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haele

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14. Simply this - Rich Folk and MAGA live in bubbles.

Reply to wiggs (Reply #11)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 10:53 AM

Sep 29

They only recognize at most a couple thousand people as actual individuals, and those are generally their friends or people they do business with.
Everyone else is fungible. Talk to them about a million people, or even ten million people, and that's about the amount of people they can conceive there should be in the world for them to remain comfortable.
They are not concerned about the billion + others, because they honestly don't think those individuals affect them. They live somewhere else, they're someone else's "problem".

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FEMA Is Paralyzed [View all] babylonsister Sep 29 OP

USA is paralyzed...... Lovie777 Sep 29 #1

Agree. Where is MSM analysis of all the damage done? nt wiggs Sep 29 #13

And when something bad happens as a result newdeal2 Sep 29 #2

Kinda/Sorta no_hypocrisy Sep 29 #3

"redefines" oh feck off with that. 617Blue Sep 29 #4

Rest assured if MaL loses one single shingle..... ProudMNDemocrat Sep 29 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 29 #6

maga states are the weakest and need FEMA the most. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 29 #7

It's by design... MaeScott Sep 29 #8

What? Old Crank Sep 29 #9

GOP: crickets. nt wiggs Sep 29 #10

Just an arm of the autocrats. They have no autonomy, and are simply accomplices in a control agenda. nt Evolve Dammit Sep 29 #18

What is going on?? Millions could lose housing, millions could lose health coverage, millions could wiggs Sep 29 #11

Simply this - Rich Folk and MAGA live in bubbles. haele Sep 29 #14

MAGA destroying services geared towards everyone and keeping the money for themselves ChicagoTeamster Sep 29 #12

This is by design dlk Sep 29 #15

It's response (or lack of) to the Texas floods in July aplty illustrates its new mission statement. Torchlight Sep 29 #16

See; the way it works now is that you have to give money to Kristi Noem to be eligible... EarthFirst Sep 29 #17

Thanks for sharing this, EarthFirst. I love ProPublica. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 29 #20

This is what you get for playing favorites with disaster relief money. Initech Sep 29 #19