Kate Howard
@journokateh.bsky.social
Editorial director at @revealnews.org and @motherjones.com. Board member at @ire.org and @lpm.org. Resident of Louisville, KY. Email: [email protected]
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In my Curtis Sliwa party report for @motherjones.com: the word “genderologies,” right-wing vigilantes, an energy healer with a pet chihuahua, universal hatred for Andrew Cuomo, and several people complimenting my bangs for some reason
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In my Curtis Sliwa party report for @motherjones.com: the word “genderologies,” right-wing vigilantes, an energy healer with a pet chihuahua, universal hatred for Andrew Cuomo, and several people complimenting my bangs for some reason
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911 line currently down in Louisville, it appears. Alert just sent out to phones.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
911 line currently down in Louisville, it appears. Alert just sent out to phones.
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I know, I know, media is DYING right? But LOCAL media is still out here doing the work, showing up, donning masks to breathe in fewer petroleum fumes and delivering the information our communities need. Allow me to demonstrate.
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I know, I know, media is DYING right? But LOCAL media is still out here doing the work, showing up, donning masks to breathe in fewer petroleum fumes and delivering the information our communities need. Allow me to demonstrate.
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Not great! www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Not great! www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...
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Kristi Noem swears that ICE is not detaining or arresting US citizens. This couldn't be further from the truth.
Our friends at @propublica.org found that more than 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents during the first nine months of Trump's second administration.
Our friends at @propublica.org found that more than 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents during the first nine months of Trump's second administration.
More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
www.motherjones.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Kristi Noem swears that ICE is not detaining or arresting US citizens. This couldn't be further from the truth.
Our friends at @propublica.org found that more than 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents during the first nine months of Trump's second administration.
Our friends at @propublica.org found that more than 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents during the first nine months of Trump's second administration.
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Sometimes people will ask how I unwind after working on stories that are depressing and infuriating. Listening to stories like this one from @acleek.bsky.social is one method. I love when a journalist's insatiable curiosity is used for something unexpected and sweet. 🥰
Reveal’s smallest, most personal investigations yet
Serious investigations into deeply Unserious questions. Hear the first in our occasional series of “inconsequential investigations.”
revealnews.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sometimes people will ask how I unwind after working on stories that are depressing and infuriating. Listening to stories like this one from @acleek.bsky.social is one method. I love when a journalist's insatiable curiosity is used for something unexpected and sweet. 🥰
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Journalists of Bluesky: The Lexington Herald-Leader is looking for a new Kentucky government and politics reporter to join our team.
This person will be our lead reporter on all things General Assembly and Gov. Andy Beshear.
Interested? Drop me a line.
Listing:
This person will be our lead reporter on all things General Assembly and Gov. Andy Beshear.
Interested? Drop me a line.
Listing:
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October 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Journalists of Bluesky: The Lexington Herald-Leader is looking for a new Kentucky government and politics reporter to join our team.
This person will be our lead reporter on all things General Assembly and Gov. Andy Beshear.
Interested? Drop me a line.
Listing:
This person will be our lead reporter on all things General Assembly and Gov. Andy Beshear.
Interested? Drop me a line.
Listing:
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Journalists aren't the only ones with the right to film police, @adamrose.bsky.social told @latimes.com.
The First Amendment protects everyone — including cop watchers like Carlitos Ricardo Parias, who documented immigration raids and is now in federal custody.
The First Amendment protects everyone — including cop watchers like Carlitos Ricardo Parias, who documented immigration raids and is now in federal custody.
He tracked and posted videos of ICE raids in L.A. Now this TikTok streamer is in federal custody
Carlitos Ricardo Parias had been tracking ICE raids and posting videos of immigration operations on social media, gaining hundreds of thousands of followers on on TikTok. Immigration agents then looke...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Journalists aren't the only ones with the right to film police, @adamrose.bsky.social told @latimes.com.
The First Amendment protects everyone — including cop watchers like Carlitos Ricardo Parias, who documented immigration raids and is now in federal custody.
The First Amendment protects everyone — including cop watchers like Carlitos Ricardo Parias, who documented immigration raids and is now in federal custody.
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We've got reporters and producers out in the field today as federal immigration agents start amassing in the Bay Area. Follow us for more updates.
October 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We've got reporters and producers out in the field today as federal immigration agents start amassing in the Bay Area. Follow us for more updates.
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📣 ATTN: Reporters covering #NoKings protests in LA may want to print this notice from the chief of police to show to officers who are attempting to detain them or force them to leave.
If LAPD officers won’t follow a court order, maybe they’ll obey their boss.
🖨️ drive.google.com/file/d/1_Yao...
If LAPD officers won’t follow a court order, maybe they’ll obey their boss.
🖨️ drive.google.com/file/d/1_Yao...
October 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
📣 ATTN: Reporters covering #NoKings protests in LA may want to print this notice from the chief of police to show to officers who are attempting to detain them or force them to leave.
If LAPD officers won’t follow a court order, maybe they’ll obey their boss.
🖨️ drive.google.com/file/d/1_Yao...
If LAPD officers won’t follow a court order, maybe they’ll obey their boss.
🖨️ drive.google.com/file/d/1_Yao...
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📣 Reporters covering #NoKings protests in Chicago over the weekend may want to print this latest temporary restraining order that prohibits federal agents from using excessive force against journalists and peaceful protesters.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
📣 Reporters covering #NoKings protests in Chicago over the weekend may want to print this latest temporary restraining order that prohibits federal agents from using excessive force against journalists and peaceful protesters.
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Looks like Pulte filed his backdated Form 3 yesterday, the day we published my story. Better 7 months late than never! fanniemae.gcs-web.com/static-files...
New from me: In March, FHFA director Bill Pulte made himself chairman of the board of Fannie Mae. But after, he did not file a required disclosure form tied to the role with the SEC—the same kind of paperwork error he has used to attack Trump's political foes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own
As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Looks like Pulte filed his backdated Form 3 yesterday, the day we published my story. Better 7 months late than never! fanniemae.gcs-web.com/static-files...
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Genesis, a then-20-year-old, pregnant Amazon employee, says her manager wrote her up for sitting down and taking breaks.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless
"You're just a number to them."
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October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Genesis, a then-20-year-old, pregnant Amazon employee, says her manager wrote her up for sitting down and taking breaks.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
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Last year, we wrote about survivor Taylor Cadle. When she was 12, she told police she’d been raped. They said she was lying and charged her with false reporting. She then took the extraordinary measure of recording the next act of abuse.
Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.
Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.
October 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Last year, we wrote about survivor Taylor Cadle. When she was 12, she told police she’d been raped. They said she was lying and charged her with false reporting. She then took the extraordinary measure of recording the next act of abuse.
Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.
Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.
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Want to read the Epstein files? Or important climate reports? You’ll probably need a FOIA office for that.
Use FPF's new tool to help us tell Congress that Trump’s decimation of FOIA offices is unacceptable. Americans deserve access to all their records.
Use FPF's new tool to help us tell Congress that Trump’s decimation of FOIA offices is unacceptable. Americans deserve access to all their records.
Tell Congress to protect FOIA offices
Use FPF’s new tool to ask your representatives to put a stop to secrecy
freedom.press
October 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Want to read the Epstein files? Or important climate reports? You’ll probably need a FOIA office for that.
Use FPF's new tool to help us tell Congress that Trump’s decimation of FOIA offices is unacceptable. Americans deserve access to all their records.
Use FPF's new tool to help us tell Congress that Trump’s decimation of FOIA offices is unacceptable. Americans deserve access to all their records.
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Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:
October 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:
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This fall, a panel of judges will hear FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal.
From prison, he tells @revealnews.org why he believes he deserves a new trial.
From prison, he tells @revealnews.org why he believes he deserves a new trial.
Sam Bankman-Fried recounts FTX’s collapse and why he feels he was wrongly convicted of fraud
Through exclusive prison interviews with Sam Bankman-Fried and others, we put fresh eyes on the dramatic collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
revealnews.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This fall, a panel of judges will hear FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal.
From prison, he tells @revealnews.org why he believes he deserves a new trial.
From prison, he tells @revealnews.org why he believes he deserves a new trial.
This is egregious.
Prosecutors must drop charges against two Cincinnati journalists arrested while covering a protest. The first jury trial begins Monday.
A coalition of rights groups and journalism professors explained why this case is so dangerous.
A coalition of rights groups and journalism professors explained why this case is so dangerous.
Drop charges against Cincinnati journalists before upcoming trial
Journalists must not be put on trial for covering protests
freedom.press
September 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is egregious.
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We told @time.com that journalists shouldn’t trade their independence for access to Pentagon spin.
“Agreeing not to look where the government doesn’t want you to look and, by extension, not to print what it doesn’t want you to print, is propaganda, not journalism.”
“Agreeing not to look where the government doesn’t want you to look and, by extension, not to print what it doesn’t want you to print, is propaganda, not journalism.”
Pentagon Accused of ‘Intimidation’ With New Restrictions For Journalists
The Pentagon released new rules for journalists that prevents them from reporting on unauthorized information.
time.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
We told @time.com that journalists shouldn’t trade their independence for access to Pentagon spin.
“Agreeing not to look where the government doesn’t want you to look and, by extension, not to print what it doesn’t want you to print, is propaganda, not journalism.”
“Agreeing not to look where the government doesn’t want you to look and, by extension, not to print what it doesn’t want you to print, is propaganda, not journalism.”
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URGENT ⚡️ Mario Guevara, the only journalist behind bars in the United States, faces imminent deportation following charges related to his live streaming of law enforcement. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US appeals court orders deportation of Atlanta journalist detained by Ice
Mario Guevara faces imminent removal from US as his attorney files emergency petition
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
URGENT ⚡️ Mario Guevara, the only journalist behind bars in the United States, faces imminent deportation following charges related to his live streaming of law enforcement. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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🔔 Join us to discuss first steps newsrooms need to take when ICE arrests a journalist, with @attorneynora.bsky.social, @scarletprim.bsky.social, @caitlinvogus.bsky.social, @writeralejandra.bsky.social, Samantha C. Hamilton, and Marium Uddin.
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September 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🔔 Join us to discuss first steps newsrooms need to take when ICE arrests a journalist, with @attorneynora.bsky.social, @scarletprim.bsky.social, @caitlinvogus.bsky.social, @writeralejandra.bsky.social, Samantha C. Hamilton, and Marium Uddin.
🕒 Sept. 15, 4 pm EDT
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Writer friends! We're looking for freelance pitches for our Mixed Media section of @motherjones.com. Think arts criticism, essays, interviews. Pitch us: www.motherjones.com/contribute/w...
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September 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Writer friends! We're looking for freelance pitches for our Mixed Media section of @motherjones.com. Think arts criticism, essays, interviews. Pitch us: www.motherjones.com/contribute/w...
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Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday, killing him, another network journalist and other people, all of whom were sheltering outside the Gaza City Hospital complex.
Israeli strike kills journalists in Gaza City, worsening the death toll for the media
Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday, killing him, another network journalist and other people, all of whom were sheltering outside the Gaza City Hospital complex.
n.pr
August 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday, killing him, another network journalist and other people, all of whom were sheltering outside the Gaza City Hospital complex.
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I really need y'all to read this excellent story by @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and also understand that these are similar, if not the same, tactics used against transgender and abortion healthcare.
Is the FDA about to keep pregnant women from taking antidepressants?
A panel of experts repeated what one women's health expert called "MAHA talking points."
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July 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I really need y'all to read this excellent story by @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and also understand that these are similar, if not the same, tactics used against transgender and abortion healthcare.
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Incredibly powerful moment as some of Neri Alvarado's relatives see him walking off the plane in Venezuela after his release from CECOT.
He was targeted because of his tattoos—the largest of which is an autism awareness ribbon featuring his brother's name
He was targeted because of his tattoos—the largest of which is an autism awareness ribbon featuring his brother's name
July 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Incredibly powerful moment as some of Neri Alvarado's relatives see him walking off the plane in Venezuela after his release from CECOT.
He was targeted because of his tattoos—the largest of which is an autism awareness ribbon featuring his brother's name
He was targeted because of his tattoos—the largest of which is an autism awareness ribbon featuring his brother's name