Reposted by Westernlenscira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Nighttime satellite imagery visibly reveals the power outages across Kaua'i after it was struck by Hurricane Lowell earlier this week. 0191
Reposted by WesternlensIan @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 05/09/2026To be fair bureau is a hard word to spell 0142
Reposted by WesternlensDakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Holy smokes Hurricane Lowell's eye is incredible. 29526
Reposted by WesternlensDakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 03/09/2026What a remarkable view. A hurricane trio in the Pacific. Lowell, Karina and Marie. 29038
Reposted by WesternlensProPublica @propublica.org · 06/07/2026The Trump administration filed 32 appeals to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket in 2025 alone, one analysis found. The Obama and George W. Bush administrations filed just eight petitions in 16 years, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.propublica.orgA Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little JustificationProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation. 26874398
Reposted by WesternlensJohn M. @jem8998b.bsky.social · 29/06/2026In the 30s SCOTUS saw a wave of fascism around the world and OK'd limits on the president. The current SCOTUS saw a wave of fascism around the world and said cool unless the chamber of commerce objects. 0489
Reposted by WesternlensDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Humphrey's Executor is dead and the president can fire anyone in the executive branch at will but NOT Federal Reserve governors is really a parody of the difference between the money power and everything else in America 5543861064
Westernlens @westernlens.bsky.social · 12/06/2026It’s wild how many drivers plow through this stuff not appreciating that it’s salt water. 000
Reposted by WesternlensAlex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Fantastic lightning display across the entire horizon. 2675
Reposted by WesternlensThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/05/2026WATCH: “WE WILL NOT GO BACK… today is the day we see if multiracial democracy dies in Tennessee and across the South.” Powerful — ryan camp followed Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social the day Republicans stripped Memphis of representation. 🎥 www.instagram.com/reel/DYITOzA... 512594827
Reposted by WesternlensHigh Country News @highcountrynews.org · 18/04/2026The agency’s leadership distanced itself from the controversial proposal even though staff helped research public-land sales, shares Public Domain.buff.lyInterior Department crafted talking points for public lands sell-off agenda - High Country NewsThe agency’s leadership distanced itself from the controversial proposal even though staff helped research public-land sales. 23014
Reposted by WesternlensMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13/04/2026A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week. For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead. One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.thewesternedge.media‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon FacilityA worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away. 998108936248
Reposted by WesternlensMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Hey media-- Pam Bondi is not a victim -- she willingly carried out Trump's political agenda to prosecute his political enemies and undermine free and fair elections. Todd Blache is not shouldering a "burden" or "walking a tightrope." He is a willing accomplice. Language matters. 250138063652
Reposted by WesternlensDakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 30/03/2026A zoomed-in view that's just remarkable. 313419
Reposted by WesternlensJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026My 8-point article re: the “Save America Act”, which wld nationalize voter purges via a centralized computer system overhauled by DOGE in collaboration w/ SSA whose databases have allegedly been compromised by DOGE. The bill also makes it hard to prove you’re a citizen if the system flags you.jennycohn1.medium.comI read the Trump-backed “Save America Act” so you don’t have to. Here is my 8-point summary.Most of the media apparently *hasn’t* read the Act because, if they had, they would sound the alarm about Point 1, below 11233153
Reposted by WesternlensLincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 19/02/2026What you need to know to stay safe out there on social media. Read the latest from Frank Figliuzzi for Lincoln Square: open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...open.substack.comHate ICE? Social Media Companies Will Snitch on You.What you need to know to stay safe out there. 11013
Westernlens @westernlens.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Blue-sky still not as good as Twitter was in this regard. Daniel was the only person in my feed talking about this - if your feed is full of info about this event let me know. I am still not following enough of the right people. 210
Reposted by WesternlensHigh Country News @highcountrynews.org · 18/02/2026We were saddened to hear of the passing of Betty Reid Soskin, who taught about the Black experience during WWII at the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, CA. At 104, she was the oldest ranger serving at the NPS.buff.lyUnique Westerners inspire HCN - High Country NewsThank-yous, farewells and forthcoming welcomes to the people who keep the organization going. 014842
Reposted by WesternlensThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/02/2026From @wired.com: “Federal records reveal ICE is secretly expanding into 150+ facilities across nearly every state — many near schools, medical offices, and places of worship… DHS asked the General Services Administration to hide lease listings and bypass normal procedures…”🤔 39550253757
Westernlens @westernlens.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Spoiler: all but a few D’s and I’s take the money. 000
Reposted by WesternlensJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 12/02/2026“‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms *** The goal of the PAC is to elect a Congress that will prohibit individual states from passing their own AI regulations.” 2/11/26 … 1/ www.commondreams.org/news/ai-supe...commondreams.org‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms | Common DreamsSilicon Valley elites plan to spend big in 2026 to influence Congress for AI-friendly legislation. Leading the Future PAC pledges $100 million. 14435307
Reposted by WesternlensBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”futurism.comIt Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the PhilippinesDuring a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers. 620221406714
Reposted by WesternlensMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Republicans’ new tax law decreased Amazon's taxes 87%, while the corporate giant's profits grew. The company’s U.S. taxes went $9 billion $1.2 billion. Amazon is also in the process of cutting 30,000 jobs. 18462229
Reposted by WesternlensBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/02/2026"And all of this is happening not after the great shocks of a depression or a world war, not at a time when the country was reeling from earth-shattering events...The rise of Trump came at a time of relative peace and prosperity. We have no excuse for having succumbed to the degree we already have." 2646097
Reposted by WesternlensThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/02/2026Exclusive: Homeland Security has used what’s known as an administrative subpoena, a legal tool that federal agencies can issue without an order from a judge or grand jury. Under President Trump, DHS has weaponized the tool to strangle free speech.washingtonpost.comHomeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weaponUnder Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups. 126650
Reposted by WesternlensChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026This entire answer from Mike Johnson — the speaker of the House and a lawyer — must be seen. It is fundamentally wrong on both points: as to administrative warrants (which need not be signed by immigration judges) and as to judicial warrants (which are not "new" for authorizing home entry). 681654516
Reposted by WesternlensMedia Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Tom Homan in August: ICE agents “need a judicial warrant for a search” ⬇️ 17392154
Reposted by WesternlensMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/02/2026It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dojs...democracydocket.comDOJ’s legal machinery to subvert the 2026 election is already in placeIt is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after. 15745202137
Reposted by WesternlensThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/02/2026“The Gilded Age saw an eruption of scandal and corruption that accompanied and even enabled the transformation of the American economy alongside explosive changes in technology,” Walter Russell Mead argues. “Trump’s Washington looks like the Gilded Age on steroids.”bit.lyThe Rise of the Tech HamiltoniansThe political coalition that has formed under Trump’s banner has the potential to reshape American politics. 59528
Reposted by WesternlensThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/01/2026The harping about 2020 was never about the past. It was and is about the future: using a lie about a "stolen election" to actually steal elections.lnk.thebulwark.comTrump Is Still Obsessed with Stealing ElectionsThe FBI’s seizure of Georgia ballots is as much about future elections as past ones. 49920323
Reposted by WesternlensJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Joel Berry, Managing Editor of the Babylon Bee, wrote this AM that: “If we lose heart every time a feral Communist commits suicide by cop, our country isn’t gonna make it *** I’m so beyond letting my Christian compassion get weaponized by Leftist death-worshippers…” (His “Christian compassion”) 1/ 98655182
Reposted by WesternlensJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I will never forgive the legacy media for failing to pick up where Heidi left off. Perhaps they were intimidated or fooled by what this network did to Heidi. Except what they did was the tell, ie, she was onto something big. Now some of the people in the same network are targeting Don Lemon. 419993
Reposted by WesternlensAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 24/01/2026"There are more of us than there are of them" is generally true under any government, but it is especially true in a country where the vast majority of police are state/local beyond federal commandeering, and federal agencies are built for elite specialization, not mass manpower occupying streets. 220644
Westernlens @westernlens.bsky.social · 24/01/2026A critical mass of our “essential workers” in many industries, but especially healthcare, are immigrants. 000
Reposted by WesternlensDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026This is what secret police do and repressive regimes. 551491668
Reposted by WesternlensJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/01/2026“We have a nice little database.” Two weeks ago I wrote about the risk of Trump using his NSPM-7 memo to treat citizens exercising their rights like terrorists. Now it’s a reality. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...joycevance.substack.comThe Week AheadJanuary 11, 2026 1061206659
Reposted by WesternlensWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Opsec culture in activism legitimately needs to die 551314120
Reposted by WesternlensMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime. 21879193071
Reposted by WesternlensCREW @citizensforethics.org · 21/01/202616 years ago, the Citizens United ruling set the stage for billionaires to take over our government. Now, under the Trump admin, corruption and self-enrichment are at an all-time high—leaving everyday Americans with less of a say in politics compared to the rich and powerful. 416358
Reposted by WesternlensRyan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 18/01/2026The pardons came about after the daughter of one of the defendants gave $2.5 million to MAGA Inc. on Dec. 31, 2024, and another $1 million donation in late July... www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...nbcnews.comTrump pardon of former Puerto Rico governor failed to include a relevant criminal caseThe White House said an additional document pardoning Wanda Vázquez Garced will be signed out of an abundance of caution. 24528241
Reposted by WesternlensCannonball Adderall @echoloop.bsky.social · 16/01/2026This was always their real flag 08312
Reposted by WesternlensWho Funds the Right @whofundstheright.bsky.social · 15/01/2026We have recently added ICE collaboration to our database tracking support for the right wing thanks to great work by 404 Media and the Nation. Will add this one as a source also. whofundstheright.orgwhofundstheright.orgWho Funds the RightYour data source for information on which American companies donated to the right, sponsor right wing news, rolled back diversity, and have right wing ownership. 16731
Reposted by WesternlensJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 15/01/2026New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...404media.co‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to RaidInternal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit... 9429761912
Reposted by WesternlensZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 14/01/2026“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.” Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331) 37537
Reposted by WesternlensJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 13/01/2026 ICE’s hiring process is even worse than expected (hiring ppl who don’t even finish the paperwork, future-dating untaken med clearances, etc.). Which seems like something Dem candidates should jump on NOW. Like: “We will claw back bonuses of anyone who should’ve failed their background check.” 13425132
Reposted by WesternlensProPublica @propublica.org · 14/01/2026Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide... 14171513271