Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Julia Leggs📎I'm🏳️‍⚧️&🇬🇧.I support🇺🇦NATO🇺🇳💙 I'm in the UK🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.🇬🇧Veteran @julialeggs.bsky.social · 3h

BBC News - 'They treated us like animals' - Inside the epicentre of deportations in New York City
www.bbc.com/news/article...

'They treated us like animals' - Inside the epicentre of deportations in New York City

Chaotic scenes have become routine in a federal immigration court in Manhattan.

www.bbc.com

1 1

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 3h

And remember what Ted Cruz said just a few weeks ago about Qatar
Ted Cruz on X⬇️

24 150 280

Wayne Cullen @waynencullen.bsky.social · 3h

👏👏👏🙏🏻

1

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Suzanne McCain @mccainsuzanne.bsky.social · 3h

There's an onslaught of Trump and Noem ads that just started on YouTube.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

2 3 3

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Robyn Munro @rmunro.bsky.social · 12h

Never forgetting #EpsteinFiles!

1 3

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Doodle Bug (she/her) @schmeccadoodle.bsky.social · 12h

The most corrupt administration is US history doesn't have to hide and the GOP is totally cool with it.

It was never about America First.

Also, Donald Trump is a rapist.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

2 2

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 12h

2 38 100

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 12h

𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐂𝐄/𝐂𝐁𝐏 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭.

3 41 84

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 12h

2 20 54

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Phylosoma™ @phylosoma.bsky.social · 12h

Please keep Reposting this 👇

Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 1d

“We won’t allow the harassment of our staff, our community, or our neighbors at our businesses.”

“We’re the city with big shoulders. We don’t need you. You (ICE) can go home now.”

Chicago West Side businesses have come together to resist ICE and support immigrants.

#HandsOffChicago #AbolishICE

1 8 12

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 12h

MIT was one of nine universities asked by Trump to sign an agreement in early October to ensure access to federal funding and grants, with stipulations involving international students and race or sex factors in admissions.
factors.

MIT won't sign. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...

White House asks 9 universities to sign agreement to ensure access to grants and other federal benefits

A White House compact asks universities to freeze their tuition for five years and ban the use of sex and gender as criteria used in admissions.

www.cbsnews.com

4 46 180

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

580 6.1K 24K

Wayne Cullen @waynencullen.bsky.social · 14h

Indeed!

1

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

badwebsites @badwebsites.bsky.social · 16h

Donald's never been sentenced for all those felonies.
#SentenceDonald WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG?

Paul Langer @paullanger.bsky.social · 16h

"After a three-month civil trial, New York Judge Arthur Engoron found Trump liable for committing a decade of business fraud by inflating his net worth to secure better loan terms."

1 2

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 16h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...
The paycheck the worker receives Friday will be several hundred dollars lighter than usual, and it will be the last one he receives until a fractured Congress agrees on a spending package for the current fiscal year.

Shutdown starts to hit federal workers’ paychecks | CNN Politics

Federal workers are now feeling the reality of the shutdown. Many are due this week to receive partial paychecks, compensating them only for the days they worked before the government shut down on Oct...

www.cnn.com

7 5

Wayne Cullen @waynencullen.bsky.social · 15h

Makes sense - he’s being fitted for a stair lift that he can take on escalators that stop unexpectedly.

paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 16h

1

Wayne Cullen @waynencullen.bsky.social · 15h

Pedo’s little Johnson will spin so fast he might fly off the Earth.

I suppose that’s a sort of Rapture.

Anita zx @omi684.bsky.social · 16h

It seems that Mike Johnson is deeply troubled by the October 18 rally. His statements clearly show that he views this gathering as a major threat to the country. Perhaps he’s worried that the public’s voice is beginning to challenge his narrative.

1 5

Wayne Cullen @waynencullen.bsky.social · 15h

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 16h

White House memo: Air Traffic Controllers will not receive back pay unless morale improves.

Wayne Cullen @waynencullen.bsky.social · 15h

Pedo and his Pam
Scheming their next scam
Sheer lust for power
In every hour
And they give no damn

🦋 B34RS GYRL 💙 @b34rsgirl.bsky.social · 16h

Pam Bondi is a pedophile gatekeeper.

JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 16h

Fuck Pam Bondi.

open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

One thing we've learned from the American judicial system: The first 34 felonies are on the house*.

*Terms and conditions may apply. See prosecutors for details if you're not white. Or rich.

150 2.3K 8.6K

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Rosemary Tucker @risenart.bsky.social · 1d

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

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

1 2

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Rosemary Tucker @risenart.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Sorvari @sorvarimark.bsky.social · 1d

1 1

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Rosemary Tucker @risenart.bsky.social · 1d

Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 1d

“We won’t allow the harassment of our staff, our community, or our neighbors at our businesses.”

“We’re the city with big shoulders. We don’t need you. You (ICE) can go home now.”

Chicago West Side businesses have come together to resist ICE and support immigrants.

#HandsOffChicago #AbolishICE

2 3

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 1d

REMINDER!
Dementia Don is thin-skinned, petty and weak.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 1d

Psaki: "There is no longer a question of whether [Trump] can get his Justice Department to actually go after them. But just remember, he’s doing it because he is thin-skinned and petty and weak."

4 7

Reposted by Wayne Cullen

Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 1d

8 37