By Milt Harris ——Bio and Archives--September 4, 2025
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First, I want to say that last year, when we were slammed with two Category three hurricanes in thirteen days, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), was very timely and fair with us. They were helpful and easy to work with, so personally, we have no issues with the treatment we received.
That said, some people were not as fortunate as we were. I wrote a column about whistleblowers who came forward saying that houses with Trump signs or flags were deliberately skipped because of their political affiliation.
Since then, various other criticisms have arisen about the organization that are severe enough that, moving forward, it may be disbanded, and the services it provides may be placed under state control.
Now, a report by The New York Post is definitely not going to help its reputation. The report claims that two FEMA workers were fired for watching “heinous pornography.”
The FEMA firings follow the DHS chief's dismissal of twenty-four IT workers at the agency due to severe cybersecurity failures that compromised government networks and endangered operations.
This issue is that an internal investigation revealed the workers were watching this pornography on government devices. The smut reportedly included “racially charged” pornography and “bestiality,” according to DHS officials who oversee FEMA.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was incensed over the behavior of the workers who were fired.
The Post reported that, according to DHS officials:
Allegedly, one of these schmucks used his device to (Get ready), “type phrases into a chatbot website just so they could be read aloud in another accent.”
One of the tamer phrases stated:
Right, OK then.
The Post also reported that:
FEMA certainly did not need this type of negative publicity. They have one of those jobs where it is almost an impossibility to please everyone. Keep in mind that FEMA is most needed when people are at their worst. They’re stressed, and in many cases, they may have lost all of their possessions and may have lost loved ones.
In this case, both employees were based at FEMA’s remote Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center near Bluemont, Virginia, designed to protect the nation from emergencies, terrorist attacks, and nuclear disasters.
Still, the thought that while people are suffering, FEMA employees are watching porn is disgusting and totally unacceptable.
There must be accountability for this type of deviant behavior. Firing these employees is a start, but if it can be proven that this behavior delayed or prohibited the help that people were desperate for, or endangered the country in any manner, then criminal charges should be pursued.
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Milt spent thirty years as a sales and operations manager for an international manufacturing company. He is also a four-time published author on a variety of subjects. Now, he spends most of his time researching and writing about conservative politics and liberal folly.