Grabien Stories https://grabien.com/stories/Feed Grabien recent stories en tom@grabien.com Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:14:28 -0400 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:14:28 -0400 News 60 https://images.grabien.com/logo_header.png Grabien recent stories 60 60 https://grabien.com/stories/Feed Tony Schwartz: Trump Operates Like a ‘Black Hole’ That Requires Constant Attention and Validation ‘The destructive impulse, self-destructive impulse in Trump is so intense‘ grabienrecentstories594308 https://grabien.com/story?id=594308 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:03:50 -0400 Tony Schwartz: Gap Between Trump Rhetoric and Public Support Has Narrowed Over Time ‘What people hate most is uncertainty‘ grabienrecentstories594306 https://grabien.com/story?id=594306 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:02:29 -0400 Tony Schwartz: Donald Trump’s Pattern Is to ‘Attack, Attack, Attack’ in Political Crises ‘Reality has no meaning to him‘ grabienrecentstories594304 https://grabien.com/story?id=594304 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:00:49 -0400 Tony Schwartz: Trump ‘Doesn’t Have the Marbles’ to Respond Effectively to Current Challenges ‘I just think that he is lost and really doesn’t have a sense‘ grabienrecentstories594302 https://grabien.com/story?id=594302 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:31:56 -0400 Paul Krugman: Extreme Wealth Accumulation Is ‘Immoral’ Amid Discussion of Billionaire and Trillionaire Thresholds ‘There’s something kind of obscene about this much wealth along with this much suffering‘ grabienrecentstories594300 https://grabien.com/story?id=594300 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:21:39 -0400 Paul Krugman: Higher Taxes on Wealthy Could Be Reintroduced Through New Tax Brackets ‘We used to tax corporate profits at a much higher rate than we now do and with many fewer loopholes‘ grabienrecentstories594298 https://grabien.com/story?id=594298 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:17:11 -0400 Paul Krugman: High Valuation of Musk Companies Is ‘Crazy’ and Unjustified ‘There’s no conceivable way‘ grabienrecentstories594296 https://grabien.com/story?id=594296 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:07:24 -0400 Chai Komanduri: Trump Faces ‘Tough Week’ as Internal GOP Tensions Mount ‘It was almost like an acknowledgment that things are not going well‘ grabienrecentstories594294 https://grabien.com/story?id=594294 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:05:02 -0400 Juanita Tolliver: White House UFC Event Reflects ‘Taxpayer Dollar’ Stunts Under Trump ‘It feels absurd to see this happening‘ grabienrecentstories594292 https://grabien.com/story?id=594292 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:03:13 -0400 David Litt: Democrats Must Win Back Voters Who Believe ‘The System Isn’t Working’ Amid Fragmented Strategy ‘We have a president who said he was going to take on all the people‘ grabienrecentstories594290 https://grabien.com/story?id=594290 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:38:35 -0400 Ron Insana: Democratic Messaging on Voting Rights and Inflation ‘Writes Itself’ ‘If I were a Democratic strategist, commercials should be running 24/7’ grabienrecentstories594288 https://grabien.com/story?id=594288 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:30:42 -0400 Molly Jong-Fast: Voting Rights Efforts Have Been Targeted in Recent Legal and Political Changes ‘They they released this decision early so that southern states could redraw their maps to draw out people of color’ grabienrecentstories594286 https://grabien.com/story?id=594286 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:26:09 -0400 Al Sharpton: Election Outcome Depends on Whether Opposition ‘Uses the Ammunition’ Available ‘It could blow up in his face if the opposition used it to blow up in his face‘ grabienrecentstories594284 https://grabien.com/story?id=594284 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:19:38 -0400 Al Sharpton: Opponents of Trump Must ‘Sell That Voting Does Matter’ to the Public ‘If there was a rig, why didn’t the rig work in 2024‘ grabienrecentstories594282 https://grabien.com/story?id=594282 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:14:37 -0400 David Litt: U.S. Elections Are ‘A Lot Safer’ If States Retain Control Over Election Administration ‘The national government is not supposed to be running elections‘ grabienrecentstories594280 https://grabien.com/story?id=594280 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:24:55 -0400 Ron Insana: ‘Massive Disenfranchisement Effort Is Underway’ in U.S. Elections ‘There’s something really diabolical going on here as far as our electoral processes is concerned‘ grabienrecentstories594278 https://grabien.com/story?id=594278 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:22:07 -0400 Al Sharpton: Donald Trump ‘Does Not Deal With Logic’ in Shaping His Political Narrative ‘He has no self effacing about him‘ grabienrecentstories594276 https://grabien.com/story?id=594276 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:17:59 -0400 Al Sharpton: Donald Trump Uses ‘Conspiracy Theories’ to Rally His Base ‘He’s never recovered from losing to Joe Biden‘ grabienrecentstories594274 https://grabien.com/story?id=594274 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:15:08 -0400 Molly Jong-Fast: Trump Is ‘Trying to Undermine Elections’ Because He ‘Sees the Polls’ ‘He knows how unpopular he is‘ grabienrecentstories594272 https://grabien.com/story?id=594272 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:07:43 -0400 Jim Acosta on the Removal of Trump’s Name from the Kennedy Center: ‘Like Watching the Berlin Wall Coming Down’ ‘It is a sign that mankind, that humankind can stand up against tyranny’ grabienrecentstories594270 https://grabien.com/story?id=594270 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:59:16 -0400 American Psychiatric Association’s Black Caucus President: Dylann Roof Was Treated Better than Karmelo Anthony ‘Like, your brain has not even developed, Karmelo Anthony’s brain is not fully developed at 17, even at 18, even 19, even 20’ grabienrecentstories594268 https://grabien.com/story?id=594268 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:18:53 -0400 CNN’s Leila Gharagozlou Reports Iranian State Media Published Alleged ‘14 Points’ of the MOU ‘Donald Trump very quickly took to Truth Social to say that this was fake news‘ grabienrecentstories594266 https://grabien.com/story?id=594266 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:17:11 -0400 CBS Los Angeles: How Was Striking Black Jurors from the Karmelo Anthony Case ‘Even Legal?’ ‘It’s very eyebrow-raising’ grabienrecentstories594264 https://grabien.com/story?id=594264 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:14:23 -0400 Rep. Jonathan Jackson: Releasing Iranian Funds Is ‘Less Important Than Getting to the Next Phase’ of Peace Talks ‘Let‘s give peace a chance‘ grabienrecentstories594262 https://grabien.com/story?id=594262 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:12:57 -0400 Rep. Jonathan Jackson: U.S. Should ‘Give Peace a Chance’ in Negotiations With Iran ‘I think we should have stayed with the Obama negotiated agreement’ grabienrecentstories594260 https://grabien.com/story?id=594260 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:11:29 -0400 Rep. Jonathan Jackson: ‘We’re at a Bit of a Loss’ That Key Iran Negotiator Has Not Testified Before Congress ‘The president says this is not a war, specifically, he called this an excursion’ grabienrecentstories594258 https://grabien.com/story?id=594258 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:09:38 -0400 JFK’s Grandson Schlossberg: ‘Mayor Mamdani Has Done a Fantastic Job, I’m Proud to Have Endorsed Him’ ‘Voted for him twice’ grabienrecentstories594256 https://grabien.com/story?id=594256 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:58:54 -0400 JFK’s Grandson Schlossberg Slams Trump Over Policies: What He’s Done to This Country, ‘I Have Trouble Even Finding the Words’ ‘The Democratic Party so far, I mean, we have not come up with a real answer to how to stop this guy’ grabienrecentstories594254 https://grabien.com/story?id=594254 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:54:45 -0400 JFK’s Grandson on Trump’s Attempt to Rename Kennedy Center: We Should All Take It ‘Personally,’ He Represents a Generation Who Sacrificed All for Us ‘And President Trump, his agenda stands in opposition to all of that’ grabienrecentstories594252 https://grabien.com/story?id=594252 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:46:11 -0400 JFK’s Grandson Schlossberg on Pulling Trump’s Name from Kennedy Center: ‘He Did Desecrate What Is a Living Memorial to President Kennedy’ ‘I’m just really grateful to the people who filed this lawsuit’ grabienrecentstories594250 https://grabien.com/story?id=594250 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:43:17 -0400 Rep. Moulton Says Trump’s DNI Pick Clayton Is Still Not Good Enough: Supporting This Slush Fund to Pay Off Jan. 6 Insurrectionists ‘Jay Clayton is not someone that I would ever support’ grabienrecentstories594248 https://grabien.com/story?id=594248 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:40:42 -0400 Jamie Raskin Reacts to Trump Calling for His Expulsion Amid Impeachment Efforts: We Don’t Quite Know Exactly What Triggered Him ‘Maybe he’s got Raskin Derangement Syndrome’ grabienrecentstories594246 https://grabien.com/story?id=594246 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:22:05 -0400 UFC as Bald Eagle Kicked Off Freedom 250: Only One Way to Start Off the Ceremonial Weigh-Ins grabienrecentstories594244 https://grabien.com/story?id=594244 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:36:15 -0400 Rep. Seth Moulton on the Iran MOU Scheduled To Be Signed: ‘I Would Be Shocked’ ‘It’s time for Democrats to really hold him accountable’ grabienrecentstories594242 https://grabien.com/story?id=594242 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:21:30 -0400 Seth Moulton Slams Trump Over Iran: Because of His Vanity, He’s Like, Well, I Don’t Like Obama, So He Tore Up That Deal ‘When Obama unfroze $1.7 billion, Trump and MAGA said that was treason, now we’re giving Iran $24 billion to just start negotiations?’ grabienrecentstories594240 https://grabien.com/story?id=594240 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:13:46 -0400 Rep. Moulton Blasts Trump Over Iran: 14 Americans Dead and We Get a Deal to Reopen a Strait That Was Open Before He Started This Stupid War? ‘Basically, a surrender document from Donald Trump to the supreme leader of Iran’ grabienrecentstories594238 https://grabien.com/story?id=594238 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:10:57 -0400 Rep. Moulton Slams Trump Over Kennedy Center: He Doesn’t Like the Look of His Name Taken Off the Building, ‘It Should’ve Never Been There’ ‘That’s taxpayer dollars’ grabienrecentstories594236 https://grabien.com/story?id=594236 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:08:56 -0400 Rep. Seth Moulton on Trump Amid Kennedy Center Name Update: It’s ‘Pathetic’ That We’re Celebrating Stopping the Desecration of a Memorial ‘But that’s where we are, and it’s a victory for the law’ grabienrecentstories594234 https://grabien.com/story?id=594234 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:07:06 -0400 Cory Booker on Mental Health: The White Male Suicide Rate Is Going Down, Black Male Suicide Rate Is Up 25% ‘We are in a crisis’ grabienrecentstories594232 https://grabien.com/story?id=594232 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:25:24 -0400 Cory Booker on Dems Blocking FISA Over Pulte: The Statute Clearly Says Somebody with Extensive Nat’l Security Experience ‘Donald Trump is a danger to the United States of America’ grabienrecentstories594230 https://grabien.com/story?id=594230 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:23:32 -0400 Sen. Booker Blasts Trump Over Iran Ahead of G7 Meeting: Caused a Massive Problem for the Planet Earth, Particularly for Gas Prices ‘He’s desperately trying to scrape himself in some kind of deal to end it’ grabienrecentstories594228 https://grabien.com/story?id=594228 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:20:55 -0400 Sen. Booker Slams Trump Over W.H.’s UFC Match: This Has Corporate Sponsors All Over It, ‘His Pay to Play,’ Crass, Corrupt and Cruel ‘We’re in an economic crisis and he’s playing the great Gatsby with his big spectacles on the White House lawn’ grabienrecentstories594226 https://grabien.com/story?id=594226 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:16:34 -0400 Sen. Booker on Trump’s Name Removed from Kennedy Center: ‘It’s Outrageous,’ He’s More Concerned with Putting His Face on Our Money, Passports ‘A memorial to a slain president, and he just slaps his name on it’ grabienrecentstories594224 https://grabien.com/story?id=594224 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:12:19 -0400 Allysia Finley on Spencer Pratt Amid L.A. Mayoral Race Loss: ‘I Don’t Think Fraud Took Him Down’ ‘He was leading by eight points grabienrecentstories594222 https://grabien.com/story?id=594222 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:59:03 -0400 Kim Strassel on Calif.’s Voting Rules: Dems Are Attempting to Meddle with Electoral Systems to Benefit the People Who Vote for Them ‘A top priority for national Democrats, they want to impose California type rules on every state in the country’ grabienrecentstories594220 https://grabien.com/story?id=594220 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:54:05 -0400 Dan Henninger on Calif.’s Voting Rules: No One Has Established Fraud at This Point, But That Raises the Question of Who Exactly Is Looking for It ‘It should be simpler than this’ grabienrecentstories594218 https://grabien.com/story?id=594218 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:50:35 -0400 Caroline Downey on Talarico: There’s Nothing Consistent with Christianity About Getting Behind Experimental Gender Surgeries for Children ‘He’s moderating tactically because he remembered what state he’s actually representing’ grabienrecentstories594216 https://grabien.com/story?id=594216 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:48:51 -0400 Guy Benson on James Talarico’s Flip-Flops: He’s Now a ‘Bad Christian’ According to Himself, Trying to Appeal to a Statewide Audience ‘Talarico is a hard-core leftist who does not align with the values of Texas’ grabienrecentstories594214 https://grabien.com/story?id=594214 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:45:49 -0400 Kayleigh McEnany Slams James Talarico Over ‘Purging Radical Views:’ ‘Posing with Meat He Doesn’t Seem To Be Enjoying’ ‘False prophet James Talarico can’t seem to make up his mind on transgender surgeries for children’ grabienrecentstories594212 https://grabien.com/story?id=594212 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:39:19 -0400 Kim Strassel on Sen. Collins Amid Senate Race Against Platner: On the ‘Moral Front,’ She Doesn’t Have a Hint of a Scandal in Her Name ‘That is going to count for a lot with the huge independent block’ grabienrecentstories594210 https://grabien.com/story?id=594210 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:35:08 -0400