Gutting FEMA won’t make it more responsive, just like getting rid of it won’t make disaster response better. It lets communities fend for themselves in their darkest hour.
That’s not reform. That’s abandonment.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
That’s not reform. That’s abandonment.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
thehill.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Gutting FEMA won’t make it more responsive, just like getting rid of it won’t make disaster response better. It lets communities fend for themselves in their darkest hour.
That’s not reform. That’s abandonment.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
That’s not reform. That’s abandonment.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
In a normal government (responsive to a normal democratic feedback loop), the Trump FAA rolling disaster would have already resulted in multiple high-level resignations.
www.denverpost.com/2025/05/15/d...
www.denverpost.com/2025/05/15/d...
Denver airport air traffic control went out for 6 minutes on Monday, report says
Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn’t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, according to reporting fr…
www.denverpost.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In a normal government (responsive to a normal democratic feedback loop), the Trump FAA rolling disaster would have already resulted in multiple high-level resignations.
www.denverpost.com/2025/05/15/d...
www.denverpost.com/2025/05/15/d...
First because it's fucking papering over history.
And secondly asking your legislators to be responsive to its constituents on things that government is responsible for like education and disaster relief is democracy
And secondly asking your legislators to be responsive to its constituents on things that government is responsible for like education and disaster relief is democracy
June 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
First because it's fucking papering over history.
And secondly asking your legislators to be responsive to its constituents on things that government is responsible for like education and disaster relief is democracy
And secondly asking your legislators to be responsive to its constituents on things that government is responsible for like education and disaster relief is democracy
If only they'd included the Homewood branch. An unmitigated disaster of a post office: long lines, packages routinely lost/misdelivered, zero responsive to complaints.
One of these is my PO and I am completely unshocked. I'd say at least 20% of my Informed Delivery shows up weeks later or never.
www.wmar2news.com/matterformal...
www.wmar2news.com/matterformal...
Missing keys, delayed mail, and inaccurate scans: What a federal audit found at Baltimore-area post offices
A federal audit found delayed mail, missing postal keys and other problems at four Baltimore-area post offices as customers continue to report missing packages and stolen checks.
www.wmar2news.com
October 8, 2026 at 12:19 PM
If only they'd included the Homewood branch. An unmitigated disaster of a post office: long lines, packages routinely lost/misdelivered, zero responsive to complaints.
today's DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS is a really thoughtful conversation with a social scientist at FEMA about why they do the work, what's important about it, and what pulling all this damage may mean in the future for disaster preparedness.
Disaster Response is Democracy
We are losing our ability to build a responsive, smart, and nimble government that can meet the challenges of today, much less those of tomorrow.
golikehellmachine.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
today's DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS is a really thoughtful conversation with a social scientist at FEMA about why they do the work, what's important about it, and what pulling all this damage may mean in the future for disaster preparedness.
😡 Biden had response teams ahead of the disaster and he had 17% more staff and 30% more funding. His "setup" was more prepared and responsive than you now have it!
July 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
😡 Biden had response teams ahead of the disaster and he had 17% more staff and 30% more funding. His "setup" was more prepared and responsive than you now have it!
Fascinating thing - to me as an organisational nerd - about my dealings with UPS is that their call centre has been great and incredibly responsive. It's just that the core USP of 'delivering an object from Tamworth to central London' has been a disaster.
April 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Fascinating thing - to me as an organisational nerd - about my dealings with UPS is that their call centre has been great and incredibly responsive. It's just that the core USP of 'delivering an object from Tamworth to central London' has been a disaster.
Chef Jose Andres had already set up operations in the Ferrari garage before Charles even got there. The man is more responsive to the Ferrari disaster than their engineers
August 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Chef Jose Andres had already set up operations in the Ferrari garage before Charles even got there. The man is more responsive to the Ferrari disaster than their engineers
This GOP BULLSHIT will immediately create a paperwork disaster that will disenfranchise MILLIONS.
Can you lay your hands on ALL of the required documentation?
How long will it take to obtain official copies from a non-responsive GOP controlled government?
#USDemocracy
Can you lay your hands on ALL of the required documentation?
How long will it take to obtain official copies from a non-responsive GOP controlled government?
#USDemocracy
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SAVE Act: House Passes GOP Voting Bill That Could Disenfranchise Millions...
To vote, you will need PHOTO ID, birth certificate plus marriage license or divorce decree if you changed your name.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/house-passes-save-act-voter-suppression-law/
To vote, you will need PHOTO ID, birth certificate plus marriage license or divorce decree if you changed your name.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/house-passes-save-act-voter-suppression-law/
SAVE Act: House Passes GOP Voting Bill That Could Disenfranchise Millions
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This GOP BULLSHIT will immediately create a paperwork disaster that will disenfranchise MILLIONS.
Can you lay your hands on ALL of the required documentation?
How long will it take to obtain official copies from a non-responsive GOP controlled government?
#USDemocracy
Can you lay your hands on ALL of the required documentation?
How long will it take to obtain official copies from a non-responsive GOP controlled government?
#USDemocracy
there needs to be a disaster movie where the government is benevolent, competent and responsive and their response is undermined by slackjawed militias who think the government is behind the disaster
October 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
there needs to be a disaster movie where the government is benevolent, competent and responsive and their response is undermined by slackjawed militias who think the government is behind the disaster
I hope you can persist somehow in the face of Dump’s cruelty, revenge against his perceived enemies, and probable devastation of FEMA so immediately responsive under Pete Buttigieg after every disaster 🙏😄
I just secured a commitment from major mortgage lenders to offer a 90-day grace period on mortgage payments for their customers impacted by the LA firestorm.
Devastated residents should be able to concentrate on their immediate needs, not worry about paying these bills.
Devastated residents should be able to concentrate on their immediate needs, not worry about paying these bills.
January 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I hope you can persist somehow in the face of Dump’s cruelty, revenge against his perceived enemies, and probable devastation of FEMA so immediately responsive under Pete Buttigieg after every disaster 🙏😄
REDFIN: “.. This year marked the first time since 2010 that low-risk homes across three major climate categories—heat, fire and flood—gained value faster than high-risk homes. That may be a sign Americans are growing more responsive to natural disasters.”
www.redfin.com/news/home-va...
www.redfin.com/news/home-va...
Homes With Low Natural Disaster Risk Are Rising in Value Faster Than Homes With High Risk for the First Time in Over a Decade
This year marked the first time since 2010 that low-risk homes across three categories—heat, fire and flood—gained value faster than high-risk homes.
www.redfin.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:20 PM
REDFIN: “.. This year marked the first time since 2010 that low-risk homes across three major climate categories—heat, fire and flood—gained value faster than high-risk homes. That may be a sign Americans are growing more responsive to natural disasters.”
www.redfin.com/news/home-va...
www.redfin.com/news/home-va...
I see what you mean. I'm seeing a lot of people behaving like those experiencing disaster are being foolish, so it read that way to me. We obviously need more responsive infrastructure
September 30, 2024 at 12:57 PM
I see what you mean. I'm seeing a lot of people behaving like those experiencing disaster are being foolish, so it read that way to me. We obviously need more responsive infrastructure
American federalism is often touted as a source of local democratic engagement, political innovation, and responsive public policy.
But in practice, it has served as a laboratory of autocracy and inequality.
But in practice, it has served as a laboratory of autocracy and inequality.
Federalism Is a Disaster for the Working Class
American federalism is often touted as a source of local democratic engagement, political innovation, and responsive public policy. But in practice, it has served as a laboratory of autocracy and inequality.
jacobin.com
June 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
American federalism is often touted as a source of local democratic engagement, political innovation, and responsive public policy.
But in practice, it has served as a laboratory of autocracy and inequality.
But in practice, it has served as a laboratory of autocracy and inequality.
Elon Musk put fields of Tesla batteries on the Memphis aquifer. I asked Shelby County for its disaster plan for them.
The answer: no responsive records. The plan is from 2021 and covers five hazards. Batteries aren't one.
https://rachelandthecity.substack.com/p/xais-tesla-megapacks-sit-over-the
The answer: no responsive records. The plan is from 2021 and covers five hazards. Batteries aren't one.
https://rachelandthecity.substack.com/p/xais-tesla-megapacks-sit-over-the
September 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Elon Musk put fields of Tesla batteries on the Memphis aquifer. I asked Shelby County for its disaster plan for them.
The answer: no responsive records. The plan is from 2021 and covers five hazards. Batteries aren't one.
https://rachelandthecity.substack.com/p/xais-tesla-megapacks-sit-over-the
The answer: no responsive records. The plan is from 2021 and covers five hazards. Batteries aren't one.
https://rachelandthecity.substack.com/p/xais-tesla-megapacks-sit-over-the
Joe has had enough. He's not always a guy you agree with on policy. (Although also not a complete disaster.) But maybe the best councilman in regard to direct constituent service. Responsive, calm, reasonable. Dying breed. www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
Council Member Joe Giarrusso won’t run for open at-large New Orleans City Council seat
District A Council Member Joe Giarrusso will move into the private sector at the end of his current term on the city council. Here's how that could shake up the mayor's race.
www.nola.com
November 11, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Joe has had enough. He's not always a guy you agree with on policy. (Although also not a complete disaster.) But maybe the best councilman in regard to direct constituent service. Responsive, calm, reasonable. Dying breed. www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
The new Web Weekly is just about to hit all the inboxes. 📫
If you want to stay up to date with the web platform, you should check it out. 👇
www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...
If you want to stay up to date with the web platform, you should check it out. 👇
www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...
June 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The new Web Weekly is just about to hit all the inboxes. 📫
If you want to stay up to date with the web platform, you should check it out. 👇
www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...
If you want to stay up to date with the web platform, you should check it out. 👇
www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...
we have some pretty responsive landlords who have already taken a look so hopefully this won’t be an ongoing disaster
February 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
we have some pretty responsive landlords who have already taken a look so hopefully this won’t be an ongoing disaster
#PreCOP31 | FWRM and our Young Feminist Network (YFemN) are at Pre-COP31 in Nadi, handing Pacific leaders our "Revitalising Feminist Knowledge: 10 Key Demands" on gender responsive disaster planning and preparedness.
Read the 10 Key Demands: tinyurl.com/3tedz7aa
Read the 10 Key Demands: tinyurl.com/3tedz7aa
October 6, 2026 at 9:11 AM
#PreCOP31 | FWRM and our Young Feminist Network (YFemN) are at Pre-COP31 in Nadi, handing Pacific leaders our "Revitalising Feminist Knowledge: 10 Key Demands" on gender responsive disaster planning and preparedness.
Read the 10 Key Demands: tinyurl.com/3tedz7aa
Read the 10 Key Demands: tinyurl.com/3tedz7aa
The benefits of disaster recovery in a state with a strong fiscal position and responsive legislators: Colorado passes a law that exempts survivors of wildfires from having to pay sales and use taxes on building materials
Sales Use Tax Exemption Wildfire Disaster Construction | Colorado General Assembly
leg.colorado.gov
September 22, 2023 at 3:07 PM
The benefits of disaster recovery in a state with a strong fiscal position and responsive legislators: Colorado passes a law that exempts survivors of wildfires from having to pay sales and use taxes on building materials
Middle size nations are more responsive to voters and pose less of a threat if they are overrun by a fascist, a more compartmentalized disaster.
The USA, a large country, is a threat to the world as we exist today.
The USA, a large country, is a threat to the world as we exist today.
April 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Middle size nations are more responsive to voters and pose less of a threat if they are overrun by a fascist, a more compartmentalized disaster.
The USA, a large country, is a threat to the world as we exist today.
The USA, a large country, is a threat to the world as we exist today.
hell, off top of head i shut down hundreds of bogus scams, donation fakes, dangerous medical info during/post-fukushima disaster all lurking in search engines, social sites etc. every single misdirected donation could have cost lives. the orgs ferrying this junk were not exactly super responsive
December 21, 2024 at 3:57 PM
hell, off top of head i shut down hundreds of bogus scams, donation fakes, dangerous medical info during/post-fukushima disaster all lurking in search engines, social sites etc. every single misdirected donation could have cost lives. the orgs ferrying this junk were not exactly super responsive
The Trump Administration’s attack on weather reporting agencies and natural disaster response should concern all of us.
Without support from the federal government, our communities will now be less resilient and less responsive to deadly and catastrophic weather events.
Without support from the federal government, our communities will now be less resilient and less responsive to deadly and catastrophic weather events.
July 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Trump Administration’s attack on weather reporting agencies and natural disaster response should concern all of us.
Without support from the federal government, our communities will now be less resilient and less responsive to deadly and catastrophic weather events.
Without support from the federal government, our communities will now be less resilient and less responsive to deadly and catastrophic weather events.
Oh man. This is a disaster. This is an American problem where people expect a proactive and responsive government but no one wants to pay for it.
June 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Oh man. This is a disaster. This is an American problem where people expect a proactive and responsive government but no one wants to pay for it.
My disaster of an emotionally responsive dog was the reason I finally got anxiety treatment and probably saved my life many times. The floofs save so many people.
Save a floof - save your future self.
Save a floof - save your future self.
July 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
My disaster of an emotionally responsive dog was the reason I finally got anxiety treatment and probably saved my life many times. The floofs save so many people.
Save a floof - save your future self.
Save a floof - save your future self.