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A Big Storm Requires Big Government
Most Americans have never heard of the National Response Coordination Center, but they’re lucky it exists on days of lethal winds and flood tides. The center is the war room of the Federal Emergency...
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Brian Williams Eviscerates Limbaugh And Former FEMA Director ‘Brownie’ For...
During Thursday night’s broadcast of NBC’sRock Center, anchor Brian Williams took shots at both former FEMA head Michael Brown and conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh for what Williams...
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Where is the US oil industry heading?
Image: TreeHugger.com In March of this year, a ruptured pipeline spewed more than 6,000 barrels of tar sands oil into a small Arkansas town called Mayflower. Since then, Exxon and the Arkansas...
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19 firefighters killed battling Arizona blaze
Image David Kadlubowski, The Arizona Republic Nineteen elite firefighters who died battling a fast-moving wildfire here Sunday in the country’s worst wildfire disaster in 80 years have been hailed by...
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Texas Lawmakers Too Busy Targeting Abortion Providers to Deal With Exploding...
In the two and a half months since an explosion at a West, Texas, fertilizer storage facility left 12 first responders dead and at least 200 people injured, two things have become clear. The disaster...
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Forgetting the relevant Katrina detail, eight years later
Image: maddowblog.msnbc.com How much do Louisiana Republicans dislike President Obama? Many of them blame him for the government’s tragic response to Hurricane Katrina — which struck the state more...
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South Korea ferry: President condemns crew actions
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has condemned the conduct of some of the crew of the ferry that sank last week, calling it “akin to murder”. Ms Park said that those to blame would have to take...
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Graham Opposed Sandy Aid; Now Wants Help For South Carolina
Image: CBS New York Senator Lindsey Graham is asking for federal aid to help his state even though he voted against the Hurricane Sandy relief package in 2013. In a move that tri-state residents may...
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Houston Megachurch: We ‘Never Closed Our Doors’ To Those Displaced By Harvey
The Lakewood Church in Houston, a megachurch with a 16,800-seat arena where Joel Osteen serves as pastor, on Monday denied that it closed its doors to residents displaced by massive flooding after...
View ArticleHow Did Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden Screw This Up?
President Donald Trump has unleashed a humanitarian and economic disaster on his own people. There is no way to escape this fact. While other places — Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and...
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