The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is being drained for the second time in weeks after a Trump-directed renovation produced algae blooms and peeling paint — and your government's response is to skip new bids, rehire the same contractor, and criminally charge citizens who touched the failing sealant. If Washington can't keep a pool painted, it has no business running your health care, your speech, or your guns.

The pool renovation, estimated at over $16 million as of June according to The Guardian, was supposed to showcase American patriotism ahead of the nation's 250th birthday. Trump ordered the bottom painted what he called