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[-] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

isnt the fema head from the ghostbusters movie.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Why is it not completely apparent to everyone that they're replaceing scientists with complete morons. To destroy all these agencies as much as possible, and make them function as poorly as possible. That's the plan. They've been doing it across agencies.

Qualified person? NO! Yes-man narcissist? Absolutely, do they have friends? We'll bring them in, too.

Yet, still - the response is: "I was SHOCKED at what they said/did! Can they be that stupid?" Yes. Yes, they are. They always have been.

Yet, still - people want to believe in the best from people. That they aren't trying to hurt and kill people on purpose for no good reason. Well, stop thinking that. They want to hurt and kill people, because they can profit off of it, and they can enjoy the suffering of others.

Stop giving them the benefit of the doubt. They are trying to stab you, they just aren't close enough to do it, they don't have a knife right now, but they know where to get one - and they don't want to get caught. They might get that chance one day, and they'll take that opportunity instantly. That's their mindset. What's yours? Your mindset is that you want to give them free healthcare, and better social services? Well, that's not going to stop them either.

[-] [email protected] 44 points 3 days ago

I mean as they say it's unclear whether it was a joke or not, but with this administration, it's not like "joke", "trolling" and "serious" are any difference in form or function. 😑

[-] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago

They thought Trump had canceled the Hurricane Season this year!

[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago
[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

You can nuke everything, but just scribbling it to Mexico with a sharpie is much more cost effective.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

DOGE replaced the entire hurricane relief budget with a box of Sharpies

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Shout out to Reuters on this one. I know we want them to say things outright, but sometimes subtlety is a fucking weapon in the war of information.

The spokesperson said under Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Richardson "FEMA is shifting from bloated, DC-centric dead weight to a lean, deployable disaster force that empowers state actors to provide relief for their citizens."

Richardson said during the briefing that there would be no changes to the agency's disaster response plans despite having told staff to expect a new plan in May, the sources told Reuters.

Richardson's comments come amid widespread concern that the departures of a raft of top FEMA officials, staff cuts and reductions in hurricane preparations will leave the agency ill-prepared for a storm season forecast to be above normal.

Emphasis mine.

Reuters - without giving up any easily out-of-context quotables to dismiss them as biased - is clearly telling you what you need to know.

That it's all a lie.

  • "They say FEMA is changing for the better"

Followed by:

  • "They say there will be no changes"

Followed by:

  • "The agency is crippled and we are fucked."
[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Thank God the guy said he didn't plan to change anything for the year. Seems like he should get some briefings from his staff on the pertinent issues for the agency before any more press conferences.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I understand that being a bumbling idiot makes one their preferred candidate for leadership.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Trump's administration needs its own reality show. Call it "The Worst of Us."

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Who would have thought that an incompetent, sycophantic political stooge would be unqualified for a top-level government job.

The ironic part is that the states that need FEMA the most are poor, red ones. Those of us in states with actual income subsidize their constant rebuilding of shit after it gets trashed by the same climate they don't believe us changing. They just keep rebuilding in the same places and we keep paying to rebuild them, and now they're preventing their own help to... Own the libs or something? I'm not sure what the actual plan is there, except for a bunch of fascists to enrich themselves and oppress everyone including their own voters in the process.

Edit: fixed typo

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

*Who would have thought

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

MAGAt morons are ruling our world.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Maybe he thought they meant seasoning, and it was what they put in the drink.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago
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