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Atlantic Council Nonresident Senior Fellow in Middle East Programs and Director, Future of DHS Project. Former State Department Senior Advisor, former DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Policy. Reposts do not imply endorsement.

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Strategic resilience can help prevent tragedy in the next flash flood Preventing future tragedies will require sustained focusβ€”and resourcesβ€”from federal, state, and local governments. Here are six steps to take now.

The US needs to increase both focus and funding on strategic resilience to prevent more deaths from #flashfloods, for reasons I explain in this piece for the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social:

www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...

31.07.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save this clip! #FEMA #texasfloods

Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson, July 23, 2025: β€œResilience is a priority for me, and it’s a priority for FEMA.” – at the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

24.07.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | When FEMA’s response to extreme weather is the disaster The Trump administration is mired in delays for deciding on governors’ requests for FEMA help.

Sarah Labowitz has these important observations about strange delays in federal disaster assistance. Very concerning

"When FEMA’s response to extreme weather is the disaster"

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

23.07.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On Ash-Shams TV (based in Irbil, Iraq) on Friday night talking about Syria. The Trump administration is not happy about Israel’s breaking the ceasefire Washington thought had been arranged. (A subsequent story in Axios confirmed what I said Friday night.)

20.07.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"He's a madman": Trump's team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes "Netanyahu is sometimes like a child who just won't behave."

Axios report to the same effect.

www.axios.com/2025/07/20/i...

20.07.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As I said Sunday on the Al-Araby News Channel, the White House and State are both angry that Israeli airstrikes disrupted the first ceasefire in Suywaida, Syria. They want to see the new ceasefire upheld by all sides so that Syria-Israeli talks can get back on track.

20.07.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Important analysis on what is being held up (delayed!) at #FEMA by @sarahlabo.bsky.social.

As we were all taught in high school, not to decide ... is to decide.

18.07.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump admin to proceed with groundbreaking flash flood risk database, reversing course after media reports | CNN The Trump administration has changed course and is moving ahead with work to develop a new database that would provide Americans with precise estimates of their flash flood risk in a warming world.

Excellent and important news for those concerned about the need for greater strategic resilience against flash floods. NOAA is updating its flash flood forecasting models to incorporate trends, not just (increasingly out of date) historical data.

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/...

18.07.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can we do this in neutrinos?

15.07.2025 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Band Posts Epic Cease And Desist Letter After DHS Uses Song In Deportation Propaganda Video That is how you do it πŸ‘πŸΌ

Looks like DHS needs to get a new soundtrack.

@blackrebelmotorcycle

www.comicsands.com/black-rebel-...

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Trump's immigration enforcement record so far: High arrests, low deportations ICE last month arrested the most people in at least five years, but the number of deportations paled in comparison.

12/12 So what is the administration’s plan to reduce the 3.5 million case backlog with only 100 more immigration judges?

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

14.07.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump admin tells immigration judges to dismiss cases in tactic to speed up arrests The judges, who work for the executive branch, have been instructed to grant dismissals quickly; ICE has been arresting people after their cases are dismissed.

10/12 See news story here:

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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9/12 DOJ has already instructed immigration judges to dismiss pending immigration cases β€œthat do not have viable legal paths for relief or protection from removal”:

www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...

14.07.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump wants to bypass immigration courts. Experts warn it's a 'slippery slope.' The administration's recent actions to fire immigration judges and other steps are chipping away at what was already an imperfect system in administrative courts.

8/12 Story here:

www.ideastream.org/2025-04-29/t...

14.07.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
President Trump Swears In the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
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7/12 One option is to deny millions of people a hearing, and just deport them, claiming there aren’t enough judges to hear their cases. President Trump said in April β€œwe have thousands of people that are ready to go out and you can't have a trial for all of these people.”

youtu.be/0c6pm6393C4?...

14.07.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Millions of asylum-seekers left waiting in immigration court backlog While illegal migrant crossings have dropped, immigration courts now have a historically high volume of cases

6/12 If you increase the number of immigration judges by only 100, how will this achieve the goal of significantly reducing the 3.5 million case backlog?

www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/m...

14.07.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Supreme Court of the United States Home

5/12 The Supreme Court has said consistently that prospective deportees are entitled to due process. This could come through immigration judges or through Federal judges appointed under Article III of the Constitution.

www.supremecourt.gov

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4/12 However, section 100054(1)(B) says that by Nov. 1, 2028, there can be β€œnot more than 800 immigration judges”:

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Immigration Court Backlog

3/12 Backlog of cases data are here:

tracreports.org/phptools/imm...

14.07.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

2/12 H.R. 1 (β€œthe One Big Beautiful Bill”), section 100054, gives DOJ an additional $3.33 billion for (among other things) hiring immigration judges and support staff to address the backlog of 3.5 million immigration cases.

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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Office of the Chief Immigration Judge

1/12 So here’s something hard to understand about the Trump administration’s immigration plans. The US has approximately 700 immigration judges, according to DOJ statistics:

www.justice.gov/eoir/office-...

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On Al-Jazeera's early morning program talking about President Trump's interest in getting ceasefire talks started in Doha.

08.07.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Terrified Girls, Helicopters and a Harrowing Scene: A Rescuer’s Tale at Camp Mystic

This man is a hero.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u...

07.07.2025 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On Al-Jazeera Sunday afternoon. This was one of those panel discussions that were just starting to get into the important issues when we ran out of time.

07.07.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Explaining the national security implications of Trump’s β€œBig Beautiful Bill” to TRT World. A large infusion of money for border security and immigration enforcement, but the shifting of billions of dollars of burdens onto the states will have significant implications for millions of Americans.

06.07.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The United States is committed to supporting the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and can also fund other ways to increase the amount of humanitarian aid going to Gazan civilians.

05.07.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On Al-Jazeera on Saturday evening explaining President Trump’s commitment is to the process of negotiations, not to their outcome. That will take both sides having to make difficult decisions.

05.07.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hamas responds to Gaza ceasefire proposal; it’s β€˜positive,’ Palestinian official says Army says two soldiers killed in Gaza * UN says more than 600 people killed near Gaza aid sites since late May * IDF says it now holds operational control over roughly 65% of Gaza Strip

Hamas agrees to a ceasefire ... but wants the Gaza Humanitarian Fund out -- proof that control of aid and security is Hamas's real power play.

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-jul...

04.07.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | America owes its Afghan partners more than this Those who fought alongside U.S. soldiers face deportation or years of punishing fees.

Doug Lute and I write in today's Washington Post that Congress needs to protect our Afghan allies from deportation and the crippling fees in H.R. 1, the Big, Beautiful Bill Act. This is both national honor and a clear-eyed understanding of national security.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

30.06.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first rule in Trump’s Washington: Don’t write anything down A new culture of secrecy in government is taking root – among career staffers and new political appointees alike.

This is a very bad thing for good governance. But it's true.

wapo.st/4kjmqsn

29.06.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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