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Botany

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13. Yes it designed and constructed to do just that and that water went a few feet down to the
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 12:46 PM
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water table which is the depth of the tidal basin. Pool guys build swimming pools where
the system is sealed but the water goes into plumbing then into, chemical treatments which
now are computer controlled, and then pumped back into the pool. Just like prior to Trump’s
Iranian war where he was told not to do it he was warned about the algae prior to this mess.

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This is one of Trumps tweets this Monday morning......... riversedge Yesterday #1
That must have taken Kash a long, long time to carve '8647' over 300 feet. travelingthrulife Yesterday #3
Lying again as always. There is NO gash! Wiz Imp Yesterday #6
He looks very ill. Botany Yesterday #2
Trump on the Reflecting Pool: "It's very strong. You couldn't, if you had a knife -- I don't want to give anybody ideas -- riversedge Yesterday #4
Isn't it designed to 'leak'? I thought it was meant to trickle through the bottom travelingthrulife Yesterday #5
That is how it was designed, BUT...he had it sealed. He is sure he knows more than the designers!! Maeve Yesterday #12
Yes it designed and constructed to do just that and that water went a few feet down to the Botany Yesterday #13
Hmmm.... "Interesting" that that originally 250 ft gash (bc I posted about) suddenly "grew" another 50 ft to 300 ft! electric_blue68 Yesterday #7
I always thought - RB77 Yesterday #8
Haven't you heard of evolves 23 hrs ago #15
Mr. trump's result: another instance of flawed minds Torchlight Yesterday #9
Wait a minute... slightlv Yesterday #10
The President will henceforth be known as 'Eighty Year Old Donald Trump". twodogsbarking Yesterday #11
The secret service vans drove down the entire length of the pool while the paint was still drying FakeNoose Yesterday #14
So when do you and your collaborators get arrested and thrown in jail? mwmisses4289 23 hrs ago #16
Yeah, vandals caused a shitty epoxy paint job to peel away over acres of substrate. Mysterian 17 hrs ago #17
just another asinine distraction while shit Gibbon and his buddies democratsruletheday 16 hrs ago #18
MaddowBlog-Scrambling to avoid blame for Reflecting Pool fiasco, Trump's defense turns farcical LetMyPeopleVote 1 hr ago #19
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