Frank O'Donnell

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Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· 22d

Rubio all-but-admits he was entirely in the dark about the US-Saudi nuclear agreement - hard to read this response any differently. www.state.gov/releases/off...

QUESTION: But The Wall Street Journal is reporting that President Trump has approved a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia. Do you have any details on that?

SECRETARY RUBIO: Yeah, I’m – I’ll let the White House officials sort of put out an official statement about anything with regards to that. But I saw the same reporting this morning. But let me let that go through the – I don’t – I’d prefer it be put out; when there is something to say, that we will say it through official channels.

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· 23d

Yeah, people trying to avoid accountability sure do hate when this happens to them. This could easily have been a subordinate who took extensive hand notes during the call because…it’s the CEO speaking…and words matter. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...

Michelle Lim, chief executive of a small AI startup, says she was initially shocked when, about a year ago, very specific words she had used during a phone call were recited back at her in a follow-up conversation. She was convinced she had been recorded and was upset about it.

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· 29d

Harper’s Ferry. When you’re right, you’re right.

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jul 10

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jul 9

Same for me at 6 years old -

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jul 7

Doonesbury, 2005:

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jul 5

Great, hard-fought #RIFC game against Orange County SC last night, followed by fireworks!

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jul 5

Meanwhile in…*checks notes*…Richmond, VA (seen elsewhere on here) -

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jul 4

Happy 4th. We won, and we will win again.

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jul 2

Looking forward to catching up on this heartwarming comedy about coming-of-age in Scotland -

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jul 2

Not looking any better the day after! www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jul 1

Resign, Brad Stevens. Speechless.

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jul 1

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Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 30

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 29

Pup cup season.

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 26

Sleeper pick for the summer fiction reading list -

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 26

Oh, so now we’re just shopping him for no reason? Why not trade Brad Stevens instead?

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 25

Caption contest: What has Starmer actually written here? I think it's: "The damage inward migration has done to our country is incalculable" (from www.gov.uk/government/p...)

Starmer handing over a piece of paper with his signature to a pupil

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 24

Today’s Doonesbury, from June 2005 -

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 23

STOP IT

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 18

UK “service chiefs had informal discussions last week about whether they should all quit” over the gap between defense policy and the actual defense budget. spectator.com/article/as-s...

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 16

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 15

A bad decision on almost every conceivable level by 🇫🇷. It’s especially disheartening that no other G7 member - or even the non-G7 attendees - appeared willing to successfully lobby for 🇿🇦 to be there. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 12

SpaceX’s new shareholders:

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 9

Breathtakingly metal / 40k NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day today - apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26060...

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 7

This also neatly unpicks how Weiss/Ellison talk a big game about the necessary upheaval caused by the internet and social media only as a device for the real upheaval they want to pursue: ideological compliance with Trump. There is no actual new social media strategy, etc, but we do have Dokoupil.

“One of the arguments that Bari Weiss has made about “60 Minutes” and CBS News is that they need to be brought into the modern era. Nick Bilton also said in that staff meeting with you that “broadcast is an ice cube that is melting.” Do you think they have a point, even if “60 Minutes” is reaching a huge audience now? Does its metabolism, the kinds of correspondents that it has have to change to reach a younger audience that interacts with media in a completely different way?”

“Of course we have to reach out to a younger and younger audience, but their argument about joining the internet age is just disingenuous. It’s almost as if Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton were sealed in a time capsule in 1990, and it just cracked open. They’ve just discovered the internet, and they’re running around telling everybody how important it is. At CBS News, yeah, join the fight. We started our first “60 Minutes” online show, “60 Minutes Overtime,” in 2010. I shoot TikTok verticals, or I used to shoot TikTok verticals on every assignment. We’re there. We’re everywhere.”

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· Jun 7

The whole interview is superb, but this part shows how perfectly balanced Weiss is on the edge of Hanlon’s Razor. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...

“So, the story goes through screenings. It’s very well received. There are notes as always and we do rewrites as always. But this is on a very tight deadline. It’s Sunday; we’re going on the air that night. And in the case of stories that are, as we say, crashing, our deadline on Sunday is noon. So, we work on all of these things. We get the piece approved by everyone. And about four hours after our deadline, Bari Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon. Two of the things in the email include, can we make the protesters look more violent? Now, I’m paraphrasing. I don’t have the quote, but that’s what was communicated to me. And the other thing, Renee Good’s car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer.
This is not what you see on the video. On the video, you see the officer standing slightly off the front of the car. And you clearly see Ms. Good’s wheels turned completely as far as they will go, away from the officer. But he shoots her in the head, kills her, and says something about her that I can’t repeat in polite company.
We have gone out of our way in our plan from the very beginning to show the protesters for the responsibility that they had. We had already scrubbed the video archives, looking for those scenes. Somehow that wasn’t enough for Ms. Weiss. The video showed that the officer wasn’t standing in front of the car and she wasn’t driving toward him, but that’s what the president said about that, and that’s the way she wanted it described.”

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· May 31

Plantsky - what is this? Is this a weed?

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· May 29

Frank O'Donnell@frank11285· May 26