Barbara Osborn

HAPPENING NOW: federal activity with arrests at Los Angeles "fashion district" #ICE #LosAngelesCA Telemundo

@AARP Why not suggest your members direct their calls to the White House instead of Social Security? Maybe the president can help you find your Social Security check.

@AARP Is AARP whistling through the graveyard? The Social Security administration call center is being cut to the bone and the agency will stop taking individual calls for help at the end of the month. What is AARP doing about this?

Construction on Suzi and Gary's dream kitchen is going smoothly until their emails with the designer are intercepted by scammers in a "business email compromise" scam. spr.ly/60160d7je

@AARP @CBSEveningNews Please tell your members what you are doing about the fact that the White House is about to end all individual Social Security administration call support.

Every day on average, another 10,000 Americans turn 65. And at some point, 70% of those 65-plus will need long-term care. Our CEO Myechia Minter-Jordan spoke with @CBSEveningNews about the cost of family caregiving, and AARP’s support of the bipartisan Credit for Caring Act.

If you received an emergency alert a few minutes ago re evacuation order re #PalisadesWildfire, it was sent in error.

@drpatrick @latimes Why does this comment strike me as poorly timed spitballing by someone who has failed to use his enormous and powerful platform to strengthen the civic life of LA (or the nation?)

Our hearts go out to those who have lost their homes and are seeking shelter. Fires in LA are sadly no surprise, yet the Mayor cut LA Fire Department’s budget by $23M. And reports of empty fire hydrants raise serious questions. Competence matters… Follow @latimes for live coverage in partnership with @Spectrum. The live camera view coverage will give our readers a real time view of the fires and the stream is open to all Angelenos. Stay safe.

Pls note I refuse to pay Elon musk a dime therefore typos in my posts remain.

@robrtgreene on last weeks shameful cowardice at the @latimes and @washingtonpost last week. Billionaires without balls. archive.ph/VVK3a

@katie_robertson @maxwelltani The paper has called this an election of tremendous consequence but when the owner decides to hedge his bets with a future demagogue, the editors decide there's no need to get riled up. Shameful. Really shameful.

In an email to Los Angeles Times staff today, top editors Terry Tang and Hector Becerra address the paper not making a presidential endorsement: “Endorsements are made at the owner’s discretion”

@davidfolkenflik @jmsummers Why would PSS do this? One word. Cowardice.

It's not that people think the LATimes's endorsement for Harris would sway many votes - just there's deep skepticism over why its owner vetoed it at a time Trump is threatening the presss About to talk my story with NPR's @jmsummers 5.35/7.35pm npr.org/2024/10/24/nx-…

@LAJourno @latimes I am proud to have canceled my subscription today. Conflating soon-skiing's political interference and the need for a solid economic foundation for news conflates apples and oranges.

I’ve considered canceling my subscription in recent months for various reasons, but I’m not doing that. I continue to support the frontline @latimes journos working under difficult conditions.

@maxwelltani @davidfolkenflik The whole staff should up and leave. What kind of independence credibility or pride can you have with a publisher who swoops in with capricious requests whenever.

NEW: LA Times editorial board member Robert Greene tells me he has also resigned from the paper over the decision not to endorse in the 2024 presidential race, as well as the statement yesterday from owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.

@LZGranderson Thanks for this. I wish it were repeated daily!! A small note to add: the social determinants of health take an increasing toll over a lifetime so you see larger disparities over a lifetime because of economic disadvantages. That's obviously not Mitch McConnells problem. Lol

Yes, “age ain’t nothing but a number.” Yet clearly age is what political commentators turn back to time and again when it comes to analyzing prospects for 2024. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

@pahlkadot Grateful for the book and the guts it took to write it. Hoping someone has already sent you this wapo piece. Another classic example. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

“My pitch for this episode is simple: Jennifer Pahlka has written one of the best policy books I have ever read.” - Ezra Klein nyti.ms/3MSlc8M

@mhdcd8 It's easy to hurl crap from the peanut gallery - as these comments make clear. Being brave, centered and uplifting without a misstep, ever, is a standard maintained only by those who hurl risk-nothing crap from the bench. Thanks for posting councilman!

When those in power chose to forget our community, Mark Ridley-Thomas centered and uplifted us. We are called to acknowledge this history in the coming days as we navigate the next steps.

Impressive! Not sure most people have wrapped their heads around the progress made on #homelessness in LA in the last 100 days.

@NSlayton @TheProspect Thanks for paying attention to this. The actions of the LA city Council & the County supervisors over the next few months will have immense impact on whether the pandemic results in a massive eviction tsunami or the adoption of some reasonable tenant protections. Fights not over!

My latest, and my first for @TheProspect

Headline of new Rand report ought to be "we used different methodology, used a different data set and guess what? We came up with different numbers!" We need constructive actionable #homeless research. This could have been helpful, instead... latimes.com/california/sto…

Happy fda is doing more Still not nearly enough. latimes.com/opinion/story/… and thenation.com/article/societ… #abortionrights #plannedparenthood

@EunissesH You are so The Best!

Council recess is coming to an end and we’ll be back in session next week! I also found out which committees I’ll be serving on. Stay tuned for our weekly Council breakdown, where I’ll answer any questions you might have about City Hall. Have a great weekend, fam!☀️