Purple in the Bayou

Mom, Spouse, Medical Lab Professional, McNeese alum #GeauxPokes and Eternal Optimist. “Eyed” by Hurricane Laura/Delta

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

No bottom

[Steve Peoples @sppeoples]

Government lawyers said ... the damage was the result of a botched installation by a contractor as well as “the rush to complete the project prior to events associated with the America 250 celebration in the weeks surrounding Independence Day 2026.”
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[Gregg Nunziata @greggnunziata]

Everybody understands, I think, that this was a political prosection and naked abuse of power.

Charges to Be Dropped Against Former Olympian in Reflecting Pool Case https://t.co/HJTl1KSgPI

[Lisa Rubin @lawofruby]

In its filing, DOJ admits that based on the flawed installation of the pool's new lining by a contractor rushing to have it done for America250, it is difficult "to attribute the widespread damage" to Hearn's alleged vandalism, much less prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. 1/

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

Surprise surprise: Taylor Fresh Foods has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the former president of its Tennessee subsidiary, his wife and two others of orchestrating a yearslong fraud scheme that allegedly stole more than $32 million from the company. https://t.co/Njn7Cx5yMU

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

The Trump admin’s case against Davey Hearn should have never been brought. Its dismissal today does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong. The administration owes Mr. Hearn an apology. https://t.co/V37bONO45M

[Jessica Tarlov @JessicaTarlov]

New polling should terrify Republicans:

Jon Ossoff (Georgia) + 13
Roy Cooper (North Carolina) +9
Josh Turek (Iowa) +4
Sherrod Brown (Ohio) +8
James Talarico (TX) +3
Even Greg Abbott is only +1

GOP says we’re a bunch of lunatic socialists. Every one of them is running as a centrist Democrat on addressing the cost of living, healthcare, and cleaning up corruption. If that's the environment, no Republican should feel safe right now.

[Acyn @Acyn]

A notepad in front of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent reads "To Do Buy Japanese Yen $5-10 bil" as he participates in a cabinet meeting at Camp David.

The note, photographed at 11:33 EDT, came after Reuters earlier reported the Treasury had put banks on alert for a possible U.S. intervention in the market for Japan's currency.

📸REUTERS/Daniel Heuer

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

Great news: The Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro have just withdrawn all criminal charges against Montgomery County’s Davey Hearn, the three-time Olympian who they tried to blame for Trump’s pathetically incompetent mismanagement of the Reflecting Pool, AKA the “Strait of Warm Ooze.” Turns out Trump’s algae farm resulted from a “botched installation,” by their own forced admission. Thanks to Davey, a beloved teacher of generations of MoCo canoeists and kayakers, for hanging tough like a champ since June 19 when they held him for five hours and tried to frame him on trumped-up nonsense charges; to Rockville Councilman Adam Van Grack for his great organizing to support Davey; and Norm Eisen and his team for excellent lawyering. Solidarity everyone.

[Margaret Brennan @margbrennan]

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[Jim LaPorta @JimLaPorta]

It takes a rare kind of confidence to spend months shrinking access to the press and then announce you’ve ushered in a golden age of public affairs. The Pentagon has discovered that transparency is much easier when it’s pre-recorded. Nobody interrupts a promotional video.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Marco Rubio pretends that the International Criminal Court jeopardizes American sovereignty. What he really wants is the right for Americans to commit war crimes even on the territory of ICC member states with impunity. No one buys that form of "justice." https://t.co/pbOQ9RLPbg

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

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[Human☮🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🌊 @4HumanUnity]

.@Gutfeldfox Advice for you and Fox "News", a network that agreed to pay $787.5 million for lying to us:

Release the Epstein files your own president has sat on for years, then come back and talk about who's standing up for kids. Until then sit down, 🤡.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

The Trump administration seeks to end the DACA status of a mother of three US-citizen children because of "unauthorized travel" outside the United States -- meaning her deportation by Trump to Mexico! https://t.co/GQP1AULLMi

[Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY]

Is this a joke? When was the last time the Pentagon had a press briefing prior to today?.. April? May?

[Susan Glasser @sbg1]

If only there were a fund that could pay this poor Olympian damages for the US government being used in a political fashion to smear him and destroy his reputation on the basis of false allegations…

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The Justice Department moves to dismiss a criminal case against the ex-Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. https://t.co/vAiOcS0slj

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

The Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://t.co/ZvFnQUocq4

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

Damn! The fascists are angry!

And speaking of centralizing power, is it the Democratic Socialist who took government stakes in Intel, U.S. Steel, Lithium Americas, MP Materials, Vulcan Elements, and other companies?

No! It’s the MAGA Fascist regime.

And whose leader is financially enmeshed with foreign governments and foreign oligarchs?

Hint: It ain’t the Democratic Socialists.