The House of Representatives Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after an employee was fired for instructing hurricane relief workers in Florida to avoid homes with Trump flags. Rightfully, the employee was terminated.
This is utterly shameless and political weaponizing. We are all Americans and during disasters or war you throw out your party differences and band together to help your neighbors.
To have a federal office skip homes with Donald Trump signs in their yard after a hurricane is just horrible.
According to Fox News, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairperson of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, sent FEMA Director Deanne Criswell a letter requesting she testify at a hearing to answer questions about the agency’s response to hurricanes Helene and Milton.
In the letter, Comer said the hearing would “permit members to investigate recent reports that a FEMA official instructed relief workers to bypass hurricane-impacted homes displaying campaign signs for President Trump.”
“In the wake of the recent major disasters that impacted Americans of all political persuasions, it is critical that FEMA adheres to its disaster relief mission,” he wrote.
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The high school football playoffs are here in the Mountain State, but who made it into the postseason was the real question. In fact, due to litigation and court filings, the first round of the playoffs was postponed!
Locally, Tug Valley is ranked No. 1 in Class A. After thinking their first-round opponent would be Tolsia High School, they found out later it would be Madonna High of Weirton, West Virginia.
This all stems from decisions made by the governing board for high school sports in the state.
About 12 hours before the close of regular season play on Friday, the Wood County Board of Education filed a petition for an injunction against the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission regarding the football playoff rating formula. Cabell County discussed similar action.
This information was reported by WVMetro News and other news formats.
Later in the week, Wyoming County filed a similar suit for Westside High School.
“This action stems from a combination of events dating back to the most recent round of realignment among WVSSAC member schools. Last December, final approval came to add a fourth class to five WVSSAC sports, including football. Several schools objected to where they were drawn into, citing a number of issues with the competitive balance formula, and they went through a series of appeals leading up to the month of August,” Metro News reported.
Back in August, after the season had started, the state Board of Review ruled that 11 schools were to be moved down one class for football only for the upcoming season. Three days later, 11 more were moved down as well.
This decision was affected by the new strength of schedule points rating system the state uses to rank teams for the playoffs. The court decisions dropped out teams with winning records for teams with losing records. I’m talking about a team with a 7-3 mark that was bumped by a school with a 3-7 record. That is just one example.
Personally, I don’t think W. Va. is a big enough state to have four classifications. After all of the consolidation over the past few years, there are even fewer high schools.
To put it bluntly, this is a real mess.
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It is no secret I have always been interested in the UFO phenomenon. I’ve even written books on the subject and other news stories in the past. I also appeared as a guest on the nationally syndicated radio show Coast to Coast a few years ago, which is heard in 50 states and other countries.
Last year, there were congressional hearings about what are now called UAPs, Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon.
This past Wednesday, another hearing was held in Washington.
“Let me be clear: UAP are real. Advanced technologies not made by our Government – or any other government – are monitoring sensitive military installations around the globe,” said Lue Elizondo, former Department of Defense Intelligence Officer. “Furthermore, the U.S. is in possession of UAP technologies, as are some of our adversaries.”
It may not be “total disclosure,” but one lawmaker who has advocated for UFO whistleblowers is optimistic that some significant information came from the House hearing on UFO/UAP.
“I think we’re gonna learn some things. It’s peeling back the layers of an onion,” said Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.
“The best pilots in the world, that are our pilots, are telling us that these things are flying in close proximity to their aircraft,” Burchett told NewsNation Prime.
Several “whistleblowers,” who were high-ranking officials, including a retired Navy Admiral, testified at the hearings.
To quote the old X-Files television show: “The truth is out there.”
Until next time.
(Kyle Lovern is a longtime journalist in the Tug Valley. He is now a retired freelance writer and columnist for the Mountain Citizen.)