Your first-hand knowledge pales in comparison to Trump and Elon’s red pill enema of truthiness that can only be acquired on X.
www.bpr.org
There is no equivalence at all between Kanye (now, of course, a MAGA diehard), who was then a random rapper, making that sort of criticism, and the literal leader of the Republican Party doing it while compelling all of his most powerful subordinates to do the same.
So I'm confused. Are we for ruthless American self bootstrapping or large scale government assistance programs for people down on their luck
Here's an article about it:
wlos.com
Thank you for that link. Great story! Being serious, not sarcastic - that story has "ripped from the headlines, made for TV movie" written all over it
Inside the dash to save the Getty Villa from the Palisades fire: A timeline
The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and within two hours, the fast-moving blaze had reached the grounds. Here's how the staff, museum and precious art were kept safe.www.latimes.com
Is it your contention that state and local officials didn't handle this correctly? What does "correctly" even mean in this case, what does "incorrectly" mean? What multi-year set of decisions do you see as creating an environment where this was handled incorrectly?
I'm pretty far from a bleeding heart, but kicking folks out of their hotels (after a disaster) in 14 degree weather seems a bit harsh. We treat "migrants" better than that by putting them up in Manhattan hotels and giving them debit cards.Here's an article about it:
Thousands in Western NC may lose FEMA housing aid as winter storm looms
Thousands of Western North Carolina families may be without housing as the winter storm approaches.
If FEMA is incorrectly applying the regulations and ending support for people who should be continuing to receive assistance, then that would be a problem. But if FEMA is correctly applying the rules that govern the program, perhaps your complaint should be to legislators to (1) increase FEMA's funding (rather than constantly seeking to decrease it, as Republicans have done) and/or (2) change the rules around how long aid can be provide
The machinations of a jackanape...
FEMA has also offered extensions to those who otherwise qualify if they reach out to renew their applications.Here's an article about it:
Thousands in Western NC may lose FEMA housing aid as winter storm looms
Thousands of Western North Carolina families may be without housing as the winter storm approaches.
If FEMA is incorrectly applying the regulations and ending support for people who should be continuing to receive assistance, then that would be a problem. But if FEMA is correctly applying the rules that govern the program, perhaps your complaint should be to legislators to (1) increase FEMA's funding (rather than constantly seeking to decrease it, as Republicans have done) and/or (2) change the rules around how long aid can be provided?
Yeah, but you looked it up. That wasn’t fair.More than half in WNC hotels through FEMA program to be forced out this weekend
More than half in WNC hotels through FEMA program to be forced out this weekend
A FEMA review found 3,500 families living in government-paid-for hotel rooms weren't eligible for the hotel program and must leave by Jan. 11.
FEMA says the reasons a person might be ineligible for ongoing hotel assistance include:
FEMA said representatives have tried to contact people as many as eight times before labeling them ineligible.
- Their home is considered habitable.
- They declined an inspection of their residence to verify it was damaged.
- FEMA has been unable to contact the applicant to update their housing needs, despite multiple attempts.
"It’s important for survivors to keep in touch with FEMA, provide regular updates on housing status and update contact information so their recovery process is not delayed," FEMA spokesperson wrote in an email to BPR.
I mean it's going to be that cold in the mountains for a few weeks; do you suggest people who aren't entitled to aid continue to receive it for weeks more until the weather is warm again?
My hunch is that the majority of folks who are being threatened with termination of services are folks who didn't follow through on the process and it's likely they never submitted an application to continue services, didn't respond to attempts to contact them, or they didn't follow through with getting an updated inspection on their permanent property.
Right and if you let those people stay in hotels and a bunch of them turn out to not have been eligible then six months from now the MAGA crew would be screaming about fraud in the system and how the government doesn't track how the money is spent. There's no winning with a group whose primary objective is to tear down the government at all costs.
If you really grew up in WNC, surely you still have friends or family up here. What are they saying? You don't have to rely on the increasingly garbage-filled twitter. What are your personal experiences with FEMA in WNC?
You're pretty far from credible, that's for sure.
It's the Republican way - use whatever argument works at the time to attack Democrats. It's literally a no-win scenario with them - Democrats use government power and get attacked, they don't use it and get attacked. Very neat system for them.
