Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 13h

Truly disgusting

ICE detained an autistic 5 year old girl in Leominster, Mass

Using this child-a US citizen-as bait to lure her father-who has lived in the country for 20 years-out so they could arrest him

How do these people live with themselves

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AmrWut/

A Leominster family who has lived in the United States for more than 20 years said federal immigration agents held their 5-year-old daughter, who is a US-citizen and autistic, in custody outside their...

TikTok video by The Boston Globe

www.tiktok.com

89 560 1.1K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

One more time: As it’s not “weaponization of justice” for law enforcement to prosecute someone who committed crimes trying to rob a bank, it’s also not weaponization of justice for law enforcement to prosecute someone who committed crimes trying to overthrow an American election.

61 870 3.7K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

I Should’ve Been a Cowgirl @seizeday.bsky.social · Jun 21

I can’t get enough of this energy!
This is the level of immediacy we need from everyone.

12 110 210

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

ShoeHog @shoehog.bsky.social · 13h

79 1.4K 3K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

🤡

790 4.7K 14K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 11h

theintercept.com/2025/10/08/t...

Trump’s Plan to Deprive Palestinians Any Say in Their Future

This is not the time for supporters of Palestinian self-determination to be quiet. It’s the moment for us to demand more.

theintercept.com

3 6 9

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18h

If you would have described the traits of hard core MAGAs and Trump ten years ago…. Those very same people would have called those people SNOWFLAKES.

Constantly whining, always the victim, always angry at everyone else.

a sign that says snowflake on it with a red light behind it

ALT: a sign that says snowflake on it with a red light behind it

media.tenor.com

110 500 3.1K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 15h

MAGA is upset at Marjorie Taylor Greene

82 83 650

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

660 6.7K 28K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

Kamala is all out of f*cks and I’m here for it 🔥

We see you, @codepink.bsky.social

Your paid performative agitators pop up on her book tour like they think we don’t know the VP’s job.

The VP doesn’t set Middle East policy, the President does. The VP’s role is to support the President, period.

540 1K 4.7K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

Done for the day.
More tomorrow.
Goodnight.😴

180 250 4.8K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

I believe that Trump, Mike Johnson and Greg Abbott should not have started this and continued with it in multiple states to rig the midterms. No Democrats want this, but we can’t unilaterally disarm in the face of multiple threats to fair representation nationwide.

200 390 2K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 227. Everything you need to know about what happened this weekend in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 227

… JD Vance lied repeatedly on Sunday shows with his trademark smug insufferability.

open.substack.com

38 220 1K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

500 5.1K 17K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

The House speaker claims this has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Then why delay the swearing in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who handily won a special election in Arizona *two weeks* ago?

He can easily prove it. trib.al/pEfcNkA

Mike Johnson Struggles to Explain Delay in Swearing In Democratic Rep

The House speaker claims the delay in swearing in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. He can easily prove it.

trib.al

18 84 250

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13h

Her notes for the Senate Judiciary Committee had nothing to do with leading the DOJ, or even the embattled border czar. Rather, Bondi had collected screenshots of social media posts, prewritten comebacks, and handwritten notes she hoped could give her a good “gotcha” moment.

trib.al/hv25Sb1

15 82 210

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

Trump has little to insulate him now. Vought is not some temporary White House employee who’s dabbling in the art of sabotaging the government before he returns to his “job” as the world’s richest man.

According to the president himself, he is the Grim Reaper personified. trib.al/gB4mfCg

Russ Vought Is Going to Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government.

trib.al

5 59 180

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 16h

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

140 1.3K 4.7K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Welp now they’re reversing some of the layoffs. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

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

www.nytimes.com

11 61 270

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”

21 370 980

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 13h

“More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation”

Daniel Ducassi for Florida Bulldog

More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation

By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org - More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts missing legally required public documentation.

www.floridabulldog.org

41 400 1K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 12h

October 12, 2025

On October 9, President Donald J.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

57 320 1K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

520 3.8K 22K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

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. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

730 7.3K 27K

Reposted by Theresa McLeod

Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 16h

Man, if you're Dasha Burns and you're using Leavitt as a reference to "vouch" for you with Trump... she needs to resign or @politico.com needs to fire her

This is Obey-in-advance bullshit

20 62 330