Trump Admin Trying to 'put Out a Fire' at Weather Service

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The National Weather Service is working to hire back hundreds of positions laid off or otherwise cut by the Trump administration ...

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The National Weather Service remains constrained by a severe staffing shortage, despite a Trump administration commitment to refill hundreds of jobs cut by DOGE. The shortages could put communities in danger, weather experts said. https://wapo.st/48rRKlV

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to add a total of 450 people after about 550 were cut by DOGE earlier this year.

Posted by REDIAL

Jesus. MAGA is stupid. Donald Trump is stupid. They lead with idiocy, and they close with ridiclousness.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-10 07:59 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The entire purpose of Project 2025 was to destroy the government with the dream of letting the states handle the jobs the feds used to do. That is why they targeted FEMA, Dept of Education, NWS, CDC, USDA, etc.

NWS was targeted because the authors of P2025 want to ignore the risks and threats of climate change for the benefit of the fossil fuel industry and is also why green energy tax credits were killed in the One Big Bull**** Bill.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-10 09:45 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Fat ------

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-10 01:13 PM | Reply

Fat ------

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-10 01:13 PM | Reply

Trump's only concern about the weather is how hot the broadcasters are at the Weather Channel, which he probably think is the NOAA.

#5 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-12-10 01:44 PM | Reply

And blowhard Leon Skum is nowhere to be seen or heard from regarding the attempt to build back worse. Were he to comment, Leon would make some insulting remark, then guffaw like the comedy legend he thinks he is. The fat slob should be horsewhipped in town square after town square, from sea to shining sea...

#6 | Posted by catdog at 2025-12-10 05:47 PM | Reply

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#7 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-12-10 07:01 PM | Reply

Replacing an employee usually ends up costing between 50% and 100% of their salary. Do conservatives have no idea about the realities of business? Why did they waste all this money by firing all these people?

#8 | Posted by gtbritishskull at 2025-12-10 07:29 PM | Reply

Do conservatives have no idea about the realities of business?

Lewzer certainly doesn't. He's been proving that for decades.

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-10 07:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Just to remind you that Elon's goal was the acquisition of tons of data that he got during his brief tenure at DOGE. that ---- will bite us for decades.

Thanks magat scum.

#10 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-12-10 07:46 PM | Reply

There can be no greater service provided by the government than to warn about and protect the citizens from natural disasters. Messing with this simple public duty is heresy.

#11 | Posted by cbob at 2025-12-10 08:13 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

I am surprised to no end that Turnip hasn't already solved this issue with his sharpie.

#12 | Posted by BBQ at 2025-12-11 10:35 AM | Reply