Peggy Layne
@peggyl.bsky.social
Engineer, equity advocate, traveler, crafter, seeker of truth
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Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Yesterday, the Trump admin opened up all 1.6 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Reguge's Coastal Plain to oil and gas drilling.
This land has never been developed. It's sacred wilderness.
This land has never been developed. It's sacred wilderness.
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Yesterday, the Trump admin opened up all 1.6 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Reguge's Coastal Plain to oil and gas drilling.
This land has never been developed. It's sacred wilderness.
This land has never been developed. It's sacred wilderness.
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Got a news tip about the Census Bureau or Postal Service?
I'm a @npr.org correspondent who can be reached on Signal at hansi.01 (please use a nonwork device), and here’s my latest article:
I'm a @npr.org correspondent who can be reached on Signal at hansi.01 (please use a nonwork device), and here’s my latest article:
A major census test begins recruiting workers as some warn about delays
The Census Bureau is looking for temporary workers to carry out next year's major field test of the 2030 census in six states, as the national head count's advocates raise concerns about preparations.
www.npr.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Got a news tip about the Census Bureau or Postal Service?
I'm a @npr.org correspondent who can be reached on Signal at hansi.01 (please use a nonwork device), and here’s my latest article:
I'm a @npr.org correspondent who can be reached on Signal at hansi.01 (please use a nonwork device), and here’s my latest article:
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President Donald Trump’s administration has terminated $352 million in grants and contracts this year to the Research Triangle Institute, the United States’s third largest independent research organization, a report estimates.
Cuts in global health and climate hit Research Triangle Institute hard
“Financial drubbing” underscores reliance of some independent research organizations on federal funding
www.science.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
President Donald Trump’s administration has terminated $352 million in grants and contracts this year to the Research Triangle Institute, the United States’s third largest independent research organization, a report estimates.
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My statement with @markwarner.bsky.social on the Trump Administration’s malicious prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James:
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My statement with @markwarner.bsky.social on the Trump Administration’s malicious prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James:
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This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
October 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Hey folks:
Many of you have been asking for a syllabus for "America at 250" -- the lecture course I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage.
Here you go (scroll down to the bottom):
president.yale.edu/committees-p...
Many of you have been asking for a syllabus for "America at 250" -- the lecture course I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage.
Here you go (scroll down to the bottom):
president.yale.edu/committees-p...
president.yale.edu
September 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Hey folks:
Many of you have been asking for a syllabus for "America at 250" -- the lecture course I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage.
Here you go (scroll down to the bottom):
president.yale.edu/committees-p...
Many of you have been asking for a syllabus for "America at 250" -- the lecture course I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage.
Here you go (scroll down to the bottom):
president.yale.edu/committees-p...
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This is where we are.
Say it plain.
He's trying to become a dictator.
Turning the military against Americans who oppose him is a pretty sure sign, folks.
Say it plain.
He's trying to become a dictator.
Turning the military against Americans who oppose him is a pretty sure sign, folks.
I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort
September 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is where we are.
Say it plain.
He's trying to become a dictator.
Turning the military against Americans who oppose him is a pretty sure sign, folks.
Say it plain.
He's trying to become a dictator.
Turning the military against Americans who oppose him is a pretty sure sign, folks.
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Very illegal.
Trump: "When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs. So, we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected, and they're gonna be Democrats."
September 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Very illegal.
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NEW: Far-right sheriffs and election deniers are teaming up to police elections and sow doubt about their integrity. From seizing voting machines to patrolling ballot boxes, their tactics offer a glimpse into how Trump could use them to subvert elections, @jesspish.bsky.social writes.
“Constitutional” Sheriffs Have Already Shown Us How the Trump Administration Might Attempt To Overthrow Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
NEW: Far-right sheriffs and election deniers are teaming up to police elections and sow doubt about their integrity. From seizing voting machines to patrolling ballot boxes, their tactics offer a glimpse into how Trump could use them to subvert elections, @jesspish.bsky.social writes.
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Trump is pledging to stand by NATO, but his Defense Department is cutting all security assistance funding for European countries, including the Baltics. And Trump is criticizing Putin, but he still hasn’t imposed any new sanctions on Russia. He even exempted Russia from his tariffs. wapo.st/4gOO40a
Opinion | ‘Good luck to all!’ What are U.S. allies supposed to do with that?
On NATO and Russia, Trump’s actions don’t match his words.
wapo.st
September 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Trump is pledging to stand by NATO, but his Defense Department is cutting all security assistance funding for European countries, including the Baltics. And Trump is criticizing Putin, but he still hasn’t imposed any new sanctions on Russia. He even exempted Russia from his tariffs. wapo.st/4gOO40a
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“Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.” From the archives:
A Permanent Stain on Our History
The Trump administration’s embrace of nativism is as shameful as it is self-destructive.
www.thebulwark.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.” From the archives:
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States are now running info on millions of U.S. voters through the upgraded SAVE system to check citizenship, etc.
33 million voter records have been shared so far — 26M since Aug. 15.
That’s even as concerns persist about data accuracy and security. www.npr.org/2025/09/10/n...
33 million voter records have been shared so far — 26M since Aug. 15.
That’s even as concerns persist about data accuracy and security. www.npr.org/2025/09/10/n...
33 million voters have been run through a Trump administration citizenship check
Tens of millions of voters have had their information run through the tool — a striking portion of the U.S. public, considering little has been made public about the tool's accuracy or data security.
www.npr.org
September 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
States are now running info on millions of U.S. voters through the upgraded SAVE system to check citizenship, etc.
33 million voter records have been shared so far — 26M since Aug. 15.
That’s even as concerns persist about data accuracy and security. www.npr.org/2025/09/10/n...
33 million voter records have been shared so far — 26M since Aug. 15.
That’s even as concerns persist about data accuracy and security. www.npr.org/2025/09/10/n...
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Russia murders pensioners
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kyivindependent.com/russian-air-...
'Pure terrorism' — At least 25 killed in Russian air strike on Ukrainian village during pension payouts
The bombing took place around 11 a.m. while local residents lined up to receive pensions, according to officials. The casualties included local pensioners and employees of Ukrposhta, Ukraine's nationa...
kyivindependent.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Russia murders pensioners
kyivindependent.com/russian-air-...
kyivindependent.com/russian-air-...
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A professor at Texas A&M taught… something related to gender that offended a student, who secretly filmed herself objecting. That video is picked up by TX legislators, who demand her firing, and now the dean and dept head have been fired.
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A professor at Texas A&M taught… something related to gender that offended a student, who secretly filmed herself objecting. That video is picked up by TX legislators, who demand her firing, and now the dean and dept head have been fired.
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
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“The deference and latitude that Congress and the Supreme Court have granted the executive will not necessarily snap back as soon as a new president is in office; dismantled institutions and discarded habits will not magically reconstitute themselves.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
Opinion | Enough With the Trump Era Compulsion
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“The deference and latitude that Congress and the Supreme Court have granted the executive will not necessarily snap back as soon as a new president is in office; dismantled institutions and discarded habits will not magically reconstitute themselves.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
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Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. ... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
―Orwell, 1984
―Orwell, 1984
Trump says the Smithsonian focuses too much on 'how bad slavery was'
A White House official told NBC News that Trump plans to expand his review of museums beyond the Smithsonian, which is based in Washington, D.C.
www.nbcnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. ... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
―Orwell, 1984
―Orwell, 1984
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They know that they’re a minority.
They can’t win a fair election.
They can’t win a fair election.
Dems support fair, independent districting. Why don’t Republicans?
For the same reason they want to ban mail-in ballots, and make it harder to regain your voting rights, and on and on.
They have made voter suppression an art form. They want minority rule. 🇺🇸
For the same reason they want to ban mail-in ballots, and make it harder to regain your voting rights, and on and on.
They have made voter suppression an art form. They want minority rule. 🇺🇸
August 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
They know that they’re a minority.
They can’t win a fair election.
They can’t win a fair election.
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Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting.
August 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting.
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Donald Trump has personally incited more crime in Washington DC than perhaps anyone else living. He pardoned violent criminals who attacked our Capitol and put them back in American communities. He even made a man who was filmed urging the crowd to kill DC police officers a senior adviser at DOJ.
National Capital Region Delegation Statement On Trump’s Police Actions In The District Of Columbia beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
@hoyer.house.gov @raskin.house.gov @mcclellan.house.gov @ivey.house.gov @repsuhas.bsky.social @elfreth.house.gov @repvindman.bsky.social @repaprildelaney.bsky.social
@hoyer.house.gov @raskin.house.gov @mcclellan.house.gov @ivey.house.gov @repsuhas.bsky.social @elfreth.house.gov @repvindman.bsky.social @repaprildelaney.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Donald Trump has personally incited more crime in Washington DC than perhaps anyone else living. He pardoned violent criminals who attacked our Capitol and put them back in American communities. He even made a man who was filmed urging the crowd to kill DC police officers a senior adviser at DOJ.
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Tyrants throughout history have used promises of law and order to strip away fundamental human rights and start using the tools of the state to go after their opponents. That's what we saw today with Trump's illegal seizure of control of the DC police. www.thedailybeast.com/why-trumps-c...
Why Trump's Chilling Flex of Brute Force is So Disturbing
Our president is a wannabe tyrant, using techniques favored exclusively by leaders in thugocracies across the world.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Tyrants throughout history have used promises of law and order to strip away fundamental human rights and start using the tools of the state to go after their opponents. That's what we saw today with Trump's illegal seizure of control of the DC police. www.thedailybeast.com/why-trumps-c...
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He went after LA. He's going after DC. Then he is coming for the rest of America's Democrat-leaning big cities. One goal is power. One goal is racist. And one is to be able to influence future elections. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/why-trumps-c...
Why Trump's Chilling Flex of Brute Force is So Disturbing
Our president is a wannabe tyrant, using techniques favored exclusively by leaders in thugocracies across the world.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
He went after LA. He's going after DC. Then he is coming for the rest of America's Democrat-leaning big cities. One goal is power. One goal is racist. And one is to be able to influence future elections. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/why-trumps-c...
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NEW: Voter ID laws don’t solve the problem of voter fraud — they solve the “problem” of high voter turnout.
Learn more about how voter ID laws are used to undermine our democracy and you’ll never call voter ID “common sense” again.
From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
Learn more about how voter ID laws are used to undermine our democracy and you’ll never call voter ID “common sense” again.
From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
The Real Cost of Voter ID Laws — And Who Pays the Highest Price
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
NEW: Voter ID laws don’t solve the problem of voter fraud — they solve the “problem” of high voter turnout.
Learn more about how voter ID laws are used to undermine our democracy and you’ll never call voter ID “common sense” again.
From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
Learn more about how voter ID laws are used to undermine our democracy and you’ll never call voter ID “common sense” again.
From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social