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Jokes, Warnings, and Wreckage: The Wrong Man at the Helm as America Braces for Disaster

As the weather grows increasingly unpredictable and dangerous, the head of FEMA has... jokes?

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Jun 03, 2025
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“Wait, the U.S. has a hurricane season?”

That’s the “joke” FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson cracked during a June 2 staff briefing just one day after the official start of hurricane season. The Department of Homeland Security insists he was being funny. But with record-shattering storms battering the U.S., and FEMA already stretched thin, it di…

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