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allegorical oracle

(5,789 posts)
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 06:10 PM Thursday

Noem forcing FEMA staff to tell on colleagues or be fired.

Staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been warned they’ll face termination if they don’t tattle on who signed an open letter criticizing Kristi Noem and Donald Trump’s disaster response plans.

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Of the 192 current and former FEMA employees who signed the damning open letter, 154 chose to remain anonymous. A division within FEMA that investigates employee misconduct is now interviewing staff members and pressuring them to reveal who signed or distributed the letter under threat of dismissal if they refuse to comply, sources told Bloomberg.

The letter cited a new rule imposed by Noem requiring her to review all DHS contracts and grants over $100,000 as a key concern.

That added layer of bureaucracy was blamed for delaying the approval of vital federal aid for flood-ravaged parts of Texas in July—which left around 135 people dead—for three days.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fema-workers-ordered-to-out-ice-barbie-critics-or-be-fired/ar-AA1Oaff0

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Ilsa

(63,428 posts)
2. I hope they all start pointing fingers at each other.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 06:17 PM
Thursday

I'm surprised Noem's kids are alive. She seems more like an "eat her young" mother.

Rat each other out! You won't believe what it does for morale!

allegorical oracle

(5,789 posts)
8. I worked with FEMA as a reservist and can attest to how close staffs become
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 06:50 PM
Thursday

during disasters. I made lifelong friends (all retired, now). They truly do that work to help people. Plus, the full-timers aren't a large contingent, which is why they call up reservists to assist. Am sure the letter was intended to be a sincere effort to correct serious inadequacies. But no well-meaning advice from experienced personnel is welcome in this ship of fools.

Brenda

(1,847 posts)
4. She's either not human or not sane.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 06:29 PM
Thursday

That goes double for all the other Chump Crew.

One day MAGA will just fucking HAVE to wake up and see that these people are acting like Nazis, not Americans. They do not speak, behave, believe or act in the way that the United States of America's Constitution and laws were written.

MAGA relies on lies and uh, more lies to make people agree with their agenda.

AI enables them to create fake videos of violent chaos in Portland, or anywhere, then send it out as fact.

But they seem to have forgotten LIVE streaming is a thing.

Cops dancing with unicorns in Portland is what's REALLY happening.

And just because this has been a very slow hurricane season, NATURE BATS LAST.


allegorical oracle

(5,789 posts)
9. Would like to believe that this administration knows how inexperienced it is. But that
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 06:54 PM
Thursday

would be admitting you don't know it all -- and that's viewed as weakness. So they bluster around breaking things.

travelingthrulife

(3,470 posts)
10. Does Puppy Killer realize she has surrounded herself with ruthless killers?
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 06:55 PM
Thursday

How many of those does she want to piss off?

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