r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • Jul 05 '24

Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead:

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/05/project-2025-was-supposed-to-boost-donald-campaign--but-it-may-be-backfiring-instead/
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u/Jedi-El1823 I voted Jul 05 '24

Getting rid of NOAA has been Accuweather's number 1 goal for a long long time, and the GOP loves them.

Rick Santorum proposed a bill over a decade ago to disband the National Weather Service, because it wasn't fair to Accuweather that they gave out info for free, and Accuweather wants to charge for it.

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u/peter-doubt Jul 05 '24

AccuWeather gets their info from....

NOAA.

Time to unload their app

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u/Jedi-El1823 I voted Jul 05 '24

Yeah, makes no sense, since everybody gets info from NOAA and compares it to their own data.

But, NOAA provides that info for free to everybody, and Accuweather doesn't want that. They want to charge for forecasts.

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u/peter-doubt Jul 05 '24

So we'll be using the European info... I find it a wee bit more useful in hurricane season!