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.
Former Californian here. I’m quite familiar with the water issues in the state; there’s going to be regional to nationwide food shortages this summer as a pretty direct result of this. I’m sure orangeboi hopes it’s the former, so it primarily hurts CA. I hope it’s the latter, so it hurts everyone, and maybe some of them eventually learn when real life hits them in the face at highway speeds.
This is the “find out” part.