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FEMA official who claimed he teleported to Waffle House ousted from agency, sources say and has been confirmed he's leaving (www.newschannel5.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA, confirmed Thursday that Phillips is leaving the agency, saying he is taking leave for personal reasons. But sources tell CNN the departure was not voluntary: New DHS leadership had grown weary of the embarrassment surrounding Phillips’ public image and of his periodic clashes with the department’s other leaders.

Even so, Phillips had won over some career FEMA officials. When he arrived, then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her de facto chief of staff Corey Lewandowski were taking aggressive steps to rein in FEMA, shrink the agency and bottleneck funding.

FEMA officials said Phillips stood out because he was willing to resist moves that would potentially hobble the agency’s work.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

Oh who hasn't teleported to a waffle house on a bender...

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Only the best people...

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

....get paid to teleport

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

To waffle house

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

He was still liked better than the dog killer.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

unless we find out he was killing dogs during those ~~blackouts~~ teleportations hahahaha

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Well the people who can teleport are something else ya know. Creme de la creme

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

No, you are wrong!

People who can teleport are somewhere else...

PS: I'll let myself out

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

he was willing to resist moves that would potentially hobble the agency’s work.

It must be late cuz I can't put together what this means. He was fired because he didnt hobble the agencys work? Or did hobble the agency?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

I think what they're saying is that Noem was all in for destroying FEMA and this guy resisted that. He might have been too drunk to care, hard to say.

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No, you just can't absorb what's happening because it's so fucked. He was fired because he didn't destroy the agency. Trump and co want to destroy it.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 16 hours ago

That sadly makes sense. Thank you.