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  • California’s Fraudulent “Disaster Recovery” Is a Land Grab

    07/23/2025 5:13:10 AM PDT · by CFW · 58 replies
    American Greatness ^ | 7/23/25 | Edward Ring
    Remember Gavin Newsom’s first visit to the sites of devastating fires last January in Los Angeles, when he vowed to streamline California’s paralytic regulations so people could quickly rebuild their homes? In that interview, while undulating his shoulders in a weird shimmy that will undoubtedly come back to haunt him as he ramps up his presidential campaigning, Newsom also promised to “prevent opportunistic investors from exploiting vulnerable residents by offering below-market prices.” It’s hard to say which promise has been more thoroughly violated. As celebrity author Adam Carolla posted on 7/14, there is virtually no work going on along the...
  • Where did all the FireAid concert money go after the LA wildfires? Let's investigate. 🔎

    07/22/2025 1:16:11 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 25 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | July 22, 2025 | Cardinal Pritchard
    Los Angeles was devastated by wildfires back in January, and the area is still feeling the impacts of the disaster. So when $100 million was raised by two FireAid concerts at the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, featuring acts such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Billie Elish, and Jelly Roll, you'd have thought the money would make its way to fire victims. Well, it's not that simple. Sue Pascoe, editor-in-chief at Circling The News, has the story of how this money ended up not going to fire victims, but instead making its way to...
  • WHERE’S THE MONEY? Dems and Celebs Raised Millions for LA Wildfires but Journalist Says Victims Haven’t Seen a Dime (VIDEO)

    07/21/2025 7:29:29 PM PDT · by george76 · 17 replies
    Gateway Pundit, ^ | Jul. 21, 2025 | Mike LaChance
    Following the wildfires that ravaged the Los Angeles area earlier this year, Democrats and a bunch of celebrities did a fundraising event called ‘FireAid’ that brought in a ton of cash, some reports say it was almost $100 million. Yet none of the victims have seen a penny of if it. Independent investigative journalist Sue Pascoe began looking into this and found that all of the money was apparently distributed to non-profit groups in the area, some of which have absolutely nothing to do with fire recovery. Is there a more perfect example of liberalism than this? Rather than giving...
  • Burn It Down, Build It Back Woke: Newsom to Dump Low-Income Housing in Million-Dollar Pacific Palisades Neighborhood

    07/16/2025 7:09:20 PM PDT · by george76 · 92 replies
    Gateway Pundit, ^ | Jul. 16, 2025 | Robert Semonsen
    California Governor Gavin Newsom has unveiled a plan to build low-income housing to replace property destroyed by the January 2025 Southern California wildfires. Newsom’s plan will put low-income housing in the heart of the rolling hills of Pacific Palisades, a highly affluent area of Los Angeles that overlooks the Santa Monica Bay. The priority is for “geographic proximity to the fire perimeters of the Eaton, Hughes, and Palisades fires,” Newsom explained. The California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Notice of Funding Availability for the $101 million pool details how funding will be awarded. Included is $101 million in funding...
  • ICE flips script on Los Angeles mayor after telling authorities to 'go home'

    07/04/2025 4:26:33 AM PDT · by george76 · 30 replies
    Fox News ^ | July 2, 2025 | Cameron Arcand
    Federal agency reminds Bass of her controversial Ghana trip while Los Angeles wildfires raged.. Immigration and Customs Enforcement clapped back at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass after she suggested that federal immigration authorities "go home." .... "I don’t know if there’s a deal to be made. Like I told you, the deal that needs to be made is for them to go home," the Democrat said. ICE directly responded, noting that they will continue their operations in the city and in the region. "ICE isn't going anywhere and will continue to do what Mayor Bass has utterly failed to do...
  • New wave of arrests in Turkey targets main opposition party

    07/03/2025 5:11:14 PM PDT · by george76 · 13 replies
    Le Monde ^ | Jul. 3, 2025 | Nicolas Bourcier
    The former mayor of Izmir, a stronghold of opposition to President Erdogan, along with 109 municipal officials from the Republican People's Party (CHP), were arrested on Tuesday on charges of corruption and misconduct. The party has rejected the accusations. There is a feeling of déjà vu in Turkey. After the publication of a political cartoon, which Turkish authorities said depicted the Prophet Muhammad, led to the arrest of four journalists on Monday, June 30, in Istanbul, authorities carried out a large-scale sweep in Izmir at dawn on Tuesday. Izmir, the country's third-largest city, is a bastion of the Republican People's...
  • Karen Bass Is Getting a Second Chance to Lead Her City Through a Crisis

    06/10/2025 12:30:35 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 64 replies
    New York Times ^ | 6/10/25 | Adam Nagourney
    Ms. Bass struggled amid criticism of her initial response to the Los Angeles fires in January. The opposition over President Trump’s immigration raids have offered her an opportunity. For the past three days, Mayor Karen Bass has been a high-profile figure across Los Angeles. She turned up at parking lots where federal officials had conducted immigration sweeps. She posted updates on social media seeking to reassure embattled immigrants that the city would fight for them. She held a news conference at City Hall to rally her constituents and assail President Trump for deploying the National Guard. “It’s the last thing...
  • Convicted arsonist waits for new sentence ( Montana )

    08/20/2015 8:01:06 AM PDT · by george76 · 3 replies
    Ravalli Republic ^ | August 19, 2015 | PERRY BACKUS
    A Florence man charged with setting a series of fires nine years ago in Ravalli and Missoula counties that cost millions of dollars to fight was back in a Ravalli County court Wednesday. Jonah Mica Warr, 28, was recently released on probation after serving seven years of a 10-year federal prison sentence for setting the fires in 2006. Warr’s court troubles in Ravalli County date back to 2004 when he pleaded guilty before District Judge Jeffery Langton to a number of felony charges for possession of explosives and criminal mischief for blowing up mailboxes in the Florence and Stevensville areas....
  • Smoky air from Canadian wildfires envelops Chicago for 3rd day. What does this mean for summer?

    06/07/2025 4:35:16 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 33 replies
    Chicago tribune ^ | June 6, 2025 | ADRIANA PÉREZ
    Tiny, airborne smoke particles blowing in from Canadian wildfires resisted dispersal from a steady, light rain across the Chicago area Wednesday, concentrating even more Thursday to reach levels unhealthy for the general public. The smoke pushed northeast Illinois into its third day in a row of bad air quality Friday and the state into its first two air pollution action days of the year. Chicago’s air quality was ranked the worst in the United States on Thursday, according to Swiss air quality technology company IQAir. At one point during the day, The Washington Post reported, the city had the second-worst...
  • For months, LA fire victims have been asking: where did the $100M from the FireAid concerts go? (3 min. video)

    05/28/2025 10:01:54 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 43 replies
    X 5149jamesli ^ | 05 27 2025 | 5149jamesli
    "For months, LA fire victims have been asking: where did the $100M from the FireAid concerts go? I followed the money — and it leads to a shadowy nonprofit called the Annenberg Foundation. Let’s just say the rabbit hole gets dark — fast." 5149jamesli X (3 min. video)
  • For months, LA fire victims have been asking: where did the $100M from the FireAid concerts go? (3 min. video)

    05/28/2025 8:19:12 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen
    X 5149jamesli ^ | 05 27 2025 | 5149jamesli
    Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said to his disciples: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth.” John 16:12–13This passage still rings true for all of us today. God wants to reveal to us, within the depths of our consciences, the deepest, most profound and transforming truths that flow from the mind of the Father in Heaven. But we cannot bear it all now. Not fully. And eternity will be spent continually deepening our understanding of all that God reveals....
  • Gavin Newsom Celebrates: California Becomes 4th Largest Economy Amid Homelessness, Wildfires

    04/24/2025 6:21:57 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 23 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/24/2025 | Joel B. Pollak
    California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) celebrated Wednesday as his state became the world’s fourth-largest economy — albeit one that cannot fix homelessness or protect its citizens from devastating wildfires. Newsom’s office cited data indicating that California had surpassed Japan and that only the U.S., China, and Germany had larger economies, in terms of total output. He boasted in a press statement: California isn’t just keeping pace with the world—we’re setting the pace. Our economy is thriving because we invest in people, prioritize sustainability, and believe in the power of innovation. And, while we celebrate this success, we recognize that our...
  • Dem Senators Introduce Logging Bill That Would Hand Over Keys to National Forests to Trump Administration

    04/16/2025 11:21:26 AM PDT · by cuz1961 · 53 replies
    Oregon Wild ^ | April 14, 2025 | |Arran Robertson
    Fix Our Forests Act would open the door to widespread logging and undermine environmental laws. WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA). In a giveaway to the timber industry, the bill – which is presented as a measure against wildfire – could open the door to unlimited logging across millions of acres of national forests, undermining bedrock environmental and public health laws. House Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) introduced companion legislation that passed the House in January 2025. The Senate version of...
  • South Korea wildfires become biggest on record as disaster chief points to ‘harsh reality’ of climate crisis

    03/27/2025 8:45:17 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 11 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Thu 27 Mar 2025 | Justin McCurry
    Authorities in South Korea are battling wildfires that have doubled in size in a day in the country’s worst ever natural fire disaster. At least 27 people have died and hundreds of buildings destroyed in the south-eastern province of North Gyeongsang, with the country’s disaster chief saying the fires had exposed the “harsh reality” of global heating. Pointing to ultra-dry conditions and strong winds that have worsened the damage, Lee Han-kyung, disaster and safety division chief, said: “This wildfire has once again exposed the harsh reality of a climate crisis unlike anything we’ve experienced before.” The affected areas have seen...
  • ADAM CAROLLA WAS RIGHT: 75 Days After CA Wildfires, FOUR Building Permits Have Been Issued in the Palisades (VIDEO)

    03/26/2025 4:30:15 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 48 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | March 25, 2025 | Staff
    Two months ago in January, comedian Adam Carolla predicted that the rebuilding process after the California wildfires would be a nightmare because of the progressive policies in the state. He said it would be near to impossible to get a building permit. It has now been 75 days since the fires. How many building permits have been issued for Pacific Palisades? FOUR. Not 400, not 40. FOUR. It looks like Adam Carolla pretty much called this one, doesn’t it? ABC 7 in Los Angeles reports: Low number of permits issued for rebuilding homes after Palisades Fire is ‘concerning’: Councilwoman More...
  • Evacuations ordered as wildfires burn in Helene-ravaged western North Carolina

    03/24/2025 8:53:13 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 10 replies
    NY Post VIA Fox ^ | 03/24/2025 | FOX Weather
    POLK COUNTY, N.C. – Three wildfires in western North Carolina are proving challenging for firefighters to beat because of rough terrain and debris left behind by Hurricane Helene. The Black Cove, Deep Woods and Fish Hook fires continue burning in Polk County, an area devastated by Helene almost six months ago. The Black Cove Fire, which began last Wednesday, has burned 2,076 acres and had no containment as of Sunday afternoon. Fire officials said it was started by a downed power line. Meanwhile, the Deep Woods Fire is the largest at 1,802 acres and also remains 0% contained. Officials said...
  • California will launch methane-detecting satellites, Gavin Newsom announces

    03/21/2025 2:24:57 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 84 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | March 21, 2025 | Lia Russell
    After making a show of deference to Donald Trump in the wake of deadly Los Angeles County wildfires earlier this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to be back to challenging the federal government on climate change policies. Newsom announced Friday that his administration will launch satellite-mounted sensors to track emissions of methane, an odorless gas pollutant that is a major contribution to global warming, making good on a promise originally made by former Gov. Jerry Brown.
  • Mel Gibson’s house ‘completely toasted’ by LA fires while he was ripping Gavin Newsom on Joe Rogan’s show

    01/10/2025 8:58:35 AM PST · by dennisw · 30 replies
    NY POST ^ | Published Jan. 10, 2025 | By Emily Crane
    Hollywood star Mel Gibson got home from talking to Joe Rogan about his anger at the Los Angeles wildfires to find his own Malibu home among those “completely toasted.” “I was kind of ill at ease while we were talking because I knew my neighborhood was on fire, so I thought, ‘I wonder if my place is still there,’” the actor, 69, told NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” late Thursday. “The Patriot” actor, who blasted California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his handling of the crisis during his interview with the mega-popular podcaster, said his Malibu property was in “cinders” by the...
  • Hunter Biden may be avoiding testifying in laptop suit because of possible 3-month trip to South Africa: docs

    03/12/2025 1:28:22 AM PDT · by Libloather · 35 replies
    NY Post ^ | 3/11/25 | Priscilla DeGregory
    Hunter Biden is trying to dodge a deposition in a lawsuit involving his infamous laptop because he wants to decamp to South Africa for three months — and he’s using the LA wildfire as “an excuse,” new court papers allege. Former Trump White House aide Garrett Ziegler — whom Hunter claimed illegally hacked his laptop and spread its embarrassing contents — is fighting the Biden scion’s request to drop a lawsuit against him. Biden said in a filing last week that he cannot pursue the suit because he is broke due to his art no longer selling and the wildfire...
  • Trump issues executive orders addressing lumber production, national security concerns

    03/02/2025 2:17:08 AM PST · by Libloather · 46 replies
    Fox Business ^ | 3/02/25 | Alexandra Koch
    President Donald Trump on Saturday signed two executive orders that call for immediately expanding American lumber production and addressing lumber imports' threat to national security. The orders aim to update guidance on production, streamline permitting, and assess possible risks that imports pose to national security. A White House official told Fox News the president identified a crisis in both supply and demand in an industry the U.S. should be entirely self-sufficient in. The executive order notes that the production of timber, lumber, paper, bioenergy, and other wood products is crucial for Americans in construction and energy production. Recent disasters, the...