Civil Action BREAKS DOWN Trump's CONTROVERSIAL Budget Cuts!
July 18, 2025
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1:24Now PlayingCivil Action BREAKS DOWN Trump's CONTROVERSIAL Budget Cuts!
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as posted by the channelAttorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose the devastating human toll of Trump's reckless budget cuts to NOAA and the National Weather Service, where 127 people died and 170 remain missing in Texas flash floods that may have been preventable. They reveal how DOGE eliminated 1,875 employees with a combined 27,000 years of experience, leaving critical "flash flood alley" offices without chief meteorologists, warning coordination officers, or science operations staff—the very people whose job it is to save lives during natural disasters. The hosts break down how a 27% budget reduction gutted forecasting labs and storm modeling programs, forcing skeleton crews to issue warnings in the middle of the night while rural communities slept without adequate cell reception. They examine the cruel irony of conservatives who claim to support public safety while slashing the very positions that serve as America's first line of defense against natural disasters—treating life-saving meteorologists like expendable bureaucrats rather than the public safety officers they actually are. A shocking look at how Trump's "wasteful spending" cuts may have turned a manageable weather event into a mass casualty disaster, proving that when you play politics with people's lives, people die.
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