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"Marcy Wheeler of EmptyWheel notes that one reason Noem has been cutting so ferociously at FEMA is because she has run through the money Congress allocated for HHS with her single-minded focus on immigration."

It has to be noted: a lot of Americans voted for this to be done to themselves and family members. Those voters need to be held accountable for what they chose for themselves — and all of us.

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Florida Governor DeSantis refused to release names of people the state has forcibly interned in the Everglades, but today the Miami Herald released a list confirmed by DHS. archive.ph/2025.07.13-114542/h (archived version, no paywall).

I don't know who needs to hear this, but Joe Biden did not take office until January 20, 2021. Everything bad you remember happening during the pandemic all happened while Donald Trump was President.

As Heather Cox Richardson reports today, we now know that the day after the lethal floods occurred in Texas, Kristi Noem did not renew the contracts for four call center companies answering emergency calls for FEMA help — so that on July 6, FEMA answered only 35.8% of the calls it received and the following day, only 15.9%:

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Newlywed detained by ICE freed after 141 days and two deportation attempts
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WELKER: “NYT is reporting thousands of calls from flood victims to FEMA went unanswered because you didn't renew contracts to keep call centers staffed.” NOEM: “Fake news.” Again: ‘1984’ is upon us.

Ukrainian troops conducted a precision strike on July 12, 2025, neutralizing a russian FPV-drone operator cell responsible for the attack that killed one-year-old Dmytryk in Kherson region.

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@n3wjack Buy yourself a Cameo or a Cricut, and make your own. Fun and easy! @spiegelmama

Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.

Other park goers complained that regular guests were experiencing delays and long lines because of the additional security and rides being shut down for the Vance taxpayer funded family trip to the Disney theme park.
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Rest in Peace David Gergen ==================== Perhaps, (and that's a huge perhaps), our country would still be proud and free for all if you were the Chief Adviser in the White House! Sadly, today's Taco & Admin would probably not take your sage advice. -------------

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