Thread by @arapaho415

<Thread> with timeline of events relating to WH response to California's devastating wildfires which began last month:
1/

https://twitter.com/emorwee/status/1026591578935185408

2/ @newrepublic article links to this one from @modbee from July 20, 2018 which reported on #ZinkeIsTheWorst™️'s visit to Don Pedro dam with @RepMcClintock (CA-04) and @RepJeffDenham (CA-10) modbee.com/news/article21…

3/ At this outdoor photo-op, @RepJeffDenham said "Congress is looking at one agency, one decision," and "called the state’s water conservation proposal a 'disastrous plan to flush water from valley rivers to the ocean,' foreshadowing twitterfingers-in-chief Aug 5th tweet.

4/ The federal government is attempting to intervene in a local power struggle between the California State Water Resources Board and local irrigation districts who are on the side of farmers, city and county officials.

5/ From @modbee, Jul 20:
"Republican leaders have recently made attempts to shape water policies in California, with... @KenCalvert (CA-42) bill in May to make the Delta Tunnels project immune from lawsuits... (con't)

6/ ...and an amendment last month from Congressman @RepDavidValadao (CA-21) of Hanford to extend the proposed ban on court reviews to other water projects in the Golden State."

7/ Recap: the federal gov't (twitterfingers-in-chief, #ZinkeIsTheWorst™️, several San Joaquin valley/river Reps) is attempting to disrupt California's right to conduct its own business & seeks to block the Judicial process, in an effort to bypass Constitutional checks/balances.

8/ TIMELINE:
Jul 6 CA StateWaterResourcesControlBoard (CSWRCB) plan released
Jul 20 Zinke photo-op at DonPedro dam w/CA04/CA10
Jul 23 #CarrFire begins
Jul 27 CSWRCB comment period closes
#MendocinoComplex fire begins
Aug 5 DJT tweets
Aug 21 CSWRCB meeting

9/ Wasn't able to squeeze this into the timeline, but also on Jul 27 (from @newrepublic article):
"@Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation commissioner sent a letter to California’s water board threatening possible legal action if the plan is adopted."
denham.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…

10/ For reference, map of the 3 rivers that CSWRCB wants to release more water from (in an effort to improve salmon survival) outlined in red and the #CarrFire and #MendocinoComplex fire in black. (Perimeters are rough estimates, but show how these ecosystems don't intersect.)

11/ Reactions to California State Water Resources Control Board plan, which was issued on July 6, with comments accepted through July 27. Another meeting is scheduled for Aug 21, but I'm not sure of its agenda:

https://twitter.com/KenCarlson16/status/1015417882509885440

12/ #ZinkeIsTheWorst™️ has basically been on a road trip all over the US this summer, and taking his cue from twitterfingers-in-chief, tweets self-promotion PR along the way. Here's a few from his trip to Modesto:

https://twitter.com/SecretaryZinke/status/1020350233044180992

13/ Modesto tweet 2 from #ZinkeIsTheWorst™️:

https://twitter.com/SecretaryZinke/status/1020362214987841536

14/ Here's #ZinkeIsTheWorst™️ at his photo-op. Jul 20 @modbee article has a couple of videos from this PR stunt:

https://twitter.com/SecretaryZinke/status/1020399460755501056

15/ Last tweet from #ZinkeIsTheWorst™️ which takes a bullhorn and announces that his intent is to privatize the west's most precious resource, water:

https://twitter.com/SecretaryZinke/status/1020425062162157568

16/ And for anyone who thinks I'm overreacting, here is a (former) Cabinet member actually saying this (and I would never had known, had @MountainsStars [TY!] not brought it to my attention).
From Jun 8, 2018:

https://twitter.com/MountainsStars/status/1007716854637330432