Kate Donovan

“No more foreign wars,” as the monkey’s paw curls shut.

DC drivers: is there a more terrifying sight than the combo diplomatic plates + student driver bumper sticker?

“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is

One twin can say 'what's this?'. The other twin can say 'mine!'

This is going to go fine.

I feel like I learned a lot about why some therapists just won't take any insurance when I learned that BCBS reimburses at a much lower rate for couples counseling than for individual sessions

My article has been on the front page of Hacker News all day.

Some of the comments from survivors, parents, and friends of children with leukemia, are very moving
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428...

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol. Those lists include some 1,400 names.

None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists.

W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info, Alianza Rebelde Investiga

NEW: The Trump admin has plans to send thousands of foreigners to Guantanamo beginning as early as this week, including citizens of close allies UK & France, with no intention of notifying their home governments in advance, per sources and documents

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

Everything is Tuberculosis, and also a lot of what orients me towards what I do.

Father who killed 3 daughters was 'active dad' but the 'system failed' him, ex-wife's attorney says Travis Decker, the father accused of murdering his three young daughters, lacked mental health resources and struggled with PTSD, his ex-wife's attorney told ABC News.

Gotta call bullshit. You can't say there were "no red flags" while also insisting that it was the system failed him.

abcnews.go.com/US/father-ki...

Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts Billionaire reopens feud with Tesla chief as he unveils plan to spend $200bn on philanthropy and close foundation in 2045

unquestionably correct www.ft.com/content/bdd9...

Libya’s Rival Governments Both Deny Deal to Take Deported U.S. Migrants

UPDATE: Both Libyan governments have said that they will not accept deportations from the United States.

So many questions! ICE on the ground was telling people in the last 48 hours they were going to be deported to Libya.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/w...

This is just to say

I have lost
The F/A-18 Super Hornet
That was on
the USS Harry S. Truman

And which
You were probably saving
For bombing

Forgive me
It was the second one
So sweet
And so expensive

The last guy to show off his military access by sharing classified military intel with unauthorized people on a consumer chat app, Jack Teixeira, will be in prison until 2036

250 years ago last night

NO KINGS

Maybe we could slow the pacing of these interesting times, eh?

war plans in bio

I am BEGGING people to frame this properly. The issue here is not one colossal blunder where a reporter got info. The issue is it’s clear these people are all routinely ignoring the most absolutely basic security protocols, and WE HAVE NO IDEA what breaches this has already enabled.

TS/SCI means the information must be transmitted over Text or Signal with Some Civilians Invited

there are like three overlapping scandals with signalgate — illegal distribution of sensitive government materials by top members of the administration, illegal attempt to circumvent records laws and possible unlawful use of military force — and democrats should be screaming about them all

good, good, the DMV area knows these are each equally important alerts

ABC News has now fully taken down the old 538 website, including all interactive projects since 2014. Aside from erasing history this prevents access to publicly released data, including raw polls, averages, model estimates & story dta. Totally unacceptable for a company (allegedly) doing journalism

They seem to be feeling some pressure on this

Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...

The warnings were clear:

* 1 million kids untreated for severe acute malnutrition;
* Up to 166,000 malaria deaths;
* TB cases up 30%
* 200,000 more polio-induced paralysis cases in 10 years.

The Trump team killed USAID anyway.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

JUDGE: Who was the head of DOGE before Amy Gleason? GOVERNMENT COUNSEL: I can’t answer that, I don’t know. JUDGE: I mean, that seems like a knowable fact, doesn’t it? GOVERNMENT COUNSEL: I’m sure it is knowable; I just don’t know it. I’m very conscious of being accurate with the court…I just can’t make a representation. JUDGE: Have you asked anyone? GOVERNMENT COUNSEL: I have not asked…actually, strike that. I have asked previously, and I was not able to get answer. JUDGE: Are you saying there was an administrator before Ms. Gleason? Or that there was nobody until this new person [Gleason] was put in? GOVERNMENT COUNSEL: I’m not saying either, because I don’t know.

NEW: During a 3-hour preliminary injunction hearing in a suit alleging that Elon Musk wields unprecedented power in violation of the Appointments Clause, a federal judge grew frustrated with government counsel's inability to answer questions about DOGE’s chain of command and Musk's role.

okay he's attractive but he's not like, Bad Mental Health Opinions attractive

Just saw a thread about a guy calling into cspan saying his diabetic supplies increased from 5 dollars to 80 dollars and somebody in the comments, probably multiple people but I stopped reading, replied “FAFO” and I can’t stress enough how much you need to stop doing that shit

Finding and posting fresh Bugs on the daily because invertebrates are one more goddamn thing on this planet worth appreciating and saving. They make me happy, they make a lot of y'all happy. Not gonna stop doing that.