cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59671562
I guess this got removed from the first place I tried to post it. Not sure why, but sorry if I broke a rule. This is not disinformation. All of my sources are always cited in a references list at the bottom of each blog post, but I will go ahead and add them here too.
I’m not trying to spam, but this is my home and I’m sick of watching corruption being carried out in public and ignored because it gets lost in all the noise. There is a reason they are quietly pushing these policies at state levels across the country while hiding it behind claims of small government and transparency.
By the time the federal government completely collapses they will have everything in place to start over with their new network of support built and ready to go. There will be just as much bureaucracy and bullshit as before, but we’ll also lose the few rights and protections we had to fight like hell to achieve. I found this shit happening in my state, but I promise it is happening everywhere. It is growing so fast each day. Post what is happening in your state, because I guarantee it’s something. Even if you live in a blue state, they have people there pushing for these same policies. Help me call this shit out!
Original Post with references list from blog added.
This all happened a week ago on the same day, but neither story really got much attention. Somehow nobody seemed to realize the order grants authority to the director of the office that is being absorbed by the national guard.
The former director is being given a new title and the interim director is National Guard Brig. Gen. Jason P. Mahfouz.
So, Louisiana, heads up I guess?
I also have been pointing out the odd timing of an allegedly bipartisan bill being put forward to liberate FEMA from the department of DHS.
The bill is being proposed by Florida Rep. Moskowitz.
If this bill succeeds, it means that FEMA no longer responds to an emergency situation as an agency. It will be changed to a cabinet position and under the control of a single cabinet member who answers to the president.
Given that the National Guard was just granted full control in any emergency situation, this means in an emergency, Louisiana loses protection of the civil rights office within FEMA that ensures full enforcement of federal civil rights laws before, during, and after disasters.
Its pretty scary to consider, and there are actually several reasons to find it suspicious.
I wrote a blog post about it: https://pimento-mori.ghost.io/states-continue-to-push-law-and-policy-that-coincidentally-aids-federal-government-agenda/
As well as a shorter plea on Lemmy to people in Louisiana desperately trying to get their attention: https://lemm.ee/post/59618046
You might be asking how a governor can have so much executive power over an entire office like that. Well it turns out that Louisiana’s emergency management office has existed since the 1970s.
Funny thing about that, I just learned that it used to be the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness and was under the direction of the Louisiana National Guard adjutant general from 1990 to 2006. However, if was changed to a cabinet position in the Governor’s Office and became GOHSEP after Hurricane Katrina.
So, America, heads up I guess?
References:
Governor shifts GOHSEP under National Guard:
Governor Renews State of Emergency granting GOHSEP director authority to act:
Original 2019 Order for State of Emergency:
Landry’s Executive Order Renewal:
https://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm/newsroom/detail/4810
Florida Rep. Moskowitz bill to “liberate FEMA” and make it a cabinet position:
https://moskowitz.house.gov/posts/fema-independence-act-2025
Office of Civil Rights within FEMA:
https://www.fema.gov/about/offices/civil-rights
Department of Homeland Security Secretary announcing plans to eliminate FEMA the same day the Moskowitz bill is released:
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5213057-noem-plans-eliminate-fema/
Department of Homeland security plans to cut back civil rights offices due to immigration. Only 2 of the 3 offices deal with immigration: