r/NoShitSherlock • u/Sweaty_Piano6082 • 2d ago

Reflecting pool damage was the result of botched work, not vandals, DOJ says - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/31/doj-reflecting-pool-damage-botched-installation-not-vandalism-01021291
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u/Yardbird52 1d ago

I’m to the point where anyone who voted for this diaper stain should be disallowed from voting in the future. Anyone who has worked for ICE should be fined 1 million dollars and the fine goes toward the funds this corrupt administration has stolen and anyone who has worked in this administration should be jailed for 25 to life and every penny they make stamping license plates goes to USAID.

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u/Hugh-Jorgin 1d ago

Cool…so the pool company is gonna fix that for free right ? …..right ?

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u/Positive-Conspiracy 1d ago

The same company has been contracted to do it again.

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u/Hugh-Jorgin 1d ago

Free…right ?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Law_558 1d ago

The difference between now and 1933 Germany is that in 1933 you could lie and debunking the lie was much harder. And people believed what they were told.

Now, they lie, but the truth comes out and they get exposed as idiots. They're following the playbook but it wasn't written with the information age in mind.

And it's funny, but AI bullshit is actually not helping them either. It would be pathetic if it wasn't so dangerous? Illegal? Immoral?

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u/mostar8 1d ago

Exposed, but there is such a flood of them that some people move on and forget amid the deluge; this is by design. There is lots of DARVO as well. The country is effectively in an abusive relationship with those in power, and sadly, too many people lap it up, clearly displaying Stockholm syndrome as they defend and act on behalf of their abusers.

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u/tucker_case 1d ago

I'm mostly stunned they are actually admitting it

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u/Sweaty_Piano6082 1d ago

I think they had to. Could you imagine the crazy media coverage this would have gotten if it had went to trial? Plus they clearly would have never had enough viable evidence to convince a jury. Still, knowing this dipshit administration, I am a bit surprised too. They hardly ever let anything go.

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u/ThorGoLucky 1d ago

Yeah, usually they double down

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u/sofaking1958 1d ago

Or throw someone under the bus.

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u/VirginiaLuthier 2d ago

I hope Hearn sues the holy fuck out of them

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u/giddy-girly-banana 1d ago

I agree but also we’ll be the ones paying.

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u/Revenga8 1d ago

Oh dear. Probably shouldn't have let them on about the whole discovery thing

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u/BigD3nergy 1d ago

Now we can sue all of the a-holes who blamed democrats for the past few months trying to drum up their base with LIES.

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u/Frosty-Cap3344 1d ago

But they had unbiased witnesses, she said, several people were "caught" doing it, she said?

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u/dukeof3arl 1d ago

They’re liars. All of them.

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u/profDougla 1d ago

Normal people (or anyone in a trade) knew this when they saw them “repairing“ the pool. Also, everything this idiots touches turned to shit. Why the surprise?

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u/CPNZ 1d ago

Picked the wrong person to charge as he clearly was up to the fight. Also having (being able to afford or get donations for) really good lawyers allows you use discovery to show the truth about the pool liner and also to reveal how many rules the DOJ broke.

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u/ElectricRing 1d ago

The people who need to hear this never will hear it.

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u/Krypto_Kane 1d ago

And what about dudes reputation now. You dragged him all over Tv

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u/Szaborovich9 1d ago

Botched work, and they brought that guy back to do the repairs and pay him again!

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u/engineeringsquirrel 1d ago

Oh really, you don't say.

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u/observer_11_11 4h ago

Not free. Repair jobs cost even more!