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The Trump administration has made drastic cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that threaten to impact weather forecasting (headline from four months ago) (i.imgur.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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edit: seems like some people interpret “full of” as a mathematical majority which, while it may or might not be true instance to instance, isn’t my intent in posting

feel free to swap in “has a lot of” if that’s more familiar language to you :)

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/national-weather-service-alert-timeline-texas-flooding/3879084/

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Saturday it was difficult for forecasters to predict just how much rain would fall. She said the Trump administration would make it a priority to upgrade National Weather Service technology used to deliver warnings.

Sure, Kristi. I'm sure you'll say anything for headlines

During a news conference early Friday morning, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said he didn't know why the camps hadn't been evacuated, but that the county did not have an early warning system or outdoor sirens to alert people to flooding conditions.

“We’ve looked into it before … The public reeled at the cost,” Kelly said.

Democracy, but stupid people are making your voting decisions

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't leave the basement and you wont have to worry about the weather

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Except when the weather is floods...

[–] stardustsystem@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

I can't do shit about that in Pennsylvania. You'd think there would have been more an effort to disprove the allegations or fix the problems sometime between 1865 and now.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 7 points 3 days ago

There are rights organizations that work across state borders for these causes. Not trying to shame, just putting out there that there are outlets for your talents, time, money, or even just verbal support.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I solve this by not liking anyone anywhere.

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[–] knighthawk0811@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i guess, but they voted for that too

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

the voting rights act was only in 1965. in a significant number of cases, no they did not

the 19th amendment was in 1920. in a significant number of cases, no they could not

it is demonstrably harder to vote if you are poor and harder to vote informedly if you are poor and uneducated all the way through 2025. no they did not vote for this.

thank you for proving exactly why this post needs to exist. class consciousness, not culture war.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (19 children)

Those examples are from 105 and 60 years ago.
There are ways to make the point you're going for, but invoking legislation that old doesn't do it.

Am I sympathetic to people who are ignorant and so voted against their own interests? Sure, a bit. A lot of southerners would take issue with trying to defend them with cries of "don't blame them, they're too stupid to agree with me!” though.
Am I sympathetic to people who have been systematically disenfranchised and economically abandoned? Of course, I'm not a monster.

The fact remains that a lot of people in red states earnestly believe in what they vote for. You can talk about class consciousness all you want, but the people fighting the culture doing so because of manipulation by the rich or powerful in a class war does fuck all to help the people loosing said culture war. I'm sure the suicidal trans kid takes great comfort that the people voting to make them illegal are just misled.

They've had every opportunity to inform themselves. Maybe eventually they'll hurt themselves enough to stop fighting the culture war you don't want others to fight.

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