Kathryn Peters
@katyetc.bsky.social
Building more civic futures through daily small actions. Carrboro, NC.
Interests:📚🗳️🐶🍝🏔️
http://kpete.rs
https://civicfutures.substack.com
Interests:📚🗳️🐶🍝🏔️
http://kpete.rs
https://civicfutures.substack.com
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
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More on ICE/CBP trespassing at a church to abduct a father in front of his family while the congregation did landscaping work, from an eyewitness. Reporting by @charlotteobserver.com
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
More on ICE/CBP trespassing at a church to abduct a father in front of his family while the congregation did landscaping work, from an eyewitness. Reporting by @charlotteobserver.com
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
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“Ojo Obrero”: nuevo mapa que rastrea operativos de inmigración en Carolina del Norte
"Ojo Obrero”: nuevo mapa que rastrea operativos de inmigración en Carolina del Norte
Noticias en español sobre política, inmigración y asuntos comunitarios para los latinos en Carolina del Norte.
enlacelatinonc.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Ojo Obrero”: nuevo mapa que rastrea operativos de inmigración en Carolina del Norte
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IRS Direct File dies a sad, quick death after only a brief time among the living.
Why? It's not because it's a bad idea or that it didn't work.
It's because TurboTax's parent company spent decades trying to make sure they controlled the e-filing market:
Why? It's not because it's a bad idea or that it didn't work.
It's because TurboTax's parent company spent decades trying to make sure they controlled the e-filing market:
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
IRS Direct File dies a sad, quick death after only a brief time among the living.
Why? It's not because it's a bad idea or that it didn't work.
It's because TurboTax's parent company spent decades trying to make sure they controlled the e-filing market:
Why? It's not because it's a bad idea or that it didn't work.
It's because TurboTax's parent company spent decades trying to make sure they controlled the e-filing market:
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Today is Election Day! If you’re looking for updates this evening, make sure you’re following @boltsmag.org. We’ll be sharing results on here as they come in.
You can also follow along with our guide to 190+ elections across the country that we will be updating live.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
You can also follow along with our guide to 190+ elections across the country that we will be updating live.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...
boltsmag.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Today is Election Day! If you’re looking for updates this evening, make sure you’re following @boltsmag.org. We’ll be sharing results on here as they come in.
You can also follow along with our guide to 190+ elections across the country that we will be updating live.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
You can also follow along with our guide to 190+ elections across the country that we will be updating live.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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It's (Municipal) Election Day in NC, by @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/chriscoo...
#ncpol
open.substack.com/pub/chriscoo...
#ncpol
It's (Municipal) Election Day in NC.
Here's What's Happening & Why You Should Care
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It's (Municipal) Election Day in NC, by @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/chriscoo...
#ncpol
open.substack.com/pub/chriscoo...
#ncpol
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☀️TODAY (Tuesday, Nov. 4) is Election Day 2025 for many towns and cities across North Carolina!
🗳️Polls are open NOW - 7:30pm. If you're in line by 7:30pm, you will be able to vote.
▶️Visit NCVoterGuide.org to:
🔎 see if your town or city has an election
🔎 find your polling place
🔎 get info on voting
🗳️Polls are open NOW - 7:30pm. If you're in line by 7:30pm, you will be able to vote.
▶️Visit NCVoterGuide.org to:
🔎 see if your town or city has an election
🔎 find your polling place
🔎 get info on voting
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
☀️TODAY (Tuesday, Nov. 4) is Election Day 2025 for many towns and cities across North Carolina!
🗳️Polls are open NOW - 7:30pm. If you're in line by 7:30pm, you will be able to vote.
▶️Visit NCVoterGuide.org to:
🔎 see if your town or city has an election
🔎 find your polling place
🔎 get info on voting
🗳️Polls are open NOW - 7:30pm. If you're in line by 7:30pm, you will be able to vote.
▶️Visit NCVoterGuide.org to:
🔎 see if your town or city has an election
🔎 find your polling place
🔎 get info on voting
Not sure what might be on the ballot in your town? Turbovote.org has those details. There’s still time to do some quick reading and say your part!
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Not sure what might be on the ballot in your town? Turbovote.org has those details. There’s still time to do some quick reading and say your part!
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It can often feel like there's a whole lot outside our control.
But if there's any kind of election in your town today, that's a way to make a meaningful difference in your state or local affairs.
But if there's any kind of election in your town today, that's a way to make a meaningful difference in your state or local affairs.
Today I’m voting for school board. Keep the local MAGA out. Keep the ABA teacher with no real information about her out too (IYKYK).
Your local election for boards and judges and funding and so forth really do matter. Go vote!
Your local election for boards and judges and funding and so forth really do matter. Go vote!
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It can often feel like there's a whole lot outside our control.
But if there's any kind of election in your town today, that's a way to make a meaningful difference in your state or local affairs.
But if there's any kind of election in your town today, that's a way to make a meaningful difference in your state or local affairs.
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Sure big city mayors (helloooo Minneapolis and also the city they call “big east coast Minneapolis”) and off year states (hellloooo Virginia!) and props and stuff are bigger. But vote for school boards. Local really matters.
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Sure big city mayors (helloooo Minneapolis and also the city they call “big east coast Minneapolis”) and off year states (hellloooo Virginia!) and props and stuff are bigger. But vote for school boards. Local really matters.
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Democracy is a give and take between voting for leaders who share your views AND being informed, inspired, & persuaded by leaders who help you see a vision of the future.
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Democracy is a give and take between voting for leaders who share your views AND being informed, inspired, & persuaded by leaders who help you see a vision of the future.
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On the cover of the December @theatlantic.com, I lay out some nightmare scenarios for the 2026 election. But you don't need hypotheticals to grasp what it might be like: Just look at North Carolina. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... #ncpol
North Carolina Is the Canary in the Election Coal Mine
Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like, because it’s already happening in one state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM
On the cover of the December @theatlantic.com, I lay out some nightmare scenarios for the 2026 election. But you don't need hypotheticals to grasp what it might be like: Just look at North Carolina. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... #ncpol
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New piece for @theassemblync.bsky.social about North Carolina’s newly passed congressional map.
www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...
(1/3)
www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...
(1/3)
They Called Their Shot: The Babe Ruth Era of Redistricting Is Here
GOP leaders appear to have achieved their stated goal of shifting one congressional district from a swing seat to reliably Republican.
www.theassemblync.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New piece for @theassemblync.bsky.social about North Carolina’s newly passed congressional map.
www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...
(1/3)
www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...
(1/3)
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In other news, I couldn’t be more excited about my spring course, “Creative Music: Composer-Pianists.”
Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Randy Weston, Alice Coltrane-Turiyasangitananda, McCoy Tyner, Geri Allen
🤩🤩🤩
Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Randy Weston, Alice Coltrane-Turiyasangitananda, McCoy Tyner, Geri Allen
🤩🤩🤩
October 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
In other news, I couldn’t be more excited about my spring course, “Creative Music: Composer-Pianists.”
Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Randy Weston, Alice Coltrane-Turiyasangitananda, McCoy Tyner, Geri Allen
🤩🤩🤩
Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Randy Weston, Alice Coltrane-Turiyasangitananda, McCoy Tyner, Geri Allen
🤩🤩🤩
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Six percent of *all children* in America are US citizens who have at least one undocumented parent.
(Not a typo, source in thread)
(Not a typo, source in thread)
“CNN identified more than 100 US citizen children, from newborns to teenagers, who have been left stranded without parents because of immigration actions this year …” americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/the-americ... #FamiliesBelongTogether
The American Children of Mass Deportation: ‘The New Family Separation Crisis’
One report has identified more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation—and there are likely more out there.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Six percent of *all children* in America are US citizens who have at least one undocumented parent.
(Not a typo, source in thread)
(Not a typo, source in thread)
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“What do we want?”
“Mixed member proportional representation with a 5% threshold & a subordinated second chamber of parliament ”
“When do we want it?”
“Well, 1949, but we’ll settle for MMDs, a much enlarged House, abolishing the EC & the filibuster, adding DC/PR/USVI & a SCOTUS grand bargain”
“Mixed member proportional representation with a 5% threshold & a subordinated second chamber of parliament ”
“When do we want it?”
“Well, 1949, but we’ll settle for MMDs, a much enlarged House, abolishing the EC & the filibuster, adding DC/PR/USVI & a SCOTUS grand bargain”
April 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“What do we want?”
“Mixed member proportional representation with a 5% threshold & a subordinated second chamber of parliament ”
“When do we want it?”
“Well, 1949, but we’ll settle for MMDs, a much enlarged House, abolishing the EC & the filibuster, adding DC/PR/USVI & a SCOTUS grand bargain”
“Mixed member proportional representation with a 5% threshold & a subordinated second chamber of parliament ”
“When do we want it?”
“Well, 1949, but we’ll settle for MMDs, a much enlarged House, abolishing the EC & the filibuster, adding DC/PR/USVI & a SCOTUS grand bargain”
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Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
April 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
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Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced plans on Monday to redraw the state’s already gerrymandered congressional maps to further favor their party. The most likely target is the First Congressional District, which has the state’s only competitive House seat.
North Carolina Republicans Plan to Redraw Congressional Map to Add a Seat
The Trump administration has pushed Republican leaders to redraw House district maps before the midterm elections next year. His party already holds 10 of North Carolina’s 14 congressional seats.
nyti.ms
October 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced plans on Monday to redraw the state’s already gerrymandered congressional maps to further favor their party. The most likely target is the First Congressional District, which has the state’s only competitive House seat.
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Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.
October 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.
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Strongly recommend Eitan Hersh's book on the problems with political hobbyism and what a better path looks like www.amazon.com/Politics-Pow...
October 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Strongly recommend Eitan Hersh's book on the problems with political hobbyism and what a better path looks like www.amazon.com/Politics-Pow...
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Look at academia giving me a little hope
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Look at academia giving me a little hope
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We need pundits who can do something harder (or at least very different): Learn and write about what systematic reforms are necessary (and plausible) so that we have at least two parties that consistently nominate candidates who support our constitutional system of law and universal rights.
September 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We need pundits who can do something harder (or at least very different): Learn and write about what systematic reforms are necessary (and plausible) so that we have at least two parties that consistently nominate candidates who support our constitutional system of law and universal rights.
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UNC-CH came under scrutiny for its handling of public safety issues after the shooting. The News & Observer reported that the university had been advised three years earlier to require active shooter training for faculty but hadn’t done so.
www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
Two Years After a Campus Shooting, Is UNC-Chapel Hill Safer?
The school says it has upgraded its safety alert system and encouraged emergency training, but some fear the campus is vulnerable.
www.theassemblync.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
UNC-CH came under scrutiny for its handling of public safety issues after the shooting. The News & Observer reported that the university had been advised three years earlier to require active shooter training for faculty but hadn’t done so.
www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
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With people’s trust in elections being influenced by whether their preferred candidates win, former NC elections director Karen Brinson Bell said it’s important for voters to look at history. ncnewsline.com/briefs/angry... #ncpol
Angry rhetoric and inattention to history help drive dissatisfaction with elections, experts said. • NC Newsline
Voters are more likely to distrust elections if their candidates lose. National rhetoric and grassroots groups help seed distrust.
ncnewsline.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
With people’s trust in elections being influenced by whether their preferred candidates win, former NC elections director Karen Brinson Bell said it’s important for voters to look at history. ncnewsline.com/briefs/angry... #ncpol