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First Came the Wildfires—then the Floods, and the Water Crises

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2025/07/new-mexico-hermits-peak-wildfires-fires-floods-water-toxic-streams-wells/

As Texas cleans up, ex-staffers say Fema has ‘eroded capacity’ for multiple disasters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/12/fema-natural-disasters-eroded-capacity #Trumpadministration #Naturaldisasters #Texasfloods2025 #Extremeweather #DonaldTrump #Hurricanes #USpolitics #Flooding #USnews

SIGN NOW: #Trump and #Republicans in #Congress gutted the agencies meant to protect us during #naturaldisasters. Demand they reverse #dangerous cuts to weather forecasting, #FEMA, and public safety >> https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm38Qi8sHI1firvpZusDvGDr7kiEFJ82rdye89u5u4aXBDNSyANBHWIjzBgY9V7FBE2yi-kvAVg70yEI7Wvlc65zN-JD5DepY6d9NPVk7SDqnJ8XqG06zhgWmeBt9THu5SVCRxHoNK11nYt3pMZF_3nuBmvUgmnJhPRvXl4w3eDHHuUu1IQ4OovJh8tg6ob6lBpixpb7rvHcX6zeqhnHrsmhDz2K9ljmdyfxGVdT2qxDPKtjo8gPwdP2lxjIaWdjuAUBQImv_ZfwmJQJDD1PAgj3Mq0mTFCEtqNXbQUkby15brTChX3JgOBBGrmSsyqTFxkfXEkB_awDZXi9cx_GW6EMT/4i3/utBAMpA4SKeUWnAsLSzayQ/h0/h001.AzcXlpQcRGKtVRQd0nS7TwmqhJuJSGlc4aagnR7AHmM

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#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #Trump #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist

This Texas County Sought Disaster Resilience Help for Years. Now It’s Too Late.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/texas-flooding-kerr-county-disaster-resilience-funds-preparedness-trump-cuts/

Ted Cruz has no legitimate business being in politics.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/texas-flooding-senator-ted-cruz-weather-forecasting-funds-trump-big-beautiful-bill-vacation/ #TedCruz #ClimateChange #TexasFloods #Weather #NaturalDisasters

Our leaders are making the climate disaster worse

As floods in Texas kill dozens, climate warnings are still being ignored while denial is turned into policy…
#Climate #ClimateChange #Climate-Change #climatechange #climatecrisis #climatedenial #environmentaljustice #EnvironmentalPolicy #EPAcuts #extremeweather #fema #globalwarming #naturaldisasters #publicpolicy #texasfloods #TrumpAdministration
https://www.europesays.com/2232735/

Poynter: Thousands saw a story that two girls were rescued from a tree in the Texas flood. It was fake.. “On Facebook, thousands of people had seen the story, with many expressing hope, gratitude and relief. Those hopes were crushed when Amestoy was forced to retract the story. Like other disasters before it, the floods had attracted fast-spreading misinformation and served as a warning about […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/10/poynter-thousands-saw-a-story-that-two-girls-were-rescued-from-a-tree-in-the-texas-flood-it-was-fake/

Do we have to take climate risks into our own hands now?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.vox.com/climate/418981/climate-disaster-preparedness-recovery-home-hardening

The #billionaire also ran a financial firm, which he left in the control of his sons, that stands to benefit if #Trump’s admin follows through on a decade-long #Republican effort to #privatize govt #weather #forecasting.

Deadly #flooding in central #Texas has drawn a spotlight to #BudgetCuts & #MassLayoffs at the #NWS & the #NOAA, 2 agencies housed within the #Commerce Dept that provide the public w/ #free #climate & weather data that can be crucial during #NaturalDisasters.

#law #broligarchy

#Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from #privatizing #weather forecasts

As #commerce secy, #HowardLutnick oversees the US govt’s vast efforts to monitor & predict the weather.

#law #broligarchy #profiteering #BudgetCuts #MassLayoffs #NWS #NOAA #climate #NaturalDisasters #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #flooding #Texas
https://apnews.com/article/trump-lutnick-weather-service-privatization-conflicts-9892de853c283468e6fb970cfd898d96

The way Central Texans rushed to each other's aid during the Fourth of July floods conjured memories of Hurricane Harvey for Donnie Mosher, a Houston man who had traveled to Kerr County to look for a home.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/07/08/525967/houston-resident-in-texas-hill-country-during-floods-saw-devastation-familiar-sense-of-community/

#Flooding #Houston #Local #News #Texas #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #HurricaneHarvey #NaturalDisasters #TexasHillCountry