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More Damning Evidence of Kristi Noem's Malevolent Role in Kneecapping FEMA [1]
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Date: 2025-07-12
While this story admittedly comes from the Daily Mail (not exactly the most reliable of sources, though in this case they’re getting it from the NYT, which unfortunately is behind a paywall), it does look like they have the receipts when it comes to linking our Dear Leader’s Mistress of Mayhem to the gutting of FEMA when it comes to emergency response:
Thousands of Federal Emergency Management Agency calls went unanswered following the deadly Texas floods after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem allegedly failed to renew call center contracts.
Nearly two-thirds of calls to the disaster assistance line went unanswered in the two days after the floods, which have so far claimed the lives of at least 121, a source told the New York Times.
It came after hundreds of contractors at call centers were fired on July 5 after their contracts lapsed and weren't extended, according to documents obtained by the outlet.
The agency received 3,027 calls from survivors as flood waters receded on July 5. Roughly 3,018 calls were answered, the NYT reported.
But the next day, as contracts expired and hundreds of contractors were fired, FEMA received 2,363 calls and only 846 were answered, according to the documents.
On Monday, 16,419 calls were made by survivors with only 2,613 answered by the agency.
It was five days after the contracts expired before they were renewed by Noem, according to the NYT source who added she has also recently instituted a new requirement for her personal approval of any expenses over $100,000.
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