Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 04/08/2026All good, appreciate you reaching out and keeping us on toes!! 010
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Thanks so much. Sorry what text in the story makes that reference? 201
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Thanks so much. Which headline? Unsure where we have audit details listed. 300
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 13/07/2026In his final public remarks Friday, Graham said from Kyiv a WH agreement was just reached on the Russia sanctions bill: “It means it’s going to become law... I’ve never been more optimistic than I am today that we have the formula to end the war.” youtu.be/o3n2mWvtOcAyoutu.beFULL: Sen. Lindsey Graham Announces Russia Sanctions Deal, Urges China to Pressure Putin | AC1EYouTube video by DWS News 010
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Petraeus visited with Graham regularly since, recently hosting Graham for dinner when he was closing in on the WH green lighting the Russia sanctions bill. “He was as focused as ever on trying to figure out how to help Ukraine. He was exploring every diabolically clever method to do that." 110
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Graham talked about his political transformation after the 2015 bid. He and Trump had traded brutal attacks, but Graham made concessions to keep shaping foreign policy. Petraeus: "We talked about it privately and he said, ‘look, General, understand, this is what I have to do.’” 100
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 13/07/2026In 2015, then-VP Joe Biden, McCain and Petraeus spoke at the ceremony for Graham's retirement from the Air Force Reserve. It was closed press. There was surprise Graham didn’t use the moment for his short-lived presidential bid launched that summer. www.dvidshub.net/image/202629...dvidshub.netSen. Lindsey Graham retires from US Air Force ReserveCol. Lindsey Graham gives a speech at his retirement ceremony held at the National Guard Memorial Museum, June 24. Graham retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve after serving more than three decades ... 100
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Petraeus: “I thought I was not going to have someone show up for a week and come back with something that we hadn't thought through or considered. And it was the case. And it happened every single time.” Graham received a bronze medal after those active-duty stints. 100
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Petraeus, who led U.S. forces in Iraq, said Graham had “extraordinary insights” after his first stint. The Air Force colonel and JAG had focused on detention facilities in southern Iraq. "After the first one, I said, 'Come any time you can, we'll put you to good work.’” 100
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Petraeus told the Pentagon during that middle-of-the-night call in Spring 2007 he didn’t want to have a high-profile member of Congress in harm’s way. Armed militants were fighting back. “It was very, very violent. This was the last thing we needed. But they were insistent.” 100
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Petraeus coined the inseparable Graham, late Sens. John McCain and Joe Lieberman 'the three amigos.' It was inscribed on this photo together he gifted each after landing at HQ in Kabul. Petraeus thought the Iraq war zone was no place for Graham, the group’s most junior member. 101
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The last of ‘the three amigos’ In Spring 2007, retired Gen. Petraeus got a call from the Pentagon: U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham would serve active duty stints during the troop surge in Iraq. Petraeus said Graham was not welcome. A dozen stints later, they became lifelong friends. 431
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 12/07/2026More McCaul on Graham plans on Russia sanctions: "So his preference was to work with the White House before he introduced it, and we were finally there. And the good news is we are there and we are going to introduce it this week." 000
Reposted by Claudia GrisalesClaudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 12/07/2026McCaul on Graham's work on Russia sanctions bill: "we've been working for the last year on this bill to get it to a good place... Lindsey wanted to work with the White House ...to introduce a bill... the White House wouldn't object to... and we were finally there." 121
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 12/07/2026McCaul on Graham's work on Russia sanctions bill: "we've been working for the last year on this bill to get it to a good place... Lindsey wanted to work with the White House ...to introduce a bill... the White House wouldn't object to... and we were finally there." 121
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 12/07/2026McCaul, who was on personal travel, said he and Zelensky met right after Zelensky's meeting with Graham. McCaul says he and the Ukrainian president "talked extensively about the sanctions bill and Lindsey Graham." 120
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Russian sanctions marks one of Graham's last legacies, shaping final CODEL where he met with Zelensky. More McCaul on Graham, sanctions bill that has new urgency: "I try to see... the positive in anything... this will carry great momentum in the Congress as a tribute to him." 100
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Texas Rep. McCaul, who overlapped Sen. Lindsey Graham's CODEL to this weekend, says he plans to rename Russia sanctions bill in Graham's honor. McCaul, who saw Graham as a mentor, will introduce the bill this week: "I can think of no greater tribute to him in his legacy." 291
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Hell of a way for Tillis to go off on Paxton… 081
Reposted by Claudia GrisalesNPR @npr.org · 13/05/2026Pentagon officials told Congress they estimate the war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far. And, a new Education Scorecard shows U.S. students are improving in math. n.pr/42wOmSZn.prWar in Iran costs $29 billion so far. And, students are finally improving in mathPentagon officials told Congress they estimate the war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far. And, a new Education Scorecard shows U.S. students are improving in math. 2311922
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The path to paying for the Iran war is paved with political peril for Republicans in control of Washington. U.S. government's tab is estimated at >$29 billion so far. This, as U.S. families pay >$12.1B in higher fuel prices or >$92/household. And there's more. www.npr.org/2026/04/10/n...npr.orgRepublicans in Congress brace for a fight over the Iran war price tagIn recent days, multiple GOP lawmakers have gone public with their concerns over the war -- a range of issues Republican leadership will have to address as they face the task of securing new funding. 022
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Pam Bondi depo delayed — Follows Reps. Mace, Khanna ask Oversight Chair James Comer reaffirm. Per panel spox: DOJ said “Bondi will not appear on April 14 … since she is no longer” AG, panel “will contact …Bondi’s personal counsel to discuss next steps” to resked. 021
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Survivors, their friends and family urge Congress to release the Epstein files. House set to vote next week. “You have the ability to vote to release the Epstein files, and with it, deliver a promise the American people have awaited for far too long. We implore you to do so.” 0123
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 06/11/2025First and only woman to be U.S. House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announces her last term in office in a video message to San Francisco. @pelosi.house.gov ends with final, 20th term in Congress, capping off a historic mark on legislating after nearly 40 years on Capitol Hill. A clip of her announcement… 0308
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Source tells me Senate Dems lunch today will cover how they’ll vote tomorrow on Defense approps bill. Leader Thune tee’d up vote, marking 1st such test on approps since government shut down. But source made clear regular approps plan won’t change dynamics to reopen gov/address ACA. 120
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Senate Majority Leader John Thune responds to OMB head Russ Vought’s post “the RIFs have begun,” telling @jordainc.bsky.social and I: “Well… I think they held off for as long as they could.” 8364
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 20/09/2025“If the news about our military must first be approved by the government, then the public is no longer getting independent reporting. It is getting only what officials want them to see. That should alarm every American.” More from ⬇️ @pressclubdc.bsky.social 513658
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Top congressional leaders apparently in the dark on today’s U.S. military strike: Senate Majority Leader Thune: “I have not been briefed on that… let me find out.” SASC Chair Wicker: “It’s something I intend to look into” SASC Ranking D Reed: was told “nothing at all” 155
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Congress still hasn’t been briefed on the 1st strike conducted on Sept. 2nd, which upended the U.S. drug interdiction program led by the U.S. Coast Guard to detain and arrest traffickers at sea. Trump announcement today: 060
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 15/09/2025President Trump ordered a second military strike on narco-traffickers today. The first already raised new questions of POTUS’s expanded war powers and fears Trump can order strikes “whenever he likes.” And Congress still knows very little. More here: www.npr.org/2025/09/14/n...npr.orgCongress worries U.S. strike on Venezuelan boat signals Trump's expanded war powersWe look at the U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat earlier this month, which has riled lawmakers, even Republican ones, who say the strike did not follow standard practices and policies. 263
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 12/09/2025So… I won’t be washing my right hand for a while!! See the @npr.org Ed Sheeran Tiny Desk today here: www.youtube.com/live/Q2CW9TZ...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 130
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 12/09/2025What a day for U.S. Capitol Police: At midday, an extensive response and investigation into a bomb threat at DNC HQ that wasn’t credible. Tonight, they’re investigating a suspicious vehicle that’s got several streets by the Senate blocked off. 085
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Fuller Thune response on U.S. drug interdiction posture: "I wouldn't read too much into it. I think it was a clear interpretation...by the cartels: You continue to ship substances up here that are killing Americans on a daily basis, we are going to deal with it as a national security threat." 000
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Asked Senate Majority Leader Thune if strike signals shift in U.S. rules of engagement: "I wouldn't read too much into it ...It was a clear interpretation ...by the cartels: You... ship substances up here... killing Americans ...we are going to deal with it as a national security threat." 120
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Some Rs disagree on justification: Sen. Graham says U.S. posture on drug interdiction has shifted: "We're considering narco-terrorist states to be military threats not law enforcement threats." Sen. Paul: "is ...the new Coast Guard policy to shoot without asking questions?" 071
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 09/09/2025They also failed to share a legal opinion for the strike or say if WH &/or DOJ lawyers gave that greenlight, the source tells me. If this was a "Title 10" strike under war powers authorities, there was vague clarification if narco-traffickers will be now be considered terrorists. 1395
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Under the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Force (AUMF) that gives the president the authority for certain strikes, Congress should be notified within a 48-hour window. The source tells me they were not. 2438
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 09/09/2025The briefing was resked for today after officials no-showed last week. The Trump administration did not send lawyers to the briefing, even as they said administration lawyers gave the greenlight for the strike. However, they failed to share the legal opinion for the strike... 1588
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 09/09/2025A source tells me in a tense meeting this morning, Pentagon officials briefed Senate national security and leadership staff on last week’s U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat. However, they provided little answers, and legal justification for the strike... 613937
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Other files include 9.24.07 non-prosecution agreement with USAO for Southern District of Fla., entries from Epstein's address/contact books 1.1.90-8.10.19; & info on Epstein’s bank accounts. Aide says staff will review docs and "make them public in the near future." 0101
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 08/09/2025A House Oversight Committee aide says panel has received 1st set of docs from Epstein Estate in response to Chair Comer subpoena. The birthday book compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein’s 50th birthday, Epstein's last will & testament among docs... 2375
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 20/08/2025More from Ari’s substack: arishapiro.substack.com/p/moving-on?...arishapiro.substack.comMoving OnAfter nearly 25 years at NPR, it's time for a new adventure 151
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 20/08/2025I was sure I’d be fired as a 1st year radio journalist, lost after decades as a digital/print reporter. @ari-shapiro.bsky.social was a mentor who helped pull me out of that imposter syndrome hell. The biggest gut punch yet in an ongoing, brutal @npr.org exodus. variety.com/2025/digital...variety.comNPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ Host Ari Shapiro Leaving Amid Trump Funding CutsAri Shapiro, after 10 years co-hosting NPR's "All Things Considered" news program, is leaving the public broadcaster at the end of September. 3334
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Just caught Senate Majority Leader John Thune going back into the chamber, and when I asked if he had the votes, he gave me a thumbs up. 042
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 14/06/2025U.S. CapitolPolice statement: “The United States Capitol Police is aware of the violence targeting state lawmakers in Minnesota. We have been working with our federal, state and local partners. For safety reasons, we cannot provide specific details about our security posture.” 051
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 14/06/2025"She is a wonderful person," Klobuchar said of state Rep. Melissa Hortman. In a statement, Klobuchar said they started their political careers at the same time, and "were always there for each other." It’s not yet clear if Klobuchar herself was on suspect’s list of targets. 282
Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Sen. @amyklobuchar.com tells me she was with “good friend” state Rep. Hortman and her husband last night. “We had a big political dinner,” in Minn., “she and her husband were right in the front.” Klobuchar then traveled to Boston for an event, but rushed back amid tragic news. 215021
