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"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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

What the actual fuck is happening. I cannot with this shit anymore

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

That's domestic terrorism. These militia should be hunted down and exterminated by the army

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

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?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

REAL Americans who Care about One Another Just as Jesus intended THREATEN TO MURDER AID WORKERS, CALL IN BOMB THREATS TO CHILDRENS HOSPITALS and FIGHT KIDS IN SCHOOLS!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

on one hand I hate stupid conspiracy theorists, on the other hand terrorism shouldn't be illegal when it only effects the feds.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Seriously it should be simple. Biden should tell Trump to denounce these people completely, call them the disgrace they are, ask for them to surrender to be imprisoned and if Trump doesn't comply, he needs to be labeled officially as an enemy of the state.

That would also make it so all that give him aid are guilty of treason.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Make sure every affected person understands whose side the militia is on and who’s on the side of FEMA

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

I mean, not that many countries just allow various militias to form & roam around.

It's different if the militia is born out of a political party-ish movement with significant support within the country. In that case any action has political consequences & as such up to politically political politicians.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

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”.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

The red state governors are just mad because they can't divert the FEMA funds directly into their own causes. (and pockets).

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