The very first real victims of Trump's EOs on California #water are California farmers and Central Valley congressional districts that reliably vote red. He's ordered his dam operators to throw away their stored water, just for a photo op and tweet. www.latimes.com/environment/... - ThreadSky

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petergleick.bsky.social • 22 days ago

The very first real victims of Trump's EOs on California #water are California farmers and Central Valley congressional districts that reliably vote red.
He's ordered his dam operators to throw away their stored water, just for a photo op and tweet.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-31/trump-california-dams-opened-up

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ferelwingart.bsky.social•21 days ago

They get what they voted for

litzz11.bsky.social•22 days ago

Here's a non-paywalled version:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/acting-trumps-order-federal-officials-205054431.html

cloudygrayfox.bsky.social•22 days ago

If an atmo river arrives in Jan/Feb then Shasta and Oroville release water. https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2025/Jan-25/Oroville-Update-1-31-25

danambergstrom.bsky.social•22 days ago

Set the bar to extreme for fiction writers from now on.

uskiwi13.bsky.social•21 days ago

So you are saying this is the “Find Out” phase?

juanaleilani.bsky.social•20 days ago

Well then, he screwed his own voters. It's still horrible to see all that water wasted because of an imbecile.

prime157.bsky.social•22 days ago

I wish I could give this post more reach. Sorry.

free-to-be-me.bsky.social•21 days ago

This area of California is very trumpy. I wonder how they like him now?

kathyswords.bsky.social•20 days ago

I can't wait to find that out. My hubby and I were just talking about that.

qtx.bsky.social•13 days ago

I’m sure there will be a variety of contortions to explain away the pain inflicted … anything
to continue the victim narrative …

kgardner.bsky.social•22 days ago

I was going to say shameful, but he has no shame

amykoehler.bsky.social•21 days ago

And then produce prices will skyrocket and they’ll blame Biden…

biometlab.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yes it's winter when the farms aren't irrigating and dont need the water. What wanton waste and ignorance of the environment they show ...time to quote Shakespeare

'As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport'

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