Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10h

🇺🇸 🔥 That. Was. Impressive.

We are watching America reassert itself and its values from the grassroots up. The world saw you and we have huge hope invested in you.

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 7h

This is the only strategy I see at this time that I believe has a chance to be successful. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How can blue states fight back against Trump? With fiscal disobedience | Eric Reinhart

By holding back federal tax revenues, Democratic governors can turn a one-sided assault into a constitutional showdown

www.theguardian.com

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 8h

How can you tell when Republicans are in power?
They decry political violence

Reposted

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 9h

You're high off the No Kings demonstration but don't know what to do next? Decolonize your mind. Practice active anti-racism. Talk to your friends about how you can commit concrete acts that dismantle white supremacy. Think about how you interact with Black people. Unpack your internal biases.

3 110 440

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 9h

Interested to see how many people came out yesterday. So far, this is the only report of violence I've found. www.newsweek.com/police-drive...

Driver arrested after SUV hits protester at 'No Kings' rally

Police say the 21-year-old intentionally accelerated his SUV into dispersing protesters, striking one person with no reported injuries.

www.newsweek.com

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 18h

I believe he never posted this

Reposted

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

230 5.7K 20K

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrorism.
www.newsweek.com/police-drive...

Driver arrested after SUV hits protester at 'No Kings' rally

Police say the 21-year-old intentionally accelerated his SUV into dispersing protesters, striking one person with no reported injuries.

www.newsweek.com

Reposted

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

My Favorite No Kings Image from today. Washington DC.

130 1.9K 7K

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 1d

I'd rather live in a neighborhood with 1000 Noris than a neighborhood with 1 Trump supporter.

9

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 1d

I think I'll go into town with an old feed bag this early afternoon.

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe if Milei loses the election in Argentina, #putinspuppet will claw back some of that $20,000,000,000 and let us have healthcare back

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

What will you do to keep fascist federal military and paramilitary forces out of Virginia?

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

What will she do to keep federal fascist military and paramilitary out of Virginia?

1

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

But I'd take either Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

#PutinsPuppet

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after ‘discussion with king’

In statement released by Buckingham Palace, Andrew says he will give up titles and honours including the Duke of York

www.theguardian.com

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

www.bbc.com/news/article...

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

www.bbc.com/news/article...
7. Upon acceptance of this agreement, full aid will be immediately sent into the Gaza Strip.

Israel is already violating this

Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan in full

The US president says Israel and Hamas have "signed off on the first phase" of his 20-point Gaza peace plan, which he unveiled last month.

www.bbc.com

1

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

Residents of Arizona's 7th house district should be absolved from paying all federal taxes and fees for the entire time between the day since the election of Adelita Grijalva was certified, not to end until she is sworn in.

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

theonion.com/pete-hegseth...

Pete Hegseth Walks Fully Nude Around Newly Press-Free Pentagon

ARLINGTON, VA—Whistling and cheerfully pumping his arms as he strolled through the corridors of the U.S. military’s headquarters, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reportedly walked fully nude Friday ...

theonion.com

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

So for the record, children are infinitely more likely to be abused by a right wing pastor than a trans woman in a lady's room. Against my better judgement, I'll stop short of calling most organized religion to be cults that should be banned. www.wdtv.com/2025/10/10/e...

Elkins pastor arrested for soliciting a minor via computer

The pastor of a church in Elkins has been arrested for soliciting a minor via computer.

www.wdtv.com

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

www.wdtv.com/2025/10/10/e...

Elkins pastor arrested for soliciting a minor via computer

The pastor of a church in Elkins has been arrested for soliciting a minor via computer.

www.wdtv.com

1 1 11

iamtheseedman.bsky.social @iamtheseedman.bsky.social · 2d

I bet they only send the $ to red leaning state, ironically
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
"If the current lapse in appropriations continues, there will be insufficient funds to pay full November SNAP benefits for approximately 42 million individuals across the Nation,"

SNAP benefits face 'insufficient funds' in November if shutdown continues, USDA warns

Some states are warning that funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may not be available if the government shutdown continues.

www.usatoday.com

Reposted

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 2d

“The Government sometimes makes brief investigative stops. . . . If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”

Justice Kavanaugh in Vasquez Perdomo:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 3d

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

56 360 910