curated news excerpts & citations
… trying to ‘unbury the lede’
James Eagle:
Gasoline prices in the United States have risen by 27.4%
We know that inflation has returned, and it is here to stay. But what really stands out when you look at this chart is the energy bar, which is driven strongly by gasoline prices. Year on year, gasoline prices in the United States have risen by 27.4%, which is an incredible increase.
Of course, much of this has been driven by recent events, especially the war in Iran which started in February 2026. …
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M. Gessen @ NY Times:
There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once
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AP:
Trump asked China’s Xi if he wanted to buy US arms, Perdue says
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Brian Allen:
Eight Marines Were Wounded in an Iranian Missile Strike. The Pentagon Did Not Tell the Public… Americans can be wounded in a months-long war, in an attack serious enough to strike a vessel in one of the most dangerous waterways on Earth, and the event can enter the public record as a silent adjustment to a spreadsheet.
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Anatoly Kurmanaev, Tyler Pager, Rebecca R. Ruiz @ NY Times:
Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch ItThe administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
… as a consequence of the administration’s hasty approach, all that gold — hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth — sits untouched in warehouses, according to three people with knowledge of the shipments. Refiners would need to guarantee, under international rules, that the gold has not funded gangs, environmental destruction or corruption.
(Anatoly Kurmanaev, Tyler Pager, Rebecca R. Ruiz @ NY Times more…)
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Jennifer Rubin:
36 Days to the Midterms… we nevertheless see evidence that, at least in one critical respect, the fascist MAGA movement has not entirely remade the fabric of American democracy. Instead, we may be seeing, finally, a backlash to Republicans’ embrace of white Christian nationalism, the noxious ideology that America is a white Christian nation for the benefit of those “real” Americans descended from white Europeans who merely tolerate (or don’t) others’ presence.
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Sarah Jones & Jason Easley:
Trump Expects Canada To Apologize To Him
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Brian Allen:
We are not accepting more Medicaid patients
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Alan Feuer @ NY Times:
Proud Boys Convicted Over Jan. 6 Go From Prosecutions to Pardons to PremiereThe gala screening of the documentary “American Martyrs” was the latest effort by Trump supporters to rewrite the history of the Capitol attack.
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Heather Cox Richardson:
Letters from an American – September 28, 2026Associated Press:
Trump administration begins airing 2024 Trump campaign ad in latest taxpayer-funded messagingBrian Allen:
Trump’s 2024 Campaign Ad Is Back on Television. This Time Taxpayers Are Paying for It.
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Ruth Ann Crystal MD:
Dr. Ruth Report, 9/28/26 Part I [COVID]
Dr. Ruth Report, 9/28/26 Part II [topics other than COVID]
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Paul Offit:
The “S” Word
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Dean Blundell:
Trump Just Declared Social Workers, Nurses and Music Teachers Worthless As He Bans Student Loans For Regular People
A field guide to claims
Last Days in Two Nations
Climate.us
formerly Climate.gov
Climate Solutions Explorer
Have I Been Flocked?
Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting
resources tracking the “Andes” hantavirus outbreak
Apocalypse Early Warning System
Al Jazeera Death toll and injuries live tracker
Mike Ludwig @ truthout: ICE Says 51 People Died in Custody Under Trump. Experts Say That’s an Undercount.
ICE Accountability Project
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Ximena Bustillo, Jasmine Garsd @ NPR: Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump
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NACDL Criminal Case Tracker
Texas Tribune: A Walk for Peace: photos of Fort Worth monks’ journey to Washington
Walk for Peace – Dhammacetiya – The Ancient Sacred Buddhist Scripture Stupas
Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience
NPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive
Accountability Initiative ICE List
GriftMatrix
Trump Action Tracker
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
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