Comment on DOGE begins purge of FEMA by firing officials in charge of finances

Oxidase@lemm.ee ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Soup@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  abcnews.go.com/…/fema-halting-payments-migrant-ho…

  Here’s a link stating that:

  • Musk has not shown evidence of this.
  • The money is not from the disaster relief fund.
  • The “luxury hotel” part is worded to drive hate when in reality average costs that the organization pays, by deals where it does not need pay full rates, is $152/night.
  • The costs include other things like security, and only $19mil was related to direct payments to hotels.
  • If you see anywhere Musk’s Tweet where he emphasizes “LAST WEEK” please bear in mind that the action of getting reimbursed happened then but the money covers Nov. 2023 to Oct. 2024.

  The nuanced truth is, of course, of a different sort than the over-simplification.

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• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you look deeper you’ll see it’s only a partial truth, like most things political. The individual pieces are truth, the whole is not.

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  • Oxidase@lemm.ee ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What’s the rest of the story?

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    • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That $59 million was spent on housing immigrants. Of which SOME of the money was for luxury hotels. I have not seen an actual amount specified.

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