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by TimorousBestie 360 days ago
> At some point, the consequences of actions are felt.

“The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent,” is a truism from before the Trump era, but it still rings true.

That the administration might eventually realize that one of their policies is hurting small business owners, well, that’s cold comfort to someone whose business is struggling or failing now due to unpredictable tariff rates.

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It's not a question of "the market." Weather stories very strongly breakthrough in our current media environment. More importantly, weather forecasting and government services related to them enjoy deep and durable bi-partisan support.

It just so happens that the communities most likely to be adversely and quickly impacted by the loss of these data are deep Republican bastions in the South / Gulf Coast.