What "Team Algae" Actually Tells You About the Democrat Party

The Algae Saga

Washington, DC recorded 274 murders in 2023 – the deadliest year in the capital in decades. Trump fixed it, and now the Left is dressing up as algae to protest.

When leftist protesters showed up to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool last weekend in green algae costumes waving "Team Algae" signs, they thought they were scoring points. What they actually did was prove Karoline Leavitt's point for her.

"It's unbelievable to see these people, these deranged leftists in algae costumes with 'Team Algae' on their backs," Leavitt said in a Fox News interview Tuesday.

Then she asked the question nobody on the left can answer. "What does that even mean?"

She wasn't done.

"Only the Democrats could hate beautifying our nation's capital and making it a symbol of pride again."

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Governor issues Emergency order on Red Tide

Rick Scott issues emergency order on Red Tide algae bloom

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Message from Congressman Mast

Our coastal community has suffered for decades as a result of the massive freshwater discharges from Lake Okeechobee conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. While these discharges reduce the flood risk to communities south of Lake Okeechobee, they also cause considerable economic, environmental, and public health harms through toxic algal blooms.

This week I had the opportunity to question former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate on why Florida's application for this issue to be declared a federal emergency was denied. His response was pretty clear: if Congress wants algal blooms to be considered a federal emergency, Congress should amend the Stafford Act.

This week I introduced my first bill, the Federal Do No Harm Act, to do exactly that. I'm committed to not only passing this legislation, but also working together to prevent this problem from occurring in the first place.

To learn more about my other work this week (including efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, keep the government open, lower taxes and improve our healthcare system), watch this week's Week In Review video.

To learn more about my work on your behalf, please visit my website.

Brian Mast

Algae Crisis

The West Palm Beach Canal is carrying more algae-laden water from Lake Okeechobee to the Lake Worth Lagoon. (Maria Lorenzino / Sun Sentinel)

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A solution to the Algae problem

South Florida Water Management has come up with a solution for the algae.

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No more just blaming Rick Scott.

Rick Scott's new proposal for algae affected communities

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Nobody is doing more for the Everglades or the problems in the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries than Gov. Rick Scott -- and frankly, nobody gets less credit for it from the people who will benefit most.

And the governor announced more Wednesday: his intention to propose additional funding in his 2017-2018 budget to help local communities deal with the fetid, algae-choked bodies of water in Martin, St. Lucie and Lee counties on a more personal basis.

Read about it... at Sunshine State News.

Marco Rubio on Florida's Algae Disaster

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“If I believed that the sugar industry was the only contributor to this, then we would do everything possible to address that immediately, but there are multiple contributors to this and it’s not just agriculture. It isn’t. It isn’t. There are localized sources and they have been working hard here to deal with that and it’s difficult to do, I know, because it’s costly, but that’s a reality.

Ninety percent of the water in Lake Okeechobee does not come from the South, it comes from the North, from the Kissimmee basin. It comes down and it’s bringing nutrients from cattle operations, but also from population centers. And now it’s 90 percent of the water that’s in the lake. The lake itself has deep, embedded historical sediment on the bottom that also has nutrients in it. So there’s not just one causation here, that’s what I mean, there are multiple causes to this."

~ Marco Rubio

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Algae - Who and what is to blame?

Everyone now can put their mind to rest as to the cause of the algae--

Pollution from population growth and urban development — not water releases from Lake Okeechobee — is the primary cause of the foul-smelling slime turning many waterways in Martin County a bright blue-green, an expert in algae blooms said Thursday.

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Now, what to do about it?

Oh, and don't forget, kick all the bums out at the county level.

Blame algae growth on politicians

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Politicians are the ones who make these horrendous decisions allowing development on every square inch of any available property--even on property that is NOT available, like our Ag Reserve, or so we thought.  Read about growth in PB County

Pollution from population growth and urban development — not water releases from Lake Okeechobee — is the primary cause of the foul-smelling slime turning many waterways in Martin County a bright blue-green, an expert in expert in algae blooms said Thursday.

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In November, kick all the bums out.

Rick Scott declared Algae emergency

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"As bad as the massive algae bloom on the Treasure Coast is now, sometime in the coming days or weeks or months, it’s going to die. And when it does, the impact on flora and fauna will make the current disaster look like a tipped bait bucket by comparison."

Read about this disaster... by Eliot Kleinberg now in two counties.