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January 26, 2026
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Iran Death Toll
Iran International’s Editorial Board. (25 January 2026). Over 36,500 killed in Iran’s deadliest massacre, documents reveal. Iran International.
Kiger, P.J. (30 June 2025). How Many Died in the Revolutionary War?. History.
Klein, J, (25 January 2026). Reports: Iran Crackdown Among Deadliest in Modern Times; 36,000+ Dead. Breitbart.
Serjoie, K.A., Saberi, R. & Jamalour, F. (25 January 2026). Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000, According to Local Health Officials. Time.
January 26, 2026
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Wars Trump Ended
Associated Press. (13 October 2025). FACT FOCUS: With a truce in Israel, Trump now says he’s ended eight wars. His numbers are off.
Cvijanovic, Z. (14 October 2025). Bosnia Nominates Trump Nobel Prize. X: kos_data.
Government of Pakistan. (20 June 2025). Pakistan Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize. X: @GovofPakistan.
Jacobson, L. & Putterman, S. (23 September 2025). At UN, Donald Trump repeats that he ended 7 wars. That’s still misleading. PolitiFact.
Netanyahu, B. (8 July 2025). Israel Nominates Trump Nobel Prize. X: @IsraeliPM.
Orton, D. (13 August 2025). Map of Countries That Have Nominated Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize. Newsweek.
Pashinyan, N., Aliyev, I. & Trump, D. (8 August 2025). Azerbaijani, Armenian leaders endorse Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after brokering major deal. Fox News.
Reuters. (7 August 2025). Cambodia PM says he has nominated Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize. CNN.
Reuters. (2025, October 9). Malta foreign minister nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize.
Sky News Australia. (27 June 2025). DRC President to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump, D. (10 May 2025). India-Pakistan ceasefire. Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump.
Trump, D. (7 June 2025). Kosovo-Serbia Remarks. Instagram: @seanhannity.
Trump, D. (23 June 2025). Israel-Iran ceasefire. Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump.
Trump, D., Vučić, A. & Hoti, A. (4 September 2020). Remarks by President Trump, President Vučić of Serbia, and Prime Minister Hoti of Kosovo in a Trilateral Meeting. White House Archives.
U.S. Department of State. (29 April 2020). Afghanistan–Taliban Doha Agreement.
U.S. Department of State. (15 September 2020). The Abraham Accords.
U.S. Department of State. (14 October 2025). Trump ends 8 wars in 8 months. X: @StateDept.
The Arab Republic of Egypt Presidency. (9 October 2025). President El-Sisi Speaks with US President Trump.
The White House. (14 October 2025). Argentina Nominates Trump Nobel Prize. X: @WhiteHouse.
January 22, 2026
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NATO Spending
Hendrix, C.S. (5 February 2025). Trump’s Five Percent Doctrine and NATO Defense Spending. Peterson Institute for International Economics.
NATO. (18 December 2025). Funding NATO.
NATO. (18 December 2025). Defence expenditures and NATO’s 5% commitment.
NATO Public Diplomacy Division. (3 June 2025). Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2025), p. 8.
January 20, 2026
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Apple News
Apple. (n.d.). iPhone User Guide: See news stories chosen just for you on iPhone.
Moon, H. (9 January 2026. Apple News Reaches New Milestone, Suppressing Right-Leaning Outlets to Close Out 2025. Media Research Center.
Methodology Notes: During the time period Dec. 1-31, 2025, Media Research Center (MRC) researchers examined the top 20 AllSides-rated news stories featured on Apple News each day at approximately 10am ET. Researchers used the AllSides media bias ratings, which categorize an outlet as “left,” “lean left,” “center,” “lean right” or “right” to determine the overall bias presented by Apple News and analyzed the results.
January 14, 2026
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Understanding Iran
Afary, J. (n.d.). Iranian Revolution. Britannica.
Birchall, G. (14 January 2016). Iranian Judiciary Chief Signals Fast Trials, Swift Punishments as Protests Continue. The Epoch Times.
Council on Foreign Relations. (17 January 2024). Who Governs the Palestinians?.
Freedom House. (2025). Gaza Strip.
Ghanei, S. (13 January 2016). As Iran Protests Grow, Thousands Killed by Regime. The Epoch Times.
Ghanei, S. (4 January 2026). Behind the Mass Protests in Iran: 5 Things to Know. The Epoch Times.
Human Rights Activists New Agency. (13 January 2026). Day Seventeen of Iran’s Protests: Continued Internet Shutdown, Spike in Figures, and Intensifying Global Reactions.
Mostofi, K. (14 January 2026). Education of Iran – Cultural Life. Britannica.
U.S. Department of the Treasury. (3 August 2010). Fact Sheet: U.S. Treasury Department Targets Iran’s Support for Terrorism Treasury Announces New Sanctions Against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force Leadership.
United States Institute of Peace. (24 February 2022). Freedom House: Iran’s Human Rights Abuses.
Warner Bros. (9 May 2012). Argo – Official Trailer 1 [HD].
Watson, K. (14 January 2026). Trump says “killing in Iran is stopping,” with “no plan for executions”. CBS News.
Yeung, I., Cancryn, A. Karimi, A. Nicholls, C. & Anthony, A. (14 January 2026). Trump says Iran has called off execution of protesters amid fears for the fate of Erfan Soltani. CNN.
Zeidan, A. (n.d.). Morality police. Britannica.
January 13, 2026
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Iran Protests
Ghanei, S. (13 January 2016). As Iran Protests Grow, Thousands Killed by Regime. The Epoch Times.
Ghanei, S. (4 January 2026). Behind the Mass Protests in Iran: 5 Things to Know. The Epoch Times.
Human Rights Activists New Agency. (13 January 2026). Day Seventeen of Iran’s Protests: Continued Internet Shutdown, Spike in Figures, and Intensifying Global Reactions.
Nobel Peace Prize
Cvijanovic, Z. (14 October 2025). Bosnia Nominates Trump Nobel Prize. X: @kos_data.
Government of Pakistan. (20 June 2025). Pakistan Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize. X: @GovofPakistan.
Netanyahu, B. (8 July 2025). Israel Nominates Trump Nobel Prize. X: @IsraeliPM.
Orton, D. (13 August 2025). Map of Countries That Have Nominated Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize. Newsweek.
Pashinyan, N., Aliyev, I. & Trump, D. (8 August 2025). Azerbaijani, Armenian leaders endorse Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after brokering major deal. Fox News.
Reuters. (7 August 2025). Cambodia PM says he has nominated Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize. CNN.
Reuters. (2025, October 9). Malta foreign minister nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize.
Sky News Australia. (27 June 2025). DRC President to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize.
The White House. (14 October 2025). Argentina Nominates Trump Nobel Prize. X: @WhiteHouse.
January 11, 2026
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Overdose Deaths
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (9 January 2026). Provisional multiple cause of death data: Monthly drug overdose deaths defined as injury-mechanism poisoning with drug-induced multiple causes. CDC Wonder. [Query: MCD- Drug/Alcohol Induced Causes: Drug-induced causes; UCD – Injury Mechanism & All Other Leading Causes: Poisoning]
National Center for Health Statistics. (8 January 2026). 12 Month-ending Provisional Number and Percent Change of Drug Overdose Deaths (Based on Data Available on: September 7, 2025). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vangelov, K., Humphreys, K., Caulkins, J. P., Pollack, H., Pardo, B., & Reuter, P. (2026). Did the illicit fentanyl trade experience a supply shock?. Science, 391(6781), 134-36.
January 10, 2026
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Russia & Venezuela
Arocha, J.G. (21 January 2022). Examining Russian and Chinese Military Operations in Venezuela. Dialogo Americas.
Guardian Staff. (22 December 2025). Russia and China pledge support for Venezuela as Trump ratchets up pressure on Maduro. The Guardian.
Kube, C. & Tsirkin. (20 December 2025). U.S. Coast Guard intercepts a second oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast. NBC News.
Noem, K. (20 December 2025). Second Seized Tanker. X: @Sec_Noem.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. (14 March 2025). Article by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russia and Venezuela: Friendship and Partnership Spanning Years and Kilometres, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and Venezuela, for Cancilleria, a Venezuelan Foreign Ministry publication, March 14, 2025.
Trump, D. (16 December 2025). Trump Orders Oil Blockade. Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump.
Wolland, J. (July 2009). Venezuela, Russia Sign Weapons Deal. Arms Control Association.
January 9, 2026
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Obesity Statistics
1960-2018:
Fryar, C.D., Carroll, M,D, & Afful, J. (2020). Prevalence of overweight, obesity, and severe obesity among adults aged 20 and over: United States, 1960-1962 through 2017-2018. National Center for Health Statistics: Health E-Stats.
2019-2020:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (14 May 2024). Obesity.
2021-2023:
Emmerich, S.D., Fryar, C.D., Stierman, B. & Ogden, C.L. (September 2024). Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence in Adults: United States, August 2021-August 2023. National Center for Health Statistics: Data Brief, 508.
Food Recommendations
Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. (December 1977). Dietary Goals of the United States (Second Edition). United States Senate.
National Archives. (1992). Food Guide Pyramid: A Guide to Daily Food Choices.
USDA. (2026). History of Dietary Guidance Development in the United States – A Timeline. Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
USDA. (2026). Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (7 January 2026). Kennedy, Rollins Unveil Historic Reset of U.S. Nutrition Policy, Put Real Food Back at Center of Health.
January 7, 2026
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Mao & Mamdani
Mamdani, Z. (1 January 2026). Mayor Zohran Mamdani Inaugural Address. New York City Office of the Mayor.
Mao Zedong, “At no time and in no circumstances…” in Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Beijing Foreign Languages Press, Little Red Book), originally from Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Volume II, “The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War,” October 1938.
Smil, V. (1999). China’s great famine: 40 years later. British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.), 319(7225), 1619-21.
January 6, 2026
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Childhood Vaccine Schedule
Department of Health & Human Services. (2 January 2026). Assessment of U.S. Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule Compared to Other Countries.
Department of Health & Human Services. (5 January 2026). CDC Acts on Presidential Memorandum to Update Childhood Immunization Schedule.
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