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thanks for reading, Mike. Such decisions are beyond my pay grade at Smithsonian, but as someone launching my own pub I can say it makes for complex decisions. I’m not convinced paring back on support for good publications is the best way to fight Trump in this moment.

Thanks for sharing, @barryyeoman.com

The Corps, in its letters, cites a series of letters the agency received from Gordon Dove (new head of the state's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority). Seems important that those get in the hands of a reporter so we can better see what's going on here...

I'd like to know a lot more about what Landry at el considering worrying in the withheld report (which is here: www.mvn.usace.army.mil/LinkClick.as...). What he leaves out, too, is how the Corps cites the state's new reluctance to build this thing as changing the economic analysis

Here is Landry's melodramatic tweet, describing this as a Grisham-esque legal thriller and accusing former Gov. John Bel Edwards of withholding information. BUT...

x.com/LAGovJeffLan...

Most of the flora and fauna are adapted to it — this is what big rivers do! — and the levees will protect most of us, but there are definitely some low spots that will be hard for farmers to drain. It’s just gonna be tough on tow boats and give the Army Corps a lot of work!

Thanks for sharing!