One county commissioner runs afoul of his profession's state licensing board. One congressman tries to thread the needle of partisan disinformation. One podcasters tries to put it all in context.

Sources

IRS funding:

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/28/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-falsely-said-harris-voted-to-hire/

Cooper and Biden calls:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tim-moore-claims-biden-never-called-about-helene-response-but-he-heard-from-white-house/ar-AA1sJH1H

For every extra degree Celsius of warming, air can hold 7% more water.:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2304077120

= Clausius–Clapeyron equation

and an increase in rainfall rates of approximately 13% per °C:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-019-0095-3

Sea surface temperatures

https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/?dm_id=world2

and

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ocean-heat-records-2024-climate