Alexandra Grabbe

i’ll never get over this

Boston folks, mark your calendar for the Arlington Author Salon Book Fair November 8. 📚 #booksky

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
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Let me be clear: Democrats are at work waiting for Republicans to wrap up their vacation and join us. It’s time for Mike Johnson to bring his caucus back, get to work, and stop playing politics with folks’ lives.

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

The European Union has agreed to limit the free movement of Russian diplomats across the bloc over espionage concerns, as part of its 19th sanctions package.

Hungary — the last holdout — has dropped its veto.

www.kyivpost.com/post/61604

Federal agents shoot woman in Chicago neighborhood after allegedly being rammed, boxed in by cars, DHS says The woman, as well as a man whom authorities say was involved in the chaos, were facing charges Sunday morning.

ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen Saturday on Chicago’s South Side
They are creating chaos
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How Trump gets and processes information How Trump is making potentially lethal decisions

It would seem to me that FOX has been at the root of so many of our nation's ills over the past decade. Would notWe the People find routes to class action sue the malignant network out of business?

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I remember watching the earlier riots in #Portland and thinking the agitators were not “antifa” but rather GOP thugs paid to break things. They wore the same type of masks as ICE now wears.

@mollyjongfast.bsky.social just a note to say I read your memoir this weekend and enjoyed it.

We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities.

Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.

It’s illegal and un-American.

The image is an X post by user Joshua Reed Eakle from 20 hours ago, stating: "The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for citizens. Few understand this." The post includes a profile picture and a verified badge.

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’ Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

“Activists were denied water, sanitation, medication and immediate access to their legal representatives in clear breach of their fundamental rights to due process, impartial trial and legal representation.”

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Sanders: I am not a great fan of the affordable care act. I believe in medicare for all. I think that health care is a human right, but I will be damned if I'm going to see people in Vermont and around this country see a doubling in their premiums.

We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.

Trump Falsely Claims FBI Agents Acted As ‘Agitators And Insurrectionists’ On Jan. 6 An earlier probe found “no evidence” the FBI had undercover agents in protests at the Capitol.

An earlier probe found “no evidence” the FBI had undercover agents in protests at the Capitol.

Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.

FDA approved the abortion pill mifepristone 25 years ago.

So why is RFK Jr. raising questions about it now? He's trying to roll back abortion access nationwide.

I'll keep fighting against attempts to restrict access—because medication abortion is safe and effective. Period.

There are credible reports that federal agents may be replaying the 2020 playbook and surging into Portland with the goal of provoking conflict and violence in my hometown. I am in close contact with state and local officials to monitor this activity.

While the senile old man rides in carriages around castles, builds his ballroom, puts gold on everything, plans parades, attends a variety of sporting events, threatens people, and reads the scripts put in front of him, this psychopath is the one actually running the country.

More tragic accidents in Russia.

Moldova warns Russia unleashing huge interference campaign to sway crucial election | CNN As Moldova prepares for a crucial parliamentary election on Sunday, Russia is ramping up its efforts to interfere in the vote, officials say, in what they describe as a brazen attempt to halt the west...

We used to help countries defend themselves against stuff like this. Under this administration, that help has been stopped.

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When the President uses federal law enforcement for his personal revenge, it puts all of us in danger.

The Justice Department is now identical to Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office and our FBI is like Russia’s FSB security services. Now Americans will see how justice is carried out in Russia. I call it the Kremlinization of America’s justice system.

Donald Trump forced out a respected U.S. Attorney because they wouldn't go along with Trump’s demands for political prosecutions.

Less than a week later, his inexperienced handpicked successor brings charges against a member of Trump's enemies list.