So, when they try to deflect blame and say "Trump's cuts hadn't taken effect yet," keep this in mind.

FEMA is dead. The states are on their own, they just weren't given any time to prepare.

It used to be that there were consequences for fuckery like this. Congressional hearings, firings, resignations, getting blackballed from employment, and even impeachments. Now, it’s just another day with this inept and evil administration, and everyone just shrugs their shoulders.

🤮

On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors and answered 3,018, or roughly 99.7%, the documents show. Contractors with four call center companies answered the vast majority of the calls.

That evening, however, Noem did not renew the contracts with the four companies and hundreds of contractors were fired, according to the documents and the person briefed on the matter.

The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or roughly 35.8%, according to the documents. And on Monday, July 7, the agency fielded 16,419 calls and answered 2,613, or around 15.9%, the documents show.

How could they not use AI??? (/s)

That's what they wanted. Small government. Bootstrap. All that. Feds have been widely lambasted, shit on, gutted for resources, and now those left operate in a constant state of fear and worry just trying to do a decent job for this so-called society.

Get fucked.

Edit: see the comment below pointing out precisely what I'm getting at. This county asked for it and its unsurprising.

https://lemmy.zip/comment/20150290

Oh, we know exactly who killed those people trump and noem are murderers

I really hope these people I knew of who purposely moved to Texas to support Texas politics lost their home. 🤞

Is that mean of me? No, these people constantly voted for things that hurt or even killed people around me. They pushed beliefs that actively harm other people. I would have zero remorse if my wishful thinking came true.

As for what we do next, I wish my state would stop paying federal taxes.

Im just picturing a Republican voter with a trump flag blaming Biden while his house is washed away

Trust Republicans to take a government program that was already limping along and make it a hundred times worse.

Texans who voted for these dumbasses deserve the pain. Those who didn't, they need to get better organized and get their state sorted out. This shit isn't going to improve and the next time is gonna be worse than the last.

See, government doesn't work. /s

They voted for it to be abolished so to be expected.

alt headline: one min wage employee struggles to keep up with 1000 phones

Welcome to Republican-run taxpayer-paid public services. Why provide efficient public services when billionaires are waiting for another tax break?