Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

230 1.7K 3.4K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 10h

Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH.

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

🗣️ channelpoor (IG) 🔊

9 220 410

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

"I'm attacked every time I do my job" -- it's the victimhood olympics today at the White House

390 590 2.8K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 9h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

340 1.7K 5.5K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

Merrick Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago. It happened in August 2022 three months before Jack Smith was appointed. Jack Smith was in the Netherlands at the Hauge prosecuting Kosovo war crimes when Mar-a-Lago was searched. Eric should have listened to my podcast.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

400 1.4K 4.3K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

“[M]ilitary lawyers & legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army & Navy's top judge advocates…sets an alarming precedent for a crucial job in the military, all as…Trump has mused about using the military in unorthodox & potentially illegal ways.” 2/25/25…1/

'People Are Very Scared': Trump Administration Purge of JAG Officers Raises Legal, Ethical Fears

Military lawyers and legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army and Navy's top judge advocates general politicizes and sets an alarming precedent for a crucial...

www.military.com

19 230 450

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12h

A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: Sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons.

@nlanard.bsky.social takes us inside the "legal black hole" in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

36 320 580

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 12h

This right here is Trump's ultimate goal: staying in power

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

36 470 1.8K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 10h

Folks, the oath of enlisted people and officers are two different oaths. The officer's oath does not include the stuff about the president.

Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 10h

Again, the oath has mentioned obeying orders of the President since 1789. Here it is as established by Congress in 1962, in Public Law 87-751 (codified then in 10 USC 501, codified after 1968 in 10 USC 502):

Public Law 87-751
October 5, 1962
AN ACT
(H. R. 218]
To provide that individuals enlisted into the Armed Forces of the United States shall take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Armed Forces.
Enlistment oath.
70A Stat. 17.
National Guard.
70A Stat. 602.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 501 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
"$ 501. Enlistment oath: who may administer
"Each person enlisting in an armed force shall take the following oath:
-→ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, accorang to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

22 110 440

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 10h

The Senate just voted to invalidate every permit written on public land since 1996. wessiler.substack.com/p/the-senate...

The Senate Just Voted To Break Public Lands

Every permit written on public lands since 1996 may have be rendered invalid

wessiler.substack.com

22 150 230

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 10h

It was not just Trump and Epstein it was also Trump and Casablancas and the teen models they groomed and booked for “career building” dinners with older men.

I remember this. Does most of the press have amnesia?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...

Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year

In the early 90s, Donald Trump judged contestants at the world’s biggest modelling competition - since hit by allegations of abuse. This is how the people who were there remember it

www.theguardian.com

12 180 410

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 11h

🚨A quarter of all FBI agents have been assigned to immigration enforcement www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

38 200 490

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 9h

220 3.3K 13K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

460 2.1K 12K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

520 7.4K 15K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 11h

This is good news. It would be even better if Trump wasn't torpedoing the U.S. solar and wind industry and ceding the energy future to China. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Guardian: Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

33 430 2K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 12h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

870 5.3K 22K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Rosanna @rosannaarquette.bsky.social · 11h

Adelita is ready to serve .swear her in now.

11 120 560

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 15h

CNN: The judge presiding over the prosecution of Jim Comey has agreed to Comey’s request to schedule a near term trial. Comey asked for a Jan 12 trial date. The judge went with Jan 5. Comey is counting on the gov’t not being ready for trial. A good bet.

250 1.6K 9.5K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

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

🚨 This is protecting the American people. “Full force” is not defined by the military. More of this!

93 1.2K 3K

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9h

Trump thought threats he couldn’t follow through on would be enough

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14h

The Shutdown, Zombie Politics and How Trump Stumbled Into Not Being All-Powerful talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...

The Shutdown, Zombie Politics and How Trump Stumbled Into Not Being All-Powerful

It’s always a complicated matter to say who is “winning” a shutdown...

talkingpointsmemo.com

4 46 200

Reposted by Shelley Fritz

Sharon Clark 🦋 @sharonclark.bsky.social · 8h

Californians who want to help stop Trump's power grab, vote YES on PROP. 50. If you haven't already received your ballot, it should be coming in the next few days. Vote YES and return your ballot ASAP before November 4. Let's fight back and defend democracy!