In chess, "the number of moves you can plan ahead in chess depends on your skill level and the position of the pieces on the board." I would assert having used the board or seen others use it in their family, the community, or media helps as a baseline too.
Privilege is not thinking it's an issue because you can't see how it will be a problem for you. So many people are clueless as to what the federal government funds and how the federal workforce ensures we don't have to think about how it all works.
Sadly, I think you're correct. I also think many people actively think that the people who are suffering deserve that fate and are gleeful when those they hate are hurt. The misguided linking of morality and success/health has done great harm to our society.
Yes, and we will see the impacts of this loss for decades as we lose the future generation of experienced federal workers, scientists, and professionals and reduce demand for these vital skills. We will lose rights, privacy, safety, and services while the class divide grows. The glee won’t last.
That & the best "fast fix" always costs way more and is less effective in the long term than any properly managed, preconstruction environmental planning and compliance effort. ❤️🩹
I spent 15 years as part of a FEMA disaster response team. No matter what the situation that got us there, the common thread was that local response infrastructure was either gone or well past capacity.
Most people don’t realize that they receive a wide panoply of services from federal agencies that make their lives a little better and often helps them maintain their lives under the illusion they are doing it all by themselves. We are now undergoing a social experiment of “let’s see what happens.”
More like “tear it all down because I’ve been woefully misled into thinking that other people who benefit from it don’t deserve it and are gaining it at my own expense.” I wish that this felt even a slight bit experimental but it’s just all spiteful.
It’s very spiteful, a whole voter base was tricked into believing anyone different is getting handouts they don’t deserve and it takes from them personally. See “welfare queen“ during Reagan, “migrant invasion”, and the farmer who didn’t read project 2025. They don’t see what the gov does for us all
...So, the only time tRump is going to call on FEMA to assist is when he overflows his Mar-A-Lago gold toilet with his own 💩, and gets orange skidmarks in his underwear‼️ 🎃🩳
I need flood insurance for my house. You know where ALL FLOOD INSURANCE GOES THROUGH? It all goes through FEMA no FEMA no flood coverage the most common damage and insurance claim in ALL of the US. He's going to kill hundreds of thousands maybe millions.
As a federal employee, I get so sad when I read social media posts where the uninformed celebrate the firing of federal employees and tell us to “go pick fruit.” Or “go pick up a shovel and make yourself useful.” I went to college for eight years, internship and two separate post-docs to do my job.
I'm sorry about the mean posts. I've never understood why people attack government workers and teachers. Unfortunately, many of those haters have no idea how anything works nor realize they are beneficiaries of the services they want to destroy. It's so frustrating. Hang in there
"go pick up a shovel and make yourself useful" meanwhile the ppl being told this are civil engineers making sure the massive cliff that person wants their house built near isn't going to "relocate" to the inside of their living room 🥴 the USGS surveyors protecting ppl from that river that might go-
...nah none of that's "useful". We don't need disease monitoring or food safety or to know if the mosquitos are suddenly extra extra deadly or if the bridges are safe, we obviously don't need to know if planes still work, they're only testing gravity now. I'm so sorry that this has happened. Not ok.
Parks are my happy place. Clean bathrooms are a necessity. Well maintained infrastructure means safety for all. Wildlife and trails that are not overwhelmed by visitors ignorant or uncaring about their impacts is one of the main reasons parks need staff.
45 and Musk plan to sell our public land.
Can we get press conferences every day at departments around the country talking about what was lost? People need to hear the impact and we need to be loud.
I can't believe I need to sub to Alt govt accounts again... This shit's sooo 2017; it's important, but, seriously, the people of this nation were like, "We want that again, but much worse!"?!
Meanwhile, in FL, the infamous governor wants to get rid of property taxes. Whatever could go wrong there? Going to fund fire departments & public libraries w lottery tickets, too?
He called it in for KY to later say that FEMA is incompetent. He’ll use it to justify why he fired so many in the first place. It’s a vicious cycle meant to confuse the people and create more strife amongst his loyalists so they keep on clinging to him.
Musk is a coward attacking agencies that provide humanitarian aid, emergency management and climate/natural resources management.
If he really wanted to stop waste and wasn’t a pathetic bully he’d have his minions downloading and exposing Department of Defence contracts and staff information.
That's their MO. They just demean, denigrate and disparage just to feed the rabid know-nothings. When it hits home, the wailing and gnashing of teeth begins. #magadowninflames
the counties in KY trump rescues with FEMA help voted 75%-80% for him, so of course they get more paper towels and $$$ after the flooding. Corruption is always at the core of anything trump does day by day.
I don’t know about that just the recent but just saw an article that Newsom set aside $2.5 of California’s own money . Make sense Biden would have helped.
This info came from California . Gov website.
Don't forget, dumbass has also pissed off Canadians who usually VOLUNTEER to go down to help with natural disasters in the US. We ain't going anymore -- local utilities won't be able to justify sending Canadian equipment to the US.. https://bsky.app/profile/waynechow.bsky.social/post/3l6o2zalbam2b
Since blue states consist of both MAGA and Dem voters, Trump will ultimately punish his own voters and blame it on the Dem governors in those states, enraging a desperate MAGA base that needs aid.
I was actually really surprised when he approved the funding for this reason. Andy Beshear openly supported Harris. And last time he denied a bunch of funding to NC with their dem governor.
The idiotic belief of this man. First, it took three days to authorize FEMA to help people. Then he guts the agency. How does no republican not see this as a problem? Why do they just roll over and accept this?
Why aren't the Democrats on the attack?
We the People must stand and fight.
Republicans led Congress & Senate have not shut down every illegal, unethical & conflict of interest thing this guy's done in the past weeks.
So sue, keep suing.
Its "worthless" unless you're one of his fanbois who is willing to secretly pay for the service.
Not the government, him personally.
One day it'll be obvious.
If you look at his speech patterns it becomes rather clear. Anything that doesn't directly make him rich is "worthless" or similar, everything he does grift from is "very good" or otherwise complimented.
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Looks like the goons figured out you don’t need to cut the funding if you just fire everyone; the unspent funds of a functionally dead department just end up back in the general fund at the end of a budget cycle
FEMA sent billions in aid to NC for hurricane relief, but the far right will say anything but the truth. FEMA workers are still here working hard. They are still sleeping in one of our local churches 5 months after the disaster. We can not trust state politicians to manage all aid relief.
Yup. He held them hostage until they agreed to pass the school vouchers. See, in TN, it’s illegal to do citizen initiated ballots, so we had no fucking say. Only the govt here did. 🤬
Yeah TN and NC passed school vouchers before Hurricane relief. That's why we can't trust the states to handle what FEMA does. They use the funds as political leverage.
Yes, because it will function less efficiently given its just been hacked to bits and then he will use that to claim that see, he was right all along. This is what he does.
FEMA might need some changes. I don't know enough about how it's run to make that determination. But, neither do Trump and Musk. What I know is that FEMA is mission critical. It saves lives and helps American recover from natural disasters. Crippling this organization shows they don't care.
Here’s the sleight of hand: Approve FEMA action while making sure no one is available to help or help is slow/ineffective. Then blame “deep state.” Then you can tear the whole org down.
Let’s not forget, these are the states that always vote “no” to help blue states. (Looking at you, Rand Paul, fake doctor). F them. Let ‘em learn to swim.
I'm kind of feeling some type of way about this because a child died in the floods in KY. I get the sentiment but some of us are pretty raw still. It's never ok for kids to go hungry, suffer, or die because adults were stupid.
Yeah, federal employees and soldiers take oath “to defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign or domestic.” What do you do if the president is the enemy?
Gotta get the MAGAts to wake up. They still think we are just mad about who won. Idgaf who won. It could be my candidate that won and I’d still be this pissed.
I was wondering what they were going to do without FEMA. It will be interesting to see how the response is and who will get blamed. Just another day at the rodeo. Ugh.
Firing the nuke people bc the boy toys dont know why they are important says that Musk is a cheap son of a bitch who, if he'd hired & paid older people with experience, he'd likely be done by now. But bless his little nazi heart he's giving the military time to decide what side they want to fight on
It's all about running a con. The Kentucky congressperson who got him to make an exception will support him when he needs a puppet again. There's nothing in his life that's not a transaction. And he always gets the bigger piece of the pie.
While my state of California still waits after our devastating wildfires. What "conditions" will be put on Kentucky? Extorting from states facing such losses is disgusting and unforgivable. This administration and the impotent maga congress are the embodiment of evil...period.
In the spring, southern and midwestern states always get destructive and deadly tornados … I guess they are on their own! - summer hurricane’s always hammer the southern states … I guess they are on their own, too!
The states that get the most FEMA dollars are all southern states!! These billion dollar disasters that happen more and more frequently will cripple some state and local governments. FAFO I guess.
Most people do not understand what FEMA is and what it pays for. California maintains the most Urban Search and Rescue Teams in the country. These teams are accessed, maintained and funded by FEMA. Stop the funding and CA will still have these trained individuals and Teams. The South, not so much…
This is Project 2025, pgs 134-135, 153-155. Shifting costs of disaster relief to the states. Red states are hit by hurricanes and by tornadoes more than any others. Flooding also hits red states hardest. Red states typically don’t have funds to rebuild. FAFO is a thing. It’s about to get real.
I'm in Kentucky and our buy nothing groups have people asking for clothes and food because of the flooding :// it doesn't help that we are getting a winter storm tonight and it will all freeze and be covered in snow, making it even harder to do stuff
You see, those funds are not meant to go to the people needing them and the staff assisting them, they are meant to now be redirected to him and his cronies
I work in a public hospital. We wouldn’t still be open if it weren’t for FEMA. Hospitals lost up to hundreds of millions of dollars during Covid. Without public hospitals, there will not be access to ERs for the majority of Americans.
He has to "appear" like he cares, so they will drink more kool-aid and blame the Demlibs for no help showing up. And then lead them to the kool-aid fountain again as they cheer their tax dollars being wasted in front of them at a car track. Hooray for U.S.!
My friend’s husband, who works for FEMA said someone had a heart attack at work from the stress of this. He said people park outside and follow them home. He said angry developers are now directly emailing Trump’s cronies to call out specific FEMA staff just so they can get their way.
It makes it so much easier to commit fraud with fewer layers. That's what he's banking on. And as long as it's his buddies and voters accruing that fraud money it's not illegal. Its only fraud when the people are brown.
Whoever is left at FEMA needs to give a press conference stating that the firings impedes their ability to help in the disaster zone and directly attribute any ramifications to DOGE and the Trump administration.
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https://bsky.app/profile/konspikuous.bsky.social/post/3lifsie4b322e
#KnowYourEnemy
#FAFO
https://www.euronews.com/2025/02/13/elon-musk-calls-for-us-to-delete-entire-agencies-from-federal-government
45 and Musk plan to sell our public land.
"We don't need no stinking FEMA, what have they ever done for us"
"Why is there noone to help us through this calamity!!!!!!"
This is a fucking mess!!
Uhh, there was.
https://floridabeginner.com/understanding-the-yearly-changes-in-florida-property-taxes/
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/gov-desantis-indicates-support-for-abolishing-property-taxes-in-florida/3545856/
Nature is not going to be kind and all people will suffer. Welcome to blissful ignorance folks.
Do your part.
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Is Trump aware of that?
https://youtu.be/cOeKidp-iWo?si=qhnNVQp_Xq_59DlJ
If he really wanted to stop waste and wasn’t a pathetic bully he’d have his minions downloading and exposing Department of Defence contracts and staff information.
https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccasolnit.bsky.social/post/3lidzhrr7v22g
Hopefully Democrats have strategy to move, when they do.
“In the 1980s there were about 3 months between billion-dollar disaster events, but over the last decade we are experiencing them every 3 weeks,”
- Gut the federal bureaucracy, reducing expenditures and public trust in institutions.
- Shift federal expenses to states while keeping tax revenue.
- Reward loyalists with the money they've freed up.
We are being robbed.
And it’s a payoff
We’re not idiot whisperers.
I think President Biden did that because he thought Drumpf wouldn’t do anything.
This info came from California . Gov website.
California. The polar opposite.
Annnnnd scene.
https://bsky.app/profile/waynechow.bsky.social/post/3l6o2zalbam2b
Blue states will continue to be denied aid.
Since blue states consist of both MAGA and Dem voters, Trump will ultimately punish his own voters and blame it on the Dem governors in those states, enraging a desperate MAGA base that needs aid.
It's coming.
Why aren't the Democrats on the attack?
We the People must stand and fight.
So sue, keep suing.
Not the government, him personally.
One day it'll be obvious.
Watch what he does not what he says .
Trickle-down.
Guess what? It's your turn but he waited until after his Daytona 500 visit...FEMA firings are set to increase...
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2UGopxy/
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You see, those funds are not meant to go to the people needing them and the staff assisting them, they are meant to now be redirected to him and his cronies
But it’s magic when Daddy uses it.
FEMA is hated because F47 didn't understand it the first term and was publicly embarrassed during the first disaster. He hates being embarrassed.