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BlueWaveNeverEnd

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Sat May 9, 2026, 11:57 PM 6 hrs ago

FEMA has been deliberately delaying grants to blue states

https://newrepublic.com/post/210200/fema-block-grants-democratic-states

FEMA has been deliberately delaying grants to blue states, putting American citizens and Indigenous tribal land at risk in order to carry out President Trump’s petty and vindictive agenda.

On Friday, The Washington Post reported
that FEMA significantly decreased the amount of hazard-mitigation grants to Democratic-led states last year. From February to June 2025, the agency awarded $91 million per month, before reducing that to just $3 million a month for the rest of 2025. While the agency appeared to reverse course,  approving grants worth $760 million in March after facing legal scrutiny, Colorado and California have still received barely any money since last summer. 


California has only received $830,000 from FEMA since July 2025. Colorado has not received anything, according to the Post’s analysis.
Experts say this is a deliberate and targeted decision. 
“There’s a pattern—a state like Colorado is repeatedly being denied FEMA aid and others like California are waiting on FEMA money that’s already been approved,” the Carnegie Endowment’s sustainability, climate, and geopolitics research assistant Debbra Goh told the Post. “Hazard-mitigation funding is designed to help communities prepare for the next disaster. Without it, communities are rebuilding into the same risk.” 
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FEMA has been deliberately delaying grants to blue states (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 6 hrs ago OP
I'm surprised Bezos let this story get published in his Trump-humping vanity newspaper AZLD4Candidate 3 hrs ago #1
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