Mary O’Brien
@maryoinca.bsky.social
Unrepentant liberal
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Underappreciated lesson from 2016: most fake news was run for profit (not ideology) & right-wing fake news thrived because it sold better than left-wing fake news. X takes that to next level with a social media platform designed for right-wing users, intentionally incentivizing right-wing fake news.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Underappreciated lesson from 2016: most fake news was run for profit (not ideology) & right-wing fake news thrived because it sold better than left-wing fake news. X takes that to next level with a social media platform designed for right-wing users, intentionally incentivizing right-wing fake news.
Thanks a bunch, Fetterman, Kaine, Durbin, King with a special F**k You to Shaheen, Hassan, Rosen and Cortez Masto aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-r...
BREAKING: Republicans Demand Abortion Restrictions in Exchange for ACA Subsidies
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions in exchange for ACA subsidies, Grijalva will be sworn in tomorrow, Republicans are furious at Johnson as GOP loses redistricting war, and more
aaronparnas.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thanks a bunch, Fetterman, Kaine, Durbin, King with a special F**k You to Shaheen, Hassan, Rosen and Cortez Masto aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-r...
It wasn’t hungry Americans that pushed Dems over the line; it wasn’t Americans losing health insurance. It was the f**king airline companies whining. Go to hell, Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It wasn’t hungry Americans that pushed Dems over the line; it wasn’t Americans losing health insurance. It was the f**king airline companies whining. Go to hell, Schumer.
Dear Senator Shaheen, he will hit you again.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Dear Senator Shaheen, he will hit you again.
Any guesses as to who the recipient might be?
Meanwhile on TruthSocial...
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Any guesses as to who the recipient might be?
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Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution
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PRO TIP: This is not a winning message.
Source: Last night's election results, FAFO.
Source: Last night's election results, FAFO.
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
PRO TIP: This is not a winning message.
Source: Last night's election results, FAFO.
Source: Last night's election results, FAFO.
Hey, Mike Johnson, you are going to adjourn yourself right out of a job when Trump decides that he just doesn’t need you after all.
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Hey, Mike Johnson, you are going to adjourn yourself right out of a job when Trump decides that he just doesn’t need you after all.
I think Adelita Grijalva should show up with a Bible at every Mike Johnson press conference and ask him to swear her in.
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think Adelita Grijalva should show up with a Bible at every Mike Johnson press conference and ask him to swear her in.
The US cancelled the visa of Nobel Prize winner because he compared Donald Trump to Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
Le Nigérian Wole Soyinka, prix Nobel de littérature en 1986, voit son visa américain annulé
Le Nigérian Wole Soyinka, prix Nobel de littérature en 1986, voit son visa américain annulé
Le dramaturge avait récemment comparé le président américain Donald Trump à l’ex-dictateur ougandais Idi Amin Dada, au pouvoir entre 1971 et 1979.
www.lemonde.fr
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The US cancelled the visa of Nobel Prize winner because he compared Donald Trump to Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
The Cruelty is the Point - signed the Republican Party.
NOT MY PROBLEM! @govbilllee says he won’t touch Tennessee’s $2 BILLION savings account to feed 700,000 children, low-income working parents & disabled Tennesseans if the #TrumpShutdown continues into November
www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Cruelty is the Point - signed the Republican Party.
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This is very good
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is very good
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ok who did this? ☹️
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
ok who did this? ☹️
Is this country ready to have 25% of its work force unemployed?
Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Is this country ready to have 25% of its work force unemployed?
Assuming a US population of 350 million, the top 42 Americans are hoarding $6.6 trillion that they can never spend. The bottom 175 million Americans hold only 4.2 trillion.
October 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Assuming a US population of 350 million, the top 42 Americans are hoarding $6.6 trillion that they can never spend. The bottom 175 million Americans hold only 4.2 trillion.
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OK, Pete Hegseth’s an idiot. He left out the word “training” when he said we’re building a Qatari Air Force facility. So I get why people were confused after his announcement yesterday, but I keep seeing folks repeat some version of “Qatar is building an airbase in Idaho.”
That’s not happening.
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That’s not happening.
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October 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
OK, Pete Hegseth’s an idiot. He left out the word “training” when he said we’re building a Qatari Air Force facility. So I get why people were confused after his announcement yesterday, but I keep seeing folks repeat some version of “Qatar is building an airbase in Idaho.”
That’s not happening.
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That’s not happening.
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This is what will happen in January 2027.
Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away
October 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is what will happen in January 2027.
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This needs to be repeated.
Stephen Miller is effectively the President of the United States.
Stephen Miller is effectively the President of the United States.
This feels like evidence Trump's aides are deliberately gaslighting him, which is unfortunately very easy to do with dementia sufferers (Trump did it to his father) and which aides are using to seize control of the US military for their own purposes.
The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.
October 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This needs to be repeated.
Stephen Miller is effectively the President of the United States.
Stephen Miller is effectively the President of the United States.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.
Let that sink in
Let that sink in
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.
Let that sink in
Let that sink in
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Someone suggested we call these attacks on civilians "Kavanaugh stops." Because after a brief questioning you're free to go, right?
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Someone suggested we call these attacks on civilians "Kavanaugh stops." Because after a brief questioning you're free to go, right?
This is appalling.
BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles
lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles
The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection
lastcampaign.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is appalling.