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BlueWavePsych

(2,635 posts)
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 07:11 PM Sep 2020

Engineers say privately funded border wall is poorly constructed and set to fail

An engineering report set to be filed in federal court this week indicates that 3 miles of a privately built border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border are shoddily constructed and likely to collapse during flooding.

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The barrier was paid for in part by donations to the We Build the Wall nonprofit. Former White House strategist Stephen Bannon and We Build the Wall founder Brian Kolfage have been indicted on charges of defrauding donors with the project. Both have pleaded not guilty, as have two other defendants in the case.

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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/514860-engineers-say-privately-funded-border-wall-is-poorly-constructed

This 'wall' on the otherhand is growing and growing and growing ...

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Engineers say privately funded border wall is poorly constructed and set to fail (Original Post) BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 OP
Didn't the contractor also get a federal contract? underpants Sep 2020 #1
Well I wish we lived in an age where the opinion Under The Radar Sep 2020 #2
This is a metaphor for the Covid vaccine. Baitball Blogger Sep 2020 #3
Quality never was a consideration. lpbk2713 Sep 2020 #4
Everything about that wall was to fleece the dumbest Americans in the land and it worked! LonePirate Sep 2020 #5
Bingo, and they still dont get it ... Some continue to send their money... ace3csusm Sep 2020 #6
shocked I am.... dhill926 Sep 2020 #7

Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
2. Well I wish we lived in an age where the opinion
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 07:18 PM
Sep 2020

...of engineers, scientists, doctors, teachers and historians had some weighted influence over the opinion of reality stars.

ace3csusm

(969 posts)
6. Bingo, and they still dont get it ... Some continue to send their money...
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 07:30 PM
Sep 2020

They would get better use of that money if they get threw it into their burning fireplace...

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