Neil OBrien

Retired or working every day to make sure life is full and happy for family and friends.

[Bob Lonsberry @BobLonsberry]

Depriving a female athlete a state championship in the shot put because she was beaten by a male is fundamentally and forever unfair. This is Kathy Hochul's New York.
https://t.co/SUrOZL6GFC

[Ken Girardin @PolicyEngineer]

Gillibrand has been fear-mongering over Social Security for over two decades. She won her House seat in 2006 in part by accusing Rep. John Sweeney of "using Social Security to provide tax relief for millionaires" (?).

[Patrick W. Cutler @PatrickWCutler]

Minnesota traded Towns cause he was "washed"...

Dallas refused to pay Brunson cause "he's not that good"...

Nets traded Bridges cause he "has no future"...

Raptors got rid of OG to "save on the cap"

Blazers got rid of Josh Hart cause he's "too emotional"...

Knicks just took the Biggest Rejects in the league and won a title.

[The Athletic @TheAthletic]

THE KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🏆

For the first time since 1973, the kings of basketball reside in New York City.

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

20 years ago, An Inconvenient Truth put climate change at the center of global debate, shaping politics, influencing leaders, and inspiring a generation of activists.

Two decades later, we can assess not just its impact, but its accuracy. Many of the film’s most alarming predictions did not materialize, while many of the policies it inspired have proven costly and ineffective.

The lesson? Panic is a poor guide for public policy. Focusing on innovation, adaptation, and economic development can do far more to help both people and the climate—at a fraction of the cost.

https://t.co/EIJyuNeFU1

[John Podhoretz @jpodhoretz]

Bari Weiss is evidently so terrible at everything she does, and so soon to be deposed from her job, that she's also being given CNN. Hey, Darcy and Stelter and Cartwright and Byers, how does it feel being on the receiving end of know-nothing insider scoops? Embarrassed?

[Brandon Fuller @fuller_brandon]

10 years ago, Governor Cuomo killed the Constitution Pipeline by denying a routine Clean Water Act permit that would've carried cheap Pennsylvania natural gas through Albany and on to New England.

Cuomo has been gone since 2021. The blockade isn't. Six states are still paying the price. Great piece from @ManhattanInst's @PolicyEngineer in @BostonGlobe https://t.co/R96sxzqVYP

The absurdity? The gas still moves. It gets trucked north in "virtual pipelines" at a premium. Upstate NY plants burn it to sell power to Quebec. Quebec turns around and sells electricity back to New England.

Everyone pays more. This past winter, MA customers paid about 80% more for natural gas than their counterparts in PA.

Crazier still: New England retired its coal plants on the promise that cleaner natural gas would replace them. But with NY choking off the supply, the region's "fuel-switching" plants now fall back on oil. During January's deep freeze, New England burned oil for 40%+ of its electricity.

Congress should stop letting NY weaponize the Clean Water Act to veto energy infrastructure an entire region depends on. A permit meant to make sure developers dig carefully around creek beds was never supposed to be a six-state energy blockade. End it.

[Neil OBrien @nobrien64]

@JimmyVielkind Hope she has balls to do it. But, I guess that phrase confuses the issue even more😊

[Neil OBrien @nobrien64]

@NormOrnstein You realize by suggesting it belongs on MSNow you are validating the critics assertion that is a polemic show and no longer is part of objective journalism 🤔

[Guy Benson @guypbenson]

This is Todd “Let’s Roll” Beamer, who died heroically while trying to retake United Flight 93 from Al Qaeda terrorists on 9/11. His final resting place, is in Cranbury, NJ — where he was living with his wife and children before his murder. Cranbury is located in NJ-12, where the new Democratic nominee for Congress is Adam Hamawy.

Hamawy was a close associate and translator to Omar Abdel-Rahman, aka the ‘Blind Sheikh,’ an arch terrorist convicted of masterminding multiple plots against targets in NYC — including the World Trade Center. Hamawy testified at Adbel-Rahman’s trial, as a defense witness.

It has also been reported that Hamawy traveled to Bosnia to volunteer at an organization that was later unmasked as an Al Qaeda front group.

One of Hamawy’s loudest and most high-profile supporters and endorsers has openly declared that America deserved the 9/11 attacks.

Hamawy is now the prohibitive frontrunner to represent Todd Beamer’s district in the United States Congress.

[Neil OBrien @nobrien64]

@CurtisHouck Well, she shoots down the theory that lying is a genetic disorder in the Biden family since it is on both sides.

[Bob Lonsberry @BobLonsberry]

The new NYS budget is $14B bigger than last year's. That's an increase of 5.5%. The inflation rate over the year was 3.8%, meaning that NYS's budget grew 45% higher than the rate of inflation. The new NYS budget is bigger than the budgets of Florida and Texas combined, though they have between them 34M more residents than New York. The new NYS budget is a cancerous oppression of New York workers and businesses, and is a warning to the world of the excesses and waste of progressive politics. It is a crime against New Yorkers and their children.

[Neil OBrien @nobrien64]

@dillonliam State “worker” unions 🤔

[Patrick Bet-David @patrickbetdavid]

There is a lot of noise surrounding the potential US/Iran deal.

Here’s what the rumors are so far:

- Iran has agreed to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Iran currently has 400 kg of highly enriched uranium. Enough for 11 nuclear bombs.

- The US would begin a phased unfreezing of Iran’s $6b to $30b in cash.

- The Strait of Hormuz will open up.

- Iran won’t charge a penny for ships to pass through. No $2m toll fee.

- The US agrees to relieve some of the sanctions.

- War ENDS on all fronts with Lebanon.

- US forces near Iran to withdraw.

- 30 to 60 days to finalize the nuclear deal.

If true, that’s a massive victory for the President.

Here are the winners and losers.

Winners:

1. American people. Oil prices will likely fall. Shipping insurance costs drop. Inflation pressure eases.

2. The President

3. Global markets.

4. Stock market.

5. Gulf states. Temporary tension eliminated. I have them as both winners and losers.

6. IRGC gains legitimacy. They’re not Venezuela. Whether anyone likes it or not. Including myself.

7. China is a major winner. The Strait of Hormuz hurt them the most. They can spin this to their people that the deal got done after the President left China.

8. Russia relies on Iran being a bit more stable.

9. NATO nations were starting to worry. They were pansies shivering about having to help the US. (They’re also big losers in my eyes)

Losers:

1. Iranian people. No one knows what the IRGC will do after this deal to their own people. Their media outlets will say they beat America. That message will 100% be pushed. The Iranian people will be under even more scrutiny by the IRGC.

2. Obama’s administration. This sounds like a much stronger deal than Obama’s administration made.

3. Netanyahu. He wanted regime change or collapse for his legacy, but Trump wasn’t on the same page at the end.

4. NATO was exposed. They showed they don’t have America’s back if shit were to hit the fan. Terrible moment for them.

5. Reza Pahlavi. Another year of not being able to help his people become free. This point will lead to more memes by the RP loyalists but it’s the truth.

6. Gulf states. The IRGC still controls a neighbor capable of firing rockets at surrounding Gulf nations.

7. Iranian proxies and non state actors. Hezbollah, Houthis, and Shia militias will not receive the same funding flow if sanctions are removed under limitations tied to the agreement.

8. Defense contractors and war hawks. They wanted this thing to continue so they could land massive contracts. I’m sure they’re not happy.

9. Oil producers benefiting from high prices.

10. Political extremists on both sides. Those who wanted to see the President lose (woke right) and those pushing for nuclear war.

11. Democrats. They desperately needed this to continue heading into the midterms. They will HATE this deal. Don’t worry, they’ll still find a way to blame Trump. But independents won’t fall for the BS. Democrats and the woke right will follow suit, but not reasonable independents who can see through the nonsense.

I predicted this would be done before June 14th. Lots of people pushed back. Obviously, it’s not done yet, and anything can happen, especially when dealing with Iran, but if the President pulls this off, the news outlets, pundits, and influencers will move on to the next issue after they’re done crying nonstop.

The greatest 60 days of positive distractions are around the corner.

President Trump’s birthday: June 14th
US 250 year anniversary: July 4th
World Cup: June 11th to July 19th

The world will move on, and the President can focus on driving results toward the midterms, Cuba, affordability and other issues.

Love him or hate him, he continues to show how fluid his mind is and that he can change his approach depending on whether things do or don’t go his way.

Future Looks Bright.

[Neil OBrien @nobrien64]

@JoeSquawk Should have gone to sea island for weekend. Could have gotten in 18 before the afternoon storms😉

[Neil OBrien @nobrien64]

@NYGovPress As a banished New Yorker, I will enjoy my beach weekend in exile aka South Florida. ☀️⛱️🏝️

[Neil OBrien @nobrien64]

@bethanyshondark Maybe, schools will be transformed into institutions that embrace productivity and be responsive to the needs of students not employees.

[Neil OBrien @nobrien64]

@drantbradley Bloated administrative costs, terrible productivity of staff and professors and culture of spending with no ceilings too!

[Neil OBrien @nobrien64]

@RapSheet Can’t understand. If Steelers were truly on the cusp of a superbowl, but they are not. So a wasted year and maybe another 50/50 season so they miss out on quarterback in draft. I don’t get it🤷‍♂️

[Bad Hombre @Badhombre]

South Carolina has had a Black Secretary of State, a Black State Treasurer, two Black Lieutenant Governors, a Black Attorney General, and one of their U.S. Senators is Black.

ALL Republicans, by the way.

I remember when people were too embarrassed to display their ignorance.