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Tuesday, September 8, 2026
💧 How Do We Funnel More Water Resources Into Nevada? "Hypocrites only hear me when I write speeches for Obama"
Let’s have the conversation about water that Nevada needs to have NOW—not when the reservoirs are nearly empty.
Nevada is the driest state in the nation, and Southern Nevada faces a particularly difficult water challenge. The Colorado River is under enormous pressure, Lake Mead has experienced major declines, and the region continues to deal with prolonged drought, warming temperatures and reduced runoff.
So my question is simple:
How do we get more water into Nevada?
I don't believe the answer is simply telling residents to take shorter showers.
Conservation is important—but conservation cannot manufacture water.
Nevada needs a comprehensive strategy that focuses on bringing water in, capturing water, recycling water, storing water and protecting the water we already have.
🚰 1. Build a Nevada Water Pipeline Strategy
We should seriously investigate whether water can be transported into Nevada from sustainable sources outside the state.
That doesn't mean taking water from communities that need it.
It means identifying areas where excess seasonal water, stormwater or other legally transferable supplies could be captured and transported during periods when water is abundant.
Think of it as a regional water grid.
Electricity can travel hundreds of miles through transmission systems.
Why shouldn't water infrastructure receive the same level of strategic thinking?
Any interstate transfer would have to account for water rights, environmental impacts, interstate agreements, costs and the needs of the source communities.
But we should at least be aggressively studying the possibilities.
🌧️ 2. Capture Stormwater Instead of Watching It Run Away
Nevada is a desert—but that doesn't mean Nevada never gets significant rainfall.
When major storms hit Southern Nevada, enormous amounts of water can move through washes, flood channels and drainage systems.
Instead of viewing stormwater only as a flood-control problem, we should increasingly view it as a potential water resource.
Imagine strategically designed:
Stormwater capture basins
Recharge ponds
Retention reservoirs
Underground aquifer recharge systems
Urban runoff collection systems
Flood-control infrastructure designed for future water recovery
The goal would be:
RAIN → CAPTURE → TREAT → STORE → RECHARGE → REUSE
Nevada is already studying groundwater recharge and improving its understanding of how much water naturally recharges its groundwater basins.
We should accelerate that work.
💦 3. Recycle Water—Again and Again
Southern Nevada already has one of the nation's most advanced water-reuse systems.
But I believe we should continue pushing the technology.
Water shouldn't necessarily be considered “used” after one cycle.
It can be:
Used → Treated → Recycled → Treated Again → Reused
Nevada's existing water-resource strategy already includes water reuse and return-flow credits as permanent resources.
The future should be about creating a circular water economy.
Instead of constantly searching for a brand-new gallon of water, we should maximize the number of useful times each gallon can serve the community.
🌊 4. Expand Desalination Partnerships
Let's talk about desalination.
Yes, Nevada is landlocked.
But Nevada is connected economically and politically to states and regions that have access to the Pacific Ocean.
The question should be:
Can Nevada participate in regional desalination projects in exchange for water, conservation credits, funding, or other legally structured water benefits?
This is not a simple solution.
Desalination requires enormous amounts of energy, substantial infrastructure and responsible management of concentrated brine.
But technology is changing.
The 2026 Southern Nevada Water Authority plan already identifies future Colorado River transfers/exchanges involving desalination and Colorado River partnerships, with an estimated potential of 20,000–40,000 acre-feet per year.
That tells me the conversation is already happening.
We should make it bigger.
🏜️ 5. Recharge Nevada's Aquifers
Nevada has enormous groundwater resources—but groundwater isn't an unlimited checking account.
We need to know exactly how much is naturally entering each basin, how much is being withdrawn and how much can realistically be replenished.
Artificial groundwater recharge could potentially use:
Captured stormwater
Treated wastewater
Excess surface water
Seasonal flows
Other appropriately treated sources
The Nevada Water Initiative is already working with the Desert Research Institute and USGS to improve understanding of groundwater recharge, discharge and interbasin flows.
That research needs to become infrastructure and policy.
🏗️ 6. Build Water Storage Like We Build Energy Storage
One of the biggest lessons from the Colorado River crisis is that timing matters.
When water is available, we need places to put it.
Nevada and the Southwest already use water banking.
Southern Nevada's current portfolio includes groundwater banking and interstate banking in Arizona and California, along with water stored in Lake Mead.
But imagine expanding the concept:
A Nevada Water Savings Account
During wet years:
STORE WATER.
During drought:
WITHDRAW WATER.
That would allow Nevada to operate more like a household that saves money during good economic years instead of waiting until an emergency.
🌱 7. Stop Treating Every Drop of Conservation as the Same
We should continue conservation—but we should become much more strategic about it.
Southern Nevada has already reduced per-capita water use substantially. SNWA reports a 58% reduction in per-capita water use between 2002 and 2025, despite significant population growth.
That's impressive.
But we should ask:
Where are the next 10%–20% of savings coming from?
Look at:
Golf courses
Landscaping
Cooling systems
Commercial buildings
Hotels
Restaurants
Industrial facilities
Data centers
New development
Agricultural water use
The biggest users should have the biggest responsibility for efficiency.
🏢 8. Make New Development Water-Positive
Nevada is growing.
Las Vegas is growing.
Industrial development is growing.
Data centers are growing.
Residential development is growing.
Every new development should answer a basic question:
Where is the water coming from?
And I would take that one step further.
New large-scale developments should be required—or strongly incentivized—to offset their water consumption through conservation, reuse, recharge or new supply projects.
Imagine a requirement that a major development doesn't simply consume water.
It helps create water security.
☀️ 9. Pair Water Infrastructure With Renewable Energy
Here is where Nevada has an enormous advantage:
SUN.
Nevada has abundant solar energy.
If we are going to pursue energy-intensive technologies such as advanced water treatment, desalination, recycling and pumping, we should explore pairing those facilities with renewable energy.
The objective:
Clean energy → water treatment → water storage → water security
That could become an important part of Nevada's long-term infrastructure strategy.
💰 10. Create a Nevada Water Infrastructure Fund
This may be the biggest idea of all.
Create a dedicated Nevada Water Security Fund financed through a combination of:
State funding
Federal infrastructure funding
Water utility revenues
Development impact fees
Public-private partnerships
Environmental investments
Water conservation savings
Infrastructure bonds
The money would be dedicated exclusively to projects that:
CAPTURE.
RECYCLE.
RECHARGE.
STORE.
CONSERVE.
IMPORT.
PROTECT.
Water security should be treated as critical infrastructure—just like roads, electricity, telecommunications and public safety.
💧 My Vision for Nevada
I don't think Nevada should wait until the next major water crisis to ask these questions.
We need to think 50 years ahead.
What does Nevada look like with another million residents?
What does Las Vegas look like if temperatures continue rising?
What happens if Colorado River flows continue declining?
What happens if Lake Mead reaches critically low elevations?
And perhaps the most important question:
What are we building TODAY to make sure our children aren't fighting over water TOMORROW?
The answer cannot be one solution.
It needs to be a portfolio.
MORE RECYCLING.
MORE STORMWATER CAPTURE.
MORE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE.
MORE STORAGE.
MORE CONSERVATION.
MORE TECHNOLOGY.
MORE REGIONAL COOPERATION.
MORE RESEARCH.
AND, WHERE FEASIBLE, NEW SOURCES OF WATER.
Nevada has already demonstrated that innovation can dramatically reduce water consumption. Now we need to apply that same creativity to water supply.
Because the question shouldn't be:
“How long can Nevada survive with less water?”
The question should be:
“How do we build a Nevada that has enough water for the next generation?”
**Let's stop thinking about water as an emergency.
Let's start treating water as infrastructure.**
HOW DOES THE UNITED STATES HANDLE TERRORISM? We can gladly send them back to Iran
Controlled population, not hard to find
THEIR STORES ARE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES
THEY LIVE IN MIDDLE CLASS COMMUNITIES
REMEBER WHAT HAPPENED IN SANTA MONICA
What happens when someone is found participating in terrorist activities?
Let’s have a serious conversation about something that should concern everybody regardless of where you were born, what passport you carry, or how you entered the United States.
The United States takes terrorism and terrorism-related activity extremely seriously.
And when I say terrorist activity, I am not talking about someone's political opinions, religion, ethnicity, nationality, or simply criticizing the government.
I am talking about actual conduct that falls within federal terrorism laws including certain acts of violence, attempts to commit terrorist acts, conspiracies, and knowingly providing material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations.
SO WHAT DOES THE UNITED STATES DO?
The United States uses multiple federal agencies and legal systems to investigate and prosecute terrorism.
That can involve agencies such as the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, the Department of Justice, and immigration authorities.
The government can investigate suspected terrorist activity, make arrests, bring federal criminal charges, seize evidence or assets when authorized by law, and prosecute cases in federal court.
One particularly important federal statute is 18 U.S.C. § 2339B, which makes it a federal crime to knowingly provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
And "material support" can be much broader than simply handing someone a weapon.
Depending on the circumstances, federal law can encompass things such as money, financial services, training, personnel, communications, transportation, and other forms of assistance.
A conviction under § 2339B can carry up to 20 years in federal prison. If the offense results in someone's death, the statute provides for imprisonment for any term of years or for life.
That is not a slap on the wrist.
That is a federal felony with potentially life-altering consequences.
WHAT IF SOMEONE IS ONLY "HELPING" A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION?
This is where people need to pay attention.
You don't necessarily have to personally carry out an attack to face serious federal consequences.
Federal law addresses attempts, conspiracies, and knowingly providing material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations.
The law also recognizes various forms of assistance including financial and logistical assistance as potentially significant.
That means the question isn't simply:
"Did you personally commit the attack?"
The legal questions can include:
What did you knowingly do?
Who were you assisting?
What did you know or reasonably should have known?
Was the organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization?
Were you participating in a conspiracy or attempting to provide support?
Those distinctions matter enormously.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PERSON IS AN IMMIGRANT?
This is where the consequences can become even more complicated.
For a non-U.S. citizen, terrorism-related conduct can create both criminal and immigration consequences.
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, terrorism-related grounds can make a person inadmissible to the United States.
The statutory provisions cover not only certain terrorist acts but also specified forms of material support, preparation, planning, fundraising, and other terrorism-related conduct.
So an immigrant accused of terrorism-related activity could potentially be dealing with two separate systems:
1. Criminal prosecution
and
2. Immigration enforcement/removal proceedings.
Those are not necessarily the same thing.
CAN AN IMMIGRANT BE DEPORTED?
Yes.
Depending on the person's immigration status and the facts of the case, terrorism-related conduct can result in removal from the United States.
And the consequences can go beyond simply being told to leave.
A person may face detention, removal proceedings, inadmissibility, and potentially significant restrictions on returning to the United States.
Recent federal cases demonstrate just how seriously the government is pursuing these matters.
For example, in a 2025 case involving an Afghan national who pleaded guilty to attempting and conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, the Justice Department stated that the defendant would be stripped of his immigration status and permanently removed from the United States.
In another 2026 case, the Department of Justice announced the first case filed in the U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court, seeking removal of an Afghan national accused of supporting an ISIS-inspired mass-shooting plot.
WHAT ABOUT SOMEONE WHO IS ALREADY A U.S. CITIZEN?
This is where people sometimes misunderstand immigration law.
A person who is a U.S. citizen generally cannot simply be "deported" because the government believes they committed a crime.
However, citizenship obtained through naturalization can potentially be challenged through denaturalization proceedings when the statutory requirements are met for example, where naturalization was illegally procured or obtained through concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation.
The Justice Department announced denaturalization actions in 2026 involving individuals accused of concealing serious conduct, including alleged terrorist support.
So citizenship status matters.
But citizenship does not provide immunity from criminal prosecution.
A U.S. citizen who commits a federal terrorism offense can still be investigated, arrested, prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned.
HERE'S THE IMPORTANT DISTINCTION
We also need to be careful with the word "terrorist."
Someone expressing an unpopular political opinion is not automatically a terrorist.
Someone belonging to a particular religion is not automatically a terrorist.
Someone coming from a particular country is not automatically a terrorist.
Someone criticizing the United States government is not automatically a terrorist.
And someone's immigration status does not determine whether they are guilty of a crime.
The government still has to establish the applicable legal elements of the offense.
The First Amendment also matters. Federal law itself recognizes that the material-support statute cannot be applied in a way that abridges constitutionally protected First Amendment rights.
That distinction is extremely important.
BUT IF THE EVIDENCE SHOWS ACTUAL TERRORIST ACTIVITY?
That's a completely different conversation.
If investigators establish that an individual knowingly participated in terrorist activity, attempted to facilitate terrorism, conspired with others, or knowingly provided prohibited material support, the consequences can be severe.
For an immigrant, there can be criminal prosecution + immigration consequences.
For a person seeking immigration benefits, terrorism-related conduct can also create serious barriers to obtaining or maintaining those benefits.
And for someone convicted of a serious federal terrorism offense, prison can be measured in years or potentially decades not months.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT IMMIGRATION.
IT IS ABOUT CONDUCT.
I believe we have to be intellectually honest about this.
America is a nation of immigrants.
People come here seeking safety, opportunity, freedom, education, family, and a better life.
But the privilege of living in the United States does not create a legal exemption from federal criminal law.
At the same time, being an immigrant does not make someone suspicious or guilty.
The conduct matters.
The evidence matters.
The law matters.
Due process matters.
And if someone actually participates in terrorism or knowingly provides prohibited support to a terrorist organization, the United States has substantial criminal and immigration mechanisms available to respond.
That's the conversation we should be having.
Not:
"Where did you come from?"
But:
"What did you actually do?"
Because in America, those are two very different questions.
Monday, September 7, 2026
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