Stop the Idiocracy: Reflecting Pool

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Friday, July 31, 2026

An innocent man, a guilty government

A luminous fantasy portrayal of Lady Liberty as a radiant young woman wading barefoot through calm, reflective water beneath towering storm clouds parted by shafts of golden light. She wears flowing ivory robes adorned with sparkling crystal ornaments, while a brilliant crystal crown and a blazing torch illuminate the scene with silvery-white fire. Fine golden fissures spread across the water’s surface like glowing veins, leading towards distant classical buildings softened by mist on the horizon. The composition conveys hope and steadfast resolve emerging from uncertainty, presenting liberty as an enduring light amid gathering darkness.

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A small victory for sanity: DOJ drops case against former Olympian over Reflecting Pool, admitting renovation effort was flawed. {CNN 31 July}

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/politics/doj-admits-reflecting-pool-renovation-flawed-drops-case-david-hearn

One may, somehow, still believe that calling Trump a dictator and his government a dictatorship is gross hyperbole, but this regime was prepared to imprison an obviously innocent man — an Olympian, no less — and destroy his reputation to cover for President Trump's disastrous Reflecting Pool scheme. (And why cannot this man leave well enough alone, ever?) A president willing to destroy the lives of people he doth not even know merely to conceal his own gross incompetence.

What y’all voted for, #Murica. I hope David Hearn sues the living s**t out of this White House and Donald Trump personally. As for the ever-zealous Jeanine Pirro, she should be disbarred immediately, and then ought to go crying back to Fox News. A bloody disgrace all around.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

The boy who broke the Reflecting Pool

A richly detailed editorial illustration depicts a muddy, pouting young boy unmistakably caricaturing Donald Trump, seated at the edge of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. His orange-tinged suit is stained with mud, his arms folded tightly across his chest, cheeks flushed with anger, and blond hair swept dramatically as he sulks after churning the water into a filthy mess. The Reflecting Pool is strewn with branches, debris, litter, and swirling mud, with muddy footprints leading from the bank into the water. Behind the child, a large crowd of smiling, applauding supporters wave American flags and beam with approval, seemingly oblivious to the destruction before them. In the far distance, a lone maintenance worker quietly mops the polluted pool in weary resignation beneath the Lincoln Memorial, while the Washington Monument rises beyond. The composition functions as a satirical political allegory contrasting adulation with accountability.

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US Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO) demands Trump be made to pay out of his pocket for the damage to the Reflecting Pool. {The New Republic 24 June}

https://newrepublic.com/post/212284/senator-john-hickenlooper-trump-pay-reflecting-pool

Bravo to this idea. Alas, he shall never be made to pay for anything… not in this life, anyway. And if the evangelicals and fundamentalists are correct and he is Jesus’ right-hand man on earth, then I suppose Jesus shall forever shield him from consequence. At this point, I am inclined to believe that Jesus does hate us so very much as to inflict this insufferable douchebag upon America for years yet to come. (Yes, I know he is decrepit, but fate appears determined to keep him living for another twenty years or longer — probably serving as president the whole time, for he is not leaving office alive.) The American people decided, several times over now, that Donald Trump is above the law, and for the time being this is so. Taxpayers shall pay for the clean-up of the Reflecting Pool — not merely a damaged landmark, but a national symbol — and shall thank their hero for the privilege and honour of cleaning up his mess.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

The deeply symbolic fencing off of the Reflecting Pool: keeping #Muricans away from the mess they made by restoring Trump

A sombre, highly detailed illustration of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in a state of visible neglect. The water is covered by mats of green algae and debris, transforming the iconic pool into a stagnant murky expanse. Temporary metal fencing is erected by workers in high-visibility clothing, barring public access. Foreground, visitors stand behind railings, observing with disappointment and concern. The Washington Monument riseth prominently in the distance beneath dark, threatening clouds, its reflection faint through the algae. Trees line both sides; muted greys, greens, and weathered tones reinforce decline. A celebrated national landmark juxtaposed with deterioration, exclusion, and civic unease.

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Washington: fences being erected around the rotting Reflecting Pool to keep out the general public. {Raw Story 23 June}

https://www.rawstory.com/fence-around-reflecting-pool/

What an analogy for who and what we have become.

It is also a great tragedy. This is great architecture that helped make our capital one of the most unique cities on earth, and this jackass had to go and ruin it because he cannot help but stick his greasy fingers into every pot, impose his design on everything, and fiddle with everything he sees. Like a toddler.

The White House, the Kennedy Center, and so on: this is a man obsessed with erecting monuments to himself, and that very much includes mutilating our existing national monuments to suit his gutter-trash tastes.

But, hey, good to know all that algae is safe. Mother**kers.

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