Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

ProPublica @propublica.org · 21m

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

77 390 840

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

CNN @cnn.com · 16m

JUST IN: Russia is carrying out a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, top Ukrainian officials said, with parts of the capital Kyiv left without power.

Ukraine says ‘massive’ Russian attack underway targeting energy infrastructure | CNN

Russia is carrying out a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, top Ukrainian officials said early Friday, with parts of the capital Kyiv left without power.

www.cnn.com

11 47 54

TrueBlueJWilly @nobswilly.bsky.social · 6h

So the Fascists had to be sued to stop them from killing journalists? That seems normal.

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Q: What's your message to families facing missed paychecks because of the shutdown?

TRUMP: Blame the Democrats. It's their fault.

250 170 680

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

The Coordinated Republican Propaganda Machine spent the entire morning on a partial Schumer quote that cut the context to suggest Dems relish the shutdown, then Trump makes it clear he is the one who wanted it - which is why he ordered them not to negotiate.

93 190 730

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

How quickly some ICE GOONS get triggered when you remind them they are children of immigrants

51 470 1.3K

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 9h

This is dumb & unimportant given <gestures at all the other lawless authoritarianism that is killing people & dismantling our entire government/society> but also emblematic of how we simply don't live under a Republic of laws & the Constitution anymore.

2 42 220

TrueBlueJWilly @nobswilly.bsky.social · 8h

We land in Fascism.

1

TrueBlueJWilly @nobswilly.bsky.social · 8h

The end game

TrueBlueJWilly @nobswilly.bsky.social · 8h

After two years of genocide by starvation....,.....

1 3

TrueBlueJWilly @nobswilly.bsky.social · 8h

Winning issue if there is no election?

TrueBlueJWilly @nobswilly.bsky.social · 8h

1 4

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "You're talking about the Pennsylvania Dutch, or you were talking about the Amish, where they don't take any of this stuff and they have virtually no autism."

92 51 290

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

770 300 1.6K

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 9h

I Have Hope for This Ceasefire, But It Can’t Undo Two Years of Genocide

U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire deal marked “a wonderful day for everybody.” Why did it take two years to arrive?

theintercept.com/2025/10/09/g...

I Have Hope for This Ceasefire, But It Can’t Undo Two Years of Genocide

U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire deal marked “a wonderful day for everybody.” Why did it take two years to arrive?

theintercept.com

6 14 50

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

1.7K 1.5K 4.8K

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Politico @politico.com · 9h

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has hinted at firing air traffic controllers who call out sick to protest the shutdown.

Duffy’s comments come amid flight delays across the country and controllers working without pay.

Duffy hints at firing air traffic controller ‘problem children’ amid continuing delays

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was referring to a rash of air traffic controllers calling out sick from work, which has driven a smattering of flight delays across the country this week.

www.politico.com

44 24 65

TrueBlueJWilly @nobswilly.bsky.social · 9h

and we are paying for it.

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 11h

Offering immigrant children $2,500 to self-deport and threatening them & their families with detention if they decline is just coercion.

This is wild:

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 11h

ICE is targeting kids.

“The idea that masked men would now go to 14-year-olds and ask them to waive their rights to return to the countries that they fled is shocking.”

Read more: interc.pt/4o1hD0C

✍️ @jonahmv.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com

5 53 200

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 22h

In the Oregon troops case, the Ninth Circuit panel granted an administrative stay of the Saturday OR NG TRO but *not* the Sunday deployment TRO.

"Thus, the effect of granting an administrative stay preserves the status quo in which National Guard members have been federalized but not deployed."

Case: 25-6268, 10/08/2025, DktEntry: 32.1, Page 1 of 4
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
STATE OF OREGON and CITY OF PORTLAND,
Plaintiffs - Appellees,
No. 25-6268
D.C. No.
3:25-cv-01756-IM
District of Oregon, Portland
ORDER
FILED
ОСТ 8 2025
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
DONALD J. TRUMP, In his official capacity as President of the United States; et al.,
Defendants - Appellants.
Before: GRABER, R. NELSON, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

In the circumstances here, granting an administrative stay will best preserve the status quo. Prior to the October 4 temporary restraining order, Oregon National
Guard members had been federalized but not deployed. The Memorandum
authorized federalization of the Oregon National Guard members. An
administrative stay of the October 4 temporary restraining order will maintain the federalization of Oregon National Guard members, because that order prohibits implementation of the Memorandum. Additionally, the second temporary restraining order has not been challenged or appealed, and it prohibits the deployment of National Guard members in Oregon. Thus, the effect of granting an administrative stay preserves the status quo in which National Guard members
3
25-6268
Case: 25-6268, 10/08/2025, DktEntry: 32.1, Page 4 of 4
have been federalized but not deployed.
Administrative Stay GRANTED.

2 120 440

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

130 3.1K 8K

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

The @washingtonpost.com is now no more than a tabloid. Absolute tripe from the editorial board here.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

170 840 3.1K

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social

1K 2.8K 11K

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

CNN @cnn.com · 22h

Eight people connected to a Texas midwife accused of performing illegal abortions have been indicted for practicing medicine without a license, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced.

Eight people charged in connection with clinics providing abortions, Texas Attorney General says | CNN

Eight people connected to a Texas midwife accused of performing illegal abortions have been indicted for practicing medicine without a license, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday.

www.cnn.com

27 25 55

Reposted by TrueBlueJWilly

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

160 1.2K 5.1K