Texas, Trump and floods
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Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can respond in the future to major weather events.
Chris Hayes says it’s not partisan politics to question the response to the Texas floods, despite what the Trump administration and its allies say.
A "CNN This Morning" panel agreed that political finger-pointing distracts from addressing the real issues behind the deadly Texas flash flooding that's claimed more than 100 lives.
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This has played out on social platforms as well, prompting some liberal commentators to speak out against the dehumanization of Texas communities. Political trolling online is nothing new, but its spillover into blaming victims and survivors of disaster is a dangerous new low.
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Chris Hayes: It's not 'partisan politics' to question Texas flood responseWere lives unnecessarily lost because of incompetence or policy decisions or dysfunction? It is not partisan politics to ask those simple questions,” says Chris Hayes amid new reporting on the response to the deadly flooding in Central Texas.
Buffalo News cartoonist Adam Zyglis appeared to blame President Trump and DOGE spending cuts for the deadly floods.
The two members of the House Oversight Committee, along with the panel’s top Democrat, U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia of California, sent letters Friday to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Commerce Inspector General and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams ...