"Nothing moves the needle." craigunger.substack.com/p/nothing-mo... In case you missed it. Best thing I've read recently about the crisis in journalism.

Nothing Moves the Needle

Not that long ago, the press could root out corruption, topple presidents, and end wars. Now, even the biggest scoops have little impact. Here's how and why the media lost its mojo.

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I volunteer at a food bank. The majority of recipents do work, they just don't get a living wage or they take care of family members. Many are elderly. They are always grateful for a small bit of food. It's not right in the richest country in the world.

The next person to sign up for our "Pinot & Perspective" wine and cider tastings/tours Aug. 14, 1pm or 3pm, will get to take home a Kristof Farms kitty cat (as shown here from our wildlife camera). You have to collar it. Book at app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/f18... or email info@kristoffarms.com

Many struggling Americans now find their difficulties compounded by President Trump's cuts in food stamps and health care. On a 1,000 mile road trip, I met people like Trinity Goodman, who survives by selling blood plasma, has $3.78 in her bank account. A gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...

Opinion | Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper (Gift Article)

Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.

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Its easy to see how America today is failing on the International stage. @nickkristof.bsky.social’s unblinking reporting makes clear how we’re also failing our fellow citizens here at home. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...

Opinion | Surviving With $3.78 in Her Bank Account by Selling Blood Plasma

Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.

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The desperate poverty plaguing Americans right under our noses as described by @nickkristof.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...

Opinion | Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper (Gift Article)

Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.

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Head Start is the leading anti-poverty program for young children, and for decades it has had bipartisan support. It's a lifeline--and now President Trump, having failed to defund it, is trying to gut it another way.

Philip Gourevitch@pgourevitch.bsky.social · 5d ago

solid sub-head - meaning, good lord:”failed to block funding” so contriving an alternate evil to inflict harm on poor children

They always say their tariff worked

A GOP Congressman, Griffith Morgan (Virginia), has introduced a bill to strip people in Guam, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and every other US non-state territory of their birthright citizenship. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Kanisha Hamilton was trafficked at 12 and endured years of rapes, so when she hears about Jeffrey Epstein, "it triggers me," she told me. That's because there's so much outrage at Epstein but so little serious effort to help actual victims. A gift link to my column: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...

Opinion | What Our Epstein Outrage Has Obscured (Gift Article)

It’s easy to shake our fists at a monster. It would be more effective to actually help exploited girls.

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GTS a @nytimes.com travel piece about the glories of the Oregon coast (even if my own family's haunts on the coast are a little further south, near Lincoln City): www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

36 Hours on the Oregon Coast

Pensive but pretty, the state’s northernmost reaches promise fresh seafood, local art and plenty of outdoorsy diversions.

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"It's perfect," President Trump said of his Iran war on April 16. But in fact it's a quagmire and now he seems to escalating on a path to a fiery nowhere. I look at what may lie ahead, including the risk that both Iran and Saudi Arabia get nuclear weapons: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/o...

Opinion | The Dead End to Trump’s ‘Perfect’ War (Gift Article)

Worst of all, the result may be that both Iran and Saudi Arabia end up with nuclear weapons.

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What a great game! ¡Felicidades, España!

Meet our bears, from our wildlife cameras.

Kristof Farms@kristoffarms.bsky.social · 3w ago

Our bears are almost as good as our Pinot Noir!

"Remarkably fresh and totally delightful" -- Paul Gregutt's Wine Guide reviews our wines and awards outstanding scores: paulgregutt.substack.com/p/lets-all-j... You can order the wines delivered to your door, or sign up for a tasting and farm tour on July 24, at KristofFarms.com Come one, come all!

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What happened to me in the West Bank was an outrage. But it is nothing compared to what Palestinians face every day. It is time to share their stories that American politics have silenced and ignored. This is our first video about Palestinians we met.

How cool that soccer greats Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal met when the latter was 5 months old. Messi was a young Unicef ambassador and Yamal was, er, having a bath. Now Yamal is also a Unicef ambassador. Two soccer giants helping the world's kids!

Every year I choose a university student to travel with me to cover neglected issues. Usually we go abroad, but this year I’m on a road trip from Oklahoma to Kentucky with my winner, @brunella.bsky.social, who has a brilliant career ahead of her as a journalist. Here we’re in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Come visit The Most Beautiful Farm in The World for a tour and wine/cider tasting! July 24 at 1pm or 245 Book here: app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php...

"We should have the fortitude to speak up about human rights outrages whether the responsible party is Russia, China, Israel, America or the Emirates; if you care about human rights in only some places, you don’t actually care about human rights." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/o... Thoughts?

Opinion | In Sudan, a Preventable Atrocity (Gift Article)

Hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan are bracing for their city to be overrun by a militia notorious for committing atrocities.

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This seems a time when we need a dollop of hope about America and its future. Here's mine: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/o...

Opinion | Can the United States Hold On?

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Quiz question: In the year 1000, what was the leading city in the world (with a population of 1 million, compared to 15,000 then for London)? I answer the question in reflecting on America's prospects for the next 250 years. And here's my reason for hope: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/o...

Opinion | My Battered Hope for America

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“We actually live the American dream,” Jens Stoltenberg, a former prime minister of Norway who is now the finance minister, told @nickkristof.bsky.social. “The American dream, it’s more reality in the Nordic countries than in America.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o...

Opinion | What We Should Learn From Nordic Happiness

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In Ashland, Ore., for our annual pilgrimage with family and friends to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. This year's tour de force is "Raisin in the Sun"--a brilliant production. Unforgettable! Also superb: Midsummer Night's Dream and Come from Away. osfashland.org

As the US marks its 250th with misgivings, how about if we seek inspiration from the Nordic model? I traveled to Scandinavia to understand how these countries achieve prosperity, equality -- while becoming the happiest places on Earth. Much to learn from. A gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o...

@nickkristof.bsky.social article: “Musk’s assertion that not a single child died is absurd, yet he doubled down:..” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...

Opinion | U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth.

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Elon Musk says that no one died because of his demolition of USAID, and that "Kristof is lying through his teeth." So here I invite him to join me on a visit to Africa to see for himself: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...

Opinion | U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth.

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Answer to Musk from @nickkristof.bsky.social

Kagan makes sure that Trump’s gutter racism — and the majority hand-waiving it away — gets into the record.