What We Can Do Now-Part VI
Restoring Competence and Accountability Before It’s Too Late.
Kristi Noem is not the cause of the chaos—she’s the instrument. Her rise to power, despite scandal after scandal, is not a glitch. It’s a feature of a political machine that thrives on instability, loyalty, and erosion of institutional trust.
But this story isn’t just about her. It’s about us.
The dismantling of FEMA. The purge of career experts. The rise of Project 2025. These are not isolated events. They’re connected. They are the methodical stripping away of safeguards that exist to protect ordinary people—not corporations, not ideologues, not billionaires. Us.
🧭 Step 1: Refuse to Normalize Dysfunction
Stop treating scandal as background noise. Every ethics breach, every dismissal of professionals, every FEMA defunding memo needs to be called out, repeated, and remembered. Don’t let short news cycles erase long-term damage.
🧠 Step 2: Get Smart on Project 2025
Most people still don’t know what it is. Learn it. Share it. Explain how it’s not a “policy platform”—it’s a governing manifesto designed to centralize control, purge the civil service, and eliminate federal accountability.
Key resource: www.project2025.org (for direct reference and documentation)
📣 Step 3: Pressure Congress to Act
Even if Noem holds her post, Congress controls FEMA’s funding. Demand they:
- Hold hearings on the “Abolish FEMA” memo
- Block funding for Project 2025-aligned restructurings
- Reinforce civil service protections and agency independence
Find your representative’s contact info here: https://house.gov/representatives
🤝 Step 4: Support Real Emergency Preparedness
Invest in and promote:
- Local emergency management offices
- Independent journalism tracking FEMA and DHS
- Community-based disaster response networks
Noem is betting on people being unprepared, disconnected, and too burned out to fight back. Prove her wrong.
Step 5: Name It for What It Is
This isn’t just politics. It’s the weaponization of incompetence to make the public lose faith in government altogether. When that happens, the only people left standing are the ones who never wanted a democracy to begin with.
Don’t let that happen quietly. Don’t let that happen at all.
That is why I cannot stay Silent!
Stay sharp. Stay informed.