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Questions for the day: Do you hear the people sing? Who needs weather reports?

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Brad Johnson
February 28, 2025

PRESENTED BY NERDS WHO SAVE LIVES
USAID employees reaffirm their oath to the Constitution of the United States of America amidst the chaos created by the Musk administration in the federal government.

Illegally fired USAID workers reaffirm their oath to defend the Constitution, Thursday, February 27. Credit: Jason Gooljar

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I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

This morning, starting at 7:30 am, the All Souls Unitarian Universalist choir began singing for U.S. Agency for International Development workers heading to their offices in downtown Washington, D.C. for what may be the last time, pending a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to ratify the Trump regime’s illegal dissolution of the agency.

From 10 am to noon, the Bēheld women’s choral ensemble, whose members include Loyce Pace, the former Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is singing for USAID workers.

At noon, illegally fired USAID workers are rallying in front of the 14th St. NW entrance of USAID headquarters, where the agency’s name has been covered by gaffer’s tape.

All are welcome to bear witness and offer their solidarity today with civil servants dedicated to saving lives and building international peace, before their offices are turned over to the extremist Border Patrol goons.

I’ve got to run to join the protest (follow @climatebrad.hillheat.com on Bluesky for updates), so I’m going to share the news of Musk’s massacre of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through fired scientists’ posts:

Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats. After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.

— Zack Labe (@zacklabe.com)2025-02-27T22:34:25.118Z

Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13. I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.

— Tom Di Liberto (@tdiliberto.bsky.social)2025-02-27T23:22:01.467Z

I just got fired from NWS . This email is all I know. Read if you want.

— Cole Hood (@colehood.bsky.social)2025-02-27T21:10:51.852Z
All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.

All private meteorologists need to go on strike today until these vital workers and agencies are restored.

Economic Blackout February 28

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