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orangecrush

(31,888 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 02:55 PM Jun 19

Interior Department says Reflecting Pool is 'crystal clear' (CNN)




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“The Reflecting Pool water is crystal clear, and our National Park Service team is now vacuuming up the dead algae resting on the bottom of some parts of the Reflecting Pool — just like the destroyed Iranian Navy resting on the bottom of the Persian Gulf,” the post said.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/interior-department-heralds-algae-treatment-in-reflecting-pool-comparing-it-to-destroyed-iranian-navy/ar-AA25XrUv


PLEASE MAKE IT STOP








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Interior Department says Reflecting Pool is 'crystal clear' (CNN) (Original Post) orangecrush Jun 19 OP
And up is down. greatauntoftriplets Jun 19 #1
Exactly Solly Mack Jun 19 #2
Look at the North Korea style post they made orangecrush Jun 19 #4
Yikes! greatauntoftriplets Jun 19 #5
And Trump is 6' 3" and weighs 225 pounds. OGBuzz Jun 19 #16
shitstain is 5' 11" weighing 278 lbs check the lifts in its shoes dave99 Jun 19 #22
😂I usually can't get past those strong magnificent cankles. OGBuzz Jun 19 #27
And the J6 folks are all patriotic heroes. spanone Jun 19 #3
This misadministration is putting The Onion out of business!! madinmaryland Jun 19 #6
Do you believe them Faux pas Jun 19 #7
Well, To Be Fair... ProfessorGAC Jun 19 #8
Tell them to pull a Forest Gump and take a swim in it. marble falls Jun 19 #9
Swimming in it is not going to be a problem at all for RFK jr. LisaL Jun 19 #12
Maybe, maybe not. I'm think he should go for it. He can explain his contact dermatitis by blaming Obama. marble falls Jun 19 #14
We can't believe our own lying eyes IronLionZion Jun 19 #10
Interior Department to Baghdad Bob: "Hold our beer." 11 Bravo Jun 19 #11
... orangecrush Jun 19 #15
It's 1984. BadgerMom Jun 19 #13
all those ARE Republicans dave99 Jun 19 #23
Split pea green is not crystal clear Deuxcents Jun 19 #17
And what about those chunks of American flag blue pool paint Farmer-Rick Jun 19 #18
The reporter in the video pulled up a huge chunk orangecrush Jun 19 #21
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain surfered Jun 19 #19
Doesn't matter if it's correct. It matters that Dear Leader's ass is kissed. Initech Jun 19 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author MorbidButterflyTat Jun 19 #24
If it's so clear... The Madcap Jun 19 #25
Baghdad Burg. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 19 #26
I have this.. not unreasonable, I think, fear slightlv Jun 19 #28
Same thought. Sequoia Jun 19 #34
Not quite "The blue sky is red", but it *is* "The murky green water is clear" Tim S Jun 19 #29
Classic - who do you believe, me or your lying eyes? Jim__ Jun 19 #30
Our Boy Burgum LessAspin Jun 19 #31
;-{) AFTER THE RAINS Goonch Jun 19 #32
Does anyone else remember . . . Scubamatt Jun 19 #33
Imagine being this stupid, seriously. n/t flvegan Jun 19 #35
Don't believe your lying eyes!!!!!! Believe us! Maeve Jun 19 #36
Yes it is. Emerald crystal PCIntern Jun 19 #37
The reflecting pool is now the snot green pool. GoodRaisin Jun 19 #38
The water in the Reflecting Pool is crystal clear enough to bottle Uncle Joe Jun 19 #39
Very welcome orangecrush Jun 19 #42
That can't be real C_U_L8R Jun 19 #40
... orangecrush Jun 19 #43
Iran has to do with the reflecting pool GenThePerservering Jun 19 #41
It just North Korean style orangecrush Jun 19 #44

spanone

(142,261 posts)
3. And the J6 folks are all patriotic heroes.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 03:00 PM
Jun 19

Fuck every republican. THEY ALL LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING.

marble falls

(73,592 posts)
14. Maybe, maybe not. I'm think he should go for it. He can explain his contact dermatitis by blaming Obama.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 04:38 PM
Jun 19

BadgerMom

(3,471 posts)
13. It's 1984.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 04:33 PM
Jun 19

The military, the courts, the Republicans in Congress, the DOJ, the FBI and even the Park Service lie and expect us to swallow those lies, to be as stupid as their supporters. As a nation, too many of us have no courage, no spine. I know people have families and jobs, but our heroes are those who will put that on the line to do and say what’s right. Michael Fanone is an example and he has paid heavily. But I do appreciate his voice.

Farmer-Rick

(12,868 posts)
18. And what about those chunks of American flag blue pool paint
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 05:04 PM
Jun 19

people were pulling up out of the water for souvenirs?

Where did about 261,360 square feet of peeling American flag blue pool paint go?

Response to orangecrush (Original post)

slightlv

(8,213 posts)
28. I have this.. not unreasonable, I think, fear
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 05:33 PM
Jun 19

that the more attention paid to the pool and its present condition AFTER trump wasted 14 million of taxpayers dollars on will piss him off SO bad that he does something truly damaging to the reflecting pool... like fill it to is brim with concrete and make it a parking lot. I can absolutely seem him doing something like this, and it truly scares me its so much like his handiwork.

LessAspin

(2,134 posts)
31. Our Boy Burgum
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 05:47 PM
Jun 19

wouldn't lie to us -- would he?

Unrelated but why does Doug Burgum always look like one of those mass produced confederate monuments made a wish to become a real boy

Timber (@timbeon.bsky.social) 2026-04-28T12:52:06.363Z


🎯

Doug Burgundy err Burgum's pandering in favor of Fossil Fuel in front of Congress this week earned him a spot in the Reflecting Pool..

eXpo67 (@novi-6.bsky.social) 2026-05-03T12:35:57.396Z

Scubamatt

(336 posts)
33. Does anyone else remember . . .
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 06:01 PM
Jun 19

"Baghdad Bob" in the first Irag war - Hussein's spokesperson who constantly was telling obvious propaganda lies (like US forces hadn't penetrated their air defenses as explosions were going on literally behind him? I remember how the media made a joke out of how ludicrous he was. We've reached that point with these idiots and i wish our media would treat Trump's parade of liars the same way.

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