I want to stress something important.
I know about the Times’ owner, and his interference in the Ed page (and maybe more).
But without the LAT, you would only know what the White House told you about this.
Support journalists and journalism.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-31/trump-california-dams-opened-up
I know about the Times’ owner, and his interference in the Ed page (and maybe more).
But without the LAT, you would only know what the White House told you about this.
Support journalists and journalism.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-31/trump-california-dams-opened-up
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The LAT added context.
The NYT has added more.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/trump-water-california-central-valley.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk4.UpY6.pczf2kCgrRxb&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
You just described the Los Angeles Times under its billionaire activist owner.
Are we going to allow America to fall under Fascist Coalition control??
We're just supposed to operate on blind faith that important stories will get reported objectively, if at all? It's a hard sell at this point.
In running parlance, do some speed work and hill repeats.
I wish the LAT journalists well, but I didn’t miss anything by not reading their coverage.
It would have been nice to see it in one of the Bee papers, since it's a local story for the Central Valley, but I cannot see it in my local Sacramento Bee, or the Fresno one which is closer to Tulare.
- that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the dams without the usual citizen consult?
- that Trump publicly claimed responsibility for increasing the water?
- that the water flows away from LA?
- that people still believe LAT prints independent news?
ALL TRUE (Google CA dams) 1/2
that there are very few independent news sources left that are not owned by oligarchy?
- that @meidastouch.com is one of the few with no big money investors?
- that Project 2025 really was Trump's blueprint?
- that we are in the brink of christofascist domination?
STILL ALL TRUE!!
The narcissistic fool just wasted tons of water for nothing but stroking his own ego. He needs to be banned from interfering with the most progressive/productive state in the country, which voted for his opponent by a 28% margin.
See you all back here in July when farmers are screwed.
Now based on that forecasting, they are low.
https://sjvwater.org/trumps-emergency-water-order-responsible-for-water-dump-from-tulare-county-lakes/
I’m done with corporate news media. As are most Americans.
The Calhoun Chronicle, Grantsville, WV
Without weeklies there's no truth.
Control The Narrative
They sure did, didn't they
If you think the only barrier against Donny was a Donny-coddling local rag you’ve understood nothing.
https://bsky.app/profile/chrislhayes.bsky.social/post/3lh4hwoe5ec2z
Don’t support the fascist billionaire press barons.
Problem is you don't even know what news is being changed by him and have no control. It is thus, all unreliable.
Here's a link to the more in-depth reporting by SJV: https://sjvwater.org/decision-to-dump-water-from-tulare-county-lakes-altered-after-sending-locals-in-mad-scramble/
and
https://sjvwater.org/trumps-emergency-water-order-responsible-for-water-dump-from-tulare-county-lakes/
FYI, an acre-foot is 325,851 gallons
Supporting misinformation mills like LAT is bad, the occasional truth about relative nothingness doesn't make up for the dereliction of purpose when the poster ignores or distorts the big stories to assist the enemy.
Find a better employer or become your own.
Our crops are going to get stuck with Logan Paul’s Prime Energy.
https://bsky.app/profile/yellingatwind.bsky.social/post/3lh2osbqg4k2v
CA had plenty of water to fight the fires, sometimes they needed more on the hose-end than the pipes could stand to deliver. But this is somewhere between meaningless and wasteful.
Journalists reported what really happened, which was not that.
This includes the LA times.
https://bsky.app/profile/ericreinhart.bsky.social/post/3lh4ov2xct22j
This is pure assholeness by a sociopathic and cult adherence to stupid orders.
He will kill everyone.
Not that I'd read the LAT on purpose anyway unless they've sacked that POS Vartabedian and apologized, of course.
https://sjvwater.org/trumps-emergency-water-order-responsible-for-water-dump-from-tulare-county-lakes/
https://tularecoelections.org/elections/registrar-of-voters/current-election-information/november-5-2024-presidential-general-election/election-results-reports/final-official-results/final-official-results-pdf/
Your private conflict is for you to solve.
harry shearer was right, “the la dog trainer”
No longer subscribe or read it
Years ago it was a Saturday pleasure to walk dog to newsstand for early Sunday edition
So we can expect low crop yields and higher prices.
Incredulous!
Your reference to the National Guard is an interesting one.
Though I doubt Newsome would yet. 🤔
Newsome is an intelligent and good man. Look how he saved California from the pandemic and stood up to trumps BS.
Our Nation is just twelve days into all this 'malarkey'.
My head is swimming and my heart aches for our future.
I do want to appologize for my typos.
I will be more careful in the future to proofread my typing.
Centralising news into ever growing in size but fewer in variety media companies allows local news to be lost or presented in the 'right' way.
Unstated in the lede or even high in the story is the fact that none of the released water could ever possibly reach Los Angeles.
Was that omission by LAT to avoid showing Trump's stunt to be the fraud it actually is?
Other media have reported that a massive mountain range separates the Central Valley from Southern California, and that there's no physical conduit to carry water there from those dams.
Not one drop will help firefighters. He is insane. He is destroying our country. We have to stop him. No one is coming to save us.
This country will be in ruins before he is done.
https://sjvwater.org/decision-to-dump-water-from-tulare-county-lakes-altered-after-sending-locals-in-mad-scramble/
The incompetent actions of this administration are revealed every day. It's exhausting.
Keep pushing back!
Billions of gallons of wasted water all for the ego of the president.