The president of the United States is consumed with an all-out push to complete hundreds of miles of black-painted, spiked border wall ahead of the Nov 2020 election. He’s telling aides not to worry, he’ll pardon them if needed. NEW with @jdawsey1https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/take-the-land-president-trump-wants-a-border-wall-he-wants-it-black-and-he-wants-it-by-election-day/2019/08/27/37b80018-c821-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html …
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Trump has directed the Army Corps & DHS to paint the border wall black. That will increase costs by up to $133 million for one 175-mile span, reducing overall length of fencing by 4-7 miles, according to internal assessments. Also more costly: the president’s desire for spikes
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Heavy construction equipment is not NEAR environmentally-sensitive areas like National Parks, it has CLEARED some of these areas, like La Parida Banco NWR in Mission, TX. We posted video several weeks ago when we took @Earthjustice there to see it!
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