{"id":61873,"date":"2026-05-08T17:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/08\/the-no-bid-contract-that-is-turning-washingtons-reflecting-pool-blue-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:46:06","slug":"the-no-bid-contract-that-is-turning-washingtons-reflecting-pool-blue-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/08\/the-no-bid-contract-that-is-turning-washingtons-reflecting-pool-blue-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"The No-Bid Contract That Is Turning Washington\u2019s Reflecting Pool Blue &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOdndpZV9scUhrUGVqLWV5X0dVZWJMd3pnSDM0RGdia19reTQzTUdxU2RJRlFkbGNOakpNQWE3UDdzT204X0NDWnJyck52N3c0NDRERXVVX24xNDgweHM5TWI0Zlh6VzRIZzZIQnZOY2puZUpsTzAyNkVJNUs2eFJRSWpoOHU5bFdXV0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The No-Bid Contract That Is Turning Washington\u2019s Reflecting Pool Blue<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump drives across Reflecting Pool to inspect blue coating he ordered<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC4 Washington<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNTVpuRENiZDRITEVwd09ldFRRV3pmOXJsdHlFQnltUXdxM1hYdEctMUs5U1hvNUpZeUx6bnVKQW9pRVlZZTdFVlRFMWhqTkI3bzJEVm43MWxRNEM2WjVpOFJtMWhCQVhHVTJBcy1keThyUnBwdDJYNGhMLXJJVVZ2dUYxYmtLSDhkcVpjRU91V01qb0tpajhfdzdLODM0elFnT1BQdGJFMWZ3ZU95M0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump makes surprise visit to see Lincoln Memorial pool renovations<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNZ2Q3QnQ0VHVSUUlKWlpQZ0pxX2Y5dGFpWnlPSERHLTh2dXNnbXlZTmpFMW93dV9xZktxNzY3MTZkbFgxT0N3ZGNjNG40LWRxVE4xeF9ScEh3eHc1QVBtd0Z5alpiM2pfVEhEVHctVWVNVGpENDVlMmZiNG51RUlyVHJOS3RUTkJVSFM3RVRxV2dtLW96OFEyU2dad0YtYnhkX0kyVjNDNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump Explodes at \u2018Worst\u2019 Female Reporter for Asking Simple Question<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Daily Beast<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxQcDNMRWZCUk5xYW1TMExOVDVtZ0g3M2xJbjdRLWJrY29ONGNFTlBJY1Y2VDRnSGR2OENIaGNTREFzSkhQcnN1bjZrWHFOX2lrV2hhTU9VeWVKSVJ3M2QxUTFnNktwSlNCczJGeVdkSllCOGpRc3g1OUNhc0tzNm5VRDN5OTRVZlV2M3JLN3ZwY0lZdzB2OWFENGlNVW5uVWlsOEJRVkNwTzdnYm9yX2ktVWRyVDNzOG44Ri14ZUF1b08?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump polls Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool workers on how he\u2019s doing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Independent<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The No-Bid Contract That Is Turning Washington\u2019s Reflecting Pool Blue&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Trump drives across Reflecting Pool to inspect blue coating he ordered&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC4 Washington&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/08\/the-no-bid-contract-that-is-turning-washingtons-reflecting-pool-blue-the-new-york-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}