Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts - eviltoast

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Hundreds of NOAA employees, including National Weather Service meteorologists, were fired Thursday as part of Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal workforce under Trump.

The layoffs, affecting up to 10% of NOAA’s workforce, targeted probationary employees.

Lawmakers and experts condemned the cuts, warning they will jeopardize public safety and disaster preparedness.

Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) called the firings “unconscionable,” while climate scientists warned they would weaken the country’s ability to respond to extreme weather and climate disasters.

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    2 days ago

    Excellent job republiQans and non-voters. Once again your vision and wisdom shine forth like a beacon in the darkness.

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      2 days ago

      What happened with the whole Qanon thing, haven’t heard anything about that for a while

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        2 days ago

        According to the New York Times it was all true and Trump was right about everything.

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          2 days ago

          Yikes. So Qanon was cooked up by Russia to gather the conspiracy theorists and mentally ill who would support fascism in the US?

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            2 days ago

            No, I actually think it was just dipshit 4channers riffing which then got picked up by some opportunistic douchebags who were then co-opted by russia to divide the US and lay the groundwork for fascism.

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              1 day ago

              Exactly this. Russia doesn’t have to do a lot of work here. Most of this bullshit is home grown. Russia just amplifies it.