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Wednesday, August 06, 2025

The National Weather Service (NWS) has received permission to hire 450 meteorologists, hydrologists, and radar technicians just months after being hit hard by DOGE-related cuts and early retirement incentives. The new hiring number includes 126 new positions that were previously approved and will apply to "front-line mission critical" personnel. The NWS cuts have spurred concerns over how well-prepared the country is to withstand hurricane season, which is just starting to heat up in the Atlantic. The staff reductions also have been scrutinized in the wake of the deadly Texas floods in July, with vacancies at weather service forecast offices there. The cuts to probationary employees, as well as early retirement incentives, meant the nation's front-line weather forecasting agency's staffing levels fell by more than 550 people since the second Trumpf Reign of Terror began, to below 4,000 total employees.

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US Senator Richard Blumenthal's (D-CT) recent report rightfully excoriated Felon Musk and his gang of DOGE vultures who upended US government for their own nefarious purposes. After the damage was done and people died, the Trumpf junta now eats humble pie or "tacos" and is forced to hire federal workers to monitor the more dangerous weather patterns that global climate change has caused.
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Dummkopf Trumpf enjoying his taco bowl: content.wtsp.com

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-06 01:23 AM | Reply

OK, I have to ask ...

What is the cost savings for terminating those positions, then having to re-hire into those positions?


How much money was saved?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-06 01:26 AM | Reply

OK, there seems to be this ...

DOGE continues to say it's cutting costs, but savings are fraction of what's claimed, CBS News analysis finds
www.cbsnews.com

... The spotlight may have moved off the Department of Government Efficiency since the departure of Elon Musk, but the Trump administration's DOGE continues to post about cost cutting on its so-called "wall of receipts." And once again, some of its claims about savings appear to be significantly overstated, according to a CBS News review.

The review of three of the largest cuts claimed so far indicates the savings from those contracts are less than 3% of what DOGE said they were.

On July 27, DOGE added 705 canceled contracts to the website it uses to track and declare savings from the agency's cost cutting across the federal government, among them three of the largest claimed cuts posted since President Trump launched DOGE in January.

The three contracts -- all from the Department of Health and Human Services -- funded COVID-19 testing and treatment for people who were uninsured or underinsured during the pandemic. DOGE claims canceling those contracts saved $6.4 billion.

But CBS News' review of transaction records indicates the actual savings is just a small fraction of that -- around $165 million. ...



#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-06 01:30 AM | Reply

What DOGE accomplished for the hardworking American taxpayer: st2.depositphotos.com

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-06 01:37 AM | Reply

@#4

Yeah Pres Trump seems to be more concerned about optics than results.

That may be a reason why he seems to have a preference to hire unqualified TV personalities for his senior staff positions.

They look good on TV.

Even though they seem to be incapable of doing their actual job.

But they do look good on TV.


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-06 01:48 AM | Reply

Is orientation going to be held at Camp Mystic?

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-06 03:06 AM | Reply

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