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Deputy climate editor at @nytimes.com

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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Internal Interior Department documents said that if the Reflecting Pool wasn't in good shape by Independence Day, it would be "mission failure" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...
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How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington
A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Good story with delightful lemur photos that ran while I was away: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/c...
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A Wildlife Regulator’s Family Business Had a Permit to Renew. She Stepped In.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Welcome to CONCACAF, England
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I don’t care if it’s possibly considered offensive, I need the points
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle an ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change, @maxinejoselow.bsky.social reports: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...
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Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The Reflecting Pool is looking quite green, despite the new "American Flag Blue" bottom www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/c...
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Trump Ordered ‘American Flag Blue’ for the Reflecting Pool. It’s Green Again.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Welcome to CONCACAF, Germany
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Qatar-Switzerland is a good “I have the match on in the background but I’m also getting stuff marinated for dinner in another room” match
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Flo Balogun for president, obviously
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Everyone get your “worthwhile Canadian initiative” posts all queued up for their first goal
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
American Diabetes Association leadership called police to remove scientists who were distributing copies of an editorial in the ADA’s journal criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts to research at an annual conference www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...
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Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Vanilla Ice: “This country is not what it was in the 90s, man.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...
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Vanilla Ice Is In, Bret Michaels Is Out: Trump’s Battle for Celebrity Validation
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Adam Crafton @adamcrafton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Exclusive: FIFA make last-gasp change to World Cup stadium rules: BANNING fans from bringing refillable plastic bottles, so fans must buy water in stadia As of May, empty bottles permitted so fans could refill amid heat concerns. Not now www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...
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FIFA will no longer allow fans to bring water bottles into World Cup stadiums (Gift Article)
The code of conduct has been altered so fans will no longer be able to take in, or refill, water bottles.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The arch President Trump wants to build near National Airport could disrupt flight patterns: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...
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Trump’s Plan for Towering Arch Faces Scrutiny Over Flight Patterns, Aesthetics
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
First @jeffstein.bsky.social byline at NOTUS alert www.notus.org/policy/ruben...
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Ruben Gallego, Flirting With 2028 Bid, Backs Key Demands of Labor Unions
The Democratic senator is pushing for a major change to union bargaining.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The push alert to this story that I got this morning may have been the most well-targeted alert in the history of the business, instant click www.nytimes.com/athletic/731...
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This is the story of Nike’s Secret Tournament advert, told by those who made it (Gift Article)
A cargo ship, a floodlit metal cage, 24 of the world's best players, and Eric Cantona. This was one of the greatest soccer ads of all time
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Definitely will have spent about half the cost of a World Cup ticket on Panini sticker packs for my kids by the time the tournament starts, but YOLO
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Panini stickers, but for the Madres y Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo www.instagram.com/p/DY5UeHomqJ...
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The Trump administration is changing rebate programs set up under the Inflation Reduction Act — now households won't be able to get rebates for switching from gas appliances to electric ones. It's not clear the change is legal based on the statute. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
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Cash Back for Replacing a Gas Stove With Electric? Not Anymore.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A firm “with close ties to the Trump admin” that helped do logistics for Jan 6 and has been hired to work on the 250th contaminated water on the Mall with diesel either through carelessness, per gov docs, or bc a line was cut by evil vandals, per the Interior Dept, which had not disclosed the spill
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Finally realizing my dream of turning the @nytimes.com into a local D.C. news site www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/c...
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Diesel Fuel Spilled on National Mall During 250th Event Setup
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
National park entry fees are funding Trump's D.C. beautification projects, including $7 million of the $13 million (so far) for the Reflecting Pool: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/c...
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National Park Entrance Fees Are Funding Trump’s D.C. Projects
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Come work with the great climate policy team at the @nytimes.com! I'd be your editor: job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...
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Climate Policy Correspondent
Washington, DC
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I will donate $100 more to my @play.breakthrought1d.org walk campaign to raise money for type 1 diabetes next year than I did this year if they stop offering any prizes at all for raising higher amounts of money. I don't want a diabetes-branded fleece! I want a cure for diabetes!
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
President Trump says he will "try" to make it to Don Jr.'s wedding this weekend because "he'd like me to go," but "this is not good timing for me" www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...
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Trump Says He Will ‘Try and Make’ Son’s Wedding, but Timing ‘Not Good’
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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 20/05/2026
this man hired the two publishers who oversaw The Post moving into the red. at least one got a golden parachute while the people whose good ideas were ignored were pushed out.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The manager at Trump's Bedminster golf course has been consulting on the Reflecting Pool renovation and helped recruit one of the contractors, wild scoop from @fahrenthold.bsky.social and @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...
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Manager at Trump’s N.J. Golf Club Helped Plan Reflecting Pool Repairs
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
E.P.A. will eliminate Biden-era regulations on "forever chemicals" in drinking water, though officials say they'll restart the rulemaking process (and some MAHA activists hope they'll wind up with even tougher rules than Biden's administration put in) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/c...
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E.P.A. to End Some Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
It feels like 49 right now in D.C., and then on Tuesday, it’s supposed to be 94.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
We loved hosting Made by History at the Outlook section at the @washingtonpost.com, glad to see they have a new home now
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Oh man what a headline www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/n...
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What Could One Banana Cost? $10? Maybe for You, Some Fear.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Why is D.C. United winning, this was not expected
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"Oh wow, I'm so sorry for calling you a Jew" www.notus.org/congress/wil...
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Sen. Rand Paul’s Son William Hurled Antisemitic Insults at Rep. Mike Lawler
The younger Paul interrupted Lawler at a Capitol Hill bar to say “Jews” would be to blame if Rep. Thomas Massie loses his primary.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/05/2026
Large fires, fueled by a record breaking drought, have been destroying homes and timber plantations in Southeastern states like Florida and Georgia.
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Wildfires Strike Florida, Georgia and America’s ‘Wood Basket’
Large fires, fueled by a record breaking drought, have been destroying homes and timber plantations in Southeastern states.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/05/2026
Breaking News: U.S. intelligence reports show that Iran retains substantial missile capacity, despite President Trump’s claims otherwise.
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U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities
Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Artists who made Tel Aviv peace banner condemn Israeli government’s posts about it www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Artists of Tel Aviv peace mural say Israel co-opted their work on social media
The Billboard, Installed on the Abraham Hostel in Tel Aviv, Was Shared by Israel's Official Social Media Accounts and Embassies as 'A Message of Peace'; Artists Mira Awad and Ben Sapirstein Said the G...
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Interior Department staffers have raised concerns about the quality and speed of the work that a contractor is doing at the Reflecting Pool, @fahrenthold.bsky.social and @maxinejoselow.bsky.social report. "Bubbles and small holes" appear in the waterproofing, and color is "mottled" and "varying."
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Reflecting Pool Repairs Appear Uneven and Behind Schedule, Officials Say
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Painting the Reflecting Pool blue will cost nearly seven times what President Trump initially said it would: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...
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Cost of Reflecting Pool Repairs Nearly Doubles, Trump Administration Says
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Ordinarily I would say that, for instance, an executive order mandating lower ticket prices would seem unconstitutional, but if the White House were to get any ideas about forcing World Cup prices down, I think we'd all agree that the law doesn't really matter www.nytimes.com/athletic/726...
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Trump says he ‘wouldn’t pay it either’ in response to USMNT World Cup ticket prices
FIFA, world football’s governing body, has been widely criticised for ticket prices at this summer’s tournament.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I am gutted. JLB was a good friend and a classic DC character. We roomed together to cover the 2008 Libertarian convention on Denver's 16th street mall. Lots of hippies/proud oddballs inside, lots on the mall. JLB got a table outside and played a game: "Delegate or drifter?"
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
RIP, JLB (this is really sad news) ballot-access.org/2026/05/08/j...
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John LaBeaume Passes Away |
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 08/05/2026
insanely smug English majors are the only ones who haven’t rotted their brains too much to do investment banking. our time
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Coming soon to public lands: cyanide bombs www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/c...
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Trump Administration Lifts Ban on ‘Cyanide Bombs’ on Public Lands
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Lead, chromium and other toxic metals are in the soil dumped at the East Potomac Golf Course from East Wing demolition: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/c...
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Soil at D.C. Golf Course Where East Wing Debris Was Dumped Contains Toxic Metals
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Hunters will now be allowed to process and clean game animals in restrooms at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area in Texas: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/c...
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Trump Administration Orders Rapid End to Some Hunting Rules on Federal Lands
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Some personal news, former job edition
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Washington Post wins public service Pulitzer for DOGE, federal workforce coverage
It’s the second time The Post has won the prestigious award in five years. Former staff photographer Jahi Chikwendiu also won for feature photography.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
As someone who, myself, is schlock of '76, I will read this story with great interest www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How a Radical Historian Saved the Schlock of ’76
Yale’s Bicentennial Schlock collection offers a window into the star-spangled commercialism that swept the country 50 years ago.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
How the Trump administration dismantled independent science at the EPA: A doctor and expert in lung health has been reassigned to a finance office. An epidemiologist has a new job issuing permits to handle hazardous waste. . By Lisa Friedman www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/c...
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How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Trump administration will pay more energy firms to cancel offshore wind projects: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/c...
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Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
This is horrible news, RIP DJ www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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David Jackson, longtime White House correspondent for USA TODAY, dies
Jackson covered every president from Bill Clinton to Donald Trump, and was a fixture on the campaign trail.
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