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Some FEMA operations paused in North Carolina after reports National Guard troops saw ‘armed militia’ threatening them (www.cnn.com)

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Aid to several communities impacted by Hurricane Helene was temporarily paused in parts of North Carolina over the weekend due to reports of threats against Federal Emergency Management Agency responders, amid a backdrop of misinformation about responses to recent storms.

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

The National Guard has to be requested by the governor. Look at who's the governor in Florida: he's on the side of, and is stirring up, the militias. He's not going to call out the Guard against his own people.