Wednesday, July 22, 2026

links to gift articles from NY Times & WaPo

These are in chronological order -- latest at bottom  . Sometimes I lost focus and didn’t get the link pasted in here in time, so sometimes I’ve used links to my post and social media.

torrent of lies https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17w7twMXFm/

former advisors https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1XJk1cakHA/


mental health professionals https://www.facebook.com/share/p/187FWByxV5/


trump scandals https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18Mju9ZsQm/


fact checking Jan 7 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18C4mVGKSL/


fact checking Jan 20, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BDgeYjMz6/


Fact, check: Canada is not a significant source of fentanyl https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/world/canada/canada-fentanyl-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE4.l4Zj.7sC1xL9kqX4m&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


fact checking Trump's speech to Congress https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/05/us/trump-speech-congress?unlocked_article_code=1.204.-5aj.uvpF6PfsLm5c&smid=url-share


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Also one about vaccines https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1NUkFcgNPA/


Also one about immigrants https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CAn3KeLFq/


NYTimes fact check about number of undocumented migrants https://x.com/AnneBarschall/status/1802514209172840626


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Also one about Congo https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/africa/rwanda-congo-goma-conflict.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s04.xR4B.04ZADpFd1R8R&smid=url-share  250129


Another one about Congo https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/world/africa/dr-congo-rwanda-rebels.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU4.Usil.gwsjynkMEv3T&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Op Ed about Alzheimer’s https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/opinion/alzheimers-fraud-cure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE4.6Kv6.QrvXPonLLKwc&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Wapo gift article about water release 

https://wapo.st/3ErANvb


Trump used personal cell phone https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/politics/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-private-emails.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v04.wFDc.UjEDvX-LjrDI&smid=url-share

 

January 2025 inflation https://wapo.st/4gBUOwD


Fire in lithium battery storage facility in California https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/california-battery-plant-fire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.h-v9.4TessHfSS5Lq&smid=url-share 


Musk tries to buy Wisconsin Supreme Court https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-money.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k4.TRsi.iPniLzqWxM7C&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Why is Congo army ineffectual https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/world/africa/congo-army-weak-rwanda-m23.html?unlocked_article_code=1.104.KOvH.OwhjzSkz9yTA&smid=url-share


Wapo on government funding of Musk's business empire https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DRnzeUVb8/


Wapo on Heather Stone. Cure for brain eating amoeba. https://wapo.st/4bOgCV4


NY Times on federal contracts that Musk stands to gain https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k4.9Rzp.MiJYoUJFoERc&smid=url-share


WaPo on arrest of Turkish graduate student https://wapo.st/3Y68yJv


Wapo on CDC vaccine resignation https://wapo.st/4hQn8fm

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Wapo on social security problems due to cuts  https://wapo.st/3FHsJXR


New York Times: unprecedented interference in the independence of prosecutors https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/line-prosecutors-fired-trump-doj.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E4.0m3x.XdqunYjLGEQv&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


New York Times: racist exception on refugees https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-refugee.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E4.1m4S.af-AShYK59qe&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Israel kills clearly marked aid workers NY times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-aid-workers-deaths-video.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U4.p8Xm.ykS5xdKsLRZa&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times -- problems at Social Security due to cuts https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/social-security-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.qKm1.d62mLOGpU7OW&smid=url-share


Book banning at naval academy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/naval-academy-banned-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.ajIt.jDmRzMDuq9Kq&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


This might be a link, rather than a gift article https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/arts/design/climate-protests-museums-sentences-art.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Wapo: Laura Loomer fingers wrong guy https://wapo.st/42AS11N


NY Times: analysis of Trump resistance to scotus https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/trump-defy-courts.html?unlocked_article_code=1._04.jXrn.rNuHpK3hxoBm&smid=url-share


NY Times about criminal records of those who have been deported https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/world/americas/trump-migrants-deportations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.do-S.9t4vrg3SWqNJ&smid=url-share


Ny times press censorship https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/media/cbs-60-minutes-trump-bill-owens.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk8.kiV9.WaHgIb7bb2_Q&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: corrupt use of pardon power https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-pardon-walczak-ashley-biden-diary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Dk8.3bm_.ve6qHQd8JCeR&smid=url-share


Trump distortions: NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-100-days-fact-check.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D08.jnWl.S3F4YCW8SHla&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: graft involving Trump's children https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/eric-donald-jr-trump-family-deals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E08.T-hV.54psshJgevkY&smid=url-share


WaPo gift article: Hasan Piker detained https://wapo.st/3GT4WVy


NY Times: corruption associated with Trump crypto currency https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/trump-crypto-coin-auction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE8.BVfG.KfRUXJhOXZ_m&smid=url-share


Wapo: firing of officials who disagree with Trump https://wapo.st/4kjboU8


Wapo on pfas https://wapo.st/3HckcwL


NY Times -- brain drain caused by Trump policies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/business/economy/trump-research-brain-drain.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IU8.29xS.D7ci9ty-zX97&smid=url-share


Ny times death of Burlington coat factory founder https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/business/monroe-milstein-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Kk8.5icC.lWXzmvDMI3yM&smid=url-share. This was for a friend. Not political


NY Times Trump pardons tax cheat after mom attends party link


NY Times: covid vaccine recommendations & criticisms -- link


Wapo RFK Jr to stop scientists from publishing in top journals https://wapo.st/43sc0Bz


Wapo: people dying from abrupt stopping of USAID. Rubio lying about it https://wapo.st/4jrlXE3


NY Times: Musk: drugs, women, children https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.vlE7.DMh2k86tBTsd&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: Defunding of domestic violence programs https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/opinion/domestic-violence-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.h0NR.zV41ODX-ZK-a&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: Social Media Disinformation about LA protests https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N08.X_Lu.KyUVg47kqjWj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times Action in Iran to raise gas prices  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/business/energy-environment/gasoline-prices-likely-to-rise-as-israel-targets-irans-energy-infrastructure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU8.gXwt.ViNbhYGF-1YL&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times detailed analysis of new budget 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/30/upshot/senate-republican-megabill.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TU8.Hfh2.RZzuPTWPiOwv&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: China rare earth mining consequences https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/business/china-rare-earth-environment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Uk8.xK91.hUzCO0n87wa-&smid=url-share


Trump cutting chemical safety NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/climate/chemical-safety-investigator-trump-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VU8.Lz-K.9UvJEsKJLCUB&smid=url-share\


NY Times: lying to courts https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/trump-bove-reuveni-whistleblower-doj-deportations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V08.FtUq.Ivdefe73_NBf&smid=url-share


NY Times (2019) disturbing conditions at border facilities in 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/migrant-children-border-soap.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W08.KvG0.LoDoPC1AqMsv&smid=url-share


NY Times: History of Trump/ Epstein https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/politics/inside-trump-epstein-friendship.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU8.Z_pN.5EeS__QM0zTE&smid=url-share


New York Times gift article about the Columbia settlement https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/nyregion/columbia-trump-deal-reaction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZE8.5qNE.f5n5J1xUD_Rm&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare



New York Times gift article: cost of Qatari gift plane 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/air-force-one-trump-cost.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z08.Q5Ec.04OZIoQu3MP8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times gift article: map of countries recognizing a Palestinian state

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/middleeast/palestinian-state-recognition-maps.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ak8.ZgHK.FzW0g1FZ-XXJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Wapo gift article about food crisis in Gaza https://wapo.st/46ynzZP


New York Times gift article about Trump and facts: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/politics/trump-bls-jobs-facts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Wapo gift article about recent fires https://wapo.st/4mLkrPd


NY Times gift article: Uber and sexual misconduct https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/uber-sexual-assault.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE8.DnVS.kzkXcGShMg0y&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 


WaPo gift article re: price of health insurance v eggs https://wapo.st/4ooBwQl


NY Times gift article: prediction of stagflation https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opinion/stagflation-trump-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dU8.ZsF7.CQmZl0dF3tmK&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times gift article: blue dragonflies adapted to urban enrollments 


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/science/blue-dasher-dragonflies-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU8.vJEb.eUJnOlwwNBoO&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


WAPO gift article: federal takeover in DC hurting restaurants 


https://wapo.st/4mzcb4X


NY Times: firing pentagon official who contradicted Trump


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gU8.YpT6.leEJC8HIDKx5&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times gift article: Chinese influence in local elections https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/nyregion/china-consulate-new-york-elections.html?


unlocked_article_code=1.g08.EULR.n08w5ejYhFUF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY times gift article: vaccine nightmare at CDC

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/health/covid-vaccines-rfk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU8.AQJ9.650_zAF55ovL&smid=url-share


Wapo:  Deteriorating situation at CDC https://bsky.app/profile/barschall.bsky.social/post/3lxitm5mxxs2y


Wapo: resignation of senior attorneys from the justice department

https://wapo.st/41XDm12


Wapo: immigration enforcement undermining firefighting.

https://wapo.st/4lR1ids


NY Times (opinion): what’s going on at the CDC


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/cdc-leaders-kennedy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.3l84.Y32x2Ykt3cPM&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: Crimes in red state cities

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/crime-republican-states.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i08.844t.UgSYcfmTWhDR&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY times: soy crisis in North Dakota https://bsky.app/profile/barschall.bsky.social/post/3lyxmy6an5s2e


NY Times: Trump stops cancer war 


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/magazine/cancer-research-grants-funds-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE8.1Gdb.E2dW2Vp3wyCJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: cuts to food safety 


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/well/cdc-foodnet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE8.PZ5M.o3_T78RleZHg&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Grijalva not seated 


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/adelita-grijalva-house-epstein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk8.lcNz.Q06g7sPmvDJ8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times gift article: interesting Alzheimer's research (for a friend -- not poliiticla)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/health/alzheimers-gene-mutation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE8.TFDD.JlDVtT-5LQMa&smid=url-share


NY Times gift article: Trump‘s son to profit from Pentagon drone deal https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/trump-drones-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE8.SeE1.KZjXlqEHcsaW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Wapo gift article about theft of Pokémon cards

https://wapo.st/47DVijh


NY Times gift article linking air pollution and dementia

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/health/alzheimers-dementia-air-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk8.7WOP.t8aqiJQ1_Io4&smid=url-share


Trump threatens to retaliate against states that make up lost  SNAP benefits https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/business/trump-administration-states-undo-full-snap-food-stamps.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0E8.FQDS.bZEklgbDbebS&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Wapo — billionaires in politics https://wapo.st/48nkqMN


NY Times -- fact checking price lowering claims https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/us/politics/fact-check-trump-affordability.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E8.AS2Y.2Qlg3LzkAB8O&smid=url-share


Wapo — wars Trump claims to have solved https://wapo.st/44UDWOy


NY Times -- Victims seethe over Trump pardon of fraudster https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/nyregion/david-gentile-trump-commutation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E8.LFZe.lehbF5cPsoF1&smid=url-share


New York Times – conspiracy theories against Erika Kirk.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/opinion/candace-owens-erika-kirk.html?unlocked_article_code=1._k8.uqUA.ND01pOZytqSs&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: benefits to post election donors

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/22/us/politics/trump-donors-fundraising-benefits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElA.7y5Q.UxOrKnoKgxNZ&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times. Falls in older people due to medications 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/health/falls-deaths-elderly-drugs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F1A.-Lgu.2wdLAEe0umsQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times. Summary of Trump’s power grabs 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/19/us/trump-presidential-power-iran-venezuela-maduro.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.kgwq.Vwuzhj5AuGIp&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: Trump making money off presidency   https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/20/opinion/editorials/trump-wealth-crypto-graft.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVA.Ol2u.acUuRjZx8MRH&smid=url-share


NY Times: cost of health care under Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/opinion/health-insurance-obamacare-subsidies-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.Xlb6._F0iEDTgg8Q4&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: ICE violated court orders

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/29/us/minnesota-ice-shooting-minneapolis?unlocked_article_code=1.IFA.Gx9R.Wmq-1MV442pz&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: Trump corruption in fraud enforcement


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/us/politics/trump-fraud-minnesota-snap-medicaid.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JlA.XLlx.ujO6N1IApAv3&smid=nytcore-ios-share


New York Times: Trump wants higher housing costs


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/trump-housing-prices-affordability-real-estate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.deL4.5kijuoDapUxp&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: Retrenchment on vaccines


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/health/rfk-vaccine-manufacturers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NVA._KTy.-3VUXJ48huc-&smid=url-share


NY times: fact checking SOTU 2026


https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/25/us/fact-check-state-of-the-union-trump?unlocked_article_code=1.PVA.M-c5.K-6Adja_lUO6&smid=url-share



Wapo — Russia helping Iran. 


https://wapo.st/3OUfaJg


NY Times: fertilizer industry endangered by Iran war

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/business/middle-east-war-fertilizer-supplies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SFA.tdH8.Ocpq29cu-fCC&smid=url-share


NY Times: data breaches and how to protect yourself

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/your-money/data-breach-tips.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TlA.5lle.OpquQ43qKP-d&smid=url-share


NY Times: China's foresight with electric vehicles and renewable energy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/china-oil-cars.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TlA.ORV3.xYMKXvnWSbq3&smid=url-share


NY Times: Trump pardons donors: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/politics/trump-fraudsters-pardons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VlA.FYt4.3WD_r52WBeiW&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: CDC stops crucial testing


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/health/cdc-rabies-mpox-tests-paused.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YFA.wC9m.LgF4ovagAIwA&smid=nytcore-ios-share


WAPO: link between Alzheimer’s and autism


https://wapo.st/4dDpXC8


Wapo: wall construction damages historical indigenous site


https://wapo.st/49jZ7M2


Trump flouts court rulings (yahoo) https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/court-fights-over-policy-trump-040259382.html



They won’t let me do a gift article of this. I don’t know if people can see the video anyway. It’s about damage to US bases in the Middle East by Iran


https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010868609/iran-war-us-military-base-damage.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share


Suppression of vaccine safety information


https://bsky.app/profile/barschall.bsky.social/post/3mlpo4h75r22y


Job seeking resume tips from WaPo


https://wapo.st/4tvXdzm


Trump benefiting from undermining market watchdog agencies


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/how-prediction-markets-and-crypto-firms-steamrolled-a-watchdog-agency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.k1A.iACb.bzNYua8MBkfv&smid=nytcore-ios-share


Places the peace candidate turned war monger has bombed

 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/us/politics/trumps-military-wars.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nlA.4VK6.0ikaHGkJzKCu&smid=nytcore-ios-share


Early exposure to viruses negatively affects children for life, particularly younger children


https://wapo.st/3S0qyF8



NY Times: clean indoor air 


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/science/indoor-air-viruses-bacteria.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sVA.vDuj.pnJDNqB0EfTW&smid=nytcore-ios-share


Investors lose money on Trump crypto


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/us/politics/trump-coin-crypto-investors-loss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vFA._Hmy.5Qs6SoNOPdst&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: Trump anaconda discrimination cases


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/us/politics/trump-dei-order-eeoc-discrimination.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vVA.vbXT.nOymaovAksX7&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: Trump subpoenas journalists

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/business/media/new-york-times-trump-subpoenas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w1A.NmVH.296H1Uvhov-N&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: cyclospora and budget cuts


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/well/eat/cyclospora-outbreak-response.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x1A.qiY5.ZCJ_i4DlDdYX&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: lack of evidence of election tampering in 2020


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/us/politics/trump-election-tampering-document-release.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yVA.-3gx.3F99fxQYHkHS&smid=nytcore-ios-share


Destruction of desalination plants


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/world/middleeast/desalination-water-middle-east.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zVA.HeZE.KET1lAbvCPCr&smid=nytcore-ios-share


New York Times: more information about the food, safety crisis


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/opinion/cyclospora-outbreak-symptoms-lettuce.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zlA.hpqq.JromrFfvg_Hn&smid=nytcore-ios-share


Kennedy. FDA, peptides


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/health/fda-scientists-rfk-peptides.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0FA.vR9A.icDoUF3H4I2Q&smid=nytcore-ios-share



WAPO: suspicious payment from South Korea

https://wapo.st/4z6U8K6


NY Times: investigating judge in Trump criminal case


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/us/politics/prosecutors-examined-firm-with-tie-to-judge-in-trump-hush-money-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5lA.tvHV.ysxMZdMw11zM&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: vulnerability of US power grid to sabotage


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/magazine/national-blackout-power-electricity-outage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6VA.Cd_n.Mv4m14WlP9tS&smid=nytcore-ios-share


Wapo: police abuse of FLOCK cameras https://wapo.st/4xSDfS4


WaPo: popularity of mapquest not bowing to Trump https://wapo.st/4cWACqb


NY Times: About Israel & the West Bank  


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/world/middleeast/west-bank-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.gznD.1u8OP9tHZZtB&smid=url-share


NY Times: Lyft car vomiting scam


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/travel/lyft-cleaning-charge.html?unlocked_article_code=1._VA.LMYk.5mzEY_c6qe9v&smid=nytcore-ios-share


WaPo: more about mail in voting

https://wapo.st/3TiYNsg


WaPo: supplements may accelerate dementia


https://wapo.st/4A6aH9B


Palestinian farmers lose water for swimming hole

On X https://x.com/annebarschall/status/2104580852101292346?s=46&t=w3AIgsHtPmB0KY9p9xQIGQ


NY Times: AI, power grid, clean energy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/opinion/power-grid-national-security.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFE.TWEc.ZvEsr65w7xf7&smid=url-share


NY Times: Trump using federal money for campaign adds


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/opinion/trump-ad-love-me-painter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.MFr3.dm536M_8sh29&smid=url-share


NY Times: Trump self-dealing putting event at his golf course


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/trump-moving-ethical-lines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.1Yla.Wino1ZVDYB8e&smid=url-share


NY Times: EPA rollbacks as of 2021

 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlE._iei.s5w0WvkU-Gpp&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: a sad, scary story about seniors and firearms https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/well/family/firearms-elderly-dementia-risks-prevention.html?smid=url-share


NY Times: dangers of culvert failure


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/science/most-people-dont-think-about-culverts-their-failure-can-be-deadly.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LVE.x_2z.H5rnkwn6PMtC&smid=nytcore-ios-share


NY Times: zombified CDC


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/health/cdc-staff-cuts-rfk-jr.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LVE.pCbF.oVMtePZjVjSm&smid=nytcore-ios-share






Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Purported summary of Obama agreement with Iran

 HOLY CRAP Trump actually accomplished a miracle. Here is what he got out of Iran:


  - Reduce its stockpile of enriched uranium by about 98%


- Limit uranium enrichment to 3.67% purity (far below weapons-grade)


- Cut the number of installed centrifuges by roughly two-thirds


- Only enrich uranium at one declared site (Natanz)


- Stop enrichment activities at Fordow and convert it into a research facility


- Redesign the Arak heavy-water reactor so it could not easily produce weapons-grade plutonium


- Ship out or dilute excess enriched uranium

Allow extensive inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Permit continuous monitoring of nuclear facilities and supply chains


- Accept “snap” inspections under expanded monitoring rules


- Avoid building new heavy-water reactors for years


- Stay within strict limits on uranium stockpile size and centrifuge development for set periods ranging from 10–25 years  


Ooops, sorry!  


That was the JCPOA that Obama signed with Iran, only to have him tear it up, kill 140 kids, get hundreds of Americans injured, 13 killed, and gas prices to surge 50%.


https://x.com/krassenstein/status/2058590248934707676?s=46&t=w3AIgsHtPmB0KY9p9xQIGQ



🤣also obama had 10-15  core expert negotiators - plus a support staff of 200 expert:  diplomats

nuclear physicists

sanctions economists

intelligence analysts

Experts on Iran   

a working group from UK, France, Russia, China + 

Germany working jointly with the EU.  

trump sent:


https://x.com/caroltreasure/status/2058646601242227109?s=46&t=w3AIgsHtPmB0KY9p9xQIGQ



Trump sent real estate developers. Witkoff and his son in law Jared. How much experience do they have in negotiating??


https://x.com/pat34773957/status/2058744488114237461?s=46&t=w3AIgsHtPmB0KY9p9xQIGQ