Edie Schaffer ❌👑
Emergency planning is my thing. Safeguarding people from the impacts of disasters and emergencies is my calling. Lately embarked on a fiction writing journey. So much material, so little time. Author website: https://edieschaffer.com
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- #FEMA to resume #CORE staff cuts that were paused during winter storm, according to two managers, “stoking concern across the agency over its ability to address disasters with fewer workers.” apnews.com/article/fema... #EM
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- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑While there *is* evidence of both "wetter wets" & "drier dries" in warming climate, temperatures are going almost universally in one direction: Up. We're just not seeing "colder colds." Some interesting potential Arctic-related caveats still remain TBD, but that doesn't change big picture.
- Is climate change responsible for increasingly frequent or severe cold events? The evidence suggests it is not. Instead, the impact of climate change is warmer winters and less severe cold events. @hausfath.bsky.social has a great post on The Climate Brink talking about this.
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- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑Turmoil at #FEMA adds to the revolt against Kristi Noem - Grist grist.org/extreme-weat...
- “ #Noem’s restrictions on #FEMA spending has also slowed payments to local governments still recovering from past catastrophes. The reimbursement backlog has reached $17 billion … more than the agency spends on such things in a typical year. grist.org/extreme-weat... #EN
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑Volcano's producers sent the script to Caltech to ask if they could use Caltech name. Caltech lawyers asked me and Kate Hutton for our opinions because the seismologists seemed based on us. Permission was denied. "Rachel" dies in the lava. "Amy" falls in love with the OES guy. Who's the worst fate?
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- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑Spead the good word!!! Absolutely phenomenal outcome in Texas, in a county Dems haven’t won since Bush 1 was president.
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate. Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards. With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43. Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑Arresting journalists. Stifling investigations into wrongdoing. Going after perceived political opponents. The Trump Admin is trying to use every play in the authoritarian playbook to grasp at power and smother dissent. We cannot accept this as normal. We cannot look away. We cannot falter.
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑We’re suing Rady Children’s Health for violating its legal obligations to preserve access to gender-affirming care for patients under 19. Rady broke its promises when it decided to end access to these vital services in response to the Trump Admin’s illegal campaign against gender-affirming care.
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑Rise Up - protest songs from now & before; a mixtape with lyrics 1. No Kings - Jesse Welles and Joan Baez
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- #SenEricSchmitt (R-MO) says reforms of #ICE/#CBP demanded by #Democrats - like no masking, wearing body cams & ID - will make #immigration “enforcement personally dangerous and professionally impossible.” His fascist police must be unaccountable. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01... #AbolishICENow
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑My first remarks since being arrested last night.
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- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑Happening now: San Francisco's Dolores Park has filled with demonstrators for the nationwide ICE Out protest.
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑Easy action of the day: It takes just 30 seconds to send a message to your representative to #RemoveRFKJr. Articles of impeachment are in the house as we speak — we need to urge ACTION! ✊📲 tr.ee/impeach-email #standupforscience #takebackscience
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- #EmergencyManagers in #SanFrancisco & #SantaClara Counties must plan for the worst & assume #ICE plans “enforcement” actions in connection with #SBLX. www.kqed.org/news/1207170... #EM #SuperBowl #CA
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- #DOJ now says it will conduct an investigation into the murder of #AlexPretti, an supposed about-face from its former stance. Sadly, NO ONE in their right mind trusts #Trump’s DOJ. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01... #AbolishDHSAsWeKnowIt #ICEOutNOW
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑Source familiar with Don Lemon's arrest tells me DOJ went to a grand jury to secure an indictment (DOJ's effort to get a criminal complaint had already been rejected in court twice). This is ugly. More soon.
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- “As #Noem made her way through the building last week, shaking hands, the impact of her sweeping changes at #FEMA …was impossible to ignore. Across the room, a handful of staffers whose employment contracts were expiring that very day were quietly escorted out.” www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/p...
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑Real people and communities are affected by FEMAs action or inaction. This is an example of the human side of DHS’s, under Noem’s leadership, policies. must (not all) are a direct result of the requirement to personally approve all funding over $100k. insideclimatenews.org/news/2901202...
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- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑⚒️ 🧪 A swarm of earthquakes has been rattling western Mindanao, the Philippines' 2nd-largest island. Some areas have been preemptively evacuated. The fault system here has a record of damaging, tsunamigenic earthquakes, and this swarm is unusual. So, what’s going on, and what can we say about hazard?
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑OK, as we go into February, I'm officially worried about our snowpack numbers across the Western US. Less snow means dryer soils and fuels heading into the summer and I don't like fire years where the high country comes online early.
- Investigation confirms that #FEMA #HermitsPeakFire Claims Office director #JayMitchell has directed every claim go through him for approval. His & wife’s claims have been paid — for properties 12 mi from the fire — while those who lost everything received 0. www.kob.com/news/4-inves... #EM #NM
- "As the only former #EmergencyManagement Director in Congress, it is my responsibility to sound the alarm… #FEMA is being dismantled by… #Noem. FEMA’s backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history." Rep #JaredMoskowitz www.wlrn.org/light/govern...
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑Oh my god www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑#NEWS: The CA Supreme Court has permanently shut the door on Huntington Beach’s illegal voter ID law! This victory makes one thing crystal clear: no city in our state, charter and non-charter alike, is above the law. Disenfranchising voters for imagined fraud will not be tolerated.
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑AG Bondi: “NOTHING will stop DOJ from enforcing the law.” Then enforce it: Open civil rights probes into the shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti. DOJ’s involvement in Minnesota isn’t law enforcement. It’s loyalty enforcement.
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑I stand with AGs across the country against this Admin’s illegal efforts to threaten the safety, autonomy, and well-being of more states and communities.
- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑The Trump Administration went low, and now they're digging themselves even deeper. Their attempt to strong-arm Minnesota into turning over its residents’ data is both unprecedented and deeply troubling.
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- @sffdpio.bsky.social has reported a working fire in the 2400 block of Ingalls Street in #SanFrancisco which is resulting in smoke in southeast part of the city. x.com/sffdpio/stat...
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- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑The president of the United States had his Justice Dept. raid an election office and seize ballots in order to cast doubt on an election he lost. Yet, this is treated by legacy media as just another normal day. I founded Democracy Docket because you deserve better. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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- Reposted by Edie Schaffer ❌👑Trump’s plan to tackle the affordability crisis: 1. Institute tariffs, raise prices on nearly everything 2. Say “affordability” is a hoax 3. Build a gold-plated ballroom Shocking that consumer confidence just hit the lowest level in more than a decade. thehill.com/business/eco...
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- Tom Frank has obtained a version of the #FEMAReviewCouncil’s unreleased report, which he says recommends “parametric triggers” for certain disasters. www.eenews.net/articles/int... #EM #FEMA
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