Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Peggy Rothschild

@peggyrothschild.bsky.social

3.3K followers 2.4K following 550 posts

Dog lover, cat lover. Garden-lover. Pro-Democracy. Author. A Deadly Bone to Pick available both hardback and trade paperback. PLAYING DEAD out in hardback. Rep. Melissa Jeglinski, The Knight Agency.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Peggy Rothschild @peggyrothschild.bsky.social · Jun 21

My new Substack is up. It has been a month...

peggyrothschild.substack.com/p/and-now-fo...

And now for something different...

This month has been…a lot.

peggyrothschild.substack.com

1 1 23

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15h

16 230 660

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Marjan Geotraveler @marjangeotraveler.bsky.social · 13h

Now the $20B has gone up to $40B. The Dems are fighting for the US people while the GOP is concerned with the people of Argentina. That brought us to a shutdown. Now either we screw the US with them or they stay closed. It's all or nothing for them. There is no negotiation. Just say no!

9 79 190

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Susan Campbell @susancampbell.bsky.social · 8h

Here's a snapshot of the health of Squeaker Johnson's 4th district. (Reader? It isn't great. Higher than average breast cancer deaths. Higher than average cardiovascular deaths. Higher child poverty. Lower than average life expectancy.) www.congressionaldistricthealthdashboard.org/snapshots/di...

Snapshot of the Louisiana 4th | Congressional District Health Dashboard

www.congressionaldistricthealthdashboard.org

3 1

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 20h

62 360 740

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

RescueJen @rescuejen.bsky.social · 14h

2 16 39

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

180 740 2.4K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 1d

24 76

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 9h

When a picture says a thousand words…

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

When a picture says a thousand words…

Photo of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson biting his lip

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

180 1.7K 4K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Congressman Eugene Vindman @repvindman.bsky.social · 13h

Adelita Grijalva should be sworn in immediately.

Every American deserves a voice in Congress — it’s time for Speaker Johnson to stop playing games and let Adelita get to work for the people of Arizona’s Seventh District.

24 96

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 10h

I have had enough

Swear her in Mike Johnson
202-225-2777
25th this MFer
202-224-3121

16 68 120

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 9h

5 11

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 9h

So far this Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center's track forecast errors have been really close to average... but the intensity errors have been decidedly larger.
bmcnoldy.blogspot.com/2025/10/lore...

2 10 32

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

230 3.5K 12K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22h

America Would Be So Much Better
Off Without RepubliKKKans of Any
Age.......

800 2.5K 5.9K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Snarkymuse @snarkymuse.bsky.social · 1d

64 560 1.5K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Peppa Pax Pippa 🕊️☮️✌🏼 @peppapaxpippa.bsky.social · 22h

I'M TIRED OF "LIBERAL" BEING USED AS AN INSULT.
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU THE VOTE.
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU EQUALITY.
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU FREE SPEECH
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU YOUR INALIENABLE RIGHTS.
LIBERALISM IS THE ENEMY OF TYRANTS, AND I'LL BE FOREVER PROUD TO DEFEND IT.

61 440 1.4K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social @iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social · 1d

110 710 2.7K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.

Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

45 760 2.2K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

bombaycrone.bsky.social @bombaycrone.bsky.social · 20h

The United States Medal of Freedom no longer holds the significance (at least for me) that it did before yesterday.

11 21 120

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 11h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

570 5.2K 15K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 9h

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

320 2K 8K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 12h

17 130 300

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

580 4.1K 15K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Lizzy For Democracy @lizzy2016.bsky.social · 1d

Flood the Zone with Truth and Facts...

92 910 2.2K

Reposted by Peggy Rothschild

Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 15h

Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian (1886-1980), Self-Portrait with Crossed Hands, 1923, oil on canvas, 70 x 110 cm, private collection

5 23