William Lindsey :toad:
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"Despite Trump officially activating FEMA on Sunday, FEMA has just 86 total staff deployed at this point, according to figures shared with staff Monday evening. That includes a national incident management team, plus regional and headquarter staff. In the past it would normally be in the several hundreds at this point in the disaster recovery process. 'We are doing a lot less than normal,' the FEMA staffer said."

~ Marisa Kabas

#ClimateChange#FEMA#Trump#Texas
/9

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-response-deadly-texas-floods-delayed-deficient-noem
William Lindsey :toad:
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"Planet-heating pollution tripled the death toll from the 'quietly devastating' heatwave that seared Europe at the end of June, early analysis covering a dozen cities has found, as experts said the worsening health crisis is being overlooked."

~ Nicola Slawson

#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming #heatwave#Europe#DeathToll
/10

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/first-thing-supreme-court-clears-way-trump-mass-fire-federal-workers
William Lindsey :toad:
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"As these communities are still searching for their missing relatives, the corrupt Supreme Court conservative majority, also groomed and picked by billionaire, right-wing money, allowed Trump on Tuesday to continue dismantling critical government agencies without Congressional approval."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump#Texas#SupremeCourt#EconomicElites #corruption #authoritarianism
/11

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-billionaire-death-march-might
William Lindsey :toad:
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"In a repulsive show of cowardice and buck-passing, Texas Governor Greg Abbott went on a bizarre tangent about how asking who’s to blame for the historic flood disaster that has killed at least 111 people was for 'losers' and compared the tragedy to…a football game."

~ Daily Dose of Democracy

#ClimateChange #NWS#NOAA#FEMA#Trump#Texas#GregAbbott
/13

https://doseofdemocracy.com/greg-abbott-denigrates-flood-victims-in-vile-exchange/
William Lindsey :toad:
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"As both the death toll and number of questions about official preparedness increased, the Texas governor invoked football metaphors, saying 'every team makes mistakes.' ...

Mr. Abbott said asking about blame was 'the word choice of losers,' and then invoked a beloved Texas tradition — football — as he deflected questions about accountability for a disaster that has left at least 111 people dead and more than 170 missing."

~ Jack Healy

#Trump#Texas#GregAbbott
/14

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/abbott-blame-floods-losers-football.html