Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 7h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

360 4.1K 7.9K

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 12h

We have $20B to bail out Argentina, but we can’t afford to extend the ACA subsidies so Americans don’t lose their healthcare?

23 90

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 17h

Holy cannoli, NYT!! Trump is a "peacemaker abroad"? What about his egging on Putin's murderous war against Ukraine?! What about blowing up boats in the Caribbean?! Get a grip! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

www.nytimes.com

6 24 68

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Rhonda in PNW 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 11h

1 24 60

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Eddy Newell Sr. @eddynewellsr.bsky.social · 16h

3 8

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

260 1.6K 3.1K

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14h

If true this a fucking disgrace and the beginning of the end of TikTok

85 380 950

Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 8h

They getting ready to pull the trigger on the Insurrection Act.
It won't be long now, might even be tomorrow, but will probably be after Trump gets back from Israel. I doubt he will step foot in Gaza.

2 3

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 13h

The gunman who murdered the state lawmaker is a far-right conspiracy theorist and evangelical Christian.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

3 43 94

Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 8h

I can't.
This one really got me, my heart breaks for her.
Anyone who is cheering this on is simply a monster.

2 20

Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 9h

Very informative but scary article.
So the Texas national Guard is IN Illinois now.
You have one State invading another State.
Trump has Federalized the Illinois National Guard so they are now under his control.
ICE is OUT OF CONTROL in Chicago.
TAKE OFF THEIR MASKS.
TAKE THEM OFF!

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021."

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

1

Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 9h

WUT?
I'll have to go read the article

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021."

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

abc @thekitchentapes.bsky.social · 11h

Something about this reminds me of how excited I was to start classes as a first-gen student at the University of Central Florida. My whole family was excited. My grandfather had a fourth-grade education, and I was going to Learn Big Things and Think Deep Thoughts. There was pride in that.

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 13h

Just got back from Normal, IL for a lecture at Illinois State University. Established in 1857 after this small town lawyer named Abe secured the funding. Was reminded once again that US public universities are the triumph of civilization

1 13 91

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Kraig Peck @kraigpeck.bsky.social · 1d

I found thousands of Antifa members at Arlington Cemetery.

71 540 2.2K

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

👇👇

590 9.5K 24K

Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 9h

poor poor MTG, she and Rand Paul make a total of 2 on my count.

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

67 1K 2.6K

Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 11h

It
Is
The
Masks

They feel they can do whatever they want as they cannot be
ID-ed with their faces masked.

It
Is
The
Masks

#UnMaskICE

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

210 1.5K 5.2K

Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 11h

Under what authority can they just look at the bank balances, and say, "Who cares if Congress appropriated the money for X, we are going to take that money and spend it on Y" Are there now rules about this? Perhaps laws even.
Or else the President can just spend the treasury money however he decides

2 4 16

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine that

950 8.8K 21K

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Toscha @poemless.bsky.social · 17h

Most coverage of Broadview fails to lead with this:

*Something is going on in there that they don't want us to see.*

Protesters are protesting what is happening INSIDE those walls.

But the media take the bait and make the protesters OUTSIDE the lead story in order to deflect attention from it.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

14 49

Reposted by Str8Grandmother

Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 15h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

42 1K 2.8K

Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 18h

I'll have to go now, I have given you two "whatabouts" gratis.
Have a good day.

1

Str8Grandmother @str8grandmother.bsky.social · 23h

#FridayNightMassacre