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L.A. Fires: A Tragedy That Should Have Been Prevented
The Newsom/Bass Wildfires and the Allocation of Blame — American Thinker
The LA fires are the horrifying consequence of Democratic misrule — Joel Kotkin, Spiked
Wildfires And Soaring Costs Threaten The American Dream — TIPP Insights
How California eco-bureaucrats halted a Pacific Palisades fire safety project to save an endangered shrub — New York Post
Woke DEI + Green Nihilism = Dresden in California — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
In LA fire horror, California elites face the consequences of blue misrule — New York Post
California Gov. Newsom called out on claim reservoirs are ‘full’ — New York Post
Firefighter Blasts Lack of Resources: ‘We Could Have Saved Buildings Like Caruso Did’ — Breitbart
Drained LA reservoir in worst fire-ravaged area has repeatedly needed repairs, sat empty since Feb. 2024: Wall Street Journal — via NY Post
The ‘looters, burglars and drug addicts’ arrested during Palisades Fire all share common trait — UK Daily Mail
I Live in Pacific Palisades and I Know Who Caused the Fire — California Globe
Palisades Fire was likely started by dormant blaze sparked by NYE fireworks: report — NY Post
LA Descends Into Chaos as Looters Exploit Wildfires — Townhall
Who’s to blame for the LA fires? — American Thinker
The L.A. Fires Were Likely Not Caused by Climate Change — Outrageous Fortune Substack
Follow the Science? 95% of California’s Wildfires Are Started by PEOPLE, Not Global Warming! — PJ Media
The L.A. Wildfires Need to be ‘the Abu Ghraib of the Climate Change Movement’ — Alex Marlow Show, Breitbart
Climate Crisis Policies Destructive to Los Angeles Environment, But Did Not Cause Fires — Legal Insurrection
A Saga of Fire and Water — Powerline (Chart)
California’s Progressive ‘Woke’ Leaders Feel The Political Heat
There Is No Bottom for Blue California — Townhall
The Woke Fires Turning California Red — John Kass News
While fires burn, Gavin Newsom and California Democrats reach $50M deal to Trump-proof the state — Politico
The new conservatives who have been mugged by a wildfire — Behind The Black
Newsom Slashed $100M in Fire Prevention Funds Ahead of Deadly Wildfires — PJ Media
Recall effort against Newsom underway in California following alleged mishandling of LA fires — NY Post
Bye-Bye, Baby? Recall Efforts Begin Against Newsom & Bass — PJ Media
Resurfaced Clip of Gavin Newsom Boasting About Removing Water Supplies Goes Viral — Rumble
Newsom Admits California’s Notorious Red Tape, Regs Can Be Removed Overnight — Geiger Capital, X
‘Lack of Leadership’: L.A. Fire Vet Says No One Prepared Even After Extreme Wind Warnings — PJ Media
If Karen Bass was a Republican, this clip would be playing on television 24/7 — Hall Of Fun, X
Bombshell Development in the CA Wildfires…And It’s Not Good for Karen Bass — Townhall
Here Are All The Ways DEI-Crazed Officials Made The LA Fire More Deadly — The Federalist
Surprise! L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is a life-long supporter of communism, Cuban dictatorship — Babalu Blog
Brutal Article Rips Apart Karen Bass, Saying She Put on a Clinic on What Not to Do During LA Fires — Townhall
Karen Bass, the World’s Least Sympathetic Scapegoat — National Review
To Stop Wildfires, Burn Wokeism — PJ Media
Other, Non-Fire News You Might Need . . .
Lefties Mourn End To Facebook Censorship — Battleswarm Blog
Musk: Federal Bureaucracy Is ‘Unconstitutional Branch’ Of Gov’t — X
Trump Cabinet Hearings Begin: Democrat Senators Go Off the Rails at Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing — PJ Media
Pete Hegseth Makes The Definitive Case Why He’s Qualified To Be Trump’s Defense Secretary —The Federalist
Experts worry as deficit tops $2 trillion in last year — The Center Square
Is the Biden Administration Planning a January Surprise To Damage Israel? — Front Page Magazine
Israel and Hamas Are ‘on the Brink’ of Cease-Fire Agreement, Blinken Says — NY Times
