"FEMA also been accused by former president Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and other Republicans of not being able to respond well enough to Helene because it had diverted disaster relief funds to help migrants.

That is not true, because while FEMA administers the Shelter and Services Program, funding for it comes from a separate pot of money funded by Congress for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Other false claims that have circulated include that people taking federal relief money could see their land seized or that that $750 is the most they will ever get to rebuild. FEMA has pushed back against the false claims and conspiracy theories, setting up a page on its website to combat misinformation and rumors."

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    This is stochastic terrorism and he will keep doing it because he hasn’t suffered any fucking consequences.

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    Was it not every single Florida Republican who voted no on FEMA relief? 😅

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    It’s “The Running Man” plot! They are just going to AI videos to fit a narrative, and start sending people to jail, or worse…

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      “We must hurt people, because they are helping the wrong brown people”

      Of course they’ll never say it out loud.

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    And you really think one more democrat president will fix this?

    The US is collapsing as we speak, there is no turning back now.

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      If that president was Bernie Big Balls Sanders, then Yes.

      But 8 years of Kamala with a supermajority in the house and senate would be a great start

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    How the fuck are people who are this STUPID allowed to own Firearms? It’s a mircale that these cavemen even know how to operate firearms. What’s next? Shooting at the Hurricane? Attacking Firefighters?

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    This motherfucker is single handedly standing up an insurgency in his own country. This is exactly the kind of shit we used to see when we were in Iraq and Afghanistan. And then we had to send armed escorts around with the polio vaccinators, malaria mitigation, and rebuilding teams that were literally looking for locals they could pay to do the job. Which of course feeds right back into the FUD about those guys actually being nefarious in some ridiculous way. This generally lasts until the insurgents get control of an area, do ridiculous shit, and get put on blast for it; or we manage to help enough people that they tell the insurgents to kick rocks.

    I’d say welcome to 2025 but we have (check notes) two and a half months left of 2024 first.

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    Honestly, I really wish this administration would just deploy National Guard. If some dipshit Meal Team 6 types show up and start causing shit for FEMA, dial that up to 11 immediately.

    Start using antiterrorism measures against these assholes. Because they ARE terrorists.

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      Exactly. “We will provide our territory with emergency relief for all who want it. You’re welcome to decide not to accept it for yourself, but not for your neighbors”.

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    It sucks when 20% of people in a country become terrorists and another 20% turn into their accomplices, including no small portion of the people whose job it is to stop the terrorists.

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    I pointed out to someone that the SSP money for helping migrants was separate from the billions in the FEMA budget.

    The response I got?

    'I don’t give a shit. We shouldn’t be spending any FEMA money on illegals and should be helping Americans instead."

    They don’t listen. They don’t care. They don’t want to know.

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    Alright bros, have fun with no hurricane support!

    Alternatively anyone caught threatening a FEMA agent should be captured and released into the hurricane by plane with no parachute

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      I think a Presidential Order should be issued that someone making threats against those working for FEMA is considered terrorism. And then light up a few of these asshats if they fuck around - let them find out.