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A Badger

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2. This is the 'next shoe to drop', after

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Mar 23, 2025, 07:04 AM

Sunday

...the 3/19 "Trump signs order to shift disaster preparations from FEMA to states, local governments" (Reuters, - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-order-shift-disaster-preparations-fema-states-local-governments-2025-03-19/).

Are we to imagine a scenario where terminated CORE contractors and FEMA reservists will eventually be forced to scramble to apply to each/any of the individual states and territories, so that their services and expertise can be obtained?
What could possibly go wrong !

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