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LeftInTX

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17. It's still on their feed. Those links get lost in their feed. I noticed that yesterdAy.

Reply to bob4460 (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 04:47 PM

Aug 29

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates/?id=124929306&entryId=125093018&cid=social_twitter_abcn

National Guard spreads 380 cubic tons of mulch in DC
The DC National Guard has spread a lot of mulch, 380 cubic tons, and picked up trash in Washington, D.C., amid the Trump admin's push to combat crime in the nation's capital.

Troops are mostly staying in hotels and have access to hot meals around the clock, officials said.

The administration said it's not tallying the cost of all this yet and has no idea how much it will cost the federal government.

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National Guard spreads 380 cubic tons of mulch in DC [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Aug 29 OP

What is a cubic ton? Seriously. taxi Aug 29 #1

Laughing. Yeah, that does kind of stick out. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 #8

1 cubic ton - (40 cubic feet) LeftInTX Aug 29 #14

Thanks! taxi Aug 29 #19

I got it from Wikipedia. I used timber. LeftInTX Aug 29 #22

My First Question Too ProfessorGAC Aug 29 #24

Thank God! We are all so much safer now!!! n/t Ars Longa Aug 29 #27

Any chance I can get the National Guard to come to my house? I need some bushes trimmed, invasive vines cut and, Vinca Aug 29 #2

If the National Guard went to work pulling up English ivy in Rock Creek Park, mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 #9

Is there kudzu there? LeftInTX Aug 29 #15

That's a lot of crime right there! Jilly_in_VA Aug 29 #29

I thought this was a euphemism JoseBalow Aug 29 #3

National Gardensmen: "Always Ready, Always There--With A Rake!" RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Aug 29 #4

Boy and Girl Scouts could do that GusBob Aug 29 #5

ABC has already taken the page down bob4460 Aug 29 #6

It's still on their feed. Those links get lost in their feed. I noticed that yesterdAy. LeftInTX Aug 29 #17

National Guard Troops Are On Garbage, Gardening and Toilet Cleaning Detail Huh? MrWowWow Aug 29 #7

Crims are repelled by well manicured gardens and flvegan Aug 29 #11

Is this the "be all you can be" part of the program? flvegan Aug 29 #10

Hope they are carrying guns! People steal mulch. yellowcanine Aug 29 #12

HOW MUCH THIS IS COSTING US!!!!! The TAXPAYERS!!! US!!! niyad Aug 29 #13

That's not the Guard's job Oeditpus Rex Aug 29 #16

Hee-hee..Or make Hegseth do it for free. He seems to like slavery anyway. LeftInTX Aug 29 #18

When one ForgedCrank Aug 29 #23

Meanwhile, trump is busy spreading tons of manure. 2MuchNoise Aug 29 #20

I suspect that's "cubic yards" which is how mulch is measured jmowreader Aug 29 #21

Fighting crime in DC one weed at a time LetMyPeopleVote Aug 29 #25

Dems should have made DC a state when they had the chance.....NOW Bread and Circuses Aug 29 #26

National Guard troopers ordered to deploy in DC have been tasked with spreading mulch in local parks LetMyPeopleVote Aug 29 #28

What's the going rate for a hotel room in DC? Emile Aug 29 #30

TRUMP'S SLAVES! Xoan Aug 29 #31

One thing about trump's regard for the military: it's consistent. (nt) Paladin Aug 29 #32

trump is stiffing and cheating our national guard personnel LetMyPeopleVote Sep 3 #33

The Battle of DC LetMyPeopleVote Sep 4 #34