Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 13hEvery extrajudicial detention is a coordinated crime against the Constitution. 022
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 13hTrump’s extreme hatred for the country he is sworn to serve will be a neverending mystery to future historians & an eternal stain on our times. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comJudge orders Trump administration to give 30 days’ notice before moving to demolish Kennedy CenterRuling comes amid demolition threats by Donald Trump after being stymied from adding his name to centre 032
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Why is Trump doing business with criminal gangs in Venezuela’s mining sector? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...nytimes.comTrump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat. 000
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Citizens for Road Safety is doing truly important, life-saving work, providing law enforcement trainings on the Lisa Torry Smith Act – the Texas Crosswalk Law – to make room for justice & make communities safer. Read & share to support their work. citizensroadsafety.org/2026/09/27/t...citizensroadsafety.orgTexas Law Enforcement Leaders Protecting Lives in Crosswalks - Citizens for Road SafetyTexas is one of the deadliest states for pedestrians, and Citizens for Road Safety (CRS) is on a mission to protect lives and prevent needless injury and death. Nearly 700… Continue reading Texas Law ... 020
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Political seizure & dismantling of agencies is an intentional attack on the health, wellbeing, rights & liberty of the American people. The Executive branch has no lawful authority to engage in this kind of sabotage. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 010
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Trump has zero lawful authority to ban press for critical reporting. A federal judge has ordered press access restored; Trump is intentionally violating a court order to claim authority explicitly barred by the Constitution. apple.news/ATqdnStAKRNi...apple.newsCNN, Politico, MS NOW journalists barred from White House after judge blocks Trump’s ban — The Washington PostU.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to temporarily restore the journalists' credentials and said the ban was probably unconstitutional. 143
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026All of the people involved in these corrupt activities must know: Their crimes will be treated as such & any effort to curry favor with the felon in chief will have the effect of linking them to all of the crimes of any RICO operation he is linked to. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...doomsdayscenario.coIt's the accountability, stupid.Doing crime 020
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Donald Trump's sick pathology of insecurity mixed with grandstanding now has him claiming to be ordering that all references to artificial intelligence instead use the term "super intelligence". First, he has no such authority. Second, superintelligence is a dangerous successor to AI, not AI. 113
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The President of the United States has zero lawful authority to threaten to "annihilate" an entire nation & by implication its people & its culture. The 5th Amendment prohibits any taking of civilian life by the Executive & only Congress can declare war. faithful-citizen.org/2026/04/08/p...faithful-citizen.orgPOTUS has no right or authority to threaten genocideThe United States was founded on the simple moral insight that all human beings have unalienable human rights, including the right to life, which also means the right to remain free from arbitrary … 020
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Major television networks suspended their White House pool coverage and will no longer send camera crews to cover President Donald Trump's pool events, standing in solidarity with CNN after Trump denied White House access to reporters for three outlets. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...usatoday.comMajor TV networks suspend White House pool coverage after Trump banIn response to President Trump's ban on three media outlets, majors TV networks have pulled out of the White House television pool. 020
Reposted by Joe RobertsonUSA TODAY @usatoday.com · 22/09/2026Less than one-third of respondents approved of President Donald Trump's job performance, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.bit.lyTrump's approval rating hits lowest level of his career, poll findsLess than one-third of respondents approved of President Donald Trump's job performance, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. 684
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This unilateral action leveraging unproven accusations of fraud denies due process & violates the Constitution. People could die; people are being materially & physically harmed. No court has authorized this. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/h...nytimes.comTrump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud (Gift Article)Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion. 010
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“Political capture” of a public institution is corruption & suggests financial relationships linked to the corrupt actors might constitute organized crime & racketeering activity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...nytimes.comHow President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection. 063
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Apple and Google are lying to Americans about the name of Lake Ontario to appease a criminal maniac who has no legal authority to alter place names. www.reuters.com/world/us/app...reuters.comApple Maps changes name of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on the web version of its Apple Maps following President Trump's executive order renaming the lake. 012
Reposted by Joe RobertsonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws. 29172271876
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The President lives in the White House as a courtesy. It is not his property. He has no lawful authority to control the free press or to retaliate for critical reporting. This authoritarian assault on the press is a betrayal of his oath & an act of brazen corruption. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...nytimes.comLive Updates: CNN and MS NOW Reporters Denied White House Access After Trump Announces Ban (Gift Article)President Trump announced a ban on Friday on three outlets whose coverage he deems unfair, a move that will likely be challenged in court. 171
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The American people own the national parks—NOT the occupant of the White House. Donald Trump’s debased narcissistic assault on American wilderness & recreation is a crime against the Constitution & our basic rights. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/c...nytimes.comHow Trump Has Disrupted National Parks (Gift Article)Maintenance projects have been put off around the country and resources diverted to the president’s favored projects in Washington. 292
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The President does not own the National Parks; the American people do. www.rawstory.com/trump-yosemi...rawstory.comHundreds revolt as Trump moves to hand a slice of Yosemite to a private developerHundreds of advocacy groups and members of Congress on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump’s administration to reject a proposal to hand over part of Yosemite National Park in California to a pri... 011
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The First Amendment says “Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” House Republicans want to pass a law prohibiting legal action against polluters for actual harm caused. www.noimmunityforbigoil.orgnoimmunityforbigoil.orgNo Immunity for Big Oil | Support Communities & AccountabilityJoin us in urging Congress to protect our right to hold Big Oil accountable. A legal shield for Big Oil would force the rising bill for climate damages onto taxpayers and set a harmful precedent that ... 000
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Trump admin’s illegal attempt to dismantle pollution controls is a confession of guilt. It falsely asserts that carbon compounds do not have a warming effect, a claim contrary to the basic laws of chemistry. insideclimatenews.org/news/1409202...insideclimatenews.orgTrump Doubles Down on Climate Denial With Plan to Repeal Power Plant Rules - Inside Climate NewsThe EPA revoked limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, rejecting decades of settled science to argue that they do not contribute to dangerous air pollution. 123
Reposted by Joe RobertsonLiza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New from me: Trump’s EPA doubles down on climate change denial by repealing rules that limit emissions from power plants, claiming that greenhouse gas emissions from power plants “have no material impact on global climate change.” insideclimatenews.org/news/1409202...insideclimatenews.orgTrump Doubles Down on Climate Denial With Plan to Repeal Power Plant Rules - Inside Climate NewsThe EPA revoked limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, rejecting decades of settled science to argue that they do not contribute to dangerous air pollution. 165
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“A Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to help finance Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding after-party in the Bahamas this year…” This, while Putin tries to bomb a train with US, NATO dignitaries on board. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...nytimes.comRussian Businessman With Putin Ties Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding PartyThe payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member. 020
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 15/09/20261) Absolutely no one thinks the current President is smart. 2) There is no way he could explain any part of the challenge of AI safety. 3) Every American has a right to know exactly why he opposes regulating a technology whose main proponents say is dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...nytimes.comTrump Rejects Talk of A.I. Regulation and Calls Out Anthropic’s CEOThe president again rejected calls to try to regulate the industry, even as some of its leaders are speaking more openly about the risks of rapidly developing artificial intelligence. 000
Reposted by Joe RobertsonJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Effort to Break Vote By Mail Before Midterms talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...talkingpointsmemo.comSupreme Court Rejects Trump’s Effort to Break Vote By Mail Before MidtermsThe Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s bid to take unprecedented control... 1438856
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It is great news for democracy, the rule of law & the American people that the Supreme Court has rejected the Trump admin effort to control voting by misusing the U.S. Postal Service. No such authority exists for POTUS or USPS. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...nytimes.comSupreme Court Blocks Trump Administration Plan to Screen Mail-In BallotsThe Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service plan to screen ballots just weeks before the midterm elections. 110
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Climate pollution kills. It costs trillions of dollars per year. The Climate Convention is a ratified treaty. Under Article VI it is binding Constitutional law. The Supreme Court & ICJ recognize the duty to prevent this harm. This is a criminal abuse of office. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...nytimes.comE.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power PlantsGeneration of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States. 123
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The party whose leader is a convicted felon, found liable for sexual assault, who illegally orders summary executions by ballistic missile, kidnaps people without warrants, imposes unconstitutional tariffs & takes crypto bribes, wants to outlaw electoral opposition. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...nytimes.comRepublicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as CommunistsCommunism, in the president’s hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question. 031
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Every person aiding this attack on press freedom & free speech is committing criminal acts in service of a coordinated abuse of office to subvert the Constitution. Every one of those acts must face prosecution with those involved serving as witnesses or defendants. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...nytimes.comHow Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle SpeechPresident Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects. 010
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Trump Is Sabotaging the Midterms. The Supreme Court Must Stop Him. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Sabotaging the Midterms. The Supreme Court Must Stop Him.The country has built a system in which Americans can have confidence. President Trump is trying to wreck it. 110
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control.” apple.news/AxYGbVT9kRW2...apple.newsAnthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears — The Wall Street JournalConcerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control 010
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The Constitution gives the President ZERO authority to ban imports or impose tariffs. Zero. It also gives Congress zero authority to pass that power, which belongs solely to Congress under Article I, Section 8, to the President. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caTrump banning import of Canadian booze, motorcycles, other goods into U.S. | CBC NewsU.S. President Donald Trump is banning the import of Canadian alcohol, motorcycles and various other products into the U.S. as of Sept. 29. This latest move in an escalating trade war between Canada a... 52614
Reposted by Joe RobertsonGiorgio Graffino @giorgiograffino.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The UN Climate Loss and Damage was set up at COP27 in 2022. It was created to help emerging economies to cope with the increase of extreme weather events caused by human-made climate change, to which they contributed almost nothing, like in Nepal last week. Via @drilledmedia.bsky.socialdrilled.mediaNepal Floods Put Climate Loss and Damage Fund to the TestAn interview with Raju Pandit Chhetri, a climate negotiator from Nepal, about the country’s demands for loss and damage financing and climate justice. 1125
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Trump is intentionally subverting the Constitution of the United States, seeking to impose rights-violating anti-equity conditions on non-governmental institutions. These abuses are crimes against all Americans. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...nytimes.comTrump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority StudentsThe Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools. 000
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If the Supreme Court’s so-called conservatives are honest at all in their previous efforts to restrain executive power, then they should find, “major questions” or not, that POTUS cannot order ballots not count. www.vox.com/politics/501...vox.comOne of the Supreme Court’s worst ideas could save the midterms from TrumpThe new opinion blocking Trump’s attempt to sabotage voting by mail makes a savvy play for several Republican justices. 111
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Bill of Rights effectively mandates that the US government operate at all times in line with Americans’ rights, including the rights to truth, evidence, honest reporting, witness & redress. There is no executive authority to destroy evidence. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comTrump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and moreHealth data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows 000
Reposted by Joe RobertsonKaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Leipzig attacks have all the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism. We will respond with resolve. 1.600 listings for the military complex of Russia are already in the pipeline. We stand ready to add more. We have also summoned the Russian representative to the EU, as have many Member States. 52865261
Reposted by Joe RobertsonWATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 02/09/2026402-433 million cases of unintentional acute pesticide poisoning of farmers & farm workers & 11,000 deaths each year France, Germany & Italy now recognise Parkinson's as an occupational disease for farmers Still, pesticide use continues to grow year on year: www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAlmost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts findStudy reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities 6123114
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Article I of the Constitution mandates the operation of the U.S. Postal Service, as a public service, as a permanent national priority. Its existence is legally established as a defense of our rights & freedom. Sabotaging it is an attack on our rights, our freedom & on the Constitution itself. 000
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Constitution forbids all killing by government, outside of lawful, Congressionally declared wars. Under Article VI, treaties banning harm to civilians are also binding Constitutional law. Hegseth intentionally caused civilian deaths & should be prosecuted. www.propublica.org/article/hegs...propublica.orgTop Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part... 000
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The President of the United States has zero lawful authority to order changes to place names or maps. Giving him the satisfaction of acting on his illegal orders is a kind of corruption. 000
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The elimination of a single voter’s lawful information from voter registration lists is evidence of an organized attempt to strip Americans of fundamental, unalienable rights. 011
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026“Dark money” is an attack on democracy & the rule of law. Under the Constitution, it is the people that are sovereign—not office-holders, not political parties, not billionaires & not judges that fantasize about aiding authoritarianism. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...nytimes.com‘The Least Transparent Midterm’: How Dark Money Is Washing Over the 2026 ElectionAt least $1 billion from anonymous donors is flowing into the midterm elections. Dark money is not new, but it now permeates nearly every major contest. 000
Reposted by Joe RobertsonFriends of the Earth U.S. (Action) @foeus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Trump's donor just got $900 million of our tax dollars in his latest scheme to cancel offshore wind projects & boost fossil fuels “Even by MAGA standards, this seems exceptionally dodgy.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comHow wind projects got replaced by a $900 million payday to a Trump donor’s firmThe Trump administration’s latest deal to abandon an offshore wind project and redirect investment into fossil fuels stands to deliver a windfall to one of President Donald Trump’s major donors. 02616
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The President has zero authority over elections. The Constitution grants that authority only to the states. No law permits POTUS to unilaterally ban people from voting by not putting them on a whitelist. The Supreme Court has abandoned the Constitution. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comSupreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midtermsThe court’s order opens a path for the administration to begin action to restrict mail voting, but it also could lead to further litigation that could freeze the federal government again. 011
Reposted by Joe RobertsonNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Fewer distributors, concentrated blockbuster power & monopoly control over 50+ cable networks The Paramount-Warner merger is a disaster for consumers & will mean higher prices AGs must & will hold firm as I discuss @ContrarianNews.org - TNcontrariannews.orgFrom the Kennedy Center to the Paramount-Warner Merger, You Are Winning in Court, ContrariansPublisher’s Roundup 81 12562185
Reposted by Joe RobertsonThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/08/2026The Trump administration must resume processing visas for people from 75 countries that the government deemed likely to become a “public charge,” a federal judge ruled, curbing one of the latest efforts to restrict legal immigration pathways to the U.S.washingtonpost.comTrump’s visa ban on 75 countries struck down by federal judgeA federal judge said the indefinite pause, which affected nationals of countries in every corner of the globe, ran afoul of antidiscrimination protections. 99121
Reposted by Joe RobertsonJonathan Overpeck @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Climate warming will continue to intensify as long as we burn fossil fuels for power and transport: “as bigger and hotter wildfires sweep through forests that have not evolved to survive such high-intensity blazes and a warmer climate.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/c...nytimes.comWildfires Are Turning Forests in the American West Into ShrublandTowering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” one researcher said. 034
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The Constitution recognizes no authority of any kind for the President to impose taxes or tariffs. Article I, Section 8 grants trade and tariff authority solely to Congress. faithful-citizen.org/2026/07/08/r...faithful-citizen.orgRead Article I, Section 8, of the ConstitutionArticle I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States is arguably the most important, yet underappreciated portion of our founding charter. It defines the powers of Congress in some very s… 122
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This is overt pay to play corruption of precisely the kind that was enabled by Citizens United & makes that ruling absolutely unconstitutional. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...nytimes.comPrison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in ContractsThe GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president’s super PAC last month. 010
Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Using public office for retribution, or specifically to punish or intimidate those who enforced the law instead of permitting crimes in high office, is a criminal abuse of office. Helping the vengeful abuser is organized crime. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s Lust for Vengeance Is Turning Into a FarceRevenge shapes the president’s priorities, drives his actions and structures the decisions of his government. 010