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Friday, January 10, 2025

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Wildfires, Lies, and MAGA Spin As wildfires ravage California, Trump, Musk, and MAGA fuel chaos with conspiracies. Blaming DEI and inventing water crises, they ignore the real issue: climate change. Instead of leadership, we get cruelty. It's time for accountability, not distractions.

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-- H. John Tran (@johnhtran.bsky.social) January 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM

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MAGA insists on being cruel and stupid.

It requires no work and no education.

Perfect.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-10 10:49 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

It is time for accountability, and I don't think the questions being asked about the leadership that got LA/Cali to this point are distractions. Decisions were made that exasperated this scenario.

Asking pointed questions at D leadership doesn't make it immediately MAGA.

#2 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2025-01-10 10:51 AM | Reply

Asking pointed questions at D leadership doesn't make it immediately MAGA.

#2 | Posted by kwrx25

Everyone knows the stench of MAGA by now.

Asking "pointed questions" is what sane, patriotic Americans do.

Not MAGA.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-10 10:55 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

'"California is committing suicide before our very eyes. DEI is deadly." He did not explain how either being queer or female made someone less capable of doing the job of fire chief'

FROM THE ARTICLE

This is MAGA.

Disgusting BS from a movement composed of such.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-10 10:58 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 6

This needs some further explanation.

x.com

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-01-10 10:59 AM | Reply

This is a great deflection from the incompetent government officials.

Love it

#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-01-10 11:03 AM | Reply

I see it as Newsom shoving responsibility onto the mayor of LA bu saying "hey, the water was there, it's not my fault your fire hydrants were dry"

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-01-10 11:28 AM | Reply

Giving air time to trump and fox is like giving air time to the national inquirer. Just another lie factory.

#8 | Posted by bat4255 at 2025-01-10 12:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

Democrat pols and big wigs must have politics built into their corrupt psyche. Their obsession and mission is always political power by any means necessary. Common sense is always missing. They never focus on the problem. DEI is the ultimate racism as they base everything on race and skin color when most could care less. Merit and ability should be numero uno in picking people.

Why would Karen Bass visit Africa when they were told an major weather and wind event and all destructive potential was on the way? She is like Newsome and Biden where their only concerns are expensive meals and junkets. California was once a golden state, now everything they do makes life worse. California went from the best to the worst ever since Democrat one party government took over.

Little 1936 built ranch houses on a postage stamp waiting for a flood, earthquake, or fire they sell for $2+ million. And they wonder why insurance is not available. What is the desire to live there?

I feel really sorry for these people losing everything but hopefully they will wake up that the politics of fools carries risk of bad government.

#9 | Posted by Robson at 2025-01-10 12:15 PM | Reply

Fox News DEI Spin on California Wildfires Exposes MAGA's Total Incoherence

More than that.

It exposes their hatred for women, minorities and the LGBTQ+

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-10 12:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 5

9 | Posted by Robson at 2025

Look under your bed, ROBSON. I'm certain that you will find millions of potential therapists there, including your maid.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-10 12:22 PM | Reply

I feel really sorry for these people losing everything

#9 | Posted by Robson

Yeah. Sure.

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-10 12:23 PM | Reply

"potential therapists"

Well, that was Freudian.

I have to imagine that therapy would help relieve your anxiety about all those brown people coming for you, ROBSON.

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-10 12:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Asking pointed questions at D leadership doesn't make it immediately MAGA

Why constrain it to D leadership? Why not include the fire departments: municipal and county? I suspect that enough people in various agencies that screwed up that there's plenty of blame to go around.

#14 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2025-01-10 01:18 PM | Reply

While the power was out, the only channel I could get on tv was Dr Phil's fake news channel. While showing video of the fires, he and his fascist co host just whined about how this was all democrat's fault.

"Their taxes are so high that they should be able to instantly put out fires caused by a record breaking wind event! This proves democrats can't lead and liberalism is a failure," was the message.

Repubs called climate change a hoax for decades, prevented us from combating it, and now that climate change has arrived it's democrats fault for not having a magic wand to stop it.

Just like after the iraq war became a disaster, they tried to blame democrats for not STOPPING republicans from invading, even though at the time anyone who was against the war they attacked as being an anti american terrorist sympathizer.

Republicans create disasters then cry that it's someone else's fault.

#15 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-01-10 01:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

There were never months of drought and 40 - 80 mph winds before all this woke DEI nonsense.

#16 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-01-10 01:21 PM | Reply

This needs some further explanation.

x.com

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Because water in a lake is not the same as water pumped to the site of the fire. Water doesn't magically travel to where it's needed.

I am not sure how hard this is to understand. Are you really that dumb?

#17 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-01-10 03:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Why constrain it to D leadership? Why not include the fire departments: municipal and county? I suspect that enough people in various agencies that screwed up that there's plenty of blame to go around.

#14 | Posted by FedUpWithPols

No. It's an incredible weather situation driving the fire conditions.

#18 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-01-10 03:21 PM | Reply

Natural disaster occurs.

Trump turns it into a blame game.

Deplorable Trumping MAGAts pile on.

This country is fkkked.

#19 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-10 03:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

-Natural disaster occurs.

you mean like a hurricane?

#20 | Posted by eberly at 2025-01-10 04:06 PM | Reply

Yea. Just like hurricanes and Joe Biden blaming DeSantis.

Right?

Oh, that never happened?

Carry on being special.

#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-10 04:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

Yea. Just like hurricanes and Joe Biden blaming DeSantis.

Right?

Oh, that never happened?

Carry on being special.

#21 | Posted by ClownShack

Even if he did, blaming hurricanes on climate change deniers is accurate. While blaming wildfires on the failure of liberalism is pathetic.

#22 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-01-10 07:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

MAGATS are simply unfeeling monsters desperately trying to hide their own significant inadequacies.

#23 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-01-10 08:19 PM | Reply

@#23 ... MAGATS are simply unfeeling monsters ...

I disagree.

To me the MAGA cult is not unfeeling.

They seem to feel for themselves because they think they have been left behind in the progress of the Country.

Why might they feel they have been left behind?

#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-10 08:34 PM | Reply

MAGAts are overly emotional, which is how republicans have always controlled them.

They just keep pumping them with anger and fear.

#25 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-10 10:12 PM | Reply

@#25 ... They just keep pumping them with anger and fear. ...

So, I'm not the only one here who watches Fox News?

#26 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-10 10:24 PM | Reply

This DEI stuff is so damn stupid it hurts. As is b blaming anyone the damn MAGAts can for everything. Total worthless morons.

We know why there was not enough water. At least those of us that know enough to get actual information and not rely on dumbass liars, provocateurs, and scapegoatists trying to score points with hate. It's not even that complicate. Step back and just think for a minute before buying into the lies.

#27 | Posted by YAV at 2025-01-10 10:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

I would like to challenge Robotson to a duel. Weapon is a ball peen hammer. I assume he's just a gutless MAGAT ----.

#28 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-01-10 11:30 PM | Reply

Frankly, as a Californian, all the out-of state peanut gallery ---- is disgusting. All of you doing this have no ---- clue about our weather, water situation and distribution, climate and how much much overgrowth we have had the last few years, if we can do controlled burns in the inversion layer surrounding LA without creating a major health hazard, can a *city* fire department effectively fight a wildfire. I bet none of you dumbasses have watched a fire tornado from your house have you? I have. Wildfires are not municipal house fires. They make their own weather.

If you hate the damn state so much shut your damn mouths, let us leave and set up our own thing and stop subsidizing your welfare queen red state asses.

As a former VP candidate said, mind your own damn business.

#29 | Posted by dibblda at 2025-01-11 12:06 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Incoherence? He is just playing to the stupidity and hate of the fascists marching in lockstep with him. They would turn him off in a second if he made sense and presented actual scientists with plans to stop global warming.

#30 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-01-11 07:29 AM | Reply

If you hate the damn state so much shut your damn mouths, let us leave and set up our own thing and stop subsidizing your welfare queen red state asses.

As a former VP candidate said, mind your own damn business.

#29 | Posted by dibblda

They bark at the word CALIFORNIA like trained dogs. Same as the word SOCIALISM or CLIMATE CHANGE.

California proves that liberalism is more successful than conservatism, so they pounce on any story they can find to paint california as a failure, even while it supports all the failed moocher red states.

#31 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-01-11 03:34 PM | Reply

If the people whose homes just burned down blame "climate change" they deserve it.

You know what else they deserve? Every headache the DEI ----- will give them for trying to rebuild their homes.

#32 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-01-12 04:43 AM | Reply

#32
Maroonocity on full display. Toot-toot.

#33 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-01-12 06:49 AM | Reply

DEI is the rights new gibberish, like CRT before it.

#34 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-01-12 08:29 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

DEI is hiring unqualified people at all levels. Then when a disaster happens and they're not prepared and not qualified on how to respond to the crisis, they blame imaginary causes like climate change

#35 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-01-12 11:58 AM | Reply

Usually one would be much better served by a DEI hire than a fat stupid Trumper hire.

#36 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-12 12:04 PM | Reply

#31 hysterically non self reflective.

The left barks just as loud at the same things, The right will blindly attack them and the left will blindly defend them. How about actually discussing the points because neither side is fully incorrect about them.

But both sides are so smugly firm in their positions that the other side is too stupid to understand, that no progress is made. The far left and the far right are the reason non of this stuff ever improves.

#37 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2025-01-13 10:34 AM | Reply

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