Bob F. Monk
@bobfmonk.bsky.social
https://substack.com/home/post/p-158576263
Chief Dissident Officer, Department of Systemic Unlearning
Specializing in satire and gallows humor.
Sub-specializing in satirical bathos through parodic lament (a form of dark bait-and-switch gallows humor).
Chief Dissident Officer, Department of Systemic Unlearning
Specializing in satire and gallows humor.
Sub-specializing in satirical bathos through parodic lament (a form of dark bait-and-switch gallows humor).
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On top of detaining U.S. citizens, ICE is now fining legal residents for not carrying their papers.
It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.
It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a
www.chicagotribune.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
On top of detaining U.S. citizens, ICE is now fining legal residents for not carrying their papers.
It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.
It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.
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ENERGY TERROR / Energy Terror (animation) @freeonis
October 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
ENERGY TERROR / Energy Terror (animation) @freeonis
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PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”
(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)
(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)
October 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”
(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)
(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)
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With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content.
Kiss reality goodbye: AI-generated social media has arrived
With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content.
n.pr
October 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content.
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Just an FYI: We’re not facing a “government shutdown.” This is a Trump-MAGA Republican shutdown. Call it what it is.
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Just an FYI: We’re not facing a “government shutdown.” This is a Trump-MAGA Republican shutdown. Call it what it is.
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Fact-check: Most of the goons in Trump's deportation army aren't even ICE agents.
Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs.
Check out the full report: tinyurl.com/yvavwh4f
Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs.
Check out the full report: tinyurl.com/yvavwh4f
October 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fact-check: Most of the goons in Trump's deportation army aren't even ICE agents.
Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs.
Check out the full report: tinyurl.com/yvavwh4f
Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs.
Check out the full report: tinyurl.com/yvavwh4f
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September 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Shitler has colic again.
September 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Shitler has colic again.
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“Right-wing voices incite violence every day and keep their microphones. Kimmel simply stated his opinion on the chaos presently unfolding and yet he is the one who is silenced.”
Fascists Fear Mockery Most. Trump Proved It.
ABC caved after Trump’s FCC threatened them and Nexstar chased a $6.2 billion merger. This is not just cancel culture. It is blatant corruption.
www.thegodpodcast.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“Right-wing voices incite violence every day and keep their microphones. Kimmel simply stated his opinion on the chaos presently unfolding and yet he is the one who is silenced.”
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This past Sunday, Brad and I celebrated 17 years of marriage together. That’s 6,209 days of love, laughter, and levity through it all. Happy Anniversary, Bradder! Here’s to many more.
September 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This past Sunday, Brad and I celebrated 17 years of marriage together. That’s 6,209 days of love, laughter, and levity through it all. Happy Anniversary, Bradder! Here’s to many more.
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Trump:
We have almost 3.5 years left. It goes quickly. I hope we will make our cities safe again.
- please expire
We have almost 3.5 years left. It goes quickly. I hope we will make our cities safe again.
- please expire
September 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Trump:
We have almost 3.5 years left. It goes quickly. I hope we will make our cities safe again.
- please expire
We have almost 3.5 years left. It goes quickly. I hope we will make our cities safe again.
- please expire
Well that changes everything... oh wait no it doesn't. Tell us you're the Epstein List without telling us Mr. Allen.
So anyway, release the unredacted Epstein Files already.
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
#woodyallen #epstein #trumpstein #epsteinfiles
So anyway, release the unredacted Epstein Files already.
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
#woodyallen #epstein #trumpstein #epsteinfiles
September 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Well that changes everything... oh wait no it doesn't. Tell us you're the Epstein List without telling us Mr. Allen.
So anyway, release the unredacted Epstein Files already.
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
#woodyallen #epstein #trumpstein #epsteinfiles
So anyway, release the unredacted Epstein Files already.
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
#woodyallen #epstein #trumpstein #epsteinfiles
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The events surrounding Charlie Kirk’s assassination are the kind of tragedy people will remember – senseless, preventable, heavy in a way words can’t carry.
There’s a silence that follows, the awful realization of what could have been... if only Tyler Robinson hadn’t told his father.
There’s a silence that follows, the awful realization of what could have been... if only Tyler Robinson hadn’t told his father.
September 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The events surrounding Charlie Kirk’s assassination are the kind of tragedy people will remember – senseless, preventable, heavy in a way words can’t carry.
There’s a silence that follows, the awful realization of what could have been... if only Tyler Robinson hadn’t told his father.
There’s a silence that follows, the awful realization of what could have been... if only Tyler Robinson hadn’t told his father.
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guys, we have a tone shift
September 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
guys, we have a tone shift
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✅🇺🇸🇺🇦 Rep. Don Bacon: The House overwhelmingly voted to continue providing military support to Ukraine by a 372-60 vote.
September 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
✅🇺🇸🇺🇦 Rep. Don Bacon: The House overwhelmingly voted to continue providing military support to Ukraine by a 372-60 vote.
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This coverage of Charlie Kirk is absurd.
As a veteran, peacenik, anti-gun nut, and proud liberal, I do not advocate violence of any kind.
Kirk used his politics as a weapon, and aimed to hurt innocent people.
I am not celebrating his death, but I am lamenting the demise of truth in this country.
As a veteran, peacenik, anti-gun nut, and proud liberal, I do not advocate violence of any kind.
Kirk used his politics as a weapon, and aimed to hurt innocent people.
I am not celebrating his death, but I am lamenting the demise of truth in this country.
September 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This coverage of Charlie Kirk is absurd.
As a veteran, peacenik, anti-gun nut, and proud liberal, I do not advocate violence of any kind.
Kirk used his politics as a weapon, and aimed to hurt innocent people.
I am not celebrating his death, but I am lamenting the demise of truth in this country.
As a veteran, peacenik, anti-gun nut, and proud liberal, I do not advocate violence of any kind.
Kirk used his politics as a weapon, and aimed to hurt innocent people.
I am not celebrating his death, but I am lamenting the demise of truth in this country.
You know the problem with satire in 2025? It's dead – figuratively of course – not like Charlie Kirk, who finally became the victim he always imagined himself to be.
(Sorry not sorry, zero-day gallows humor is my favorite)
#charliekirk #gallowshumor #conspiracy #satire
(Sorry not sorry, zero-day gallows humor is my favorite)
#charliekirk #gallowshumor #conspiracy #satire
I posit that they were aiming for his ear and missed. Given the miraculous pace of Trump’s ear healing, should we anticipate Charlie Kirk’s resurrection – and if so, when?
Would an undead Charlie Kirk roaming the country be cause for concern? Then again, he’d be more harmless. Never mind.
Would an undead Charlie Kirk roaming the country be cause for concern? Then again, he’d be more harmless. Never mind.
two men in suits and ties are talking in front of a fire hose sign
ALT: two men in suits and ties are talking in front of a fire hose sign
media.tenor.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know the problem with satire in 2025? It's dead – figuratively of course – not like Charlie Kirk, who finally became the victim he always imagined himself to be.
(Sorry not sorry, zero-day gallows humor is my favorite)
#charliekirk #gallowshumor #conspiracy #satire
(Sorry not sorry, zero-day gallows humor is my favorite)
#charliekirk #gallowshumor #conspiracy #satire
Shout out to Nate Blouin for chastising the Utah GOP regarding their response to recent events on X.
You're going to hear a lot about gun control, universities being a ’breeding ground the violent left’, etc., in the days the come.
#utgop #charliekirk #guncontrol #2a #gop
You're going to hear a lot about gun control, universities being a ’breeding ground the violent left’, etc., in the days the come.
#utgop #charliekirk #guncontrol #2a #gop
September 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Shout out to Nate Blouin for chastising the Utah GOP regarding their response to recent events on X.
You're going to hear a lot about gun control, universities being a ’breeding ground the violent left’, etc., in the days the come.
#utgop #charliekirk #guncontrol #2a #gop
You're going to hear a lot about gun control, universities being a ’breeding ground the violent left’, etc., in the days the come.
#utgop #charliekirk #guncontrol #2a #gop
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A great explainer about what the law says regarding sending un-federalized troops to Illinois from Texas. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
176. Illinois v. Texas
A quick look at President Trump's (apparent) plan to send uninvited and un-federalized Texas National Guard troops into Illinois—and how it could (and maybe should) quickly end up in the Supreme Court
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A great explainer about what the law says regarding sending un-federalized troops to Illinois from Texas. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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I used to read books like Lord of the Rings or watch movies like Star Wars and think the villains were unbelievable. And of course, now watching the tech oligarchs (who could not spend all their money if they tried) destroy civilization for power, I’m like, guess I was wrong. People are that awful.
September 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I used to read books like Lord of the Rings or watch movies like Star Wars and think the villains were unbelievable. And of course, now watching the tech oligarchs (who could not spend all their money if they tried) destroy civilization for power, I’m like, guess I was wrong. People are that awful.
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thanks, it’s ok. i just do some weed and watch the end of Andor again and Im good for another day
September 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
thanks, it’s ok. i just do some weed and watch the end of Andor again and Im good for another day