He Built a Privately Funded Border Wall. It’s Already at Risk of Falling Down if Not Fixed. | Talking Points Memo

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The poetic / moronic justice of this made my day / week / month.

Finally, Infrastructure Weak!

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Seems Donnie’s supporters have the same, shitty business acumen he has, i.e. none! Sad…

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There’s an awesome qui tam claim waiting to filed in this steaming 1.7 billion dollar pile or grift.

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Am I wrong to be laughing my butt off here???

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If you’re wrong, I don’t want to be right. I’m right there with you, laughing and laughing and laughing …

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:rofl:

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Covid or the Rio Grande…

Can’t magically wish it away,
Can’t dominate it,
Can’t intimidate it,

Trump cannot fight nature!

Addendum:
I’m just schadenfreuding…
Floodfactor = Mar-a-lago has extreme chance of flooding = 9/10!

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-website-app-ranks-every-homes-flood-risk/ar-BB166ZIh

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Even our f^cking idiots are bigger here in Texas. :upside_down_face:

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So Donnie’s fence is falling down . . . just like his “presidency.”

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Water always wins.

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This operates according to two revered Republican principles:

  1. Privatize the profits and socialize the losses;
  2. Nothing should ever be related to traditional governance or problem-solving; rather, it should solely be a publicity stunt.
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I was really hoping for some photos of finished sections of this fence, and maybe even some photos of the erosion.

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So does gravity.

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Yeah, just ask Kellyanne Conway.

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We’re getting double value, here. It starts out as a border wall, but when it topples, it becomes an international peace bridge.

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Did you say “monorail?”

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Yes and if thy want to waste big money, I’m all for it.

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“When the river rises, it will likely attack those areas where the foundation is exposed, further weakening support of the fence and potentially causing portions … to fall into the Rio Grande,” said Alex Mayer, a civil engineer professor at the University of Texas at El Paso who has done research in the Rio Grande basin.

So, if the wall falls into the river and stretched all the way across, I suppose Fisher and his company could just call it a bridge. Wall - bridge, what’s the difference. It’s a structure. Contract completed.

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Mexico may have something to say about that and farmers who use that water might as well.

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