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Outwitting DOGE
How ‘the swamp’ ran out the clock on Elon Musk
Oct 16
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David Richardson
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FEMA's real job isn't disaster response it's cutting checks and bloating government
I ran the place, a job I never sought, and I'll tell you plainly: the cavalry isn't coming. Saving you—regardless of what FEMA employees claim—was never…
Oct 14
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David Richardson
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FEMA’s Billion-Dollar Gravy Train
David Webb talks with David Richardson about the federal programs that keep people building where the water comes back.
Oct 9
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David Richardson
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19:39
Texas got what it needed
On Just the News with John Solomon: the $100,000 memo, the flood maps, and a FEMA that should only do what the law requires.
Oct 6
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David Richardson
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7:56
How one word built FEMA’s billion-dollar gravy train
The statute never says help. FEMA’s mission statement does. That is the whole problem.
Oct 4
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David Richardson
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Death on a Holiday
Warning systems get the hearings. Flood maps and NFIP built the floodplain.
Oct 1
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David Richardson
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September 2026
The Camp Mystic Flood Tragedy Exposed a Systematic Failure
Flood maps and federal insurance made a river look safe.
Sep 27
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David Richardson
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The Bureaucracies of Natural Disasters
Former acting FEMA administrator David Richardson joined Cheryl K. Chumley on Bold & Blunt, the Washington Times podcast.
Sep 22
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David Richardson
20:34
FEMA and Its Connection to the Deep State
David Richardson tells Grant Stinchfield the National Flood Insurance Program pushed people into floodplains, 80,000 open projects became a jobs…
Sep 20
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David Richardson
8:41
Damn Right We Did
Andy Rumbach reviewed Texas Flood. He spent the piece missing the point he conceded at the end.
Sep 17
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David Richardson
Downsizing FEMA and DHS
An interview with Lt. Col. David Richardson
Sep 17
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David Richardson
57:00
I ran FEMA. Here’s why you’re paying for rich people to live on the beach
This op-ed was originally published in the Washington Examiner on September 15, 2026.
Sep 16
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David Richardson
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