>>In Congressional appropriations hearings for the Department of Homeland Security, lawmakers pressed Secretary Kristi Noem for details about the big FEMA cuts. In those remarks and in following interviews, some Republicans signaled caution on the slash-and-burn of the federal government’s emergency response to disasters.<<

[Please accept my apology for the photo.]
#FEMA #OklahomaWatch #GOP
https://oklahomawatch.org/2025/05/18/cole-and-fellow-republicans-are-uneasy-about-trumps-slash-and-burn-at-fema/

>>The nearly 10,000-acre patch of land located near El Reno in western Oklahoma has been under federal government control since the 1800s and was once used for military purposes. It is now home to a Department of Agriculture center whose research includes forage, hydraulics and livestock. But for decades, the federally recognized Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes have fought for the land to be transferred back to them.<<

#OklahomaWatch #Cheyenne #Arapaho #Indigenous #Oklahoma
https://oklahomawatch.org/2025/05/19/these-tribes-want-a-key-piece-of-oklahoma-land-returned/

This whole thing is bizarre. It was evident from the start (at least to me) that this new ingredient, phenylephrine, wasn't effective in pill form. That the FDA approved it was a joke and a disservice to people who need OTC medication for congestion.

It would be interesting to see if making allergy suffers lives more difficult had any meaningful effect on the production or usage of meth at all. #Pseudoephedrine #Phenylephrine #Allergies #FDA #HealthCare

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