Monica

Wife, musician, real estate broker

[Monica @monkessler]

@realEstateTrent Beautiful! It’s never too late! 🙏 signed, a very late bloomer.

[StripMallGuy @realEstateTrent]

A good broker dramatically increases the odds of a deal getting done, and worth every penny.

Obviously.

[𝐘𝐯𝐞𝐬 @thenayvuiiiton]

life has a way of punishing you for being a little too nice and forgiving.

[Cold Blooded @DubeySushm49030]

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful

[Monica @monkessler]

@kilbyworld That was so inspiring!!!!!!!!!! 👏💪🤩

[Nzioka Muli @nziokamul1]

Once you have learned your lesson, let the teacher go.

[Monica @monkessler]

@PoptartReborn That post is too infuriating to even engage with.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink once said, “Other than death, all defeats are psychological. Never give up.” It is true: as long as you’re alive, you can start over. You’re never as stuck as you think. At any age, you can change direction, rebuild your life, and become someone new. You’re always allowed to begin again.

[BODE @neverelent]

I might tell you goodnight & stay up another 5 hours.
I'm done with you, not the day

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: Outrage is erupting after a 22-year-old who runs into BURNING BUILDINGS as a volunteer firefighter was told he isn't qualified to be a paid firefighter...

...because he was HOMESCHOOLED.

Then the city changed the job posting to cover it up.

His name is Andrew Coates. He's 22 years old, in Nebraska.

Right now, today, he runs into burning buildings as a volunteer firefighter for Cedar Bluffs Fire. He is a state-licensed EMT.

He is doing the job. For free.

All he wanted was to get PAID to do it. In his words: "Make a career out of it would be the goal. To get paid to do what you love."

So he applied to the Fremont Fire Department.

And in April, the city rejected him. Why?

Because his high school diploma says he was homeschooled.

That's it. That's the whole disqualification.

Not his EMT license.
Not his fitness.
Not his record.
Not his experience pulling people out of fires ALREADY!!

...how he was educated.

The job posting he applied to said "graduation from high school."

That's all it said.
He graduated high school.
He has a diploma.

And AFTER they rejected him, the city went back and added the word "accredited" to the job description.

His own fire chief, the man who has watched Andrew work, showed up to defend him:

"I feel the city of Fremont is really missing out here, and in my mind, because of his homeschooling, you guys are discriminating against him."

Over THIRTY homeschool families showed up to stand behind this kid.

And the Civil Service Commission? They said it isn't their job to touch city policy.

Homeschoolers are literally a generation of kids who read ABOVE grade level, who work with their HANDS, who volunteer in their communities, who show up for their neighbors.

And this young man is the proof.

At 22, he's a certified EMT and a volunteer firefighter, while plenty of his peers are on a couch.

When your house is on fire at 3 a.m., I promise you will not ask the man dragging your children out where he went to high school.

You will not ask if his diploma was accredited.

You will thank GOD he came.

Andrew isn't even fighting for himself anymore. His words:

"I think now it's turned into we want to make sure that every homeschooler has an equal opportunity."

That's a better man than the policy that rejected him.

Fremont, you have a licensed EMT and an active firefighter begging to serve your city. And you turned him down over paperwork, then rewrote the paperwork to cover it.

Fix this.

Hire him!!!!!!!

[Monica @monkessler]

@fishpresskeys This is fabulous.

[Monica @monkessler]

Dear @costco, the usage of onion in your deli salads is about one whole onion too much.

[Playteaux @Playteaux1]

If we can’t blame Muslims for what happened 25 years ago then we can’t blame white people for what happened 200 years ago.

[Josh Wein @jmwein]

.@edsheeran I brought my wife and two daughters to MetLife Friday because we are huge fans of yours. We arrived early, I spent $180 on two sweatshirts for them, watched the first two opening acts and were having a great time.

Then Macklemore decided to turn your concert into his political rally.

When he started chanting “Free Palestine” and pushing his clearly uneducated version of the Israel/Gaza conflict, my daughters looked at me completely confused. I had brought them to an Ed Sheeran concert, not to have an opening act lecture them about Middle East politics.

After Friday night, I started looking into Macklemore’s history. What I found, including his repeated use of antisemitic tropes, made the whole thing even worse.

So I took my family and walked inside alongside hundreds of your other fans. As we were walking in, even the MetLife security guards were rolling their eyes at what was happening on stage.

We waited until Macklemore was finished before returning to our seats. Then we watched your show, which was phenomenal.

I left Friday hoping maybe this had caught you and your team off guard.

Then tonight you allowed it to happen again.

You knew exactly what Macklemore had done the night before, and you gave him the stage again.

Friday might have been Macklemore’s decision. Saturday was yours.

You have a lot of Jewish fans who love your music, buy your albums and merchandise, and bring their kids to your concerts.

Tonight, you lost four of them. And I suspect plenty more.

@CombatASemitism
@StopAntisemites

[Tax Verstappen @mostlyboxbox]

A new app idea called Linked-Out where people can post about why they left their toxic workplace.

[Steve 🇺🇸 @SteveLovesAmmo]

In the United States, if you destroy a Bald Eagle egg:

$100k fine.
1 year in prison.

Because an unborn Eagle.
Is still an Eagle.

I wonder how else this applies.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”

— Jordan Peterson

[LifeNews.com @LifeNewsHQ]

No one is deciding what women can do with their bodies.

We're saying what you can't do to a baby's body.

[Monica @monkessler]

@thealfordplea You got one thing right here….. it’s about the church congregates and how they feel, not anyone else. I’m sure they appreciate your concern though…

[Karun Pal @karunpal]

Modern luxury is the ability to live quietly. No drama. No noise. No pretending to be someone you are not. Just living low-key. Reading. Thinking. Listening to music. Staring at walls. Going for walks. Watching old movies. Being bored. Working on your purpose. And feeling life deeply. That is peace.