Neil OBrien

@PolicyEngineer @nysenategop There is no GOP. To save money they should have a constitutional amendment to have a unicameral assembly like Nebraska. The theater of the absurd is to continue to pretend we have two party democracy in New York.

Replacing John Flanagan (who went toe-to-toe with NYSUT pushing teacher-tenure reform) with Mario Mattera (who pushes to make NY public works projects cost more to help the shrinking construction unions) was quite the downgrade for @nysenategop.

Sadly, no one in MSM will touch this story. It is on the wrong side and might offend a big advertiser. Destroyed a person’s livelihood and it is just viewed as collateral damage.

'This Is A Both Sides Issue,' Says Side That Shot President Trump, Assassinated Charlie Kirk, Tried To Assassinate Kavanaugh, Tried To Shoot Trump Again, Shot Steve Scalise, Firebombed Governor Shapiro, Tried To Shoot Trump A Third Time, (cont'd) buff.ly/XUsOvZl

@TMobileHelp I have it, but it doesn’t have the full services now available on @Starlink.

@nobrien64 T-Satellite is available now, Neil. It is included with some rate plans but can also be added for $15/month if it is not included. If you’d like to add this service, please send me a DM so I can assist. ^AlexisG

@TMobile When will we get this?

You can measure NY's economic sickness in how much Albany pays to "create" jobs. $15.3M grant + $1.5M in Excelsior tax credits, plus discounted electricity, to add "up to 70" jobs.

It is worth noting that the many Democratic leaders being protected last night by Secret Service agents (including the one who took a shot to his vest) are still refusing to pay them unless ICE and Border Protection are defunded...

I'll probably get clobbered for this, but here goes: Please, can everyone, right or left, MAGA or anti-MAGA, Republican or Democrat, stop catastrophizing and trying to get everyone on your side worked up into a rage? It's not Flight 93. We're not on the verge of fascism. We do not need to take desperate measures. Our fellow citizens with whom we disagree are not devils incarnate or personifications of evil. We need to argue with our political adversaries--passionately perhaps--but with respect for their humanity and dignity. We don't need to destroy them. That mustn't be our aim. We all say we believe in democracy. Good! But democracy is all about persuading, giving reasons, engaging one another as fellow citizens, despite our disagreements. Let's rebuild civic friendship. We can do this. (Thank you for your attention to this matter.)

“American life has always had its share of fanatics who kill or try to kill politically prominent people, and Allen alone bears responsibility for his acts. Yet, the feverish opposition to Trump — who is another Hitler, according to the left, and might be the Antichrist, according to disaffected acolyte Tucker Carlson — provides a permission slip for sundry fanatics and losers to resort to political violence.” NR’s editorial on the WHCD attack: nationalreview.com/2026/04/the-po…

I am going to say out loud a suspicion that I have had for at least the last two weeks: the negotiations were never serious from the US side after the first weekend in Islamabad. We needed a pause to restock with both offensive and (especially) defensive weapons, set up the blockade, and wait for the third carrier group to arrive (which has now happened). With everything now pretty much in place and ready to go, I suspect that we will be reading the Iran regime the riot act one last time. I'm not saying that if they again refuse to be rational, we will resume operations, but it wouldn't surprise me if we do. Either way, time is on our side even if we do nothing other than continue to enforce the blockade. Iran's position is hopeless. They are a rabid animal caught in a trap, and like all rabid animals they might cause one last round of real pain until they are put down. This is why I think we needed the pause in order to restock defensive weapons for Israel and the Gulf states.

Mitt Romney got destroyed when he explained 47% of Americans don’t work, contribute and pay into the system. He acknowledged the challenge of winning with a facially responsible message when half the country is getting free stuff they don’t want to give up. That was in 2012. The problem has only gotten worse.

What’s going on in New York is Medicaid fraud on a massive scale. More than 250,000 people are in the program. Roughly 400,000 caregivers are getting paid. Federal taxpayers cover 57% of the cost.

Home health and personal care aides represented 38 percent of all job growth in New York, its largest job creator, largely because of a Medicaid program that has been widely abused. Spending in the program increased from $2,500,000,000 in 2019 to $12,000,000,000 in 2025; that’s an increase of 380%. New York has nearly three times the number of home health aides per elderly individual compared to the U.S. average. I’m proud to work with @SecKennedy to root out waste, fraud, and abuse to protect the most vulnerable Americans. Ask yourself why so-called “disability groups” are outraged by reasonable federal oversight?

Let’s go @JeremiyahLove!!! Arizona is getting a great one!!

Happy Earth Day.

Mamdani Orders Visiting Teams To Redistribute Some Of Their Runs To The Mets buff.ly/OSxh4TC

So, dear Pope, quick question: You’ve got these guys in Iran who say they’re doing God’s work… by hanging protesters at sunrise and beating women into forced confessions. Apparently, that’s what “holy” looks like now. And I’m just wondering, when people get executed for asking for freedom, does that qualify as a “massacre,” or are we still workshopping the language? Because from the outside, it looks like religion being used as a cover for straight-up brutality. And when the people who actually claim to speak for God stay quiet… it kinda sounds like God’s on mute. So, are you going to say something about it, or is this one of those moments where silence is the safest prayer? #StopExecutionsInIran

Always thought blaming coach was easy way out, but Brown made so many blunders it is hard not to point fingers.

Pope Leo grew up in Chicago. I grew up in Lebanon. I wasn't forced to leave Lebanon because there was peaceful coexistence. I was forced to leave Lebanon because Islamic terrorists blew up my home and killed many of the people I grew up with. I wish the Pope would talk to the persecuted Lebanese before making ignorant statements about countries he knows very little about.