John Dos Passos Coggin

Climate change brings more rapidly intensifying hurricanes; NOAA cuts makes forecasting them harder » Yale Climate Connections Hurricanes that intensify rapidly just before landfall are more deadly and destructive.

"If we keep cutting NOAA, there is an increasing risk of an Otis-like scenario, with a Cat 5 hurricane roaring ashore in a heavily populated area with inadequate warning. With global warming steadily increasing the odds of rapid intensification, we’d better stay ahead of this dangerous curve."

Not only is today’s employment report uniquely bad, but revisions to the prior months show that, on average, we have seen 35k net new jobs created for the last 3 months:

JAN: +111K
FEB: +102K
MAR: +120K
APR: +158K
MAY: +19K
JUN: +14K
JUL: +73K

No way to put lipstick on this pig.

In this short space, I've focused on precipitation research, but there are legions more topics in weather and climate where NOAA provides life-saving, economy-strengthening information. Call Congress and ask them to fully fund NOAA! thehill.com/opinion/ener...

"Iron Man," "War Pigs," "Paranoid" and more created heavy metal. A slow, heavy, dark style that formed in working-class England, in the bombed out ruins of World War II. It was moving to see Ozzy say his grand farewell just a couple weeks ago in Birmingham at the Back to the Beginning concert.

Late to the party but I finished all of Andor. I'm in awe of the story and script, which render a far more realistic, plausible, and terrifying Star Wars. A pitiless, psychopathic Empire against a faction-ridden, outgunned Rebellion. No Jedi saviors. Tony Gilroy is a genius!

Rolling Stone reports today that Haiti's Hotel Oloffson has burned down. My grandfather John Dos Passos stayed there in 1948 with Dawn Powell and the Given family, at a low point in his life when he was seeking peace. He painted it beautifully, too (see image).

AOC: They’re giving people crumbs and they are taking away the whole loaf.

The Most Americans Are On Unemployment—Nearly 2 Milllion—Since Pandemic Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.

Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.

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NOAA budget spells out plans to reduce spending and abandon climate research A detailed expense budget for NOAA outlines plans to reduce spending and cut climate and atmospheric research.

"A new budget document...If approved by Congress, it would reduce NOAA's expenses by 30%, roughly $2 billion, and the 12,000-member staff by 18%." www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.

One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.

They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.

No lies told here.

Honorable Mentions, which weren't eligible for the ballot because they're TV Movies: Archangel, Conspiracy, and Warm Springs.

Chris Murphy: "This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress."

The Abominable Sadism of “Alligator Auschwitz” Slated to open this week, Florida’s new detention center will have more than a little in common with a Nazi concentration camp.

We are entering a new realm of cruelty porn and must be prepared. Please read and share. We should all be prepared, Florida is not the only place this is happening!

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

is this bad

Andor season 2: a powerful look at the fragility of oppression Andor's second season is a powerful look at the fragility of oppressive ideologies

"This is why Andor remains astonishing to me: it's exceedingly rare to see a story operating on this level in a mass media franchise in place of something that might otherwise be a product. I'm thankful that it exists" transfer-orbit.ghost.io/star-wars-an...

Just before Climate.gov closed, I co-authored a new essay on the importance of building heat safety protocols for fans at outdoor venues like concerts and games. The Climate.gov team did a fantastic job with editing and visuals, and my co-authors worked tirelessly. www.climate.gov/news-feature...

The Big Beautiful Bill is in its ugliest form yet.

- Adding $4 trillion to the deficit
- 17 million will lose health care
- 30% higher electricity costs
- Biggest ever cut in food assistance
- $1 trillion in billionaire tax cuts

We’re doing everything we can to block this.

Murray: This bill polls like garbage because it is garbage. That's why it should go nowhere except a trash bin

Column: To tackle sea level rise, Hampton Roads needs NOAA The president’s budget proposal would cripple NOAA’s capacity to provide data and services on sea level rise to Hampton Roads, former NOAA contractor John Dos Passos Coggin writes in a guest column…

NOAA has given me a lot and here in this editorial I tried to give back. I deliver a strong defense of NOAA's budget in a major Virginia newspaper. Sea level rise is just one of the critical issues where NOAA provides life-saving information. www.pilotonline.com/2025/06/28/c...

Chris Murphy: "The CBO, nonpartisan, says it's gonna kick between 10 and 15 million people off their healthcare. And for what? To be able to afford a new $270,000 tax cut for the richest families in the country ... it's a moral abomination."

Goodbye, my friend.

Today's decision previews a dystopian reality where a lawless President can dispense with the Constitution to deprive American children of their rights.

And whether these kids have the right to defend themselves now depends on the state in which they live.

That is un-American and wrong.

Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.

Final updates have been posted to the Climate.gov website, as well as a farewell message to its social media channels. Thus ends an era of excellence. Without the superb team that once led Climate.gov, it will be harder to understand our complicated, sometimes dangerous planet.

Stripping birthright citizenship from people born in this country goes against rights guaranteed in the Constitution. We must stand against unconstitutional actions and stand up for the fundamental rights granted to people in the United States of America.

Cherfilus McCormick and Wasserman Schultz Urge Reversal of NOAA Cuts Ahead of Hurricane Season Representatives Sheila Cherfilus McCormick (D-FL) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) are spearheading a recent letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with

"'These sudden firings at NOAA and NWS directly endanger the health and safety of my constituents and all Floridians,' said Rep. Cherfilus McCormick in her press release, adding, 'Florida is one of the most hurricane-prone states in the nation.'" floridianpress.com/2025/06/cher...

Remember, this new normal -- in which gangs of masked armed gunmen are causing chaos in the streets, pulling weapons and assaulting innocent people, and no one can say if they're crooks or cops -- was all sold to Americans as a way to make us feel safer.