Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 9h

240 4.1K 15K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

StLuGal @stlugal.bsky.social · 9h

But not for Palestinians.

1 5

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Scott Lyons, Illegal Rabble Rouser @scottwhitegloves.bsky.social · 9h

Of course it will.

2 9

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Shillbilly Elegy @ijustbluemyself.bsky.social · 9h

By Kushner Companies, Witkoff Group, and all of Bibi's cronies. "The Riviera of the Middle East."

1 1 14

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 8h

Someone remind me: is printing just out and out false propaganda in the newspaper about "personal liberties" or "free markets"?

Someone want to ask Jeff Bezos that for me? Thanks.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

9 52 260

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 8h

Another Kavanaugh stop.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 12h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

6 110 410

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

570 3.9K 11K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

The counterterrorism experts have arrived at the White House..

1.9K 1.5K 6.2K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 11h

🚨There goes the last of Governor Pritzker’s fucks. 🪦
He took that threat of being arrested to heart… and the people of Chicago are marching in the streets because the Chicago mayor and their governor have their backs. ✊🏼
1/2

95 1.7K 5.6K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11h

Hi. I’d like to report a deranged and delusional man in the White House who’s inciting violence and represents a danger to public safety. Can law enforcement please handle this matter?

140 1.2K 4.9K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

200 1.9K 5.9K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 13h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

730 6K 20K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

250 4K 13K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

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

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
1/2

410 5.7K 17K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

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?

820 4.8K 16K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

I *teach* on an Ivy League campus and I don't care as much about the day-to-day happenings at Harvard as the New York Times.

But the middle-aged white guys who run the paper are obsessed with the campus, almost to the point of creepiness. Harvard ought to get a restraining order.

foofahrah.bsky.social @foofahrah.bsky.social · 14h

ive said this before but I cancelled my times subscription when I realized I frankly don’t give a shit about what’s happening on Ivy League campuses

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15h

Shocked, just shocked, by this important scoop on front page of today's NYT. /s/

Based on report that came out ... nine months ago

And behavior long predating that

("Skip a class? Perish the thought!!" Says anyone who ever worked on a college newspaper, which covers a lot of people in the media.)

24 76 760

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

120 2.3K 9.4K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Martin @mshelton.bsky.social · 12h

Welp. www.404media.co/google-calls...

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

1 7 7

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @stef47.bsky.social · 1d

Ultimately, Thiel needs to choose who he is going to imitate. “In the end, you have to decide: Are you really going to be a Christian in a proper sense? Or are you a Schmittian?”

Schmitt no.

1 2

Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @stef47.bsky.social · 12h

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

foofahrah.bsky.social @foofahrah.bsky.social · 14h

ive said this before but I cancelled my times subscription when I realized I frankly don’t give a shit about what’s happening on Ivy League campuses

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15h

Shocked, just shocked, by this important scoop on front page of today's NYT. /s/

Based on report that came out ... nine months ago

And behavior long predating that

("Skip a class? Perish the thought!!" Says anyone who ever worked on a college newspaper, which covers a lot of people in the media.)

NYT front page headline: "Harvard Finds Skipping Class Part of Culture."

9 70

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

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

I heard they screened SAVING PRIVATE RYAN at the White House and Trump cried over all those poor soldiers who sacrificed their lives defending Normandy Beach.

39 46 580

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

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

Certainly fits a pattern there.

47 18 2K

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

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

Ah, I see we're already on it. Carry on!

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

5 34 520

Reposted by Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦

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

Motion to replace the "Andy Card whispering to W. on 9/11" meme with this photo.

The back of his hair, the makeup line, and the giant folds of his neck waddle make it perfect.

Rubio Wormtongue speaks to King Trumpdim

80 200 1.1K