Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Diane Low

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

The biggest renovation of the White House -- the so-called Truman Reconstruction of 1949-1952 -- came about only because the building was in such a state of disrepair that inspectors decided it was unsafe for occupancy.

Not because the president just decided he needed a big fancy ballroom.

190 1.3K 6.1K

Reposted by Diane Low

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17h

He’s spending millions for a ballroom while American soldiers go without pay…

630 2.6K 6.6K

Reposted by Diane Low

Sarah Parkinson @separkinson.bsky.social · 15h

So, which media outlet is digging into the White House general contractor's background and supply chains?

62 700 3.1K

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 11h

I was so upset when I saw & read the WAPO article. Destroying the East Wing ( they lied & said it wouldn't happen). And I would think it is not really needed. No president has ever asked for this. After the Rose Garden desecration it is just a bad feeling all around.

2

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 11h

I stand corrected. The excesses of she and her husband King Louis XV led to the French Revolution. A food shortage, high taxes & wealth inequity contributed. There are parallels to our own country.

1 1

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 14h

Trump must be a reincarnation of Marie Antoinette, "Let them eat cake". He is building a 250 million$$ ballroom for a vanity project while he says our country has no money for WIC, Meals on Wheels or Special Education. Make no mistake, Trump's priorities are not the American people.

2 1 3

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 1d

I will add my dad got a job in Huntsville AL in the 50s and Mom (2 yrs of college) was really worried she wouldn't pass the literacy test for voting there because "they had a lot of trick questions" and then started talking about the expense of poll taxes.

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 1d

My WWII dad from SD and Southern ( MS) mom taught us that all people bleed the same color and not to think we were better than anybody else. They supported the 1964 Civil Rights Bill.
I wish they had interviews from other parts of the country.

1 2

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 1d

A video posted by our President, depicting our President, wearing a king crown, bombing liquid crap on American citizens?! It shows his full contempt for all American citizens and that he is truly a vile person to think this was an appropriate video. He is not the person to be leading our country.

7

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 1d

It is tragic for America.

4

Reposted by Diane Low

The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 1d

So in western Alaska, thousands of people are homeless due to flooding rains, one person is dead & two people are missing. But yet, the regime hasn't said a word, no thoughts or prayers, nothing.
Once again, they could care less about Americans, it's about enriching themselves through GREED.

550 3.3K 10K

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 1d

Irony is FOX News mocking boomers at the NO KINGS Marches for being chubby, when we are all around the same age as our very own chubby Pres Trump who they revere.

2

Reposted by Diane Low

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Children are dying because Trump gutted USAID and cut lifesaving foreign aid — even though it took up less than 1% of the U.S. budget.

Meanwhile, he's preparing to dole out $40 billion to prop up Argentina's failing economy, all to help out his authoritarian pal.

Priorities.

150 1.4K 3.3K

Reposted by Diane Low

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This can’t be said often enough: Trump is selling out his most loyal voting block while bailing out somebody else’s.

📍Keep an eye on this: Trump’s intentionally sabotaging U.S. farmers. His billionaire buddies will benefit by acquiring their land on the cheap.

270 1.8K 3.8K

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 1d

Trump pardoned all the convicted & sentenced Jan 6 criminals. I bet he used an auto pen for that too. What nonsense Johnson is spouting.

3

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 1d

A video posted by our President, depicting our President, wearing a king crown, bombing liquid crap on American citizens?! It shows his full contempt for all American citizens and that he is truly a vile person to think this was an appropriate video. He is not the person to be leading our country.

6 53 440

Reposted by Diane Low

Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 2d

An urgent question.

According to the FEMA Daily Briefing a presidential disaster declaration was requested on October 16th. To the best of my knowledge it hasn’t been granted. Any event of this size should be an easy and immediate yes.

Bryce Maschino @bmaschino.bsky.social · 2d

Where is FEMA?

Western Alaska residents from storm-ravaged villages arrive in Anchorage by the hundreds

Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents continued to land Thursday night in Anchorage, carrying backpacks and plastic bags filled with their belongings as they exited a military transport plane.

alaskapublic.org

25 260 630

Reposted by Diane Low

Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know what tomorrow brings. If it were up to us, it’d be a peaceful and powerful message. But it’s not. Sharing this No Kings protest guide one last time tonight hoping it will help a few more people. Everything you need is here.
tinyurl.com/bdkdjw34

This One Matters: A "No Kings" Protest Guide

For Oct 18 and beyond ...

tinyurl.com

12 95 220

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently if you are a Republican that was in Congress & later convicted of really just about anything, the President will automatically commute your sentence. How does that happen?

1 1 2

Reposted by Diane Low

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 4d

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

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)

1.1K 8.9K 28K

Reposted by Diane Low

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

👇👇

420 5.1K 12K

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 5d

Rural central Missouri here. No problems with BlueSky but lots of problems with internet speed. Buried phone lines are not being maintained or updated. Satellite is gone during storms due to terrain. Verizon doesn't cover our area.

1 2

Diane Low @dianelow.bsky.social · 5d

It's almost like every time a Republican buys
a network, it quits reporting news and just becomes another FOX entertainment channel.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

1

Reposted by Diane Low

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5d

“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.”

If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.

140 1.6K 4.9K

Reposted by Diane Low

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from healthcare, Schoolmarm Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

140 680 2.8K