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‘TERMINATED!’ Trump Calls to End FEMA and Let States Manage Disasters for ‘BIG SAVINGS’
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Trump admin forcibly reassigns FEMA workers to ICE in 'rushed process to boost staffing'
According to The American Prospect, which had spoken with multiple anonymous sources and obtained an internal DHS email, FEMA staff selected to be reassigned were those with less than one year of service, and under threat of termination, a move that Prospect reporter David Dayen wrote “could signal problems with ICE recruitment.”Also on the recruitment front, ICE is dropping age limits.
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DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show
Communities across the region still need to be reimbursed for about a hundred projects.During a visit to the ransacked town of Swannanoa last October, Trump lambasted FEMA for being too slow, bureaucratic, expensive and ineffective. He repeated similar sentiments during another visit in January, suggesting it might be best to eliminate the agency.
In December, the Biden administration promised to cover all of North Carolina’s cleanup costs from when Helene hit in September until March. When that was about to expire, Stein asked Trump and FEMA in February for an additional 180 days, which they denied, but kept federal coverage at 90 percent. North Carolina appealed it, and the administration denied them again in May.
Then in June, Noem’s new budget policy [where she approves everything over a certain limit personally] hit, creating even more bureaucracy. FEMA’s assistance to North Carolina drastically diminished, dropping from an average of $40 million a month to about $6.5 million, according to documents obtained by The Post.
Faced with budget constraints, Noem wants to review most of the contract requests herself, multiple officials familiar with the process have said. But her schedule is hectic and she travels often. For example, internal DHS records show she was out of the D.C. area July 24, two days after North Carolina’s governor sent his letter, which DHS confirmed it had received. She got back the next evening, and was out of town again from July 27 until Aug. 4, according to internal DHS records.
That trip, two FEMA officials said, caused a 10-day pause in the agency’s efforts to get contracts for disaster aid and other services moving
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Trump administration slashes DC’s FEMA urban security funding by 44%
The FEMA’s urban security fund cuts for D.C. drops the funding [by $20M] to $25.2 million from the Fiscal Year 2025 Homeland Security Grant Program.Out of all the cities and areas that received money from FEMA’s urban security fund last fiscal year, D.C. received the largest cut at 44%.
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ICE wastefully throws money at the problem of hiring.
Even With Tons of Money, ICE Finds Obstacles in Hiring 10,000 New Agents
The new recruitment page on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s website shows a drawing of a white-bearded Uncle Sam pointing to the viewer. “America has been invaded by criminals and predators,” the page reads. “We need YOU to get them out.” The pitch emphasizes that a college degree isn’t needed, and says recruits could be offered up to a $50,000 signing bonus and $60,000 in student loan repayment.ICE’s stepped-up recruitment effort comes as deportation and arrests are not keeping pace with the Administration’s goals of arresting 3,000 immigrants a day and deporting 1 million people in Trump’s first year in office.
I guess Dean Cain's in; he probably needs the money.
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Floods threaten Maryland seafood town's survival after Trump officials cancel $36M grant
BIG SAVINGS!The majority of voters in Somerset County voted for the president in 2024, leaving some residents navigating how to respond to the FEMA grant cancellation.
Walking through the streets of downtown Crisfield, Maryland, Mayor Darlene Taylor points to building after empty building, describing what was once there.“That was Subway and it used to have to close all the time because of floods or even high tides,” she said, nodding to a vacant windowfront. “There’s nothing in Crisfield that’s not touched by our flooding issue.”
Taylor sits at the helm of a shrinking small town with a massive problem: how to survive as flooding from the Bay and other effects of climate change disrupt daily life.
She thought the town had secured a solution after it was awarded a $36 million FEMA grant last year to help floodproof the town. But after the Trump administration canceled that grant program earlier this year – dashing Crisfield’s hopes for relief – Taylor is navigating a new problem: how to get it back?
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FEMA employees call for reforms to restore disaster response capacity ahead of Katrina anniversary
The “Katrina Declaration and Petition to Congress” calls out reductions to CERT, the National Fire Academy and hazard grants as weakening national disaster readiness
A group of FEMA employees has released a declaration and petition to Congress, raising concerns that recent changes within the agency could hinder its ability to respond to disasters, and support state and local partners.The document, titled the “Katrina Declaration and Petition to Congress,” was issued on Aug. 25, just days before the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It outlines six areas of opposition, including staffing reductions, program cuts and delays in mission assignments, which employees say could weaken disaster preparedness and response nationwide.
According to the declaration, FEMA employees say recent policy shifts have slowed the agency’s ability to support local responders during major incidents. The document cites delays in July’s flooding response in Kerrville, Texas, where mission assignments were reportedly held up for up to 72 hours. FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch chief later resigned, referencing those delays.
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FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts
Firefighters, EMS providers and other first responders from across the country travel to the NFA’s Maryland campus for the federally funded institution’s free training programs. Good riddance to freeloaders.
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FEMA now requires disaster victims to have an email address
Workers at FEMA worry that demanding disaster survivors access services using email could shut out people without internet connectivity from receiving government aid.
Big savings!In 2022, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the government agency that advises the president on telecoms and information policy, reported that one in five American households had no access to the internet in their homes. While the majority of offline households said they had no desire to be online, nearly 20 percent said that they couldn’t afford internet access. Offline households, NTIA data shows, are more likely than their online counterparts to make less than $25,000 a year, and are more likely to be racial and ethnic minorities.
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Trump has invented an entirely new way to make disasters worse.
Why the two firefighters were arrested is unclear. But a spokesperson for the Incident Management Team leading the firefighting response said the team was “aware of a Border Patrol operation on the fire,” that it was not interfering with the firefighting response and referred reporters to the Border Patrol station in Port Angeles.
Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the members of two private contractor crews. The crews were among the 400 people including firefighters deployed to fight the wildfire, the largest active blaze in Washington state.
As of Wednesday morning, there were six 20-person hand crews on the Bear Gulch fire, and five of those are private contractors. As of Wednesday morning the fire covered nearly 9,000 acres and was 13% contained.
Federal policy under President Joe Biden’s administration stated that without “exigent circumstances” agents would not conduct their operations at natural disaster or emergency sites. Whether that policy remains in place, however, remains unclear.
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Two people fighting the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula were arrested by federal law enforcement Wednesday, in a confrontation described by firefighters and depicted in photos and video.Why the two firefighters were arrested is unclear. But a spokesperson for the Incident Management Team leading the firefighting response said the team was “aware of a Border Patrol operation on the fire,” that it was not interfering with the firefighting response and referred reporters to the Border Patrol station in Port Angeles.
Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the members of two private contractor crews. The crews were among the 400 people including firefighters deployed to fight the wildfire, the largest active blaze in Washington state.
As of Wednesday morning, there were six 20-person hand crews on the Bear Gulch fire, and five of those are private contractors. As of Wednesday morning the fire covered nearly 9,000 acres and was 13% contained.
Federal policy under President Joe Biden’s administration stated that without “exigent circumstances” agents would not conduct their operations at natural disaster or emergency sites. Whether that policy remains in place, however, remains unclear.
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Lewandowski’s veto power over DHS contracts frustrates admin officials: ‘Corey is part of the problem’
Corey Lewandowski, the former Trump campaign manager-turned-[misdemeanor batterer turned]-Department of Homeland Security senior adviser, is involved in green-lighting six-figure contracts at the agency, according to an administration official and two FEMA officials.His involvement has contributed to a bottleneck at the agency that has rankled members of the administration, frustrated at both the delays and Lewandowski’s role as a so-called special governmental employee [wink-wink] the three officials said.
“Corey is part of the problem,” said the administration official. “It doesn’t matter how quickly we get it there, it doesn’t just go straight to her desk.”
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin responded to POLITICO’s request for comment with a statement saying “FALSE. ”
He is regularly seen alongside Noem at events and on travel, and is referred to by former and current Trump administration officials as Noem’s de facto chief of staff.
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