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On to the show. Storms, floods, and fires are ever more extreme. And yet, the Federal Emergency Management Agency

is fighting for its life. I've never been a big fan of FEMA. Fem is very expensive, and it

really doesn't get the job done. How did the agency tasked with saving America become so despised?

FEMA is a disaster.

FEMA is a dirty way.

So distrusted.

People are waking up in droves to the FEMA camps.

The FEMA plans to imprison American citizens have generated a lot of interest around the country.

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