Understaffing parks and the National weather service is making us great… how, exactly? All while cutting trillions in taxes for the rich. They don’t care about the debt and never did. cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2025/02... - ThreadSky

thetnholler.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Understaffing parks and the National weather service is making us great… how, exactly?

All while cutting trillions in taxes for the rich.

They don’t care about the debt and never did.
https://cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2025/02/trumps-mass-federal-layoffs-raise-concerns-about-the-future-of-public-lands/

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hellpasoian.bsky.social•18 hours ago

They want to privatize it all.

njhm100.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Defunding national parks makes sense because they want to sell off our public lands to companies that want to drill on them.

madisonnative.bsky.social•23 hours ago

And the wealthy to hoard the view.

starlighttwinkle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Do you see what’s going on here?

They want to privatize all of it - they will run the parks, post office, airports, etc into ruin, then sell/lease our assets to their buddies for a cut - exactly what happened to Russia when it became a fake democracy.

zippytwo.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think they want to sell off the parks, and will use AI for the weather service. This is the future they want.

bluefinn420.bsky.social•23 hours ago

They want to "drill baby drill". It is a land grab.

valkyriesong.bsky.social•1 day ago

He will sell off the land, destroy forests, and kill off wildlife.

madisonnative.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Conald Junior will make a killing selling canned hunts, also known as killing, in national parks. No pun intended.

valkyriesong.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I hadn't thought that aspect

merryghouled.bsky.social•1 day ago

The less people visit the parks and the more chaos this administration can create the more they will use it to validate selling off our protected park properties for mining and drilling. That Is Their End Game.

ready4c.bsky.social•23 hours ago

You might remember that the 🤡 couldn't correctly pronounce Yosemite - he said something that sounded like yoss-might. His moronic level of hate is now taking down our national parks partly because he can't pronounce their names!

hellishchildren.bsky.social•22 hours ago

hkenreich.bsky.social•1 day ago

So sad that I cannot even check the heart box on this one.

votecnp.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's going to cause fires in California. Sadly 45% of our land is still controlled by the Feds 🤦‍♀️

blessevery1.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Trump wants to privatise the National Park system and NOAA. He thinks a 20-story Trump hotel would look "great" next to Half-Dome or the Grand Canyon or next to the cabins at Valley Forge.

madisonnative.bsky.social•23 hours ago

They won't stop until we make them stop. We didn't vote to have the landscape of our country fundamentally changed, especially in such egregious ways, and with consultation. That's exactly how Trump bankrupted 2 casinos, then Fred illegally bailed him out at least once buying chip$.

wideblue.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Who would’ve thought.

Trickle down wasn’t enough for them.

Now it’s shit down.

Billionaires are the problem.

jykar.bsky.social•5 hours ago

One scientist proposed that maximum wealth per person should be 10 million dollars/euros.

That should be the limit. Ultra rich people are oligarchs not depending are they living at Russia or USA. They all rip us our money which belongs to us.

glassbydeanna.bsky.social•22 hours ago

They will pave our natural heritage and have it for sale in no time

tonysharkey.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Don’t worry about the national parks, Frumpy will just turn them into forestry land, problem solved, this guy has no fucking idea

luq73.bsky.social•21 hours ago

That is what trump wanted in his first squat in the W.H. sell or destroy the land.

pixilated.bsky.social•21 hours ago

He understaffed the parks so he can eventually sell them to the robber barons so they can strip the land's natural resources. He understaffed the NWS because he actually doesn't give a shit about anyone that doesn't own at least one extra house they can live in when one gets destroyed. #DOGEMUSTDIE

trifid73.bsky.social•1 day ago

I really think they want catastrophe in several of the parks. This way they can shut them down in the name of 'Safety' and then sell off the drilling and mineral rights to their best buddies.

misfitmonty.bsky.social•1 day ago

Precisely.

bakerotto27.bsky.social•22 hours ago

They’ll save some of the most beautiful for private billionaire enjoyment.

redeye1957.bsky.social•17 hours ago

So dangerous

anniecsb8.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Trump is corrupt.

mrlky.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Hope all the MAGA’s that made their summer reservations will be happy with all the waste fraud and abuse that was happening in the National Parks that kills their vacations

boomer-michael.bsky.social•15 hours ago

#trump’s team has fired the only locksmith at #Yosemite, whose job includes ‘rescuing visitors from locked restrooms.’ Let that sink in. The thought of a #MAGAt being locked in a restroom, unable to get out, is giving me a schadenfreude orgasm.

pino-fotus.bsky.social•1 day ago

Chaos is the goal. Makes it easy to take control and fulfill their agenda.

queenief.bsky.social•1 day ago

They are coming for our parks- they want to privatize them -stay alert

trifid73.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly, sell of the mineral rights

queenief.bsky.social•1 day ago

Plus such amazing real estate and beauty

cuckoosnest.bsky.social•1 day ago

Drill drill drill.

doglove3.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly!

beth989898.bsky.social•1 day ago

They want to privatize weather reporting as well.

arlingwoman.bsky.social•23 hours ago

These folks resent anything reserved from the economy that they can't exploit for profit. They want to get rid of the parks.

bbnfan1974.bsky.social•1 day ago

Republicans, with the help of billionaires, tear down everything that helps people so they can say "look, it's not working". Then it's privatized and contracts are given to the billionaires that helped destroy it. It's not even some hush hush deal. WHY IS EVERYONE OK WITH THIS?!

ncadventure.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is intentional. Cause our national parks to struggle so he can sell them and start pillaging them for resources.

suebee55.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly! 😠

vulvavoid.bsky.social•21 hours ago

During the orange-turd-man's first term, he wanted to privatize our National Parks and sell off our land to developers. He's on his way to accomplishing this.

susanaangel.bsky.social•22 hours ago

This is part of their plan. So when they start exploiting our national parks of their resources: no one will be around to see. No one will be around to stop them.

angie-genxer.bsky.social•21 hours ago

How is it affecting the most visited national park..The Great Smokey Mountains?
The amount of traffic there could be catastrophic if staff is cut. Would Tennessee Republicans even care? 🤔

clwaryas.bsky.social•1 day ago

justicedelayed.bsky.social•1 day ago

Call it what it is…a bait and switch.

sophiakramerart.bsky.social•22 hours ago

If they lay off staff and close parts of the park—cabins, RV spots, and campgrounds—they can then go to Congress and say, See, the parks aren’t making money. They manipulate the numbers, push for closures, and go after natural resources. Remember: "Drill, baby, drill."

thatamerican.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Oh Look Guys having to do their JObs.

lantern3691.bsky.social•22 hours ago

If nobody knows it's a hurricane then nobody will ask for hurricane relief! Boom... 4d checkers move there.

theresistanceco.bsky.social•1 day ago

Back to the 1800’s when all weather was a surprise!

yoshoque.bsky.social•1 day ago

We the people should now set the expectation that once the American People regain control of the government, anyone who purchases our Public Lands under this felon will have them immediately be repossessed and they will foot the bill for repairing the damages they've done to them.

skulduggery-joe.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Because conservatives want to "drill baby drill" on all of our national parks till there is nothing left. Thank a fucking conservative Christian for the destruction of our natural beauty.

fauxmo.bsky.social•19 hours ago

The plan is for them to take our public land and privatize it. That is the plan. Money money money. Literally all they care about.

stevie1der.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Wait till hurricane season…

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season will officially begin on June 1, 2025, and end on November 30, 2025.

tompaine1.bsky.social•19 hours ago

The People's Manifesto: A Call to Reclaim Democracy
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repeet11.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not only do they not care about the USA, they want to end the USA as we know it.

huh-nope.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Republicans want to privatize the parks, weather, education, healthcare - everything for private profits
They campaign on dysfunctional government then enter office to prove it to turn the public against public services.

TOO complex for voters to catch on

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/privatization-coming-to-national-parks-what-does-that-mean

thecynnik.bsky.social•23 hours ago

This is the end goal of Project 2025. Take away the government from the people and give it to corporations.

huh-nope.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Yes. Republicans have been trying to bring back Robber Barons since the New Deal. Nixon's EPA was the last straw.
America's OWNERS don't like being told where to dump their toxic sludge or 100% interest is illegal.
It's why they love Trump. He's accomplishing it

adhdwonderwoman.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Happy economic blackout day to you @thetnholler.bsky.social !

kushthrublm.bsky.social•23 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/kushthrublm.bsky.social/post/3ljaqvqfwt22j

usmc86.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Is there another DUDE plucking the gray hairs from his head????

Now THAT’S true love.

rcam.bsky.social•21 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/jojofromjerz.bsky.social/post/3ljaq4txdjs2j

thewakan.bsky.social•21 hours ago

jimbarclay.bsky.social•21 hours ago

It may also interest you to know, the number of federal employees in Tennessee ranges between 32,465 and 114,600, including both civilian and military personnel, but excluding certain departments and agencies, like the U.S. Postal Service and most of the legislative and judicial branches.

bobbieleecunha.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Why should we give up OUR National Parks so the rich can get richer? Why must they squeeze blood out of a turnip for a few extra bucks in their already bulging pockets? SHAME!

anxiouspepper.bsky.social•21 hours ago

This is so they can cut up the parks and sell them to corporations. That's the whole plan.

flocark.bsky.social•23 hours ago

notproperty.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fuck #DementiaDonny

bozone23.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The unsupervised general public will absolutely trash Yellowstone Nat'l Park without park personnel there to stop them. Oh, and people will die, too.

madisonnative.bsky.social•23 hours ago

They won't die fast enough to prevent the destruction. Trump should 'soak' in a magical warm Yellowstone pool.

deewithnumbers.bsky.social•1 day ago

This makes them great by then privatizing services, the capitalist way. The rich are just rubbing their hands together at how to get public money. Trump & Musk rolled out the red carpet for them and screwed the working class. They love Trump so it should be okey dokey.

glorybhi.bsky.social•22 hours ago

They want to privatize it

62universal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Having worked in climate systems and with NOAA data and models -- I don't think people understand how important the National Weather Service is to our daily well-being.

itiswolfgirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Having studied climate systems during my masters programs I know and I think you are right, the majority of people aren’t aware of its importance.

rockney.bsky.social•1 day ago

If it's for The People and not for The Rich they CUT IT. Fascism on parade. We are peasants whose only purpose is to be oppressed and exploited.

raisencain.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The debt would be gone if the Rich paid their fair share in Taxes.

oraclebungee.bsky.social•1 day ago

Had enough?

https://bigthink.com/the-present/the-3-5-percent-solution/#

gac60.bsky.social•19 hours ago

They are going to sell off the lands to the Russian Oligarchs

oand007.bsky.social•15 hours ago

It's Trump's self-imposed recession on the American people.

ageofreason-tpaine.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX
Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-illegal-drugs-e826a9e1

t3rfh.bsky.social•22 hours ago

TBH if he's not on drugs at present then there's good reason to worry, as drugs are the only sane reason to his behaviour!

ageofreason-tpaine.bsky.social•23 hours ago

DEA Drug Fact Sheet - Ketamine
https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/Ketamine-2020.pdf

ageofreason-tpaine.bsky.social•23 hours ago

One of Elon Musk’s DOGE Staffers Used to Sell Ketamine Professionally https://futurism.com/neoscope/elon-musk-doge-staffer-ketamine

jkkeck.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Hell,, 25% of the current national debt was accumulated under Trump 1.0

isayft.com•1 day ago

#FT

notdontrmp.bsky.social•1 day ago

DISASTER! Trump’s mass layoffs aren’t just reckless—they’re a DIRECT ATTACK on public safety! Firing expert meteorologists? Gutting NWS? Less accurate weather forecasts mean MORE lives at risk—hurricanes, wildfires, floods! This isn’t leadership. It’s sabotage. And for WHAT? Billionaire tax cuts?!

webnet.bsky.social•1 day ago

And then federal officials will win their lawsuits over Musk's wrongful firings, as for Tweeter, he's so stupid he learns nothing from his mistakes.

thecynnik.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Bill Ackman and Peter Thiel need more tax breaks. And means to control all of you.

caligreg.bsky.social•18 hours ago

We’re “Singing In The Oil”

Cuts hit the National Weather Service.
The oil industry’s role should concern us.
They pretend climate change isn’t real.
Showering Trump with cash sealed the deal.

kjf2025.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’d stay away from the heavily popular NP this summer. Like Great Smoky Mountains, Yosemite, Zion & the Grand Canyon. It’s going to be a 💩show.

finn426.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Something else not being talked about here : amidst the upheaval and stress of these layoffs and firings, there will be a huge increase in domestic violence, child abuse, pet abuse and abandonment. People need stability in their lives.

madisonnative.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Ding, ding, ding, you win, as you clearly recognize and mention some common negative consequences of sudden job loss, without mental, emotional, and financial pre-planning, this will devastate thousands of individuals and families. Lives will be turned upside-down & overnight. It's trauma-inducing.

bakerotto27.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Don’t forget suicides.

acadianrunner.bsky.social•1 day ago

In the early 2000s, the GOP knew they couldnt privatize mail because it was too popular an agency. So they did their damndest to financially ruin it by making them fund retirements up front. Its slowly degraded it to point people may be ok with gutting it.

Are they doing same with parks?

quel-the-hell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Could we send DOGE to an unmanned national park where there might be no one to save them from…stuff

quel-the-hell.bsky.social•23 hours ago

#BearsGottaEat

jianliyang.bsky.social•22 hours ago

My latest.
DOGE’s rampage through institutions has parallels in China’s Cultural Revolution
Jianli Yang
I survived Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party’s purges. What's happening now reminds me of the CCP’s Central Cultural Revolution Group.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/elon-musk-doge-china-cultural-revolution-mao-rcna193562

moeharding.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Alienating Parkland is illegal.

lawlessinamerica.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Gosh, how did the worlds biggest liar ever full all the sharp witted MAGA serfs?
(I guess out of the many millions there are .001% that can tie a shoe)🤘🏽

pepe-mccormack.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Funny thing is that MAGA has been disproportionately hurt by this policy; now they'll have nowhere to go with their RVs, no?

isonope.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Will CA protect its integrity? I hope CO will protect our parks. I’m not so sure they will

kennethstremsky.bsky.social•23 hours ago

More people who die in the parks the less people come to the parks from USA and foreign countries. Bad for hotels, restaurants, etc. Bad for state government revenues and local property taxes.

Want to destroy an economy listen to dipshits Trump and Musk.

heytommy.bsky.social•1 day ago

🔥Trump intends to let the parks decline, and then claim the only fix is relocating the wildlife and developing the land into a new resort like we’ve never seen before for the worlds people!🔥

donnadsdc.bsky.social•23 hours ago

He’ll probably sell the land (that doesn’t have minerals to “drill baby, drill”) for estates for the buyers of his $5m “golden visas.” It will all go into the “sovereign wealth fund” being created by his 2/3/25 Executive Order. After all, a king needs a sovereign wealth fund.

sombre-reality.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Indeed. Make America great again? Ya fuckin kidding? The clownish buffoon is destroying it for fun and profit.

Constitution? WHAT constitution?

imagin8ion.bsky.social•22 hours ago

*taps the sign, holds back tears, puts the kettle on*

mattkoz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Would be interested to see/hear more sources on this. Had a family member visit Yosemite last week and they noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Granted, the park is massive.

daveingeorgia.bsky.social•1 day ago

And the layoffs just happened. We'll see the impact in the coming months.

swingingmypearls.bsky.social•1 day ago

They never cared about national debt. Never

finny5.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s what Trump wants.

leonardrodrigues.bsky.social•22 hours ago

It's making you great ignorant twits

meltedplasticman.bsky.social•1 day ago

They’re gonna sell national parks and public lands to consolidated wealth. If we the American people allow it.

massrebel.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I expect a fire sale is coming, billionaires only can bid.

cr101.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Please understand, Trump will take ownership of all public lands and give them to billionaires to extract everything of economic value from them for his benefit alone. Then turn the remainder into Trumpland theme parks and golf courses.

Peasants will remain outside the gates of course.

cathryna.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I feel so proud to read these comments. Awareness is step 1. Shadow government anyone?

stillraptor.bsky.social•23 hours ago

🤬🤬🤬

jollyplatypus.bsky.social•23 hours ago

occasionalhyker.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump is going to sell our national parks and federal lands.

Welcome to Six Flags over Yosemite.

tbapple.bsky.social•1 day ago

Six Flags over Yosemite might be the optimistic take. More likely it will be strip mining and drilling all over Yosemite

mtnmystic.bsky.social•12 hours ago

The details of their plans can be found in PROJECT 2025, pgs 521-542. In their view, public lands should be opened for development - mining, logging, drilling, and private developers to exploit. If there are no park employees, there are no park employees to see and could report on the destruction.

boomerbabe4.bsky.social•20 hours ago

They will sell it off to the highest bidder .

miriamrosen.bsky.social•1 day ago

I fear that the end game with defunding our National parks is to eventually open them up to developers.

ctmixon.bsky.social•22 hours ago

It’s by design of course.Their ultimate goal is to privatize and exploit the resources.Can’t wait to see the Yellowstone Hilton looking overlooking an Exxon oil and gas field right next to Old Faithful!MAGA progress!So much for the Golden Pass I bought and retirement plans to explore all parks.

witchypoo13.bsky.social•23 hours ago

It’s about hoarding money and power, nothing else. It was Always about money and power.

crisscrossdude.bsky.social•1 day ago

Simple, so that his cronies can get billions in government contracts to do a piss poor job, for a fee

molson05.bsky.social•1 day ago

The felon’s plan is to sell off National Parks. He told us this during his campaign. Too bad no one listened.

lazydazie.bsky.social•23 hours ago

So they can land grab

rabid-child.bsky.social•1 day ago

The understaffing and underfunding makes sense if you want to privatize everything and enrich your friends.

Coming soon:

Flamin’ Hot Doritos Great Smoky Mountains National Park managed by Triple Canopy (a division of M&M Enterprises)

taormint.bsky.social•1 day ago

When they understaff the park and weather service and the next climate disaster occurs from a hurricane or fire, what will people do with a defunded FEMA???

erapeg.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Well Tennessee voted for him….I am sorry but FAFO for the citizens who put him in office

ednic57.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Is he planning to sell our park land to the rich and famous 5 million card holders?

bakerotto27.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Bingo!

regsf.bsky.social•1 day ago

Give the national parks back to the native Americans

dkiefer.bsky.social•1 day ago

On his first day as Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum signed 6 orders focusing on increasing domestic energy production on public lands & waters. One order calls for a review of lands withdrawn from development, which could include national monuments.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...