Louisiana

Y'all come on now... If anyone in Louisiana is actually seeing this, there is no way y'all are ok with that right?

The main link is a comparison of both John Bell Edwards original declaration and Landry's most recent renewal from the 20th.

One obvious difference seems to be that Landry grants to the director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) has authority to take whatever action he deems appropriate in response to declaration of emergency.

https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/acadiana/2025/03/21/gov-landry-louisiana-omv-emergency-software-failure/82590867007/

Allegedly it has to do with the office of motor vehicles. Wouldn't be a big deal, except on literally the same day, he announced GOHSEP is now under control of the National Guard.

According to Landry "This move not only delivers significant cost savings but also aligns with my belief in the importance of relying more on our National Guard to strengthen our state's resilience."

According to this article https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-restructure-gohsep-under-louisiana-national-guard-fiscal-responsibility/article_7e9e08f2-ee67-463c-a2b3-424f6165a087.html

"GOHSEP Director Jacques Thibodeaux took on a challenging role and served our state with dedication under difficult circumstances. We deeply appreciate his service," Landry said in the announcement.

Thibodeaux said in an interview that, over the next 30 days, he will help transition GOHSEP from a stand-alone agency to one under the purview of the National Guard in a role titled special assistant to the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard.

His plans after that are currently undetermined, Thibodeaux said. He noted that he's worked in emergency management for 40 years and is also a retired army soldier and retired U.S. Marshal.

"I'm gonna take (a) well-needed break and enjoy my family, and then I'll determine what's gonna be the next chapter," he said.

So it seems like the director named in the order, no longer exists. If I'm just dumb and misunderstanding this please explain it to me.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/homeland-security-makes-cuts-to-offices-overseeing-civil-rights-protections/

Only 2 of those 3 offices are involved in immigration. The 3rd is the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), which supports the Homeland Security's mission to secure the nation while preserving individual liberty, fairness, and equality under the law for all American citizens:

https://www.dhs.gov/office-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties

https://moskowitz.house.gov/posts/fema-independence-act-2025

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/03/lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-break-fema-out-of-dhs/?readmore=1

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5213057-noem-plans-eliminate-fema/

https://www.fema.gov/about/offices/civil-rights

This bill from a Florida Rep is proposing to liberate FEMA to allegedly free it from DHS red tape, but was introduced the same day DHS secretary said during a televised cabinet meeting she plans to eliminate FEMA from DHS. With FEMA eliminated, a 4th office of civil rights under FEMA is also eliminated.

If this bill succeeds, it means that FEMA no longer responds to an emergency situation as an agency. It will be under control of a single cabinet member who answers to the president.

This means that in an emergency, we also lose protection of the civil rights office within FEMA. The FEMA Office of Civil Rights is committed to the full enforcement of federal civil rights laws before, during, and after disasters.

Does that mean it's 100% effective at doing that? Hell no. It means it's a seatbelt that only works sometimes, but these people are arguing we might as well just cut the seatbelts out of a cars for being inefficient and only working sometimes.

I am in no way arguing that FEMA doesn't need some serious fixing, but please understand that if we lose protection of civil rights during a disaster, we lose any expectation of rights being upheld by the National Guard, which is now in full control over an emergency response in Louisiana.

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-restructure-gohsep-under-louisiana-national-guard-fiscal-responsibility/article_7e9e08f2-ee67-463c-a2b3-424f6165a087.html

Hey Louisiana residents, don't know if you've heard about Landry's most recent cost saving efforts?

I'm sure I don't need to tell you why this would be very bad in any normal situation, but given some other things that are occurring at the federal level with Homeland Security's Office of Civil Rights, it's even worse than that.

So, I wrote a brief post with some information about why that is, and why all Americans should be concerned by these actions: https://pimento-mori.ghost.io/states-continue-to-push-law-and-policy-that-coincidentally-aids-federal-government-agenda/

Hello Louisiana, if you're unaware, we are one of several red states to create our very own state level DOGE taskforce.

I have been keeping a growing list of all of these taskforces as I learn about them. I finally finished putting together some information about what's popping with Louisiana DOGE specifically, and boy is it a doozy.

Please stay informed about this and keep others informed. These are our tax dollars and Landry is breaking transparency laws by doing these things in the shadows.

TLDR: Landry spent $16 million to rehouse less than 200 homeless people for 2 months ahead of the Superbowl. The contract went to a company owned by one of his biggest donors which is owned by a private equity firm.

The building was damaged during the 2020 hurricane season and was the tallest building in the city.

A massive oil spill is covering Bayou Lafourche around Raceland, LA. According to the USGS publication, Water Resources of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, the parish gets over 99% of its drinking water from surface water.