https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/politics/fema-workers-administrative-leave-katrina-declaration-trumphttps://www.npr.org/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5476531/fema-hurricane-katrina-trumphttps://apnews.com/article/fema-letter-dissent-staff-put-on-leave-4794981bba6415451add5423530159ec The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday placed several employees on administrative leave effective immediately, just one day after they signed an open letter warning Congress that the Trump administration’s sweeping overhaul of the agency could lead to catastrophic failures in disaster response.Titled “Katrina Declaration,” the letter accuses President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose department oversees FEMA, of undermining the agency’s capabilities, ignoring its congressionally mandated authority and appointing unqualified leadership. The group calls for FEMA to be shielded from political interference and for its workforce to be protected from politically motivated firings.Of the more than 180 current and former FEMA staffers who signed the letter, most did so anonymously. Only 36 signed publicly, though it’s unclear how many were still employed when the letter was released.Among them was Virginia Case, a supervisory management and program analyst, who told CNN she received notice Tuesday evening that she’d been placed on paid leave.
“I’m disappointed but not surprised,” Case said, adding that she was aware of at least six other FEMA workers who received similar emails. “I’m also proud of those of us who stood up, regardless of what it might mean for our jobs. The public deserves to know what’s happening, because lives and communities will suffer if this continues.”Workers who are placed on leave “will conduct no business, visit no FEMA/DHS facility and contact no FEMA/DHS personnel,” according to an email to FEMA employees reviewed by CNN.Employees were also ordered to share their personal email addresses because access to their FEMA/DHS accounts had been suspended.“It is not surprising that some of the same bureaucrats who presided over decades of inefficiency are now objecting to reform. Change is always hard. It is especially for those invested in the status quo, who have forgotten that their duty is to the American people not entrenched bureaucracy,” a FEMA spokesperson said in a statement to CNN. “Our obligation is to survivors, not to protecting broken systems. Under the leadership of Secretary Noem, FEMA will return to its mission of assisting Americans at their most vulnerable.”The “Katrina Declaration” letter warns that critical reforms enacted after the failed response to Hurricane Katrina are being unraveled, as the Trump administration moves to either abolish or drastically shrink FEMA’s role.The move echoes actions taken earlier this summer, when the Trump administration suspended roughly 140 employees from the Environmental Protection Agency days after they signed a public letter raising concerns about the treatment of federal workers and the Trump administration’s regulations on climate and public health.
They shouldn't have wasted their budget on housing illegals. FEMA is probably the most incompetently run government organization in history. They somehow manage to fuck up everything.
>>1430097>This bullshit againHow many times do you need to be told there was a separate budget for that?
>>1430098>It's okay because it was separate. There shouldn't have been any budget for that, shill
>>1430100Your literal entire argument is that FEMA is wasting money, when in reality it was a separate fund. Meaning if it didn't exist, FEMA would have the exact same amount of money as they did with it for disasters.
>>1430058they should prioritize red states and ignore blue ones, there's precedence for that happening by leftists so its only fair.
>>1430104The opposite actually. Biden gave specific aide to red states because they needed it the most. Trump's the only one who has ever suggested stopping fema from funding blue states.
>>1430104where do you people get this shit from? why not give all states aid when they need it?
>>1430103That was a complete waste of money. Your incorrect assumption was assuming that wasn't a separate statement. FEMA should be dissolved. Democrats only live out because it's the harbinger of dystopia whenever there's an accident
>>1430106leftists also told them to ignore houses with trump signs and leave them to die.>>1430109because of the above it was on the news that the FEMA agents were specifically ordered to ignore houses with trump signs
>>1430114don't cry when i make fun of you for being esl, esl
>>1430115get new lies, shill
>>1430116>ESL Indian shill with poor reading comprehension gets obliterated and reverts back to his script
esl shill cried. how predictable. i will never not laugh at his ineptitude
>>1430119The bot is broken again
>>1430120You're arguing with our resident clanker. It's not even human in a metaphorical sense and thus can't learn, understand or reason with actual people
at least when esl shill cries he's not spamming bullshit. a precious moment of peace
>>1430115It was one single fema worker, acting rogue but also out of the valid concern that Trump supporters kept threatening them lmao.Oh and it was purely financial support canvasing too, so you can't even argue "THEY LEFT TRUMP SUPPORTERS TO DIE!". More like they didn't offer money to a handful of Trump supporters lmao.
>>1430058Yes, he is actually that petty.
>>1430115>leftists also told them to ignore houses with trump signsi would too, retarded southern republicans flip out when census workers knock on their doors. i can only imagine if they saw fema show up.
>>1430128>retarded southern republicans flip out when census workers knock on their doorsI too read that in Rachel Maddows blog. I read that there's a very high likelihood that if anyone knocks on a southern Republicans door, they will emerge from the house with ar-15 assault rifles yelling the "N" word as they goose step march around their property looking for brown people to deport
>>1430132don't forget about the blubbering about being a victim part
>>1430132>I too read that in Rachel Maddows blog.I don't even know who that is.
>>1430117https://apnews.com/article/fema-worker-trump-signs-hurricane-milton-09ef2e10f7cb5fb17f110ac4c6156e54just off yourself>>1430124You deserve to suffer the same situation I hope a hurricane comes and destroys your home and no one comes to help you.
>>1430188>fema worker>1 person>you're caught in a lie>you suck at your job, shill
>>1430188>You deserve to suffer the same situation I hope a hurricane comes and destroys your home and no one comes to help you.Good thing that isn't even what happened. Oh no, after a hurricane someone might not knock on my intact door to offer me financial assistance that I could apply for online anyways. The horror.
>>1430188>You deserve to suffer the same situation I hope a hurricane comes and destroys your home and no one comes to help youThe same can be said of you
>>1430190you're illiterate >Ex-FEMA worker who directed staffit was the team leader you subhuman imbred his whole team was given that directive>>1430203Your financial assistance has now been null and voided due to your part in political violence thank you have a nice day and die.>>1430207you already had your ally do that, now its your turn to suffer and die
>>1430226meds
>>1430226>Your financial assistance has now been null and voided due to your part in political violence thank you have a nice day and die.Things that didn't happen for 500 alex.
>>1430229criminals aren't qualified for disaster relief.
>>1430230your mom sure was qualified to abort you, if only she knew the future
>>1430231your parents are subhuman goat fuckers that's why they gave birth to human waste like you. You're fuck stupider then a dog you have no ability to argue and your whole argument is muh muh muh esl muh muh muh maga.must be so hard having a braindead special child I'd feel bad for your parents if they weren't probably human garbage as well, raising some disgusting nepobaby
it's formulaically easy to make fun of esl shill
>now its your turn to suffer and die>>1430226 said whilst looking in a mirror
>>1430241That touched nerve must really hurt if that tl;dr is your reaction to >>1430231
>>1430242Is he the one who keeps using the word 'clanker' unironically?
>>1430188lol that’s what’s going to happen to migagolems in southern Atlantic coastal states and they will be getting exactly what they voted for
>every word in >>1430190's post spelled perfectly>>1430226>you're illiterate>imbredyou're a projecting hypocrite>>1430241>then>>1430190 can spell better than you>inb4 'grammar nazi'Spelling =/= grammar
trump looks like the bloater from left 4 dead
