Trump literally brings Gavin Newsom to tears by saying I told you so

[Media Moderator]

California is on fire. 18000 acres, 2000 homes, 5 people dead.

It's a fact Newsom derailed a Trump order to send Southern California water from the Sierras to protect a threatened smelt fish which is genetically almost identical to another smelt fish close by, instead letting it flow into the ocean. It is a fact there is a video clip of Trump telling Newsom he needed to clean up the floors around the forests of southern California homes to prevent this type of event from happening. Which was ignored by Newsom. It is a fact that the liberal LA mayor cut the fire department budget and implemented a disastrous DEI program in the LA fire department resulting in her pick quitting because of incompetence, and 2 of the 3 general managers leaving because the department had become disfunctional. It is a fact that the LA Mayor chose to remain in Africa rather than return to her city that was burning.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14265215/Gavin-Newsom-gives-scathing-response-Trump-blamed-fires-raging-LA.html

[highwhey]

i keep seeing this disingenuous budget cut as a reason of culpability, when in fact, it makes no difference. the budget in total still rose $50 million year over year and the LA FD budget is in excess of $800.

how does a fire budget help prevent 80 mph winds that helped fuel and rapidly spread this fire? $17 million wasn't going to fix the water distribution issues that lead to the fire hydrants not getting enough water.

but i guess it's all a lost cause arguing with factual logic since OP is a pdf file and has some fetish for being made look like an idiot.

[Hey Yo]

Someone say DEI program in the LA fire department? Definitely has great priorities.

https://x.com/rightsidefreee/status/1877125442269798552?t=XEvJ_hI5Fghrmr9TZAa3AA&s=19

[Bill Gates]

People dying but OP's concern is a gotcha moment for his idol Trump.

[Patrick Chewing]

People dying but OP's concern is a gotcha moment for his idol Trump.

You guys had 8 years of gotcha moments since Trump became President.

[Norcaliblunt]

As someone who has lived all over California north and south I find Trumps simplistic idea that all California has to do is divert water from the SF delta to Southern California pretty funny.

Do you know how complicated that shit is to accomplish politically? It’s a straight So Cal LA political DREAM proposition that no one in Northern California wants. The north doesn’t want to destroy their delta and send more water south. Trumps on some hardcore pro LA Hollywood stuff with that idea.

And you can’t conflate sending So Cal water with sending the Central Valley farmland water. They are 2 completely different issues.

[warriorfan]

People dying but OP's concern is a gotcha moment for his idol Trump.

bill gates right now like

https://images.ctfassets.net/pjshm78m9jt4/170960_header/7395924418b6d70b680ebb7fe5549cb1/importedImage170960_header

[Media Moderator]

People dying but OP's concern is a gotcha moment for his idol Trump.

Exactly. People are dying but that's ok with liberals because there's a thousand more little fish in the river today and the snakes and squirrels in the undeveloped land around these homes didn't have their ground disturbed

[Hey Yo]

"Seven months before the uncontrolled Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, the city's fire department budget for this fiscal year was cut by more than $17.5 million, records show.

Mayor Karen Bass signed the City of Los Angeles' budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The total budget for the city's fire department was $819.64 million.

Records show that for the previous fiscal year, the LAFD's total budget was $837.2 million. The total budget includes salaries, expenses and equipment.

https://abc11.com/post/los-angeles-cut-175m-fire-department-budget-months-before-palisades-signed-mayor-karen-bass/15782731/

[Hey Yo]

LA Mayor Bass stays silent when asked questions about her city burning.

Video
https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-scrutinized-abroad-wildfires-ravage-city

[highwhey]

"Seven months before the uncontrolled Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, the city's fire department budget for this fiscal year was cut by more than $17.5 million, records show.

Mayor Karen Bass signed the City of Los Angeles' budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The total budget for the city's fire department was $819.64 million.

Records show that for the previous fiscal year, the LAFD's total budget was $837.2 million. The total budget includes salaries, expenses and equipment.

https://abc11.com/post/los-angeles-cut-175m-fire-department-budget-months-before-palisades-signed-mayor-karen-bass/15782731/

thats crazy bro! 17 million for sure would have stopped 80mph winds and a better water distribution system! totally.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhnxEXKUcAIA5X2.jpg

[Norcaliblunt]

Exactly. People are dying but that's ok with liberals because there's a thousand more little fish in the river today and the snakes and squirrels in the undeveloped land around these homes didn't have their ground disturbed

Water wars are a big thing in California. Diverting water from Northern California to Southern California is a touchy subject, and isn’t as simple as liberal vs conservative or democrat vs republican. It’s literally Nor Cal vs So Cal.

The idea to bring more water to Southern California from the north is the pro LA So Cal political machine stance.

[Proctor]

thats crazy bro! 17 million for sure would have stopped 80mph winds and a better water distribution system! totally.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhnxEXKUcAIA5X2.jpg

:oldlol:

[Bill Gates]

Exactly. People are dying but that's ok with liberals because there's a thousand more little fish in the river today and the snakes and squirrels in the undeveloped land around these homes didn't have their ground disturbed

Just stick to sucking off Trump and stop pretending like you give a damn about anything that happens to the people or animals in California.

[Lakers Legend#32]

LA Burns.
MAGATS Cheer.

[Bill Gates]

Water wars are a big thing in California. Diverting water from Northern California to Southern California is a touchy subject, and isn’t as simple as liberal vs conservative or democrat vs republican. It’s literally Nor Cal vs So Cal.

The idea to bring more water to Southern California from the north is the pro LA So Cal political machine stance.
That's all it ever boils down to in here. Scoring points for the tribe. No one actually cares about the realities outside of that.

[Patrick Chewing]

There is no way Newsome is electable as President with all these disasters happening in his state.

[Patrick Chewing]

LA Burns.
MAGATS Cheer.

When the fires reach the Low Rent District of Raider Nation, then I will cheer.

[paksat]

cali people are idiots, newsome will get elected another 5 times

[ShawkFactory]

cali people are idiots, newsome will get elected another 5 times

And you’re super smart.

[Media Moderator]

There is no way Newsome is electable as President with all these disasters happening in his state.

Adam Corolla on California fires

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FD31U3/

Makes sense. Trump flipped 10 California counties. Are even liberal citizens getting tired of the way Democrats run things in Cali?

[Hey Yo]

There is no way Newsome is electable as President with all these disasters happening in his state.

It's going to be funny when the next presidential election flips red in California cause of this bullshit

[Media Moderator]

It's going to be funny when the next presidential election flips red in California cause of this bullshit

Us ignorant plebes need to understand that having an all LGBTQ run fire department trumps having a well run fire department where jobs are handed out to the most qualified

[Off the Court]

Us ignorant plebes need to understand that having an all LGBTQ run fire department trumps having a well run fire department where jobs are handed out to the most qualified

You're definitely an ignorant plebe because you're spewing tribal fluff garbage that has no real meaning to the fires. :facepalm

Not everything is political

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_wildfires


Thousands of wild fires every year.

[Media Moderator]

Not everything is political

Shut up. These are the best most experienced people for the job. Identity politics played no role in them getting the jobs!

https://i.ibb.co/GJzVRwj/Screenshot-2025-01-10-15-56-06-53-40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg


Ok chief.

[j3lademaster]

Ok chief.

What did they do that makes them bad at their job? And what would a, someone in your eyes, competent person have done in their place?

Honest questions, I know nothing about the people you posted.

[Hey Yo]

What did they do that makes them bad at their job? And what would a, someone in your eyes, competent person have done in their place?

Honest questions, I know nothing about the people you posted.

You can see the priorities of the DEI fire chief in the small print.

https://x.com/rightsidefreee/status/1877125442269798552?t=1xMK3AMEz8VR_fq6chH2mA&s=19

[j3lademaster]

You can see the priorities of the DEI fire chief in the small print.

https://x.com/rightsidefreee/status/1877125442269798552?t=1xMK3AMEz8VR_fq6chH2mA&s=19

Really? That all you got? That's pretty weak tbh.

It literally took me 10 sec to find this (https://www.instagram.com/dacey_media/reel/DEpYkrViCHy/) on google.

Not being able to carry a normal or even a larger dude(since most of america is obese) should probably disqualify someone from the job. I mean, I understand if you have some 400 lbs whale I won't be completely unreasonable here, but you need to be able to FIREFIGHTER carry someone in the mid 200's to safety.

[Media Moderator]

You can see the priorities of the DEI fire chief in the small print.

https://x.com/rightsidefreee/status/1877125442269798552?t=1xMK3AMEz8VR_fq6chH2mA&s=19

Not just the fire department. The water department is equally infected and disfunctional

The $750,000-a-year LA water czar is responsible for a raft of failures that contributed to the devastating Palisades Fire, fire department insiders told DailyMail.com.

On Mayor Karen Bass's orders, the city maxed out its budget to 'attract private-sector talent', hiring Department of Water and Power (LADWP) CEO Janisse Quiñones on a $750,000 salary in May – almost double that of her predecessor.

Now, Quiñones is being blamed by LA Fire Department (LAFD) insiders for leaving a nearby reservoir disconnected and fire hydrants broken for months, DailyMail.com can reveal, leading to firefighters running out of water as they battled the devastating Palisades Fire this week.



It's no wonder despite modern technology in firefighting equipment, chemicals, preventative measures, fire resistant structures, etc that LA's worst fires have almost all been in the last 6 years. Pure incompetence. Maybe they can blame it on climate change.

And die hard liberals wonder how Trump flipped 10 California counties in a state full of Latinos that he's threatening to deport many of their relatives. Hint, they don't like Trump. They just think the Democrats are batshit crazy and hell bent on making everyone's life a living hell except the wealthy elite.

[diamenz]

Really? That all you got? That's pretty weak tbh.

It literally took me 10 sec to find this (https://www.instagram.com/dacey_media/reel/DEpYkrViCHy/) on google.

Not being able to carry a normal or even a larger dude(since most of america is obese) should probably disqualify someone from the job. I mean, I understand if you have some 400 lbs whale I won't be completely unreasonable here, but you need to be able to FIREFIGHTER carry someone in the mid 200's to safety.

women have no business being firefighters. when it comes down to clutch moments carrying people out of burning buildings and busting down obstacles with axes a female just isn't going to cut it. we're talking about life & death here. especially when we're talking about an all-female squad.

the really have no business being cops or soldiers either.

[j3lademaster]

women have no business being firefighters. when it comes down to clutch moments carrying people out of burning buildings and busting down obstacles with axes a female just isn't going to cut it. we're talking about life & death here. especially when we're talking about an all-female squad.

the really have no business being cops or soldiers either.I mean, I can understand like a firechief that's a little older but being more experienced and at a leadership position no longer being able to do some of the physical stuff. The problem with the insta I linked is that it proves she's bad at thinking on her feet. In what world do you think "uhhhh if I have to carry him out it's his fault for being in the wrong place durr" is remotely an appropriate response? She honestly seems very unlikable and stupid. And yes, likability matters if she's going to be in a leadership position, team morale and all.

[AKA_AAP]

When the fires reach the Low Rent District of Raider Nation, then I will cheer.

That sucker and loser lives in a tent off some random freeway exit in LA.

[Media Moderator]

An illegal immigrant was arrested for setting the Calabasas fire. A Latino man was arrested for setting another small fire in Irwindale but firefighters put it out before he got big. Smaller fire was set by Ruben Montes, his immigration status is unclear.

I don't want to say poetic justice for LA making itself a sanctuary city and protecting the illegals that continue to prey on them. But damn wealthy white liberals that gots to sting. Especially when California spent 5+% of it's entire budget on illegal aliens. 23 billion(some estimates as high as 32 billion). How much is California going to spend on the wealthy white liberals who had their homes burnt down. Yeah , it's going to be something for them to chew on as they spend years rebuilding their homes.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3284493/man-blowtorch-wildfire-illegal-immigrant-mexico/

California democrats trying their hardest to make California a purple state :oldlol:

[rawimpact]

How much is california giving each person buying a Hummer EV again?

[Patrick Chewing]

An illegal immigrant was arrested for setting the Calabasas fire. A Latino man was arrested for setting another small fire in Irwindale but firefighters put it out before he got big. Smaller fire was set by Ruben Montes, his immigration status is unclear.

I don't want to say poetic justice for LA making itself a sanctuary city and protecting the illegals that continue to prey on them. But damn wealthy white liberals that gots to sting. Especially when California spent 5+% of it's entire budget on illegal aliens. 23 billion(some estimates as high as 32 billion). How much is California going to spend on the wealthy white liberals who had their homes burnt down. Yeah , it's going to be something for them to chew on as they spend years rebuilding their homes.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3284493/man-blowtorch-wildfire-illegal-immigrant-mexico/

California democrats trying their hardest to make California a purple state :oldlol:

highweight’s people just destroying this beautiful country inside and out.

[Hey Yo]

The Los Angeles Fire Department refused to deploy 1,000 firefighters and dozens of water-carrying engines ahead of the devastating Palisades blaze.

Officials at the fire department were warned of life-threatening winds that could increase the spread of a wildfire before the fire broke out on January 7, but decided to staff just five of more than 40 engines, according to a damning report from the Los Angeles Times.

No extra engines were then placed in the celebrity enclave of the Pacific Palisades

Instead, officials pre-positioned nine engines to the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood that were already on duty, expecting a fire might break out there.

Internal planning documents even showed that fire department officials said 'no' to deploying an additional nine engines, known as 'ready reserve' engines to fire-prone areas, the LA Times reports.

The fire chiefs only started calling up more firefighters and deploying engines after the blaze was already tearing its way through Los Angeles County.

They later said they moved more engines 'first thing in the morning' to cover northeast Los Angeles as the winds began to grow.

Yet Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has continued to defend the department's decisions, saying commanders had to be strategic with limited resources while also handling regular 911 calls amid massive budget cuts.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14286293/Los-Angeles-Fire-Department-failed-deploy-fighters-engnes-Palisades.html

[Doomsday Dallas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W0t6TOPoKk