Lauren Rosenthal
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Weather Reporter for Bloomberg News.
Previously at APM Reports, ProPublica/Electionland, North Country Public Radio, KUCB in Unalaska, AK (pictured above).
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Previously at APM Reports, ProPublica/Electionland, North Country Public Radio, KUCB in Unalaska, AK (pictured above).
Views my own.
Email: lrosenthal21@bloomberg.net
Signal: lgrosen.03
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FEMA is interrogating staffers -- denying union or legal representation -- about a whistleblower letter warning that Trump administration cuts are undercutting disaster response.
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FEMA is interrogating staffers -- denying union or legal representation -- about a whistleblower letter warning that Trump administration cuts are undercutting disaster response.
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FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs
Investigators are looking for staffers who anonymously endorsed an open letter criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster funding.
www.bloomberg.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
News:
FEMA is interrogating staffers -- denying union or legal representation -- about a whistleblower letter warning that Trump administration cuts are undercutting disaster response.
via @margimurphy.bsky.social @laurenthal.bsky.social @zhirji.bsky.social
FEMA is interrogating staffers -- denying union or legal representation -- about a whistleblower letter warning that Trump administration cuts are undercutting disaster response.
via @margimurphy.bsky.social @laurenthal.bsky.social @zhirji.bsky.social
The answer seems to be this: Jacobs wants to make NOAA a world leader in weather prediction. He's promised to fully staff the National Weather Service, which is rehiring after a big wave of departures. But where he'll get the resources isn't clear.
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US Weather Boss During ‘Sharpiegate’ Nears Return to a Shrinking Agency
Trump’s appointee to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has vowed to support the president's massive cuts.
www.bloomberg.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The answer seems to be this: Jacobs wants to make NOAA a world leader in weather prediction. He's promised to fully staff the National Weather Service, which is rehiring after a big wave of departures. But where he'll get the resources isn't clear.
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An independent investigation found Jacobs ran afoul of NOAA's scientific integrity policy. Some people inside the agency have been wondering why he'd want to come back now, given Trump's deep cuts to science agencies. /7
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
An independent investigation found Jacobs ran afoul of NOAA's scientific integrity policy. Some people inside the agency have been wondering why he'd want to come back now, given Trump's deep cuts to science agencies. /7
NOAA's then-acting chief scientist filed a complaint against Jacobs for backing Trump over accurate forecasts. “If you can’t trust the most senior person in NOAA to stand up for our science,” he said, “who can you trust?" /6
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NOAA's then-acting chief scientist filed a complaint against Jacobs for backing Trump over accurate forecasts. “If you can’t trust the most senior person in NOAA to stand up for our science,” he said, “who can you trust?" /6
Alabama was fine, but "Sharpiegate" blew up. Late night talk show hosts skewered Trump, accusing him of doctoring the map himself.
Jacobs helped NOAA put out a statement defending the president. It was 3 sentences...and sparked 3 different investigations /5
www.noaa.gov/news/stateme...
Jacobs helped NOAA put out a statement defending the president. It was 3 sentences...and sparked 3 different investigations /5
www.noaa.gov/news/stateme...
Statement from NOAA
From Wednesday, August 28, through Monday, September 2, the information provided by NOAA and the National Hurricane Center to President Trump and the wider public demonstrated that tropical-storm-forc...
www.noaa.gov
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Alabama was fine, but "Sharpiegate" blew up. Late night talk show hosts skewered Trump, accusing him of doctoring the map himself.
Jacobs helped NOAA put out a statement defending the president. It was 3 sentences...and sparked 3 different investigations /5
www.noaa.gov/news/stateme...
Jacobs helped NOAA put out a statement defending the president. It was 3 sentences...and sparked 3 different investigations /5
www.noaa.gov/news/stateme...
When Hurricane Dorian took aim at the US in 2019, Jacobs provided the White House with a forecast map.
It later popped up at a White House briefing - seemingly doodled on in black marker to match Trump's tweets about a threat to Alabama. /4
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It later popped up at a White House briefing - seemingly doodled on in black marker to match Trump's tweets about a threat to Alabama. /4
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Trump Won't Let the Dorian-Alabama Thing Go
Even as Hurricane Dorian’s core brushes the coast of North Carolina, President Donald Trump’s attention remains about 500 miles west in Alabama.
www.bloomberg.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
When Hurricane Dorian took aim at the US in 2019, Jacobs provided the White House with a forecast map.
It later popped up at a White House briefing - seemingly doodled on in black marker to match Trump's tweets about a threat to Alabama. /4
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It later popped up at a White House briefing - seemingly doodled on in black marker to match Trump's tweets about a threat to Alabama. /4
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Jacobs already faced some serious challenges during his last stint at NOAA.
He was a successful private-sector scientist before joining during Trump's 1st term. Within about a year, Jacobs was running the entire agency. /3
He was a successful private-sector scientist before joining during Trump's 1st term. Within about a year, Jacobs was running the entire agency. /3
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Jacobs already faced some serious challenges during his last stint at NOAA.
He was a successful private-sector scientist before joining during Trump's 1st term. Within about a year, Jacobs was running the entire agency. /3
He was a successful private-sector scientist before joining during Trump's 1st term. Within about a year, Jacobs was running the entire agency. /3
Former officials say NOAA's under the gun: The White House wants ~30% budget cuts. Climate research is at risk.
“I’m hopeful that he’s learned how to fight within the political system," a former NOAA chief said of Jacobs, "because he is going to have to fight." /2
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“I’m hopeful that he’s learned how to fight within the political system," a former NOAA chief said of Jacobs, "because he is going to have to fight." /2
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Trump’s NOAA Fight Is So Much Bigger Than the Weather
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has emerged as a target of President Donald Trump’s program of downsizing the federal workforce and imposing new restrictions on execut...
www.bloomberg.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Former officials say NOAA's under the gun: The White House wants ~30% budget cuts. Climate research is at risk.
“I’m hopeful that he’s learned how to fight within the political system," a former NOAA chief said of Jacobs, "because he is going to have to fight." /2
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“I’m hopeful that he’s learned how to fight within the political system," a former NOAA chief said of Jacobs, "because he is going to have to fight." /2
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...