Kate Donald
@katedonald.bsky.social
🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 (D.C.)/ angry feminist 💚 / by day: advocacy on global economic justice / by night: avid reader 📚 & frazzled parent / views are mine & a chaotic mix of personal, professional & political 🍉🌈
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literally “we tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas”
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
literally “we tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas”
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very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court
It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all
One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
October 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court
The Ezra Klein / Ta-Nehisi Coates standoff can be boiled down to one fundamental disagreement: whether it's ever OK to throw marginalized people/groups under the bus for (potential, unproven) strategic political gains. This clash is playing out all over the non-profit sector too. I'm tired.
September 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Ezra Klein / Ta-Nehisi Coates standoff can be boiled down to one fundamental disagreement: whether it's ever OK to throw marginalized people/groups under the bus for (potential, unproven) strategic political gains. This clash is playing out all over the non-profit sector too. I'm tired.
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It is unconscionable and immoral for the world to allow this horror to take place.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
May 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It is unconscionable and immoral for the world to allow this horror to take place.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
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Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs are a wrecking ball harming working class families in the US and worldwide.
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's @abbymaxman.bsky.social condemns the stoking of a devastating trade war that will turbocharge inequality: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/presid...
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's @abbymaxman.bsky.social condemns the stoking of a devastating trade war that will turbocharge inequality: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/presid...
www.oxfamamerica.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs are a wrecking ball harming working class families in the US and worldwide.
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's @abbymaxman.bsky.social condemns the stoking of a devastating trade war that will turbocharge inequality: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/presid...
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's @abbymaxman.bsky.social condemns the stoking of a devastating trade war that will turbocharge inequality: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/presid...
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New polling by @oxfamgb.bsky.social reveals that the UK public wants the rich to pay MORE in tax:
💰 77% would rather tax the rich than cut public spending
💰 78% support a 2% wealth tax on assets worth £10mn+
💰 67% think the UK’s very richest should pay more tax
www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-...
💰 77% would rather tax the rich than cut public spending
💰 78% support a 2% wealth tax on assets worth £10mn+
💰 67% think the UK’s very richest should pay more tax
www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-...
March 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
New polling by @oxfamgb.bsky.social reveals that the UK public wants the rich to pay MORE in tax:
💰 77% would rather tax the rich than cut public spending
💰 78% support a 2% wealth tax on assets worth £10mn+
💰 67% think the UK’s very richest should pay more tax
www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-...
💰 77% would rather tax the rich than cut public spending
💰 78% support a 2% wealth tax on assets worth £10mn+
💰 67% think the UK’s very richest should pay more tax
www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-...
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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IMLS gave out $266.7 million in grants last year. They help support myriad library services, particularly in rural and underprivileged libraries (like HBCUs). It is the largest federal funding source for museums and libraries in the US. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Trump Order Threatens University Libraries, Museums
The president disbanded the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Academic researchers, librarians and museum professionals say defunding the agency undermines their commitment to education.
www.insidehighered.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
IMLS gave out $266.7 million in grants last year. They help support myriad library services, particularly in rural and underprivileged libraries (like HBCUs). It is the largest federal funding source for museums and libraries in the US. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
My fave book genres:
5. Local man has never felt a feeling
4. Motherhood is fucked up yo
3. Marriage/monogamy/heterosexuality is fucked up yo
2. People keep underestimating this bitch
1. You thought this book was about ppl kissing / solving crime…jk it’s actually about fascism!
5. Local man has never felt a feeling
4. Motherhood is fucked up yo
3. Marriage/monogamy/heterosexuality is fucked up yo
2. People keep underestimating this bitch
1. You thought this book was about ppl kissing / solving crime…jk it’s actually about fascism!
My fave genres are:
5. Oh no! Something is broken in space!
4. motherhood is fucked up yo
3. books about writers, books, and publishing
2. oh no! you opened the magical thing! now what?
1. It's the first half of the 20C and these plucky women are going to do EXACTLY what you said they should not!
5. Oh no! Something is broken in space!
4. motherhood is fucked up yo
3. books about writers, books, and publishing
2. oh no! you opened the magical thing! now what?
1. It's the first half of the 20C and these plucky women are going to do EXACTLY what you said they should not!
My favorite genres are:
5. Wow, we really stretched the meaning of epistolary huh?
4. These British people keep doing murder
3. Someone is turning into a monster and it's hot
2. Be gay, do crimes and/or I support women's wrongs
1. Magic, but as gross as possible
5. Wow, we really stretched the meaning of epistolary huh?
4. These British people keep doing murder
3. Someone is turning into a monster and it's hot
2. Be gay, do crimes and/or I support women's wrongs
1. Magic, but as gross as possible
March 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
My fave book genres:
5. Local man has never felt a feeling
4. Motherhood is fucked up yo
3. Marriage/monogamy/heterosexuality is fucked up yo
2. People keep underestimating this bitch
1. You thought this book was about ppl kissing / solving crime…jk it’s actually about fascism!
5. Local man has never felt a feeling
4. Motherhood is fucked up yo
3. Marriage/monogamy/heterosexuality is fucked up yo
2. People keep underestimating this bitch
1. You thought this book was about ppl kissing / solving crime…jk it’s actually about fascism!
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My fave genres are:
5. Oh no! Something is broken in space!
4. motherhood is fucked up yo
3. books about writers, books, and publishing
2. oh no! you opened the magical thing! now what?
1. It's the first half of the 20C and these plucky women are going to do EXACTLY what you said they should not!
5. Oh no! Something is broken in space!
4. motherhood is fucked up yo
3. books about writers, books, and publishing
2. oh no! you opened the magical thing! now what?
1. It's the first half of the 20C and these plucky women are going to do EXACTLY what you said they should not!
My favorite genres are:
5. Wow, we really stretched the meaning of epistolary huh?
4. These British people keep doing murder
3. Someone is turning into a monster and it's hot
2. Be gay, do crimes and/or I support women's wrongs
1. Magic, but as gross as possible
5. Wow, we really stretched the meaning of epistolary huh?
4. These British people keep doing murder
3. Someone is turning into a monster and it's hot
2. Be gay, do crimes and/or I support women's wrongs
1. Magic, but as gross as possible
My favorite genres are:
5. Deer Acting Weird
4. Loosely Typeset Short Story Stretched for Full Price
3. Novel Written by a Character in the Novel
2. Moon's Haunted
1. It's Always Dark Above the Arctic Circle and I'm Making That Everyone Else's Problem
5. Deer Acting Weird
4. Loosely Typeset Short Story Stretched for Full Price
3. Novel Written by a Character in the Novel
2. Moon's Haunted
1. It's Always Dark Above the Arctic Circle and I'm Making That Everyone Else's Problem
March 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My fave genres are:
5. Oh no! Something is broken in space!
4. motherhood is fucked up yo
3. books about writers, books, and publishing
2. oh no! you opened the magical thing! now what?
1. It's the first half of the 20C and these plucky women are going to do EXACTLY what you said they should not!
5. Oh no! Something is broken in space!
4. motherhood is fucked up yo
3. books about writers, books, and publishing
2. oh no! you opened the magical thing! now what?
1. It's the first half of the 20C and these plucky women are going to do EXACTLY what you said they should not!
My kids have rediscovered Encanto and I now burst into tears more reliably during Isabela’s song (What Else Can I Do) rather than Luisa’s song (Surface Pressure). Is this progress?!?
March 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
My kids have rediscovered Encanto and I now burst into tears more reliably during Isabela’s song (What Else Can I Do) rather than Luisa’s song (Surface Pressure). Is this progress?!?
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the more democrats concede to the republican war on trans people, the more that signals to the public that trans people are a problem and should be stigmatized.
March 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
the more democrats concede to the republican war on trans people, the more that signals to the public that trans people are a problem and should be stigmatized.
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New rule, for every post tut-tutting the left on here you have to spend one (1) hour reading the youtube comments on a Joe Rogan episode
February 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
New rule, for every post tut-tutting the left on here you have to spend one (1) hour reading the youtube comments on a Joe Rogan episode
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The Republican budget plan:
-Cut SNAP by $230 billion
-Cut Medicaid by $880 billion
-Give $1.1 trillion to the top 1%
-Cut SNAP by $230 billion
-Cut Medicaid by $880 billion
-Give $1.1 trillion to the top 1%
February 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Republican budget plan:
-Cut SNAP by $230 billion
-Cut Medicaid by $880 billion
-Give $1.1 trillion to the top 1%
-Cut SNAP by $230 billion
-Cut Medicaid by $880 billion
-Give $1.1 trillion to the top 1%
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“You’re terminated because…?”
Fired federal employees are telling their stories—no deep state, just career public servants tossed aside.
DOGE’s mass firings aren’t about efficiency—they’re gutting expertise, wrecking lives, and calling it “reform.”
Fired federal employees are telling their stories—no deep state, just career public servants tossed aside.
DOGE’s mass firings aren’t about efficiency—they’re gutting expertise, wrecking lives, and calling it “reform.”
February 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“You’re terminated because…?”
Fired federal employees are telling their stories—no deep state, just career public servants tossed aside.
DOGE’s mass firings aren’t about efficiency—they’re gutting expertise, wrecking lives, and calling it “reform.”
Fired federal employees are telling their stories—no deep state, just career public servants tossed aside.
DOGE’s mass firings aren’t about efficiency—they’re gutting expertise, wrecking lives, and calling it “reform.”
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Maybe corny but it was helpful for me to hear Henry Rollins saying "this is not time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for... You can be thunderous in your own life, to the eight people around you. That rubs off... Goodness is viral"
February 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Maybe corny but it was helpful for me to hear Henry Rollins saying "this is not time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for... You can be thunderous in your own life, to the eight people around you. That rubs off... Goodness is viral"
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Billionaires like Musk have a clear reason to undermine the #IRS: they know that investing in tax authorities means the very richest would finally be forced to pay their fair share. This is a perverse display of #billionaire self-dealing at the expense of ordinary people.
February 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Billionaires like Musk have a clear reason to undermine the #IRS: they know that investing in tax authorities means the very richest would finally be forced to pay their fair share. This is a perverse display of #billionaire self-dealing at the expense of ordinary people.
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Don't bust into people's mentions to say that something potentially good doesn't matter.
Don't bust into people's spaces to discourage them from fighting however they can.
Why is this hard for some of y'all?
Don't bust into people's spaces to discourage them from fighting however they can.
Why is this hard for some of y'all?
February 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Don't bust into people's mentions to say that something potentially good doesn't matter.
Don't bust into people's spaces to discourage them from fighting however they can.
Why is this hard for some of y'all?
Don't bust into people's spaces to discourage them from fighting however they can.
Why is this hard for some of y'all?
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House Republicans want to take away food and health care to give tax cuts to the rich
February 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
House Republicans want to take away food and health care to give tax cuts to the rich
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Now may also be a good time to remind you Donald Trump is going to have 3 million queers from around the world on his front lawn this June whether he likes it or not worldpridedc.org
Home - WorldPride Washington, DC 2025
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February 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Now may also be a good time to remind you Donald Trump is going to have 3 million queers from around the world on his front lawn this June whether he likes it or not worldpridedc.org
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Trump’s executive orders are not law.
This doctor knows it. Many hospital systems know it.
Those that comply with something not passed by congress and with power not constitutionally granted to the president are cowardly.
This doctor knows it. Many hospital systems know it.
Those that comply with something not passed by congress and with power not constitutionally granted to the president are cowardly.
A New York City doctor said he will continue providing gender-affirming treatments to his patients younger than 19 despite President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to ban such care.
New York doctor says he'll continue providing transition care despite Trump executive order
As legal battles are fought over an executive order restricting transgender care for patients younger than 19, some clinics continue to provide the care, while others are backing off.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Trump’s executive orders are not law.
This doctor knows it. Many hospital systems know it.
Those that comply with something not passed by congress and with power not constitutionally granted to the president are cowardly.
This doctor knows it. Many hospital systems know it.
Those that comply with something not passed by congress and with power not constitutionally granted to the president are cowardly.
Taylor Swift’s “I cry a lot but I am so productive” lyric really hitting differently right now
February 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Taylor Swift’s “I cry a lot but I am so productive” lyric really hitting differently right now
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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
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i really hope democrats are listening to @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-win...
How to Win the USAID Fight
Rules for Democrats.
www.thebulwark.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
i really hope democrats are listening to @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-win...