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   Adrian Roselli (aardrian@toot.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jul-2025 06:36:18 JST Adrian Roselli

   Noem delays FEMA flood response (including search & rescue) in Texas by three days:
   https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/fema-texas-flood-noem

   Noem is using that slow response as an excuse to cut FEMA:
   https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5393277-noem-fema-elimination-texas-flooding/

   This is what the administration does — defunds orgs, blames them for it, justifies to end or privatize them.

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     Adrian Roselli (aardrian@toot.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jul-2025 06:36:17 JST Adrian Roselli

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     The day before the floods, Texas Observer laid out the stark reality of Texas’ denial and Trumps cuts:
     https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-texas-doge-cuts-disaster-aid/

     But instead of connecting the dots, people are threatening a political cartoonist for maybe insulting dear leader:
     https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/11/buffalo-cartoon-flood-threats-00448272

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     Adrian Roselli (aardrian@toot.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jul-2025 06:36:18 JST Adrian Roselli

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     Looks like a lot of incompetence from Texas officials may have resulted in many / most deaths:
     https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/texas-flood-local-response.html

     Because they don’t learn lessons:
     https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene

     And Noem purged FEMA call centers the day after the flood while otherwise dodging accountability:
     https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/climate/fema-missed-calls-texas-floods.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Vk8.r96a.4fjLaR8OXWTV&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

     Arbitrary and capricious.

     Mr. Bill repeated this.