Short Take Politics
FEMA responds weakly
Apparently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, cut to the bone by the MAGA administration, has only been able to send 86 people to help in Texas. It’s as if too many federal employees who were needed to do work were cut or some such nonsense. https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-response-deadly-texas-floods-delayed-deficient-noem
No amnesty for farm workers
Talk about not deporting farm workers is indeed just that, according to the Secretary of Agriculture who is suggesting Medicaid recipients can do farm work. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/08/congress/rollins-says-able-bodied-medicaid-recipients-should-replace-immigrant-farm-workforce-00442065
Emperor wants to take over NYC, DC
If they won’t elect preferred candidates, the federal government will bring in its own forces to run cities that it sees as unfit. Boy those founders put some great stuff in the Constitution. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ar-AA1IddcP