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lonely bird

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Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2025, 11:09 AM

May 19

Tom Cole (R-Asshat) says FEMA needs to be reformed.

In what fucking way?

Great that a Republican shithead actually had a cogent thought about not throwing the baby out with the bath water. Wonderful. Yet we have not seen one fucking instance of what “reform” would look like, how it would be implemented and what plans would be created in the event that the law of unintended consequences rears its ravenous head.

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FEMA under fire: Trump slashes, GOP sweats [View all] BumRushDaShow May 19 OP

GQP should have not foreseen this?.............. Lovie777 May 19 #1

Greed is a social disease which, like syphilis, eventually leaves the sufferer completely mad. So, no brain. Magoo48 May 19 #14

That's right stinky. Cut FEMA right before hurricane season. Ray Bruns May 19 #2

Yep get the red out May 19 #3

And right as... 2naSalit May 19 #7

I watched live video of tornado chasers last night. Wondering if Go Fund Me is going to replace FEMA for victims. usonian May 19 #4

So lonely bird May 19 #5

UPDATED: FEMA is a no show!! SWBTATTReg May 19 #6

They may be, "uncomfortable," Bayard May 19 #8

Yes, FEMA needs to be reformed. Away from the Bush FEMA that gutted the agency to the LiberalArkie May 19 #9

We're a nation prone to tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods. patphil May 19 #10

And that is not counting the winter BumRushDaShow May 19 #11

Yup, we've got it all that Mother Nature can throw at us. patphil May 19 #12

Hey Red States -- Fk Trump and fk you for voting for him! OMGWTF May 19 #13

Dear New Orleans: Unless you had the Dutch come in and build dikes since Katrina, I suggest evacuation... Hekate May 19 #15

"Fire Season" out West is now year round. We do get some notice & really rely on it. But there's no notice for quakes. Hekate May 19 #16

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