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The post claims that in early January 2025, Los Angeles is experiencing a wildfire disaster involving the “Palisades Fire” and “Eaton Fire” that together have burned over 34,000 acres, devastated nearly 10,000 structures, caused at least 16 deaths in areas such as Malibu and Altadena, forced mandatory evacuations for o...
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The post repeats Donald Trump’s assertion that Governor Gavin Newsom "refused to sign the water restoration declaration" that would have allowed "millions of gallons of water" from northern California to flow to southern California, and that, as a result, there was "no water for fire hydrants, not firefighting planes" ...
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Donald Trump’s statement that Governor Gavin Newsom should "go to Northern California and open up the water main, and let the water flow into his dry, starving, burning State" implies that California’s wildfire and water‑scarcity problems could be solved by simply opening a controllable "water main" in Northern Califor...
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The post claims that one of Leonardo DiCaprio’s houses has burned down amid the January 2025 Pacific Palisades (Palisades) wildfire.
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People from BlackRock are going door to door in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades area offering to buy homes after the fires as part of a highly organized scheme to take everybody’s homes.
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The article claims that the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) withdrew a long‑term U.S. wildfire area‑burned graph in 2021 “at the height of the Biden Green Mania” in order to erase inconvenient data and enable a false narrative that wildfires have been increasing, implying deliberate data manipulation for politi...
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The post claims that the U.S. government "caused the costliest fire in US history" in connection with a California / Los Angeles wildfire, implying that the federal government was directly responsible for starting or deliberately causing that wildfire.
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The post claims that actor James Woods "repeatedly breaks down on CNN after losing home to LA wildfires" (or California wildfires), implying that he appeared on CNN, cried multiple times on air, and stated that his own home was destroyed in the Los Angeles/Pacific Palisades wildfires.
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"Black Mayor Karen Bass was vacationing… I mean visiting Ghana during the fires using taxpayer money." The post asserts that her trip to Ghana during the January 2025 fires was essentially a personal vacation funded by taxpayers, rather than an official government trip as part of a U.S. delegation to the inauguration o...
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Bài viết khẳng định rằng vụ cháy đang diễn ra ở quận Los Angeles vào thời điểm đầu tháng 1 năm 2025 là "vụ cháy lớn nhất và thiệt hại nặng nề nhất trong lịch sử tại quận Los Angeles, California".
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The post states that in early January 2025, the Palisades Fire in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County, California, "rapidly spread, consuming over 23,000 acres and destroying more than 12,300 structures. Tragically, at least 25 lives were lost, and thousands were displaced. The economic impact is estimated...
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President Trump’s statement in the post that by signing an executive order to "open the pumps and valves in the north" he will get water "pouring down" and "let hundreds of millions of gallons of water flow down into Southern California" in a way that will effectively provide an unlimited new water supply and materiall...
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The post claims that the Grammys raised money for the Los Angeles wildfires and showed ads for small businesses as part of the ceremony.
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California has "no water" for fire hydrants or firefighting planes in the Los Angeles wildfires because state officials send "millions and millions of gallons" or "tremendous amounts, millions of gallons" of water to the Pacific Ocean to protect the Delta smelt, and this diverted water could otherwise have prevented th...
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The post states that actor James Woods "lost his home in California’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood" in the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, describing the house as destroyed and "all gone" as a result of the Pacific Palisades fire.
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The post claims that a blue car (specifically a retro blue VW bus) survived the Pacific Palisades fires because directed energy weapon (DEW) lasers "can't see blue" or cannot affect blue-colored objects.
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As we know, unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) are attracted to disaster events, whether man‑made or natural, and have been seen during the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (April 20–September 19, 2010), and the Fukushima nuclear accident.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom chose to save an extinct (or ‘essentially worthless’) tiny fish species called the delta smelt instead of sending water to Southern California to fight the ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires in the Pacific Palisades, by blocking an order that would have diverted more water from Northern California...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis has stated that the band is considering making new music specifically about the Los Angeles wildfires, including songs with titles such as “California-burna-fication” and “Funky Flame-a Flicka Flicka Fire Fighter,” as a tribute to California and firefighters.
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The 2025 California wildfires were not natural disasters but were deliberately planned in advance (i.e., intentionally orchestrated rather than resulting from natural or accidental causes).
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The post claims that slavery is legal in the United States under the 13th Amendment for convicted felons, implying that the Constitution straightforwardly permits slavery as long as a person has been convicted of a crime.
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The post claims or strongly implies that donations made through the californiafirefacts.com link and processed via ActBlue for Gavin Newsom’s super PAC (“Campaign for Democracy”) will ultimately be funneled to Democratic Party causes rather than to the California Fire Foundation and wildfire victims. It suggests that u...
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The post claims that key pieces of surveillance footage from inside Mandalay Bay related to the Las Vegas shooting are "missing, redacted, or never released" as part of a deliberate cover‑up.
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Three weeks into his Senate tenure in late January 2025, Tim Sheehy introduced a bipartisan Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 in the U.S. Senate, which was met with bipartisan support from both Republicans and Democrats.
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Policies protecting the endangered Delta smelt, which limit how much water can be pumped from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, are the reason firefighters in the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires lacked water — i.e., the Delta smelt and related environmental water rules caused the water‑supply problems (dry hydrants ...
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"ChatGPT consumes 1000 times more power than Google Search for processing a single query."
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California Governor Gavin Newsom "plans to crash" President Donald Trump’s visit to Los Angeles related to the 2025 California wildfires, implying that Newsom intends to physically disrupt, block, or interfere with the president’s official disaster visit in an improper or unlawful way.
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Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social that California Governor Gavin Newsom’s water policies, specifically prioritizing a so‑called “worthless fish” (the endangered Delta smelt) and not allowing “millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, inc...
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From 1980 to 2024, tropical cyclones (hurricanes) in the United States have caused approximately 6,897 deaths, making them the deadliest category of billion‑dollar disasters.
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The post claims that California’s recent wildfires are not evidence of an accelerating climate crisis and that climate change is not a significant driver of recent wildfire trends; instead, it asserts that human factors such as forest management, fire suppression, and urban expansion are the "real" causes, while climat...
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The post asserts as a prediction stated as certainty that: "The US will go into acute stagflation inside of 4 months" of March 5, 2025 (i.e., by early July 2025), and that this will then "transition to a depression more severe than the 2008 crisis before the end of the year" 2025, and that this outcome is "already unav...
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The post claims that a person referred to as "Eric the midget" started the California wildfires that occurred in 2025.
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In a January 8, 2025 social media post about the California wildfires, the account "Donald J. Trump" states: "As of this moment, Gavin Newscum and his Los Angeles crew have contained exactly ZERO percent of the fire. It is burning at levels that even surpass last night." The claim is that, at the time of posting on Jan...
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The post claims that the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires were the result of a coordinated arson campaign, with “masked men with blow torches” attempting to set the hills on fire, and that there is video proof of multiple suspects doing this. It further asserts that these reports are coming from “A‑list actors and co...
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Insurance companies canceled fire coverage for thousands of residents ahead of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, so people who lost everything will receive no compensation.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass demanded that the Los Angeles Fire Department cut an additional $49 million from its budget just one week before the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires broke out, as stated in a leaked memo.
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The LA Palisades wildfire was intentionally started in order to clear land and pave the way for building a ‘smart city,’ and the fire was part of a deliberate plan from beneficiaries of such a project.
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Gavin Newsom and his Los Angeles crew have contained exactly ZERO percent of the fire; the fire is burning at levels that surpass the previous night, implying that as of the time of these posts, the Los Angeles wildfires had 0% containment.
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The post claims that California has decided to privatize water resources (i.e., that the state has made a policy decision to privatize its water resources) and links this decision to Los Angeles battling wildfires.
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The Palisades Fire and broader LA-area wildfires in January 2025 were “not a new problem of climate change,” implying that climate change was not a significant contributing factor to the severity and behavior of these fires.
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Only globalists think they can convince people that wildfires (or brush/“bush” fires) occur in winter; the post asserts that winter wildfires are fake and cannot naturally occur, citing recent fires in Los Angeles, Japan, and New York/Long Island as “fake wildfires” and “signalling events.”
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The image, styled as a breaking news graphic with an HT logo, claims that Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is practicing cricket in the middle of the Los Angeles (LA) wildfires, with the headline text: "Virat Kohli Practices in LA Wildfires" and a quote attributed to him: "If I Can Time a Cover Drive Here, I Can Time It An...
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Fox News claims that "Gov. Newsom cut fire budget by $100M months before lethal California fires," implying that California’s overall fire budget and firefighting capacity were reduced by about $100 million shortly before the deadly 2025 California wildfires.
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The post claims that the (unnamed) new mayor of Los Angeles "cut funding to the fire department, emptied reservoirs and split town while her city was burning," and implies these actions helped cause or worsen the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
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The January 2025 Los Angeles fire is described as “a mashup of empty reservoirs, high winds, and documented arson,” implying that (1) empty reservoirs were a key causal factor in the disaster and (2) the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires as a whole were definitively caused by arson (“documented arson”).
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The post states that the aircraft shown is a Canadair CL‑215 powered by two Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp R‑2800 piston engines, that it can scoop 5,436 liters (1,436 US gallons) of water in 12 seconds, and that this specific type was crucial in controlling the LA fire.
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As of January 12, 2025, the LA wildfires have claimed 16 lives, with 13 people still missing, and over 12,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed, with 153,000 residents evacuated.
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The video claims that during the Los Angeles wildfire crisis, specifically mentioning the Palisades, Eaton, and Hearst fires, at least 11 people are dead, more than 150,000 people are under evacuation orders, about 10,000 buildings and structures have been burned to the ground, and total damages have reached $150 billi...
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The post claims that Six Flags Magic Mountain will be closed on Friday, January 24, 2025 specifically due to wildfires.
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Estimated damages from the Los Angeles wildfires now exceed $150 billion, making this the costliest wildfire in U.S. history as of January 12, 2025.
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"Fun fact – I bet most people don’t realize that DUI, car theft, meth, and gun possession by former felons are also misdemeanors in lots of places. So, if you live in LA, and are caught carrying a stolen Sony Bravia 9, strapped with a Glock 19, a baggie of meth in your pocket, and then flee the scene with a stolen Kia ...
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The post claims that both Kawhi Leonard’s home and JJ Redick’s home burned down in the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
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Tim Sheehy, the ex‑CEO of Bridger Aerospace, stepped down because he assumed office as a U.S. Republican Senator from Montana at the beginning of 2025.
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The mayor of Los Angeles cut the fire department’s budget in a state that has a wildfire season, implying that the current mayor personally reduced funding for the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).
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The Los Angeles Pacific Palisades wildfires were deliberately planned and orchestrated rather than being caused by natural or accidental factors.
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From 1980 to 2024, severe storms including tornadoes have caused around 2,094 fatalities in the United States.
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The Los Angeles wildfires have burned approximately 38,000 acres of land, which is about 2.5 times the size of Manhattan, New York.
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The post states that, according to the New York Post, California Governor Gavin Newsom "cut $100M for fire prevention before deadly wildfires," including cutting $5 million from CAL FIRE’s now-$129 million budget for fuel reduction teams and related National Guard vegetation‑management work, and presents this as if it ...
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"California farmers are PISSED because his 'turn on the taps' PR move did nothing to combat California wildfires and instead wasted 2 BILLION gallons of water being held in reservoirs for summer irrigation." The post asserts that Trump’s action to "turn on the taps" in California (loosening environmental water restrict...
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The wildfires near Myrtle Beach and in other places (Los Angeles, Maui/Lahaina, Canada, Spain) were intentionally set or manipulated as part of a coordinated conspiracy or “criminal land grab” to destroy areas and clear them for a UN‑linked ‘smart city’ project (including turning Myrtle Beach into a so‑called “META BEA...
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From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 17 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, killing at least 29 people, forcing more than 200,000 people to evacuate, and destroying or damaging more than 18,000 homes and structures. Most of the damage was from two larg...
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Three months before the Los Angeles Pacific Palisades fires, State Farm ‘canceled everybody’s fire policies’ in Los Angeles after Governor Newsom refused to allow the company to raise prices, leaving people with no insurance.
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The post asserts that any connection between the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires and climate change is "unsupported by data" and that linking these fires (or even a single year’s wildfires) to long‑term climate change is merely a simplistic media narrative, not grounded in scientific evidence.
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The post claims that there was a specific wildfire disaster in Los Angeles in early 2025 that is causing or will cause California Governor Gavin Newsom to be recalled and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to probably lose re‑election, leading to a Republican taking their place in California.
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The post implies that the song or album "Campaign Blue" by Benji Blue Bills – specifically the track "Leaving LA" released on October 18, 2023 – accurately predicted the Los Angeles wildfires that occurred in 2025.
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The January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires (Eaton, Palisades, and a third fire) caused “$150 billion” in damage.
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The United States experienced record wildfires in the last quarter of 2024, many in California.
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The post quotes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene asserting that the devastating 2025 Los Angeles / California wildfires "appear" or are "likely" to have been deliberately started by arsonists or terrorists, implying that arson or terrorism is the primary or likely cause of the wildfire outbreak, despite investigations still...
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The post states that “with the disasters in North Carolina and the wildfire in Los Angeles, it looks like Gavin Newsom will be recalled and Karen Bass will probably lose their re‑election, meaning a Republican candidate will likely take their place in California,” presenting it as if these outcomes are already likely o...
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The HYDROTEC mobile charging units deployed by GM during the Los Angeles wildfires are powered by a renewable source of hydrogen.
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The post states that the United States’ official withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord has just occurred and is a current event in 2025, framing it as a recent decision that is now creating a new global leadership vacuum and immediate international reaction.
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California politicians such as Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass "didn't do anything" to address wildfire risk before the major California wildfires, including not clearing forests, not preparing firefighters with water, trucks, tools and other resources, and not taking steps to deter arsonists.
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The post states that the wildfire shown (identified in the video text as “#Border2Fire” near the border in San Diego, CA) is at 0% containment and has burned 50 acres as of the day of the post (January 23, 2025).
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Three months before the Los Angeles Pacific Palisades fires, State Farm "canceled everybody's fire policies" in Los Angeles after Governor Newsom refused to let the company raise prices, leaving people with no insurance.
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Zero mega‑mansions were destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires, similar to claims made about Maui, implying selective targeting of less valuable properties.
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The post’s title asserts that California has completely run out of money to rebuild after the Los Angeles wildfires (i.e., the state has no funds or financial capacity left for recovery and rebuilding efforts following the 2025 LA wildfires).
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The post claims that the Golden Globes ceremony mocked God by joking that God had zero shout‑outs, and that immediately afterward God directly responded by sending or allowing the subsequent “historical wildfires” in Los Angeles (including the 2025 Palisade Fire) as punishment for this mockery. It further generalizes t...
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The post claims that Australians sold Californians Australian eucalyptus trees around 1920 without telling them that the trees take at least 100 years to mature, that thousands of investors went broke because of this, and that only in 2017—100 years later—did the eucalyptus finally mature, spread everywhere, and cause ...
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The meme text at the bottom of the image states: "Hey, HIS HOUSE DIDN'T BURN DOWN AT ALL. HE LIED TO US THROUGH TWITTER!" implying that James Woods falsely claimed his house had burned down in the Los Angeles wildfires and then lied about its status on X (Twitter).
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"Los Angeles landlords are raising rents by as much as 124% after the wildfires." The meme presents this as a factual statement about rent increases in Los Angeles specifically tied to the 2025 California wildfires.
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In the post, Donald Trump is quoted as saying that by signing an executive order to "open the pumps and valves in the north" and "get the water pouring down here as quickly as possible" he will "let hundreds of millions of gallons of water flow down into Southern California" in a way that will address water shortages f...
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Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social that California Governor Gavin Newsom "refused to sign the water restoration declaration" that was put before him, which supposedly would have allowed millions of gallons of excess rain and snowmelt from Northern California to flow daily into many parts of the state, including the a...
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California Governor Gavin Newsom (and "liberals that run LA") failed to refill California’s reservoirs or deliberately "returned" the state’s water to the ocean, and this is why firefighters lacked water and hydrants went dry during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
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The 2025 California wildfires were deliberately set by Donald Trump and his "disaster capitalist buddies" as part of a coordinated plan to burn uninsured areas so that his rich associates could later buy up the properties cheaply.
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"So, initially the charity skins for the LA Wildfires would be Mythmaker Jhin and Firefighter Tristana." The post states as fact that Riot’s original, official plan for the LA Wildfires fundraiser in League of Legends included two charity skins, Mythmaker Jhin and Firefighter Tristana, and that both were going to be li...
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The video claims that in the United States there has been no upward trend in heat waves over the last ~120 years and that heat waves were much more common and more intense in the 1930s than today, implying that climate change is not increasing heat‑wave risk relevant to wildfires.
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Donald Trump pardoned 1,561 people charged in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and commuted 14 sentences for the most violent individuals.
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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said in a post on X that the state has experienced a 293,000% surge in total acres burned in the first 10 days of January 2025 compared with the five‑year average, with nearly 40,000 acres burned in that period.