Alexandra Grabbe
@alexandragrabbe.bsky.social
Author of The Nansen Factor, Refugee Stories. Former talk show host in Paris; former green innkeeper on Cape Cod. Now living in Arlington, MA. Memoir to be published by Koehler Books in March 2026. @AuthorsGuild
What a thrill to receive a box of books you labored over for months, sometimes years, even ARCs bring a big smile. Preorder SEEING JOY. It’s a great memoir if I do say so myself. #booksky #eldercare
December 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What a thrill to receive a box of books you labored over for months, sometimes years, even ARCs bring a big smile. Preorder SEEING JOY. It’s a great memoir if I do say so myself. #booksky #eldercare
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Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
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You'll see this article posted a lot today. That's only because everyone should read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
You'll see this article posted a lot today. That's only because everyone should read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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“He is not unstoppable and you are not without power”
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“He is not unstoppable and you are not without power”
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
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Did you see #tourists to the USA now need to bring a suitcase of documents for customs to check along with social media? Looks like someone is trying to destroy the #hospitalityindustry.
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Did you see #tourists to the USA now need to bring a suitcase of documents for customs to check along with social media? Looks like someone is trying to destroy the #hospitalityindustry.
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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Tusk warned that the Polish crypto sector is "infiltrated and controlled" by Russian and Belarusian entities, citing intelligence that A7A5, the Russian stablecoin sanctioned by the EU in October, is being used to finance local sabotage operations.
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Tusk warned that the Polish crypto sector is "infiltrated and controlled" by Russian and Belarusian entities, citing intelligence that A7A5, the Russian stablecoin sanctioned by the EU in October, is being used to finance local sabotage operations.
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“It confirms what we already knew — this was not about public safety, it’s about stoking chaos and fear and terrorizing communities,” said state Sen. Royce Duplessis.
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown
Records reviewed by the AP show that few of those arrested have criminal histories beyond traffic violations.
www.nola.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
“It confirms what we already knew — this was not about public safety, it’s about stoking chaos and fear and terrorizing communities,” said state Sen. Royce Duplessis.
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
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They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?
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That’s the spirit. A real American standing up for our freedom and the sacred right of free speech.
Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
That’s the spirit. A real American standing up for our freedom and the sacred right of free speech.
Check out the Monsanto Papers and listen to Living on Earth today on NPR. Episode is on #pesticides as the danger to exposure increases here in the USA. #MAHA
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Check out the Monsanto Papers and listen to Living on Earth today on NPR. Episode is on #pesticides as the danger to exposure increases here in the USA. #MAHA
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🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
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December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
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BREAKING: Former NATO Commander Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud - Trump Is Beholden To Putin, Not America
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...
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BREAKING: Former NATO Commander Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud - Trump Is Beholden To Putin, Not America
In a stunning—and frankly, humiliating—moment on international television, a former NATO Commander made absolutely clear what so many in the global security community have been whispering for years: D...
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: Former NATO Commander Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud - Trump Is Beholden To Putin, Not America
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...
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"...we've got a long period of this administration ahead." "....the use of force really concerns me. I think the groundwork that's being set is for the use of force against Americans in our states, and we're already seeing signs of that."
Frank Kendell, Center For American Progress, Sr. Fellow
Frank Kendell, Center For American Progress, Sr. Fellow
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"...we've got a long period of this administration ahead." "....the use of force really concerns me. I think the groundwork that's being set is for the use of force against Americans in our states, and we're already seeing signs of that."
Frank Kendell, Center For American Progress, Sr. Fellow
Frank Kendell, Center For American Progress, Sr. Fellow
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Of course it’s what he is saying. He is the emptiest publicly known human being on the planet.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
December 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Of course it’s what he is saying. He is the emptiest publicly known human being on the planet.