As I reported earlier, ABC News tracked down a USAID staffer who had to be evacuated from their house and the country, only to return to the United States where DOGE had dismantled the agency. Or as ABC News put it, an even bigger crisis.
A USAID staffer and his family had to be evacuated to safety from the Congo — only to return home to find Elon Musk leading the dismantling of the agency. https://t.co/x3CqYJ377L
— ABC News (@ABC) March 17, 2025
If he and his family's lives were in danger in the Congo, maybe he should find another job stateside. But as he told ABC News, USAID workers love America so much that they were "trying to export the ideas of America to the Congo." That's stupid. The Congo is never going to be the United States. What the hell are we doing over there?
I have a bunch of ABC News posts in the queue today. The network is really working overtime to get those liberal talking points out there. For example, here's another ABC News story:
Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods, employees and industry experts warn. https://t.co/2kMiD4cfzY
— ABC News (@ABC) March 17, 2025
“Experts warn.”🙄
— Rebel A. Cole (@RebelACole) March 17, 2025
OK, so what do these experts have to say:
Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods, employees and industry experts warn.
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“Reductions-in-force” memos have also been sent to current workers, and more layoffs are expected. The cuts included workers at the Grand Coulee Dam, the largest hydropower generator in North America, according to two fired staffers interviewed by The Associated Press.
“Without these dam operators, engineers, hydrologists, geologists, researchers, emergency managers and other experts, there is a serious potential for heightened risk to public safety and economic or environmental damage,” Lori Spragens, executive director of the Kentucky-based Association of Dam Safety Officials, told the AP.
The Kentucky-based Association of Dam Safety Officials? Hey DOGE, found another one.
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So, because some staffers were cut, communities are at a greater risk of being flooded. What percentage of staffers were cut?
But wait, there's more:
Climate change could threaten the future use of satellites and significantly reduce the number of spacecraft that can safety orbit Earth, according to new research. https://t.co/NoJHcwx3eh
— ABC News (@ABC) March 17, 2025
"New research." OK, let's hear it:
Global warming is causing space debris to linger above the planet for longer periods of time, leaving less space for functioning satellites and posing a growing problem for the long-term use of Earth’s orbital space, a study published Monday in Nature Sustainability found.
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The cooling effect has created a long-term contraction of the upper atmosphere -- similar to how a balloon shrinks in a freezer, [MIT's William] Parker said. Typically, the upper atmosphere slowly pulls space debris out of Earth's lower orbit. But the cooling and contracting effect is causing less drag in the thermosphere, causing the space junk to linger longer, he explained.
The debris also poses a threat to every active satellite, Parker added.
"As long as it's up there, it's a persistent hazard," Parker said.
So that's an entire story devoted to one PhD candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. They talked to one guy and wrote a longish piece about space debris threatening spacecraft. The school's PR department probably sent a summary to every news organization if could hoping one would pick up the story. And ABC News ran with it.
"could" "significantly" "according to" Even your headline challenges confidence in the reporting being truthful, as it spoon feeds you the conclusion you seek.
— Dent In The World 🚁🤸 (@dentintheworld) Mar 16, 2025
Exactly.
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