'We've been ghosted by FEMA'

Monday, July 07, 2025

Officials across country say they can't get answers on critical funding

Posted by retort at 03:42 PM | 27 COMMENTS | permalink

A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
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-- Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) Jul 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM

Comments

Shameful

And all so Trump and Republicans can give more of our national treasure to the wealthy instead of making them pay their fair share.

#1 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-07-07 03:47 PM

Really????

WTF did these boneheads expect????

Fuggin' morons.

#2 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-07-07 03:53 PM

FAFO.

I'm sorry, there's really nothing else left to say.

This is the world that you said you wanted.

Do better before that world takes away your vote.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-07 03:56 PM

Good luck Red States. It's all on you.

It's like that scene in Blazing Saddles. The Bible gets a hole blown through it.

"Son, you're on your own."

#4 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-07-07 04:15 PM

Pediatrician fired for vile post suggesting Texas flood victims were Trump supporters who got what they voted for'

Posted by freewilly at 2025-07-07 04:21 PM

I'm never for victim blaming after a catastrophe.

Facts are, electing Trump and Republican governments have led to massive cuts in FEMA, the NWS, and Texas refusing to fund sirens along the Guadalupe river for $1,000,000 at the same time they slashed property taxes by $51 BILLION.

#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-07-07 04:27 PM

Texas has a growing backlog of flood management projects, totaling some $54 billion across the state. The state flood plan of the Texas Water Development Board called on lawmakers to dedicate additional funding to invest in potentially lifesaving infrastructure.

But lawmakers have so far allocated only a fraction of the money needed for flood projects through the state's Flood Infrastructure Fund, about $669 million so far, even as state lawmakers this year approved $51 billion in property tax cuts.

Kerr County, in its earlier discussions about a warning system, had explored along with other members of the Upper Guadalupe River Authority the possibility of applying for financial support through the infrastructure fund. But the authority dropped the idea after learning that the fund would provide only about 5 percent of the money needed for the project.

#8 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-07-07 04:29 PM

FEMA employee fired for telling workers to ignore homes of Trump supporters during hurricane relief efforts

So, the appropriate action was carried out in response to the actions of a single individual.

During the Biden administration, which for some reason, did its best to restore a sense of bipartisanship in America.

Did you have a point?

Or was this sad sad deflection the best you could muster in defense of the fallout from the Trump administration.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-07 04:29 PM

Trump supporters who got what they voted for'
#5 | POSTED BY FREEWILLY

Pointing out people's poor decisions have resulted in their unfortunate predicament should only be reserved for explaining why people are poor, not for pointing out why republicans are shortsighted morons.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-07 04:34 PM

Remember when magat scum lied about bidens fema response on NC after a hurricane? I do

#11 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-07-07 04:35 PM

Do you remember when Trump supporters lied about the Guadalupe drownings? I do.

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-07 04:39 PM

Texas refusing to fund sirens along the Guadalupe river for $1,000,000

#7 | POSTED BY AMERICANUNITY

Maybe Donald will donate money for these sirens out of his steadily-increasing personal fortune....

I crack myself up.

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-07 04:40 PM

Only the tired, poor, and huddled masses will fail.

#14 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-07 04:41 PM

"Remember when magat scum lied about bidens fema response on NC after a hurricane?"

Yes, and the horrible wildfires in California.

But most of America has moved on......and there were zero political consequences faced by anyone of substance.

That's what is going to happen here as well.

#15 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-07 04:44 PM

Ted Scuz Kept Sightseeing as Desperate Rescue Crews Searched for Missing Kids in Texas Floods

www.thedailybeast.com

#16 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-07-07 04:54 PM

#15: This Republican dumfuq Ted Cruz also fled to Mexico during a terrible winter storm and blackout, abandoning his constituents: www.bbc.com

Moron Republicans will keep voting for moron Republicans. And I bet the US Ambassador to Greece (a Trumpf daughter-in-law or somesuch) ensured he received VIP treatment at Athens Intl Airport.

#17 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-07-07 05:02 PM

FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims

The------------- is too busy arresting 6 year olds with leukemia to bother with disaster victims.

www.tpr.org

#18 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-07-07 05:14 PM

Hey there, MAGA World: you voted for this.

If you didn't realize it, you were not listening to your orange deity as he spoke at every tractor pull, county fair, WWE dance-a-thon and opening of every Port-O-Let door. You asked for Trump and his attack on waste, fraud and abuse. And you got it. It's sad to see news reports about all those dead people, but they were just in the way of your god's leadership...

#19 | Posted by catdog at 2025-07-07 05:28 PM

just follow precident.

pay them 750 but first find out who they voted for.

you bastards were okay with that in north carolina.

#20 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-07-07 05:35 PM

You're a ------- liar, -------. Go jump off a cliff.

#21 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-07 05:44 PM

The Trump Administration Wants to Close Down Key Weather Labs Across the Country

www.notus.org

The------------- is determined to keep adding to his big, beautiful body count.

#22 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-07-07 05:58 PM

@#9 ... So, the appropriate action was carried out in response to the actions of a single individual. ...

Exactly.

I also stated as much when a thread was created on that topic back when it occurred.

#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-07 06:25 PM

" pay them 750 but first find out who they voted for you bastards were okay with that in north carolina."

What "news" outlet is telling you that crap?

#24 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-07 06:29 PM

pay them 750 but first find out who they voted for.

#20 | POSTED BY SHRIMPTACODAN

More kids are going to die in floods because Donald Trump and the MAGA regime went to war with, of all people, the National Weather Service.

What you have to offer is the usual self-serving MAGA mythology to somehow deflect from the dead.

More people, and more kids, are going to die in storms and floods under Trump. Just like more people and kid swill die in airplane crashes under Trump. Just like a who sh---load of people and kids are going to die in terrorist attacks under Trump.

This is the world you wanted and helped create. Be proud.

#25 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-07 06:45 PM

@#24 ... What "news" outlet is telling you that crap? ...

My guess of the response, if there is a response ...

More deflection.

That current alias seems to have turned into a major troll, imo.

Similar to my view of the bellringer aliases, just looking for attention.

#26 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-07 06:52 PM

I am upset that people have lost their lives and property. However, I am not upset that Mother Nature is reclaiming property that should never have been built upon in the first place! The fact that Texas (and the US for that matter) are not willing to continually spend money to shore up properties built in flood plains and other disaster prone areas is a good thing and should be applauded.

That said, government should be obligated to inform developers of the risks of building in a particular area. And, developers should be obligated to inform buyers of those risks whenever a property is being sold. In fact, the risks should be codified in the deed or rental contracts.

Let's stop building in danger zones and expecting government bailouts when disaster strikes.

#27 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2025-07-08 12:49 PM

Uh oh, something VERY eerily similar to this happened under Biden regarding crime metrics and the result of that was disastrous by them changing the reporting standards. Now we have reporting that is optional and so complex that many precincts don't even report it anymore or only report certain metrics (and many are very large precincts), thus causing crime statistics to no longer be valid and objectively measured.

This is what the government does, a problem shows up and they find a way to make the problem worse. And with Trump's blowhardness, I don't think it's a stretch to say they have the capability to ruin this like nothing has been ruined in the history of ruination.

#28 | Posted by humtake at 2025-07-09 11:59 AM

Biden
#28 | Posted by humtake

Oh what a relief! For a minute there I thought Humtake wasn't going to deflect to Biden and someone needs to do a Wellness Check at his mom's house.

#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-09 01:40 PM

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