US EditionTrump Is Cutting Holes in America’s Natural Disaster Safety Net
- On Friday, President Donald Trump discussed plans to fundamentally reform or possibly eliminate FEMA, the federal disaster response agency.
- Trump stated this plan follows perceptions that FEMA is bureaucratic, slow, and that states could better handle disasters after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
- Since January, FEMA lost over 2,000 employees, about one-third of its workforce, including the National Response Coordination Center director last week.
- Trump said, "They cost a tremendous amount of money," while former FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell warned dismantling FEMA risks leaving the U.S. dangerously unprepared.
- An executive order created a FEMA Review Council to meet soon and recommend changes, but any elimination or downsizing requires congressional action.
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Richmond Register
Commonwealth JournalBeshear leaves door open to Special Session over FEMA Aid
The need for a special legislative session to address storm damage recovery in Kentucky hinges on the Trump administration’s decisions on pending disaster assistance requests, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear told reporters Thursday.
Democratic Reps Say FEMA Cuts Are Leading to Hurricane Katrina-Level Disaster
In a new op-ed, Democratic Reps. Rick Larsen of Washington and Greg Stanton of Arizona draw parallels to the Trump administration’s cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, better known as FEMA, and the lead-up to the devastation caused by 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. The Hill published the representatives’ op-ed on Thursday. They warn that hurricane season is coming and FEMA is in “disarray,” pointing out that President Donald Trump has ca…
Republicans and Climate Change
In the annals of national suicide, the present dismantling of the American state will surely rank high. It may not reach the apogee attained by Russia in its final Tsarist days or by Louis XVI in the run-up to the French Revolution, but Great Britain’s Brexit hardly smolders compared to the anti-democratic dumpster fire of the Trump regime. Countless governmental, scientific, educational, medical, and cultural institutions have been targeted for…
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