Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 9h

*me, sneaking into Wee Lad’s room to hug him goodnight before some evening work calls; spouse reading him bedtime stories*

“Goodnight kiddo! I love you!”

*Wee Lad melts in my arms*

“I love you Mommy! Now please go, you’re wasting our time.”

Can’t be mad at a kid who loves to read.

3

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 15h

NEW:

A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.

factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

5 130 210

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17h

Further premeditated, lawless killing in the Caribbean.

Making at least five such US strikes.

Against unidentified "narcoterrorists" affiliated w/ an unspecified "designated terrorist organization" allegedly trafficking unspecified narcotics.

POTUS is asserting a license to kill outside the law.

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

90 300 720

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

Growing list of airport authorities who are refusing to play the Kristi Noem video for travelers that blames Democrats for the shutdown:

Portland International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport

(cont'd)

70 750 3.9K

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · 3d

and I feel fine

jamma10.bsky.social @jamma10.bsky.social · 4d

Toilet, Bristol UK circa 2015

28 380 2.9K

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 2d

Every day is a good day to reread Lincoln’s Lyceum address.

www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 3d

Human parenting is hard enough without having to simultaneously parent a dolphin but thanks for the input Harvard

2

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 3d

This is giving me so much life I’ll die when I’m four hundred years old.

youtube.com/watch?v=q8zc...

Bulls On Parade (AI Soul Cover)

YouTube video by “The Professor” Nick Harrison

youtube.com

1

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 3d

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

wapo.st

36 190 390

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 3d

Half of life is getting pissed at how much stuff you don’t know. The other half is developing the character to become curious about the stuff you don’t know. Both are exhausting. Keep snacks handy.

1

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 4d

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 4d

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

45 1.1K 4.2K

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

470 2.6K 5.1K

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 4d

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

120 890 4K

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 5d

Comme j’adore Montréal.

1

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 8d

I know the news is tough right now.

So take a moment and soak in the gorgeousness & promise of the science that led to this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology.

WOW.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

5 110 550

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 11d

And the female Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday. Things come in threes - who’ll be the third “first?”

apnews.com/article/japa...

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become first female PM

Japan’s governing party has elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister.

apnews.com

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 11d

I am imagining my five-year-old ripped from his bed by an armed man, zip-tied to another child outside my home, and taken away from me in an unmarked van. I won’t ever unsee that. And I won’t ever unsee this image of that happening to parents in Chicago.

Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 12d

shocking details out of an ICE raid on an apartment building in South Shore area of Chicago on September 30th abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

1 1

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 11d

Some deeply moving news for a Friday.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 12d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 12d

“The notice tries to apply the legal framework that the U.S. relied upon for the ‘war on terror’” but the facts do not support it. The U.S. has not suffered an armed attack. The report does not even identify which groups the U.S. is supposedly engaged in an armed conflict with.”

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 12d

SCOOP: Leaked Document Justifies Boat Strikes as “Non-International Armed Conflict”

“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”

theintercept.com/2025/10/02/v...

Leaked Document Justifies Boat Strikes as “Non-International Armed Conflict”

“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”

theintercept.com

1

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

KLM @klm.bsky.social · 12d

how would DCPS possibly replace these 200 teachers? especially since the school system competes for employees with the DC charter schools, MoCo, PG, Arlington, Alexandria county and city, and Fairfax

The 51st @51st.news · 12d

DCPS reneged on its promise to help hundreds of international teachers secure a green card. Many may now be forced to leave the country. Read the full story from @maustermuhle.bsky.social 51st.news/dc-green-car...

DCPS promised them green cards. Now, these international teachers have nowhere to turn

More than 200 teachers may soon have to leave the country because of what they say are broken promises from the city's school system.

51st.news

14 27

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 13d

www.justsecurity.org/121289/ai-hi...

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 14d

"We just all accept that the Hatch Act is null and void," one federal worker, who requested anonymity because they fear retaliation from the Trump administration for speaking out, told NPR. "Nothing matters."

Trump administration uses taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for government shutdown

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

www.npr.org

1 2 14

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 14d

Patton was my family’s Christmas movie (which, if you knew my family, you’d know makes 0 sense). When I was a kid I’d thrill to the opening speech, recited it word for word. Then I lived some life and found the portrayal of Patton to be complicated and maybe there are better leadership styles.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14d

A surprising defining text for the modern right is PATTON (1970). Ronald Reagan said it was his favorite movie of all time. In the first act of the movie, Patton turns a defeated army of losers into killing machines by forcing them to tuck in their shirts and show up on time for meals.

1 1

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 14d

My comfort movie is Crimson Tide so 🤷‍♀️

4

Reposted by Caroline Baxter

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

780 1.2K 2.9K