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FEMA Has Been Paying Luxury NYC Hotels Tens of Millions to House Illegals [Update]

February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 Steve MacDonald

We’ve been writing for years about how Democrats and their bureaucracy use the government to break things they then insist they need more government to fix. Once you accept this, a light shines upon you from heaven, and you can see the institutional and systemic abuse. Taxpayers are just slaves whose earnings are the batteries … Read more

Out Of The News, Out Of Mind

January 25, 2025 Ray Cardello

One of the favorite lines of the Biden Administration was “Clean up in Aisle 7.” This referred to the task of the Press Secretary and communication people to explain an off-the-cuff or erroneous statement made by Joe Biden when they let him out to talk off prompter. This practice happened with such incredible frequency that … Read more

FEMA Just Another Arrow In Biden’s Quiver

November 21, 2024 Ray Cardello

The weaponization of the government has probably been an issue for decades, but it rose to the surface with the Obama administration and the IRS. How can we forget Lois Lerner trying in vain to convince anyone who would listen that she was innocent of targeting any Right-wing group she could with investigations and unreasonable … Read more

How Is It Misinformation To Ask A Question

October 11, 2024 Ray Cardello

Karine Jean Pierre must have felt a surge of personal power and self-importance on Monday. Maybe it was the sportcoat she must have borrowed from a much larger colleague, or she was still elated over her promotion. President Biden has promoted White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to serve as a senior adviser during his … Read more

Forget FEMA, Samaritan’s Purse Is On It

October 8, 2024 Ray Cardello

The Federal Government can either continue to be embarrassed or learn from the private groups that see problems or suffering and react. Many of the states in the Southeast are still digging out from the wrath of Helene as they wait for massive rainfalls coming this week. The death toll continues to rise, and we … Read more

FEMA Better Get Its ****! Together Because Trouble is Brewing in the Gulf

October 6, 2024 Steve MacDonald

The climate crazies are getting their hurricane season peak a month late this year because (same as always) trying to live a comfortable lifestyle broke the planet. September started to show some promise a bit late, but October? We’ve got more cyclones than you can shake a hockey stick at. And while FEMA does bureaucratic … Read more

Helene Victims Would Be Better Off As Ukrainians Or Illegals

October 5, 2024 Ray Cardello

Kamala Harris, the inept individual who wants to be President, told us on Wednesday, nearly a week after the rain started falling in the southeast, that she was proud of our support for the victims of Hurricane Helene. Families who have lost their homes, cars, neighborhoods, and possibly some of their families will get a … Read more

NYCs ‘Migrant Crisis’ Worsening Thanks to … The Salvation Army?

October 8, 2023 Steve MacDonald

News broke recently about New York City’s Growing Migrant Crisis (GMC). The Sanctuary City that never sleeps is feeling put out and seeking sanctuary from the teeming mass of Illegals landing on its ‘shores.’

How the Feds Have Nationalized Emergency Management

August 25, 2022 Op-Ed

Direct funding for personnel and equipment, along with money to address minor inconveniences like snow removal, has ingratiated FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security with local public safety personnel and local elected officials.

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FEMA: In the Event of a Nuclear Attack Please Remember to Social Distance in the Bomb Shelter …

March 1, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Putin put his nuclear assets on alert because they are potential military targets. The media and Democrats and whoever else you want to name have decided this means he’s ready to pull the trigger. Doubtful.

FEMA FAQ: Yes You Can Change a Death Certificate to Get Some COVID19 Funeral Reimbursement Money

April 5, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The Federal Emergency Management Administration if hading out more tax dollars. If you had someone die from COVID19, they might be able to give you money for funeral expenses. That sounds absurd on its face, but that’s just the beginning of how bad this is.

The Movie Contagion

April 27, 2020 Amil Imani

For those interested in disaster preparedness there are numerous lessons throughout the movie “Contagion.” Many miss the movies’ intent if they only watch it once. (I’ve watched it several times). It teaches more about the ramifications of a viral pandemic than any other movie in the genre, yet it has some major facts omitted or misrepresented.

Trump Declares A Coronavirus National Emergency

March 15, 2020March 13, 2020
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President Trump declares a coronavirus national emergency yesterday. This opens the door to providing about $50 billion in federal aid to fight the disease. The president made the announcement at a Rose Garden news conference. He is battling to show Americans he is aggressively addressing the virus. The president said he this move is to … Read more

On September 20th You’re Going to Get a Message from the President

September 27, 2018September 16, 2018 Steve MacDonald

On September 20th around 2:20 pm ET your cell phone will get an emergency alert from the President of the United States. Don’t worry. This is only a test.

WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert(WEA) on September 20, 2018 (primary date) or October 3, 2018 (secondary date).

Getting the Royal Finger by Big Gov, Raise Your Hand If You’re Surprised…

September 26, 2018December 1, 2012

“Angry New Yorkers say Obama pledge to cut red tape ignored by FEMA” reports Fox News.

Looks like FEMA isn’t working again. Raise your hand if you’re surprised. Those that are surprised deserve what they get. Big government can’t work, doesn’t work, can never work, has never worked, so to keep voting for it over and over again is a fools errand. Alas, given the results of the last election, there are evidently many fools en route.

“We are the people – we are the middle class, and we are getting the finger,” said fruhttp://granitegrok.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=40134&action=edit&message=1strated resident Scott McGrath, who personally spoke to President Obama and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo when they came to Staten Island to inspect storm damage earlier this month. “You were there when I met Obama, and I told the president … that the middle class was getting the royal finger. And he said, ‘FEMA works for me.’”

“FEMA ain’t doing nothing,” McGrath added. “They keep going around in circles.”

Free Market Gets Water To Hurricane Victims Faster…

September 26, 2018November 5, 2012 Steve MacDonald

The first supplies of bottled water to arrive to aid those affected by hurricane Sandy did not come from FEMA, which has a large staging area in Georgia stocked with pallet after pallet of bottled water for just such an occassion. Nestle America, without any coordination with FEMA or any government agency, provided half a million bottles (gratis) to a staging facility in Sommerset New Jersey, long before FEMA even got its water moving.

Be sure to check Ready.gov for Updates…(Unless you don’t have power…)

September 26, 2018October 30, 2012 Steve MacDonald

power-outage-northeast — "Northeast has no power and FEMA has no non-Internet emergency information access readily available.."

This story from Politco paints a picture of preparedness from the experts in the White House. Want an update about the Hurricane, just check the internet…

When President Barack Obama urged Americans under siege from Hurricane Sandy to stay inside and keep watch on ready.gov for the latest, he left out something pretty important — where to turn if the electricity goes out.

There’s more…

Sandy, FEMA, and Sequestration – Obama Plan Cuts Deep Into State and Local Emergency Programs

September 26, 2018October 29, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Obama, Biden, and Democrats in general continue to lie about sequestration–it was the Obama Administrations idea, sold to Harry Reid, pushed by the media, with the standard the world will end if we don’t do something from the same people who refuse to pass a budget that would make all of this unnecessary.

Up until now, all the chatter has been about what ti could, would, or would not do to the us military, but according to Joel Pollak at Breitbart, the cuts, detailed on pages 94 through 96 of the White House’s sequestration proposal, dig deep into FEMA and state and local emergency programs.

The White House sequestration proposal also warns: “The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ability to respond to incidents of terrorism and other catastrophic events would be undermined.”

Its Time to Ignore Liberal Bullying

September 26, 2018October 27, 2011 Don

To the Editor:

Mr. Veverka and Mr. Hightower would have you believe that any time a liberal imagines a need, the government should reach into your pocket, or at least your neighbor’s pocket, and take your (or his) money. Or, more accurately, the government should borrow money from the Chinese for which we promise repayment of principal, interest, and a little bit of the opportunities, freedom, and standard of living of our children, grandchildren, and future generations of Americans.

Anyone who does not immediately jump at this “bargain” will be the target of name calling, lies, and hysterical personal attacks. This intimidation is to blame for a significant amount of our current approximately $15 trillion national debt and so many flawed government programs.