Reposted by Kate DonaldSam G. Howard @samghoward.riliberator.com · 26/05/2026What if taxing the rich works?bostonglobe.comThe ‘millionaires tax’ was pitched as a $2 billion revenue source. It’s blown past that, yet again. - The Boston GlobeThe state’s so-called millionaires tax has already generated more than $3.1 billion in revenue from Massachusetts' highest earners this fiscal year. 5644551226
Reposted by Kate DonaldPhil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026They are coming for us! The hateful and dangerous H.R 2616 "Don't Say Trans" bill passed in the House. Now what? How do WE stop this cruel and evil piece of legislation? Please read and perhaps share this piece by @heykellyjensen.bsky.social bookriot.com/hr-2616-dont... They are coming for us!bookriot.comHR 2616, a National "Don't Say Trans" Bill, Passed the House. Here's What It Is and What You Can Do.The House of Representatives passed bill HR 2616, a federal "don't say trans" bill that would harm kids and create mass censorship. 01312
Reposted by Kate DonaldMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 18/03/2026This dreadful book banning bill, H.R. 7661, has made it out of committee and into the House. It's time to call your reps. 2536449
Kate Donald @katedonald.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Among a series of horrific revelations about Chavez, this one perhaps makes me most furious. UFW leaders knew. Men and movement leaders, do better. I beg of you. Shatter those pedestals, listen to women and do the damn work. 001
Kate Donald @katedonald.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The César Chavez news is a gut-punch. But for those of us who have spent a lot of time around leftist men … not a surprise. And it’s a good reminder of why the Combahee River Collective said so firmly “we reject pedestals”. Solidarity with Dolores Huerta and the other women/girls he abused 💔 010
Reposted by Kate DonaldRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 18/03/2026There are just no words. More power to her. May she find peace as she continues to do her amazing work. 181737283
Kate Donald @katedonald.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Can confirm, just watched it with my 6 and 9 year olds! 010
Reposted by Kate DonaldElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 25/02/2026The disappearance of Larry Summers from public life cannot happen fast enough. 531739286
Reposted by Kate DonaldKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/02/2026I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across. If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers. If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it. 523727842
Reposted by Kate DonaldPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Her father fled China because he organized student protests during Tiananmen. He was a political refugee. The story of this family, and Alysa Liu, would have played out very differently today. This is what we're losing. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...nytimes.comAlysa Liu Is Skating Again, Her Way This Time 193634940
Reposted by Kate DonaldMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 19/02/2026This is why "Let's give in on some of the trans stuff because it'd be a popular compromise and you have to meet people where they are" is not only immoral but politically stupid. Republicans were never going to stop there. They stop when you stop them. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...nytimes.comWith New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans 7578166
Reposted by Kate DonaldGawain @niawag.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Here's the new Lancet paper on international deaths from aid cuts. This includes aid cuts from other donors - not just the USA. Range is 9.4 million deaths to 22.6 million deaths by 2030, depending on depth of cuts. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comImpact of two decades of humanitarian and development assistance and the projected mortality consequences of current defunding to 2030: retrospective evaluation and forecasting analysisODA funding has played a decisive role in reducing preventable mortality across LMICs over the past two decades, and the abrupt withdrawal of this support threatens to cause millions of avoidable deat... 03721
Reposted by Kate DonaldReactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 05/02/2026In a time of book bannings, AI, and decreased library funding, the best thing you can do to support books is be very, very loud about them. @mollytempleton.com on how we can help the authors we love:reactormag.comIt's Time to Get Loud About the Books You Love - ReactorSome ideas to help keep literature and the book community alive. 015582
Kate Donald @katedonald.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Re. the “gangs of wine moms” discourse… I volunteer with my local mutual aid society and the volunteers are always (almost exclusively) women. So fun that men 1) don’t step up to do this work and 2) find a way to denigrate and mock it! 000
Reposted by Kate DonaldLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 16/01/2026@thrasherxy.bsky.social on Renee Good, ICE, Zohran Mamdani, and the politics of domination vs. vulnerability.buff.lyOn Renee Good, ICE, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Domination vs. Vulnerability“That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Gun shots. “Fuckin’ bitch.” By now, you have likely heard Renee Good’s last words, said with great vulnerability to ICE agent Jonathan Ross, right before h… 061
Reposted by Kate DonaldClint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 16/01/2026There are many many good people out there. Be clear-eyed about what is happening, but don't let the cruelty and cynicism overwhelm you.mprnews.orgMinneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hidingDHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation. 221259
Reposted by Kate DonaldKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/01/2026For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote about the simultaneous mainstream media erasure of Renee Good's queerness and the right wing amplification of it as a post hoc justification for her murder. xtramagazine.com/power/activi...xtramagazine.comRenee Nicole Good’s queerness isn’t an aside—it’s a key part of her story | Xtra MagazineWe can’t ignore the misogyny and homophobia baked into Good’s killing—and erasing her wife does just that 121435530
Kate Donald @katedonald.bsky.social · 13/01/2026This beautiful collection offered me much-needed solace and fuel to keep fighting today. Thank you @theferocity.bsky.social @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Kate DonaldTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome. 85120772472
Reposted by Kate DonaldJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes. 15375927720091
Reposted by Kate Donaldjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2025very 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 12078221599
Kate Donald @katedonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Also worth noting - the "we just need to win, whatever it takes" crowd are all-too-often entirely abdicating their responsibility to persuade. Show some damn leadership and talk to people. 010
Kate Donald @katedonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2025The 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. 120
Reposted by Kate DonaldIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025It 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. 302590814
Reposted by Kate DonaldRebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Trump'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.org 096
Reposted by Kate DonaldCommon Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 25/03/2025New 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-... 0257
Reposted by Kate DonaldTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025If 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. 3252756810440
Reposted by Kate DonaldJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025This 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...talkingpointsmemo.comIRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USAThe Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the... 8772712512500
Reposted by Kate DonaldAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 20/03/2025IMLS 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...insidehighered.comTrump Order Threatens University Libraries, MuseumsThe president disbanded the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Academic researchers, librarians and museum professionals say defunding the agency undermines their commitment to education. 210063
Kate Donald @katedonald.bsky.social · 14/03/2025My 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! 010
Reposted by Kate DonaldKate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 10/03/2025My 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! 0464
Kate Donald @katedonald.bsky.social · 13/03/2025My 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?!? 010
Reposted by Kate Donaldjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/03/2025the 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. 4171211355
Reposted by Kate DonaldMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 27/02/2025New 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 201476176
Reposted by Kate DonaldMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/02/2025The Republican budget plan: -Cut SNAP by $230 billion -Cut Medicaid by $880 billion -Give $1.1 trillion to the top 1% 361648733
Reposted by Kate DonaldChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/02/2025“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.” 642223418613
Reposted by Kate DonaldIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 23/02/2025Maybe 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" 202159523111
Reposted by Kate DonaldOxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Billionaires 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. 22615
Kate Donald @katedonald.bsky.social · 17/02/2025I somehow missed the memo about the word “brave” being cancelled 🤔 130
Reposted by Kate DonaldDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 15/02/2025Don'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? 341673284
Reposted by Kate DonaldBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025House Republicans want to take away food and health care to give tax cuts to the rich 02614
Reposted by Kate DonaldGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Now 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.orgworldpridedc.orgHome - WorldPride Washington, DC 2025 14475100
Reposted by Kate DonaldErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12/02/2025Trump’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. 4261191714
Kate Donald @katedonald.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Taylor Swift’s “I cry a lot but I am so productive” lyric really hitting differently right now 000