Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 10h

Hated by most everyone, the abundance bros are now trying to buy Suisun City, CA. According to the CEO of California Forever, the city is on its "way to becoming California’s best example of the ‘abundance agenda."

California Forever’s latest plan to build the ‘next great American city’: Expand existing towns

By making the proposed city part of a town’s expansion project, California Forever can avoid voter approval in Solano County.

www.sfchronicle.com

2 6 16

Reposted by Dean Preston

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 17h

What is happening in Chicago, and other cities across the U.S., is unimaginably horrific—it will forever be a stain on American history.

Do your part to fight back against this by attending a protest this Saturday.

We need to show America—and the rest of the world—that we are done with this shit.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Nokings.org

9 150 510

Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 16h

Arrest them

4

Reposted by Dean Preston

Sasha the Furious Ghost 👻 @sashafury.blackskycomra.de · 17h

People protesting in ways that are different from how you would protest is not the problem.

1 1 7

Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 17h

Better headline would be “Trump’s blatant lies about immigrants and crime exposed in Chicago”

Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 20h

exactly

1

Reposted by Dean Preston

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

68 1.5K 4.2K

Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 23h

I wish I could say I’m surprised by this. It’s disgusting and sadly reflects the modern Republican Party.

Look for Republicans to respond with no apologies but instead saying the documents are fake while accusing Dems of saying these things.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

4 10

Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 23h

“With a democratic socialist about to get elected mayor of New York, I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have a state senator from SF, with the clout of Wiener, say: “I am going to address economic inequality by raising taxes on the rich, and if the billionaires are unhappy, I don’t care.”

News media coverage about Lurie's upzoning plan misses the most important player - 48 hills

The ugly choices the city faces are largely the result of one person: Scott Wiener

48hills.org

1 1 7

Reposted by Dean Preston

Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 1d

“This is, simply put, bullshit.” - @chrisgeidner.bsky.social

www.lawdork.com/p/barrett-tu...

Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

www.lawdork.com

39 180 730

Reposted by Dean Preston

TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

3 650 1.4K

Reposted by Dean Preston

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson — man of deep faith, we are told — wants pastors to be shot in the head with pepper balls.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

51 530 1.8K

Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 1d

The images they don’t want you to see, and perhaps the most important to circulate, are where the community prevents illegal abductions.

They want to appear all powerful and crush any sense of hope. They are not and will not.

9

Reposted by Dean Preston

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

470 6.1K 13K

Reposted by Dean Preston

Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is planning to hire contractors to run an around-the-clock social media surveillance program to track our every move.

If you think this will just be used for deportations - think again.

This is a violation of every single American’s privacy.

19 95 200

Reposted by Dean Preston

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

2/ Democrats aren't going to vote for a budget that throws millions off health care and funds Trump's growing totalitarianism. At least I'm not.

Why work so hard to get to the Senate if you don't use your power to fight for what you believe in? Especially at a time like this.

38 540 4.2K

Reposted by Dean Preston

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in Power Miss Major.

I was so fortunate to profile Miss Major for SF Weekly.

From her political education from the leaders of the Attica prison uprising and getting knocked out by a cop at Stonewall to performing in the Jewel Box Revue and founding TGIJP, she led an extraordinary life.

archives.sfweekly.com

4 110 380

Reposted by Dean Preston

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: Judge Smith says the Trump administration is violating his order prohibiting FEMA from conditioning grants to states on their willingness to assist with immigration enforcement.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

32 530 1.5K

Reposted by Dean Preston

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

40 660 1.8K

Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 1d

This one mansion sale will generate $2.5 million in real estate transfer tax intended for social housing thanks to the voters of SF passing Prop I in 2020.

San Franciscans have said loud and clear: tax billionaires to fund social housing.

San Francisco’s priciest home of 2025 sells off market for $42M on Billionaires’ Row

A mansion in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights sold for $42 million, marking the city’s most expensive home sale of 2025 as demand for luxury real estate skyrockets on the back of an AI wealth...

www.sfchronicle.com

1 6 25

Reposted by Dean Preston

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

The reason many of us on the academic side keep saying free and fair elections are not guaranteed is because we are seeing the effort to rig them out in the open months in advance.

They are not being subtle and the calls for civility until the election are increasingly dangerous

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Is Latest Gop-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander