Donna Howard
@donnachka.bsky.social
Self-employed mom of recent UW graduate; accountant for tech start-ups in Seattle, UVa grad, proudly of Lithuanian heritage, lover of soccer, slightly obsessed with sour beers
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
Grounds for impeachment?
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Grounds for impeachment?
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Folks, the reporting is that Trump is making PERSONAL CALLS to Mace, MTG and others about the discharge petition. Would you be doing this if you had nothing to hide? Let's please all be serious here.
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Folks, the reporting is that Trump is making PERSONAL CALLS to Mace, MTG and others about the discharge petition. Would you be doing this if you had nothing to hide? Let's please all be serious here.
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RAW STORY: “The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — military sources blame Hegseth's hostility to women in combat roles.” 🤔 www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
RAW STORY: “The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — military sources blame Hegseth's hostility to women in combat roles.” 🤔 www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
Look at what our dumbass President is doing, getting us into yet another war.
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro: “I ordered the militarisation of the entire country starting at 4pm by land, sea, and air.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Look at what our dumbass President is doing, getting us into yet another war.
I want everyone in Seattle to know that, if Katie Wilson wins the Mayoral race, Jon Talton of The Seattle Times will spend the next 4 years tearing her down. I just saw a comment he made on Facebook under Greg Nickel's post saying "she'll ruin the city". So be prepared to ignore anything he writes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I want everyone in Seattle to know that, if Katie Wilson wins the Mayoral race, Jon Talton of The Seattle Times will spend the next 4 years tearing her down. I just saw a comment he made on Facebook under Greg Nickel's post saying "she'll ruin the city". So be prepared to ignore anything he writes.
@murray.senate.gov WTF are you doing?
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@murray.senate.gov WTF are you doing?
We may be slow at counting in Seattle but we're moving in the right direction!
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Katie Wilson takes lead over Bruce Harrell in Seattle mayor race
Katie Wilson, a progressive challenger to the incumbent mayor, is benefiting from the leftward trend of voters who send or drop ballots close to or on election day.
www.seattletimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
We may be slow at counting in Seattle but we're moving in the right direction!
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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The official statement from @mauricewfp.bsky.social for us at @workingfamilies.org. Bottom line: THERE IS NO EXCUSE for tonight's vote! Join WFP at the link ⬇️ ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The official statement from @mauricewfp.bsky.social for us at @workingfamilies.org. Bottom line: THERE IS NO EXCUSE for tonight's vote! Join WFP at the link ⬇️ ⬇️
Crime central
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Crime central
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“Providing the homeless with a place to live may seem like a high cost for taxpayers. But the alternative, it turns out, is more costly, new research shows. Subsidized accommodation could actually be a bargain for the public, in purely economic terms.” Via @fastcompany
Housing The Homeless Saves Money--Here's The Research That Proves It
The best way to stop homelessness is mindbogglingly simple: Give them homes.
www.fastcompany.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Providing the homeless with a place to live may seem like a high cost for taxpayers. But the alternative, it turns out, is more costly, new research shows. Subsidized accommodation could actually be a bargain for the public, in purely economic terms.” Via @fastcompany
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Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
Oh yes. Here. We. Go.
Richie Torres draws primary opponent.
His opponent Michael Blake stated: “We need to focus on cost of living. We have to focus on how people need us to help them with groceries as opposed to Richie’s helping to support a genocide.”
His opponent Michael Blake stated: “We need to focus on cost of living. We have to focus on how people need us to help them with groceries as opposed to Richie’s helping to support a genocide.”
Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres faces primary challenge over his fierce Israel support
Former DNC Vice Chair Michael Blake is launching a challenge to the three-term Congress member.
www.politico.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Oh yes. Here. We. Go.
Introducing Ozzy! This prehensile-tailed porcupine, Zoo Boise's newest resident, is already becoming a star. 🌠
Settling into the renovated Small Animal Kingdom's Rainforest Building, Ozzy likes to nimbly climb and flip around his habitat’s canopy.
📷: Lead zookeeper Taylor S
Settling into the renovated Small Animal Kingdom's Rainforest Building, Ozzy likes to nimbly climb and flip around his habitat’s canopy.
📷: Lead zookeeper Taylor S
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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As Mayor, Harrell Paid for Luxury Upgrades on City Trips, Including a $12,000 Flight and a $1,000-a-Night Hotel
Now he wants voters to believe he represents the working class—and that his opponent, renter Katie Wilson, is an out-of touch-elite.
publicola.com/2025/11/04/h...
Now he wants voters to believe he represents the working class—and that his opponent, renter Katie Wilson, is an out-of touch-elite.
publicola.com/2025/11/04/h...
As Mayor, Harrell Paid for Luxury Upgrades on City Trips, Including a $12,000 Flight and $1,000-a-Night Hotels - PubliCola
Now he wants voters to believe he represents the working class—and that his opponent, renter Katie Wilson, is an out-of…
publicola.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
As Mayor, Harrell Paid for Luxury Upgrades on City Trips, Including a $12,000 Flight and a $1,000-a-Night Hotel
Now he wants voters to believe he represents the working class—and that his opponent, renter Katie Wilson, is an out-of touch-elite.
publicola.com/2025/11/04/h...
Now he wants voters to believe he represents the working class—and that his opponent, renter Katie Wilson, is an out-of touch-elite.
publicola.com/2025/11/04/h...
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This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
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Venture capitalists Andreessen and Horowitz invest in startup that sells thousands of AI bot influencers to manipulate social media as a service, clearly violating major platform policies
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Venture capitalists Andreessen and Horowitz invest in startup that sells thousands of AI bot influencers to manipulate social media as a service, clearly violating major platform policies
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
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Jeff Bezos’ wealth grew by $24 billion *yesterday.*
Meanwhile, the VA now is asking for donations so veterans can *eat.*
www.va.gov/northern-ind...
Meanwhile, the VA now is asking for donations so veterans can *eat.*
www.va.gov/northern-ind...
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Jeff Bezos’ wealth grew by $24 billion *yesterday.*
Meanwhile, the VA now is asking for donations so veterans can *eat.*
www.va.gov/northern-ind...
Meanwhile, the VA now is asking for donations so veterans can *eat.*
www.va.gov/northern-ind...
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
I would like to once again congratulate all the "I hope Harris loses 1,000 times" (I'm looking at you Kshama Sawant, Congressional hopeful in WA). This is going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and Harris had a so many good economic plans. May Stein and non-voters reap what they sowed.
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I would like to once again congratulate all the "I hope Harris loses 1,000 times" (I'm looking at you Kshama Sawant, Congressional hopeful in WA). This is going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and Harris had a so many good economic plans. May Stein and non-voters reap what they sowed.
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As of today, Adelita Grijalva has gone un-sworn-in for longer than any representative-elect this century. (Data from @greggiroux.bsky.social)
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As of today, Adelita Grijalva has gone un-sworn-in for longer than any representative-elect this century. (Data from @greggiroux.bsky.social)
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☢️ President Trump says in Truth Social post tonight that U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons again.
— The US hasn’t tested nuclear weapons in three decades. This is a major shift in policy.
— The US hasn’t tested nuclear weapons in three decades. This is a major shift in policy.
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
☢️ President Trump says in Truth Social post tonight that U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons again.
— The US hasn’t tested nuclear weapons in three decades. This is a major shift in policy.
— The US hasn’t tested nuclear weapons in three decades. This is a major shift in policy.