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Opinion: Algae doesn't care about our party lines
Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Scott Simon | NPR , as published by LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)
· June 20, 2026
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A National Park Service employee uses a vacuum to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.(Mark Schiefelbein / AP)The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has witnessed more than a century of American history, in all its heartbreak and majesty. Crowds have gathered around it in protest and in pra...
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Key points (Mark Schiefelbein / AP)The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has witnessed more than a century of American history, in all its heartbreak and majesty. A National Park Service employee uses a vacuum to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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What is this story about? A National Park Service employee uses a vacuum to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.(Mark Schiefelbein / AP)The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has witnessed more than a century of American history, in all its heartbreak and majesty. Crowds have gathered around it in protest and in pra...
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