Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by James McClure

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 15h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

460 5.1K 16K

James McClure @pfadge.bsky.social · 2d

Similarly, Stargate was saved by the move to TV.

1

James McClure @pfadge.bsky.social · 2d

Can't argue with a single one of these, though I didn't realize a couple of them even had sequels.

Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 2d

Food for thought: What is the worst franchise made from the best movie?

15 Great Movies That Were Ruined By Becoming Franchises

These classic films should never have gotten sequels.

screencrush.com

1 1 3

Reposted by James McClure

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d

Free speech is when the government forces you to rename specific roads after someone

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2d

Florida Republican unveils bill threatening state funding if colleges don't rename roads after Charlie Kirk

thehill.com

Florida Republican unveils bill threatening state funding if colleges don’t rename roads after Charlie Kirk

twp.ai

2 93 370

Reposted by James McClure

The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 3d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

470 5K 14K

Reposted by James McClure

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 3d

Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.

Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.

Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.

19 370 1.5K

Reposted by James McClure

✌️Bob ☮ (Old Man Hippy)💙 @oldmanhippy.com · 3d

Do not let him distract you. Stephen Miller is the biggest domestic terrorist in the US today. 💙✌️💙

Let's be clear...

Antifa, short for "anti-fascist," is not an organization or group, it's simply a political stance. There is no group called "antifa" that people join. Anyone who opposes fascism is, by definition, antifa. It's a descriptive label, not a membership.
The Allied soldiers who fought Nazi Germany in World War II were antifa. Civil rights activists who stood against authoritarian racism were antifa. Anyone today who rejects fascist ideology is antifa. There's no structure, no leadership, no membership cards, and no secret plans.
The misconception that antifa is a dangerous organization threatening the country is fundamentally wrong. Claiming that there is such a group is a lie. Being anti-fascist is only a threat to fascists themselves, to those promoting authoritarian, ultranationalist, and oppressive ideologies. For everyone else, opposition to fascism is a defense of democratic values and human rights.
There are no antifa headquarters, no regional chapters, and no coordinated conspiracy. Some local activists may organize under anti-fascist principles, but they operate independently without any connection to a larger "antifa organization" because, again, no such organization exists.
Antifa is nothing more and nothing less than standing against fascism

6 30 62

Reposted by James McClure

Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 3d

Wild idea. I think consumers should be able to opt out of sharing an electric grid with data centers. I had the choice to pay a little extra on my bill to use clean energy years ago. I opted in, and the difference was minimal. Yet I wasn't given any choice about propping up a water guzzling Ai mill

5 55 250

James McClure @pfadge.bsky.social · 3d

Dare you ascend the stairs and enter Zelda’s dark realm?

A small black cat stands in a dark room at the top of a flight of stairs, her immense shadow filling the wall opposite her.

1

Reposted by James McClure

okthen25.bsky.social @okthen25.bsky.social · 3d

1 1

James McClure @pfadge.bsky.social · 3d

My kitties agree that we need more kindness. They also agree that they need more snacks.

1 1

Reposted by James McClure

more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 3d

approximately one to three percent of steerage passengers say living aboard the Snowpiercer is really neat

7 70

James McClure @pfadge.bsky.social · 3d

Follow up: Since the ostensible reason for DOGE cuts was to shrink the deficit, how much impact did these cuts have?

James McClure @pfadge.bsky.social · 3d

Sadly, that would just ensure that the only people running for office were wealthy.

1 1

Reposted by James McClure

Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 3d

PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.

240 2.7K 4.9K

Reposted by James McClure

Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 4d

These guys make the underwear gnomes seem like savvy planners

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 4d

i think we are going to find out at some point these guys invented cocaine 2 and have been on it all along

4 18

James McClure @pfadge.bsky.social · 4d

ICE "all over" the Super Bowl seems like a preview of what they have planned for the World Cup. Don't see how this does anything other than drive down attendance.

Who in their right mind would fly to the US and buy a ticket to personal endangerment?

Reposted by James McClure

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4d

In case you’re wondering how grassroots Republican activists in Oregon are metabolizing what’s happening in the state. This person is a coordinator for two long running conservative organizations in the state: The Gathering of the Eagles and the Abigail Adams project.

Oregon Republican League
... X
Bleiler Donna • 7h • G
Trump is preparing to go after Antifa, waiting for them to make a move. Antifa is preparing for riots in major cities. Since Portland is their headquarters, it seems essential that the National Guard would be in Oregon.
Governor Kotek is in panic mode releasing news every day on her opposition. Portland Police are working with Antifa to criminalize federal agents. "Out in Oregon, the Governor, the mayor and police are all part of Antifa." Shan Davis explains, "Once you understand that Portland police is Antifa, everything else it does and refuses to do suddenly makes sense." If they are part of Antifa, they are part of the insurrection.
Antifa has been hired to create a civil war. Kotek has been telling people to stay calm, all the while she is still promoting Antifa to start a civil war.
[https://rumble.com/embed/v6xoc3g/?
pub=50601&start=2506](https://rumble.com/embed/ v6xoc3g/?pub=50601&start=2506)
2X22 Report Political • Geopolitical
rumble.com
Ep 3745b - [DS] Pushing A Hybrid War, Trump Is Using The Shutdown To Defund The [DS], Timing,...
115
16 comments 25 shares

85 270 730

Reposted by James McClure

Jayne4Freedom @jayne4freedom.bsky.social · 4d

Remember last year when everything was quiet? I do.

1 6 30

Reposted by James McClure

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

I strongly object to the comparison many are making these days between Stephen Miller and Joseph Goebbels.

I think it's deeply misguided, and unfair, to compare them.

Goebbels was a far better propagandist, and didn't execute much policy.

Miller far more closely resembles Heinrich Himmler.

610 2.4K 9.1K

James McClure @pfadge.bsky.social · 4d

Are you in tune?

1

James McClure @pfadge.bsky.social · 6d

Somebody did the work to build a hiring profile. These are evil assholes, but they’re competent evil assholes.

3

Reposted by James McClure

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 7d

One thing to remember: Trump may have criminal immunity for official acts but Hegseth doesn’t….

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.

35 130 510

Reposted by James McClure

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 7d

Hegseth: ‘Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in

7 10 13

Reposted by James McClure

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7d

comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 7d

reddit occupied government

Ken Dilanian
@DilanianMSNBC
Follow
The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

220 1.2K 5.3K