FEMA scrambles to suspend staffers who rang the alarm about the agency’s direction

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/fema-whistleblowers-suspended-hurricane-katrina-warning-rcna227544

MSNBC reports:

These FEMA employees effectively played the role of whistleblowers, pushing for solutions to problems. They were suspended for having done the right thing.

Aug. 27, 2025, 11:29 AM CDT
By Steve Benen

“The name of the document, called the “Katrina Declaration,” was designed to send a message. Around the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, several dozen current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees warned Congress and the public that the Trump administration’s plans for FEMA run the risk of creating another Katrina-level disaster in the coming months and years.

Some of the 191 signatories chose to remain anonymous, fearing retaliation from an administration that’s earned a reputation for political vengeance. But many of the signatories attached their names to their concerns, knowing that it might lead to reprisals.”

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MistyCee

As the United States reaches the halfway point of this year’s hurricane season, it’s increasingly difficult to be optimistic about FEMA’s future.

Sadly, this too is only the tip of the iceberg. Trump doesnt want his government to work for the people; he wants it to work for him, whatever that means at any given moment.

And anyone, be they in Congress, in government, or even on the street is at risk of his retribution or stick, despite the few carrots he throws out to the most loyal few.

Generally, those folks seem to be mostly criminals.