Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

"It is borderline hysterical. It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious to think that this is in fact a war zone needing federal intervention, much less federal troops prepared to use all force." — @timdickinson.bsky.social

Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious," Tim Dickinson says.

www.publicnotice.co

39 580 2K

Reposted

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 20h

In Volgograd region, the 500 kV "Balashovskaya" substation near Uryupinsk was hit overnight according to Russian sources. The substation plays a key role in transferring electricity from the Volzhskaya hydroelectric plant to central Russia. Local officials confirmed the strike and resulting fire.

7 76 510

Reposted

David Nir @davidnir.com · 3h

Man, this freaking guy.

"I have no staff ... The phones don't work. There's no computer," Grijalva says from her sparsely furnished office on Capitol Hill. "We don't have a government email." www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

140 970 3K

Reposted

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 5h

I am planning on going to No Kings gathering this weekend in central Texas. And since I was terminated by MSNBC a few weeks ago, can someone let me know where to pick up paycheck that GOP keeps talking about. I have asked many folks going to No Kings, and none are getting paid.

390 1.3K 6.1K

Reposted

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 3h

Because it is illegal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Leavitt: "The president tapped into tariff revenue to keep WIC money going out the door. He found a creative solution to keep the troops paid. And rather than congratulate him for doing that, this unprecedented action to get our troops paid, Dems want to sue him for it. They're saying it's illegal."

200 960 4.1K

Reposted

Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 7h

Gateway is the largest infrastructure project in the country, terminating funding will limit our whole nation’s potential.

80 510 1.1K

Reposted

Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 7h

At this point, the gerrymandering and Supreme Court Voting Rights Act conversation are one in the same.

This is me, so I of course am not here to talk about worst case scenarios, or what makes me think the VRA could be gone by 2028.

I’m, of course, here to talk about what we CAN do.
1/

7 59 170

Reposted

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 4h

Karoline Leavitt is a complete disgrace.

Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.

These extremists are sick people.

830 2.9K 11K

Reposted

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

Can governors legally call up their own state's national guard to protect polling places on election day?

They need to keep ICE and the Feds far away from people voting.

95 580 2.2K

Reposted

Ukraine Support 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @blue24world.bsky.social · 18h

#BoycottChina 🇨🇳
🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
A senior NATO official said about 80% of the critical parts in Russia’s drones and modern weapons are made in China, - United24

Since 2023, Beijing has supplied over $20 billion in components, tools, and materials.
🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳China is complicit in the massacre 🇺🇦
#Russia #China

3 28 58

Reposted

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

1.2K 1.9K 6.1K

Reposted

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 18h

This morning, Russians again attacked Nizhyn in the Chernihiv region.

The strikes damaged residential high-rise buildings, shops, vehicles, and civilian infrastructure. Fires broke out in several areas. One person was injured.

5 49 160

Reposted

CREW @citizensforethics.org · 11h

282 former DOJ officials signed a letter sounding the alarm about "this administration’s degradation of DOJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it."

The fact that hundreds felt compelled to say this speaks volumes.

Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'

Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."

www.msnbc.com

94 1.2K 2.7K

Reposted

CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 4h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

10 170 340

Reposted

🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 11h

❗️Queues for fuel in temporarily occupied Donetsk

3 22 150

Reposted

Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 4h

kansasreflector.com/2025/10/16/r...
Long term possible damage
Because some people don't care or respect
Some say
Parks should close

National parks, public lands feared at risk of long-term harm as shutdown drags on • Kansas Reflector

Bare-bones staffing during the government shutdown across the Interior Department and the U.S. Forest Service is leaving America’s treasured natural assets vulnerable to lasting damage, according to a...

kansasreflector.com

1 17 21

Reposted

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

You understand the assignment, California— VOTE YES ON PROP 50

240 1.9K 5.8K

Reposted

Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 23h

Proud of them.

24 120 710

Reposted

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 7h

The House is in recess while military families continue to face uncertainty, costs are rising, and healthcare cuts are hurting Americans. #TrumpShutdownBadForUS www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...

Troops paid after last-minute fix, but military families still face uncertainty

A last-minute intervention ensured the military was paid despite the government shutdown, but military families remain anxious as the shutdown drags on without a long-term solution.

www.npr.org

3 39 75

Reposted

Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 3h

There are states where ACTUAL CHILDREN are put in juvenile detention for being kids. Listen to @propublica.org's "The Kids of Rutherford County," where a judge made it her mission to incarcerate as many kids--ages SEVEN AND UP--as possible. Fuck you, JD Vance.

www.propublica.org/article/kids...

2 8

Reposted

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

Now that Chicago won--at least thus far--at the 7th, reupping my video on how Chicago beat Stephen Miller's bullshit claims.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlv...

Stephen Miller's Fever Dreams

YouTube video by emptywheel

www.youtube.com

8 170 440

Reposted

🐸🖕🐸 Heartless Creatures @heartlesscreatures.bsky.social · 11h

@kaine.senate.gov
@markwarner.bsky.social
@repsuhas.bsky.social

Why is Tom Homan threatening to kill your constituents on national TV?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Homan: "If the hateful rhetoric continues, there will be bloodshed. People are going to die ... there is going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."

14 39 120

Reposted

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 4h

130 530 2.6K

Reposted

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

That’s some peak cynicism about trying to “make sure people don’t die ..”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Mike Johnson: "Let me predict what Sen. Kelly is gonna say on the show. He's gonna give you a long, impassioned speech about healthcare and how the subsidies are so important to make sure people don't die and all of this. Let me tell you something. This is not a healthcare fight."

220 500 2.3K

Reposted

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Ex Fetterman staffer

340 920 3.6K