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Episode 42: Hurricane Trump Aims to Destroy NOAA
Episode 42
NOAA is more than a weather agency; it is America’s environmental safety net. Under Trump’s second term, that net is being torn apart, and the agency is now under direct political assault. In this episode, Bella Goode investigates how Trump’s second term has turned NOAA into a loyalty-driven operation, stripping away scientists, silencing climate research, and handing public data to private interests under Project 2025. Learn how dismantling science is not just a policy shift but a calculated assault on public safety that leaves the most vulnerable individuals in greater danger from extreme weather.
Key Takeaways To Listen For
- The controversial return of Sharpiegate’s Neil Jacobs and the purge of dissenting scientists; What this signals for scientific integrity
- A 20% staff cut to the agency’s workforce that leaves leaves cascading effects on forecasting and disaster response
- Privatizing weather data emerges as part of Project 2025’s broader anti-science agenda
- Why the loss of real-time observations from balloons, buoys, and coastal radar creates dangerous gaps in forecasting
- How delayed and weakened warnings negatively impact those dependent on NOAA’s services
- Case studies revealing how degraded NOAA capacity turned storms and floods into mass-casualty events
- How weakened warnings deepen inequality for the communities most dependent on NOAA’s services
Resources Mentioned In This Episode
- NOAA
- FEMA
- NOAA Research
- AccuWeather
- Project 2025
- National Weather Service
- IOOS Association
- NASA
- NSF
- National Institutes of Health
- River Forecast Centers
- GAO
- Weather Prediction Center
- MTA
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- CDC
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Bella Goode is a pseudonym — but the voice, research, and mission are all real. A Republican turned Democrat advocate in 2016, I was raised by middle class parents in Pennsylvania. I’m a former marketing executive, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner with an MBA from Wharton and a Master’s in Psychology from Penn. I spent decades telling stories in the business world; now I use those skills to connect the dots in American politics.
I’m here because the truth matters — and because the stakes have never been higher. Surviving Trump isn’t lighthearted. It’s clarity, evidence, and a fight for the future of our democracy.
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