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Trump is trying to get rid of research on climate change, get rid of FEMA, trying to get rid of the part of the Forest Service that studies wildfire risk. There is a form of magical thinking that the country's problems will go away if he just stops responding to them. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/c...

Forest Service Will Close Rese...

Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk

Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations.

The New York Times

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“He [Trump] tends to be naive about how things can happen,” Panetta told Smith. “If he says it and keeps saying it, there’s always a hope that what he says will come true. But that’s what kids do. It’s not what presidents do.”
- Former defense secretary and Central Intelligence Agency director Leon Panetta
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March 22, 2026

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