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   The death toll in the tragic Texas floods over the weekend keeps rising,   
   yet leftist politicians and the mainstream media wasted no time in   
   politicizing the heartbreak and trying to pin blame for the natural   
   event on Donald Trump and his administration.   
      
   They blame everything from DOGE to cuts to the National Weather Service   
   to budget reductions at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric   
   Administration (NOAA), but as RedState’s Bonchie points out, most of   
   those cuts haven’t even taken effect yet, and their predictions wouldn't   
   have changed no matter how high their funding.   
      
   As the Death Toll Rises in Texas, Democrats Choose to Be Black-Souled,   
   Evil Ghouls   
      
   But this second Trump administration is a different beast, and they’re   
   not taking things like this lying down. The Department of Homeland   
   Security blasted the media in a series of Sunday posts and accused the   
   biased press of outright lying:   
      
      
   Homeland Security   
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   The mainstream media is deliberately lying about the events leading up   
   to the catastrophic flooding in Texas.   
      
   The National Weather Service executed timely, precise forecasting and   
   warnings, despite unprecedented rainfall overwhelming the region.   
      
   Here is the timeline of NWS’s Show more   
      
   Here is the timeline of NWS’s proactive response:   
      
   There are at least 12 subsequent posts by the department proving that   
   they did in fact send out numerous warnings about the potential dangers   
   ahead. Click on the above tweet to read the entire thread, but here are   
   just a few examples:   
      
   Homeland Security   
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   Morning, July 3rd: NWS Austin/San Antonio conducts forecast briefings   
   for emergency management, flagging flash flood risks. 3:28 PM · Jul 6,   
   2025   
      
      
   Homeland Security   
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   Jul 6, 2025   
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   1:14 AM, July 4th: Flash Flood Warning with “Considerable” tag issued   
   for Bandera and Kerr Counties, triggering Wireless Emergency Alerts   
   (WEAs) and NOAA Weather Radio notifications. Homeland Security   
   @DHSgov   
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   4:03 AM, July 4th: Flash Flood Warning upgraded to Flash Flood Emergency   
   for south-central Kerr County, including Hunt. 3:28 PM · Jul 6, 2025   
      
      
   Homeland Security   
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   Jul 6, 2025   
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   Replying to @DHSgov   
   5:00 AM, July 4th: National Water Center warns of widespread   
   considerable and catastrophic flooding. Homeland Security   
   @DHSgov   
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   5:34 AM, July 4th: Flash Flood Emergency issued for the Guadalupe River,   
   signaling a “large and deadly flood wave.” 3:28 PM · Jul 6, 2025   
      
   DHS said the National Weather Service actually did its job:   
      
   "The National Weather Service executed timely, precise forecasting and   
   warnings, despite unprecedented rainfall overwhelming the region," it   
   continued.   
      
   The agency also provided a timeline of the National Weather Service's   
   "proactive response" to the storm beginning on Thursday morning.   
      
   "The National Weather Service provided over 12 hours of advance notice   
   via the Flood Watch and over 3 hours of lead time for Flash Flood   
   Warnings, with escalated alerts as the storm intensified," DHS wrote.   
      
   Related: Amazing Rescue of Woman in Tree, Stunning Video Shows Just How   
   Fast TX Flood Waters Rose   
      
   Amid Tragedy and Heartbreak in Texas, Hero Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer   
   Saves Over 160 Lives   
      
   This is an awful story, and like Bonchie, I’m heartbroken as a parent to   
   contemplate the unimaginable pain the families of the victims are   
   feeling at this time. There will be investigations, and reports, and   
   studies to determine how this could have been better prevented, but this   
   moment is not the time to throw out conjecture, uncorroborated theories   
   and unfounded allegations.   
      
   Blaming the Trump administration for cuts that supposedly kneecapped our   
   warning systems is a fool’s game, because as the DHS points out, the   
   warnings went out. There are still questions to be answered about what   
   happened next, but in the meantime, the media should stop throwing out   
   baseless speculation when the waters haven’t even receded yet.   
      
      
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