Barb Fraze
@bfraze.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, hiker, sports fan and news junkie
Reposted by Barb Fraze
JUST IN: Russia is carrying out a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, top Ukrainian officials said, with parts of the capital Kyiv left without power.
Ukraine says ‘massive’ Russian attack underway targeting energy infrastructure | CNN
Russia is carrying out a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, top Ukrainian officials said early Friday, with parts of the capital Kyiv left without power.
www.cnn.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
JUST IN: Russia is carrying out a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, top Ukrainian officials said, with parts of the capital Kyiv left without power.
Please do!
Commentary: With the feds looking to approve dangerous mining in the watershed, it’s up to Minnesota to protect the Boundary Waters minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/08/i...
It’s up to Minnesota to protect the Boundary Waters • Minnesota Reformer
Just when we were in the homestretch for permanently protecting canoe country, the Trump administration vowed to greenlight sulfide-ore copper mining in its headwaters.
minnesotareformer.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Please do!
“My family & I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump,” #Comey said. “But we…will not live on our knees, & you shouldn’t either. Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant, & she’s right, but I’m not afraid, & I hope you’re not ..."
September 25, 2025
Today, with the popularity of President Donald J.
open.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
“My family & I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump,” #Comey said. “But we…will not live on our knees, & you shouldn’t either. Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant, & she’s right, but I’m not afraid, & I hope you’re not ..."
It's worth giving El Reportero a follow on Substack. In these days of untrusted major media, you can trust his analysis and he gives great context. #journalism #trust #news
open.substack.com/pub/davidagr...
open.substack.com/pub/davidagr...
'Not a democratic ally': Canadian PM Carney visits Mexico to push closer ties
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney travelled to Mexico to thaw frosty ties. President Claudia Sheinbaum greeted his trip with talk of Canadian mining companies' supposed environmental shortcomings.
open.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
It's worth giving El Reportero a follow on Substack. In these days of untrusted major media, you can trust his analysis and he gives great context. #journalism #trust #news
open.substack.com/pub/davidagr...
open.substack.com/pub/davidagr...
I spent decades being shocked by who was an abuser in the church. Abuse is abuse, no matter who does it. Zero tolerance. Release the files! #Epsteinfiles
September 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I spent decades being shocked by who was an abuser in the church. Abuse is abuse, no matter who does it. Zero tolerance. Release the files! #Epsteinfiles
Reposted by Barb Fraze
Please share everywhere!
Epstein Survivors Press Conference
Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET
Tune in to support them.
Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET
Tune in to support them.
September 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Please share everywhere!
Reposted by Barb Fraze
BREAKING: Iranian-backed Houthis say an Israeli airstrike has killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
Israeli airstrike kills Houthi rebel prime minister in Sanaa
The Iranian-backed Houthis say an Israeli airstrike has killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
bit.ly
August 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
BREAKING: Iranian-backed Houthis say an Israeli airstrike has killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
While U.S. institutions are being dismantled, remember there are still horrors esewhere in the world. #Ukraine #Gaza #Sudan
⚡️Russia targets Ukrainian cities with missile, drone attacks as peace talks stall.
Russia launched a missile and drone attack targeting various Ukrainian regions overnight on Aug. 30, Ukraine's Air Force reported.
Russia launched a missile and drone attack targeting various Ukrainian regions overnight on Aug. 30, Ukraine's Air Force reported.
Russia targets Ukrainian cities with missile, drone attacks as peace talks stall
Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russian cruise and ballistic missiles had been launched at Ukraine's front line regions. Russian attack drones have also been reported across multiple regions, includ...
kyivindependent.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reposted by Barb Fraze
Breaking news: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from rapidly deporting undocumented immigrants detained away from the border without a court hearing, a setback for its mass deportation agenda.
Judge blocks Trump’s broad expansion of expedited removal of migrants
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration cannot fast-track the deportations of undocumented migrants inside the country without offering them due process.
wapo.st
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Breaking news: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from rapidly deporting undocumented immigrants detained away from the border without a court hearing, a setback for its mass deportation agenda.
Reposted by Barb Fraze
⚡️Update: At least three people injured in large-scale Russian missile, drone attack.
Russia's large-scale overnight missile attack has injured at least three people in the city of Zaporizhzhia amid a strike on a residential building, local officials reported.
Russia's large-scale overnight missile attack has injured at least three people in the city of Zaporizhzhia amid a strike on a residential building, local officials reported.
Russia targets Ukrainian cities with missile, drone attacks as peace talks stall
Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russian cruise and ballistic missiles had been launched at Ukraine's front line regions. Russian attack drones have also been reported across multiple regions, includ...
kyivindependent.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
⚡️Update: At least three people injured in large-scale Russian missile, drone attack.
Russia's large-scale overnight missile attack has injured at least three people in the city of Zaporizhzhia amid a strike on a residential building, local officials reported.
Russia's large-scale overnight missile attack has injured at least three people in the city of Zaporizhzhia amid a strike on a residential building, local officials reported.
Reposted by Barb Fraze
Breaking: Exxon has held secret talks with Russia’s biggest state energy company about resuming business in the country.
Exclusive | Exxon Held Secret Talks With Rosneft About Going Back to Russia
Resuming business in Russia would mark a dramatic rapprochement after Exxon’s messy breakup with Moscow when Putin attacked Ukraine in 2022
on.wsj.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Breaking: Exxon has held secret talks with Russia’s biggest state energy company about resuming business in the country.
Meet Heather Ryan: "Behind the wigs and viral quips is a strategist who understands the stakes, " writes Nikki Gamer. "Something about the 53-year-old told me: this is what resistance looks like now."
The Hero Files: Heather Ryan (of Bitches Get Stuff Done)
As Trump’s performance politics escalate, one woman is using the rules of reality TV to fight back—and she’s gaining ground.
open.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Meet Heather Ryan: "Behind the wigs and viral quips is a strategist who understands the stakes, " writes Nikki Gamer. "Something about the 53-year-old told me: this is what resistance looks like now."
Reposted by Barb Fraze
NEW: Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.
Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.
www.propublica.org
August 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NEW: Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Why would a government even do this: "a federal court struck down the Trump’s administration’s bid to end a law that mandates children held in federal custody be housed in humane and safe conditions."
Court ruling says Trump must treat children in ICE custody humanely
Court ruling says Trump must treat children in ICE custody humanely
Last Friday, a judge ruled that children, whether accompanied by their families or arriving alone, are entitled to these basic human rights and blocked the government from detaining children indefi…
myfox8.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Why would a government even do this: "a federal court struck down the Trump’s administration’s bid to end a law that mandates children held in federal custody be housed in humane and safe conditions."
"Air Canada has really refused to bargain with us and they refused to bargain with us because they knew this government would come in on their white horse and try and save the day," said the #union leader. #AirCanada
Air Canada will resume flights Monday evening, claiming the union illegally directed flight attendants to defy a return-to-work order.
Air Canada suspends restart plans after union defies return to work order
Air Canada will resume flights Monday evening, claiming the union illegally directed flight attendants to defy a return-to-work order.
n.pr
August 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Air Canada has really refused to bargain with us and they refused to bargain with us because they knew this government would come in on their white horse and try and save the day," said the #union leader. #AirCanada
"The stakes are so high for health and safety, with thirty percent of all U.S. oceans being within the U.S. territories.” #Mining
Guam and other territories unite in a petition against deep seabed mining in American Samoa, highlighting environmental concerns.
Guam joins other territories in petition opposing deep seabed mining in American Samoa
Guam residents have joined over 2,000 other people in a petition to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management opposing the imposition of deep seabed mining in the waters of American
www.guampdn.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"The stakes are so high for health and safety, with thirty percent of all U.S. oceans being within the U.S. territories.” #Mining
Reposted by Barb Fraze
Introducing: our new resources hub!
Looking for all of our timely guidance on how to accurately cover trans communities? Trying to understand complex political messaging about governmental efforts to limit trans rights, or spot misinformation on a deadline?
It's all in one place now 👇
Looking for all of our timely guidance on how to accurately cover trans communities? Trying to understand complex political messaging about governmental efforts to limit trans rights, or spot misinformation on a deadline?
It's all in one place now 👇
Resource Hub
Featured articles and resources by the Trans Journalists Association.
www.transjournalists.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Introducing: our new resources hub!
Looking for all of our timely guidance on how to accurately cover trans communities? Trying to understand complex political messaging about governmental efforts to limit trans rights, or spot misinformation on a deadline?
It's all in one place now 👇
Looking for all of our timely guidance on how to accurately cover trans communities? Trying to understand complex political messaging about governmental efforts to limit trans rights, or spot misinformation on a deadline?
It's all in one place now 👇
Grateful that someone advised me to fly Porter Airlines to and from Toronto. Friends who flew Air Canada had flights canceled. Plus, you cannot beat the terminal views from inside Billy Bishop airport. @gandersocial.bsky.social #Canada
August 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Grateful that someone advised me to fly Porter Airlines to and from Toronto. Friends who flew Air Canada had flights canceled. Plus, you cannot beat the terminal views from inside Billy Bishop airport. @gandersocial.bsky.social #Canada
From Substack, Linda Rey, no attribution given.
August 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
From Substack, Linda Rey, no attribution given.
Reposted by Barb Fraze
The term they use is “financial profiling”.
July 31, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The term they use is “financial profiling”.
Even some Israeli rights groups are calling what is happening in #Gaza #genocide.
www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...
www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...
Gaza: For Israeli humanitarian organizations, it is genocide - Vatican News
Israeli humanitarian and pacifist organizations publicly accuse the government of “a genocidal regime working toward the destruction of Palestinian ...
www.vaticannews.va
July 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Even some Israeli rights groups are calling what is happening in #Gaza #genocide.
www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...
www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...
"U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters."
US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say
U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters."
Reposted by Barb Fraze
JUST IN: A federal appeals court has issued another blow to President Donald Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship, upholding a nationwide block against the policy.
Federal appeals court issues another blow to Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics
A federal appeals court on Wednesday issued another major blow to President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, ruling that it’s unconstitutional and upholding a nati...
cnn.it
July 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
JUST IN: A federal appeals court has issued another blow to President Donald Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship, upholding a nationwide block against the policy.