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Experimental Demonstration of Gravitational Impact on the Speed of Light / Exploring the gravito-optic effect for gravity sensing applications: #Gravitation

Rescuers were still searching for three missing people on Wednesday
after a boat involved in a memorial service sank in the cold, fast-moving waters of San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said.
At least one person died and 16 people were rescued after the boat capsized on Tuesday afternoon in what witnesses described as “rough seas”,
San Francisco’s fire chief, Dean Crispen, said.
He said the passengers on board were mostly family members, and that a …

Search continues for three people missing after Alcatraz boat disaster
One person dead after pontoon boat involved in memorial service capsized in San Francisco Bay on Tuesday

Algae thwarts Trump's $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool 'American flag blue' (Callum Jones/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/algae-trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool
http://www.memeorandum.com/260616/p52#a260616p52

The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed without evidence that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s peeling lining was the work of vandals.
An independent analysis has concluded otherwise.
After reviewing photographs and satellite imagery, and speaking with experts,
The Washington Post found that the extensive gashes in the pool liner were likely the result of improper application.
The Thursday report noted that the tears appeared in at least seven places

Reflecting Pool peeling probably caused by application flaws, experts say
President Donald Trump has blamed vandals, but a Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages of the renovation process.

Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation Unveils Initial Design Concept for National Mall Memorial (Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-war-on-terrorism-memorial-foundation-unveils-initial-design-concept-for-national-mall-memorial-302796811.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260610/p93#a260610p93

Hot conditions in a new National Park Service exhibit under the Lincoln Memorial are imperiling rare 1860s copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment, Emma Uber of City Cast DC reported Wednesday.
Uber cites unnamed NPS staff members who are concerned that
“screens designed to shield the records from harsh light have been defective and temperatures inside the display case have repeatedly reached more than 80 degrees.”
For reference, the National Archiv…

Trump Is Literally Frying a Rare Copy of the Emancipation Proclamation
That’s almost too on the nose.

“They assume that my ambition is positional.
They assume that my ambition is a title or a seat.
And my ambition is way bigger than that.
My ambition is to change this country.”
The words were delivered slowly, deliberately and with some steeliness by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Her audience, crammed into the pews of Rockefeller Memorial chapel at the University of Chicago, burst into spontaneous applause.
That was in May. In the three months sin…

Is the US ready for President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
The New York congresswoman’s power is in the spotlight as people wonder if the stars are finally aligning for her to run for US president in 2028

On Friday, August 28, 2026,
people from across the country will gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.,
for the March on Washington: Defend the Vote.
Thousands more will take part from their homes and communities by watching the livestream.
Convened by the National Action Network and the Drum Major Institute
and co-chaired by Reverend Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, and Arndrea Waters King,
the march will mark the 63rd anniversary of t…

March on Washington: Defend the Vote · People Power United
## March on Washington: Defend the Vote As America marks its 250th anniversary, we face a defining choice: **Will our nation live up to its promise of liberty and justice for all—or allow wealth, prejudice, and power to push us backward?** On **Friday, August 28, 2026**, people from across the country will gather at the **Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.**, for the **March on Washington: Defend the Vote**. Convened by the National Action Network and the Drum Major Institute and co-chaire…

Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the landmark reflecting pool has stretched well past his initial goal of having the Pool ready by July 4 for the nation’s 250th birthday.
The president at first suggested his renovations would cost $1.5 million, but the bill ballooned to more than $16 million by June.
Trump had said the repairs would last a century, but within days of the project’s initial completion last month, the water was beset by an algae bloom and pieces of the new coa…

Drained Reflecting Pool reveals faded liner after renovation
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's new liner, once dubbed “American flag blue” by President Donald Trump, has faded to a color closer to gray. An Associated Press team viewed the pool Wednesday from the Washington Monument. The pool was drained and debris removed after Independence Day fireworks. Trump’s renovation project has faced setbacks, including algae blooms and peeling paint. The project’s cost soared from $1.5 million to over $16 million by June. Trump blames vandals for th…

Trump’s tendency to point fingers at others is increasingly in the spotlight
As November’s midterm elections approach Republicans are trying to retain control of Congress
But Trump's unwillingness to accept blame sometimes leads him to deny that there are problems at all,
and could leave GOP leaders in tight races with little reassurance for voters that their concerns are being addressed.

With Donald Trump, the buck tends to stop somewhere else
President Harry Truman famously kept a “The Buck Stops Here” sign on his White House desk. But the current president, Donald Trump, often veers from that motto of taking responsibility. The Republican has blamed his predecessors for continued inflation. As the unpopular war with Iran drags on, he says earlier presidents squandered years of chances to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions. He says vandals are responsible for the problem-plagued renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. T…