FEMA Under Fire- Part II
The Leaked Memo to Abolish Emergency Aid.
The federal government’s ability to respond to disaster—flood, fire, hurricane, or famine—has long rested on a simple promise: if your community is overwhelmed, Washington will show up.
That promise is now on life support.
In early June 2025, a memo surfaced from inside the Department of Homeland Security. Its title: “Abolishing FEMA.”
Its author: the new DHS Secretary, Kristi Noem.
Its purpose: to quietly gut the Federal Emergency Management Agency and shift disaster relief to cash-strapped states—many of which are already buckling under climate crises, infrastructure failures, and political sabotage.
At a time when weather patterns are growing more violent and unpredictable, Noem’s plan proposes doing less—on purpose.
The memo, first reported by Bloomberg News, outlines a phased dismantling of FEMA’s core functions:
- Ending long-term housing assistance for disaster victims
- Eliminating new enrollment in the National Flood Insurance Program (which currently protects over 4 million Americans)
- Downsizing FEMA staff through quiet buyouts and attrition
- Redirecting response obligations to state governments with no equivalent capacity
What it doesn’t include?
- Any plan for what happens when states fail
- Any investment in mitigation or resilience
- Any framework for replacing the national safety net
This isn’t a reform. It’s a retreat.
🧠 A Playbook from Project 2025
Noem’s plan mirrors language found in Project 2025—a sweeping MAGA-led agenda designed to “dismantle the administrative state.” In that playbook, FEMA is described not as a lifeline for Americans but as a “bloated relic of federal overreach.”
That’s the logic now driving policy: if federal aid isn’t profitable or politically loyal, it’s disposable.
🧨 What’s at Stake
Consider the implications:
- A wildfire in New Mexico? No federal housing.
- A flood in Vermont? No long-term rebuilding aid.
- A hurricane in Louisiana? Only help if it’s headline-worthy.
Disaster becomes partisan. Survival becomes selective.
As former FEMA officials have warned, this approach creates a nation where only the politically convenient get help—everyone else is left to fend for themselves.
📢 What’s Coming Next!
Part III: Loyalty Over Lives- Replacing Expertise with Obedience
From the moment she took over as DHS Secretary, Noem made her priorities clear.🚀