Victoria McGrane

Tell us: How has the government shutdown changed your travel plans? - The Boston Globe Are you worried about travel plans getting disrupted? Are  you considering changing your travel plans as a result? Let us know.

Is the government shutdown and the fact that air traffic controllers are no longer getting paid making you nervous to fly? @bostonglobe.com wants to hear from you!

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sorry for you loss <3

Some editors (ahem) do what they can

Silver Spring company demolishing White House wing faces online firestorm ACECO, a Silver Spring construction company, is taking flak for its role in the demolition of the East Wing of the White House for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project.

Always find the local angle www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...

Prince Andrew stripped of titles because of his participation in Epstein's sex trafficking

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

The side of my father that I needed strangers to reveal - The Boston Globe I wrote the book "Fairyland" to preserve memories of my father. It took a movie made by other people to make me realize what I had forgotten.

This is lovely, especially for anyone who has lost a parent at any age

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It seems there are two main reasons things haven’t gone completely to shit in the US: 1. Lawyers and the courts; 2. Journalists and the media. Most of us can’t do anything about the first, but we can support journalism. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe to news & donate to public media.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

Mass. leaders in talks about potential National Guard deployment to state. ‘No one wants this,’ Healey says. - The Boston Globe Democratic leaders have signaled they could move quickly to fight any effort to send troops into yet another Democrat-led state.

Healey and Campbell are prepping in case Boston is next on the National Guard deployment front

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Critics of Trump’s immigration crackdown are using the term ‘Kavanaugh stop.’ Here’s what it means. - The Boston Globe The phrase, is "a window into where [the administration] can go next," some advocates say.

Opponents of aggressive ICE enforcement are using a Supreme Court-inspired term to describe cases of racial profiling. Today's Starting Point explains.

say what you want about Taylor's latest album, I just had a 20 minute discussion this morning with my 7 year old about Shakespeare

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

The Misogynistic Abuse Directed at Rory McIlroy’s Wife at the Ryder Cup Is Deeper Than Golf It shows a cultural shift, one in which men feel emboldened to attack women in public without shame or consequence.

“The behavior was pure misogynistic abuse, and it’s a growing movement in American culture right now.” www.glamour.com/story/the-mi...

Los Angeles man demands answers after wife was detained at scheduled green card meeting A man is speaking out and asking for help after his wife was detained by federal agents at the end of a scheduled green card hearing in downtown Los Angeles in early September.

"They put her in hand shackles and in leg shackles, and around the waist as well, like she's some hardened criminal. She had tears streaming down her face, and she told me one of the ICE agents pulled out his cell phone, laughing, and took a selfie."

Holy smokes this is an interesting chart.
(From Michele Tertilt’s #BPEA paper)

Lower Than Cowards The surrender of America’s elites

"Kimmel’s refusal to capitulate stands out because so many other well-situated people—those with the resources, platform, and power to stand up to the president...have surrendered, withdrawn, or become Trump sycophants themselves."

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just saw something about basel 3 in my inbox and god am i happy to no longer be covering such things.

CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this

This is a pretty remarkable souring on economic prospects among Republicans.

Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”

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folks, I want to remind you that a ton of federal workers are about to get their last pay check at the end of this month and this stuff is going to get much worse

Respectfully disagree: 1) in fact it is unusual for a democracy w/ this level of GDP to turn authoritarian & so quickly; 2) the weakness of both institutions (congress & courts) and individuals (Schumer etc) is shocking. Would take less than 10 people in congress or 2 SC justices to stop all this.

With ICE cleared to use racial profiling, US citizens of color bring passports, anxiety wherever they go - The Boston Globe Black, Latino, and Asian residents, even those who were born in the US, are taking their passports when they leave the house and staying on high alert.

The administration's policies have consequences that far exceed the targeted immigrants www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/17/m...

DNA Evidence Tied a Man to Her Rape. Under Massachusetts Law, It Was Too Late. Massachusetts has one of the shortest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape. After the 15-year mark, no DNA match, testimony or even confession can give a rape victim a chance of facing their ...

Massachusetts has one of the shortest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape. After the 15-year mark, no DNA match, testimony or even confession can give a rape victim a chance of facing their attacker in court. @wbur.org

i stand corrected. Lowered today for 9/11 by state decree, after that per Trump's order.

See precinct-by-precinct results from the Boston mayoral preliminary race - The Boston Globe Michelle Wu won 264 of the city’s 275 precincts, while nonprofit leader Josh Kraft took nine precincts.

Josh Kraft won just 9 precincts

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Charts: Josh Kraft outspent Wu 15 to 1 per vote. It wasn’t enough. - The Boston Globe Here's a look at Boston's preliminary mayoral election by the numbers.

Josh Kraft spent around $260 per vote he earned Tuesday www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/m...