Trump’s National Weather Service and FEMA Cuts Endanger Us All

August 24th, 2026 - by Robert Reich / Inequality Media & Democracy Now!

Trump’s National Weather Service
and FEMA Cuts Endanger Us All
Robert Reich / Inequality Media

(August 21, 2026) — BREAKING NEWS: More storms: floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, coming our way!

And they’re only getting worse. Thanks to Trump, we are drastically underprepared

Everyone should know how much more at risk we are.

In this week’s video, we discuss how Trump is undermining our ability to predict, respond, and prepare for future disasters.

Trump has even politicized disaster relief. Folks, our government is supposed to be there for us — especially when we’re at our most vulnerable. But Trump has unleashed a perfect storm that’s heading your way.

Please, share this video — and urge your members of Congress to restore disaster funding and our government agencies before it’s too late.

 

“The Heat Will Kill You First”:
Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell Faces
Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
Democracy Now!

(August 17, 2026) — The world is in the grips of a dangerous heat wave that has sent temperatures skyrocketing to deadly levels throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. Unless urgent action is taken to reduce carbon emissions, the United Nations says, Earth could pass a temperature threshold in the next decade when climate disasters are too extreme to adapt to.

We speak with longtime climate journalist Jeff Goodell, author of the new book, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet, about how the climate crisis is raising temperatures, the toll such heat can have on the human body, and how “heat is the primary driver for this climate transformation we are undergoing right now,” fueling natural disasters such as floods, wildfires and more.