Thirty-six Children Are Dead. Whose Fault Is It?
The blame game in Texas
"A week after flash flooding devastated Texas Hill Country, the question haunting survivors and investigators is whether this tragedy had to be so catastrophic.
The answer reveals a perfect storm of institutional failures, political dysfunction, and bureaucratic breakdowns that allowed a predictable natural disaster to turn Flash Flood Alley into a killing field.
The Trump administration had systematically weakened federal disaster agencies. But President Trump's attitude toward FEMA changed remarkably after disaster struck a red state: suddenly, it was something to "remake" rather than destroy.
There's some logic to the rebrand — emphasizing state and local leadership while maintaining federal support. But only people stop playing politics with disaster funding. "
Our hearts go out to everyone who has been impacted by the Texas flooding. As of the time we headed to press, Governerds have raised nearly $500,000, money that has served more than 10,600 individuals in six communities, and distributed more than 200,000 pounds of essential supplies to families that have been impacted. If you’d like to make a tax-deduct…
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