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orangecrush

(31,759 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 02:55 PM 11 hrs ago

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

spanone

(142,204 posts)
3. And the J6 folks are all patriotic heroes.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 03:00 PM
11 hrs ago

Fuck every republican. THEY ALL LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING.

marble falls

(73,385 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
10 hrs ago

BadgerMom

(3,460 posts)
13. It's 1984.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 04:33 PM
10 hrs ago

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

(12,842 posts)
18. And what about those chunks of American flag blue pool paint
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 05:04 PM
9 hrs ago

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?

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,934 posts)
24. "The advanced nanobubbler technology..."
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 05:19 PM
9 hrs ago

New and improved!

Ridiculous bullshit, check.

"...very effectively killed the algae that has plagued every Lincoln Reflecting Pool reopening — most infamously Obama’s reopening..."

Lame dig at President Obama, check.

"... just like the destroyed Iranian Navy resting on the bottom of the Persian Gulf..."

Easily proven lie attached to obnoxious lying brag, check.

Hat trick!

slightlv

(8,157 posts)
28. I have this.. not unreasonable, I think, fear
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 05:33 PM
9 hrs ago

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

(2,085 posts)
31. Our Boy Burgum
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 05:47 PM
8 hrs ago

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

(325 posts)
33. Does anyone else remember . . .
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 06:01 PM
8 hrs ago

"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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