The pair traveled to California after reportedly trying to pressure a top government official to open the water pump

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26559092

Summary

DOGE staffers Tyler Hassen and Bryton Shang tried pressuring the Bureau of Reclamation to open a California water pump to aid Los Angeles during January’s wildfires, though the system couldn’t reach the city.

When denied, they flew there to do it themselves but failed due to maintenance and access restrictions.

Critics called DOGE a “slapstick operation of 20-somethings they’re seeing as whiz kids but have zero knowledge.”

Trump later ordered dam releases, flooding farmland. Critics called DOGE’s actions reckless and uninformed.

  • Mayor Poopington@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    5 hours ago

    I’m picturing some 20 yo shithead flying a private jet to the bay area, turning on a garden spigot and announcing “We saved LA!”

  • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    8 hours ago

    The article isn’t clear enough about this. This pump is nowhere close to the fires, and the water coming out of the pump doesn’t get anywhere close to the fires, either.

    The purpose of the pumps is to take water from rivers and send it to wealthy farmers. The farmers didn’t even need the water, anyway, this time of year.