DHS layoff dozens of critical emergency staffers in latest FEMA purge just after New Year's

[John Farley]

As has been discussed extensively here in a thread I cannot find right now, there is a reasonable case for shifting some FEMA responsibilities to the states, along with the federal funding needed to make such a shift work. However, early emergency response for large disasters does not fall under that case IMHO, because there are some disasters that are on too large a scale to be effectively handled at only the state/local level. Additionally, I do not see any indication of any shift of resources to the states in this instance to handle what will no longer be done by the feds because of this:

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[Randy Zipser]

As has been discussed extensively here in a thread I cannot find right now, there is a reasonable case for shifting some FEMA responsibilities to the states,

The thread you're probably thinking of, John, is Mike Smith's "Legislation to Create a National Disaster Review Board." Throughout this thread, particularly during 2025, this very topic about FEMA came up frequently in many discussions, some of which I opined about, FWIW. Also, please see my post "New FEMA Legislation Moving Through Congress," from 09/16/2025.