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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: wzambon ✶❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Yeah, It’s Biden’s Fault
Date: 07/06/25 10:11 AM
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Trump has fired or forced out a huge number of employees at the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), the NWS (National Weather Service), and FEMA.

Trump and his Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, have repeatedly called for FEMA to be eliminated.

The Trump regime fired the interim head of FEMA—an ultra-MAGA guy—because he testified before Congress that he personally did not want to see FEMA eliminated.

Kristi Noem has bragged about diverting (aka stealing) $450 million in FEMA funds to fund the Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp in Florida.

Numerous top meteorologists have said weather forecasting is now severely degraded because of the Trump and DOGE cuts.

The Trump regime is now only sending a small fraction of the weather balloons needed for accurate forecasting.

A significant amount of resources within NOAA, NWS, and FEMA have been removed, dismantled, or defunded.

In April, Paul Yura—the warning coordination meteorologist at the NWS Austin/San Antonio office, with over 32 years of experience—was forced out by DOGE and took early retirement.

These are the undisputed facts that predated the flash floods in Texas.

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But they have Alligator Alcatraz and tax breaks for billionaires…. So that’s something.
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