JD Vance's team had water level of Ohio river raised for family's boating trip

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jd-vance-ohio-lake-water-levels

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spongebue@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (4 replies)

In a statement, the Secret Service said it had closely coordinated with the Ohio department of natural resources and USACE to conduct planning to ensure motorized watercraft and emergency personnel could operate safely during a recent visit

I mean, purely as a matter of SOP for a protectee kayaking in shallow-ish waters, I get it. Dude will hardly do anything "normal" again, especially while in office. Doesn't mean he isn't garbage for other real reasons though.

Also, why is this in a Hacker News community?

subignition@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y

This community appears to be a bot driven repost of the hacker news RSS feed

only_in_ohio@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Also, why is this in a Hacker News community?

And also why does this bot post the “news” 3 days after they actually get published?

wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Because someone posted the article to HackerNews, where the bot for this community pulls from, three days after it was originally published.

wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Because someone posted the article to HackerNews, where the bot for this community pulls from.

UnderFreyja@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

What the actual fuck

njm1314@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

It really sounds like something a dictator of Turkmenistan would do.