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6 minutes ago, Truckcrazy said:

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Under orders from Donald Trump, billions of gallons of irrigation water were laid waste in California’s thirsty agricultural hub this month, a move that left water experts shocked and local officials scrambling.

The water, stored in two reservoirs operated by the army corps of engineers, is a vital source for many farms and ranches in the state’s sprawling and productive San Joaquin valley during the driest times of the year. It will be especially important in the coming months as the region braces for another brutally hot summer with sparse supplies.

 

The reservoirs are also among the few the US president can control directly.

Staged to give weight to Trump’s widely debunked claims that flows could have helped Los Angeles during last month’s devastating firestorm and to show that he holds some power over California’s water, he ordered the army corps to flood the channels. Less than an hour of notice was reportedly given to water authorities down-river who rushed to prepare for the unexpected release, which threatened to inundate nearby communities.

The move is just the latest in a series of misinformed attempts Trump has made to wade into California’s water wars, adding new challenges and conflicts over the state’s essential and increasingly scarce water resources. But in what now appears to be just a political stunt, Trump has struck some of his strongest supporters. Many counties across California’s rural Central valley – home to much of its roughly $59bn agricultural industry – backed Trump in the last election, forming a red strip at the heart of the blue state.

“It is almost mind-boggling that this has happened,” said Thomas Holyoke, a professor of political science and water expert at California State University, Fresno, calling the act a “ridiculous blunder”.

Experts, who were left scratching their heads in the aftermath, have found no justification for the order. The reservoirs were not at risk of overflowing and irrigation is not necessary during the wetter winter months. These releases also did not support threatened ecosystems such as those in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta, where contentious debates continue about flows and diversions.

Some have suggested the flows will help bolster groundwater stores, “but a lot of that water will end up evaporating,” said Holyoke. “It’s just going to be water lost – and they know it.”

Adam Schiff would appreciate you posting that.

I’ve noticed the people that Democrats call “experts” generally are not.

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So they just turned the water on ?  No one in water management was given time to inspect the systems and set up any needed relays or manage down stream flood gates, aqua ducts and sluces ??? No one had time to exercise any pumps to help lift water over high grounds ?

On Tuesday, Elon Musk answered reporter questions about his claims that the U.S. taxpayer was sending $50 million dollars worth of condoms to Gaza.

"I'm not sure we should be sending $50 million in condoms anywhere. Frankly, I'm not sure that's something Americans would be really excited about. But you know, if it went to Mozambique instead of Gaza I'm like that's not as bad, but why are we doing that?"

Elon Musk

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3 hours ago, Truckcrazy said:

You are asking a lot from a man who has declared bankruptcy 4 times.  

I don't do the political band wagon ; BUT 4 times bankruptcy declaration has other benefits {on Paper}. I do believe one or more of the bankrupt moments was during a divorce, based on actual observation and reason I moved; my two landlords are in divorce process= which by way was brought on by his two daughters. short version === daughters moved all daddy's assets very discreetly ( over 650 K plus condo ) so daddy was bankrupt ON PAPER. leaving step mom with zero. 

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He also owns dozens of businesses ..  at some point one will go belly up..  Hes just a threat to the Dem. Crooks. Hes not perfect, because he's not Jesus.. 

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"We do find it sort of odd that, you know, there are quite a few people in the bureaucracy who have ostensibly a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars but somehow managed to accrue tens of millions of dollars in net worth while they are in that position. Which is what happened in USAID. We're just curious as to where it came from. Maybe they're very good at investing, in which case we should take their investment advice perhaps."

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Appointed by Clinton, Obama and Biden...... activist judges who are trying to take control of the government for the Deep State.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/11/alex-marlow-lawfare-judges-making-unprecedented-efforts-to-shut-down-trumps-agenda/

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