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> Tulare County water managers were perplexed and frustrated, noting both physical and legal barriers that make it virtually impossible for Tulare County river water to be used for southern California fires.

So... Trump just wanted Hugest Most Beautiful Water Moving Numbers so he could brag to his supporters, and he ordered it done no matter how useless or harmful it would be?

Oof. I'm remembering that 2018 letter [0] where some anonymous staff sought sympathy from the American public for their unsung work keeping Trump from Doing Something Crooked. (I still feel they were actually making it worse in the long run.)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Part_of_the_Resistance_In...

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This is going to be so much worse than the first term. It's only been 11 days and just nonstop chaos already, except the 'sensible' Republicans don't seem to care any more.

There are no sensible Republicans. They are all complicit. Even for the Democrats, it feels like Bernie, AOC, and Haskins are the only ones really fighting in Congress.

And Bernie last week was out there going "I'm ready to work with Elon Musk to help working families as he cuts government spending". Legitimately, pitching Republicans on how they're ceding all their power and ruining their economic future may be more effective at this point.

Bernie always does this. "I'm prepared to work with ${PERSON/GROUP} as they work to do ${POSITIVE-SOUNDING THING THEY CLAIM THEY'RE WORKING ON BUT WHICH HE KNOWS IS ACTUALLY A LIE OR EUPHEMISM}, also Medicare For All." I assume it's so that his enemies can't accuse him of being obstinate or unwilling to cooperate with plans to do ${POSITIVE THING}.

Yes. He tweeted a photograph of some flowing water earlier and took credit for it, and of course an army of sycophants marveled over the quality of his new outfit.

noting both physical and legal barriers that make it virtually impossible for Tulare County river water to be used for southern California fires.

Trump doesn't care about legal barriers, but he may be a little more convinced about physical ones.

> [...] but he may be a little more convinced about physical ones.

He thought raking forests would prevent fires. His off-the-cuff solution to physical barriers would be long hoses and a bunch of water pumps.

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