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@ErikLindy Why does it always take 3 tries?

Only people who know how to drive will back into parking spaces. We understand that it’s safer, easier, faster to exit, and the best part? It annoys the people who don’t know how to drive. Next week we’ll talk about the zipper merge.

@CynicalPublius @MilesTaylorUSA Don't forget that zero did the opposite.

@MilesTaylorUSA He is making unelected bureaucrats accountable to the voters. It's glorious, and it's how our nation was intended to operate.

Yesterday Donald Trump tripled the size of his personal political army inside the government. Illegally. And almost no one noticed. Here's what happened: He signed an order converting ~8,000 of the most senior career officials in government into employees he can fire for any reason, or no reason at all. These aren't rando's. They're the directors, chiefs of staff, and the people who write the rules or decide who gets federal money, i.e. the lieutenants right below his political appointees. Until yesterday, they answered to the law. Now they answer to him. A president normally gets ~4,000 political appointees. People he can bring into government and fire at will. I was one of them at DHS. You serve at his pleasure, full stop -- so if you're gonna speak truth to power, you're prepared to quit (or get fired if he doesn't like it). The rest of the federal government is PROTECTED from firing if they tell the truth. But Trump just stripped those protections. Adding 8,000 more people to his personal army. Overnight. Without asking Congress. With the stroke of a pen, those people now serve at the pleasure of the president. They're "his" people, whether they like it or not. And the chilling effect is real. An official who can be fired this afternoon for "subversion of presidential directives" (the order's own words) doesn't need to be hand-picked to know what's expected of him or her. The threat does all the work. By the way, this order is illegal. The law only lets Trump reclassify jobs when "necessary" in exceptional circumstances. And this blows an 8,000-person hole in the merit hiring / firing system created by Congress. Without permission, Trump has created a whole new category of stormtroopers inside the Executive Branch. If this doesn't get challenged in court, you're going to see the U.S. government become a very different place. Here's the full story: bit.ly/4dQN5N2

@EricLDaugh @TEarls80 He can revoke all eagle kill permits via E.O.

🚨 NOW: President Trump says it PERFECTLY "You'd think it was anything else that everybody would be SUED. You know, if you kill a bald eagle they put you in jail for like four years or something, and yet windmills, nothing happens. It's disgraceful!" "Wind is the most expensive. It's the worst. It causes tremendous problems. It kills millions and MILLIONS of birds a year. Nobody mentions that!" "So we're into energy that really works and works powerfully."

@John94829694531 @EmmaUber7 @CityCast_DC Two words : sodium hypochlorite. Otherwise it would be full of algae like it was under dribbler and zero.

@EmmaUber7 @CityCast_DC It’ll be green with algae inside of a few months, and trump’ll give a silent bid to someone to clean it so he doesn’t look like a ‘boob’!

There’s been lots of speculation about whether the new blue bottom of the Reflecting Pool will still… well… reflect. It seems like the answer is yes. @CityCast_DC

@but_abta @EmmaUber7 @CityCast_DC

@EmmaUber7 @CityCast_DC The dark tone will raise the temperature of the water leading to massive algal growth.

@EmmaUber7 @CityCast_DC Don't forget that the average IQ among whites in D.C. is around 90.

@KremlinTrolls This is parody? Right?

What is extremely disturbing is that not one reporter in that room had the guts to tell Trump that the Reflective Pool is simply a pool of water and isn't comparable to a building's height. It's the most insane nonsense he drummed up AND HE PUT IT ON A BOARD to show everyone how DUMB he is. The world looks on at the @POTUS demeaning himself in public like a clown. Sad.

@MCCCANM Around here, marylanders back into spots that you can drive through. And they all take at least three tries.

I back into parking spaces for multiple reasons: When I arrive to the space, I get a full look at the area around me & know what I’m backing into. When I leave, I can see both ways & know what I’m pulling into. It’s also easier to steer the car & align it straight.

@Truegreta @StaceyM91582 Did you fail high school? I think they covered this in Physical Science.

@StaceyM91582 Its never going to reflect

I stood at this pool, at both monuments and saw both reflections… He’s a God damn idiot, as are the fools that support him. The “Reflection Pool” wasn’t designed by American architect Henry Bacon a hundred years ago to look like a swimming pool. It’s designed to have a darkened characteristics that has reflective qualities to reflect the monuments. That way, the Washington Monument is reflective to you when at the Lincoln Memorial, and when at the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial is reflective to you. It’s designed to enhance the grandeur of monuments, create an illusion of reflection, and inclusion of expansive space of unity. He’s a tacky vulgar person that vulgarizes everything he touches. America isn’t becoming great, it’s becoming vulgar. Credit - Mathew Reed

@BudLightSadness How ya gonna cook it?

@MikeyDiMercurio @OlenaRohoza My favorite word.

@OlenaRohoza Defenistration.

🇷🇺In Moscow, General Leonov, the commander of Russia’s air defense forces, fell out of a window.

@ConnellyAL "Think tanker." Someone got ripped-off.

I know that a lot of US Army officers and veterans will be deeply embarrassed by this conduct, which has become a dismal pattern with this account.

@EnLitendJourney @SeanParnellASW @DeptofWar You meant "fifth column."

@SeanParnellASW @DeptofWar The fourth estate is being strangled to death.

The Department of War is aware of the lawsuit filed today by two civilian members of the Stars and Stripes publisher’s advisory board challenging the Department’s modernization of Stars and Stripes. The lawsuit is without merit, and the Department expects to prevail. The Department remains committed to a Stars and Stripes that is modern, mission-focused, and worthy of the servicemembers it serves.

@KathleenMcdoald @EricLDaugh Dark blue isn't "loud." Try reading.

@EricLDaugh It’s no longer a reflecting pool when its loud base color prevents reflections. Literally

🚨 NOW: President Trump stuns the left by announcing the FINAL Lincoln reflecting pool coat is being completed 4PM TODAY — and the water will flow LFG 🇺🇸 “Excitingly, the final coat of protection will be completed on the Reflecting Pool that sits between The Washington Monument and The Lincoln Memorial, at 4 P.M., today. The water will start flowing, shortly thereafter..” “The walking paths outside of the Pool will, likewise, be cleaned, sandblasted, and finished soon. This will be the first time since the day it was built, 1922, that it has worked, and worked wonderfully, indeed! President DONALD J. TRUMP” I voted for that.

@ChrisO_wiki @shashj @infantrydort

@shashj One thing to be thankful of is that @infantrydort's Army career is over on January 20, 2029.

A serving US Army officer, working in Hegseth’s office, posting racial slurs & describing journalists as “civilisation destroyers”. Doing all of it anonymously. A good indication of the ethos of the Pentagon in this moment.

@Truegreta Does it hurt to be as ignorant as you are? Asking for a friend.

@japan_nobunaga Japanese in America committ almost no violent crime, but they can own any thing legal as long as they are a citizen or legal permanent resident. Anyone here legally can buy a hunting firearm if they have a hunting license. It's the people, not the laws.

In Japan, almost no civilian owns a firearm. Not because the people are afraid of guns. Because the people, decades ago, decided that conflict ends at a conversation. Hunting license? Yes, with extensive training. Self-defense pistol? Effectively not permitted. A gun in a glove compartment, "just in case"? Unimaginable. Japan also averages fewer than 10 firearm homicides per year. Total. In a country of 124 million people. For comparison, the United States averages that number every 12 hours. Not because Japan is gentler by nature. Because Japan made a different bet: that the cost of a tense moment with no weapon is lower than the cost of an easy moment with one. Think about the last time a stranger raised their voice at you in your country. Think about whether you, or they, calculated what was in someone's waistband. Japan built a different argument. Not loaded. Not chambered. Just expected. Of everyone. Always. 🇯🇵

@RoofKorean7 I'll write the headline: "Black on Asian Crime; FAFO Edition"

How are we going to report this American corp. media? Lie by omission and scapegoat a community instead of holding accountable the actions of an individual?

@link2reality @ExploreEso @emilymiller Game girl got snarky, then blocked me. You're wasting your time trying to reason with her.

They got it covered. You’re not as smart as you think you are. You can remove excess nitrogen (algae food) from the water. I do it in my pond with rocks, bacteria and plants. Works great! I have fish (koi) and a whole bunch of frogs, no algae. You can also do it with filters. The unnatural way. Probably why they added them in the renovation. Thanks for playing the annoying liberal who for some reason hates making things look nice. 👍

EXCLUSIVE: I got inside Trump’s final waterproofing work at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. WATCH!