Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 3h

Well that’s good news.

Susan @ssyu.bsky.social · 3h

Gifted, Oops. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

1 1

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 4h

I see people asking about things in the news that they didn't see here on bluesky. Sometimes I check or add a link, but what I primarily see is that @apnews.com or @pbsnews.org has usually posted it. Maybe given them a follow / add to your private feeds / turn on notifications?

1 3

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 4h

“CDC will have lost its ability to detect outbreaks and respond to them. It will no longer be able to track diseases, in America and around the globe. That includes infectious threats like flu, foodborne illnesses, and Ebola, as well as chronic diseases and injuries.”
time.com/7325192/cdc-...

CDC ‘Not Functional’ After Trump Administration Orders Mass Firings

The layoffs targeted leaders in departments related to respiratory diseases, chronic diseases and global health.

time.com

5 19 32

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Michelle H. Davis @lonestarleft.com · 4h

@jaworskifortexas.bsky.social

6 13

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Terry O. Scott-Bond @terryoscott-bond.bsky.social · 5h

No system of trade is just or reasonable
that devours the house — or its people;

1 2

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 5h

Around $400bn (£300bn) was wiped off the value of the crypto market in a span of less than 24 hours after Mr Trump late on Friday promised to impose steep new levies on Chinese imports within weeks.

www.yahoo.com/finance/news...

Markets braced for chaos after Trump triggers record-breaking crypto crash

Donald Trump’s threat to impose new 100pc tariffs on China has triggered one of the biggest cryptocurrency crashes in history and stoked fears of chaos in global markets next week.

www.yahoo.com

2 8 15

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 6h

Two young Republican groups have challenged statistical methods used to produce the results of the 2020 census, four years after the numbers were released, as the GOP continues its growing attack on the numbers from the last U.S. head count.

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

Young Republicans challenge 2020 census results as part of wider GOP attack on head count

Two young Republican groups have challenged statistical methods used to produce the results of the 2020 census, four years after the numbers were released, as the GOP continues its growing attack on t...

www.yahoo.com

1 7 9

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Rick Allen @rallennautilus.bsky.social · 6h

SAMHSA is responsible for overseeing the new 988 suicide prevention hotline. It also gives out billions in grants for mental health and addiction services. It was created in 1992 through bipartisan legislation signed by then-President George H.W. Bush.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

www.npr.org

1 1

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Baba Yaga Fèlla @babayagafella.bsky.social · 6h

🚁🇺🇸 Helicopter crashed in California on a beach, after crashing into a palm tree during the Cars and Helicopters festival — NBC News.

Five people were injured in the crash and hospitalized.
#News

2 4 11

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 6h

Love.

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 6h

I was stunned to see several hummingbirds this morning ♥️

Hummingbirds may be tiny, but they’re incredibly strong with a high level of endurance. This makes them symbols of strength and adaptability.

Hummingbirds also can signify a visit from a departed loved one & the beginning of a new era.

1 3

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Baba Yaga Fèlla @babayagafella.bsky.social · 7h

💭❗️ 🇪🇪 Estonia has closed one of its border crossings with Russia due to "suspicious activity", — ERR reports

📰 The border service decided to shut down the Saatse checkpoint after "border guards noticed a larger-than-usual Russian presence in the area"
#News
#UkraineNews
#russiaMustFall

3 15 35

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 7h

The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees.

news.yahoo.com/articles/edu...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

news.yahoo.com

8 23 28

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Baba Yaga Fèlla @babayagafella.bsky.social · 8h

“Qatar is a major funder of terrorism… so we’re going to award them with an airbase smack dab in the heartland of America!” — donOld J tRump

This is a joke. A sick, twisted, and highly dangerous joke. 🤬
Seriously, is this still fine? Still ok? I want to hear anyone’s justification for this move.

11 15 46

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Kimmy Robinson (She/Her/Y’All) @kimmymrobinson.bsky.social · 8h

I don't normally read the Dallas Observer and was very vaguely aware of objection to a Muslim community in Collin County, Texas; but I had no idea it was this bad. I thought you might be interested to know, @wajali.bsky.social
www.dallasobserver.com/news/plano-m...

'Repent or Burn': Christians Turn Controversial Mosque Into Abbott-Fueled Battlefield

The leaders of the East Plano Islamic Center respect their protestors, they just wish they'd lower the volume

www.dallasobserver.com

4 3

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Oversight Committee of One @usnvetfordemocracy.bsky.social · 8h

Argentina, the country trump just gifted $20,000,000, has universal health care. Looks like he’s taking ours to support theirs. AMERICA FIRST!! 🤬

3 3

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 8h

This can NOT be good.

Jamie-82 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧🇺🇦💯 @jamie-82.bsky.social · 9h

Russian "little green men" with weapons have appeared in front of the border with Estonia. The country is closing this section.

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 10h

www.huffpost.com/entry/vertic...

An excellent read if you want to understand what drives RW "Christians" ...

“In Matthew 25, Jesus describes people who fed and clothed those in need, who welcomed the stranger, who took care of

1/2 ...

What Drives MAGA Christians' Un-Christian Actions? Experts Say It Comes Down To This.

This framework reveals why some MAGA-aligned Christians act in ways that contradict Jesus’ teachings.

www.huffpost.com

1 1 1

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 11h

Amid shutdown, House Democrats will return to DC next week, despite GOP cancellation of schedule

Rep Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) sends letter to colleagues, “It is critically important for House Democrats to once again return to Washington.”

16 200 650

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 12h

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

“Nobody’s forcing Trump and Vought to do this,” Schumer said. “They don’t have to do it; they want to. They’re callously choosing to hurt people – the workers who protect our country, inspect our food, respond when disasters strike. This is deliberate chaos.”

Democrats refuse to fold over shutdown as Republican outrage builds

Party sticks to its guns on healthcare and says it’s willing to hold out – much to the delight of its progressive supporters

www.theguardian.com

2 3

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 10h

CDC

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 11h

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, according to four sources with knowledge of the layoffs.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/h...

‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC faces another round of deep staff cuts | CNN

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, ac...

www.cnn.com

4 10

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 10h

Yesssss

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h

A federal appeals court said that it will not allow President Trump to deploy the National Guard in Illinois, largely preserving a ruling that had suspended his administration’s campaign to send troops into the Chicago area.

Appeals court bars Trump from deploying National Guard in Illinois

The appeals court weighed in after a federal judge, concluding that it was “likely to lead to civil unrest, ”barred the president from deploying troops in and around Chicago.

wapo.st

2 3

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 10h

posturing

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11h

BREAKING: Trump orders the Defense Department to pay military members next week using 'all available funds' despite the ongoing shutdown.

Trump authorizes troop pay amid government shutdown

The president said he would direct Defense Department officials to pay military members on Oct. 15.

nbcnews.to

1 2

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h

The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

www.washingtonpost.com

68 55 120

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 14h

The Georgia facility gained notoriety for allegations that women received “often unnecessary” gynecological treatment, at times lacking informed consent.

ICE Will Hold Immigrants in Jail Accused of “Excessive, Invasive” Gynecological Procedures

The Georgia facility gained notoriety for allegations that women received “unnecessary” gynecological treatment, at times lacking informed consent.

interc.pt

14 84 120

Reposted by 🍃LaurelLeaves🌿

BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 12h

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/t...

1,446 employees will likely be dismissed at the Treasury Department. Including; the Internal Revenue Service, which collects taxes; the U.S. Mint, which issues coins; and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

Hmm. Taxes & Financial Crimes. I wonder why?

These are the agencies Trump is purging during the shutdown

Thousands are being let go from agencies overseeing health care, the environment and education.

www.axios.com

3 3