Rob Monroe
@rob-monroe.bsky.social
Video producer/multimedia specialist from Virginia. Interests include news, history and genealogy. Also sports (Red Sox, Cubs, Commanders, NASCAR, UVa & EKU), silent film (esp. Buster Keaton), music (blues, Van Morrison, Tedeschi Trucks) & scotch whisky.
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Republican South Carolina state Rep. RJ May sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison today.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children. Now he's going to prison for child porn. - LGBTQ Nation
He was caught sharing hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Republican South Carolina state Rep. RJ May sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison today.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
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Great. Now two billion dollars in addiction and mental health services cut overnight. Good work #JDVance in riding the opioid epidemic to power and then screwing those facing addiction when you get what you want. www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Great. Now two billion dollars in addiction and mental health services cut overnight. Good work #JDVance in riding the opioid epidemic to power and then screwing those facing addiction when you get what you want. www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
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Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?
January 14, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?
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Trump has also revoked TPS status for immigrants from Venezuela, Afghanistan, Haiti, Syria, and others.
That means thousands of immigrants here legally, who cannot return to their home countries due to unsafe conditions there, now have no protection.
Shameful.
That means thousands of immigrants here legally, who cannot return to their home countries due to unsafe conditions there, now have no protection.
Shameful.
The Trump administration is ending temporary protected status for Somali immigrants, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed.
Somali immigrants in the U.S. with TPS must leave the country by March 17, she said. nbcnews.to/3LscuRW
Somali immigrants in the U.S. with TPS must leave the country by March 17, she said. nbcnews.to/3LscuRW
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Trump has also revoked TPS status for immigrants from Venezuela, Afghanistan, Haiti, Syria, and others.
That means thousands of immigrants here legally, who cannot return to their home countries due to unsafe conditions there, now have no protection.
Shameful.
That means thousands of immigrants here legally, who cannot return to their home countries due to unsafe conditions there, now have no protection.
Shameful.
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"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression." - Franklin Leonard
January 12, 2026 at 12:52 PM
"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression." - Franklin Leonard
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Time for people to understand that he will never stop until he is stopped. If we wait, it will be too late.
January 12, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Time for people to understand that he will never stop until he is stopped. If we wait, it will be too late.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
January 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
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A Critically Missing Adult Alert has been issued for a 32-year-old Richmond woman last seen Saturday evening.
Critically Missing Adult Alert issued for 32-year-old Richmond woman last seen Saturday
A Critically Missing Adult Alert has been issued for a 32-year-old Richmond woman last seen Saturday evening.
www.wtvr.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
A Critically Missing Adult Alert has been issued for a 32-year-old Richmond woman last seen Saturday evening.
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Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the “Big Beautiful Bill”
We are spending 175 billion dollars on ICE to brutalize communities and traumatize children for life.
This is being done in your name, with your tax dollars, on our watch. Don’t look away.
www.cato.org/blog/deporta...
We are spending 175 billion dollars on ICE to brutalize communities and traumatize children for life.
This is being done in your name, with your tax dollars, on our watch. Don’t look away.
www.cato.org/blog/deporta...
Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the “Big Beautiful Bill”
Properly considered, the actual cost of H.R. 1’s immigration enforcement spending is nearly $1 trillion more than the CBO estimates. When seen in the context of the overall costs of the bill, mass dep...
www.cato.org
January 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the “Big Beautiful Bill”
We are spending 175 billion dollars on ICE to brutalize communities and traumatize children for life.
This is being done in your name, with your tax dollars, on our watch. Don’t look away.
www.cato.org/blog/deporta...
We are spending 175 billion dollars on ICE to brutalize communities and traumatize children for life.
This is being done in your name, with your tax dollars, on our watch. Don’t look away.
www.cato.org/blog/deporta...
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Jefferson was so proud of the law disestablishing the state church in Virginia he had it carved on his grave.
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith claims that every single one of the Founding Fathers "by today's standards, would be labeled a far-right Christian nationalist."
January 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Jefferson was so proud of the law disestablishing the state church in Virginia he had it carved on his grave.
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Minneapolis, after the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Minneapolis, after the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
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I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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The world in 2026
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The world in 2026
Exhibit A: Speaker Mike Johnson.
Sometimes people are ignorant for their own convenience.
January 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Exhibit A: Speaker Mike Johnson.
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“What I saw in her work was a writer that was trying to illuminate the lives of others,” Kent Wascom, director of the creative writing MFA program at Old Dominion University, told me today about Renee Good. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Renee Good’s Time at Old Dominion Included an Award-Winning Poem
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:35 AM
“What I saw in her work was a writer that was trying to illuminate the lives of others,” Kent Wascom, director of the creative writing MFA program at Old Dominion University, told me today about Renee Good. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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More pics of Renée Nicole Good, the poet and mother murdered by Trump’s ICE agent.
January 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
More pics of Renée Nicole Good, the poet and mother murdered by Trump’s ICE agent.
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If folks want to talk to the press about this, I trust Lex.
January 8, 2026 at 5:18 PM
If folks want to talk to the press about this, I trust Lex.
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"We need a full investigation into what happened in Minneapolis. I’m horrified by what I’ve seen. ICE is not above the law." - Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/01/reac...
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
"We need a full investigation into what happened in Minneapolis. I’m horrified by what I’ve seen. ICE is not above the law." - Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/01/reac...
This. Absolutely.
And it was Mitch McConnell who made it possible by letting Trump off the hook on impeachment, and Kevin McCarthy who proactively brought Trump back into the GOP fold.
Let their shame never be forgotten.
Let their shame never be forgotten.
it's hard to remember now but five years ago people really thought the GOP was done with Trump
and now election denial is a core plank in the party platform
and now election denial is a core plank in the party platform
January 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
This. Absolutely.