Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Cuchulainn

@cuchulainn999.bsky.social

1K followers 1.5K following 6.2K posts

🇺🇦 I see my background as less important than how it brings me to this fight. I'm American/Irish, pretty well-traveled, happily married, a dog lover (currently w/4 rescued dawgs), born in Seattle, lived all over, currently WA state, and very progressive.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · Jan 1

This may be my favorite cartoon....ever.

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Dec 31

Vibe from Canada #cdnpoli

6 37 120

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 7h

Really, this is disgusting! Not the video, which is charmingly hilarious, but the fact that so many people don't give enough of a shit to look into the facts of the situation & understand that the lies are just that. LIES!

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 7h

As I've been saying, the truth will out! One way or another, it'll come out.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

😈😈

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 7h

This is heart-rending & SHAMEFUL. This woman is barely keeping her military family together & people like Mike's Johnson are literally taking away her supports. She's going to lose everything if her husband doesn't get paid!

SHAMEFUL!

papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 7h

open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
...not paying the troops.

A Republican Woman Tears Apart Mike Johnson On National TV

Speaker Mike Johnson did something he rarely does. He faced the American people, and a woman from Virginia who said she is a Republican tore into Johnson for not paying the troops.

open.substack.com

1 1 2

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 17h

Oh look, it's a playdate! So fun, & it's just a bonus that they get to plan out how to attack & try to destroy peaceful people trying to protest Humpsky's breaking of our laws & plowing up of our Constitution & sending in of troops to quell non-existent national emergencies!

So fun!

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 18h

.. the requirement for 60 votes to pass most anything there, approving en masse 107 nominations.

So now, ladies & gentlemen, let me proudly announce the brand new US Ambassador to the Bahamas, HERSCHEL WALKER!!

Yep, THAT Herschel WALKER!

These MAGAT-pugs'd better PRAY they stay in power forever!

'I am actually stunned': Political scientist shocked at Senate GOP’s 'unprecedented' move

Political scientist and scholar Norman Ornstein railed against Senate Republicans Wednesday for what he called their “appalling” and “unprecedented” confirmation of 107 nominees of President Donald Tr...

www.rawstory.com

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 18h

In the "old world," under the "old order," this memo would be the impetus for an impeachment!

How quaint, these days, to think that power comes w/any accountability if you've got the power to stack the jury!

And now, Senate pugs actually deployed the "nuclear option," ignoring ..

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 19h

"Ignorance is truth!"

And so, Orwell's visionary warnings continue to be so relevant!

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20h

I bet no one told you that the Missouri Farm Bureau endorsed the Republican politicians who support Trump’s tariffs and trade war…the two things decimating Missouri soybean farmers.

Did you know that the Farm Bureau sends out a list of “farmer-friendly” politicians to each Farm Bureau member?

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 19h

This, I applaud!

James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · Sep 5

An immense, standing-room-only crowd of perhaps 1,200 people at the Prayer Service for LGBTQ Catholics at the Church of the Gesù in Rome tonight! We gathered in preparation for tomorrow's Mass at the Gesù and procession through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica.

Photo: Tiziano Fani Braga

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 19h

.. MEANS "bridge builder," as opposed to the MAGAT pug emphasis on building walls.

Bridges promote communication & openness, while walls block that, often coming to imprison those who built them.

That message is very important, in my opinion!

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 19h

.. Gotta wonder, do they REALLY follow CHRISTIAN scripture?!

"Dilexi Te," literally, "I have loved you," was christ's MAIN statement for the poor, & Pope Leo is making it HIS OWN. I support that.

As Francis said, we should look to build bridges, not walls. The very title, "pontiff" literally ..

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 19h

I'm not a "believer," having long ago forsaken my cat'lick "heritage," but I've gotta say, I like this new pope. He & Francis before him both seem @ least to be focused on the right things.

These calvinistic kris-chuns seem determined to demonize poverty & the poor, equating it w/some kinda sin. ..

James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor."

"Dilexi te"

1 1

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 19h

.. No, I don't expect he IS a believer &, if he's wrong, HE'LL be the one getting "fired"........(right along w/ME!).

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, this is probably the most accurate depiction of how Humpsky would SEE gawd, assuming he even believes in one.

If he really WERE a believer, I expect he'd probably muster up @ least an occasional germ of humility. ..

Bruce F. Singer @drawnandquartered.bsky.social · 23h

Please do not be offended, but it is because this man is their role model…

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 19h

No shit!

#IMessWithTexas

Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 21h

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 19h

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 20h

"Tommy 3-Chimps" himself, Mike's Johnson, is nothing but a pedophile-protecting, punk-ass, prevaricating, probably-perverted, pug piece o'shit who actually has a porn pact w/his son!

And this puny little prick is 2nd in line behind Humpsky!

Hmmm....Paul Pressler's pervasively present, too!

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 20h

Their masthead USED TO read, "Democracy Dies In Darkness." Now it's some mushy pap about markets, etc.

They (apparently unknowingly) self-owned by putting "The Darkness" HIMSELF on their front page beneath that old masthead.

The truth does have a way of coming out!

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 20h

Empire, anyone?!

solodeveloping.bsky.social @solodeveloping.bsky.social · 20h

There is no peace plan

The actual plan is Greater Israel

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 20h

.. Humpsky's able to remember ONLY the LAST person w/whom he speaks.

That was exploited shamelessly by Musk, using Humpsky as his bull-headed meat puppet until he fell out of favor.

And now Miller has saddled up, though he tries to keep it down-low. But HE'S running Humpsky now, just the same!

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 20h

This is a renewal of the Master/Blaster phenomenon (from "Road Warrior: Thunderdome"). Its previous incarnation was back when Whitey Musk almost lived w/Humpsky to ensure he could bird his message into Humpsky's ear 24/7, ensuring that he'd be the last one IN his ear.

And, as we all know, ..

1 1

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 20h

.. And I renew my observation that, w/these pussies wearing masks almost to a man, these ICIS terrorists are indistinguishable from ISIS terrorists.

They show absolutely no concern for the children of their target. They've excised whatever humanity they may have had & embraced the evil they court!

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 20h

The question is, what have THEY become?! There's a sizable contingent of ICIS thugs who were in prison up until they were pardoned by Humpsky. ICIS are HIRING from that pool. It's a simple case of GIGO (Garbage In Garbage Out)!

And it will continue until Humpsky is removed, one way or another! ..

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

1 2 1

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 20h

Good! There's nothing wrong with following somebody in traffic.......yet.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 21h

.. In other words, he deploys "The 3 Monkey Solution."

So, I'm giving "3 Chimps" Mike's Johnson a new nickname! Or wait, is it the "Tommy" solution?!

Dammit! Always w/the decisions!

Maybe I'll just put 'em all into a rotation.

Cuchulainn @cuchulainn999.bsky.social · 21h

I've not yet listened to the whole podcast, but Keith ( @olbermann.bsky.social )
made an interesting point today that every time somebody asks Mike's Johnson about something Humpsky or somebody else on the Wrong has done, his reply is almost invariably, "I didn't hear/see/say that." ..

TRUMP IS TALKING ABOUT HIS MORTALITY AGAIN. AND WEAPONS - 10.9.25 - Countdown with Keith Olbermann | iHeart

SEASON 4 EPISODE 23: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: Here we go again. Trump is talking about his own mortality or career mortality or heaven or all of ...