Rachel Maddow

advising their staff that they're going to need to reduce or suspend weather balloon launches all over the country. Weather balloon launches make weather forecasts accurate. The former administrator of NOAA tells USA Today that that factor and the staff shortages imposed by Trump are already degrading our weather forecasts in this country.

Washington Post reports that the number of meteorologists on staff at some local forecast offices is now half their normal staffing or less in multiple locations, and that is permanent and likely to get worse with what else Trump has in store for the National Weather Service and NOAA.

Washington Post reports that the number of meteorologists on staff at some local forecast offices is now half their normal staffing or less in multiple locations, and that is permanent and likely to get worse with what else Trump has in store for the National Weather Service and NOAA.

Quote, as severe storm season ramps up, it's the offices in places such as Kansas City, Omaha, Louisville, Des Moines, and Grand Rapids that are facing the most significant staffing shortages.

Quote, as severe storm season ramps up, it's the offices in places such as Kansas City, Omaha, Louisville, Des Moines, and Grand Rapids that are facing the most significant staffing shortages.

And on top of that, to stop people who work in these agencies from letting the press and the public know about what Trump is doing to the Weather Service, to stop people from talking about how their weather forecasts are degrading because of what Trump is doing to the Weather Service, The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration is now, quote, installing monitoring software on NOAA employees' devices to track their communications.

And on top of that, to stop people who work in these agencies from letting the press and the public know about what Trump is doing to the Weather Service, to stop people from talking about how their weather forecasts are degrading because of what Trump is doing to the Weather Service, The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration is now, quote, installing monitoring software on NOAA employees' devices to track their communications.

so they can make sure they're not talking to the public and not talking to the press about the way Trump is decimating the weather service. Yesterday, the Trump administration tried to force through a basically total reduction in force at the CFPB, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It would have effectively fired the entire staff of the agency.

so they can make sure they're not talking to the public and not talking to the press about the way Trump is decimating the weather service. Yesterday, the Trump administration tried to force through a basically total reduction in force at the CFPB, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It would have effectively fired the entire staff of the agency.

The staff of that agency, I will tell you, is feisty as heck. They got the firing notices yesterday afternoon. They were all supposed to be fired as of 6 o'clock tonight, but they figured out a way to get themselves in front of a federal judge this morning before today's 6 p.m. deadline, and that judge this morning blocked the firings.

The staff of that agency, I will tell you, is feisty as heck. They got the firing notices yesterday afternoon. They were all supposed to be fired as of 6 o'clock tonight, but they figured out a way to get themselves in front of a federal judge this morning before today's 6 p.m. deadline, and that judge this morning blocked the firings.

The judge, quote, told attorneys for the government she was deeply concerned about the apparently rushed efforts to implement a reduction in force of approximately 1,500 employees at the CFPB, which was set to take effect at 6 p.m. tonight. The judge said the move by the Trump administration could be in direct violation of an injunction she had put in place already.

The judge, quote, told attorneys for the government she was deeply concerned about the apparently rushed efforts to implement a reduction in force of approximately 1,500 employees at the CFPB, which was set to take effect at 6 p.m. tonight. The judge said the move by the Trump administration could be in direct violation of an injunction she had put in place already.

That injunction required terminations at the agency to be carried out only after a particularized assessment of individual employees' performance. Judge told attorneys from the Trump administration that this reduction in force thing that they tried to force through today, quote, is not going to happen in the meantime.

That injunction required terminations at the agency to be carried out only after a particularized assessment of individual employees' performance. Judge told attorneys from the Trump administration that this reduction in force thing that they tried to force through today, quote, is not going to happen in the meantime.

The judge ordered the Trump administration to advise agency leadership that they need to make that clear to employees who had been informed they would be ousted.

The judge ordered the Trump administration to advise agency leadership that they need to make that clear to employees who had been informed they would be ousted.

In other words, the judge is telling CFPB, not only are you not firing those people today, which you are trying to do, but you are going to tell them that they are not being fired because they all got notices from you saying they're fired as of today. You must notify them that they are not being fired.

In other words, the judge is telling CFPB, not only are you not firing those people today, which you are trying to do, but you are going to tell them that they are not being fired because they all got notices from you saying they're fired as of today. You must notify them that they are not being fired.

ABC News reports, quote, many of those employees sat in her courtroom Friday and several broke into tears following the hearing. The judge in this case has also set a hearing for a week and a half from now, April 28th.