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Pisces

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6. This is insane! How is there no mechanism to stop this waste of money. They are scheduled for 10 more years!

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:33 PM

Jun 3

Why can’t one of these billionaires take over, or another country? Dismantling??? This makes no sense. Where is Richard Branson et.al??

This can not be allowed! Anyone wealthy enough who loves the environment should be able to take the whole thing over. The Jacques Cousteau organization???

This guy want to destroy everything.

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🌎 Trump is dismantling the entire (900 instrument) O. O. I. Ocean Monitoring System [View all] underpants Jun 3 OP

This is one of the (many) stories that has me apoplectic. yellow dahlia Jun 3 #1

Me too The Blue Flower Jun 3 #2

It's also... 2naSalit Jun 3 #7

And a lot of red states are in the bulls eye. LisaL Jun 3 #13

The destruction is the point. yellow dahlia Jun 3 #24

Scientifically collected data is not red or blue it is just data that if it holds up that can lead to conclusions* Botany Jun 4 #39

Well, we can't let little things like physics... -misanthroptimist Jun 3 #3

No of course not. Like US AID this ends this forever underpants Jun 3 #5

I think it can be recreated. -misanthroptimist Jun 3 #8

Yeah they could recreate 5 of these with that money. underpants Jun 3 #9

Why is he allowed to do this? Horse with no Name Jun 3 #4

This is the question!!! yellow dahlia Jun 3 #26

Restraining order on his wasteful spending?! Ha! How would he make his m/billions off the presidency then? slightlv Jun 3 #29

This is insane! How is there no mechanism to stop this waste of money. They are scheduled for 10 more years! Pisces Jun 3 #6

That's exactly how I feel. I just wanted to make people aware of it. underpants Jun 3 #11

Congress should be able to stop some of this, that is if we had a functioning Congress!! We must win Pisces Jun 3 #14

Do harm every day. Turbineguy Jun 3 #10

Well, when the hurricanes hit, MAGATs can thank their hero LisaL Jun 3 #12

Florida, where so many MAGATs live can thank Trump Pisces Jun 3 #15

Texas, too. LisaL Jun 3 #16

It'll all be Biden's fault. NBachers Jun 3 #22

"... Trump's corrupt fossil fuel stooges want to turn off the monitors."I Kid Berwyn Jun 3 #17

Whitehouse for the White House has a ring to it. yellow dahlia Jun 3 #27

Gee, when have I heard that before? marybourg Jun 3 #36

And I almost forgot, the other baggage the Repugs really like to harp about. yellow dahlia Jun 3 #37

Jesus Christ Tracyjo Jun 3 #18

😂👍 underpants Jun 3 #19

Somebody has to be shoving these cuts in front of him, Bayard Jun 3 #34

The oil industry has probably been salivating on this for years. underpants Jun 3 #35

Just show him a shiny object.... Bayard Jun 3 #38

This dismantling isn't something the next Dem Administration can just reverse. maxsolomon Jun 3 #20

Make more funds available for his pocket BeneteauBum Jun 3 #21

I want hurricanes to obliterate Florida. N/t Coventina Jun 3 #23

Like shutting down Covid-19 testing so the numbers look better than they actually are. OMGWTF Jun 3 #25

Somebody sue please. PLEASE scipan Jun 3 #28

I spent years of my life at NASA lapfog_1 Jun 3 #30

Thank you for your work. It's just such a shame. underpants Jun 3 #32

We're being governed by a cabal of "no nothings''. I dare any "journalist" to ask LoisB Jun 3 #31

injuct it now, cause this will be stoped. pansypoo53219 Jun 3 #33