Robyne
@robynelynne.bsky.social
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"The core argument emerging in their legal filings and executive orders — one without support anywhere in the Constitution or the law — is that simply by being elected, Trump has the power to do whatever he wants."
Trump and his lawyers embrace the logic of dictatorship
And they're not even trying to hide it at this point.
www.publicnotice.co
February 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"The core argument emerging in their legal filings and executive orders — one without support anywhere in the Constitution or the law — is that simply by being elected, Trump has the power to do whatever he wants."
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Misrepresentation of Payments to Media Outlets:
- Claims that USAID gave millions to media organizations like Politico and the BBC are false.
- Politico received $44,000 in subscription fees across two years.
- Claims that USAID gave millions to media organizations like Politico and the BBC are false.
- Politico received $44,000 in subscription fees across two years.
February 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Misrepresentation of Payments to Media Outlets:
- Claims that USAID gave millions to media organizations like Politico and the BBC are false.
- Politico received $44,000 in subscription fees across two years.
- Claims that USAID gave millions to media organizations like Politico and the BBC are false.
- Politico received $44,000 in subscription fees across two years.
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USAID Fraud Allegations: Fact vs. Fiction
Fact
Inspector General’s Investigations:
- USAID’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) actively investigates allegations of major fraud, corruption, and misconduct within its programs and operations, demonstrating accountability in addressing internal issues.
Fact
Inspector General’s Investigations:
- USAID’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) actively investigates allegations of major fraud, corruption, and misconduct within its programs and operations, demonstrating accountability in addressing internal issues.
February 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
USAID Fraud Allegations: Fact vs. Fiction
Fact
Inspector General’s Investigations:
- USAID’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) actively investigates allegations of major fraud, corruption, and misconduct within its programs and operations, demonstrating accountability in addressing internal issues.
Fact
Inspector General’s Investigations:
- USAID’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) actively investigates allegations of major fraud, corruption, and misconduct within its programs and operations, demonstrating accountability in addressing internal issues.
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Chris Murphy: "I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes ... he's trying to crush his opposition ... this is a red alert moment ... our democracy is at risk"
February 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Chris Murphy: "I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes ... he's trying to crush his opposition ... this is a red alert moment ... our democracy is at risk"
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the
minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the
minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the
minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the
minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how
we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in
Central America youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in
Central America youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how
we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in
Central America youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in
Central America youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.
Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Bought 66,000 metric tons of crops from American farmers and shipped them overseas
to feed 8 million people on the brink of famine youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
#saveforeignaid
Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Bought 66,000 metric tons of crops from American farmers and shipped them overseas
to feed 8 million people on the brink of famine youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
#saveforeignaid
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.
Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Bought 66,000 metric tons of crops from American farmers and shipped them overseas
to feed 8 million people on the brink of famine youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
#saveforeignaid
Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Bought 66,000 metric tons of crops from American farmers and shipped them overseas
to feed 8 million people on the brink of famine youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
#saveforeignaid
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.
Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.
Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
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Before folks start comparing this to European autocracies, pause and ask why so many folks - Black and white - didn’t know about the Tulsa Race Massacre. Or the Wilmington Coup. Or the Colfax Massacre. Or the Elaine, Arkansas massacre.
Erasure has been a key tactic of white supremacy. Right here.
Erasure has been a key tactic of white supremacy. Right here.
NEW: The removal of the DOJ’s Jan. 6 database signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare his supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own…
propub.li
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Before folks start comparing this to European autocracies, pause and ask why so many folks - Black and white - didn’t know about the Tulsa Race Massacre. Or the Wilmington Coup. Or the Colfax Massacre. Or the Elaine, Arkansas massacre.
Erasure has been a key tactic of white supremacy. Right here.
Erasure has been a key tactic of white supremacy. Right here.
Pick your favorite. Im partial to the one with surveillance cameras as devil horns. Thanks AI
February 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Pick your favorite. Im partial to the one with surveillance cameras as devil horns. Thanks AI
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www.c-span.org/event/news-c... Please cover this instead, we all need to know what's going on here.
Congressional Democrats on Trump Admin. Closing USAID HQ
Democratic members of Congress, including House Oversight and Judiciary ranking members Gerald Connolly (VA) and Jamie Raskin (MD), hold a news conference on the Trump administration closing the U.S. Agency for International Development HQ to staff.
www.c-span.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
www.c-span.org/event/news-c... Please cover this instead, we all need to know what's going on here.
I just called my reps. This made it super easy! 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I just called my reps. This made it super easy! 5calls.org
I think y'all have been afraid of the wrong immigrant.
February 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I think y'all have been afraid of the wrong immigrant.
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“Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system late on Friday, handing Elon Musk and the team he is leading a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.”
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System (Gift Article)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system late on Friday, handing Elon Musk and the team he is leading a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.”
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“What started as a purge of the security services accelerated Friday into a full-blown coup, as technical units aligned w/ oligarch Elon Musk moved to seize key systems at Treasury, block outside access to personnel records, & take offline comms networks.”
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“What started as a purge of the security services accelerated Friday into a full-blown coup, as technical units aligned w/ oligarch Elon Musk moved to seize key systems at Treasury, block outside access to personnel records, & take offline comms networks.”
Trump is a dictator.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
120. The Impoundment Crisis of 2025
The Trump administration's Monday spending freeze is likely to provoke a crisis over the constitutionality of "impoundment"—one that the justices could well have to resolve *very* soon.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Trump is a dictator.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
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Yosemite - Robyne Hayes Photography
Social justice photography, helping non-profits and communities tell their story. Travel, Storytelling, Fine art
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January 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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