"FEMA also been accused by former president Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and other Republicans of not being able to respond well enough to Helene because it had diverted disaster relief funds to help migrants.

That is not true, because while FEMA administers the Shelter and Services Program, funding for it comes from a separate pot of money funded by Congress for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Other false claims that have circulated include that people taking federal relief money could see their land seized or that that $750 is the most they will ever get to rebuild. FEMA has pushed back against the false claims and conspiracy theories, setting up a page on its website to combat misinformation and rumors."

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    You are right. Maybe a much better thing would be to video them, make sure it’s good enough to identify all of them, then issue a warrant to kick open their doors at pre-dawn times, individually and when they aren’t wearing their dopey Meal Team 6 gear.

    Make sure to give the media the heads-up, too, so there is lots of humiliating footage of them being frog-marched out of their house…