McSpocky3d ago
Trump's border wall push just turned one family into billionaires. Fisher Sand & Gravel scored $8B+ in contractsβ€”taxpayers foot the bill while the Fishers' company hits $1B+ valuation. Transparency concerns rise as wall work continues. πŸ€” #BorderWall #Politics
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Trump border wall hands family billions while taxpayers foot the bill

As the Trump administration continues its mission to finish the infamous border wall and continue mass deportations, one family that specializes in sand and gravel keeps getting richer, raising questions over transparency and fairness in Trump’s spending blitz

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StacesCases2 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ“ŽMar 3
MAGA supporters RAGE against #DonaldTrump and his team's outrageous NEW #BorderWall plans to build through protected #BigBendNationalPark lands, which GOP leadership is trying to fast-track and would have CATASTROPHIC consequences. #YasminKahn and #JayarJackson break it down youtu.be/IX7tms1Dado?...

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MAGA Supporters TURN On Trump Team Over Catastrophic Big Bend Border Wall Plans

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My camera shoots fascistsMar 2

At Coronado National Memorial, Arizona, here to photograph the blasting of a mountain away for a new section of the border wall.

Connection is too weak to upload a photo right now.

The blast window is between noon and 5 PM. It's quarter to one now, so I could have a long wait. The bulldozer working the slope just left, but there are several trucks and an excavator still there, so they are probably not about to blast just yet.

The location is just west of where the Arizona Trail starts at the border. When you start the hike, the tradition is to take a selfie at the border monument. But the wall will cut off access to it.

#Border #BorderWall #Immigration

My camera shoots fascistsFeb 23

Been out by the US southern border in the San Rafael Valley, Arizona for the last couple days shooting photos. Just got back and heard about events in Mexico. There was no indication that anything was amiss out there. Usual number Border Patrol vehicles, etc.

Photo: three iterations of the US border demarcation. Monument number 108, the barbed wire cattle fence that has marked the line since the mid-1800s, and the vehicle barrier, a.k.a. "Normandy barrier", built by the Obama administration. ("Thanks Obama"?) This will soon be replaced by the 30 foot steel fence started by the first Trump administration, but halted by Biden before completion. This San Rafael Valley stretch is 27 miles, of which about 5 miles has been built.

#border #BorderWall #AllWallsFall #immigration

Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsFeb 11

The other nice bolt I caught a couple days ago, right near the new #BorderWall in San Rafael Valley, Arizona.

Weird. I'm noticing in this pic and the OP lightning shot that there are these blobs of purplish color in the shot. That isn't there in Lightroom or in Mac Preview, so it must be something messed up in Mastodon's compression algorithm.

#LandscapePhotography #StormChasing #lightning

Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsFeb 10

Earlier in the day, 180Β° from the OP lightning bolt above, is this tree and a gap in the new border wall. I've been to this silly tree three times now trying to get the right shot of it. It's hard because most of the day the sun is straight behind it/overhead. By the time the light is better, the sun is setting behind the ridge.

Anyway, tree and stupid #BorderWall San Rafael Valley, Arizona.

#LandscapePhotography #border #immigration

My camera shoots fascistsFeb 10

On my #BorderWall photo trip in the San Rafael valley two days ago, I got a couple bonus lightning bolt shots. This is the best of them.

#Border #immigration #StormChasing #lightning #LandscapePhotography

Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsFeb 8

The new border wall in San Rafael Valley, Arizona. No one I talk to seems to know that it is being built again. I guess it's just not newsworthy at this point?

30 feet above the ground, with 6 feet of concrete underground. Each of the posts, called "bollards", are filled with concrete. All of this new 27 miles of wall is painted black because Trump thinks it will get hot and therefore be unclimbable.

Fact check: most people get through the wall by cutting it with a cheap cordless grinder and those who climb over do so at night. This administration is beyond stupid.

#Border #Immigration #BorderWall #FuckTheWall

My camera shoots fascistsFeb 8

Went back to the San Rafael Valley in Arizona today, where they are building 27 miles of new border wall for no good fucking reason. I think I got a few of the shots I wanted, plus bonus thunderstorms in the afternoon. Have to process the shots from my DSLR, but here's a phone snap rainbow at sunset.

#Border #BorderWall #FuckTheWall #NoBorders

Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsFeb 7

Another photographer and I went out today to survey the damage and document what we saw. I particularly like the composition provided by this ancient juniper tree and the gap in the fence. This is a phone snap, but I shot a lot of this tree with my big camera.

#Border #BorderWall #FuckTheWall #AllWallsFall