As you no doubt have been aware, the Left's latest triggering has been over the Trump administration's project to clean up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
The pool was refilled about a week ago, and of course the media's been doing its part to help carry the Democrats' preferred narrative:
The Reflecting Pool on the National Mall has been refilled following President Trump’s renovations.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 9, 2026
The project ultimately took six weeks and cost more than $10 million, far more than Trump initially projected. https://t.co/no9QuP1lmu pic.twitter.com/jBPKbqtWIy
CNN has since been all over it:
CNN takes a sample of the water in the Reflecting Pool to test it
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) June 17, 2026
They did more investigation on this than the billion dollar fraud happening across the country
pic.twitter.com/axJFC0NInJ
"Journalism," ladies and gentlemen!
However, the algae is "part of the normal start-up process" and will be taken care of:
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool appeared to turn green after algae spread more than a week after $14.2M renovations were completed.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 17, 2026
An Interior Department spokesperson said the residual algae is part of the "normal startup process" and they are removing it. "Nanobubblers… pic.twitter.com/J4gGrMxmEP
UPDATE! Lincoln Reflecting Pool crew finished vacuuming up the dead algae from the NanoBubble on the sides. They’re all now in waders doing the middle trench. pic.twitter.com/wdlEURe9M9
— emily miller (@emilymiller) June 17, 2026
So, the algae is being dealt with.
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And now for the "you can't make this stuff up" part:
JUST IN: “Pro-algae” protesters gather at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, advocating for it to be restored to its former green state.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) June 17, 2026
Wait, really?
This is satire, right? This is a joke, right? Right? pic.twitter.com/yuCgfiVL5m
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) June 17, 2026
Apparently it's NOT a joke, because satire has nothing on real life these days:
There is a pro algae protest of three at the Lincoln Reflecting Pool. We’ve reached peak circus. pic.twitter.com/bmOrqThgm7
— emily miller (@emilymiller) June 17, 2026
HAHAHA!
There's a tragic shortage of asylums in the United States.
They should invest in straight jackets. https://t.co/2UM5RIcs2r
— MaryAnnNotGinger 💋 (@MAnotGinger) June 17, 2026
I can’t believe we have to share a country or even a planet with these loonies.
— Right is Still Right 🇺🇸 (@fedupMolly17) June 17, 2026
Just when you thought they couldn't get crazier...
lol they’re now walking the perimeter yelling “anti fascist algae”
— emily miller (@emilymiller) June 17, 2026
The lefty gene pool needs to be chlorinated a lot heavier than the reflecting pool.
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