Joe Robertson
@joro.bsky.social
Executive Director, @climatecivics.org; Chief Strategist, climatevalue.net; Founder, Earthintel.org, NavigatorNews.net & Activv.net
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Joe Robertson
@joro.bsky.social
· Jul 31
Climate protection is a fundamental human right
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Climate protection is a fundamental human right. The International Court of Justice finds all nations are required to reduce threats to climate & environmental rights & safety, domestically & internationally. Actionable insights are coming; we have work to do. livingfutures.net/p/climate-pr...
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This is a really disturbing story on several levels and certainly anyone who interacts with the Pentagon specifically or the administration more generally should read it:
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is a really disturbing story on several levels and certainly anyone who interacts with the Pentagon specifically or the administration more generally should read it:
Apple's new "Apple Intelligence" services are automatically turned on and privacy controls automatically switched OFF if you download the new iOS update to your phone. This includes "Intelligence Exensions" that send information to OpenAI through ChatGPT. If you want these turned off...
December 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Apple's new "Apple Intelligence" services are automatically turned on and privacy controls automatically switched OFF if you download the new iOS update to your phone. This includes "Intelligence Exensions" that send information to OpenAI through ChatGPT. If you want these turned off...
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Bookmarking this to use whenever Republicans tell me how much they care about the national debt
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Bookmarking this to use whenever Republicans tell me how much they care about the national debt
Trump admin provides conclusive evidence it is possible to interdict & seize boats without blowing them up & summarily executing everyone on board. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast, Escalating Pressure on Maduro
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Trump admin provides conclusive evidence it is possible to interdict & seize boats without blowing them up & summarily executing everyone on board. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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GOP Rep. Don Bacon is not happy about Trump’s recent comments on Europe:
“I don't like when he trashes Europe and kisses Russia's ass. Don't like it.”
He says Trump’s strategy is “terrible” and “there’s probably been no worse national security strategy written since the 1930s.”
“I don't like when he trashes Europe and kisses Russia's ass. Don't like it.”
He says Trump’s strategy is “terrible” and “there’s probably been no worse national security strategy written since the 1930s.”
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
GOP Rep. Don Bacon is not happy about Trump’s recent comments on Europe:
“I don't like when he trashes Europe and kisses Russia's ass. Don't like it.”
He says Trump’s strategy is “terrible” and “there’s probably been no worse national security strategy written since the 1930s.”
“I don't like when he trashes Europe and kisses Russia's ass. Don't like it.”
He says Trump’s strategy is “terrible” and “there’s probably been no worse national security strategy written since the 1930s.”
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This is still VERY illegal. The Trump admin says anyone who pays $1 million will be deemed to have "exceptional business ability" and become eligible for an employment-based immigrant visa.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is still VERY illegal. The Trump admin says anyone who pays $1 million will be deemed to have "exceptional business ability" and become eligible for an employment-based immigrant visa.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
It is International Human Rights Day—a day that honors the fundamental principle enshrined in the Bill of Rights, that rights have primacy over power, always. the-ctzn.org/2025/05/07/t...
The President is an administrator & a public servant, not a ruler
Article I of the Constitution of the United States is clear and straightforward: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist…
the-ctzn.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It is International Human Rights Day—a day that honors the fundamental principle enshrined in the Bill of Rights, that rights have primacy over power, always. the-ctzn.org/2025/05/07/t...
From the beginning, it has been clear that Trump’s sick, debased political life has been driven by abject irrational, violent hatred for American democracy, the Bill of Rights & the rule of law. He keeps showing that with his actions. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump’s Plan Is Now Out in the Open
It’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
From the beginning, it has been clear that Trump’s sick, debased political life has been driven by abject irrational, violent hatred for American democracy, the Bill of Rights & the rule of law. He keeps showing that with his actions. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump’s amoral, self-interested approach to ending Russia’s crimes against Ukraine is not a “peace plan”; it is surrender to terror & tyranny & poses an extreme threat to the security of the U.S. & its allies. apple.news/An4BZpwzpTbW...
Trump Pushes Ukraine to Accept Peace Deal, Saying It Is Losing — The Wall Street Journal
President says European leaders are weak and Russia holds the cards in any peace talks
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Trump’s amoral, self-interested approach to ending Russia’s crimes against Ukraine is not a “peace plan”; it is surrender to terror & tyranny & poses an extreme threat to the security of the U.S. & its allies. apple.news/An4BZpwzpTbW...
It is incomprehensible that the “conservative” Justices do not understand the grave damage being done to democracy & to human freedom by their prioritization of the interests of corrupt ultra-wealthy interests. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Supreme Court Considers Taking Another Ax to Campaign Finance Limits
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is incomprehensible that the “conservative” Justices do not understand the grave damage being done to democracy & to human freedom by their prioritization of the interests of corrupt ultra-wealthy interests. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
The Hegseth noncompliance penalty needs to be stronger: reducing his travel budget by 25% is not sufficient; he should be charged with contempt & obstruction for noncompliance. This is an investigation into unlawful use of the military, homicide, war crimes & direct violations of the Constitution.
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Hegseth noncompliance penalty needs to be stronger: reducing his travel budget by 25% is not sufficient; he should be charged with contempt & obstruction for noncompliance. This is an investigation into unlawful use of the military, homicide, war crimes & direct violations of the Constitution.
This is a sign the entire operation is aimed cruelty, abuse of power & arbitrary detention without due process. This madness is hurting the country enormously in ways that will last for generations.
Exclusive: ICE has developed a plan to arrest undocumented migrants who try to voluntarily leave the U.S. via the Mexico border, so they can face formal removal.
Why bother? Possibly to juice deportation numbers.
It's being referred to as "Operation Irish Goodbye."
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...
Why bother? Possibly to juice deportation numbers.
It's being referred to as "Operation Irish Goodbye."
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...
ICE Has A Surprising New Plan To Arrest People Already Leaving The U.S.
“Operation Irish Goodbye,” as it’s being called, could be aimed at boosting numbers for Trump’s much-hyped deportation campaign.
www.huffpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is a sign the entire operation is aimed cruelty, abuse of power & arbitrary detention without due process. This madness is hurting the country enormously in ways that will last for generations.
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Many heroes work behind the scenes on press freedom. Will Lewis is one to remember today.
A radio executive who championed public media, he was also a Marine and knew the First Amendment was worth fighting for. He spent 15 days in prison to protect sources until SCOTUS released him. RIP.
A radio executive who championed public media, he was also a Marine and knew the First Amendment was worth fighting for. He spent 15 days in prison to protect sources until SCOTUS released him. RIP.
Longtime LA Radio Exec Will Lewis Dies; Went to Prison in Hearst Case - MyNewsLA.com
Funeral services were pending Sunday for Will Lewis, the former KPFK general manager who served a couple weeks in federal prison in 1974 for refusing an FBI request to turn over tapes acquired from th...
mynewsla.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Many heroes work behind the scenes on press freedom. Will Lewis is one to remember today.
A radio executive who championed public media, he was also a Marine and knew the First Amendment was worth fighting for. He spent 15 days in prison to protect sources until SCOTUS released him. RIP.
A radio executive who championed public media, he was also a Marine and knew the First Amendment was worth fighting for. He spent 15 days in prison to protect sources until SCOTUS released him. RIP.
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It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
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Top bipartisan lawmakers who were briefed on a September “double-tap” strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean say they would support the release of video from the attack, with some Democratic lawmakers actively calling for it to be made public.
Top bipartisan lawmakers support releasing video of controversial boat strikes | CNN Politics
Top lawmakers who were briefed last week on the September “double-tap” strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean say they would support the release of video from the attack, with Democrats activ...
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Top bipartisan lawmakers who were briefed on a September “double-tap” strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean say they would support the release of video from the attack, with some Democratic lawmakers actively calling for it to be made public.
The President is explicitly forbidden from being paid by anyone but the taxpayer. There is no immunity for corruption. Anyone joining Trump's corrupt schemes is committing crimes against the Constitution & can be charged with organized crime decades from now. www.thebulwark.com/p/grift-graf...
Grift, Graft, and Groveling: Life in Trump 2.0 (w/ John Prideaux)
The Economist’s John Prideaux discusses the lavish gifts and other forms of corruption in Trump’s Washington.
www.thebulwark.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The President is explicitly forbidden from being paid by anyone but the taxpayer. There is no immunity for corruption. Anyone joining Trump's corrupt schemes is committing crimes against the Constitution & can be charged with organized crime decades from now. www.thebulwark.com/p/grift-graf...
Aid cuts are undermining human security for tens of millions of people across dozens of countries. The scale of resulting suffering is beyond words. Some estimates suggest as many as 3 million people will die each year unless aid is restored. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
United Nations Cuts Its 2026 Emergency Aid Budget in Half
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Aid cuts are undermining human security for tens of millions of people across dozens of countries. The scale of resulting suffering is beyond words. Some estimates suggest as many as 3 million people will die each year unless aid is restored. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
We are witnessing total corruption in real time. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/t...
Trump says Netflix, WBD deal could be 'problem' as son-in-law Kushner backs Paramount bid
Trump's comments came days after Netflix beat out Paramount Skydance's offer for all of WBD, and Comcast's bid for part of the company.
www.cnbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We are witnessing total corruption in real time. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/t...
People sworn to uphold the Constitution say they killed 11 people bc there might have been drugs on a boat that might have later met up with a larger boat that might have gone to Suriname from where it was possible the possible drugs might have gone eventually to the US. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
People sworn to uphold the Constitution say they killed 11 people bc there might have been drugs on a boat that might have later met up with a larger boat that might have gone to Suriname from where it was possible the possible drugs might have gone eventually to the US. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
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How is U.S. military killing these 11 people keeping drugs (fentanyl) out of the United States?
USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
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USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
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Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
How is U.S. military killing these 11 people keeping drugs (fentanyl) out of the United States?
USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
Scoop by @natashabertrand.bsky.social
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USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
Scoop by @natashabertrand.bsky.social
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The Supreme Court cannot lawfully revoke the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship to people born in the United States. The Ninth Amendment makes clear, rights do not even need to be written to enjoy full protection. The Court’s job is to curtail power, not rights. the-ctzn.org/bill-of-righ...
Bill of Rights
The Preamble to The Bill of Rights Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. THE Convention…
the-ctzn.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Supreme Court cannot lawfully revoke the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship to people born in the United States. The Ninth Amendment makes clear, rights do not even need to be written to enjoy full protection. The Court’s job is to curtail power, not rights. the-ctzn.org/bill-of-righ...
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So he’s saying when he was a podcaster he was being paid to lie and invent conspiracies for his listeners but now he has to tell the truth.
December 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
So he’s saying when he was a podcaster he was being paid to lie and invent conspiracies for his listeners but now he has to tell the truth.
“war-and-peace deals are about advancing and preserving moral values and strategic interests. And you don’t compromise on those with a fascist aggressor.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“war-and-peace deals are about advancing and preserving moral values and strategic interests. And you don’t compromise on those with a fascist aggressor.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
The President has no lawful authority to start a war or to target civilians, regardless of what excuse he comes up with. Blowing up boats full of civilians is murder. Congress can stop this. Urge them to pass War Powers resolutions to put an end to illegal killings. fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/142...
Condemn Trump’s Murder on the High Seas
The Trump administration is blowing up Venezuelan boats, deliberately killing civilians outside of war, in an illegal use of military force.
fcnl.quorum.us
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The President has no lawful authority to start a war or to target civilians, regardless of what excuse he comes up with. Blowing up boats full of civilians is murder. Congress can stop this. Urge them to pass War Powers resolutions to put an end to illegal killings. fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/142...
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ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.