CURRENT EVENTS July 6 - *

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Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.

The lack of responsiveness happened because the agency had fired hundreds of contractors at call centers, according to a person briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal matters.

The agency laid off the contractors on July 5 after their contracts expired and were not extended, according to the documents and the person briefed on the matter. Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, who has instituted a new requirement that she personally approve expenses over $100,000, did not renew the contracts until Thursday, five days after the contracts expired. FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
 
BillOfRights said:
He said he could shoot someone on fifth avenue and not lose any supporters. He should just release the list and admit that he raped underage girls. I doubt he'd lose many supporters. He wouldn't lose supporters in Congress or his cabinet or on this board.
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Indeed. I can already hear the excuses and defenses from MAGA Nation if something like that was to occur. I recall reading a story within the last couple of years that was yet another of the seemingly endless scandals of fundamentalist preachers getting caught assaulting/raping underage girls or boys. In that case the preacher's lawyer's defense was that the accuser (she had been about twelve years old when the rapes happened) had "seduced" the preacher into having an "affair". I'm sure any defense of Trump would pursue some such line - all of these teen girls just throwing themselves at Dear Leader, so it was all their fault.
 
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