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Emails expose how Trump overruled his own agency to punish blue states
Disaster Aid as Political PunishmentPower, Not ProcessPolitico’s reporting makes the hierarchy plain: FEMA and NOAA did the work, and Trump made the final cut. Regional offices determined that New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York met the standards for assistance after a record-breaking February snowstorm. Trump still denied the requests. That is not a paperwork dispute. It is a president using a legal veto over emergency aid to punish states he counts as political enemies.The Decision Was The PointThe key fact is not that the administration “failed” to help. It is that it…
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