Robby Martin
@robbymartin.bsky.social
I have a lot of student debt and tend to have workplace organizing convos at parties. Union Staff Rep for AFSCME. Tweets/likes/opinions are mine. He/him
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The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
We need to go back to the days of having a president without an ego
ESPN reports that President Trump wants the Commanders to name their new stadium after him.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
President Trump wants new Commanders stadium to be named after him
The news coincides with his plan to attend Sunday's Commanders game.
www.nbcsports.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We need to go back to the days of having a president without an ego
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No, dumbass, the Confederacy is not our heritage. It's the heritage of a shitty fake-ass country that existed for under a decade.
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
No, dumbass, the Confederacy is not our heritage. It's the heritage of a shitty fake-ass country that existed for under a decade.
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Saquon Barkley was jokingly asked if Jordan Davis has a future at RB.
"Probably not. Probably not a future at running back, but I wonder what his speed was," Barkley said.
He was told over 18 mph.
"He was over 18!? Maybe he has a future at running back."
"Probably not. Probably not a future at running back, but I wonder what his speed was," Barkley said.
He was told over 18 mph.
"He was over 18!? Maybe he has a future at running back."
September 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Saquon Barkley was jokingly asked if Jordan Davis has a future at RB.
"Probably not. Probably not a future at running back, but I wonder what his speed was," Barkley said.
He was told over 18 mph.
"He was over 18!? Maybe he has a future at running back."
"Probably not. Probably not a future at running back, but I wonder what his speed was," Barkley said.
He was told over 18 mph.
"He was over 18!? Maybe he has a future at running back."
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When big corporations enable the government to silence their employees, our entire democracy is at risk. The labor movement stands with @sagaftra.org, @wgaeast.bsky.social, and @afm-union.bsky.social in condemning the attacks of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and defending workers’ fundamental freedoms.
SAG-AFTRA Statement on the Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-st...
www.sagaftra.org
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
When big corporations enable the government to silence their employees, our entire democracy is at risk. The labor movement stands with @sagaftra.org, @wgaeast.bsky.social, and @afm-union.bsky.social in condemning the attacks of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and defending workers’ fundamental freedoms.
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The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
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The House Republican majority is trying to cut the Department of Labor by 30%. It’s clear they don’t give a f*ck about workers.
September 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The House Republican majority is trying to cut the Department of Labor by 30%. It’s clear they don’t give a f*ck about workers.
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If this is how the IDF treats American citizens traveling with media attention, it brings even more credibility to the reports of their abuses of Palestinian civilians. I stand in solidarity w/ my brother Chris, the civilians in Gaza and all working towards peace and dignity for all. End this horror
The Israeli Defense Forces surrounded, beat, and choked American labor leader Chris Smalls, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition announced
Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls
Meanwhile, there’s not a peep from mainstream media in the U.S.
newrepublic.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If this is how the IDF treats American citizens traveling with media attention, it brings even more credibility to the reports of their abuses of Palestinian civilians. I stand in solidarity w/ my brother Chris, the civilians in Gaza and all working towards peace and dignity for all. End this horror
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David Huerta was peacefully exercising his First Amendment rights when he was assaulted and injured by ICE agents. He is currently in the hospital under detention.
This is unacceptable.
Praying for David’s health and demanding accountability.
This is unacceptable.
Praying for David’s health and demanding accountability.
Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles
We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…
seiuca.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
David Huerta was peacefully exercising his First Amendment rights when he was assaulted and injured by ICE agents. He is currently in the hospital under detention.
This is unacceptable.
Praying for David’s health and demanding accountability.
This is unacceptable.
Praying for David’s health and demanding accountability.
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Organizing is an art, not just a science
June 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Organizing is an art, not just a science
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BREAKING: Judge grants a temporary restraining order to stop the shutdown of the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences thanks to a case brought by AFSCME, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & @democracyforward.org
This is a victory for our nation's library and museum workers.
This is a victory for our nation's library and museum workers.
Court Rules to Stop Trump Administration Effort to Gut Institute of Museum and Library Services
American Library Association and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Win Order to Pause Cuts to Independent Agency, Which Threaten Libraries Nationwide
www.afscme.org
May 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
BREAKING: Judge grants a temporary restraining order to stop the shutdown of the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences thanks to a case brought by AFSCME, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & @democracyforward.org
This is a victory for our nation's library and museum workers.
This is a victory for our nation's library and museum workers.
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This Library Workers Day, AFSCME salutes the workers who power public libraries. The White House is defunding the only federal agency that supports libraries, the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
We are challenging the move in court: www.afscme.org/press/releas...
We are challenging the move in court: www.afscme.org/press/releas...
April 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This Library Workers Day, AFSCME salutes the workers who power public libraries. The White House is defunding the only federal agency that supports libraries, the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
We are challenging the move in court: www.afscme.org/press/releas...
We are challenging the move in court: www.afscme.org/press/releas...
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The FTC has halted its lawsuit accusing OptumRX, CVS, and Express Scripts of breaking the law by inflating insulin prices.
Trump illegally fired the two Democratic members of the commission, and now these corporations are going to get away with price gauging insulin.
Trump illegally fired the two Democratic members of the commission, and now these corporations are going to get away with price gauging insulin.
April 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The FTC has halted its lawsuit accusing OptumRX, CVS, and Express Scripts of breaking the law by inflating insulin prices.
Trump illegally fired the two Democratic members of the commission, and now these corporations are going to get away with price gauging insulin.
Trump illegally fired the two Democratic members of the commission, and now these corporations are going to get away with price gauging insulin.
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Virginia service worker Jennifer Piggott voted for Trump knowing others would suffer she just never thought… 🐆💀
March 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Virginia service worker Jennifer Piggott voted for Trump knowing others would suffer she just never thought… 🐆💀
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Today the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is terminating nearly all of its staff and services.
March 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Today the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is terminating nearly all of its staff and services.
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FMCS is going to be gutted. That means less grievance mediation, less contract mediation, less labor-management relations trainings. That means more strikes, more arbitrations, more costs.
March 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
FMCS is going to be gutted. That means less grievance mediation, less contract mediation, less labor-management relations trainings. That means more strikes, more arbitrations, more costs.
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The Democrat who just flipped a very Trumpy seat in Pennsylvania’s Senate made opposition to Elon Musk front and center in his campaign.
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March 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Democrat who just flipped a very Trumpy seat in Pennsylvania’s Senate made opposition to Elon Musk front and center in his campaign.
(lancasteronline.com/news/politic...)
(lancasteronline.com/news/politic...)
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Elon Musk reposted a tweet that equated public service workers with genocidal murderers. Our nurses, educators, firefighters and sanitation workers make our communities strong. Elon has no idea what working people go through.
Read our full statement: m.afsc.me/1kk
Read our full statement: m.afsc.me/1kk
March 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Elon Musk reposted a tweet that equated public service workers with genocidal murderers. Our nurses, educators, firefighters and sanitation workers make our communities strong. Elon has no idea what working people go through.
Read our full statement: m.afsc.me/1kk
Read our full statement: m.afsc.me/1kk
Has anyone ever watched grandson’s Blood//Water music video. The action is giving me those vibes
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just weakened the Clean Water Act's limitations on raw sewage discharge into our water in a 5-4 ruling.
March 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Has anyone ever watched grandson’s Blood//Water music video. The action is giving me those vibes
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Do you need a measles booster?
(Talk to your health care provider - chart is a general guideline)
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(Talk to your health care provider - chart is a general guideline)
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
March 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Do you need a measles booster?
(Talk to your health care provider - chart is a general guideline)
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
(Talk to your health care provider - chart is a general guideline)
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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🧵 BREAKING NEWS: the world’s richest man learns that actions have consequences…
February 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🧵 BREAKING NEWS: the world’s richest man learns that actions have consequences…
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Freezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
NIH funding cuts could have ‘devastating impact’ on medical advancements, Chicago researchers say
The National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump announced this month that it was cutting payments covering overhead costs for research institutions that receive its grants.
www.wbez.org
February 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Freezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.