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"What the Trump administration wanted “was fast money, with no strings attached,” said one former official who left the State Department over objections to the policy. “**The whole point was to circumvent [congressional] notification that money was being sent to a government known to be corrupt.**”
How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation - Washington Post
https://wapo.st/4dLG4wo

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Grenell Ordered Purge Of Kennedy Center's Artworks From Foreign Nations, Wanted Art Chosen By MAGA - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/09/grenell-ordered-purge-of-kennedy-centers-artworks-from-foreign-nations-wanted-art-chosen-by-maga/

#GiftLink Sally Quinn: "there’s lots more damage that will be done to this city, and to our democracy — not to mention America’s place in the world — before Mr. Trump and his rabble are through. But it’s clearly starting to dawn on the MAGA minions that the morning after is going to be a doozy."
Opinion | It’s No Longer So Much Fun to Be MAGA in Washington - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/opinion/washington-dc-maga-trump.html

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They Were Charged With Assaulting ICE Agents. The Cases Are Crumbling. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/us/ice-assaults-protesters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y1A.v26L.Bfq1WueMpG-w&smid=url-share

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In a Faltering Chinese Economy, Working-Class Stories Strike a Chord - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/world/asia/china-working-class-writers-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6lA.6WW1.fThhM_5_ZxQl&smid=url-share

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Trump Officials Ignored Their Own University Investigations, Lawyer Says - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/trump-administration-university-investigations-whistleblower.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6VA.0f73.jazbGgwU9MIr&smid=url-share

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Unstitching the 1,000-Year-Old Story of the Bayeux Tapestry - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/arts/design/bayeux-tapestry-british-museum.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVE.5nY6.OP_v2l42fAeA&smid=url-share

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Islamophobia’s Rise in Texas: ‘I Won’t Rest Until Every Muslim Is Gone’ - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/us/politics/islamophobia-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6VA.Xjgq.Zx8hfeDTfKnW&smid=url-share

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Gas prices are about to take a big jump, analysts say, with the worst still to come - The Washington Post
https://wapo.st/4yHPpNV

#GiftLink - Black homeowners are paid less than whites, which is par for the course in federal agencies.
The Racial Disparities of Flood Buyouts - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/climate/the-racial-disparities-of-flood-buyouts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B1E.gLuS.rNX9o-v7_5uj&smid=url-share

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Opinion | Trump Has Untethered Himself From Reality - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/opinion/trump-september-11-fantasy-reality.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BlE.bgdO.we9x7aOk65AC&smid=url-share

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Inside Herat, Where a Taliban Campaign Targets a Cosmopolitan Outpost - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/world/asia/taliban-morality-police-herat-protests.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xFA.pvJF.2XQGe1viZLPw&smid=url-share

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U.S. Employers Told to Dismiss Thousands of Immigrant Workers - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/us/politics/tps-workers-dismissals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w1A.vo79.PXO3MfhA0LAj&smid=url-share

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"Trump is dismantling or repurposing “almost all of the agencies that were created by the Bush administration to protect us from terrorism,” said John Bellinger III, who was President George W. Bush’s National Security Council legal adviser on Sept. 11, 2001, and helped craft the reforms that followed."
After 9/11, the U.S. built an anti-terror apparatus. Trump is using it at home. - The Washington Post
https://wapo.st/4r3WuWk

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Inside investigations frozen under Trump. Racial slurs, sexual harassment and more. - The Washington Post
https://wapo.st/4q7B6iK

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A Democrat Sounds the Alarm on Christian Nationalism in Congress - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/us/politics/democrat-huffman-humanist-religion-christianity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4FA.7Pkm.xY84UsmfPAsZ&smid=url-share

#GiftLink "A federal judge in Florida ordered the Homeland Security Department on Tuesday to once again allow four Republican-led states access to federal citizenship data to help screen their voter rolls, contradicting a judge in Washington who had ordered the agency to withdraw that access nationally."
Judge Orders D.H.S. to Restore 4 States’ Access to Citizenship Data - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/us/politics/florida-judge-dhs-citizenship-data.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wFA.qTHF.o5DaHmlIDyOC&smid=url-share

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What to Know About the ‘Frozen Zone’ in Midtown Manhattan - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/nyregion/frozen-zone-midtown-manhattan-building-collapse.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wFA.fyzk.LlRUvgWts99Y&smid=url-share

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"the settler militias terrorizing Qusra and other villages across the West Bank could not continue to act as they are without state and military cover. These are not isolated extremists or hooligans, as Mr. Huckabee, Mr. Netanyahu and other leaders have said."
Opinion | It’s Not Just the West Bank Settlers. It’s Israel. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/israel-west-bank-settlers-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=1._lA.0lng.PqF6C22GpEZb&smid=url-share

#GiftLink "The government watchdog found that billions of dollars in DOGE’s public tally could not be verified and that some claimed cuts never happened."
Elon Musk’s DOGE made big errors in claims of government savings, GAO finds - The Washington Post
https://wapo.st/3TGeMAy

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When A.I. Starts Scheming - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/world/ai-hugging-face-afd-germany-election.html?unlocked_article_code=1._FA.DoAq.Jm3et7vkK8lL&smid=url-share

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"In “53 Days,” the historian Timothy W. Ryback shows how the Nazis used democratic means to destroy German democracy."
Book Review: ‘53 Days,’ by Timothy W. Ryback - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/books/review/53-days-timothy-ryback.html

#GiftLink Others will use the same arguments. #KnowTheEnemy
At Mount Rushmore, Trump Veers From Patriotism to ‘Communism’ - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/us/politics/trump-mount-rushmore-america-250.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vFA.H8C8.9XeyhKMp40SC&smid=url-share

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Cowboys Fringants Bassist Is Named Quebec’s Chief Scientist - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/world/canada/jerome-dupras-quebec-chief-scientist-les-cowboys-fringants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA.Ha7F.qCC2ju7DKCxO&smid=url-share

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Opinion | World War Two-and-a-Half Is Breaking Out - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/opinion/iran-war-russia-ukraine-world-war-threat.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA._U93.u_4qHfJsAaJK&smid=url-share

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A Whale Gave Birth. A Drone Was There to Capture the Spectacle. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/australia/humpback-whale-birth-video-drone.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A._lBv.zK6_LzW6fi8B&smid=url-share

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Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/opinion/elon-musk-far-right-remigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.WrOS.j3Zjdw25uCAc&smid=url-share

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As Deadly Flash Flooding Batters Nepal, Some Fear ‘the Entire Himalayas Are Melting’ - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/travel/flash-flood-nepal-global-warming-himalayas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9FA.PWYs.zm56LG8Ip32u&smid=url-share

#GiftLink - someone else mentioned the lack of fair food - no scones and raspberry jam, funnel cakes, hotdogs...
The Great American State Fair feels rushed, simulated and oddly sterile - The Washington Post
https://wapo.st/3SxGChQ

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Cuba, Lacking Fuel, Relies on Ingenuity to Defy Trump’s Blockade - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/world/americas/trump-oil-gas-cuba-havana.html?unlocked_article_code=1.01A.umjF.a1yd2-4_C_Zt&smid=url-share

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Opinion | It Was Inevitable That Trump Would Come to This - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/opinion/trump-king-canada-trade-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8lA.h8WZ.eSFtk1j_OQHd&smid=url-share

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**A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.** - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/world/europe/russia-drones-autonomous-ai-kill-ukraine-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.71A.JcFX.U6BkZs7zx8u9&smid=url-share