Comments on: FEMA Sounds The Alarm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/25/fema-sounds-the-alarm/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:00:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/25/fema-sounds-the-alarm/#comment-220967 Kick Wed, 27 Aug 2025 23:17:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26728#comment-220967 Nice writeup, CW. :) Nice writeup, CW. :)

]]> By: BashiBazouk http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/25/fema-sounds-the-alarm/#comment-220963 BashiBazouk Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:17:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26728#comment-220963 Look at the bright side, those red states will have to recall their national guard troops from sanctuary cities to deal with the hurricane aftermath... Look at the bright side, those red states will have to recall their national guard troops from sanctuary cities to deal with the hurricane aftermath...

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/25/fema-sounds-the-alarm/#comment-220962 nypoet22 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 19:42:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26728#comment-220962 a noun, a verb, and Jeffrey Epstein. as it should be. a noun, a verb, and Jeffrey Epstein.

as it should be.

]]> By: Mezzomamma http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/25/fema-sounds-the-alarm/#comment-220961 Mezzomamma Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:27:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26728#comment-220961 It grieves me to say that refusing help to the "Black, Brown, Indigenous, rural, and low-income communities" is what a lot of people like about Trump. It grieves me to say that refusing help to the "Black, Brown, Indigenous, rural, and low-income communities" is what a lot of people like about Trump.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/25/fema-sounds-the-alarm/#comment-220959 John M from Ct. Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:14:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26728#comment-220959 Excellent coverage of a new angle on the ongoing problem of Trump's dismantling of the public welfare roles of the federal government. He still likes the federal government, of course: when it can benefit him and his cronies and supporters. Lower interest rates for bond-holders, using federal law enforcement to terrorize his enemies, institutionalizing white superiority, etc. But helping the common people? And even worse, helping the most marginalized sectors of the common people (as this petition points out): the "Black, Brown, Indigenous, rural, and low-income communities"? God forbid, it seems. As so often, I have to wonder just what will be the national reaction when (not if) a large natural disaster hits in the next few months, and the FEMA response is as pitifully inadequate, or more, as it was for Katrina. Will it be clear that it is Trump's fault? Will the media cover it from that angle, as they should - especially after the publication of this petition? And when, oh when, will the U.S. Congress find itself a collective pair of balls or ovaries and actually start to combat the president's ongoing takeover of their constitutional duties, rights, and 'checks and balances'? Thanks for this, Chris. Excellent coverage of a new angle on the ongoing problem of Trump's dismantling of the public welfare roles of the federal government.

He still likes the federal government, of course: when it can benefit him and his cronies and supporters. Lower interest rates for bond-holders, using federal law enforcement to terrorize his enemies, institutionalizing white superiority, etc.

But helping the common people? And even worse, helping the most marginalized sectors of the common people (as this petition points out): the "Black, Brown, Indigenous, rural, and low-income communities"? God forbid, it seems.

As so often, I have to wonder just what will be the national reaction when (not if) a large natural disaster hits in the next few months, and the FEMA response is as pitifully inadequate, or more, as it was for Katrina. Will it be clear that it is Trump's fault? Will the media cover it from that angle, as they should - especially after the publication of this petition?

And when, oh when, will the U.S. Congress find itself a collective pair of balls or ovaries and actually start to combat the president's ongoing takeover of their constitutional duties, rights, and 'checks and balances'?

Thanks for this, Chris.

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