Musk's DOGE 'whiz kids' flew to California to try and release water themselves during LA fires

[highplainsdem]

Source: Independent

A group of Department of Government Efficiency agents repeatedly pressured a federal official to open a large water pump system in California — and then flew there to do it themselves, according to a new report.

DOGE staffers attempted to pressure the acting head of the Bureau of Reclamation to open a water pump system, CNN reports. The staffers wanted to send the water to Los Angeles amid the devastating wildfires in January — even though the system wouldn’t have allowed it to reach the scorched city, CNN reports.

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But when the official didn’t give in, staffers Tyler Hassen and Bryton Shang flew to California to open the pumps themselves and get a photo while doing so, CNN reports. But two issues stopped them.

First, the power was off due to planned maintenance. Second, Shang wasn’t an official federal employee yet, meaning he couldn’t access the pump. Hassen couldn’t do it either, CNN reports, because he had to fly back before the power would be restored.

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Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/musk-doge-california-water-wildfires-b2711228.html

[magicarpet]

1. Big shit,... big shots,.... with rocks for brains.

[slightlv]

6. And we pay for civilian employees (not even govt employees) with our tax dollars!

So, we're paying them... boosting them, in effect... with our tax dollars. I'm damned sure they didn't pay for the trip out of their own pockets. (although with trump, who knows?!) All this does is reinforce bad behavior, because (as every parent is aware) negative actions without consequences simply reinforces and encourages the bad behavior. Quick! Someone send one of the old Dr. Spock baby books to the White House.

[tulipsandroses]

2. Who paid for those flights? Hotel stays? Was that on tax payers for their little stunt?

I hope Eloon did not bill tax payers for this nonsense.

[dalton99a]

9. The U.S. government

https://rollcall.com/2025/02/04/white-house-opens-funding-spigot-for-doge-expenses/

[riversedge]

3. I wonder who paid their plane tickets??

[dalton99a]

8. The U.S. government

https://rollcall.com/2025/02/04/white-house-opens-funding-spigot-for-doge-expenses/

[Klarkashton]

4. Idiots had no goddamn business getting anywhere near

Those facilities. They would have done a lot of damage fucking with that system. Shang indeed.

JFC

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

5. Delusional little narcissists thinking they have the knowledge and authority to make such decisions and

carry them out by force, even though that's not supposed to be how it works.

[dalton99a]

7. Trump gave Musk $7 million a week to spend on DOGE

https://rollcall.com/2025/02/04/white-house-opens-funding-spigot-for-doge-expenses/
White House opens funding spigot for DOGE expenses
Budget-slashing group is given nearly $7 million in a week as Musk gets access to sensitive government data

[Wiz Imp]

15. $7 million a week works out to $364 million in a year

And they're supposed to be saving the government money??

I just found $364 million in wasteful spending myself....

[DSandra]

10. People who think that since they are smart in one thing, they are smart in everything else

Talk about things going to your head.

[IronLionZion]

11. These nitwits complain that "bureaucracy" got in the way of releasing the water

Plenty of experienced knowledgeable qualified government employees have encountered the false confidence of these "whiz kids" who know nothing about anything. These boys do more damage while thinking of themselves as super geniuses. Just like Musk and Trump.

GOP talking heads actually go on tv and lie that liberals are withholding water from the fires. As if it were that simple. You would think the oil pipeline party would know about transporting liquids where it needs to go.

[Emrys]

12. Behold your Musky overlords:

I think running a bath would overstretch them.

[LudwigPastorius]

16. Hate to break it to you guys, but Elon will never really love you.

Next time you suck up to a daddy figure, do some research first on how he treats his actual kids.

[Klarkashton]

17. Honest to God.

[NBachers]

13. How are these vandals any different from the domestic terrorists who go around shooting up power stations?

[ReRe]

19. How they are alike is that they both are terrorists. But

they're worse. They're domestic terrorists tearing down our government from within. Quietly. It's easier to get away with something
like taking over a country if it's done quietly, like a mouse on Christmas Eve, inside of an unknown room from within the White House.

[NotHardly]

14. The phrase 'dumb ass' id oing a lot of heavy lifting here.

[dreamland]

18. Someone needs to put these two in jail.

I don't care sh*t that they think they were following orders. They are hooligans trying to to mess with the state power stations.

[AllaN01Bear]

20. fire his tush as he is a federal employee now . and the situation. good grief. dont these

folk understand physics ? gah

[Karasu]

21. This is the stupidest fucking shit. It is beyond ludicrous that we have reached this point.

[miyazaki]

22. Waiting for the day they're all "put to the question". nt

[elleng]

23. '-- even though the system wouldn't have allowed it to reach the scorched city, CNN reports.'

[muriel_volestrangler]

24. "Whiz kids"? "Dunning Kruger poster boys", more like

They haven't the fuck of an idea about how so much of government, or real life, works. But they think that because they can code, they know everything.

[Magoo48]

25. When they cross into our California Republic with bad intentions, they are terrorists.

[Wingus Dingus]

26. WTF? This is so fucking bizarre. None of these idiots understand how ANYTHING works,

and yet they're now the boss of all of us? The US is in freefall.

[GreenWave]

27. They should get real close and take a whizz on those flames.