Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

@chris.dems.social

18K followers 5.2K following 330 posts

🦋 Free Custom BlueSky Handles dems.social Chris Kelleher dad of 3 in Villanova, Radnor, Delco PA Philadelphia Ally: LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Democrat 💙 Dev: Progress OpenEdge, QAD, SQL, Python. Chris4GL EC: Amateur Radio Emergency Service ARES @delcoares.org W3CTK

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 @chris.dems.social · May 14

🦋 Are you interested in having a custom handle for your BlueSky account instead of using .bsky.social? 🦋

I use one myself @chris.dems.social and figured more people might want one.

Plenty of 💙 Democrat 💙 domains such as:

+++ dems.social bluecrew.social +++

#BlueCrew #Resist

dems.social - get your community handle for Bluesky

get your own dems.social handle

dems.social

1 7 49

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

crazy1689.bsky.social @crazy1689.bsky.social · 16h

go.bsky.app/GqkneZs

2 14 27

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

Agree. Agree. Agree.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

120 1.6K 4.2K

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Katie Easton💙 🦋 @katielynneaston.bsky.social · 12h

go.bsky.app/NeW8sZ1
Stick together and strong together!

21 26 37

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22h

Trump posted on Truth Social this morning claiming that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed for “failing to protect ICE officers.” Seriously? ICE officers are upset they can’t use restrooms or grab brunch.

90 280 1.6K

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Annette ☮️ (annettebeebe.bsky.social) 💙 @annettebeebe.bsky.social · 3h

@annettebeebe.bsky.social
Ty💙 @jazchaz.bsky.social

@therealkimmymm.bsky.social
@frankedson24.bsky.social
@poofer.bsky.social
@book960.bsky.social
@chris.dems.social
@wmn4srvl.bsky.social
@gizmosspace.bsky.social
@claynobles.bsky.social
@austinmermaid.bsky.social
@annettebeebe.bsky.social

2 5 8

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h

Last night, my team filed a motion to defend voters in California.

DOJ sued 8 states. My firm has filed to protect voters in all 8 states.

We will never back down from the fight to protect free and fair elections.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7d

DOJ has sued 8 states for refusing to turn over their full, unreacted voter files.

My team has now filed motions to defend voters in 7 of those cases in ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, OR and PA.

I suggest that DOJ monitor the docket in the remaining one in CA.

220 2.3K 8.3K

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18h

Hoping these federal agents are held accountable, breaking the law should have real consequences. A federal judge has ruled that federal immigration agents illegally arrested more than two dozen people.

160 2K 7.9K

ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 @chris.dems.social · 10h

Great pack here, thanks for including me!

hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 11h

go.bsky.app/ULcZnoo

1 2 3

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

𝐌𝐨𝐱𝐲 ♪♫~☯︎.¸💙¸.☯︎~♫♪ ɪꜰ ɪ'ᴍ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜɪɴɢ, ɪ'ᴍ ʀᴇꜱɪꜱᴛɪɴɢ. @mari-moxy.bsky.social · 11h

✨️💫💙Hey all, check out Hopeful's @hopeful66.bsky.social latest starter pack. There are so many amazing people to follow.💙💫✨️

hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 13h

go.bsky.app/P1rsjD5

3 4 4

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11h

Compulsory reassignments have gone in recent weeks to workers within CISA, who had focused on issuing alerts about threats against US agencies and critical infrastructure, current and former employees said. They described the orders on condition of anonymity over fears of retaliation.

Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 13h

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

7 44 64

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Raelle @jazchaz.bsky.social · 11h

TY for including me in another amazing pack & another day of ur fierce advocating for kids, education & civil rights. I know u said ur mom always said u were born carrying a soapbox, but it seems that soapbox has grown into a mountain w/u standing with a megaphone echoing the valleys for change.🥰☮️

1 2 5

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

840 4.9K 16K

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Elizabeth Dunn🖇️📎 @elizabeth64.bsky.social · 12h

go.bsky.app/AWTo9WE

6 46 110

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 13h

go.bsky.app/4M3aUT4

30 62 110

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

210 1.9K 6.8K

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Elizabeth Dunn🖇️📎 @elizabeth64.bsky.social · 1d

go.bsky.app/B1CJGrB

5 27 47

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

150 2.6K 5.5K

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
1/2

410 5.8K 17K

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

STEPHEN JAMES @stephen5150.bsky.social · 12h

THANK YOU @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social FOR INCLUDING ME 💙

CHECK OUT THE PACK, FOLLOW AND RP

1 5 8

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 13h

“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.’

120 2.7K 7.2K

ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 @chris.dems.social · 12h

I can not believe the DOJ is going to these lengths in order to get private medical info.

CHOP transgender care under scrutiny for ‘fraudulent billing practices,’ DOJ says

Federal officials are looking into whether doctors lied to get insurance companies to cover gender dysphoria treatments.

CHOP transgender care under scrutiny for ‘fraudulent billing practices,’ DOJ says

Federal officials are looking into whether doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh lied to get insurance companies to cover gender dysphoria treatments.

www.inquirer.com

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Leslie 🦋🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈🪷🫘 @mudlady64.bsky.social · 12h

go.bsky.app/P1rsjD5
Thank you @hopeful66.bsky.social 😊

1 1 2

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Al GDad1x7 @gdad1x7.bsky.social · 14h

Some of the fine folks on Al's Starter Pack 12:

@peace2day.bsky.social
@dworkin.bsky.social
@habsmtlcanadiens.bsky.social
@rcharanpagan.bsky.social
@dani-star.bsky.social
@annmb48.bsky.social
@amyoddo.bsky.social
@suzzisulli.bsky.social
@rogerzenaf.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/Eq9RRdb

10 13 15

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13h

A classic "big if true" situation

230 400 1.8K

Reposted by ςђгเร кєɭɭєђєг 💙 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕤.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

TAPPER: I don't understand why you're not calling the House back in session

MIKE JOHNSON: Members are doing important work in their districts right now

TAPPER: But the work legislating is also important work

830 1.5K 6.1K