Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Lizzie K. Foley @lizziekfoley.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. I think that's right.

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.

Mark my words.

1.3K 5K 22K

Lizzie K. Foley @lizziekfoley.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking news on the Epstein Files.

George Santos was released before they were.

10 40 120

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

1.9K 9.7K 23K

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

This is how Andrew Cuomo thinks we should respond to authoritarianism.

360 970 3.7K

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2d

AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
Bernie Sanders
200000
Number of Donations
150000
100000
50000
Elizabeth Warren
60000
40000
20000
01
25
50
Donor Age
75

Hakeem Jeffries
40000
30000
20000
10000
Nancy Pelosi
100000
Number of
Donations
75000
50000
25000
Suzan DelBene
2000
1500
1000
500
25
50
75
Donor Age

250 1.9K 9.6K

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. internal documents and communications .. show that Salesforce has pitched Immigration and Customs Enforcement on using the company’s artificial intelligence capabilities to help ICE staff up as Mr. Trump expands immigration raids and deportations ..”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

56 160 340

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

In this video, I talk about how important local independent media has been in surfacing ICE abuse.

I should have included public defenders in there, too, bc with their help, these cases are crumbling.

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

Stephen Miller's Fever Dreams

YouTube video by emptywheel

www.youtube.com

29 300 790

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

550 5.9K 27K

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 4d

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

580 4.2K 15K

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

🏳️‍🌈Jamez Re!nert🏳️‍🌈 @jungle-jim78.bsky.social · 4d

#TransRights #TransLib #FuckICE

8 54 180

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 4d

"Julie Moreno says her husband’s decision to 'self-deport' was not about giving up. It was about reclaiming control."

And unfortunately, their case is not an isolated one. More and more mixed-status families are being forced to make the same devastating choice: to live in fear, or to live apart.

“My Husband Self-Deported So He Could Be Free”

As ICE raids intensify, a New Jersey woman’s heartbreak spotlights a growing wave of mixed-status couples choosing exile over the trauma of detention.

migrantinsider.com

3 9

Lizzie K. Foley @lizziekfoley.bsky.social · 5d

The man cannot be happy. He is nothing but a pile of grievance.

1 4

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

🦋 ᕈᕼi 🦋 @thephi.blue · 6d

Not all hostages are free.
The Epstein files are still waiting for their release.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

6 120 400

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 6d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

220 3.3K 12K

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

830 8.4K 31K

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

Current and former Department of Education employees: We want to hear from you.

Use Signal to contact our reporters @jsmithrichards.bsky.social at jsmithrichards.93, @jodiscohen.bsky.social at jodireporter.88 or @megomatz.bsky.social at 414-207-6225.

Help ProPublica Report on Education

ProPublica needs your help to track how the upheaval of public education is affecting schools and colleges in your community. Take a few minutes to join our source network and help guide our coverage.

www.propublica.org

2 210 340

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 7d

No fingerprint or DNA tests were conducted in Jeffrey Epstein's cell after his death. Sus AF.

Release the Epstein files. Now.

170 2.2K 6.6K

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 7d

The Ocean County (NJ) Visibility Brigade is ready raring to go for #NoKings next Saturday.

Be brave! Speak out now before it’s too late!

KEEP USA KING FREE hanging on a pedestrian bridge over the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County New Jersey.

5 120 270

Lizzie K. Foley @lizziekfoley.bsky.social · 8d

Not one adult in Trump's inner circle is willing to tell him that Portland isn't burning.

Not one Republican senator. Not one Republican Member of Congress.

Cowards and opportunists all of them. And not a single patriot amongst them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

2 2 7

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

New in PN: He's never "just joking"

"Trump is an aspiring autocrat with obvious physical and mental issues, but Johnson and his Republican cronies are insulting our intelligence about it."

He's never "just joking"

And Republicans know it, even as they play dumb.

www.publicnotice.co

83 760 2.8K

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 9d

HOO BOY. I just acquired the FINAL, approved 2026 #ACA rate filings for #ARIZONA and it's not pretty at all.

Premiums are going up 46.3% on average...and that's for full price enrollees.

acasignups.net/rate_changes...

2026 Final Gross Rate Changes - Arizona: +46.3% (updated)

Originally posted 8/7/25 Overall preliminary rate changes via federal Rate Review database. Antidote Health Plan of AZ: (Unfortunately, no rate justification summary is available, and the full actuari...

acasignups.net

4 79 140

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 8d

Argentina gets $20 billion, Qatar gets an airbase in Iowa, while our soldiers are being fed by food banks. Orgs like Army Emergency Relief are stepping in amidst Trump’s shutdown, and you can make a donation at any of the links in this thread:

120 660 1.8K

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

390 890 3.3K

Reposted by Lizzie K. Foley

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 8d

The MAGA-SAGA in 3 Acts

Act I: Descends Escalator - Loses to Biden

Act II: Regains WH - Present Day

Act III: EPSTEIN Files Released

The End

250 810 4.6K