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TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) — More than two months after a tornado demolished his Mississippi home, Brian Lowery still sifts through the rubble, hoping to find a tie clip his mother gave him, made from the center stone of her wedding band.

“I still have hope,” Lowery said.

He, his wife and 13-year-old son made it to safety before the tornado ripped apart their trailer home of 15 years during a severe weather outbreak in mid-March. But the recovery since has been slow and painful. Mississippi’s request for federal aid is still pending before the Federal Emergency Management Agency, meaning badly needed assistance has not yet made it to his hard-hit community of Tylertown.

AP

Last Friday:

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JACKSON, Miss. -- President Donald Trump green-lit disaster relief for eight states on Friday, assistance that some of the communities rocked by natural disasters have been waiting on for months.

The major disaster declaration approvals allow Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas access to financial support through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

ABC

This is classic abuser behavior. The delay and suspense, and misery because of it, reinforces the message of Trump’s power over those states. And it sends a message to blue states: look how badly I treated states that voted for me, wait until you need something.

I usually say that incompetence is a better explanation than conspiracy for most political actions. I think much of what’s considered incompetence in the Trump administration is on purpose.

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TBone Dinosaur1 year ago

I believe North Carolina is appealing a denial of FEMA funds, mebbe left twisting in the wind because of some shit going down like the judicial election of The Hon. Allison Riggs. According to Marc Elias, the NC Supreme Court gave their rethugs control of the State Elections Board over Judge Riggs' vociferous dissent while litigation is still pending, and:

"The U.S. Department of Justice sued North Carolina for what it called "failure to maintain an accurate voter list.” The complaint mirrors losing state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s (R) argument that ballots from voters who registered when the state voter registration form did not require information such as a driver’s license should not be counted."

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Tam R1 year ago

There is probably a tension between the people like Vaught who are essentially Birchers and want to completely destroy the social safety net and any rights gained by women and POC and Senators like Hawley who need to bring home government $ for their constituents. Of course Hawley didn’t give a shit when natural disasters struck California. The GOP is full of sociopaths, opportunists, and greedy, corrupt assholes.

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green goblin1 year ago

I think the idea was to withhold FEMA funding as Trump has previously said the states should pay and Kristi Noem has spoken of shutting FEMA. However during Noem's testimony before the Senate Hawley of MO talked of the need in his state for federal assistance. I think withholding funding became untenable.

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Kay W.1 year ago

There was a whole genre of posts on TikTok - red state liberals pointing out that Trump wasn’t helping anyone. I agree - became untenable 🙂

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Scott H1 year ago

First time around, incompetence.

Not. This. Time. Just like Hitler learned from the Putsch, so did Hair Furor. Or at least his minions.

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John S.1 year ago

The cruelty is the point.

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