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Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods, employees and industry experts warn.
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“Reductions-in-force” memos have also been sent to current workers, and more layoffs are expected. The cuts included workers at the Grand Coulee Dam, the largest hydropower generator in North America, according to two fired staffers interviewed by The Associated Press.
“Without these dam operators, engineers, hydrologists, geologists, researchers, emergency managers and other experts, there is a serious potential for heightened risk to public safety and economic or environmental damage,” Lori Spragens, executive director of the Kentucky-based Association of Dam Safety Officials, told the AP.
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OK, so what do these experts have to say:
The Kentucky-based Association of Dam Safety Officials? Hey DOGE, found another one.
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Liberal Media And Democrats MELT DOWN Over Republican 'Misgendering' Trans Democrat During Hearing!
In 2016, Democrats received 81 percent of the Hispanic moderate vote, while in 2024 they received 58 percent...
The main story here is just a continuation of the trends that we saw four years ago. Throughout the entire Trump campaign, we’ve observed this racial depolarization...
Democrats are winning 85 percent of Black conservatives in 2016 but only 77 percent in 2024. They were winning 34 percent of conservative Hispanics in 2016, but that falls by half, to 17 percent, in 2024. They were winning 28 percent of conservative Asians in 2016 — which falls to 20 percent in 2024.
It’s always a little bit weird for somebody who is a self-described conservative to vote for Democrats, who are quite a liberal party now. But what we’re seeing among nonwhite voters is people voting more by ideology and less by their ethnic group.
That’s exactly right. I would just say this shouldn’t be all that surprising. I think, now, we identify the Democratic Party as straightforwardly liberal. But the Democratic Party used to be a coalition between liberals, moderates and conservatives. And as liberals became the dominant coalition partner, it makes sense that the conservatives and moderates in the coalition — who were disproportionately nonwhite, given that this ideological polarization happened among whites 20 or 30 years ago — would start to shift.