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Trump admin cracks 'garbage' joke after fatal blizzard it wouldn't help blue states fight
Disaster Relief as Partisan PunishmentPower, Not WeatherThe useful fact in this story is not the blizzard. It is who held the lever and pulled it. FEMA experts had already determined New York met the criteria for disaster relief, yet Trump’s White House officials overrode them and refused aid to states that voted against Trump. That is the center of gravity here: institutional power used to sort Americans into favored and unfavored categories.The Joke Is the PolicyThe mean-spirited line from a FEMA spokesperson about garbage removal is not an offhand quip. It is a rhetorical disguise for a…
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