Grabien Stories https://grabien.com/stories/Feed Grabien recent stories en tom@grabien.com Sat, 09 May 2026 13:00:01 -0400 Sat, 09 May 2026 13:00:01 -0400 News 60 https://images.grabien.com/logo_header.png Grabien recent stories 60 60 https://grabien.com/stories/Feed Elie Mystal on Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Act: ‘An Attack by White People Against the Very Concept of Black Representation’ ‘This is Jim Crow 2.0’ grabienrecentstories588108 https://grabien.com/story?id=588108 Sat, 09 May 2026 12:45:12 -0400 CNN Panel: Is Rubio Outshining Vance in Possible 2028 Clash? ‘The Rubio memes have so dominated this year’ grabienrecentstories588106 https://grabien.com/story?id=588106 Sat, 09 May 2026 12:26:49 -0400 ‘I Went Where Christians Are Supposed To Go’: Man Who Nearly Died Describes How He Met Jesus ‘I didn’t even know that could happen to you’ grabienrecentstories588104 https://grabien.com/story?id=588104 Sat, 09 May 2026 12:23:24 -0400 Dem Rep. Adam Smith: ‘There’s No Question, Russia and China Are Helping Iran’ ‘They want to weaken the United States’ grabienrecentstories588102 https://grabien.com/story?id=588102 Sat, 09 May 2026 12:06:48 -0400 CNN’s Abby Phillip Dismisses Poll Showing Support for Iran War: ‘Harvard–Harris Doesn’t Meet Our Standards Here at CNN’ ‘Very few people in this country would tell a pollster that they want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon’ grabienrecentstories588100 https://grabien.com/story?id=588100 Sat, 09 May 2026 11:39:29 -0400 Jeffries: We Have to ‘End the Era of Voter Suppression in the United States of America Once and for All’; ‘Everything Should Be on the Table’ ‘We have to end Citizens United, dramatically reform our campaign finance laws’ grabienrecentstories588098 https://grabien.com/story?id=588098 Sat, 09 May 2026 11:24:08 -0400 Hakeem Jeffries: ‘Everybody Has a Stake in Preserving a Multiracial Democracy as Part of the Effort to Preserve American Exceptionalism’ ‘As we move forward into our next 250 years’ grabienrecentstories588096 https://grabien.com/story?id=588096 Sat, 09 May 2026 11:07:02 -0400 Hakeem Jeffries: ‘We All Have to Come Together to Actually Push Back Against This Unprecedented Attack on Our Democracy’ ‘Unprecedented attack on free and fair elections’ grabienrecentstories588094 https://grabien.com/story?id=588094 Sat, 09 May 2026 10:57:21 -0400 CNN’s Abby Phillip: ‘America’s Redistricting Battles Just Became a Full-Fledged War’; We Are ‘in the Depths of Hell’ ‘Democrats are vowing to go all in tonight after a consequential setback in Virginia’ grabienrecentstories588092 https://grabien.com/story?id=588092 Sat, 09 May 2026 10:52:34 -0400 Hakeem Jeffries: ‘We’re Going to Win Back the House of Representatives in November’; ‘Republicans Are in Panic Mode’ ‘We historically overperformed in November’ grabienrecentstories588090 https://grabien.com/story?id=588090 Sat, 09 May 2026 10:38:29 -0400 Fetterman Slams ‘A**hole’ Alex Jones, ‘Crazy Pants’ Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Tucker Carlson: ‘There Are So Many S**tty Takes Out There’ ‘Opinions are not news’ grabienrecentstories588088 https://grabien.com/story?id=588088 Sat, 09 May 2026 10:25:38 -0400 Fetterman: The Democratic Contempt for Trump Exceeds the Concern and Anger About Iran ‘It used to be standing behind the military’ grabienrecentstories588086 https://grabien.com/story?id=588086 Sat, 09 May 2026 10:06:41 -0400 Nigel Farage on Reform UK Election Gains: ‘A Truly Historic Shift in British Politics’ ‘We’ve been so used to thinking about politics in terms of left and right’ grabienrecentstories588084 https://grabien.com/story?id=588084 Sat, 09 May 2026 09:57:42 -0400 Donna Brazile: The Iran War Has No Strategy and End Game; It’s ‘Costing Us More Than Just American Lives’ ‘The Iranian regime was not a fan of their neighbors’ grabienrecentstories588082 https://grabien.com/story?id=588082 Sat, 09 May 2026 09:49:10 -0400 Fetterman: Part of Democratic Party Became More and More ‘Anti-Men’; One of the Reasons Why We Lost in 2024 ‘That’s why there’s been such a big, big migration away from the Democratic Party from young men’ grabienrecentstories588080 https://grabien.com/story?id=588080 Sat, 09 May 2026 09:40:57 -0400 Rep. Crenshaw on if There’s a ‘Republican Civil War’: ‘I’ve Been Fighting the Civil War for a Long Time, Pointing Out the Atrocities and the Grifting of People Like Tucker Carlson’ ‘I like that we’re having that civil war’ grabienrecentstories588078 https://grabien.com/story?id=588078 Sat, 09 May 2026 09:29:01 -0400 CNN’s Smerconish: Is the Phrase ‘Tax the Rich’ a Slur Against Wealthy Americans? ‘Is Mayor Mamdani showing no class with regard to the wealthy?’ grabienrecentstories588076 https://grabien.com/story?id=588076 Sat, 09 May 2026 09:19:38 -0400 Fox News: Frontier Flight Strikes Person on Denver Runway ‘Frontier Airlines says flight 4345 was taking off for Los Angeles from Denver when it hit a pedestrian on the runway around 11:20 PM local time’ grabienrecentstories588074 https://grabien.com/story?id=588074 Sat, 09 May 2026 09:08:27 -0400 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘The American Revolution Was Against the Billionaires of Their Time’ grabienrecentstories588072 https://grabien.com/story?id=588072 Sat, 09 May 2026 07:55:08 -0400 27 Colorado House Democrats Vote Against Bill Increasing Penalties for Indecent Exposure to Children grabienrecentstories588070 https://grabien.com/story?id=588070 Sat, 09 May 2026 07:53:59 -0400 Scott MacFarlane: Millions of Virginia Voters Had Their Will Undermined by Redistricting Decision ‘Their voices were heard and now have been silenced‘ grabienrecentstories588068 https://grabien.com/story?id=588068 Sat, 09 May 2026 07:38:37 -0400 Scott MacFarlane: Media Landscape Is Experiencing a ‘Sea Change’ in Response to Political Pressure ‘I think there’s a sea change among members of the media‘ grabienrecentstories588066 https://grabien.com/story?id=588066 Sat, 09 May 2026 07:35:50 -0400 Scott MacFarlane: FCC Pressure Point Is Local Television Stations, Not Network Headquarters ‘The FCC doesn’t have oversight over the world news‘ grabienrecentstories588064 https://grabien.com/story?id=588064 Sat, 09 May 2026 07:34:33 -0400 Scott MacFarlane: ABC Seeks FCC Relief Over ‘Unreasonable, Unfair, and Unprecedented’ Requirements ‘What they’re arguing is that the view is a bona fide news show‘ grabienrecentstories588062 https://grabien.com/story?id=588062 Sat, 09 May 2026 07:32:59 -0400 Adam Kinzinger: ‘Our Country Is Desperate for Some Version of Aspiration and Inspiration’ ‘Heroes can be anything from somebody that is willing to give their life for a country‘ grabienrecentstories588060 https://grabien.com/story?id=588060 Sat, 09 May 2026 07:31:17 -0400 Adam Kinzinger: Only ‘Cold, Calculated Defeat’ Would Force Meaningful Change in GOP ‘We dare say that the election was legitimate in 2020‘ grabienrecentstories588058 https://grabien.com/story?id=588058 Sat, 09 May 2026 07:29:48 -0400 Adam Kinzinger: Democratic Strategy Must Focus on Expanding a ‘Pro-Democracy Coalition’ ‘That doesn’t mean that every Democrat needs to become a squishy moderate‘ grabienrecentstories588056 https://grabien.com/story?id=588056 Sat, 09 May 2026 07:26:22 -0400 Adam Kinzinger: Democrats Must Be ‘Prepared to Fight’ and ‘Keep Telling the Truth’ ‘It’s like almost a religion‘ grabienrecentstories588054 https://grabien.com/story?id=588054 Sat, 09 May 2026 07:24:57 -0400 Dan Pfeiffer: Supreme Court Decision Creates a ‘World of Perpetual Redistricting’ ‘This is not something we do once every 10 years‘ grabienrecentstories588052 https://grabien.com/story?id=588052 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:46:38 -0400 Quentin Fulks: Voters Are More Focused on Paying Their ‘Light Bill’ Than Gerrymandering ‘I don’t believe that there’s a place that Democrats can’t go in the country and talk to voters‘ grabienrecentstories588050 https://grabien.com/story?id=588050 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:39:02 -0400 Quentin Fulks: Democrats Should View Redistricting Changes as an ‘Opportunity’ for Gains ‘We would love to have our districts and not have Republicans try to change the rules‘ grabienrecentstories588048 https://grabien.com/story?id=588048 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:37:49 -0400 Dan Pfeiffer: Trump Remains ‘Incredibly Unpopular’ in Current Political Climate ‘The political environment cannot be better for Democrats‘ grabienrecentstories588046 https://grabien.com/story?id=588046 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:37:08 -0400 Victor Davis Hanson: Claims Harris Becomes ‘Incoherent’ When Speaking in Abstract Terms ‘I think that she’s descending into sort of a therapeutic malaise‘ grabienrecentstories588044 https://grabien.com/story?id=588044 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:36:24 -0400 Victor Davis Hanson: California’s High Taxes and Costs Have Created ‘Dichotomies’ in Quality of Life ‘We have the highest gas taxes, the highest income taxes‘ grabienrecentstories588042 https://grabien.com/story?id=588042 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:35:32 -0400 Dr. Michio Kaku Calls for Independent Scientific Committee to Analyze Potential UFO Biological Evidence ‘Whether it is parallel to our evolutionary development, or there’s another parallel development that we don’t even know about‘ grabienrecentstories588040 https://grabien.com/story?id=588040 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:34:51 -0400 Dr. Michio Kaku: Global Access to Advanced Energy Technologies Is a Central Strategic Concern ‘Perhaps that’s the reason why these scientists disappeared out of thin air‘ grabienrecentstories588038 https://grabien.com/story?id=588038 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:34:05 -0400 Dr. Michio Kaku: No Conclusion on Alien Physiology Without ‘Actual Samples’ or Physical Evidence ‘That is close encounters of the second kind‘ grabienrecentstories588036 https://grabien.com/story?id=588036 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:33:27 -0400 Dr. Michio Kaku: Extreme UFO Maneuvers Would Normally ‘Crush the Bones’ of Any Occupant ‘We humans cannot get into a spaceship that goes zigzagging like that‘ grabienrecentstories588034 https://grabien.com/story?id=588034 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:32:38 -0400 Dr. Michio Kaku: Government UFO Disclosure Allows ‘Independent Researchers’ to Review Evidence ‘I would put it at a 10 because we’re at a turning point‘ grabienrecentstories588032 https://grabien.com/story?id=588032 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:32:04 -0400 Harley Lippman: Iran’s Economy Has Been ‘So Devastated’ With Inflation Over 100% ‘President Trump is doing this in the way to promote a peaceful resolution‘ grabienrecentstories588030 https://grabien.com/story?id=588030 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:30:21 -0400 Harley Lippman: Trump ‘Is Pursuing a Policy That Strikes the Right Balance’ in Iran Conflict ‘President Trump is doing the perfect carrot and stick where he’s offering an opportunity for Iran‘ grabienrecentstories588028 https://grabien.com/story?id=588028 Sat, 09 May 2026 04:28:49 -0400 Michael McFaul: Russia Is Experiencing ‘Exhaustion With the War’ Inside the Country ‘There’s nervousness, there’s division amongst elites inside Russia‘ grabienrecentstories588026 https://grabien.com/story?id=588026 Sat, 09 May 2026 03:58:56 -0400 Michael McFaul: Putin ‘Was Paranoid’ About a Possible Ukrainian Attack on Victory Day Parade ‘But he said, only soldiers, no tanks or something like that‘ grabienrecentstories588024 https://grabien.com/story?id=588024 Sat, 09 May 2026 03:55:26 -0400 Mayor Jacob Frey on Minneapolis Not Cooperating with ICE grabienrecentstories588022 https://grabien.com/story?id=588022 Sat, 09 May 2026 03:31:18 -0400 Melissa Murray: ‘Black People Are Usually the Canary in the Coal Mine’ for Democratic Backsliding ‘We may not fall at the same time, but we will all fall inevitably‘ grabienrecentstories588020 https://grabien.com/story?id=588020 Sat, 09 May 2026 03:13:53 -0400 Melissa Murray: Mid-Decade Redistricting Is Happening Because Trump Knows GOP Control ‘Is Going to Wane’ ‘Virginia Supreme Court acting at the behest of the Republican Party‘ grabienrecentstories588018 https://grabien.com/story?id=588018 Sat, 09 May 2026 03:12:26 -0400 Rep. Brendan Boyle: Republicans in Tough Seats Are ‘Politically Stupid Enough’ to Fund Trump Ballroom ‘There is nothing in the Trump era that will surprise me anymore‘ grabienrecentstories588016 https://grabien.com/story?id=588016 Sat, 09 May 2026 02:33:23 -0400 Rep. Brendan Boyle: Trump ‘So Clearly Doesn’t Care’ About Americans Struggling With Rising Costs ‘All he talks about every single day is his ballroom‘ grabienrecentstories588014 https://grabien.com/story?id=588014 Sat, 09 May 2026 02:31:27 -0400 Rep. Brendan Boyle: Trump Policies Are ‘Finally Driving’ Multi-Generation Farmers Off Their Land ‘We hit an All Time Low for consumer sentiment‘ grabienrecentstories588012 https://grabien.com/story?id=588012 Sat, 09 May 2026 02:29:30 -0400 Rep. Brendan Boyle: Republicans Have ‘$1 Billion for Trump’s Big, Beautiful Ballroom’ But ‘Absolutely Nothing’ for Inflation ‘Prices today are more than 50% higher than where they were just two months ago‘ grabienrecentstories588010 https://grabien.com/story?id=588010 Sat, 09 May 2026 02:17:41 -0400