Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Josette

@josettewea.bsky.social

15K followers 7.3K following 7K posts

NYC Preservationist, @WEPS_nyc, artist, theatre (1st career), former self defense instructor and activist. Married. @westendwis59857 PS I don’t reply to DMs from those I don’t already know so feel free to unfollow if that’s what you’re looking for.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Josette @josettewea.bsky.social · Nov 19

Nov 6, 2024: Welcome to the He-Man Woman Haters Club, formerly known as America.

14 22 180

Josette @josettewea.bsky.social · 19m

Thank you for including me in your recommendations. Much appreciated 💕 @hopeful66.bsky.social

hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 1h

go.bsky.app/QdAdRhp

Reposted by Josette

Crooked Media @crooked.com · 40m

Another good-faith legal challenge that definitely isn’t meant to adjudicate right-wing cultural grievances!

4 15

Reposted by Josette

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: James Comey is filing a motion to dismiss his case based on United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, being appointed illegally.

41 540 2K

Reposted by Josette

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 44m

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Department of State v
@StateDept
g..
The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

28 500 1.2K

Josette @josettewea.bsky.social · 1h

About time.

Reposted by Josette

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3h

The three major airports near New York City have joined Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Charlotte, Cleveland, and Buffalo.

Newark, JFK, LaGuardia will decline to play Kristi Noem’s politicized TSA video - New Jersey Globe

Three major airports in the New York City area – Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport –

newjerseyglobe.com

77 480 1.8K

Reposted by Josette

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h

Debbie Brockman, the WGN producer who was violently detained by Border Patrol agents in Chicago while on her way to work, has hired a law firm and "intends to pursue all legal avenues" over her arrest -- which resulted in no charges.

peopleslawoffice.com/statement-on...

Statement on Behalf of Debbie Brockman, WGN Employee Assaulted by Federal Agents | People's Law Office

Debbie Brockman, the WGN employee who was physically attacked and arrested in Chicago, Illinois by federal agents on October 10, 2025, would like to

peopleslawoffice.com

4 76 290

Reposted by Josette

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

850 3.4K 9.2K

Reposted by Josette

Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 5h

From Michelle Schindell on Facebook:

Someone recently wrote me and said she didn’t like Biden at all, called him “a joke of a president,” but added that it didn’t consume her mind 24/7, nor did she feel the need to “teach” the world how wrong he was.
Fair statement.
My response is:
1/10

Cartoon of Trump standing on a balcony with a music stand in front of him containing his plan, waving a baton, while down below, cities burn and agents line up against protestors.

4 51 84

Reposted by Josette

T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 2h

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21h

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

9 160 470

Reposted by Josette

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

I remember when Joe Biden traveled to 8 cities for 14 appearances in 9 days after the June debate and then did a 90 minute UN brief but the media still relentlessly hounded him. Where's that media? At a Jake Tapper book talk?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump had a lot of travel the last two days and he looked it today (Getty)

70 460 1.7K

Reposted by Josette

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 3h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 3h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

260 1.9K 6.1K

Reposted by Josette

Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 4h

The ‘Peace President’ killed six more people off the coast of Venezuela this morning. We have no evidence other than his word that they were a threat to anyone, anywhere and also release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention in this matter!

1.6K 3.8K

Reposted by Josette

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 5h

Let’s be clear: the Republican shutdown continues because the Republican Speaker dares not bring back the House to face an Epstein vote they would lose and a divided caucus with vulnerables who want to extend Affordable Care credits and MAGAloons who won’t.

38 300 1.1K

Reposted by Josette

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4h

Republicans' embrace of Hitler raises new questions about Zohran Mamdani's willingness to combat antisemitism.

13 89 680

Josette @josettewea.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you for adding me to your Circle of Love Light, Argent! See who else is in here.

Reposted by Josette

Josef @oldfashionednuts.bsky.social · 23h

go.bsky.app/4fkUSkc

16 17 23

Josette @josettewea.bsky.social · 4h

I missed this, Josef! Thanks for including me here. Hope you’re feeling better!🤗🌺

Reposted by Josette

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 6h

Republicans wrap themselves in the flag but stab our troops in the back. This week, they blocked a bill to pay service members during their own shutdown stunt. You can’t claim to “support the troops” while holding their paychecks hostage for politics. 🇺🇸💸

FOX NEWS
House GOP blocks Dems' military pay bill as government shutdown threatens checks

Published October 10, 2025 2:41pm EDT
A Democrat-led bid to force through a bill to pay the military during the government shutdown was blocked in

3 22 36

Reposted by Josette

Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov · 7h

Without the extension of ACA credits, healthcare costs will increase nationwide. Wyoming will see a 693% increase, while West Virginia could see as high as 654%.

We need to make healthcare affordable, not crush Americans with high costs.

9 59 150

Reposted by Josette

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5h

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘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

160 780 2.3K

Reposted by Josette

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 5h

I'm wondering why this isn't getting more interest.

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 5h

Holy crap.

“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno, who previously identified himself as the general counsel for the New York State Young Republicans, wrote back."

Politico @politico.com · 5h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

3 9 5

Reposted by Josette

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5h

JUST IN: House Judiciary Committee seeks Jack Smith’s testimony, notes his deputies Jay Bratt and Thomas Windom pleaded the 5th and asserted grand jury secrecy.

judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

26 120 290

Reposted by Josette

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

BREAKING: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

bit.ly

100 190 310

Reposted by Josette

FlameKurve 💙🦋 @flamekurve.bsky.social · 6h

TY @tdssister.bsky.social
@mt-nestor.bsky.social
@paula2168.bsky.social
@cristiwolfram.bsky.social
@josettewea.bsky.social
@barnat4.bsky.social
douglaseblake.bsky.social
@mc343v3r.bsky.social
@voteearlyvoteoften.bsky.social
@coachmark25.bsky.social
@dragonlady1011.bsky.social
@rikerjoe.bsky.social

3 4 9