Trump's latest salvo in his war on science makes us all less safe

A new report reveals that the Trump administration has outlined a plan to eliminate the research arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, while also closing weather and climate labs. Democratic lawmakers are sounding the alarm over this enormous blow to public safety.

“On today’s episode of “He’s Tearing This S**t Up”—Trump plans to dismantle NOAA, shutting down climate research and weather labs,” ​said Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas.

She condemned the move, writing, “In Texas, that means fewer hurricane warnings, less drought data, & more risk to our communities.​ This isn’t just a budget cut—it’s a threat to our safety.”

Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency made the NOAA one of the first government agencies to be targeted for dismantling, all in the name of rooting out “waste” and decimating federal spending. DOGE dorks took down websites then cut the agency’s workforce. That meant the gutting of crucial research operations, including those using weather balloons to collect data essential to tornado modeling. Those scientific observations were shuttered at Musk’s direction.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/14/2315993/-Trump-s-latest-salvo-in-his-war-on-science-makes-us-all-less-safe

Who needs NOAA when you have Trump's sharpy?