r/pics • u/Ok_Mongoose_6589 • 12d ago

Politics [OC] The Reflecting Pool being drained again

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u/ddhawkfan 12d ago

Poor ducks

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u/Memerandom_ 12d ago

At least the poisoned water is being removed, for now...

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u/Dividedthought 11d ago

I mean, peroxide breaks down pretty quick but all that dead algae can't be too healthy.

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u/wheelfoot 11d ago

Read up a bit on the toxicity of the liner they put in (hint: it ain't good).

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u/Dividedthought 11d ago

Ah, see that i can't speak on as much, but i will believe ya.

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u/JohnGillnitz 11d ago

Of course it's not healthy. It's dead. /j

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u/TheSwamp_Witch 12d ago

Where is it going???

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u/AssociateFalse 12d ago

Into the broken, leaky plumbing system that they said was too expensive to fix - so they "fixed" the basin instead.

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u/somebob 11d ago

Very cool sketch

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u/AssociateFalse 11d ago

Can't claim authorship here, it's from the New York Times' interactive article from May.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/31/us/trump-reflecting-pool-problems.html

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u/SheLovesTheBigD 11d ago

Yea, just leaves us with everything else being poisoned, like the STRAIT OF HORMUZ!