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The admin has already terminated thousands of #research #grants at agencies like the #NSF & #NIH, including on topics like transgender health, vaccine hesitancy, misinformation & diversity, equity & inclusion.

The order could affect emergency relief grants doled out by #FEMA, #PublicSafety initiatives funded by the #DOJ & #PublicHealth efforts supported by the #CDC. Experts say the order is likely to be challenged in court.

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The order requires all #FederalAgencies, including #FEMA, the National #Science Foundation [#NSF] & the National Institutes of #Health [#NIH], to appoint officials responsible for reviewing federal #funding opportunities & #grants, so that they “are consistent with agency priorities & the national interest.”

It also requires agencies to make it so that current & future federal grants can be terminated at any time—including during the grant period itself.

#Republican Mike Flood, #Nebraska, held town hall in Lincoln

Woman asked:

“With 450million #FEMA dollars reallocated to #AlligatorAlcatraz, and 600 million taxpayer FEMA $ being used to open more #concentration camps, #ICE burning through $8.4mil/day to #illegally detain people ...

How much does it cost for #fascism? How much do the taxpayers have to pay for a #fascist country?”

Crowd cheered wildly. At end town hall chants of Vote him out!

politico.com/news/2025/08/06/g

Trump is cutting #FEMA jobs and floating plans to dismantle the agency.

That could leave states unprepared, even as weather disasters grow more frequent and costly. The head of the Hazards Vulnerability & Resilience Institute explains just why this is a bad idea: theconversation.com/history-sh

The ConversationHistory shows why FEMA is essential in disasters, and how losing independent agency status hurt its ability to function
Mer fra The Conversation U.S.

Trump and #Republican’s House of cards getting shaky?

“A woman asked what she called a fiscal question.

“With 450 million FEMA dollars being reallocated to open Alligator Alcatraz,

and 600 million taxpayer FEMA dollars being used to now open more concentration camps,

and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people

How much does it cost for fascism?

How much do the taxpayers have to pay for a fascist country?”

heathercoxrichardson.substack.

#FEMA Employees Reassigned to #ICE #Probationary employees who had been on paid leave were told 2 report 2 ICE within 7 or lose their #jobs. It could signal problems w ICE recruitment. Employees w Federal #Emergency Management Agency were informed via email late on Tuesday that they have been reassigned, effective immediately, to #Immigration and #Customs Enforcement (ICE). Workers had 7 days to accept reassignment under threat of being removed from #civilservice prospect.org/labor/2025-08-06-

The American Prospect · FEMA Employees Reassigned to ICEProbationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs. It could signal problems with ICE recruitment.
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The #FEMA stated in a #grant notice posted on Friday that #NYC would receive $64M less this year from its urban area #security fund. The amount was listed in a single line of an 80-pg FEMA notice….

#Congress created the program to help cities prevent #terrorist attacks.

“It makes absolutely no sense, & no justification has been given to cut NY’s allocation given the rise in the threat environment,” a spox for the NY Division of #DHS & #Emergency Services said….

Federal judge rules #Trump admin cannot reallocate billions meant for #disaster mitigation

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump admin from reallocating $4 billion meant to help communities protect against #NaturalDisasters.

U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns in Boston granted a preliminary injunction sought by 20 Democrat-led states while their lawsuit over the funding moves ahead.

#law #FEMA #Climate #ExtremeWeather
apnews.com/article/fema-bric-g

The Guardian: Fema denies grants to three Kentucky counties hit by devastating storms

"...The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) denied requests for three Kentucky counties affected by severe storms last spring, and deemed the state ineligible for hazard mitigation grants that would help prepare for future disasters ...."

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j

The Guardian · Fema denies grants to three Kentucky counties hit by devastating stormsAv Gabrielle Canon