Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Alex Baumhardt

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 8h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 10h

Here’s video of the incident

770 8.1K 14K

Reposted by Alex Baumhardt

Julia Shumway @jmshumway.bsky.social · 10h

Salem’s mayor likely broke state law around open meetings when she coordinated to force the city manager to resign. Turns out she also lied about the support for her position, @jomsiess.bsky.social reports for @salemreporter.bsky.social

www.salemreporter.com/2025/10/07/m...

Mayor Julie Hoy lied to set in motion former city manager’s resignation, investigation shows - Salem Reporter

A state investigation showed that Salem Mayor Julie Hoy lied to Council President Linda Nishioka when she told her that a majority of the Salem City Council supported firing former Salem City Manager ...

www.salemreporter.com

1 3 6

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 13h

@cgiardinelli.bsky.social and I tried to see if they’d talk with us as the instagrammers went by in Noem’s convoy as they all left:

1 1 21

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 13h

Among protestors outside ICE facility Noem is visiting in Portland is Oregon Guard veteran Noah Mrowczynski:
“I'm a combat veteran, a veteran who fought real wars against real terrorists. Not this so-called insurrection and so-called terrorists Trump would have you believe we are in Portland.”

8 39

Reposted by Alex Baumhardt

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 14h

Also, you'll see this is a screenshot by a video from a guy named David Medina. Medina was convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection and was later pardoned by Trump. He has since rebranded himself as a Trump-aligned social media influencer.

More here: www.opb.org/article/2025...

3 19 66

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 14h

Noem and influencers on roof of ICE facility in Portland, ostensibly looking at a very calm city block on a hot Tuesday afternoon….

26 63 190

Reposted by Alex Baumhardt

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 15h

David Medina, texting to a friend from DC on 12/12/2020. “The proud boys are currently beating the fuck out of BLM right now in DC so that kinda gives me hope.”

Medina was charged by the DOJ for his actions in DC on January 6.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 15h

Meanwhile Noem allowed local social media streamer David Medina to ride in with her.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPhQIJ2...

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 15h

Noem appears to have arrived? Not sure how long we’ll be blocked from the street outside ICE processing facility. I can say unequivocally she did not witness anything she claims is happening at this facility, as she entered the facility…

3 68 140

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 15h

Update: they are praying and eating Burgerville

2 9 47

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 15h

Noem has with her right-wing social media personalities David Medina, Benny Johnson and Nick Sortor (who was arrested for fighting outside the ICE facility, Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office not pursuing charges). No news conference or opportunity for press to ask questions.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 15h

Noem appears to have arrived? Not sure how long we’ll be blocked from the street outside ICE processing facility. I can say unequivocally she did not witness anything she claims is happening at this facility, as she entered the facility…

3 26 74

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 15h

Meanwhile Noem allowed local social media streamer David Medina to ride in with her.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPhQIJ2...

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 15h

Noem appears to have arrived? Not sure how long we’ll be blocked from the street outside ICE processing facility. I can say unequivocally she did not witness anything she claims is happening at this facility, as she entered the facility…

6 18 43

Reposted by Alex Baumhardt

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 15h

Noem appears to have arrived? Not sure how long we’ll be blocked from the street outside ICE processing facility. I can say unequivocally she did not witness anything she claims is happening at this facility, as she entered the facility…

8 32 120

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 15h

Noem appears to have arrived? Not sure how long we’ll be blocked from the street outside ICE processing facility. I can say unequivocally she did not witness anything she claims is happening at this facility, as she entered the facility…

8 32 120

Reposted by Alex Baumhardt

Julia Shumway @jmshumway.bsky.social · 17h

Ahead of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem’s expected visit to the Portland ICE facility, a small protest crowd and a catchy song with the lyrics “Trump is in the Epstein files (yes he is).”

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 17h

Scene outside ICE facility in Portland where DHS Sec. Noem is expected to visit today. Sound on for one protestor’s soundtrack.

2 19 54

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 16h

Taxpayers on the hook for massive price of National Guard mobilizations: “estimated $10 million if the 200 Oregon National Guard members are allowed to deploy to Portland for 60 days, and $134 million for the California National Guard members mobilized since June.”
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Cities nationwide back Oregon in National Guard deployment dispute with Trump

Forty-two cities and counties signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief.

www.oregonlive.com

4 13

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 17h

DHS police taking down protest signs in preparation for Noem’s arrival. Apparently streamer Benny Johnson will be with her to video but actual press are being kept a block away….

2 47 84

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 17h

Scene outside ICE facility in Portland where DHS Sec. Noem is expected to visit today. Sound on for one protestor’s soundtrack.

18 61 190

Reposted by Alex Baumhardt

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

270 4.4K 15K

Reposted by Alex Baumhardt

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

apnews.com/article/chic...

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

apnews.com

390 3K 6.5K

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 1d

Added links to Trump admin request for stay filed Sunday and Immergut ruling from Sunday evening.

1 2

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 1d

"An unnamed Pentagon spokesperson did not answer questions about whether any Texas Guard troops had been deployed to Oregon since Hegseth announced they’d be federalized Sunday night or how many of the California Guard troops federalized Saturday by Trump were yet in Oregon."

1 1 3

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 1d

Legal limbo meaning they are waiting on courts to decide. Presumably Trump admin will challenge TRO issued Sunday. Hasn't happened yet. As to your other questions:

1 1 2

Reposted by Alex Baumhardt

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: I'm listening in on a second new lawsuit out of Illinois today, addressing First Amendment freedoms surrounding protests, including press and religious claims.

Judge Sara Ellis, an Obama appointee, is hearing the TRO motion and has found the plaintiffs, for TRO purposes, have standing.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUB, BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO, CHICAGO NEWSPAPER GUILD LOCAL 34071, NABET-CWA LOCAL 54041, ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION, RAVEN GEARY, CHARLES THRUSH, STEPHEN HELD, DAVID BLACK, WILLIAM PAULSON, AUTUMN REIDY-HAMER, and LEIGH KUNKEL, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
V.
KRISTI NOEM, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS); TODD LYONS,
Acting Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); MARCOS CHARLES,
Acting Executive Associate Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, ICE;
RUSSELL HOTT, Chicago Field Office
Director, ICE; RODNEY S. SCOTT,
Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); GREGORY BOVINO, Chief Border Patrol Agent, CBP; DANIEL
DRISCOLL, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF);
WILLIAM K. MARSHALL III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP); PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General of the United States;
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; UNIDENTIFIED FEDERAL OFFICER DEFENDANTS; UNIDENTIFIED FEDERAL AGENCY DEFENDANTS; and
DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States,
No. 25-cv-12173
PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT FOR INJUCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF

7 340 1.3K

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon, Portland, troops in ‘wait mode’ for federal challenge to temporary order blocking National Guard deployment via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/06/o...

Oregon, Portland, troops in ‘wait mode’ for federal challenge to temporary order • Oregon Capital Chronicle

The Trump administration on Sunday was blocked by a federal judge from activating National Guard troops from any state and D.C. to Portland.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

3 7 16

Reposted by Alex Baumhardt

Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 1d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

500 3.5K 12K

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 1d

1) Re-upping this given what's happened in recent days. Still think it's wild that Mason called Trump's threats to use U.S. cities as training grounds for military "a throw away line."
2) Neither Trump nor anyone in his administration have tried to talk w/ Oregon's Gov. today, her office said.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 5d

Nearly drove off the road when Dave Miller asks Dan Mason, National Committeeman for Oregon Republican Party, what he thinks of Trump recently saying he wants to use US cities as training grounds for military troops. “I think it’s a throw away line,” Mason said.

www.opb.org/article/2025...

Oregon Republican Party leader on deploying National Guard troops in Portland

Dan Mason, National Committeeman for the Oregon Republican Party, joins us to share his perspective on deploying the National Guard in Portland.

www.opb.org

1 7 50