Monday, October 14, 2024

The politicization of the response to Helene and later Milton has provided a recruitment opportunity for white supremacist groups who have assembled in devastated regions that government emergency services have struggled to reach as part of a recruitment drive and PR effort. Fema has also long been a target of unfounded anti-government conspiracy theorists – especially on the US’s far right – going back more than a decade.

 Two early paragraphs run together form the headline. This link.