Kathleen O'Brien
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Kathleen O'Brien
@KOBrienWriter
Putting the "semi" in semi-retired. Journalist, freelancer



Brooke Rollins: "These blue states I would speculate are working to put people in government programs where they can buy their vote for the election. I do believe it's as crass and black and white as that."





President Trump cast a mail ballot in an upcoming Florida special election, according to Palm Beach County records, as he publicly condemns the voting method as fraudulent. nbcnews.com/politics/polit…


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I wrote about being dyslexic nytimes.com/2026/03/23/opi…



There’s like maybe a maximum of 8 jobs where I understand what the job is. Shopkeeper. Farmer. Teacher of some kind. Priest. Novelist. Journalist. Private detective. Chef. That’s it. What is a data engineer. I don’t know.













