Monica O'Brien
@monicaobrien331.bsky.social
Chaos manager and multitasker. UCLA by choice, Dodgers by birth, Packers by marriage. Beatlemania forever. Simpsons quoter. Rebel Alliance member from the LBC. I frequently share my playlists for those interested.
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The Trump administration demanded UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus. n.pr/4hYa0pY
Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining UC over alleged discrimination
The Trump administration demanded UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Trump administration demanded UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus. n.pr/4hYa0pY
Just warning you, there will be a theme here.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Just warning you, there will be a theme here.
How my life was in 2023. And him, always him.
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
How my life was in 2023. And him, always him.
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This week’s Scratch This includes a long list of food resources for pets in need in Long Beach and surrounding areas.
Read more from @lastwhomstanding.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/scratch-this...
Read more from @lastwhomstanding.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/scratch-this...
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This week’s Scratch This includes a long list of food resources for pets in need in Long Beach and surrounding areas.
Read more from @lastwhomstanding.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/scratch-this...
Read more from @lastwhomstanding.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/scratch-this...
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Is AI Coming for Your Favorite Local DJ?
AI continues to infiltrate the music business. Radio is now becoming the next artificial frontier.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
AI continues to infiltrate the music business. Radio is now becoming the next artificial frontier.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Is AI Coming for Your Favorite Local DJ? Real-Life Jocks Are Worried
AI DJs are poised to change the voice of local radio. Real-life DJs wonder if that's the end of their industry.
www.rollingstone.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Is AI Coming for Your Favorite Local DJ?
AI continues to infiltrate the music business. Radio is now becoming the next artificial frontier.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
AI continues to infiltrate the music business. Radio is now becoming the next artificial frontier.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
This year has probably set my record for number of sympathy cards purchased.
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This year has probably set my record for number of sympathy cards purchased.
I stay in touch with the former director at my son's preschool (he started kindergarten in 2020, I think she left in 2022). Watching her become more aware of social issues has been a pleasant surprise.
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I stay in touch with the former director at my son's preschool (he started kindergarten in 2020, I think she left in 2022). Watching her become more aware of social issues has been a pleasant surprise.
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During the World Series, I saw people asking where they could donate in Alex Vesia's name. I saw this and think it's a great idea. www.cedars-sinai.org/giving.html
Giving
At Cedars-Sinai, we believe that every donor has the power to make a lasting impact. Together, we can build toward a future that solves the most complex challenges in medicine.
www.cedars-sinai.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
During the World Series, I saw people asking where they could donate in Alex Vesia's name. I saw this and think it's a great idea. www.cedars-sinai.org/giving.html
Really good stuff here
Since I’ve been in Mexico, listen to your friend, @stevevladeck.bsky.social who is trying to help you. :)
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Really good stuff here
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Let’s try something. Since congressional Republicans oppose extending the #ACA credits, let’s look at how costs are about to go up in the reddest congressional districts in America.
We’ll start with the reddest district in America, Alabama’s Fourth Congressional District (Robert Aderholt-R).
We’ll start with the reddest district in America, Alabama’s Fourth Congressional District (Robert Aderholt-R).
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Let’s try something. Since congressional Republicans oppose extending the #ACA credits, let’s look at how costs are about to go up in the reddest congressional districts in America.
We’ll start with the reddest district in America, Alabama’s Fourth Congressional District (Robert Aderholt-R).
We’ll start with the reddest district in America, Alabama’s Fourth Congressional District (Robert Aderholt-R).
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People want more affordable health insurance, not a savings account.
This is just a Republican bait-and-switch to repeal Obamacare for the 70th time.
Let’s get serious — extend the health care tax credits and open the government.
This is just a Republican bait-and-switch to repeal Obamacare for the 70th time.
Let’s get serious — extend the health care tax credits and open the government.
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
People want more affordable health insurance, not a savings account.
This is just a Republican bait-and-switch to repeal Obamacare for the 70th time.
Let’s get serious — extend the health care tax credits and open the government.
This is just a Republican bait-and-switch to repeal Obamacare for the 70th time.
Let’s get serious — extend the health care tax credits and open the government.
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Free for all readers. Please be good to each other. Please don't take a single day for granted:
mollyknight.substack.com/p/alex-vesia...
mollyknight.substack.com/p/alex-vesia...
Alex Vesia and his wife Kayla announce death of newborn daughter
Please continue to keep the Vesia family in your thoughts
mollyknight.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Free for all readers. Please be good to each other. Please don't take a single day for granted:
mollyknight.substack.com/p/alex-vesia...
mollyknight.substack.com/p/alex-vesia...
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Premature deaths among 18- to 64-year-olds rose 27 percent, according to a new study.
Among Black adults, the study found the increase was about 10 percentage points higher compared to White adults.
Among Black adults, the study found the increase was about 10 percentage points higher compared to White adults.
More people are dying before they turn 65. Who it impacts and what it means.
A new study reveals an increase in premature deaths among 18- to 64-year-olds, with Black adults and certain states disproportionately affected.
wapo.st
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Premature deaths among 18- to 64-year-olds rose 27 percent, according to a new study.
Among Black adults, the study found the increase was about 10 percentage points higher compared to White adults.
Among Black adults, the study found the increase was about 10 percentage points higher compared to White adults.
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Dodger fans: if you haven't sent your opposition yet, please do so today.
I just wrote a @ndlon letter: Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dodg...
I just wrote a @ndlon letter: Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dodg...
Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation!
The Los Angeles Dodgers have always been more than a baseball team - they’re part of the spirit of who we are as a city. The team represents our neighborhoods, our families, and our shared love for ou...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Dodger fans: if you haven't sent your opposition yet, please do so today.
I just wrote a @ndlon letter: Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dodg...
I just wrote a @ndlon letter: Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dodg...
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No one should go hungry!
Trump is illegally withholding SNAP funds. Here’s who he is hurting:
• Children – 39%
• Full-time workers – 5%
• Full-time caregivers – 7%
• Others exempted from work requirements – 9%
• Disabled adults under 60 – 9%
•Other – 13%
• Adults over 60 - 20%
Trump is illegally withholding SNAP funds. Here’s who he is hurting:
• Children – 39%
• Full-time workers – 5%
• Full-time caregivers – 7%
• Others exempted from work requirements – 9%
• Disabled adults under 60 – 9%
•Other – 13%
• Adults over 60 - 20%
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
No one should go hungry!
Trump is illegally withholding SNAP funds. Here’s who he is hurting:
• Children – 39%
• Full-time workers – 5%
• Full-time caregivers – 7%
• Others exempted from work requirements – 9%
• Disabled adults under 60 – 9%
•Other – 13%
• Adults over 60 - 20%
Trump is illegally withholding SNAP funds. Here’s who he is hurting:
• Children – 39%
• Full-time workers – 5%
• Full-time caregivers – 7%
• Others exempted from work requirements – 9%
• Disabled adults under 60 – 9%
•Other – 13%
• Adults over 60 - 20%
Just realized the Dodgers don't have anyone with a May 14 birthday. The husband's closest Dodger birthday buddy is now Tommy Edman.
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Just realized the Dodgers don't have anyone with a May 14 birthday. The husband's closest Dodger birthday buddy is now Tommy Edman.
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"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" has turned its Hollywood backlot into a food donation center operating 9 a.m.–5 p.m. PT to support families cut off from SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown.
Read more: www.thewrap.com/jimmy-kimmel...
Read more: www.thewrap.com/jimmy-kimmel...
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" has turned its Hollywood backlot into a food donation center operating 9 a.m.–5 p.m. PT to support families cut off from SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown.
Read more: www.thewrap.com/jimmy-kimmel...
Read more: www.thewrap.com/jimmy-kimmel...
Hate him all you want, but he has two World Series rings. Suck it, haters.
November 2, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Hate him all you want, but he has two World Series rings. Suck it, haters.
They have been on my mind too @stephennelson.bsky.social Alex is a true man of the people.
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
They have been on my mind too @stephennelson.bsky.social Alex is a true man of the people.
PUT SOME RESPECT ON MY CATCHER'S NAME!
November 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
PUT SOME RESPECT ON MY CATCHER'S NAME!
Will anyone believe me now that Pages isn't smart?!
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Will anyone believe me now that Pages isn't smart?!
