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nycfan said:


“… But almost instantly, FEMA ran into bureaucratic obstacles, four officials inside the agency told CNN.

As CNN has previously reported, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — whose department oversees FEMA — recently enacted a sweeping rule aimed at cutting spending: Every contract and grant over $100,000 now requires her personal sign-off before any funds can be released.

… For FEMA, where disaster response costs routinely soar into the billions as the agency contracts with on-the-ground crews, officials say that threshold is essentially “pennies,” requiring sign-off for relatively small expenditures.

… “We were operating under a clear set of guidance: lean forward, be prepared, anticipate what the state needs, and be ready to deliver it,” a longtime FEMA official told CNN. “That is not as clear of an intent for us at the moment.”

For example, as central Texas towns were submerged in rising waters, FEMA officials realized they couldn’t pre-position Urban Search and Rescue crews from a network of teams stationed regionally across the country.

In the past, FEMA would have swiftly staged these teams, which are specifically trained for situations including catastrophic floods, closer to a disaster zone in anticipation of urgent requests, multiple agency sources told CNN.

But even as Texas rescue crews raced to save lives, FEMA officials realized they needed Noem’s approval before sending those additional assets. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN….”
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donbosco said:
I often ponder which right-wing dictatorship this regime has learned the most lessons from.
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It seems that Trump and Orban have a warm relationship, and Trump's march to autocracy fits with Orban's elegant establishment of autocracy in Hungary.

I can imagine Trump calling Orban periodically for advice...

Trump: Hey Viktor it's Donald calling

Orban: How are things going since our last conservation ?

Trump: I think I'm making progress and appreciate your previous helpful advice

Orban: I'm glad to be of service

Trump: Following your advice, I now have loyal unthinking yes men in my administration this time around, neutering Congress, making some progress on neutering the judiciary, and have intimidated and instilled fear in those who would oppose me by initiating investigations to punish my political enemies.. Do you have any further advice what is left for me to do ?

Orban: I was successful in changing my country's Constitution, but I understand that doing so in your country will be a bit more complicated given what is necessary to do so. You have made more progress than I made at this early stage so take a break and rest on your laurels. Let's talk again in a month or two.

Trump : You are such a great friend and I appreciate what you are doing in your country, and thank you for your support as I continue to make our country more like yours
 
heelinhell said:
It seems that Trump and Orban have a warm relationship, and Trump's march to autocracy fits with Orban's elegant establishment of autocracy in Hungary.

I can imagine Trump calling Orban periodically for advice...

Trump: Hey Viktor it's Donald calling

Orban: How are things going since our last conservation ?

Trump: I think I'm making progress and appreciate your previous helpful advice

Orban: I'm glad to be of service

Trump: Following your advice, I now have loyal unthinking yes men in my administration this time around, neutering Congress, making some progress on neutering the judiciary, and have intimidated and instilled fear in those who would oppose me by initiating investigations to punish my political enemies.. Do you have any further advice what is left for me to do ?

Orban: I was successful in changing my country's Constitution, but I understand that doing so in your country will be a bit more complicated given what is necessary to do so. You have made more progress than I made at this early stage so take a break and rest on your laurels. Let's talk again in a month or two.

Trump : You are such a great friend and I appreciate what you are doing in your country, and thank you for your support as I continue to make our country more like yours
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Yeah, I don't think this is a close call. MAGA desperately wants us to be Hungary.

www.cbsnews.com

CPAC comes to Europe as alliance between the Trump White House and the international right grows

Trump administration officials, MAGA influencers and far-right leaders gathered in Poland and Hungary this week for CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference.
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heelinhell said:
It seems that Trump and Orban have a warm relationship, and Trump's march to autocracy fits with Orban's elegant establishment of autocracy in Hungary.
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"Mar-a-Lago calling," Orbán wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "Just had my first phone conversation with President @realDonaldTrump since the elections. We have big plans for the future!"
www.newsweek.com

Putin ally Orban says he and Donald Trump have "big plans"

Trump has praised Orbán for being "a great man" who is disliked by some because he is "too strong."
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This seems on the nose...though I was racking my brain thinking on the National Security States of Latin America...the closest that I could get was Pinochet in Chile but Fujimori in Peru was an intriguing idea for comparison.

And of course we do have strong example of Nazi Germany as a primer for so many things that Project 2025 an trumpism desire.
 
donbosco said:
This seems on the nose...though I was racking my brain thinking on the National Security States of Latin America...the closest that I could get was Pinochet in Chile but Fujimori in Peru was an intriguing idea for comparison.

And of course we do have strong example of Nazi Germany as a primer for so many things that Project 2025 an trumpism desire.
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Not sure if I read it here but someone floated the idea that MAGATs don’t really have a modern day equivalent of hardened WW1 vets like the Nazi party had. And without that they will not have the same success. Wishful thinking probably.
 
donbosco said:
This seems on the nose...though I was racking my brain thinking on the National Security States of Latin America...the closest that I could get was Pinochet in Chile but Fujimori in Peru was an intriguing idea for comparison.

And of course we do have strong example of Nazi Germany as a primer for so many things that Project 2025 an trumpism desire.
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trump = peron
 
HandsonFire said:
Not sure if I read it here but someone floated the idea that MAGATs don’t really have a modern day equivalent of hardened WW1 vets like the Nazi party had. And without that they will not have the same success. Wishful thinking probably.
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I was listening to Rachel Maddow's Ultra yesterday and the episode was about how the American far right got others to back a bunch of Nazi soldiers who executed American POWs after their Nazi lawyer at the Nuremberg trials made up stories of torture of the Nazis by Jewish American military police. It was all garbage, but the American right gleefully dove in to the misinformation. This was 1946. Americans dying at the hands of Germans were extremely fresh in their mind, and yet the hate-filled assholes got on board backing 100% genuine Nazis without a problem.

Rest assured, the success rate in modern America will be very high. A good chunk of the US lives on hatred and fear and desperately wants to eliminate their enemies.
 
I can no longer access Trump’s Truth Social posts without creating an account, and I refuse to sign up there, so henceforth I will be reliant on second hand confirmations of his posts. Like this one.

 
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