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... While FEMA is part of DHS, a federal law adopted after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 says the department "may not substantially or significantly reduce (FEMA's) authorities, responsibilities, or functions."

Agreeing with unions that sued, Illston said the department violated the law when it moved last year to stop FEMA from renewing the temporary contracts of thousands of on-call reservists who respond to disasters.

"There is no evidence in the record reflecting reasoned decision-making for this about-face or for the subsequent conditions DHS placed on FEMA's renewal authority," Illston wrote. ...

Democracy Forward, a left-leaning group that represents the plaintiffs in the case, applauded the ruling in a statement.

"Congress created FEMA to operate with independence, given its mission to prepare and respond quickly when disasters arise," said Skye Perryman, the group's president and CEO.

The unions in January amended a lawsuit they had filed last year that more broadly challenged mass layoffs initiated by the Trump administration.

The planned cuts at the emergency management agency are unlawful, the unions say, because they would undermine its core disaster response mission, were not approved by Congress, and were ordered by former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rather than initiated within FEMA itself. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-13 03:45 PM | Reply

Pennsylvania Woman, 40, Dies from Measles Complications

A 40-year-old woman has died from measles complications in Pennsylvania, marking the state's third measles-associated death this year as the U.S. experiences its worst resurgence of the highly contagious disease in 35 years.

That's small potatoes.

~Pedo 47~

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-13 03:42 PM | Reply

Trump Calls on Ukraine to Stop Strikes on Russian Diesel

... saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. ...

maybe, then, Pres Trump should not have started his war of choice against Iran, because that war is causing a global shortage in products as well.

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-13 03:41 PM | Reply

Trump Calls on Ukraine to Stop Strikes on Russian Diesel

The noxious orange chomo proves once again that he's Putin's bitch.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-13 03:38 PM | Reply

U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots

"The systems currently in use were not designed to operate efficiently under substantially greater volume and stress."

That's a lie.

"I'm done."

Another lie, unfortunately.

Posted by Danforth at 2026-09-13 03:35 PM | Reply

U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots

The USPS:

... delivers almost 500 million pieces of mail to 156 million addresses in the United States every day.

And around the holidays?

The holiday season between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the peak period for the Postal Service, representing a total volume of 11.7 billion packages and pieces of mail during this time in 2022.

[sarcasm]

No scaleability there.

Nope.

No scaleability whatsoever.

[/sarcasm]

Posted by A_Friend at 2026-09-13 03:33 PM | Reply

U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots

" Scalability has to be designed into the system."

It's already there, dumfuq. Why are you pretending it's not?

Posted by Danforth at 2026-09-13 03:30 PM | Reply

U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots

" That is my opinion."

You're giving your opinion because you have no proof, and can't deal with the facts.

Heck, you can't even admit how many legal votes you'd be willing to suppress to enact your system.

Posted by Danforth at 2026-09-13 03:27 PM | Reply

U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots

#112 Sure.

[sarcasm]

Because what does the USPS know about handling large volumes of mail during unusual times, such as Christmas cards at Christmas time?

Clearly the USPS isn't scaleable.

[/sarcasm]

Posted by A_Friend at 2026-09-13 03:26 PM | Reply

U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots

" We need stronger authentication built into a system that is scalable."

You can't find ACTUAL PROBLEMS in the current system. Everything on your wishlist is already addressed ... except for the part where you want to dictate to others what THEY do.

You're not interested in preventing the illegal vote, you're interested in suppressing the LEGAL vote.

Posted by Danforth at 2026-09-13 03:25 PM | Reply

U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots

Dan,

That is my opinion.

I'm not discussing it with you.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-09-13 03:24 PM | Reply

Costco Rationing Motor Oil

Fuggun' clown's got no fuggun' clue what goes on at the tens of thousands independent auto service providers servicing millions of customers...and charging accordingly.

#3 | Posted by Angrydad

I also thought his comment was pretty naive. No one is going to be unable to find any motor oil for their car. But if Costco is rationing, that is a pretty strong sign that prices are going to be increasing.

Posted by gtbritishskull at 2026-09-13 03:24 PM | Reply

U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots

What I've seen over and over is that a system can appear to work fine at its current volume, so people assume that under greater load all you have to do is work faster or add more manpower.

But a system that has enough capacity today is not necessarily scalable. As volume increases, bottlenecks, delays and errors can increase with it.

You cannot simply assume that doing the same thing faster or with more people will preserve the same level of efficiency, accuracy, and reliability.

Scalability has to be designed into the system.

That is the weakness I see in universal mail-in voting as it currently operates.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-09-13 03:22 PM | Reply

Contractor Admits Fault for Reflecting Pool Damage

"Did the contractor still get paid?"

Who cares?

Rest assured assured he'll be "compensated" for "taking one for the team".

Posted by Angrydad at 2026-09-13 03:17 PM | Reply

U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots

" with stronger built-in voter authentication."

Every state with UMB has a way the legal voter to confirm their legal vote.

YOU KEEP MAKING UP DOOMSDAY PROBLEMS WITH ZERO PROOF.

And you've yet to propose ANYTHING that suppresses less legal votes than thwarts illegal ones.

FFS, you're not even willing to admit how many legal votes you'd be willing to suppress.

Posted by Danforth at 2026-09-13 03:14 PM | Reply

New Bill Would Restrict SNAP Benefits in 9 States

If lefties had their way SNAP could be spent on hookers and blow.

Posted by BellRinger at 2026-09-13 03:10 PM | Reply

New Bill Would Restrict SNAP Benefits in 9 States

Some things just make sense. That is the case here.

Posted by BellRinger at 2026-09-13 03:10 PM | Reply

Trump Struggles with Keeping Eyes Open During 9/11 Memorial

He was probably looking at his watch

Posted by BellRinger at 2026-09-13 03:08 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

#40

I haven't blamed ANY PARTY for our education shortcomings. I've merely pointed out ECD is underfunded, and thought you could relate to it happening in your own state.

But since you mentioned it, for the record, Sam Brownback is a Republican, who finally told other Republicans to override his veto and reinstate the income tax on pass-thrus that Republicans had originally authored.

Posted by Danforth at 2026-09-13 03:04 PM | Reply

U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots

What is lacking with universal mail-in voting as it stands is a truly scalable system with stronger built-in voter authentication.

The goal should be to authenticate voters reliably and process ballots accurately without requiring manpower to increase at the same rate as ballot volume.

That is the real issue for the future.

We need stronger authentication built into a system that is scalable.

The systems currently in use were not designed to operate efficiently under substantially greater volume and stress. As ballot volume increases, so do the demands on staffing, verification, and accurate processing.

I'm done.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-09-13 03:02 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

"Dan is from CA if I recall"

You don't.

Posted by Danforth at 2026-09-13 03:00 PM | Reply

Costco Rationing Motor Oil

"...unless you're Hertz, most households don't need to worry."

Fuggun' clown's got no fuggun' clue what goes on at the tens of thousands independent auto service providers servicing millions of customers...and charging accordingly.

Posted by Angrydad at 2026-09-13 02:56 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

- Talarico should be saying that instead of dramatizing an insignificant benefit to Musk.

What he said was he knew Musk was a humorous example, but that studies show that in other states like AK and LA, 75 to 95 percent of the benefits were transfers of money from avg working people to the wealthy who already had kids in private schools.

Perhaps you missed that part.

Oh, and 1Nut teaching us American history? That's just SO precious!

Posted by Corky at 2026-09-13 02:48 PM | Reply

Another Pivotal Shipping Strait is Captured

"From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August."
Andrew Carr
White House Chief of Staff
September 7, 2002

Well, air power alone ain't gonna do it. Which brings up that old standby: boots on the ground.

Andrew Carr and his crew spent quite a bit of time carefully preparing the ground for marketing their ground war in Iraq. Trump and his sorry lot spent zero time preparing Americans for their current misadventure. In no way have they got folks geared up for that sort of tomfoolery.

By the way, which branch of the armed forces is crypto phenom Barroom Trump eyeing?

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-09-13 02:32 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

#40 | POSTED BY EBERLY

CA is a one party State, DeflectionDan is from CA if I recall. The fact that he ignores all its education issues among others and continues to blame Republicans is telling.

Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-13 02:16 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

Are there any leading democrats who say that? Not in DC necessarily....but on a state level?

Gavin does...

"From Temecula to Tallahassee, fringe ideologues across the country are attempting to whitewash history and ban books from schools. With this new law, we're cementing California's role as the true freedom state: a place where families " not political fanatics " have the freedom to decide what's right for them." apnews.com

Notice he a can't apply that logic to vouchers.

Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-13 02:14 PM | Reply

Trump's Forced Coal Plant Extensions Thrown Out by Judge

An expensive process that almost no one uses for turning coal into something slightly less ------?

#20 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-09-13 01:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

Have you ever priced a nuclear power plant?

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-09-13 02:12 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

"Public schools are broken because conservatives..."

I had to remind Danforth recently of something he was conveniently forgetting....that democrats win elections in this country.

In many many horrible school districts, the school board and ultimately the administration (hired by the school board) are represented entirely by liberals and minorities.

It doesn't seem to matter in any meaningful way that democrats win elections. The outcome is still unsatisfactory and it's not their fault.

Posted by eberly at 2026-09-13 02:10 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

Andersen was clearly talking about Lancey clancy's defenders, which were overwhelmingly white "liberal" (if you can call people with that attitude, that anymore) women.

Then they got all incensed when a black man stopped them by saying, "He had the hardest time getting over the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children."
Then the press DOXED this poor black man, maybe Clownshack is onto something.

Talk about losing objective truths.

Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-13 02:10 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

"Public schools are broken because conservatives don't want to support black and brown children learning.
Racism is the root cause of why America is failing."

Are there any leading democrats who say that? Not in DC necessarily....but on a state level?

I get Talarico can't say anything like that right now because that will turn off the middle and he can't afford that right now but incumbents?

Hell, superintendents? school boards?

Posted by eberly at 2026-09-13 02:06 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

my point is that eventually liberals are going to see vouchers as a way to get some black and brown kids a better education.

#35 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Being educated isn't what Lumpers want, clearly the data points against the methods Corky etal are defending (the data is clear), the point of the education system in their mind, is to indoctrinate children with outlandish fantasy's of boomers.

Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-13 02:02 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

Kurt Anderson nailed it.
#30 | POSTED BY DONNERBOY

He certainly did, his argument that Boomers were the reason America went haywire is right on the money.
His critique of "do-your-own-thing" attitude of the 1960s and the rise of the internet turned this freedom into a free-for-all where objective truth lost its value.

Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-13 02:00 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

-racists who don't want black and brown children learning?

my point is that eventually liberals are going to see vouchers as a way to get some black and brown kids a better education.

Posted by eberly at 2026-09-13 02:00 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

Talarico should be saying that instead of dramatizing an insignificant benefit to Musk.

Has Talarico pointed out what you just did? called conservatives racists who don't want black and brown children learning?

Posted by eberly at 2026-09-13 01:58 PM | Reply

Another Pivotal Shipping Strait is Captured

Military Defeat is like Death.

Unless it's Suicide we have No Control over it. Even then the "Control" is just Timing.

It happens and the Survivors adjust.

History is full of Proud Aggressive --------.

They are Mostly all Dead.

And HATED.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-09-13 01:56 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

I'm sure defunding public schools will fix that.

It couldn't hurt, sure the administrators would get the kids out there to protest.

And then you'd complain about kids being hurt, when the reality is they should cut administrators and union dues..

Public schools are broken because conservatives don't want to support black and brown children learning.

Tell me you can't read a graph without telling me you can't read a graph?

Racism is the root cause of why America is failing.

LOL you're an idiot. Even after all the racism thrown my way, I don't even believe that.

Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-13 01:56 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

"it doesn't mean subsidizing a school that is religious based and has as its base an established religion."

so you're saying there is a difference here between a religious based school and a non-religion based private school?

I don't think that's what you mean. A secular private school is the same threat to a public school with regards to vouchers. Don't stand on principal you clearly don't have.

Posted by eberly at 2026-09-13 01:54 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

If public schools don't reverse the downward trend in performance then doing the same thing is going to be challenged

I'm sure defunding public schools will fix that.

Public schools are broken because conservatives don't want to support black and brown children learning.

Racism is the root cause of why America is failing.

Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-13 01:50 PM | Reply

Another Pivotal Shipping Strait is Captured

Ready for the fun question? When we Dems have power... do we uh.. surrender? or actually try to win?

#61 | Posted by sitzkrieg

I have answered your question, now answer one of mine

Why do you think winning or losing is in our power?

Posted by truthhurts at 2026-09-13 01:50 PM | Reply

Another Pivotal Shipping Strait is Captured

Please, someone tell me where my short analysis is wrong. i would LOVE to see some other options or to be wrong with my conclusions.

Then there is this simple fact

We, America, started this illegal, unjust, immoral, unjustifiable war of aggression with a cowardly sneak attack, during negotiations (for the second time mind you) that murdered their leader and the head of their country's primary religion along with young children. We have committed multiple war crimes. We have threatened more war crimes. We have proven ourselves completely untrustworthy. We have provided unquestioning support to a genocidal regime.

Winning? What does that even mean?

Posted by truthhurts at 2026-09-13 01:48 PM | Reply

Another Pivotal Shipping Strait is Captured

Diplomacy?
HA

We are losing this war too.

1. China and Russia, who can aid Iran without worry of response are by far sufficient to provide Iran with enough to carry on any fight. They are completely and utterly motivated to harm the US through Iran. make no mistake of it. Do you think Piggy would dare sanction China over Iran? HA

2. The Guld states are looking for the exit door in their relationship to the US. We have demonstrated for the world to see our complete and utter inability to defend them. to add insult to injury we stripped their defenses and prioritized Israel's defenses with the limited defensive munitions we were able to supply. The Gulf states are looking for separate peace with Iran

3. Our primary ally Israel is a pariah on the world stage

4. Our pacific allies see America removing missile defense systems and carriers from the pacific. Compound that with THEY are suffering the worst of the economic price of the war. They have options

5. Piggy has insulted and threatened our NATO allies. We freaking threatened to invade Greenland to the point that our allies were putting sacrificial lamb soldiers on the island to bleed and die if we invaded

No, no one else is going to save us

Posted by truthhurts at 2026-09-13 01:45 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

Still in OZ, I see, Dorothy.

#26 | POSTED BY CORKY

They live in the Fantasyland as described in the book:

"Fantasyland- How America Went Haywire"

Kurt Anderson nailed it.

Posted by donnerboy at 2026-09-13 01:43 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

Put yourself in the shoes of a superintendent or even the city&county government, and state legislature (specifically legislators from the worst performing school districts)

You're staring at years (hell decades) of continual poor performance....worsening performance actually.

At the same time, you've argued for money to be directed here and there and firmly said no to vouchers.

And you give a ---- about kids and getting them the best education you can. Sooner or later, they're going to say "we've tried everything else......I don't know how to say no to it".

Posted by eberly at 2026-09-13 01:43 PM | Reply

Trump's Forced Coal Plant Extensions Thrown Out by Judge

See Coal gasification.

An expensive process that almost no one uses for turning coal into something slightly less ------?

Posted by REDIAL at 2026-09-13 01:42 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

Why do you spend so much time posting lies?

Do you think anyone believes your gaslighting and propaganda?

You've always been a waste of time, you continue to prove it.

Those images you add to your posts are worthless.

I assume posting on the DR helps you escape your empty, pointless life.

You poor thing.

Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-13 01:42 PM | Reply

Ireland's Largest Political Party Members will Protest Trump's Visit

SOUTH AMERICAN

"then onto the personal links."

So . . . did the cheater fake another hole-in-one?

Posted by Twinpac at 2026-09-13 01:41 PM | Reply

Another Pivotal Shipping Strait is Captured

Let's start militarily

We cannot win militarily

What are our options

1. Ground assault ain't gonna happen. In fact, even the possibility of a ground invasion is beyond fanciful. We simply do not have the troops to do it and have exactly zero allies willing to put their lives on the line to that end.

2. Limited ground action, i.e. seizing territory-strategic dead end. There is no land that could induce Iran to surrender. Kharg Island? NOPE. To say nothing of the challenges at assaulting it and putting our troops as sitting ducks, it will achieve exactly 1 thing. Iran will level the gulf state's energy infrastructure

3. Concerted air offensive-Iran already took the worst America and Israel could inflict on us and hit back hard enough to induce Piggy to surrender with the Memorandum of Understanding-you know, the surrender document. We do not have the stand-off offensive or defensive missile supply. Full stop

4. Tit-for-tat attacks-low intensity ongoing bombing campaign. Iran has a distinct advantage in this regard as their munition supplies are not strained and they have a plethora of targets and other options, i.e. Houthis

5. Blockade-isn't working, Iran has been an isolated country for decades and is prepared to sacrifice. $5 per gallon fuel is making Americans cry surrender

6. That leaves us with the nuclear bomb issue. Piggy may get that desperate. Will Piggy use 1 leaving iran with 29 other missile locations unhit able to respond and destroy as much as they can? Or will Piggy use 30 nukes to hit the 30 buried missile locations inflicting a globally devastating nuclear winter.

Nope no military solution

Posted by truthhurts at 2026-09-13 01:38 PM | Reply

Trump's Forced Coal Plant Extensions Thrown Out by Judge

Rr 10

You will learn to love the "Duck Curve".

Posted by donnerboy at 2026-09-13 01:35 PM | Reply

Talarico: School Vouchers Could Give Musk $80,000 Year Tax Break

-the reality of political donations (ie; Bribes) being used by Oligarchs to purchase their own lawmakers and their own laws and Gov contracts.

Of course I realize that.

But you want more of it, seemingly.

I've asked plenty of reasonable questions......of which you can't remotely muster up the ability to answer.

just "oligarchs bribe others" which is true but you don't know how much or where or who. It's just an abstraction to you.

And where does understanding that get you any closer to a solution?

Oligarchs do what they can and when the trough is in the hundreds of billions.......WTF do you expect?

What do you want? (I know what you want....but I want you to have the balls to say so for yourself)

Posted by eberly at 2026-09-13 01:34 PM | Reply

Charlie Kirk’s Empty Legacy

and don't practice any of it.

#25 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Commie Soyboy Wannabe being a Commie does not understand religion.

You don't "practice" a religion.

It is a way of life.

From what I've witnessed Corky has been true to the Christian faith. Far more Christian than the Fake Plastic Christians who "practice" Christianity only on sundays.

Regardless ... If there is a Hell I'm betting you won't see Corky when you get there.

Posted by donnerboy at 2026-09-13 01:32 PM | Reply

Everywoman unveiled!

Every boy in London will climb up there and peek up that dress.

Side note, at first I thought it was an AI generated image.

Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-13 01:32 PM | Reply

Another Pivotal Shipping Strait is Captured

I know it will hurt me personally, probably.

I still can't help thinking it's a just outcome.

Perfidy, Murder, Aggressive War, Aiding and abetting GENOCIDE.

These are Crimes worthy of Punishment.

Trump will die a sick Old Man with Natalie to Wipe his Bottom.

He's already the Saddest of Sad Clowns.

I just Hope that after he Finally Dies Everything he "Built", all the Political Distortions, all the Ugly Buildings, are Demolished as totally as the Statues to Hitler and the Monuments to Saddam.

His Legacy should be Silence....and Dust.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-09-13 01:31 PM | Reply

Another Pivotal Shipping Strait is Captured

Ready for the fun question? When we Dems have power... do we uh.. surrender? or actually try to win?

#61 | Posted by sitzkrieg a

Sure, that's a fun question

The answer is quite simple

We cannot win.

Period

Full Stop

It is not in the range of possibilities

There is nothing we can do to win

We cannot win

We have no ability to win

Winning is not on the table

You beginning to see a pattern?

Posted by truthhurts at 2026-09-13 01:29 PM | Reply

Charlie Kirk’s Empty Legacy

Charlie Kirk was his own man and not a pawn for anyone.

Have you heard the news?

Charlie Kirk is still dead!

It's not often that you see ones own karma catch up with them so fast.

Posted by donnerboy at 2026-09-13 01:23 PM | Reply

DoJ Appeals Decision That Killed Anti-Weaponization Fund

LAMP

"Did Blanche lie to Congress?

Yes, but not under oath so that doesn't count.

Also, he didn't put anything in writing so it's the fault of Cornyn and Tillis for being dumb enough to take his word. Nobody in Congress is that dumb unless it's on purpose.

That's why I said the whole thing looked planned to me. Cornyn and Tillis wanted to vote but needed some cover. Flimsy was good enough.

Posted by Twinpac at 2026-09-13 01:21 PM | Reply