2 with Virginia Beach, VA's Mark Reynolds (UVa).
02.03.2026 14:48 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@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.
2 with Virginia Beach, VA's Mark Reynolds (UVa).
02.03.2026 14:48 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βAs James Madison put it: βIn no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department. ... [T]he trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man.ββ
01.03.2026 23:38 β π 566 π 161 π¬ 8 π 4Nick Anderson, Dallas Morning News
01.03.2026 22:16 β π 79 π 31 π¬ 3 π 0Former New Mexico Attorney General Balderas details how the FBI forcefully shut down New Mexico's criminal probe into what was up at Epstein's Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe Co. The feds insisted that they were running their own criminal probe and that NM's involvement would not be tolerated. It was a lie.
01.03.2026 19:56 β π 1314 π 698 π¬ 34 π 442 with Clifton Forge, Virginia's Johnny Humphries.
01.03.2026 14:21 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Tulsi Gabbard released a fundraising video in 2019 titled "Trump's Path To War With Iran"
"We've gotta stop Donald Trump from starting a war with Iran."
6 with EKU alum Earle Combs. There's a building on campus named after him.
28.02.2026 16:30 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This Christiansburg, Virginia native became one of Hollywood's best directors.
28.02.2026 04:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Something that's being overlooked: The Saudi governmentβyes, the same gov't that butchered a Washington Post journalist a few years agoβis set to be a part owner of CNN.
Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: youtu.be/nWEG5jUrP2Q?...
The Dilley family detention center is run by CoreCivic, a major Trump donor who has raked in millions from federal contracts already.
Never forget who is profiting from this cruelty.
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27.02.2026 17:14 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Longest active win streaks in men's college basketball:
Miami (OH): 28
Navy: 12
High Point: 10
Virginia: 9
Number of games vs top 100 teams in those streaks:
Miami (OH): 1
Navy: 0
High Point: 0
Virginia: 6
An 1897 #Melies film, thought lost for a century, has been rediscovered and restored by the @librarycongress.bsky.social. blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/...
27.02.2026 04:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Elections should be decided by Virginians β not Trump and his MAGA allies rigging the system.
Vote YES by April 21.
A few weeks ago, Congress approved half a billion dollars more for USAGM than Kari Lake requested. She said she was "disappointed." So now, it seems, she is trying to impose controversial conditions on the funding. NYT has all the details here: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...
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26.02.2026 14:59 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The party that gets aggressively on the right side of this issue is going to win a lot of elections in a lot of places over the next decade. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
26.02.2026 13:08 β π 2209 π 791 π¬ 115 π 42
NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just βcried and cried and cried,β a mother said. The facility denies the claims.
By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social
The GOP damn well knows it.
It is voter suppression polished and sold as security.
Scaring you into giving up your rights to fix a problem that doesn't exist.
Happy Ron Santo's Birthday to all who celebrate.
25.02.2026 13:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Appalling: ICE and CBP contracted for $144 million in weaponry and accessories in Trump's first year, per data obtained by Sen Adam Schiff.
For ICE it's a fourfold increase, much of it for military-style weapons. A heavily armed secret police force. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2069...
My Governor!
25.02.2026 12:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sen. John Kennedy tweets: βRep. Ocasio-Cortez has never been accused of being a policy maven. Sheβs like Kamala Harris with more bartending experience.
Iβll never understand how Republicans get away with accusing other people of being βelitistsβ when they pal around with oligarchs, take government jets to the Olympics and dump on people like AOC who worked service industry jobs.
24.02.2026 21:15 β π 222 π 46 π¬ 43 π 6
On the 4th anniversary of Russia's failed full-scale invasion, we need to thank Ukraine's military for saving both Ukraine and Europe.
Every single person who helped in any way deserves to be remembered
Mother with legal permission to live in US was deported less than 24 hours after her green card hearing, despite chronicling 27 years in Californiaβher high school diploma, years of tax filings, vaccine records and paperwork showing she had repeatedly obtained federal permission to remain in the US.
24.02.2026 16:36 β π 523 π 293 π¬ 29 π 19
Here's a clue for you all...
It's going to be at Monroe Park!
#RVA_Indivisible #Freedom_Rally #No_Kings_3
BREAKING
Former ICE agent:
On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.