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So that he can say that he 'drained the swamp'?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/21/trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Trump says repair work to begin ‘immediately’ on beleaguered reflecting pool
Algae blooms and peeling paint mar $14.2m renovation as president claims pool has been ‘seriously vandalized’

Five people have reportedly been arrested for vandalizing Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC,
with Donald Trump insisting repair work will begin “immediately”.
CBS News reporter Emma Nicholson tweeted on Sunday that an administration official told her five people had been arrested for vandalizing the pool
and another five issued federal citations,
bringing the total number of police reports filed to 14, including one related to an alleged 250ft gash in …

Trump claims multiple people arrested for vandalizing Reflecting Pool (Kaanita Iyer/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/20/politics/reflecting-pool-lincoln-memorial-algae-renovation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260621/p1#a260621p1

Monorails, Magnet- und Seilbahnen: Gadgetbahnen oder sinnvolle Systeme?
Magnetbahnen und Monorails werden oft als „Gadgetbahnen“ verspottet. Doch viele dieser Spezialsysteme haben ihre Berechtigung – wenn der Einsatzzweck stimmt.

Monorails, Magnet- und Seilbahnen: Gadgetbahnen oder sinnvolle Systeme?
Magnetbahnen und Monorails werden oft als „Gadgetbahnen“ verspottet. Doch viele dieser Spezialsysteme haben ihre Berechtigung – wenn der Einsatzzweck stimmt.

came across this pretty amazing WBAI broadcast of lenny bruce's 1966 memorial at judson church, with ginsberg & other heavies, & a brief sliver of the '66 fugs performing a garage-jangle "carpe diem": https://youtu.be/PzGy9VAKpc8&t=1254
snipped a l'il mp3 for fugs…

“David Hearn, a three-time Olympian, was arrested at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and charged with…” first degree being a scapegoat, with an innocence enhancement.
Ice is expected to summarily execute him later tonight.
via @…

Blue paint seen chipping off in Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after algae turn it green (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/blue-paint-peeling-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-algae-green-rcna350883
http://www.memeorandum.com/260619/p74#a260619p74

People caught bicycling by the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Washington’s National Mall will be fully prosecuted, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on ‌Sunday.
Donald Trump has blamed vandalism for recent problems with the newly renovated pool, including its new blue paint peeling off.
Citations for vandalism have been issued, Pirro said on Sunday, adding that even minor crimes must be prosecuted to keep the U.S. capital safe.

Today, much of the Inyo Mountains is Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land.
In 1872, westward expansion-hungry lawmakers passed a pro-mining law that still holds:
if a prospector finds gold or another valuable mineral on federal land,
they can stake a claim, file it with the bureau, and 20 acres around the site are theirs for a small fee.
In 1872, a prospector was a man with a floppy-brim hat and pickaxe.
In 2026, it’s a billion-dollar company and 1,200lb steel …

The Trump administration does not plan to seek approval from Congress for Donald Trump’s planned 250-foot arch,
arguing that they do not need it because lawmakers a century ago authorized a somewhat similar project that was never built.
Trump has targeted Memorial Circle
— a traffic roundabout on Columbia Island, a man-made island tucked inside the edge of Washington
— for his planned arch.
Teams of workers conducting surveys and geophysical testing began work …

Trump officials say they can build 250-foot arch without Congress’s approval
The administration say they are building on a project authorized by Congress a century ago. Lawyers and Democrats said the argument is an attempt to evade federal law.