LightNews LightNews
megsewell.bsky.social
@megsewell.bsky.social
110 followers 54 following 18 posts
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted
emptywheel.bsky.social
Reupping.

What known facts suggest abt violence of this week is that Greg Bovino was in the command chain for both, and HIS boss is Stephen Miller.

We have to start focusing the question on whether Stephen Miller ordered all this, like he ordered the murderboats before the Venezuelan invasion.
January 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
megsewell.bsky.social
I remember after 9/111, when the Department of Homeland Security was first touted (including by Democrats like Joe Lieberman), that the name sounded kind of Fascist to me. Turns out I wasn’t wrong.
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Reposted
terilg.bsky.social
The office of Senator Tina Smith, Democrat of Minnesota, described the person who was shot as the wife of a prominent activist, and Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat whose congressional district includes the shooting scene, described the person as a “legal observer.”

- NY Times
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Reposted
atrupar.com
There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
January 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reposted
muellershewrote.com
NEW: DHS says a "violent rioter weaponized her vehicle in an attempt to kill him. The ICE officer fired defensive shots." That's a lie. Watch the video for yourself.
danielsuitor.com Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 2d
This is the video.
January 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Reposted
thetnholler.bsky.social
The Trump regime has really brought us to this point
January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Reposted
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Denmark is a NATO member state.
Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela (and Cuba, formally) are OAS member states.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:

-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
January 5, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Reposted
thetnholler.bsky.social
Good Q
January 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Reposted
kaine.senate.gov
My statement on Trump’s unauthorized military attack on Venezuela. Swipe for full statement:
Statement graphic with: "President Trump’s unauthorized military attack on Venezuela to arrest Maduro—however terrible he is—is a sickening return to a day when the United States asserted the right to dominate the internal political affairs of all nations in the Western Hemisphere. That history is replete with failures, and doubling down on it makes it difficult to make the claim with a straight face that other countries should respect the United States’ sovereignty when we do not do the same." Statement graphic with: "Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal? To suppress Americans peacefully assembling to protest his policies? Trump has threatened to do all this and more and sees no need to seek legal authorization from people’s elected legislature before putting servicemembers at risk." Statement graphic with: "It is long past time for Congress to reassert its critical constitutional role in matters of war, peace, diplomacy and trade. My bipartisan resolution stipulating that we should not be at war with Venezuela absent a clear congressional authorization will come up for a vote next week. We’ve entered the 250th year of American democracy and cannot allow it to devolve into the tyranny that our founders fought to escape."
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Reposted
muellershewrote.com
Pretty sad times we live in when it’s news that the government has agreed to follow a court order.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10d
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — US government says ICE doesn't plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands.
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Reposted
gtconway.bsky.social
"omnidirectional incoherence" captures Trumpism perfectly
December 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Reposted
markjacob.bsky.social
Flight records show "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported," according to a DOJ email from 2020.
macfarlanenews.bsky.social Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17d
Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020

'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Reposted
chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 — certifying a class, finding the U.S. maintained constructive custody over them at CECOT, finding they were not given due process, and ordering return or that such process be given by Jan. 5, 2026.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA J.G.G., et al., Plaintiffs, LIYANARA SÁNCHEZ, as next friend on behalf of FRENGEL REYES MOTA, et al., Petitioners-Plaintiffs, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Respondents-Defendants. Civil Action No. 25-766 (JEB) MEMORANDUM OPINION Nine months ago, six Venezuelan men were hustled out of a detention center in Texas, loaded onto planes, and shipped to an infamous mega-prison in El Salvador with no explanation and no opportunity to challenge the reason for their hasty removal. On behalf of themselves and a putative class of similarly situated detainees, they have turned to the courts to vindicate their constitutional right to due process. These efforts have precipitated multiple trips up and down the assorted tiers of the federal judiciary, complicated by their subsequent transfer to and release in their native Venezuela. After the D.C. Circuit vacated this Court's prior preliminary injunction, Plaintiffs have again moved for an order enjoining the Government to facilitate their return to the United States to pursue their individual habeas claims. The parties then agreed to consolidate this Motion into Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment. The Court ultimately finds that the United States maintained constructive custody over Plaintiffs while they were imprisoned in El Salvador, thus affording the Court habeas jurisdiction 1 Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 215 Filed 12/22/25 Page 2 of 43 over this action. In addition, it will certify a class of Plaintiffs who were removed on March 15 and seek to enforce their right to a hearing. On the merits, the Court concludes that this class was denied their due-process rights and will thus require the Government to facilitate their ability to obtain such hearing. Our law requires no less. ORDER For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, the Court ORDERS that: 1. Plaintiffs' [177] Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED; 2. Plaintiffs' [178] Motion for Class Certification is GRANTED; 3. Defendants' [182] Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED; and 4. The Government shall submit its proposal either to facilitate the return of Plaintiffs to the United States or to otherwise provide them with hearings that satisfy the requirements of due process by January 5, 2026. 1 Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 214 Filed 12/22/25 Page 2 of 2 /s/ James E. Boasberg JAMES E. BOASBERG United States District Judge
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Reposted
thetnholler.bsky.social
♥️ 😳🇺🇸
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Reposted
apnews.com
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reposted
kyledcheney.bsky.social
JUST IN: Judge Cobb blocks ICE's policy that limited Congress' ability to visit immigration detention facilities, saying it imposed illegal restrictions by requiring 7-day advanced notice and excluding ICE field offices.

ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
December 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reposted
joshisimmigration.bsky.social
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Reposted
nytimes.com
At least two of the Brown University students who were on campus when a deadly shooting unfolded there on Saturday have survived school shootings before. “What I’ve been feeling most is just, like, how dare this country allow this to happen to someone like me twice?”
2 Students at Brown Witnessed School Shootings as Children
Both women said the shooting on Saturday had damaged a sense of security they had cultivated for years based on the notion that they were unlikely to witness two school shootings in one lifetime.
nyti.ms
December 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Reposted
christopherjhale.bsky.social
NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.

Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Trump-Vance White House Targets Beloved Nun in Texas, Retaliates Against Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley — praised by Pope Leo as an “agent of hope” — now faces a six-year federal funding ban. Church leaders say it’s a vendetta by the Trump-Vance White House.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Reposted
ewong.bsky.social
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Reposted
theguardian.com
More than 9,000 children in Gaza hospitalised for acute malnutrition in October, UN says
More than 9,000 children in Gaza hospitalised for acute malnutrition in October, UN says
Aid agencies say Israel is still restricting their aid shipments despite ceasefire announced two months ago Malnutrition continues to take a toll among Gaza’s young despite a ceasefire declared two months ago, with more than 9,000 children hospitalised for acute malnutrition in October alone, according to the latest UN figures. While the immediate threat of famine has receded for most of the 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza after the ceasefire announcement on 10 October, the UN and other aid agencies report continuing Israeli restrictions on their humanitarian aid shipments, which they say fall well below the needs of a population weakened and traumatised by two years of war, homelessness and living in flimsy shelters. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Reposted
emptywheel.bsky.social
I rediscovered this post I wrote in May, about how Trump has shifted the money the US used to spend on curing cancer into snatching your neighbors.

I think I'll keep harping on this point.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/09/s...
Stephen Miller's War on Cancer Cures - emptywheel
Stephen Miller is cutting your access to health care and cancer cures to pay to deport your nurse assistant and cancer researchers (and, given the unnecessary bump in DOD spending, to invade Canada to...
www.emptywheel.net
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted
sewella.bsky.social
On anniversary of the fall of Bashar Assad, Syrians and their country struggle to heal

apnews.com/article/syri...
On anniversary of the fall of Bashar Assad, Syrians and their country struggle to heal
Mohammad Marwan has been struggling to rebuild his life after being released from Syria’s Saydnaya prison a year ago.
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Reposted
thetnholler.bsky.social
🎯
December 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Reposted
sewella.bsky.social
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Wednesday that his country was “far from” diplomatic normalization or economic relations with Israel, despite a move toward direct negotiations between the two countries aimed at defusing tensions

apnews.com/article/leba...
Lebanon 'far from' diplomatic normalization or economic relations with Israel, prime minister says
Lebanon’s prime minister says that his country is “far from” diplomatic normalization or economic relations with Israel.
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM