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David O’Brien

@davidobrien.bsky.social

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Higher education policy specialist and advocate. I work for California Community Colleges but this is my personal account.

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David O’Brien @davidobrien.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Obviously nowhere near the biggest or most concerning thing here but… you’re apparently allowed to carry liquor into public city council meetings?! This is gonna make public comment so much worse 😫

A police officer at the meeting stopped the man and took away the object, which ended up being “something that looked like a molotov cocktail but was actually a 40 ounce malt liquor bottle,” according to Arcata Police Lieutenant Luke Scown. The officer then let the man return to the meeting “because at that moment, he wasn’t doing anything else wrong,” Scown said, but then the man quickly moved to the front of the council chambers.

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David O’Brien @davidobrien.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I don’t do a lot of “meanwhile, over on the other site” posts, but… Seriously, imagine these losers trying to talk to other people in real life this way. If someone walked up to you at a party and started ranting about “transnational cuckism,” you’d look for the fastest possible exit you could.

A debate on Twitter/X between a normal person, who thinks Hindus and others should be able to freely and peacefully practice their religion in the US (thanks to the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom), and a too-online loser who thinks allowing people of (presumably non-white, non-Christian) faiths to practice their religion constitutes the culture descending into “transnational cuckism.” Sigh.

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David O’Brien @davidobrien.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

This feels like a good summary of what’s going on in America right now.

“The US ruling class has effectively given up on competing with China and is just trying to loot as much as they can from everyone else while the ship sinks.” - tweet posted by @Karl_Was_Right on July 3, 2025.

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David O’Brien @davidobrien.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Hey, just checking in on Trump’s promise to lower the average American energy bill by 50% in his first year. How’s that g— oh.

“And by cutting funds for green energy, the House bill would raise energy prices by 7 to 9 percent, according to different projections. Trump’s determination to crush low-carbon energy sources at any price was exemplified by his recent order to reopen antiquated coal plants in Michigan, which forced consumers to pay higher electric bills simply to subsidize coal.” - quote from Jonathan Chait’s June 23, 2025 article “The Republican Megabill’s Horrible Compromise” for the Atlantic.

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David O’Brien @davidobrien.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

#Sacramento showed up to say #HandsOff our government and our democracy, to the corrupt billionaires and criminals like Musk and Trump! I’m so proud of this town today. This is true people power. @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social

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David O’Brien @davidobrien.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Loved this photo my mom shared from today’s protest at the California State Capitol. Fun fact: this sign is parroting a slogan used by LBJ in his 1964 campaign. I wrote an article with that title, about the GOP’s long, slow slide into insanity, a couple of years ago: medium.com/@obriendavid...

A protestor at the California State Capitol holding a sign reading “In your guts you know he’s nuts,” referring to Donald Trump and/or Elon Musk.

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David O’Brien @davidobrien.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Extremely disheartened to see this white supremacist bullshit in downtown #sacramento but I know we have strong local leaders and citizens who won’t put up with this, and neither will I.

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David O’Brien @davidobrien.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Life update: I am now officially a Master of Public Policy and Administration!

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