Investigative Reporter at U.S.Right To Know; formerly NBC News, Axios, Seattle Times Signal: lewiskamb.206 I ❤ the #PNW 🏂 + public records #FOIA 📑https://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3m2ce3qjhcs2dICYMI My story this week: NIH committee greenlighted Wuhan coronavirus experiments despite concerns, emails show The recentlyreleased records, obtained via our ongoing #FOIA lawsuit, reveal ad hoc review committee’s lax oversight during federal ban on risky research https://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/nih-committee-green-lighted-wuhan-coronavirus-experiments-despite-concerns/03 Oct 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ce3qjhcs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3m2aozx77ok2oClaim: Trump admin promises "maximum transparency" on COVID origins records Reality: After for weeks ignoring a federal court order to process 500 pages per month in our #FOIA suit, Trump's DIA just released 92 pages—58 of which we already had. 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It looks like this... .02 Oct 2025 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2aozx77ok2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lvbu7yhdo22rNYT: Virginia Giuffre’s Family Responds to Trump’s Claim That Epstein ‘Stole’ Her https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/virginia-giuffre-family-trump-epstein.html?smid=bs-share31 Jul 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbu7yhdo22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lunr7whaps2fWSJ: Justice Department told Trump in May that his name appears in the Epstein files https://www.wsj.com/politics/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink23 Jul 2025 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunr7whaps2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lul7h5farc2iRIP Ozzy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/arts/music/ozzy-osbourne-dead.html22 Jul 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lul7h5farc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3ltppibaygc22Despite the Trump admin's pledge to make more COVID origins intelligence transparent & a federal law passed 2 years ago instructing U.S. intel agencies to declassify & share with the public as much info as possible, we're still getting records from the FBI that look like this:11 Jul 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltppibaygc22https://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lt3jqsrht225"It will be remembered as one of the most shameful capitulations by the press to a president in history." @freedom.press's statement on CBS/Paramount's settlement with Trump https://freedom.press/issues/paramounts-capitulation-to-trump-is-a-dark-day-for-press-freedom/03 Jul 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt3jqsrht225https://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lt3f6eapt226NEW Posted at usrtk.org: 6.5K+ pages of docs obtained from the University of California-Davis related to PREDICT -- the USAID-funded virus hunting project (which drew scrutiny during the COVID pandemic) that collected 10k samples from bats & discovered ~120 new coronaviruses from 2009-2020 (1/2) http://usrtk.org03 Jul 2025 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt3f6eapt226https://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lsjyo5ccos2rOne of the greats. RIP https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/business/media/bill-moyers-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare26 Jun 2025 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsjyo5ccos2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lqgq4jw6k22vWhile Elon Musk became one of Donald Trump’s closest allies last year, he was consuming so much Ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms, Adderall and ketamine that it was adversely affecting his bladder, per @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LU8.zeSE.4SDpHin_DpMs&smid=bs-share31 May 2025 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqgq4jw6k22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lqe3i4yh5c2jWhite House Health Report Included Fake Citations https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/well/maha-report-citations.html?smid=bs-share30 May 2025 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqe3i4yh5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lqaj35vxzc2bTrump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner, via @kenvogel.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html?smid=bs-share28 May 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqaj35vxzc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lq7huwk3xc2bICE agents last week began showing up in immigration courts across the US to detain certain migrants who are appearing for scheduled hearings, targeting them shortly after their cases were dismissed by judges https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/nyregion/new-york-student-arrested-ice.html28 May 2025 05:29 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7huwk3xc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lpuec5lkjs2mJustice Department reaches deal to allow Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes https://apnews.com/article/boeing-justice-department-max-crashes-9f7250a2e2b400b31e19f2b261f78163?_gl=1*tavt5s*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjwucDBBhDxARIsANqFdr3SY-yBU8r4L0tn0ZKI6bgun0fIMLZiL7axZwu-s1wb7gBsl5RsFngaAtjAEALw_wcB&gbraid=0AAAAAC5L6PBC0AIFX_Jctxq04WtTvyo_623 May 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpuec5lkjs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lpp76miors2uU.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar; Trump Administration asks Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for the president, per NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/qatar-plane-trump-air-force-one.html21 May 2025 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpp76miors2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lpnd2uhk7s23For two years, New Orleans police secretly used facial recognition technology to scan city streets in search of suspects, per @washingtonpost.com https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/19/live-facial-recognition-police-new-orleans/21 May 2025 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpnd2uhk7s23https://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lpfrmluruk2pU.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-trump-media-stock-tariffs18 May 2025 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpfrmluruk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lp34vzg64s25For sale: Portland’s NBA franchise13 May 2025 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp34vzg64s25https://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3loyaxcpk4k2cTrump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One. The plan raises substantial ethical issues, given the immense value of the lavishly appointed plane and that Trump intends to take ownership of it after he leaves office, via @nytimes.com https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/politics/trump-qatar-jet-gift-air-force-one.html12 May 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyaxcpk4k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3loo7x5s7hc2wAs China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got its start, like a previous one, in the wildlife trade https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/science/covid-coronavirus-bats-genetics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare08 May 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3loo7x5s7hc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3loo7nrlu522wThe Nat’l Archives and Records Administration just released another big batch of records on the assassination of RFK archives.gov/rfk https://archives.gov/rfk08 May 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3loo7nrlu522whttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3logwftif3s2jDonald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump spent the past two weeks traveling the world and announcing new ventures involving billions of dollars that directly benefit their father, the president, via @nytimes.com https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/eric-donald-jr-trump-family-deals.html05 May 2025 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3logwftif3s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3logl65tjck2yCongress’s Fight Over Trump’s Agenda Runs Through Alaska, via @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/congresss-fight-over-trumps-agenda-runs-through-alaska.html?smid=bs-share05 May 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3logl65tjck2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lo74xbrhpk2cA day before Trump ousted him as national security adviser, Michael Waltz checked his phone during a White House cabinet meeting. A Reuters photographer captured his phone screen with a list of his chats on what appears to be the messaging app Signal. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/mike-waltz-signal-photo.html02 May 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo74xbrhpk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lnstmazth22qCNN Poll: Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades https://amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/27/politics/approval-rating-trump-100-days?amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe27 Apr 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnstmazth22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lnde75kihc2zA day after making an Easter Sunday appearance to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis died today at age 88. The NYT’s sweeping obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/world/europe/pope-francis-dead.html21 Apr 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnde75kihc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3ln4opyaqsk2jThe White House has posted a statement announcing “the true origins of COVID” as a lab leak but has provided no new supporting evidence or documentation to back it up https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/18 Apr 2025 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln4opyaqsk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lmhyhzca222dSource: Another roughly 60 positions at the CDC were cut today — this time targeting the team devoted to preventing malaria in developing African nations10 Apr 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhyhzca222dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewiskamb.bsky.social/post/3lmcwug2skk22Always nice to see State Department staffers discuss how the documents we’ve #FOIA’d have been “redacted into oblivion…”08 Apr 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:wq63fbz2ynzy2csapvdmnupi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcwug2skk22