Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 3h

Reposted by C Ó Gallachóir

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

400 6.6K 22K

Reposted by C Ó Gallachóir

North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 9h

Press conference for Prof. Dwayne Dixon's return to classes. Dixon, NC AAUP, AAUP UNC Chapel Hill, NC ACLU, and TranspaUNCy all delivered stinging criticisms of UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts and ringing affirmations of our Constitutional rights and academic freedom. When we fight, we win. @aaup.org

9 21

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 15h

So many university presidents seem to think they can fly under the radar without realizing that the maga goal is to take over the entire university sector. We are all in their sightline. No university can hide their way out of this.

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 17h

Attention university presidents and boards of trustees:

"Those who oppose authoritarianism have to play a different game, creating solidarity among an unwieldy coalition, which knows that if everyone holds together, they will surely succeed."

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

2 6

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 1d

We live in the stupidest of times.

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

defector.com

2 5

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 3d

They do. But damn do i miss having a hometown newspaper that wasn't bending the knee and firing experienced talent.

1 2

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 3d

Will Lewis is horrible but I always try to remind myself that Bezos hired him. The pair of them.

1

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 3d

@washingtonpost.com is having a Maoist style cultural revolution. Get rid of people w/ experience & seniority to push back & replace them w/ Will Lewis' London buddies & young people who don't know how newspapers should work & don't want to lose their 1st big gig. The result? A compliant newsroom.

2 10 37

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 4d

The state of the statute is the state of the man

3

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 4d

One of the things I noticed in the first trump presidency was just how many father-daughter relationships were strained to the breaking point, if not completely shattered. His legacy is destruction at just about every level.

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 4d

I feel for these kids. I’ve had to explain to several of my parents’ friends on FB that Kirk was a bigot who hurt people, and when JD Vance called me a soulless hack and I was getting death threats, you know who i didn’t hear a peep out of? My own parents.

Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 4d

Progressive students in the south have had to navigate “deeply uncomfortable” conversations with their conservative family members (after Charlie Kirk’s death), said John, a sophomore at Appalachian State University in North Carolina.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

1 5

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 4d

Yaay!

1

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 4d

DMV peeps--was planning to see the trump and epstein statue today. Is it still there?

1 1 5

Reposted by C Ó Gallachóir

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

blockclubchicago.org

650 6K 16K

Reposted by C Ó Gallachóir

AAUP @aaup.org · 5d

✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿

When we fight, WE WIN!

North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 5d

UNC Chapel Hill has reinstated Prof. Dwayne Dixon.
Rather than conduct a threat assessment of a faculty member based on spurious accusations, UNC should conduct an assessment of its own administration's threat to First Amendment rights and academic freedom. @aaup.org
www.wral.com/news/local/u...

UNC professor reinstated after investigation into alleged ties with politically motivated group

UNC-Chapel Hill has reinstated a professor who was linked to groups believed to call for politically motivated violence. An investigation found that Dwayne Dixon posed no threat to the campus communit...

www.wral.com

21 63

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 5d

Kavanaugh was near tears during his senate confirmation, for God's sake. he'd go full melt down if he was arrested by the likes of ICE. But he knows *he* doesn't have to worry about that. It's painful to watch powerful people be so purposefully and willfully malignant

3

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 5d

Hahaha! I could not find the words to describe the ick! You put it perfectly!

1

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 5d

The leaking sewer of ick coming from the GOP continues apace.

Virginia Democrats call for Republican John Reid to exit lieutenant governor race in Nazi porn scandal

It’s not the first time the gay former radio host has been accused of posting questionable online content.

www.advocate.com

2 9

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 6d

Do deportees to Uganda get put in prison when they arrive or are they just shown the curb? This just turns my stomach.

1 1

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 7d

ADL jumped the shark a while ago, but this latest news is a good reminder that appeasement will never be enough. You bend the knee, and next thing you know, you're in the stocks for not showing enough deference while you were on bent knees.

Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 7d

FBI Director Kash Patel called the ADL “an extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization,” saying in announcement that the FBI has cut all formal ties with the anti-hate group.

FBI’s Kash Patel attacks ADL as ‘extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization’

The FBI director said the bureau is cutting all formal ties with the Jewish civil rights group

jewishinsider.com

2 6

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 7d

Fat bear week makes me ridiculously happy.

Fat Bear Week has crowned a new champion. And of course his name is Chunk.

He’s massive, he’s resilient, he’s Mr. 2025 Fat Bear Week.

alaskapublic.org

9

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 8d

True Blood villains were the best! Russell Edgington would have had hegseth for breakfast!

1

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 8d

I feel this way a lot. And then I think about Dungeon Crawler Carl in Matt Dinnimans beautiful series. "You will not break me."

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8d

This passage nearly broke me.

2 3 12

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 8d

He reminds of Baghdad Ali

1

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 9d

Excellent thread if you, like me, we're shocked at that finding but didn't have time to do some digging. @avitek.bsky.social breaks it down well.

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 9d

If you thought I was done taking shots at this study, you were dead wrong. We need to talk about the methodology in some detail, because ohhhh lord it is horrendous. Like I'm honestly in shock at how bad it is, so lets get into it.

1/

www.csis.org/analysis/lef...

Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us

The Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program examines the state of political violence, finding left-wing violence has risen in the last decade but from very low levels and still well below hi...

www.csis.org

2 1 2

C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 9d

It also looks like they are distinguishing left and right from Jihadist. Which suggests to me they don't have a clear definition of left and right.

1