Topic: Dc Water

A massive sewage spill in the Potomac River is linked to management priorities at DC Water under CEO David Gaddis. Critics, including radio host Wendy Bell, allege that $520 million was diverted to DEI contracts and disadvantaged business grants rather than infrastructure maintenance. While NPR attributes the failure to aging pipes and corrosion, local reports highlight the suspension of several no-bid awards by the EPA.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters labeled Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz a racist after he questioned the ethnic and racial makeup of the Washington D.C. grand jury impaneled for the Russia investigation. Dershowitz responded by citing his lifelong involvement in the civil rights movement and arguing that being black does not grant a license to level false accusations of racism.

Elevated lead levels were detected in the drinking water of a Congressional office building on Capitol Hill, prompting blood tests for staff. The hosts discuss their personal water filtration preferences, specifically the ability of Berkey filters to remove fluoride, which they link to historical CIA "docility" experiments.