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White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for a potential shutdown In memo, the Trump administration says the Reduction-in-Force plans would go beyond standard shutdown furloughs.

So if Dems don’t bow to every G0P demand to keep giving the executive unchecked power, this admin will destroy the careers of ~1M American civil servants, not including contractors, and let ~3M go w/o pay.

Our livelihoods are not freaking bargaining chips!
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Intensifying Fire Season Aridity Portends Ongoing Expansion of Severe Wildfire in Western US Forests Area burned by wildfire has increased in western US forests over recent decades. However, high-severity fire—fire that kills all or most trees—is also an important metric of fire activity given its d...

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Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥

Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists say

Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds #Climate

Why would releasing a list of child sex predators and traffickers be a hostile act towards the president?
What a weird things to say.

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Modern day Blutorden.
Crazy how history repeats itself.
(If you don’t know, you should.)

Definitely a better use of taxpayer money than:
• Scientific Research
• Medicaid
• SNAP benefits
• Highway Projects
• Clean Energy Investment
• National Debt Reduction
• Filling 10s-100s of thousands of vacancies in fed government
• Education access
• Inflation Reduction
• Tech Upgrades
• USAID
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Jones: Parsons trade will make Cowboys better Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said that trading Micah Parsons to the Packers for Kenny Clark and two draft picks will help Dallas have future playoff success.

I might actually be done w/ the Cowboys. B/w the:
• Horrific roster management
• Prioritizing publicity > winning
• Continuous lack of team discipline
• The constant drama
• Jerry’s gaslighting claims this will help the team THIS YEAR (HoF talent gone for future draft pics?)

I’m just can’t anymore.

The saga has ended…
The Fire Weather Testbed furniture has finally arrived!!! 🎉
After 2+ years of planning, pestering, patience, and persistence, the saga has finally ended. So excited to see the vision of this space coming to fruition!

Kudos to this group for continuing the #Climate (.)gov (who’s content team was terminated & the site effectively discontinued earlier this year) mission to share critical information and support to those who need & welcome it.🙏

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Fighting Fire with Trees and Native American Wisdom How Native American prescribed fire and fire-adapted and drought-resilient trees can reduce wildfire risks and support ecosystem recovery.

From the #DragonBravoFire to the #LeeFire, #GiffordFire, and #GarnetFire, the West is burning hotter and longer. Resilience may lie in blending ancient practices with modern science. #Wildfires

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To grasp the scale of the #LeeFire 🔥:
It has scorched ~214.8 sq mi — larger than the entire City of #Denver (~155 sq mi). Picture every neighborhood, park, and street in Denver consumed by fire — and still more beyond. #Wildfire #COwx

Just dreadful satellite imagery of the rapidly escalating wildfire outbreak across parts of northern Portugal and western Spain.

Look at the size of that smoke plume!

Great news on the #LeeFire🔥
Containment ⬆️ to 31% w/ N & E flank control!
& Hwy 13 on the E side opened today!

0.05-0.1" of 🌧️ observed & highest RH recovery in last 2 wks helping suppress #wildfire behavior. S flank remains most active as crews strengthen lines w/ lessened thermal activity. #COwx

It could be!
Science is just making up acronyms and getting them published.

Linked in the Wildland Fire SitRep today: www.wildfire.gov/page/energy-...

Western Colorado is at the ‘epicenter of drought’ as a hot, dry summer saps water supplies — and fuels wildfires “If we have another year like this next year and Wolford (Mountain Reservoir) gets drawn down farther, then we’re in a precarious spot.”

gift link of Denver Post story about the drought in northwest Colorado 🎁

Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems Water systems are vulnerable to melting plastic components, toxic contamination and failures that can leave firefighters without flowing water.

Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems
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The #LeeFire is now the 2nd largest #wildfire in the US, just ~5,200 acres shy of CO's 3 largest in recorded history at 133,841 acres (+72,865 vs last wk)
An incredible job by firefighters holding the S end, significantly slowing growth in extreme drought conditions (ERCs in 99.9th percentile!)

The #DragonBravo #WildFire remains the largest U.S. fire of 2025 - for now...

Acres: 144,984 (+10,935 vs last wk)
Containment: 56% (+20% vs last wk)

Favorable early-week weather slowed growth, allowing crews to secure control lines and focus on hot spot mop-up on the E and W flanks.

5th largest.
Still ~90k acres shy of Cameron Peak from 2020.

The Lee Fire is now the 5th-largest fire in Colorado recorded history, now topping 113,000 acres. It just passed the Spring Creek Fire (2018).

Some better weather today with lighter winds. Hoping that helps slow the spread and help firefighters get some containment.

#COwx

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Containment on the #DragonBravo Fire (now 134k acres) jumped to 29% yesterday! The eastern flank had burned to the edge of the Kaibab Nat Forest, ran out of fuels, and hotspots have finally cooled off enough to determine those lines to be contained. #wildfires

Latest update puts the Lee Fire at 58,714 acres, which puts it in the top 10 largest wildfires in Colorado records. It only started on Saturday (5 days ago). #cowx

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY... .A hot and dry airmass will hold across the area through Friday. It will be breezy at times, especially during the afternoon and early evening hours, leading to potential for rapid wildfire spread. Friday will be a few degrees cooler in the mountains, but it will be just as dry, and also be a little windier than Thursday. Slight relief should come through the weekend with a gradual cooling trend and winds diminishing by Sunday. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 211, 213, 214 and 217. * TIMING...From 10 AM to 8 PM MDT Friday. * WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 12 percent. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire spread. Avoid outdoor burning and any activity that may produce a spark and start a wildfire.

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY... .A hot and dry airmass will hold across the area through Friday. It will be breezy at times, especially during the afternoon and early evening hours, leading to potential for rapid wildfire spread. Friday will be a few degrees cooler in the mountains, but it will be just as dry, and also be a little windier than Thursday. Slight relief should come through the weekend with a gradual cooling trend and winds diminishing by Sunday. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 212, 215, 216 and 218. * TIMING...From 10 AM to 8 PM MDT Friday. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 11 percent. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire spread. Avoid outdoor burning and any activity that may produce a spark and start a wildfire.

🚨 Red Flag Warning issued August 7 at 8:00PM MDT until August 8 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Denver CO 🚨
Additional Details Here.

Just to give the TL;DR on this one:

*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.

screenshot from Watch Duty showing the Lee Fire at 45,000 acres, as well as the Elk Fire at over 14,000 acres, in Rio Blanco County, Colorado

FIRE_NAME FIRE_SIZE FIRE_YEAR 1 CAMERON PEAK 208913.0 2020 2 EAST TROUBLESOME 193812.0 2020 3 PINE GULCH 139007.0 2020 4 HAYMAN 137760.0 2002 5 SPRING CREEK 107995.0 2018 6 HIGH PARK 87275.0 2012 7 MISSIONARY RIDGE 73121.0 2002 8 WEST FORK 58570.0 2013 9 416 54129.0 2018 10 BADGER HOLE 50671.0 2018 11 PAPOOSE 49628.0 2013 12 BRIDGER 45814.0 2008 13 LAST CHANCE 45000.0 2012 14 MM 117 42795.0 2018 15 BEAVER CREEK 38380.0 2016

NIFC now reporting the Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County at 45,000 acres. That puts it in the top 13 largest wildfires in Colorado records. #cowx