Federal Trade Commission” in an unprecedented move coming weeks before the midterm elections. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

RIP John Geddes, you wonderful, wonderful man. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/o...

Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting, AP analysis shows apnews.com/article/elec...

In the most recent New York Times/Siena University poll of likely midterm voters, 70 percent of young voters identified as Democrats or leaned that way. That’s 15 points higher than the last poll before the 2024 election. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/u...

Picture Trump’s various recent pronouncements on energy, none of which will do much for prices here and now, as so many eddies of water rapidly circling a giant drain marked ‘midterms.’ @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Affordability and a livable climate aren't zero-sum competitors the way politicians seem to think they are. You can't have one without the other. Take home insurance, which climate is making increasingly unaffordable Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Just a reminder: He’s never been a great dealmaker. “For Trump, results have often revealed the art of no deal.” apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump: “I don’t think we’ve ever talked about it.” Vance: “No sir.” Public humiliation is the price of admission to the Trump Show.

Trump stops talking and immediately starts dozing off

“Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration, U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter said.” www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

Ramaswamy takes responsibility for his campaign’s craven ad with Amy Acton’s mother and still plans to spend millions promoting it: apnews.com/article/elec...

Because four of the Justices have book contracts with a party's corporate parent, the Supreme Court LACKS A QUORUM to hear BMG v. Vetter, and one of the worst copyright decisions in recent memory is affirmed by default. It's just one bad look after another. www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...

Voters in Canada's oil-rich province of Alberta have rejected a proposal to begin a process toward independence, results showed early Tuesday, delivering a victory for supporters of Canadian unity. n.pr/3Wjzk2Z

In which someone with a low IQ who still got rich complains about that very thing — while knowing no fraud division is coming for him.

Just in case you were worried about tomorrow’s hearing before Judge Reyes in the East Potomac Golf Links case being uninteresting, President Trump has decided to … prove the plaintiffs’ claims about why the trees are being removed?

This post certainly sounds like Trump has no intention of following any court orders restricting him from this type of work at East Potomac Golf Course. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Trump does another solid for Putin — at the expense of rational, proactive national security policy and Ukraine’s own well-being: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Maybe Trump shouldn’t have rushed to “consider” Zacharia in the first place. www.axios.com/2026/10/16/t...

“What troubles me most is the disconnect at the ESPN executive level between making money and caring about the human impact of constantly bombarding fans with betting odds and talk.” www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

“Musk's rescue gave Paxton's sleepy campaign new life and showed why the world's richest person is the X factor in the push to prevent a midterm debacle for President Trump's party.” www.axios.com/2026/10/15/e...

NEW: Yeah, not good

Wide majority of Americans oppose livestreaming Hasan execution: ABC/Post/Ipsos poll abcnews.com/Politics/wid...

Now that is quite a photo. (Credit: Doug Mills / New York Times)

Parents, if you have dropped off a kid named Jimmy in the morning and picked up a kid named Janet at the end of the school day, please return to the school: You've driven off with some other family's child.

“The Trump administration’s investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) is aimed at building a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and other people familiar with the probe.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Spiking costs for average American are never good news for sitting presidents — especially those who deny there’s an affordability problem that voters experience every day. apnews.com/article/cpi-...

“Why would a Chinese law firm hire someone to advise on foreign law if they were not licensed to practice that law in their home countries?” popular.info/p/update-kat...

“For my enemies, the law.”

"In this city that was once a critical stop on the Underground Railroad for Black people fleeing slavery, it feels like a bleak period in our history is repeating." Read @willbunch.bsky.social on the terror in York County, PA. GIFT LINK: share.inquirer.com/RuFX6g

Trump’s energy midterms will be worse than Biden’s Trump, gasoline, diesel and utility bills are all on the ballot - and bound together 🎁GIFT LINK🎁 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...