Track whether National Park Service maintenance budgets are actually being reallocated, and monitor coverage ratios: compare minutes/column-inches on Reflecting Pool vs. the vote-by-mail executive order this same week.
This event scores zero on constitutional damage—it's routine maintenance commentary with no governance mechanism affecting rights, institutions, or democratic processes. However, it scores moderately high (51) on distraction: blaming 'vandals' for algae/maintenance is media-friendly filler that generates easy coverage while substantive executive orders on vote-by-mail restrictions and civil rights enforcement are happening simultaneously. The timing overlap with multiple high-A events and pattern-match to historical infrastructure complaints as distraction tactics elevate intentionality scoring.