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Acting FEMA chief David Richardson leaves post, Karen Evans set to follow
David Richardson left FEMA on November 17, 2025, and Karen Evans was scheduled to take over on December 1 as the administration continued its review of the agency.
Edition · November 17, 2025
The Daily Fuckup: November 17, 2025
Trumpworld spent the day juggling an Epstein revolt, a FEMA exit, and a Supreme Court filing that still couldn’t make the case for domestic military deployment.
Monday’s screwups came in three flavors: political self-sabotage, bureaucratic rot, and legal overreach. The Epstein mess kept forcing Republicans to choose between loyalty and transparency. FEMA lost another acting chief after a miserable stretch of internal upheaval. And in court, the administration kept trying to stretch emergency powers past the point where the statute — or the judges — seemed willing to go.
Closing take
The common thread here is simple: when Trumpworld is under pressure, it tends to double down on the thing causing the problem. That may satisfy the base for a news cycle, but it leaves paper trails, personnel wreckage, and court filings that age badly. By the time the spin settles, the damage is usually already done.
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