Let's get to know John J. Cafaro, the pool company owner given a $14.2 million NO BID contract to clean DC's reflecting pool:
1) Ohio lobbyist twice convicted for bribery; sentenced to jail, probation & massive fines
2) Cafano got > 7x Trump's quoted job estimate despite bad work ($1.8m)
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7) Defying science, JJ Cafaro failed to flush the reflecting pool's pipes and simply painted it Trump's hand-picked "American flag blue" (aka pool blue)
8) FUN FACT: The same kid who applies Donald Trump's Cheetos brand spray tanner also applies the shoe polish to John J. Cafaro's hair
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BONUS FACT:
10) John J. Cafaro's pool cleaning company - the one that bungled the reflecting pool job so badly it caused a huge, slimy explosion of algae - is called Greenwater Services. No, I'm not making this up.
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In California, solar is up and gas is down.
This is fantastic news for everyone who does not need food or energy!
YOU LOSE, INFLATION!
6) Predictably "on the nose" for a Trump henchman, John J. Cafaro looks like the Penguin if he were played by Nathan Lane.
(Or, for you older folks, a Dick Tracy villain as played by Oliver Hardy.)
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1) Obama Presidential Center opens with star-studded ceremony (12pm)
2) Center renamed the Donald J. Trump & Barrack HUSSEIN Obama Presidential Center by POTUS Executive Order (12:04pm)
3) Renovations begin; DJT's pool guy paves Presidential Center's basketball court gold (1pm)
BONUS PICS:
11) The Wall Street Journal posted these pictures of John J. Cafaro's gilded mansion in Chevy Chase, Maryland when he sold it.
NOT PICTURED: The orchestra pit (no, really).
9) Despite "knowing nothing about the car business" he bought Avanti convertibles in 1987 with financial assistance from the state of Ohio; under his watch Avantis were plagued by - wait for it - water leaks; only 405 were made in his 4 years as owner.
www.chicagotribune.com/1989/06/11/a...
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3) John Cafaro is Trump's good friend, Mar-a-Lago neighbour and ball co-chair, oft praised by DJT
4) J.J. Cafaro made large contributions to Trump's Presidential campaigns and the Trump Foundation
5) <24hrs after his renovations the reflecting pool is full of algae plumes and chipped paint
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Solar generation in CAISO increased 21% from January through May compared with the same period in 2024, the Energy Information Administration said.
